Owl really was clueless wasn’t he? From the day he found Wolf on that battlefield, he never saw the Shura in him and yet it was there: Notice how Wolf never flinches by the blood drawn from Owl’s blade. Also, remember the years he spent training this boy… Isshin has a couple of drinks with him and sees it immediately.
My headcanon is that Shura to most people is a mythical figure, and thus not really something to be genuinely concerned about. Isshin, on the other hand, had looked a Shura in the eyes before and knew the flames of hatred behind the gaze.
@@burningrabbit7278 Isshin had already seen the Sculptor becoming Shura so he knows Shura is real. The only reason the Sculptor didn't become Shura is because Isshin cut off his arm.
@@BanAaron from the way isshin talked it sounded like he fought a shura before. Excluding the sculptor since the sculptor didn't actually become shura
Sekiro has no shura in him when Owl first rescues him. Tis because the path of shura is completely player-chosen, and Sekiro can choose a path that isnt Shura. meaning that in this ending he transforms into shura from not being a shura
I know I’m a bit late to the party but to give you an understanding of the severity of what’s going on. To put it simply sekiro is a now a demon with an insatiable bloodlust who has pure immortality and is in possession of the only two things that can kill him in all of Japan meaning he’s a unstoppable blind killing machine.
@@dante2057 It is not influenced by your actions in game, but by the decisions you make in certain sequences. When the Owl comes to the top of Ashina castle in search of the power of the Divine Child and the Dragon's heritage he asks you to "Obey the Iron code" 1. The father's rule is absolute. 2. The master's is a close 2nd. He asks you to forsake Kuro, if you do this you will get this ending, which many have labeled, "The Bad Ending" you'll have to defeat Lady Emma, and Isshin Ashina. For the other endings you choose to stay loyal to Kuro and break the Iron Code. You'll defeat the Owl on all the other 3 endings, and then I'd reccomend watching a video on how to do the other 3 cause some are quite conveluted. There is one where you die, one where Kuro dies, and the true ending where Kuro's life essence gets taken in by the child of the rejuvenating waters and Kuro doesn't technically die in a way, then you'll go on a journey across Japan with the child of the rejuvenating waters.
*Here's some lore:* Aren't some of you asking themselves on how Owl obtained the Black Mortal Blade? He's not carrying it when he asks you to betray Kuro. Just take a closer look at Owl's left hand in the cutscene. Owl arrives with the Black Mortal Blade and places a head that has just "long dark hair" next to the corpse of Isshin... He actually went finding the blade and killing Genichiro, while we were busy with Emma and Isshin.
Ik I’m late but where does the blade go if you choose to stay loyal to Kuro. I’m pretty sure Lady Emma examined his body so she should’ve been able to find it.
I might be reading into this too much, but I like the thought behind this and hope it was intentional. The first time Sekiro comes to the top of Ashina Castle, he tells Kuro before he fights Genichiro "This will only take a moment." He's fighting for his master's sake and doesn't want the fight to take longer than it has to. But here, Sekiro speaks to nobody, and the first thing Owl says when he returns is "That took a while..." This implies to me that Sekiro, at that point, stopped fighting for a noble goal, and instead had drawn out his battle with Emma and Isshin, savoring their deaths rather than finishing them quickly for the sake of duty. After that fight, he no longer answers to anyone and becomes a truly different person.
@@AxisChurchDevotee Isshin is flat out more skilled than Wolf at all points in the game; the only reason Wolf defeats Isshin is by immortality and sheer force of will
Only Sekiro can burn. It's legitimately confirmed by me, today, because I was fighting Gyobu and when I jumped on his horse - while taking his first red dot - we all three stood over a fire and only I got ignited. The horse was also fireproof.
lets see, has the only two weapons that can kill him, killed the best fighter in all of ashina, is immortal, and has become a demon of hatred with insatiable bloodlust, yeah that sounds like he has become a final boss of a souls like.
Owl saying shura is literally my favorite line in the game like the face he makes is priceless ( this only applies to the Japanese voice acting because I haven't seen much of the games English acting)
Also another small but kinda gross detail confirming that theory: whenever he places the object down near Isshin’s body, you can hear it make a squishy wet noise whenever it contacts the ground.
@@agnotuz6791 I feel like if you looked at the sword that stabbed Sekiro, you'd clearly be able to tell that it's Owl's blade. It's pretty unique sword compared to every other in this game being as long as it is and it's pretty bulky. And yeah you could argue that it could've been someone taking his sword, but A.) It'd be pretty dumb if it was some rando that had little to no connection to him that hadn't been revealed prior and B.) FromSoft doesn't exactly pull the rug with red herrings. Their thing is weaving stories and lore into knots tied into knots so that we can slowly dissect what's taken place.
