50 Things You Missed in Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
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Father Owl: The whole country is mine for the taking!
Sekiro: Are you shura bout that
Sekiro: Nothing personal kid
* Slow clap *
This is amazing.
Can of coke to you sir
Teleports behind him
*nothing personal kid
Sekiro: alright it’s a 2v1 battle we got this
Owl: *ight imma head out*
dead meme 10/10 meme
@@bryanZ17 not dead yet
@J P just watched it and nowhere is that said in the video
@@TheRitva26 You're right he says "Alright its 2 on 2 it's a fair fight"
@@bryanZ17 memes just on it's 2nd life
Something else I found in the owl fight, whenever he does the fake surrender and you ATTACK him rather than just walking up to him, instead of saying “You Fool!” He says “It warms my heart to see how you have grown”
But after that He doesnt do it anymore at least for me
He should try nioh lol
@@jacobgutwill7802 Same, tried that and he doesn't make that trick anymore
@@jacobgutwill7802 he only does that for the first time each playthorugh, although he does do it in the reflection of strength
how u attack him tho in that situation cuz whenever i got closed he just used the smoke bomb and yelled fooool
Just remember when you defeat the owl, sekiro says “You taught me well” and then the owl says “That’s... my boy...” 😭
Thanks FBI, can always count on you.
He does love and is proud of Sekiro in his own weird way. Though he is still manipulative and a scumbag
Owl is an ashole
In my Opinion. I don't like him
Didn’t know fbi cried at a mayazaki game
Fuck the owl he's the antagonist low-key him and genichiro their power hungry
86.3% of players are still getting yeeted by the Chained Ogre.
😂😂
I'm one of those Ogre yeets lmao
*Git gud*
@darklordster yeah I was curious and was looking the other day and noticed that more people than id like didnt get past so much of the game. It made me really disappointed
Lmao im one of the 8.5% who has platinum. Anyone wanna put that into perspective is welcome plz
0:00 "You've all finished the game-"
*sweats nervously*
@Tim Dev *Hesitation is defeat*
I'm still at fountainhead actually lol
yume mirai Hahahaha I feel you man..., I still can’t beat the Owl (Father) at Hirata Estate. 🙄
13% is ridicoulos tho. Sure, not everybody buys on Steam but still...
Good thing I played it twice back to back to make up for it.
Platinum for the win
"there is no shame in losing battle.. but you must take revenge by any means necessary."
Owl was such a great father.. he literally explains how to beat Sekiro: Shadow Dies Twice.
"revenge is a fools game"
@@jionmionskwisgaar1476 Arthur Morgan?
The hollow knight pfp makes this even better.
@@RekkaKien3 yes
Teabagging Sword Saint until his character model disappears fueled my 50-60 attempts
6:19 When I played I noticed that during one of the animations of Sekiro flipping the door, you can see a dark cave tunnel behind it which makes me think that you don't actually teleport but instead it's a secre passageway Sekiro walks through to reach the other side but the game skips it because it wouldn't be a shortcut if you had to walk for 2 minutes in a straight line
People seem to not realize this, I noticed that as well, the one he talks of appearing deep in the mountains is the one I noticed the tunnel behind as well, leading directly through the mountains. For a loretuber his eye isnt too sharp for some details.
Lol right? i got confused with the statement in this video haha for me i just imagined there was a tunel, and then after i saw it was never even a thing haha
Yeah I think the ancient japanese circle he was talking about was more of a cryptic map that only those in the know could read. This would of course connect the hidden passageways to those who could decipher what the text said
There is one in Kuro's room that takes you to the dilapidated temple though. You can go round the castle to see that that would be impossible lol. Though this is the only one that seems to be magical. The other ones I do agree with you
For the one in kuros room it could be a tunnel that leads to a ladder that wolf hears the snake eater theme on as he climbs
This game really deserves at least one DLC
Self2Self I’d love a one like the old hunters :3
Yeah, they can't just freaking tell us about how formidable Tomoe was without letting us fight her!
I want to talk to ol' Takeru as well.
If we got one in the style of Old Hunters (which was pretty meaty in terms of content), I would freakin love it.
We're not asking for much here.
@@Hadley.Sinclaire I had the same thoughts. I think the DLC should bring us to the time of lady Tomoe
I wish they didn't hide genichiros head. I'm actually shocked.
Yeah, I thought that Owl was just chilling back there while Isshin was mopping the floor with Sekiro! I thought that Owl was completely useless at this point.
@👁 They probably knew that people would hack the game to hell and back, so they put it in as an easter egg to be discovered this way.
Considering he left and then returns with the Black Mortal Blade, I had made the assumption he'd killed Genichiro. Good to have that confirmed, though.
@@varsoonhks3211 Me: Did you just steal his sword?
But nope, he beheaded poor Genichiro lol
@@MrFutago87 I think it had something to do with censorship in Japan.
There's a similar moment to the Genichiro flights when you fight Lady Butterfly. Wolf draws his blade after feeling around for a second, but he doesn't fumble with it. The game shows that he's getting his bearings and progressing after making it through the Hirata Estate.
Good theory but I thought it was him hesitating confronting an old master
@@cxlv1n that could also be it
I'd like to mention the fact that the centipedes never fade away whenever you sever their host's immortality (which in the guardian ape fight, it did. Hinting he would come back).
