After this ending it’s a very well trained shinobi with 2 mortal blades, Flame powers, prosthetic weapons, best swordsmanship in the land, and he’s the man who killed Isshin. RIP literally everyone in his way

Y'all realize that owl dies the same way he killed you?

For people who don't know. At 10:51, Owl placed "something" near Isshin, it was actually Genechiro head. Another factor explained this was in the beginning, Owl had only 1 sword on his back, but after Sekiro defeated Isshin, he came back with the 2nd one - which is the 2nd mortal blade owned by Genechiro (You might recognized this in other endings). => Owl went to kill Genichiro while Sekiro was fighting Emma and Isshin. :>

You gotta give Emma credit. For all she knew Owl could have stayed and she would had to deal with Wolf and Owl. Balls of steel right there....

4:40 that faint smile on Wolf's lips after cutting her down - it's the most chilling scene in the game

That's the second mortal blade Sekiro takes off of Owl. Does that mean Owl went out to kill Genichiro while you dealt with Isshin?

I like how the owl can't believe it himself and repeatedly asks "Are you really sure that you want to forsake the dragon heir? Cuz if you do, he'll be like, your enemy. You understand right? Uh? Are you sure?"

For anyone who plays sekiro for the first time don't pick this ending because you will miss like half of the game

FromSoft for some reason loves to have old people as their final bosses

wow that was quick, he went from loyal protector of an Innocent child monarch, to bloody thirsty psychopath who just kills everyone he meets.

Also note that isshin is the only being that can deflect your one mind skill if you use on him. Fromsoft did absolutely great job with these attention to details.

I have to say, Isshin Ashina has the best and most imposing sword draw I have ever seen. The close-up on his face, the music, the show of his Damascus steel blade, the sound design, it's all perfect.

Sekiro: I wanna be shura Sculptor: I'm already shura Sekiro: >:(

4:40 That faint smirk is such a good detail for foreshadowing...! Notice how Owl comes back with 2 swords. In this ending, everything falls into place for Sekiro, all the opposition is taken down, and he has the two means that could kill him in his hands. The Orangutan's monkey paw certainly came in handy.

I think its interesting that Owl begins to scream out his "real person name" at the end. The reason why ninjas have animal names is probably because the're not meant to be "people", in the sense of existing for the sole purpose of serving their parents/master. Owl screaming out his name shows a rejection of that nature, which also helps explain why he betrayed his masters in pursuit of power for himself. In fact, the fact that he even *has* a "real person name" suggests that he wasn't always a ninja, since ninjas don't get those. Maybe he is a former warlord/samurai who fell from power and became a ninja, which would help explain his ambitions. Also, its ironic and hypocritical that he demands that Sekiro follow the iron code when he, himself, evidently broke it.

I love how no matter what path is taken, it's Owl's destiny to be killed by Sekiro.

9:00 that slick ass side-step tho

11:25 Silly Owl. Intros are for Oniwas!

Me at 1st attempt at killing Isshin: "Emma.... Im sorry... *sobs*" Also me 257th attempt at killing Isshin : "Hurry up and die biatch so I can settle the score with ISsin!!" By the end of the struggle I was indeed a Shura.

4:15 I love how both of their guards are broken simultaneously only for wolf to jump back in with the killing blow

So in this ending, Sekiro posesses -4 swords (Kusabimaru, The red mortal blade, The black mortal blade and Sabimaru) -At least 2 types pf trowing projectiles (Shuriken and Kunai -at least 2 different designs of spears (Stab type and cleave type) -Firecrackers -4 Different shields (Normal, Magnetic, Spiritual and fire) -Orangutan's axe -A fucking flamethrower The guy's a god damn armory

It was all serious until i heard lord kuro screaming “you cant be shura” in english.

I fucking love how at 5:11 Wolf actually has to calm himself and prepare as he knows he's about to go head to head with the greatest swordsman alive, it's chillingly amazing

11:39 seeing Owl's eyes open wide like that for the first time scared the shit out of me.

It's insane to me that Isshin is on the verge of death, and is still this powerful. Man this game is awesome

Looks like Aang didn't completely disable Fire Lord Ozai's bending

Idk why journalists think this game is impossible, Sekiro is literally immortal in the lore.

boy: no u cant be lord of cinder! this is not darksouls!

3:35 - 3:45 - One reason I love this fight. Give Emma any breathing room at all and she’ll turn the tables on you in ten seconds. But then if you hammer the attack against Isshin he’ll dodge-counter you into the floor. Great contrast.