Yeah he most likely beat the hell out of Genichiro before he could turn into saint sword Isshin most likely or he beat Isshin. Plausible since they were both on even fighting difficulty wise
It's really hard to see, but when Owl steps in at the beginning, he is holding something in his left hand and then places it on the ground next to Isshin's body with a gross squishing sound. Some people think he's carrying Genichiro's head.
*Remnant: Great Shinobi* "The Great Shinobi Owl's unbridled ambition was to obtain the power of the Dragon's Heritage. Now is the time to let one's true name ring out across all of Japan. It was all for the sake of this ambition." In the midst of their power struggles, Owl would slay all the other great leaders of Ashina, seize the power of immortality for himself, and elevate himself from Great Shinobi to Ruler. To reclaim his true name, leave behind Owl, and be Ukonzaemon Usui once more. It almost worked, too.
Skip to 0:25. There's something in Owl's hand, and he sets it down next to Sekiro with a squelching sound. Someone modded the game to free the camera during the cutscene and found that the object was Genichiro's severed head, implying Owl killed him. So that ties up a loose end for this ending, but why the fuck didn't From Software show that in the actual frame?
@@isaacling6560 it wasn't by fetishism, it was a way for samurais to claim the glory/money rewarded for killing famous opponents, some even fought each other to claim this right to take the head of a victim
@@matthewphillips1890 No actually even for regular shiniobi Irl if they are assigned to protect someone there masters really is a close second while there fathers or leader is first.If it was backwards most shiniobi could easily kill there clans cause there Master said to.
Sadly not really. The description from the remnant of the Demon of Hatred (The Sculptor) reads that "A man who failed to become Shura instead become a vessel for the flames of hatred." This kinda suggests that demons and shura are different things.
@LeadFaun I think that they both kill out of hate. the Demon of Hatred was the result of a man who was trying to suppress his hatred (consider his dismay at the fact that all the Buddhas he makes are angry) but had it overcome him when he went back to bloodshed. but it seems "Shura" is one who fully and willingly accepts their hate and uses it as power.
@LeadFaun I doubt that it is because of him losing his arm. In this "Shura" ending, when Kuro exclaims "You can't be Shura", I don't think he means that Wolf literally cannot be; I think he is pleading with Wolf not to become Shura. And, of course, Wolf also has a lost arm. I think the ending implies that Wolf is able to become Shura unlike the Sculptor, because while the Sculptor was dismayed and revolted by his buried hatred, this ending has Wolf fully accepting hatred and violence. I also think the dual-wielding of swords isn't the main point. Rather, the significant point is that he has just taken the sword of a man who was stating the grandness of his ambition. To take his sword is to symbolically inherit his ambition of conquest, while he also holds the sword that killed his father in cold blood, as an example of his total ruthlessness.
Sekiro really has some incredible themes and storytelling. It basically all boils down to the corruption of man by power. Everyone we meet, genichiro, owl, lady butterfly, all noble people with good intentions lost their way to search for immortality. Something that is shown time and time again to be a curse (dragon rot, the centipede infestation, etc.) is still so tempting that even the most noble of intentions are tarnished by it. When you get that choice with owl, you are deciding to hold yourself above the rest or to fall to the corruption just like the rest. The only difference between you and them, is that you are already immortal. While someone like owl would transform into some horrific abomination like the immortal monks or the headless apes, you are so far past that you survive the process and take the next step. The path of true corruption, Shura.
Incredible themes, yes, story telling, that, I can only half agree, yes, every other characters has some form of expression and dialogues that clearly shows their own motives and intentions, but that was not enough, and the most important figure, Sekiro, or Wolf, barely has one. This marks the first time Fromsoft was trying to tell a straight forward story, but they proves that they have very little experience in that throughout the years of making souls game, cause Sekiro has the same symptoms of a silent soul protag, but he should not, we clearly know Sekiro is his own character, not just a vessel for our choices, yet his dialogues, very rudimentary, his emotions, very little, his motivation, his motives, we barely see, both the true end and the Shura end failed to show why Sekiro did what he do, why he suddenly ignore the Shinobi code to disobey his father, with just so little to gasp on clearly, his faint sadness while finishing Lady Butterfly, his slow drop on Emma, all very little in contributing to his character, you might say that we need to come up with our own speculation on why he does it, but we should not, this kind of cutscene heavy story telling should be clear, should be straightforward, not like the souls games, and that, they have failed miserably, Sekiro is as empty as a protagonist as William from Nioh, I can even argue William has better characterization than Sekiro, and that is bad, cause William is bland. In the end, what we have right here, is such a in between results of the subtly in souls storytelling, and the straightforward traditional way of storytelling, and yes, I have watched extensively on Sekiro lore videos, and spent years thinking about Sekiro, and Sekiro, falls very short on storytelling, it's always about the corruption of immortality in all of souls games, but it is the shallowest in Sekiro, and I am ultimately, disapointment on how they decided to make the story. Sekiro, is one of those games, that desperately needed a sequel, to build on themes before it, to learn on the previous shortcomings of it, and make a fully realized version of the game. Thank you for reading all this, this is in the end, my subjective opinion, and you don't have to agree with me, but I hope you understand where I have been coming from, I love Sekiro, and nothing in the world would change that, but I can still see its shortcomings, and I hope many others, can see it too.