I feel like Wolf leaving the centipede corpses is just asking for trouble later
@@ashikjaman1940 well if ur talking ab when he fights the ape a second time u need the mortal blade if he doesnt he kinda has to leave it there
@@luqadam408 when you kill the true corrupted monk she fades away but the centipede stays there
"You've all finished the game at this point"
Well... no, there is a particular primate I'm still struggling with
Beat him on me 6th try idk how people struggle on him so much
Im stuck at the fucking Giraffe Wolverine one
Edit: lol i got gud and now im at isshin
@@Regufyz all you need to do is just parry. Dont even need to attack. His unblockable attack is always a sweep so you can just jump.
@@oger3225 i got gud and now isshin slaps me lul
@@Regufyz dont worry isshin slaps everyone. Just one tip i have for first phase is when he sheaths his sword stay near him so he doesnt do the ashina cross thingy. If you go near him he will do a normal attack and then a sweep attack. Got through first phase with ease when i figured this out.
21:25 - that moment when you realize why Magikarp evolves into Gyarados
man, i didn't connect this!! thanks!!
First thing I thought of!
This is actually stated in magikarps Pokédex entry: A Magikarp living for many years can leap a mountain using Splash.
Mixed Martial Anime bad bad No
Pokemon Snap did the same thing with pushing a magikarp into a waterfall. Look it up it's pretty cool
5:18 that zigzag shaped paper is actually called SHIDE(紙垂), and it’s widely used in Japanese Shinto rituals. It represents lightning, because lightening is usually accompanied by rain, and rain can bring good harvest
Possible foreshadowing?
something interesting i think is often missed about the Hidden Forest area, that is a testament to From Soft's attention to detail and world building lore of Sekiro - myself being someone who made the mistake of getting a degree in botany, i couldnt help but notice a rather diminutive asset in the area around the 2nd fatty slob boss...the little blueish white plants scattered about actually exist IRL and their in game design is basically botanically correct...that detail alone might not be worth mentioning, but the plants bizarrely uncommon means for survival and its english common name is...technically called Monotropa uniflora, its known as "ghost plant", and for good reason...unlike most plants its entirely white, from its flower tops thru its roots...this is cuz it does not contain chlorophyll, the stuff that makes plants green, which is generated via sunlight thru photosynthesis...and instead ghost plant is a parasite, its hosts being underground fungus that leeches its energy from tree roots...so ultimately its energy comes from photosynthetic trees. and since it doesn't need direct sunlight to grow, it can grow in very dark environments, like the understory of dense forest, often making it quite hidden and difficult to find - giving its relevance to the game an ominous triple entendre of sorts - in the Hidden Forest, ghost like and parasitic... bonus fact it is related to blueberries and while native to Japan/Asia, its also common in North America, Central and northern South America
I am an actual botantist, and this guy is 100% lying.
@@duanecameronson while i doubt the validity of his comment i gotta say just claiming youre a botanist and theyre lying aint too convincing either lol
edit: its a real plant also known as 'indian pipe', for those trying to search 'ghost plant' and getting succulents
@@duanecameronson also we can google and in fact see that its a real plant from multiple sources
@@duanecameronson xd wtf
That is really cool, thank you for sharing that information! I love learning about stuff like this.
7:20 - I think that Sekiro was well aware of Kuro's falling. He must be aware of every movement around him. Let's remember that once he lost his vigilance in exactly the same place and paid for it by losing his hand.
Underrated comment ................ it was a nic reason fr sekiro not watching kuro's fall to the ground ............. i m not in the army but i think during the war ...... killing enemies or completing mission holds more priority than saving or looking after our companion
Rahul Verma if you think killing the enemy is more important than saving your comrades then I’m glad you aren’t in the service. You’re right that the mission should usually come first though. Unless it’s a low stakes situation where the benefit isn’t enough to outweigh the risk of losing soldiers. That isn’t all too common but still happens
@@todditjustworkshoward472 yeah ....if the mission is not holding enough priority ...then saving our comrades is necessary ....but in indian army (i m frm india) ......... men/women dont care abt their lives ......if they get any mission ...they achieve it ...no matter wht comes at stake ......thts why our army's story of sacrifice our vry famous ....n they r always respected in gatherings and govt tries to help them individually ...whenever they can
Rahul Verma I know about India’s history an alright amount. No offense intended. Just saying that taking lives and giving up lives for the sake of it should never be the priority in a war. Soldiers usually aren’t the ones at fault after all(except in the case of most{but not all} nazi’s as well as confederate soldiers) so I don’t think they should be the targets in a war, unless the opponent is threatening you with genocide. Sacrifice can be an amazing thing for humanity but when sacrifice makes no true difference, it’s just a death. Very few people have ever sacrificed themselves and truly changed something about the world. It is a sad but undeniable truth in my eyes
@@todditjustworkshoward472 you got some wonky thinking overly affected by people on the internet
Regarding 9. I just assumed there were tunnels leading from one door to the other that you were running through, and it just skips that bit.
InkLlama I mean, there is still the possibility of a secret elevator leading you down the depths of the castle, after all there is a similar elevator in the dungeon leading up to Senpou. The difference between this shortcut and the magic elevator of Earthen Peak is that it is physically possible that the shortcut exists, particularly since the fade to black implies a longer journey.
@@inkllama5445 secret elevators and ladders exist.
Fel a lot of people meme on ds2’s design but I don’t understand why they say stuff like that about earthen peak. There’s a mountain behind the windmill right? Behind the mountain is the giant lava and fire landscape we all see. The elevator we ride is us riding to the top of a large mountain with a sea of lava and a castle on top. The only problem is the tunnel leading to the elevator isn’t long enough. Just imagine it’s a couple miles and the devs shortened it. That’s the only inconsistency there imo.