I love the subtle smile Sekiro has at 4.40 It really shows how much he is enjoying himself.

4:39 that damn creepy smile, he's losing his mind

The thing that Owl places by Isshin's body is Genichiro's decapitated HEAD!!!

The cutscene before you fight Ishiin gives me chills. The expression on his face and eye is so emotional, like he’s disgusted he’s being forced to kill shura again.

I would say that Ishiin was surprisingly formidable for a man on his deathbed but that would downplay how powerful he was at the end of his life.

The fact that Emma had less deathblows than mini bosses and Isshin only matched them always made me feel off going into the fight and I think that’s on purpose since it really shows how far gone Sekiro already is at that point since they’re also insanely brutal deathblows too for people he was allied with

Nobody is going to talk about the fact that : -The final boss in tending is not only an old man, but a literal geriatric in his pijama and his nurse. -Isshin is a master swordsman and a fire-bender too.

4:18 love the roll into the finisher. Super smooth. Also breaks my heart every time I fight Emma

My first playthru i sided with Kuro. Due to the Dragonrot, I decided that Kuro was right, the divine blood was not sacred, and until it was severed, people would continue waging mini-wars over it. In the end my preferred ending is the Purification ending. Sekiro sacrifices himself to give Kuro a normal life; I think it’s a fantastic Send off for Sekiro, and I like to wonder how Kuro and Emma’s life will turn out. I almost always do each ending in these kind of games at least once. The Shura path is sad, but seeing Sekiro become Shura, and the narrator alluding to him having become this unknown demon who stalks Ashina, is a chilling (in a good way) and emotional ending. Though Sekiro Likely Kills Kuro:(

7:17 my man dodged one of the deadliest combos in the game by mistake

4:14 Now that's an anime ending, both characters fall at the same time, one final strike to determine who wins

3:01 slow walk intensified

From Ashina folksongs: Fields of bodies, mountains of dead down Dragonspring River, our country bled, a fiery god demon wolf in red.

... I... I recognice that voice, or it sounds oddly familiar... But... Where? 1:35 SHINOBI KURATOS

Isshin has an air of captain Yamamoto from bleach

The look on owls face when he finds out his son is shura is one of the wildest mocaps ive seen in video game history

is it just me or does wolf show a slight hint of a smile in that cutscene after killing emma? if im not just seeing things then that is really kinda creepy

You know what makes this boss so much more badass? It's the fact that Isshin isn't kicking your ass in his Pajamas

Saving this ending for my 4th and final ng boss still looks easier then the normal final boss fight

When I saw the iron code option, I just knew I had to go for it. I was expecting some twist in conversation, and when asked the second time my decision remained unchanged. Not until I actually pierced through Emma's throat did I know shit was serious and there was no chance for a "betraying-dad" development. I actually had to murder the characters I liked. But the ending was the craziest. For a brief moment when Sekiro stabbed Owl I thought the expected twist finally occurred, with Kuro reviving Emma and Isshin with his heritage power, sth like that, and the quest would continue. I thought either way (choosing to fight Ashina pair or Owl), the ultimate showdown wouldn't come until after at least a couple more hours of gameplay. But turned out the story ended on a weird, unresolved note, with me being a mass-stabbing psychopath, and tons of unanswered questions, which are dealt with in the supposedly canon ending... I prolly won't start my second playthrough unless I'm extremely bored, but wow, what a fearless maneuver by Fromsoftware. Basing hours of gameplay on a single, irreversible decision and making every player who chose iron code path feel like real-life Shuras. Reverse catharsis. Impressive!

Owl's reaction to Shura always gives me chills

Having wolf wield two mortal blades with this ending is definitely fitting, such power for such chaos man the red and black mortal blades no wonder he was a terror n pre much destroyed everything in his path i love it!!!

"Bro lemme get a sip of that." "Alright, but just a sip" The sip: 3:39

old man and fire, captain commander yamamoto is that you?

Shinobi: you can't be Shura Sekiro: hold my beer

"You can't be shura!!!" "I'll be Zoro"

Love how wolf picks the sword owl had the same way isshin picks up genichiro’s sword in the other endings

I love this guy's gameplay bc it reminded me of how I play because I was struggling with emma until I got to isshin

it's interesting how Emma is looking at the reflection on her blade (probably of you) to avoid looking you in the eye at the beginning, i wish the VA in this part had captured how her voice is breaking up like with the japanese voices

4:40 the little smirk gets me every time

A real stunner of an ending. the moment where Wolf smirks made me feel some type of way

Don’t just throw a thumbnail and a title like that only 3 days after the game releases man.