@@qgvinh8614I think shinobies are meant to be silent. Samurais are loud, but sekiro is a ninja afterall. They wanted to attract souls fans basically, that's why they don't show everything through cutscenes. I do agree that sekiro left some unanswered questions, but what I know souls fans prefer that, as they mostly hate western style of storytelling in games. The only thing that bothers to me is sekiro don't make his own decisions except killing owl in Shura ending.
@@thelastpersononearth9765 the typical ninja in fantasy, yes, but real historical Shinobis are spies, and espionage is their specialty, and shinobi is a job, Samurai is a social status, so a samurai can be a shinobi, and quite common, and so is a farmer, a keisa, anyone really, for crucial intel collection, the problem with Sekiro story telling is that it is half souls half typical cutscenes type of storytelling, so as result bad at both, Sekiro both has a name and a character and backstory, so you can't self insert like souls game, but doesn't have the necessary depths and character of a normal cutscenes heavy game, which results in a bland character that seems to go wherever the story needs him to go, Emma, Kuro, Owl, Isshin, Genichiro, all have better and well defined character traits than Sekiro, which is bad cause Sekiro is supposed to the main character, each of the endings, minus the Shura one, has unfulfilling closure, sequel baiting even, left a bitter taste in someone expecting more, its theme of immortality and corruption has been done better in the souls game, and the actual story is weak, this is why despite liking the game, I don't think it is worthy of the GOTY title that year, but that is a meaningless title anyway.
SHURA meaning is a Japanese way to call the Buddhism demigod of war i have noticifed when you kill demon of hatred you can read his story was a man turned into a beast failed to become shura sekiro have become the god of war
"The Demon of Hatred is what becomes of the Sculptor once he is tragically consumed by the immense wrath and bloodlust burning within him. Whether this creature is what would have become of the man had Isshin not cut off his arm so many years ago, or if it is in fact the Sculptor now transformed into one of the Shura of legend, is of no consequence--for the sake of Ashina and its people, it must be dealt with."
Got this ending on my first playthrough (don't ask why) so i had no clue about the second mortal blade. So it mostly came down to "ok so he has owl's sword now" or something.
Let's be honest, given what kind of story this is, the odds of anyone getting a "happy ending" are always slim to none. If anyone makes it out alive AND sane it's a positive.
I think about this ending when sekiro is lore is brought up. For it feels right for an ending given that souls games aren’t know for having happy endings. This and the one where sekiro sacrificed himself to free Kuro fell right to me. A tragic end to a story of those who seek to be free of death and those who wish to shed their immortality.
The Purification ending is my favorite because of how Wolf goes above and beyond his duty to Kuro and sacrifices himself so that the boy can not only live, but have a normal life. In a way, Wolf also becomes the father to Kuro that Owl should have been to Wolf.
what scares me in this ending is that we never get a clear look at wolf's eyes during the entire cutscene. Maybe the shinobi we knew had left and all that was in him after his battle with Emma and Isshin was a demon filled with hatred and bloodlust.
For anyone who wants to know what exactly “SHURA” means. You can treat the Monkey Booze to Lord Isshin, he will explain the meaning of Shura for u. The Monkey Booze can be found in the room under the Demon Bell near the Pure White Pinwheel or u can kill the large group of monkeys gather together in Sunken Valley Passage to obtain it.
Side with owl for Shura ending. Remain loyal to Kuro for Immortal Severance. Loyal to Kuro+A sidequest for Purification. And a really long "hidden" sidequest (and remain loyal to Kuro) for the "Dragon's Homecoming" ending.
Side with owl for this ending. Don’t side for the optional other 3. There’s immortal severance (basic ending. Just play the game), purification (requires steps in a side quest), and returning the dragon heritage to its home (also requires steps in a side quest).
We have to see a dlc where we play as the sculptor or in his shinobi days “orangutang” as he becomes shura and possibly has to fight tomoe Once sekiro dlc drops, I can die peacefully
@@martinacosta9026 Demon of Hatred can be found where the journey began, while Ashina burns surrounded by invaders; return to the first gate along the path through the Ashina outskirts, there you shall find a statue which leads you once more to the battlefield you once defeated another demon in; albeit less mystical.