Fel after looking at pictures from ds2 I can confirm there is a massive ass mountain behind the windmill. The devs didn’t want to make you run for 10 minutes to get there though
@@Felicificity
It’s not physically possible. There are rooms below it and it’s placed at the edge of the building.
You probably already know that when wolf kills owl, he says, "Death of a Shadow," and the game is called Shadows Die Twice, but what you might not have noticed is that Owl actually does die twice. You actually kill him twice in the good ending. The same could be said about Genichiro and Ishin. Genichiro dies and is revived by the rejuvenating waters, and Ishin dies of his illness before being revived by his grandson. All three of their boss fights get inner versions as well
25:45 i don't think that's emma. I think it's the divine child of the rejuvenating waters. Note the long hair with white streaks, as well as if you're going for the Dragon's Return ending, she has trouble seeing you as she begins crying frozen tears. This concept art may have been a depiction of her blinded by the damage caused to her eyes from freezing tears.
Maybe she also was supposed to be older or that they would show pass of time
Casual moment when owl just goes and murders Genichiro. GG
just because Isshin was still alive, the Owl would have been completely destroyed if he had to fight Sword Saint Isshin like Sekiro in the normal ending lol
@@avicebronilgolemista9342 that just too much for the old Owl, maybe if they are in same age, Owl would have a chance to defeat the Sword Saint
@@honahamomoru151 I doubt it; Isshin was basically the most legendary warrior in the game's story. I imagine it'd be a close fight, though.
I still can't believe sekiro (depends on how you play/look) is the most dangerous sword wielding foe on a 1v1 and even then. I think that the game's story takes place in 2 days and him going from rust to gold in just such is amazing at a story's view.
@@1ztype343 power of immortality is to refine and learn from your mistakes when you otherwise couldn’t. Making sekiro super powerful in the regard.
There he does it again
"Commit Sudoku"
Good one Vaati
Just checking someone else noticed this.
At this point it might be intentional. I know there was an old video where it was most definitely accidental.
I came to the comment section to point that out , but thanks for doing it for me 😁 thought i was the only one . Lol it's actually called seppuku AKA Harakiri. 😁😁
It's a common meme by this point. If he says it correctly: "commit seppuku", some of you guys might retort "it's sUdOku Vaati!"
It fits because figuring out how to properly use a bite down is like a puzzle
14:50 if you time it right you can also intercept them midair with a senpou kick, because nothing is more badass than jumping right into an airborne enemy’s face, delivering a swift wheel kick to their jaw, and then meeting them on the ground with a firm curb stomp
I'd argue there is one thing more badass. Anti-air deathblow.
Me (smugly): I beat this Isshin, Owl (Father), and the Demon of Hated. I'll probably know most of the things in this video.
*watches video*
*Leans 50 new things about Sekiro*
Me: "I... am a basket..."
Should i kill the first main boss of ashina castle or hirata estate? Like who should i take on first?
@@Spike-Ali Either one. I think I did Hirata estate first but it doesn't matter
@@-MarcusAurelius thanks I took on lady butterfly and realized she was easy. Still took me like 8 attempts tho😂
Goku Black beat Ashina castle boss first. Hirata Estate will fuck your ass, believe me :D
@@michaskolimowski9351 the hirata estate main boss is lady butterfly right?
"You've all completed the game by now, right?...right?"
*90% of people didn't like that*
Still getting clapped by the Ogre.
i know the beginning was a joke but isshin ashina is the shura ending boss which most people don't go for when completing the game lol
86.3 %
UnknowN yeah I was going to comment on that
He showed the percentage who killed Isshin Ashina aka the Isshin in the Shura Ending
Man this just reminded me of how much I love this game and From Software in general. That Sekiro fumbling for his sword detail is so cool. Definitely my goty
Has there been a recent fromsoft game that didn’t deserve game of the year? All the dark souls games(except remastered because it’s literally the exact same game with a handful of patches), bloodborne deserves game of the decade if not greatest game of all time, and sekiro was definitely the game of the year the year it came out
there are a few great cutscene parts like that, for instance the nameless king in ds3, his hand slightly trembles before finishing off the king of the storm
Tbh, if you are a soul fan then dark souls 2 is quite disappointing, tho its still a game of the year
@@kar6432 that’s completely subjective. I for one was/am not disappointed with DS2 much and would say that it’s even better than Dark souls 1.
@@macalla6898 I enjoyed DS2 but it’s undeniably the laziest game in the franchise (one boss, dragonrider, another boss, 2 dragonriders!) The lore is not the most captivating, the soundtracks are a bit lackluster (though Yuka kitamira killed it with her DS3 soundtracks) and the bosses are incredibly easy. It’s still a good game, but nowhere better than DS1.
4:38 considering that in the purification ending tells more about Tomoe life, I think genichiro black stains are from when he was training to master Lightining of tomoe and those part are area where Genichiro failed and he got burned, thats my theory
I thought the same when I first saw them
thats what i figured
I always thought the second phase of the great ape fight looks a lot like it was being puppeted by unseen strings and moving in ways that make very little sense unless you consider some kind of telekinesis, or some force not coming from the muscles of the animal itself. I love this design choice.
To me it always looked like it's being puppeted specifically by the centipede. It moves in in a very undulating, twisting, writhing sort of way. Especially the move where he ends up flopping on the ground and kind of slithering towards the player.
I mean... is this a debate? Its 100% obviously almost certainly the centipede puppeting the ape. Like those spores do with ants.
