![]() ![]() I still need to do more and write up attacks and patterns and tactics. ![]() Something I’ve also started is my boss guides. But we’ll be saving that for a later date. This will allow us to travel to a different memory from the past. Instead we decided to talk with Emma, do some searching, listen in on her and the Sculptor after vising the graves of Tomoe and Takeru, and she finally gives us the Bell of Owl. The way to Sever Immortality is to be beheaded by the Mortal Blade after some other items are found. this involves eavesdropping on Kuro, and telling Emma about his plans to have Sekiro kill him for Immortal Severance. It is after Owl that you can proceed to the Divine Realm with all of the incense pieces. Owl as it turns out was the one who stole the branch of the Everblossom Sakura. Many were also peasants and were a sort of separate lower class alongside mercenaries like Ashigaru. ![]() It should be mentioned that many Shinobi were hired, served as parts of clans and even as Samurai, and were even land owners. In a lot of media there are a lot of tropes surrounding Shinobi, a main one being the honorable loyal servant Shinobi vs the rogue selfish Shinobi. This will actually be familiar if you’ve played the game Nioh, another game of this type that is a bit more arcade and made by the makers of Ninja Gaiden. Both served Tokugawa at points, the Iga especially were nearly destroyed by the Oda if not for the brilliance of Oni Hanzo then Tokugawa’s protection in exchange for service after. Koka/Koga and Iga are the main groups of Shinobi in history. Many served Daimyo, worked with citis and clans, and were a part of them. Shinobi were a part of clans, they were typically not isolated societies but were a part of Japanese societies. To get that out of the way before the main story beats. Shinobi are a thing I talk about this episode. Note: The episode has some silent blackness at the end, blame Sony Vegas!Ģ018-jan31-jib-hattori-hanzo-default.jpg 1080×720 410 KB How these stories relate to the Water of the Palace and the protection of the sacred from humans, of corruption, change, the paradoxes of wisdom and foolishness, there’s a lot to talk about here covering all that I talk about in the video in text is hard without a full transcript. At times I go into historical depictions of apes in legend, descriptions of them, stories relating to them, how monkey and ape weren’t always considered separate creatures, and more. I also talk about Buddhist stories about a Monkey King(Not Sun Wukong). There is also a concept that monkeys turn into apes as they live longer. I talk about Daoism and immortality and longevity from controlling your breathing(Shout outs to Araki) and how monkeys and apes are believed to be good at this. This episode features a lot of talk about the lore of Guardian Ape, and what may have influenced his story and design. A lot of his attacks are hard to parry so most players will want to block and dodge mainly. It is really hard describing how to fight him other than through video. Guardian Ape is immune to poison(Or rather I’ve used all emblems possible and been unable to poison him). Dealing vitality damage to him is highly recommended. His health pool is massive and it’s hard to purely beat him through deflect. He is more akin to a Dark Souls or Bloodborne boss. Guardian Ape is very different from a lot of the bosses we’ve seen up to this point. The statue here appears to be of Guan Yin, and important Buddhist and Chinese figure who is involved heavily in Journey to the West. Same strategy as before, and we get a new prosthetic tool the Divine Fan. His name is really Kirin in Japanese but the game is kind of bad with localization. Then in the Gunfort in the armory we find Long Arm Centipede Giraffe. Same strategy as before except she is very weak to poison unlike the other one. I wonder if this was actually a play on words, as the Arquebus was known as a hook gun for the hook mechanism within it, and the Japanese Tanegashima is a form of Arquebus. After moving through a bit we face one of the Snake Eyes minibosses, a woman covered in cloth with a hooked gun. This area is not easy to traverse.To make it through you have to use the grappling hook quite a lot just to get around. Here with their flint guns they shoot all who trespass. In this episode we move up the Gunfort, a location home to the Snake Eyes. ![]()
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