For those they don't know, Interior ministers is the state and isshin is a lord independent so that shogun maintains power, he must destroy all lords independent. The owl want reign all over Japan so he must weaken both side. Like this, he will can have Ashina and the Shogen.
After giving it some thought. Since Sekiro (AKA Wolf) became a "Demon" mentioned by the narrator. To explain what Shura is, unless fromsoft changed it. Shura or "Ashura" is the Japanese way to call the Buddhism demigod of War. In Japan it's even used to describe a person who have to fight a endless war in a inhuman way. Why Wolf exactly is suddenly now Shura? No real idea. I have to play the game myself to figure it out. But, that's the best way I think I can explain it.
"To explain what Shura is". I think what you meant to say is "To explain what I found on google when I typed in Shura, here it is". Literally copy paste, well done, nice fishing for likes.
@@SirMcAwesome i mean he kinda is helping people who don't google it, wouldn't call it fishing for likes. Just because someone comments something from a definition it ain't tryna get likes man
My take was all the killing he was doing was taking a toll on him. But his loyalty to his lord kept him centered. Gave him a place from which to reaffirm his humanity. To get this ending you need to cut ties with this lord. It obviously changes you in a way that is not good.
I’ve always found it a little funny how in Owl’s final moments he realizes just how much he screwed up and accidentally released a monster onto the world. “There’s nothing that could possibly go wro- _Shura? Fu-”_
I have one trophy left till platinum have to grind out 9 more experience points on my 4th playthrough. I feel like these two bosses gave me trouble because I didn’t fight them before and I did it on my 3rd playthrough with the blood demon on. I thought blood demon was a challenge, omg giving back kuros charm feels like very hard mode where bell demon just feels like hard mode. I just started my 4th run and the samurai are pulling out new moves I’ve never seen and the game is punishing me for not deflecting like omg this is gonna be crazy
Owl really was clueless wasn’t he? From the day he found Wolf on that battlefield, he never saw the Shura in him and yet it was there: Notice how Wolf never flinches by the blood drawn from Owl’s blade. Also, remember the years he spent training this boy…
Isshin has a couple of drinks with him and sees it immediately.
My headcanon is that Shura to most people is a mythical figure, and thus not really something to be genuinely concerned about. Isshin, on the other hand, had looked a Shura in the eyes before and knew the flames of hatred behind the gaze.
@@burningrabbit7278 Isshin had already seen the Sculptor becoming Shura so he knows Shura is real. The only reason the Sculptor didn't become Shura is because Isshin cut off his arm.
@@BanAaron from the way isshin talked it sounded like he fought a shura before. Excluding the sculptor since the sculptor didn't actually become shura
Sekiro has no shura in him when Owl first rescues him. Tis because the path of shura is completely player-chosen, and Sekiro can choose a path that isnt Shura. meaning that in this ending he transforms into shura from not being a shura
uh sculptor did become shura, did you not beat the game bro?@@simon-peterwilliamson2412
I know I’m a bit late to the party but to give you an understanding of the severity of what’s going on. To put it simply sekiro is a now a demon with an insatiable bloodlust who has pure immortality and is in possession of the only two things that can kill him in all of Japan meaning he’s a unstoppable blind killing machine.
and the more he ressurrects the more the plague spreads
How can see what ending you will get
@@dante2057 It is not influenced by your actions in game, but by the decisions you make in certain sequences. When the Owl comes to the top of Ashina castle in search of the power of the Divine Child and the Dragon's heritage he asks you to "Obey the Iron code" 1. The father's rule is absolute. 2. The master's is a close 2nd. He asks you to forsake Kuro, if you do this you will get this ending, which many have labeled, "The Bad Ending" you'll have to defeat Lady Emma, and Isshin Ashina. For the other endings you choose to stay loyal to Kuro and break the Iron Code. You'll defeat the Owl on all the other 3 endings, and then I'd reccomend watching a video on how to do the other 3 cause some are quite conveluted. There is one where you die, one where Kuro dies, and the true ending where Kuro's life essence gets taken in by the child of the rejuvenating waters and Kuro doesn't technically die in a way, then you'll go on a journey across Japan with the child of the rejuvenating waters.
@@_Mugman420 thank you for telling me because i didnt know how to get the diffrent endings
Damn that fuckin rules
*Here's some lore:*
Aren't some of you asking themselves on how Owl obtained the Black Mortal Blade? He's not carrying it when he asks you to betray Kuro.
Just take a closer look at Owl's left hand in the cutscene.
Owl arrives with the Black Mortal Blade and places a head that has just "long dark hair" next to the corpse of Isshin...