Drunk monkey is drunkey
@@karenamyx2205the cordyceps ones?
The headless still creeps me out. With or without the confetti, I still have chills on the back of my neck
They would too. If they had one.
Agreed. First few tries I turned ... too late. Even now with the flute I still manage to screw up. Well, until I remember to use the umbrella.
@Light Myst malcontent
Light Myst
Step 1: Kill Guardian Ape
Step 2: Go to the Ashina Depths and kill the Headless Ape
Step 3: Rest at the idol
At some point in time you will notice the idol has become unavailable. This means that the Schichimen Warrior has arrived
Step 4: Kill the Schichimen Warrior. When you kill him you will get an item called “Malcontent’s Ring”
Step 5: Grind until you can upgrade your arm at the sculptor.
@Light Myst it's last update to the flute prosthetic tool.
I'm not going to lie, that "you've all finished the game right" is exactly the push that made me grind out the platinum trophy for the game. Thanks a ton
Who cares
Super Console Gamer twat
@@NeverQuit87 you care because you commented Kappa
@@NeverQuit87 shut up you fucking fool
@@NeverQuit87 clown
I don't think this has lore implications, but:
Have you ever noticed when fighting emma after staying loyal to Owl, that when you break her posture by goomba-stomping her and doing a deathblow from above, sekiro is 'very gentle' with her and lowers her head to the ground with care? The normal deathblow is famous for being quite merciless, I don't understand why there is this big thematic difference between the two
He's feeling guilt
Well, she is called the gentle blade.. so I assume he wanted to give her a gentle death, too.
For some reason,I can’t seem to find any video about this on TH-cam.Ig I’m going to have see this for myself
Wow never mind,I just found a vid.Thats very interesting indeed
I would say that it’s literal. He’s going along with his fathers orders but he’s probably feeling a lot of guilt and has a lot of consideration for her. Maybe this is why he went insane cause his abusive father commanded him to kill everything he actually like.
Something I want to point out when you talked about the Great Owl figth and his tricks, he doesn't feign attacks. What happened there is you cancelled his attack by attacking him, which caused him to cancel his attack to block/deflect. This can be seen with other bosses such as Genichiro and plain ol' regular enemies.
If you fight Owl again at Hirata Estate, he does somewhat feign attacks. He will initiate a large overhand swing, but depending on how you move, will actually perform a spinning attack or a running attack. It feels very "got you!"
That ceramic shard cut at 15:00 Bravo, that was so good
I always asummed those doors just led to a tunnel and the game just skipped us the boredom of traversing it but I guess magic is cool to
Magic is the fun answer, drugs are the tragic answer
I dont think its just magic. I think youre right. And the symbols forming a circle seemed like a compass to me. Like a guide for orienting yourself when you enter the shinobi tunnels.
Yeah, assuming it's magic seemed stupid to me.
OmegaSanction it’s not outside of Japanese mythology though. There are legends of lightning fast shinobi that teleport using runes. Naruto adopted one of these legends
Henry Tims Well Emma uses it too but she’s not a shinobi right?
Imagine mastering leap attacks just to get stopped by ceramic shards.
Owl is also unique in that in he can perform a shinobi deathblow on you. Just like with the Mikiri counter. He taught you, and he can do most of the things you can do.
And funny enough you can't mikiri counter him because he doesnt use piercing atacks
@@plinius902I mean he does
Seeing Genichiro dip out after the first fight with him, I kinda thought the DLC would be us playing as him while he went out searching for the blade and his search for more power.
That would be cool, but I doubt that from software would do something like that
Sekiro, Shadow die twice, related to Genichiro, hes immortal too...
the only game i played were you can play as an enemy is a assassin"s creed syndicate jack the ripper
sorry bad english
@@kinslayer736 and what about Dishonored 1 DLCs? They are awesome
LORE
Just what I needed Vaati. I finally got done with the NG+7 Charmless Demon Bell run. What an incredible journey.
I did that in first NG+. NG+7 seems like a long time to do it.
vectress I understand tho. I usually like to go through a few times and get all endings before I do challenge runs
@@kylecoucke943 Isshin Sword Saint almost made me punch my screen several times. But fuck I'm now a pro against him. Hours well spent.
Im at owl father charmless/demon bell. Makes my fav fight even more epic.
Just got my platinum! For whatever reason NG+3 Isshin was kicking my ass. Finally beat him after weeks of maybe 2-3 attempts every other day, and then sped through the shura ending in about an hour deathless. As much as I'd love to give the game a solid 9 or 10/10 I can't. I didn't enjoy many of the fights and the difficulty felt somewhat cheap compared to soulsborne. Still though after my deathless shura run I finally appreciated the game and felt satisfaction. 8.5/10.
I just love how much owl shares with wolf, like even owls own basic attacks only goes up to a total of 5 hits, he has prosthetic tools, utilizes poison, death trickery and even stuff like prosthetics Chase and faint attacks as well as attack canceling, he even has something like the nightjar slash and mikuri counter(which hits like a fucking truck) and other trickery like posture restoration and smoke bombs.
Owl's basic attack combo can go on for seven hits, he just very rarely does all of them.
@@juniperrodley9843 you sure, I've played against him many times, not once have I seen him go past 5, not even in footage or playthrough
He also uses whirlwind slash
@@DARTH-R3VAN Only in his Inner form.
@@dragonmaster3030 Yup, he's done seven to me before. Diagonally down, back up, flip the sword and diagonally down again, around the head and horizontal, flip the sword and horizontal the other way, around the head and horizontal, around the head and diagonally upwards. It's extremely rare for him to do all seven since he has a high chance of cancelling the combo at any given move.