I wonder what happened to Kuro in this ending? Did Wolf kill him?

so we all gone ignore how clean that dodge was at 6:35

Shirrako more like Shurrako

So....Basically bad guy ending eh?

4:43 that "SEKIRO" is literally everything, the faint smirk that wolf has, enjoying his kill. On the verge of becoming shura, and then his smile fading away as he hears the man, the legend. The strongest swordsman in the history of japan, up from his deathbed, hours of dying with his illness at it's peak. In his 90s, and still he comes to stop you. The dialagues, the music building up. The tension and the flames, and then the way he draws his sword. Such a glorious moment. Isshin grew to be one of my favorite characters in gaming. And that's saying a lot from a fromsoft game

I dont know why but the swordfight is beautiful

Got the shura ending in my second playtrough ,damn iishin was hard ,tho the fire umbrella do wonders against his flury on second phase , and against all fire attacks

worst enemy, the camera

man i was subconsciously cheering for isshin and emma to win.

Skipped the end cutscene accidentally so I'm watching this. Thank you!

Charles Smith from Red Dear Redemption 2 talking with a Japanese dude

If I got a game like this that wasn’t open world, just all boss fights with like 40 different levels I’d buy that

7:19 (Visions of Vergil)

Dont get me wrong but that smile after he killed Emma was actually badass

Just beat them. Fantastic parry duels. Btw, Umbrella + Projected Force during fire attacks would shorten Isshin's phase 2 and make it easier quite a bit.

11:26 Sekiro: Father, do you remember the time at the hirata estate?

Anyone else here because they can't bring themselves to betray Lord Kuro? I couldn't hurt Lady Emma if I tried ;3;

Shuras are so powerful they don’t need a second deathblow

Regardless of which isshin you fight, the beginning cutscene where he draws his blade is always so damm imposing.

Small advice to deal with his Ashina cross: When he set in to do the move, move closer towards him for he will first attack you once and then sweep. The attack is quite easy to parry if you get the timing down and after that instantly jump and bounce off his head. This way, you can maintain pressure a lot more better instead of backing off

The sound of clashing blades - the most satisfying thing in the game

5:31 *Gulp*

It's interesting how watching other players make mistakes I wouldn't can teach me to avoid the mistakes that I do make. Watching imperfect gameplay just generally seems to be a better teacher for me than "perfect" gameplay.

04:40 that smile...that god damned smile...

Man!! The pattern on his blade is amazing!!

So are we all just gonna tiptoe around the face Owl is at least seven and a half feet with biceps as thick as Sekiro’s torso?

My mans said "Santoryu: Oni Giri" at the end

He Kinda Reminds me of Head Captain Yamamoto

13:44 this dude VERGIL tho

This game is so good with japanese audio and english subtitles

this is basically, Shishio.

Wow I'm glad I played this in japanese

I can't believe I never noticed how smirked a little at 4:40 , showing him being devoured by Shura

Kuro : you can,t be Shura Sekiro : Hold my mortal blades

This game have such amazing action,the sword fight is far more beautiful than any movie I have ever seen

I don't think some people get just how horribly awful this ending is. We all know the Demon of Hatred right? Well that's a proto shura, Isshin cut off the Sculptors arm before he could fully transform, and all that really did was slow the transformation down for a time. Now take all of that power and horrific abilities and mix them with a guy who is incapable of being killed permanently and could and actually has defeated God himself in a sword fight cause he's that skilled, with the only two weapons capable of doing any real harm to him no doubt either destroyed or hidden away where no man will ever find them. This is the worst possible outcome for a Fromsoftware game, cause there's absolutely zero implications whatsoever that this is in any way shape or form even hinted at possibly being a good choice, n even the Chaos ending from Elden Ring implies that eventually the world will be reborn and will be better cause of it. No, all you've done is unleash a immortal, insane monstrosity of death and war upon the world, and there's absolutely nothing anyone can do to stop it from killing and destroying everyone and everything it sees.

For anyone going to do fight this If you have already defeated isshin sword saint , this one is basically phase one just with some tweaks , I don't think it should take that long especially since you can get up to 9 healing flasks before getting to this fight so you can survive for very long

Its like a battle with Shishio Makoto (r.i.p) :P

Owl, gets stabbed: did... did you just hold a grudge. Sekiro: ...yep