He actually went finding the blade and killing Genichiro, while we were busy with Emma and Isshin.
fucks sake he killed Genichiro with the Black blade!
I didn't know Higgs was this smart
What a madlad
Ik I’m late but where does the blade go if you choose to stay loyal to Kuro. I’m pretty sure Lady Emma examined his body so she should’ve been able to find it.
MKMonster Choosing to stay with Kuro
initiates the fight. Therefore Owl is unable to search out for the other Mortal Blade.
I might be reading into this too much, but I like the thought behind this and hope it was intentional. The first time Sekiro comes to the top of Ashina Castle, he tells Kuro before he fights Genichiro "This will only take a moment." He's fighting for his master's sake and doesn't want the fight to take longer than it has to. But here, Sekiro speaks to nobody, and the first thing Owl says when he returns is "That took a while..." This implies to me that Sekiro, at that point, stopped fighting for a noble goal, and instead had drawn out his battle with Emma and Isshin, savoring their deaths rather than finishing them quickly for the sake of duty. After that fight, he no longer answers to anyone and becomes a truly different person.
good point
Hats off for noticing this
Doubt Wolf would draw out a battle with Isshin to be honest
@@loomingmoon4682 At that point he's a demon that kills for sadistic pleasure he likely would have done that.
@@AxisChurchDevotee Isshin is flat out more skilled than Wolf at all points in the game; the only reason Wolf defeats Isshin is by immortality and sheer force of will
imagine dual wielding mortal blades
"Soldiers and townfolk alike died by the thousands...."
Imagine cutting two sandwiches at the same time
Basically blades of chaos but with mortal blades lol
@@JAC______K lmao, those sandwiches would probably have flavor text like, "The Sandwich that was never meant to be eaten..."
Goodbye spirit emblems
1:00 You know something's up when the subtitles end midway with those dash lines.
More like 1:03
Typical problem when you play with subtitles.
that part always get's me XD i play it over and over again! (im a true shura becuz of dat ._.)
Even with subtitles, the one who writes it should consider breaking the audience's expectations.
Penny Basa (!) SHURA!...
I'm amazed at how Owl's hair doesn't catch fire as he walks to the ledge
Only Sekiro can burn. It's legitimately confirmed by me, today, because I was fighting Gyobu and when I jumped on his horse - while taking his first red dot - we all three stood over a fire and only I got ignited. The horse was also fireproof.
lets see, has the only two weapons that can kill him, killed the best fighter in all of ashina, is immortal, and has become a demon of hatred with insatiable bloodlust, yeah that sounds like he has become a final boss of a souls like.
Sekiro didn't become a vessel for another DoH, he will, but right now he is purely Shura.
I mean, Strayed exists.
we basically played the pov of a regular shinobi's descent to the most devilish desires
Kuro: You can't be Shura!
Sekiro: SHURA-can! ;D
Owl saying shura is literally my favorite line in the game like the face he makes is priceless ( this only applies to the Japanese voice acting because I haven't seen much of the games English acting)
Matthew Murphy Thank you for this.
Matthew Murphy. ahh i see what you did there
Kuro : u can't be shura
5 second later: lose his head
Ahahah nice joke
1:16 the pure fear in Owl's eyes say it all...
Weird that's the only time his eyes are fully open
yeah but it looks silly as fuck
@@null8384Shock and terror looks silly to you?
@@sugarcombfilms3467 idk if ur joking but his animation does look a lil funny
@@sush1-ofc1 I don't even remember writing that reply, I think I was high
the sheer panic on owls face when he realise what he has become, fucking priceless
If you look closely at Owl's left hand at the beginning of the cinematic, he's carrying Genichiro's head and places it down next to Isshin's corpse.
Also another small but kinda gross detail confirming that theory: whenever he places the object down near Isshin’s body, you can hear it make a squishy wet noise whenever it contacts the ground.
@@afungai1649 It isn't even a theory at this point. It's proven fact due to free cam.
You can’t see the head
@@novelchaser3556 You can see the hair.
Consilium Pacis yeah barely. Why did they feel the need to even hide that? FromSoft always leaving fans with questions and their own conclusions
01:02 the people who have played ''that one memory'' know how damn ironic this backstab is
IT WAS HIM?!?!
@@agnotuz6791 Yes
@@agnotuz6791 You couldn't tell from the sword? Or the fact that in his memory he faces you in the same area when you fought Butterfly?
@@leoncoben6983 i havent finished the game, i just played the memory a few days ago and didnt know who it was.