7:13 I noticed that too. Against Lady Butterfly he does it a bit better, and by the final fight against Genichiro there's no hesitation
1st dlc : lightning of tomoe
2nd dlc : the ringed artoris crown city
Nomad2145 hope we get a dlc about the sculpture
Oh boy, you're going to make me lose sleep!! May it be so! This game is just too amazing to end like this!
Is Emma playable in it
Buddha DLC
@@Uruk02 no u can only play with 2b and shrek
Thank you for being one of the few people still covering this game.
we would need vids just to cover the characters and the themes of the basic story, without digging into lore and worldbuilding. Sad that From Soft seemed to spit on its face during the entire game, since the story is far from bad on its own and doesn't deserve to be despised as it is.
@@baptistelasbats3952 I've seen people saying it's lazy and needs to be like dark souls which is basically no story, it's like that can't comprehend that's it's a DIFFERENT GAME
Another neat if small secret is, if you kill the friendly looter in Hirata Estate in the past, he won't show up in the future, but more interestingly, if you just hurt him and run away, he'll initially express hostility towards you when you meet him again... but can't quite recall why.
I always wondered what owl was doing while I was getting executed repeatedly by a Doctor, and her patient
I mean he comes back with a black blade so it was kinda obvious even without datamining head he places...
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"Sorry we can not deliver to you country"
*COMMITS SUDOKU*
A 2 in the left column, amirite?
NO! Do not commit to those Japanese box puzzles! You have so much more to live for! Its never too late to change! LOL
Is there some inside joke on this channel where yall purposefully call it "sudoku" instead of what it's actually called or are yall actually just that fucking stupid.
Hextin seppuku
if you commit sudoku i will commit sekiro ok?
One thing to keep in mind: the Ashina were heretics.
They fought dirty. They worshiped alien fish people. And many of them sought immortality. That's part of why the "ministry" eventually came for them.
One of the strong recurring themes in ALL soulsborne titles is the idea that immortality is a BAD thing...
The fishgods promised immortality-- immortal servitude. The red-robed fish people locked in the highest chambers appear to be cannibalistic zombies when the player finds them. They don't "reign from on high"; they live in one small, dark room with nothing to devour but each other...
If you kill the giant carp and then talk to its caretaker, he's grateful to have finally finished his eternal duty. His daughter asked you to break the fish's control over him, earlier. Later, you find he had two daughters. One tries to comfort him (he's dead at this point), you then find the OTHER is in that dark room, killing the last of the red-robed fish people.
I think this symbolizes the fact that the fish people WERE monsters that should never have been worshiped. They only offered immortality as a means to get a few free slaves. And in fact those few who DID get "immortality" lost so much in the process that it wasn't worth it (hence the infestation and zombification).
The red and black mortal blades appear to be a token to this, in that: Death can sometimes be an act of mercy.
Maybe it's just as a means to end the suffering of one who has been forced to be alive for far too long, or maybe it's as a means of taking something that is dead back.
These are two sides of the same coin-- two blades, one red and one black.
Maybe the fish people weren't always evil-- maybe they weren't always in charge... But in the end, I think the mortal blades were offered as a means of "correcting" immortality.
Himax9 solid
well said
The fish people are humans who drank the fountainhead water or something from there. There's a Priest in Mibu Village who was human but upon giving him Water of the Temple he became one of those red robed fish people.
Tbh Isshin himself was never obsessed with immortality. He held pride in who he was, but he only fought you when you either went evil or when his grandson literally forcibly binded his own last wish to Isshin's departed soul. That's why he held such contempt for Senpou monks and for Genichiro.
@@spinyslasher6586 Yea, that's the main reason why I'm sad he fights us in the end. I like this dude and I honestly do not want to fight him XD
of course owl is myazaki's favorite, he's not wearing any shoes
12:20
hearing “future dlc” in 2022 breaks my heart.
oof
Oof
*"You've all finished the game at this point...right?"*
*Me:* _* nervous laughter *_
i gave up at the 4 phase isshin fight. Literally one boss left. I need to be less of a pussy but i just got bored after a while lol
That last fight is absolutely mental, it took me like 3 days but damn what a rush when you finally beat him
@@jonahmarlow3991 it took me 3 days too on my 1st gameplay. took me 5 mins on my 2nd XD
Yeah, like 10 times already. Every time you replay it, it becomes a better game.
@@rival001 damn it took me about 1 hour to beat him on my 1st playthough and i can't even beat him now on my ng+😂
Never heard of this Lance McDonald guy
I know right? Why does Vaati always have to plug for randos like that
Lance McDonald i did though
I wonder if he also sells hamburgers
@@gunnarhassing5875 He does, but they taste just like Principal Skinner's patented mouth-watering steamed hams. It's likely that Lance here stole the recipe.
I'm a fan of this Lance Mcdonald guy, you should check him out!
We need a Sekiro 2, this game is amazing and the style of flighting! If you see this Software, please make a Sekiro 2 or at lest give us another deflection/ Posture type fighting again. Maybe another story in a different part of the world. Vikings, Romans ect.