@@agnotuz6791 I feel like if you looked at the sword that stabbed Sekiro, you'd clearly be able to tell that it's Owl's blade. It's pretty unique sword compared to every other in this game being as long as it is and it's pretty bulky. And yeah you could argue that it could've been someone taking his sword, but A.) It'd be pretty dumb if it was some rando that had little to no connection to him that hadn't been revealed prior and B.) FromSoft doesn't exactly pull the rug with red herrings. Their thing is weaving stories and lore into knots tied into knots so that we can slowly dissect what's taken place.
Idk why but Sekiro killing Owl caught me off guard so bad
Owl had it coming to be fair
Tit-for-tat if you ask me.
He did it to him in the memory, might as pay the favor, and make sure to do it right lol.
Since the demon of hate is an orangutan your demon would be a wolf.
That'd be nice to see.
how about a dlc where we play as another Shinobi and we have to fight Sekiro’s Wolf Demon. That would be a treat
@@daiin722 demon of hate was a failed Shura unlike Sekiro
@@fatjondunga5709 so its a wolf then, i suppose?
Guts's berserker wolf
a wolf with a giant sword in his mouth?
Wait. Owl has the other Mortal Blade.
While we were fighting Isshin, did he jump off and manhandle Genichiro offscreen or something? lol
We will have his dlc
@@Uruk02 Who, Gen?
Why?
Yeah he most likely beat the hell out of Genichiro before he could turn into saint sword Isshin most likely or he beat Isshin. Plausible since they were both on even fighting difficulty wise
@@Pioneer674 That's awesome.
Genichiro is cool, but I can imagine Owl being stronger than him in lore.
It's really hard to see, but when Owl steps in at the beginning, he is holding something in his left hand and then places it on the ground next to Isshin's body with a gross squishing sound. Some people think he's carrying Genichiro's head.
So he becomes Lord of Cinder🤔
No, he accepts the power of the blood of the ancients.
Aesir He becomes a great one
Idk if this comment is ironic or not
Parrying intensifies
@@Z-1991 thank sherlok houmes
Budha: I have achieved Nirvana.
Sekiro: I have achieved Shura.
After Sekiro became Shura, he basically did a whole vibe check on Ashina
What happened to the Interior Ministry tho?
Did Sekiro Join Forces with the Interior Ministry whose attacking them ashina?
@@zilalibayan6030 it's safe to assume he just slaughtered everything in his path
@@zilalibayan6030he killed them all. He killed everyone including Kuro.
@@LightWavess we need Sekiro dlc
Sekiro vs Defense ministry
@@LightWavess whew they make the Most Epic one man Army Battle Offscreen
:(
1:16 katana clips through Sekiro's head
litterally unplayable
Grambee what do you mean??
Trash game fr
starfield would do it better
*Remnant: Great Shinobi*
"The Great Shinobi Owl's unbridled ambition was to obtain the power of the Dragon's Heritage. Now is the time to let one's true name ring out across all of Japan.
It was all for the sake of this ambition."
In the midst of their power struggles, Owl would slay all the other great leaders of Ashina, seize the power of immortality for himself, and elevate himself from Great Shinobi to Ruler.
To reclaim his true name, leave behind Owl, and be Ukonzaemon Usui once more.
It almost worked, too.
He certainly did not foresee Wolf becoming Shura.
So basically Sekiro becomes a demon and terrorizes Japan for centuries?
yep what a guy
@@cosmology124 best ending ever
Imagine sekiro as a Dark souls boss
Badass
@@znspyder well, Elden ring is coming soon.
So he linked the first flame, huh... Interesting.
How
1:02 Like father, like son lol
Ironic, he died the same way he killed sekiro.
Owls expression when he saw what he turned his son into showed the regret he had
Skip to 0:25. There's something in Owl's hand, and he sets it down next to Sekiro with a squelching sound. Someone modded the game to free the camera during the cutscene and found that the object was Genichiro's severed head, implying Owl killed him. So that ties up a loose end for this ending, but why the fuck didn't From Software show that in the actual frame?
Ye he went and killed him and stole his mortal blade
Probably monetary and editing reasons
Did owl just kill genichiro and place his head near isshins body?
Yes
Yep, the head's fully rendered too
Probably, in ancient times, the Japanese have a strange fetish for cutting people's heads off
@@isaacling6560 it wasn't by fetishism, it was a way for samurais to claim the glory/money rewarded for killing famous opponents, some even fought each other to claim this right to take the head of a victim
This was the first ending I got because I was a good boy that followed the iron code :3
Owl actually taught you the iron code backwards
Why did you both feel the need to correct me ? I never said it was the correct ending
@@kitcat3579 There is no correct ending except the one you got.
I was just saying that owl teaches you the iron code backwards
@@whitewall2253 so the correct iron code is to obey your master first? (I know I’m late)
@@matthewphillips1890 No actually even for regular shiniobi Irl if they are assigned to protect someone there masters really is a close second while there fathers or leader is first.If it was backwards most shiniobi could easily kill there clans cause there Master said to.
Demon of Hatred form was a flaming orangutan,
Sekiro's demon form was most likely a flaming Wolf
id like to think he took the same form as the sculptor killing those thousands
Sadly not really. The description from the remnant of the Demon of Hatred (The Sculptor) reads that "A man who failed to become Shura instead become a vessel for the flames of hatred." This kinda suggests that demons and shura are different things.
@@kesshikou I know but I'd like to have thought he did
@@kesshikou Oh I didn't read that, that's very interesting. So a Demon of Hatred is a failed Shura.
@LeadFaun I think that they both kill out of hate. the Demon of Hatred was the result of a man who was trying to suppress his hatred (consider his dismay at the fact that all the Buddhas he makes are angry) but had it overcome him when he went back to bloodshed. but it seems "Shura" is one who fully and willingly accepts their hate and uses it as power.
@LeadFaun I doubt that it is because of him losing his arm. In this "Shura" ending, when Kuro exclaims "You can't be Shura", I don't think he means that Wolf literally cannot be; I think he is pleading with Wolf not to become Shura. And, of course, Wolf also has a lost arm.
I think the ending implies that Wolf is able to become Shura unlike the Sculptor, because while the Sculptor was dismayed and revolted by his buried hatred, this ending has Wolf fully accepting hatred and violence. I also think the dual-wielding of swords isn't the main point. Rather, the significant point is that he has just taken the sword of a man who was stating the grandness of his ambition. To take his sword is to symbolically inherit his ambition of conquest, while he also holds the sword that killed his father in cold blood, as an example of his total ruthlessness.
Sekiro really has some incredible themes and storytelling. It basically all boils down to the corruption of man by power. Everyone we meet, genichiro, owl, lady butterfly, all noble people with good intentions lost their way to search for immortality. Something that is shown time and time again to be a curse (dragon rot, the centipede infestation, etc.) is still so tempting that even the most noble of intentions are tarnished by it. When you get that choice with owl, you are deciding to hold yourself above the rest or to fall to the corruption just like the rest. The only difference between you and them, is that you are already immortal. While someone like owl would transform into some horrific abomination like the immortal monks or the headless apes, you are so far past that you survive the process and take the next step. The path of true corruption, Shura.
Incredible themes, yes, story telling, that, I can only half agree, yes, every other characters has some form of expression and dialogues that clearly shows their own motives and intentions, but that was not enough, and the most important figure, Sekiro, or Wolf, barely has one.
This marks the first time Fromsoft was trying to tell a straight forward story, but they proves that they have very little experience in that throughout the years of making souls game, cause Sekiro has the same symptoms of a silent soul protag, but he should not, we clearly know Sekiro is his own character, not just a vessel for our choices, yet his dialogues, very rudimentary, his emotions, very little, his motivation, his motives, we barely see, both the true end and the Shura end failed to show why Sekiro did what he do, why he suddenly ignore the Shinobi code to disobey his father, with just so little to gasp on clearly, his faint sadness while finishing Lady Butterfly, his slow drop on Emma, all very little in contributing to his character, you might say that we need to come up with our own speculation on why he does it, but we should not, this kind of cutscene heavy story telling should be clear, should be straightforward, not like the souls games, and that, they have failed miserably, Sekiro is as empty as a protagonist as William from Nioh, I can even argue William has better characterization than Sekiro, and that is bad, cause William is bland.
In the end, what we have right here, is such a in between results of the subtly in souls storytelling, and the straightforward traditional way of storytelling, and yes, I have watched extensively on Sekiro lore videos, and spent years thinking about Sekiro, and Sekiro, falls very short on storytelling, it's always about the corruption of immortality in all of souls games, but it is the shallowest in Sekiro, and I am ultimately, disapointment on how they decided to make the story. Sekiro, is one of those games, that desperately needed a sequel, to build on themes before it, to learn on the previous shortcomings of it, and make a fully realized version of the game.
Thank you for reading all this, this is in the end, my subjective opinion, and you don't have to agree with me, but I hope you understand where I have been coming from, I love Sekiro, and nothing in the world would change that, but I can still see its shortcomings, and I hope many others, can see it too.
@@qgvinh8614I think shinobies are meant to be silent. Samurais are loud, but sekiro is a ninja afterall. They wanted to attract souls fans basically, that's why they don't show everything through cutscenes. I do agree that sekiro left some unanswered questions, but what I know souls fans prefer that, as they mostly hate western style of storytelling in games. The only thing that bothers to me is sekiro don't make his own decisions except killing owl in Shura ending.