Sekiro gave them a GOTY award so they should at least make a Sekiro 2 or maybe at least a DLC
I hope next game after Armored Core will be Sekiro 2 or Bloodborne 2
Nah forreal I got Elden ring and I fucked with that’s that’s why I got this was too hard so stopped then got to the last boss in Elden ring and put this shit on the deflection is so fucking fire shit makes me feel godly started last week
There is no way the posture system isn't picked up by other devs, it's such a brilliant piece of design that can be expanded to so much more. To me it feels like a core design innovation that could create an entire genre.
the return ending is BEGGING for a sequel. But sadly, sekiro had the most backlash about being "too hard". what did we get next? elden ring with literal easy mode in the form of BUSTED farming spots, spirit summons, and op sorcery builds. I have a feeling that fromsoft is becoming a people pleaser making their games easier
"There exists a great gorge into which immortals are cast away into the underworld."
That reminds me so much of the opening for Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver. In this story, 6 vampire lieutenants have served under a far older vampire named Kain in a dying empire for over a millennium. Raziel had surpassed his master in power which provoked Kain to wound him terribly. In his wounded state, Raziel is dragged by his brothers Turel and Dumah towards The Lake of the Dead or the abyss as it's later referred as. Kain orders orders his lieutenants to cast Raziel into the depths in which Raziel is then scorched by the waters almost beyond recognition. After countless centuries, Raziel is finally resurrected in the underworld. In his new wraith state, Raziel is undying and can never truly be killed or destroyed, he is now a truly immortal being who spends the rest of the series taking revenge on his brethren and master who executed him as well as unearthing answers of his origin along the way. I know this quote most likely is of no reference to the game, but I just love how similarly it describes the game.
And here I was thinking we were just supposed to assume there's a long passage between shinobi doors.
thats what i was thinking, like jus a long tunnel/passageway that sekiro goes thru that we just dont see cuz it'll be a hassle, i mean that makes the most sense.
Okay you posted this nearly a year ago but I'll say it anyway. I think those magic symbols Vaati was talking about aren't actually magic, they are just normal symbols used to communicate with other shinobi that there is a passageway nearby. They are simply faded from time
@@vorpaldoom8493 thats what i thought
"Is the severed head...of genichiro"
Me: \ O.O /
I recently was replaying the game and found out something interesting, in the memory area where you find owl “dying”, if you hit him with a sword it creates a shimmer like that of an illusion
It does that on all non-killable NPCs
4:40 The idea of metal armor being removed because of his usage of lightning is interesting. But he still keeps his metal thigh guards on. So it’s kind of a unlikely idea if he keeps some armor on.
Also okami warriors still use metal armor and do eletric attacks, Isshin Ashina Divine Blade too, just no make sense
answer: it looks cool
I always thought behind those "teleport" doors there is a secret path that Sekiro travels to the other location, we just skip ahead to when he arrives.
That wouldn't work for the one in the castle, as it leads into a wall that isn't thick enough for a person to move through, even sideways.
Master Ofu same I thought it was some kind of tunnel underground that goes from ashina castle to the dilapidated temple and from headless"ako"cave to senpou temple I haven't really notice the magic marks
@@Wveth the one that leads to kuro's room isn't even useful. it's faster to just use the idol
@@GameCyborgCh It's a good explanation as to how Emma travels so easily between dilapidated temple and kuro's room
Played the game once and thought: "Maybe I'll try the other endings at some point in the future."
After defeating Isshin I immediately started the second playthrough, then the third, and the fourth. Loved this game.
I only got the game 3 months ago but I’m still stuck on the guardian ape
@@jonathanbaldwin5290 just remember that you can deflect any attack without the unblockable mark on it :)
I beat the duo yesterday
I got into the game again after finishing all 4 endings. I could have gone for NG+4 but instead started a new save and have gone charmless+demon bell. The ultimate experience
I did it shura first, bad choice btw, then return, the one where sekiro dies, and the one where kuro dies, after that I was aching for a challenge so I gave kuro the charm and activated bell demon
One thing I noticed that I haven't seen anybody mention is that after you defeat the Divine Dragon, the Nobles at Fountainhead Palace play a different tune on the flute! Love that
I have some information/theory surrounding the Black Mortal Blade (BMB).
Isshin has possession of the BMB in the opening cutscene where he defeats General Tamura, if you didn’t know that watch the cutscene but slow it down, it’s there. By the time Owl shows up at Ashina Castle, Genichiro has possession of it (as shown in this video).
After showing Isshin the Crimson Mortal Blade and then eavesdropping on Isshin he says "The crimson Mortal Blade...That means the one he has must be...black, then. To abandon oneself in search of strength...How tragic..." This sounds as though Isshin thought that the Black Mortal Blade was at Senpou Temple and is surprised the one we obtain is crimson.
So we can gather that Isshin isn’t entirely sure on the BMB’s whereabouts. I’m just confused on how Genichiro got it and where he got it from whether it was Senpou or somewhere else.
That one about the headless being able to be damaged without confetti when you're in the water is the kind of detail I love about FromSoft games, there's so much thought that goes into everything, strange occurrences are almost never just a coincidence.
Sekiro: Father, we need to deal with Genichiro afte...
Owl: I HAVE ALREADY DEFEATED HIM!
"Oh! Okay...I guess..."
OWL: A NINJA NEVER REVEALS HIS SECRETS! I MUST GO, MY PLANET NEEDS MEEEEEE~!
@@AwsmChimera I suspect he was high on dragonspring sake.
Сопля из Монструма sekiro he saw genichiro severed head though
Sekiro:*looks at isshin dead body*now we need to slay genichiro
*owl comes back with genichiro severed head*
Sekiro:oh ah oh
6:01 shinobi doors could also just have long tunnels that the devs didn't want to force you to run down for the sake of it being a shortcut. Not like they're going to try to explain getting physical items from a 3 year old memory, teleporting by praying, etc.
Yea from what I’ve seen there is a tunnel from some of the doors
Just a little correction: at 5:21 when talking about the divine dragon shrine, those pieces of paper are actually called "shide" and are characteristic for their zig-zag form. Usually they appear with so called "shimenawa", big twisted ropes made of rice straws placed at the doors of Shinto shrines for purification.
Just when you think you are a completionist Vaati comes along and ends your whole career.
A cool little thing is Yamamura's robes in Bloodborne: OH has some pretty close similarities to Sekiro's robes. Yamamura was from the east after all
fun fact, that guys name in bloodborne is the name of the guy who literally designed sekiros combat. Yamamura.
What's OH?
John Doe The Old Hunters DLC.
@@Oyasumi05 Ohio.
I’ve always wondered why Sekiro loses the first fight with Genichiro since he wins the other two. I think it’s so sick that subtle detail of the hand stumble to suggest he’s rusty in the beginning after losing his will to live. It makes you appreciate how far he’s come later on when he fights Genichiro again and pulls that shit out smooth as butter. A confident ninja boy!
The meteorite theory holds even more creedence when you consider that the lapis lazuli spawned from it (an oddly colored metal out of space). A reference to H.P. Lovecraft's Color out of Space, where a meteorite strikes earth and causes the mutation of local inhabitants (centipedes in Sekiro).
Vaati: Time to move on.
Activion and FromSoftware: DLC announced.
Vaati: ......
*real shit*
Lets hope for this, TGS is around the corner
they never said nothing for sure, right?
Everyone: "We will have DLC for Sekiro?"
FromSoftware: "..."
Wait was dlc announced?
@@mathm1410 no, but everyone hope it will
"Hidden tooth lets you ressurect if you commit SUDOKU"
Eduardo Bilibio de Oliveira Think he’s making a joke about the last time he said that
Hahaha yeah I had a double take at that as well...lol
@@bjanalexander yeah, and it's still hilarious
I tend to prefer committing Mahjog personally, but to each their own.
Yes, that is the joke.
Me: "I beat this game 7 times, got all endings, all items, and collectibles... there is no way i missed anything shown in this video"
*Literally the first thing*
Me: "I was mistaken".
I remember the first time I saw the fountain head palace area. It looked so magical I actually cried a little. God damn.
Vatti: "Time to move on"
Next video: Lady Maria Prepare to Cry...
Better late than never. XD
Okay so I realised I used the wrong Isshin Ashina for the statistic at 0:04
The amount of players who actually killed the Isshin tied to the main 3 endings is 31.6% (on steam)
So I'm (slightly) more impressed :)
Don't know what the stats are for ps4 I beat it on that.
I quit during the 1st genichiro fight...........cries in hesitation
For Xbox it is 11.57% for the Sword Saint
@@roddagamer1183could've been same but my brother,who has played the souls trilogy told me that keep doing it,you'll have it,I cried three times until my final attempt, I literally no damaged first phase,used only one gourd for second and went in with 2 gourds in way of tomoe ,guess how many I used? None, I was so perfect at the fight after fighting him for like what 500 times,I did it,All on my own,that is the satisfaction of Sekiro,you didn't use multiplayer,you didn't use any other weapon,it was all ur own skill,I screamed in joy and my parents were like,"Is he mad,yup he is" anyway petition for u to complete the game
@@Ultimimethanks for adding nothing
1:46 notice how his prosthetic is on fire? The very moment his fate was sealed to becoming the Demon of Hatred
shura💀 the sculptor failed at being shura therefore became the demon of hatred
I would venture to disagree with you on #9, Vaati. I tend to keep my brightness settings higher than you seem to (I find it easier to deflect by watching the reflected light off the blades), so I could see pretty clearly that the Shinobi Door at the Ashina Outskirts opens onto a tunnel -- it's not hard to imagine that that tunnel leads through the mountains to the Demon Bell at Senpou Temple.
(I'd presume the same holds true for the passage from Ashina Castle's keep to the Dilapidated Temple -- hidden passages and escape routes weren't uncommon features in Sengoku-era castles, and the temple's a pretty good evacuation spot in the event of a siege on the castle; sadly, Genichiro continues to beat me bloody, so I haven't been able to confirm that to be the case.)
So the Vermillion bird is basically Ho-Oh from Pokemon, nice Sekiro Heart Gold confirmed
A lot of the Japanese legends mentioned in sekiro are also the inspiration for a bunch of Pokemon. Like Magikarp's evolution into Gyarados, which is based on the same legend of the dragon's gate
Ho-oh ,Suzaku basically the same thing just different pronunciation. its a shared folk lore.
@@paleviolent Houou (鳳凰) and Suzaku (朱雀) are not the same. Houou is one of the four auspicious beasts of China and represents peace and tranquility. Suzaku (lit. "Vermilion Sparrow") however is one of the four gods of the seasons / cardinal directions in Chinese mythology and rules over the southern heavens. Represents fire and summer.
Ho-Oh, or Fenghuang in Chinese, is a different bird with no fire element to it whatsoever. Sometimes people mix it with the Vermilion Bird and the Greek Phoenix together because heck, they're all divine birbs. But they're different beings.
Vaati my boi, you forgot to mention there's an additional piece of dialogue from the old lady who tells you about the Serpent's hearts. I don't know when exactly but, after you give them to the Divine Child, that old lady will appear at the Main Hall of the Senpou Temple. She'll point to a direction (just like she always did) and tells us the Divine Child will face a long journey, or something like that. :)
Such a shame we'll never get DLC for this magnificent game.
It is a shame, yes. And it had such potential for good bosses, too: Lady Tomoe, Orangutan and Kingfisher, The Good Hunter... Heck, there's even a blank spot in the upper left corner of the world map that would've been perfect for a DLC area.
Who knows we may end up getting one. They have never ruled it out.
Fun fact: All the fights which take place at The top of Ashina Castle begins with a "Let us Begin"
biggest lore question remains: what happens in the mist noble's first phase?
He noblely turns into red mist
While trying to go through the game fast, I often miss the leaping deathblow on him. Thanks to that, I can tell you that in the first phase he summons tons of illusions like the ones in the forest outside, then he does devastating flurries with his flute which actually doubles as a dagger, and he may also run back and enfeeble you (despite being a red noble), the status bar filling twice as fast as when you're enfeebled by blue nobles. You may interrupt it by hitting him, but the status bar doesn't go down until you deathblow him. His posture is unbreakable so you have to chip down his enormous health. Oh and unless you deathblow from behind, he can actually parry your deathblow and regain half of his health. However, with the first deathblow, he loses all his powers
@@adude6568 for real?
@@aryapradipta3106 yeah? He was very frustrating for a lot of players.
@@user-xl1up5jy8q bro i literally just spammed R1 non stop and he died without even attacking once
#9 I just waved those off as classic shortcuts. In my headcanon Wolf just went through a bunch of empty caves until he ended up on his destination
How when the Ashina castle one is at the top of a tower?
I always thought the one in the tower was a secret path in the walls down to some underground caves, then out to the dilapidated temple
4:05 That's actually the sound you get when you drag the plectrum up the strings of a Shamisen. You can hear the same sound in Okami's song "Giant Monster in Wait". It's likely just a sound effect they included just because it sounded cool.
HOLY HELL THAT GENICHIRO'S HEAD THING IS SO DAMN AWESOME AND ADDS EVEN MORE TO MY FAVOURITE ENDING THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHOWING ME THIS VAATI
This was AMAZING! Great work on this.
Ayyyy man glad to see you here!
Owl: We shall rule this land as father and son!
Shura: *I'm about to end this man's entire career*
"Suzaku" 朱雀 (from the shield you mention around 20:40) is also Japanese for "Vermillion Bird"
すざく*
I'm on my second playthrough of Sekiro and its hands down my favorite game of all time. The mood..the combat...the lore. EVERYTHING. And the. I watch these videos and find even more secrets tuck away and it just makes me appreciated this masterpiece even more.
A sekiro side story manga about Hanbei the undying has been recently released. It also mentioned this dude who ate the flesh of monkeys and stuff. I really think everyone should check it out. It's got some pretty good art and may have some great lore implications.
Where can I find that?
HAIR GRAY, EYES BOUND... BOI EMMA BECOMING THE FIRE KEEPER
True gamers know she's really becoming the Maiden in Black.
I've never played Demons Souls 😥
23:40
"However, if you commit *sudoku...* "
🤣🤣🤣
Was about to put the same stamp. Nice joke there
I'm beginning to believe that Sekiro is actually connected with the soulsborne, (or Darkblood, if you're into that,) notice that the twinblade enemies are carrying curved-twinblades, there's a weapon in DS2 called the Curved Twinblade, it's item description actually reads,
"A twinblade imported from a foreign land. The razor-sharp blades cause bleeding, but as a result, are easily worn and dulled.
When wielded by a master, this dual-tipped blade is an unparalleled weapon that hardly allows a foe the opportunity to retaliate."
You get this weapon from the chancellor at Drangleic castle in NG++, which is something you probably already know by now.
... I feel so ashamed that I never recognized those self references back to Bloodborne with the Mibu village.
GOTY. My first FromSoft game, my first brutal Platinum, my first time getting gud.
same here but somehow I am struggling with bloodborne now way more than I ever did with sekiro
Feels good doesn't it
@@Slyrapture chalice dungeons?
Slyrapture bloodborne rewards aggressiveness... it is about precision in a different way. Think of your pistols as a perfect block in sekiro - also be patient and look up all the moves for whatever weapon you’re using- sometimes they aren’t all obvious.. also be patient and just enjoy that incredible setting and all the dlc - that is my fav Miyazaki story/game and setting..lore is deep and relatable and DARK.. just. So many high notes .. definitely different than sekiro it play-wise tho
Slyrapture well just stick with it and play. I started with ds3 and then ds 1, 2, bb and Sekiro so i cant explain why lol
for #10 , it is kuro who always runs through the secret passage, sekiro only follows. Both times kuro is stopped by genichiro & he couldn't see that the bridge is broken
10:39 ah yes, my favorite Lovecraft inspired game, "the Skinking City"
I like the theory that the Divine Dragon is actually a Great One. It's crazy, but i like it.
7:10 I've always loved this tiny detail, right from my first play through. It's as if Wolf is nervous
22:02 Koremori’s truly precious bait actually KILLS the great carp.
The Vermilion Bird and the Phoenix are two separate mythological creatures. The eastern version of a phoenix is called a Fenghuang (Chinese) or Houou (Japanese). The vermilion bird is called the Zhuque (Chinese) or Suzaku (Japanese), hence why it's on Suzaku's Lotus Umbrella, which literally translates to Vermilion Bird's Lotus Umbrella. The eastern phoenix is the queen of all birds and associated with female royalty like the Empress, while the vermilion bird is associated with the Chinese constellations and the direction of South, as well as summer.