@@thelastpersononearth9765 the typical ninja in fantasy, yes, but real historical Shinobis are spies, and espionage is their specialty, and shinobi is a job, Samurai is a social status, so a samurai can be a shinobi, and quite common, and so is a farmer, a keisa, anyone really, for crucial intel collection, the problem with Sekiro story telling is that it is half souls half typical cutscenes type of storytelling, so as result bad at both, Sekiro both has a name and a character and backstory, so you can't self insert like souls game, but doesn't have the necessary depths and character of a normal cutscenes heavy game, which results in a bland character that seems to go wherever the story needs him to go, Emma, Kuro, Owl, Isshin, Genichiro, all have better and well defined character traits than Sekiro, which is bad cause Sekiro is supposed to the main character, each of the endings, minus the Shura one, has unfulfilling closure, sequel baiting even, left a bitter taste in someone expecting more, its theme of immortality and corruption has been done better in the souls game, and the actual story is weak, this is why despite liking the game, I don't think it is worthy of the GOTY title that year, but that is a meaningless title anyway.
For some reason this ending absolutely blew me away when I played the first time. I loved it and it's my favorite.
For those unaware, Owl is carrying the head of Genichiro in this cutscene. If you want to see it in detail, search the free camera angle video up.
its obvious since owl has genichiros mortal blade
SHURA meaning is a Japanese way to call the Buddhism demigod of war i have noticifed when you kill demon of hatred you can read his story was a man turned into a beast failed to become shura sekiro have become the god of war
well..he become kratos. RIP japaness god.
Oh, the god of war who doesn't suck! We got kratos replacement
"The Demon of Hatred is what becomes of the Sculptor once he is tragically consumed by the immense wrath and bloodlust burning within him. Whether this creature is what would have become of the man had Isshin not cut off his arm so many years ago, or if it is in fact the Sculptor now transformed into one of the Shura of legend, is of no consequence--for the sake of Ashina and its people, it must be dealt with."
He’s also the sculptor
Asura?
So it looks like the day went by real fast....
Obey to none, destroy everyone
@12345678910 KILL THE THOT
STAB HER THROUGH HER THROAT
RESTORE THE FREEDOM THAT WAS LOST
It’s hard to look at this cutscene the same way when you know what owl places down next to Ishins body in the beginning of the cutscene.
I love this ending more than the other ones
Me too, it's the one I still think about constantly.
"Shura janai, Katsura da!"
Thanks
@@xXTheBlast63Xx for what ?
I love Gintama references
@@xXTheBlast63Xx ah ok hahaha
Hey nice Gyro Zeppeli profile pic
@@zugzug538 Thanks, he's the best
Sekiro.. you were the chosen one. You were supposed to destroy the Shura NOT join them!
Shura is based on Asura in Sanskrit from Hindu and Buddhist culture. This ending was hair-raising, so great to be the bad guy for once.
Best ending.
Agree
No
Got this ending on my first playthrough (don't ask why) so i had no clue about the second mortal blade.
So it mostly came down to "ok so he has owl's sword now" or something.
Bro betrayed kuro on first playthrough you a menace 🤣
@@bullseye3054 I did too lol. I ignored all the hints
your ng+ was prolly hell
None of the endings seem good for the main characters :(
Seem fit for a from software.
Let's be honest, given what kind of story this is, the odds of anyone getting a "happy ending" are always slim to none. If anyone makes it out alive AND sane it's a positive.
"A part of you never leaves the war you once fought."
Either, your limbs, your organ,... or your mind.
@@thienpham778 Or your dignity.
There is secret ending.
I think about this ending when sekiro is lore is brought up. For it feels right for an ending given that souls games aren’t know for having happy endings. This and the one where sekiro sacrificed himself to free Kuro fell right to me. A tragic end to a story of those who seek to be free of death and those who wish to shed their immortality.
The Purification ending is my favorite because of how Wolf goes above and beyond his duty to Kuro and sacrifices himself so that the boy can not only live, but have a normal life. In a way, Wolf also becomes the father to Kuro that Owl should have been to Wolf.
For every force of action, there is an equal and opposite force of reaction
what scares me in this ending is that we never get a clear look at wolf's eyes during the entire cutscene. Maybe the shinobi we knew had left and all that was in him after his battle with Emma and Isshin was a demon filled with hatred and bloodlust.
For anyone who wants to know what exactly “SHURA” means. You can treat the Monkey Booze to Lord Isshin, he will explain the meaning of Shura for u.
The Monkey Booze can be found in the room under the Demon Bell near the Pure White Pinwheel or u can kill the large group of monkeys gather together in Sunken Valley Passage to obtain it.
Don’t know what they plan but they should really make a dlc for the shura ending and return if not return is obviously the sequel but who knows
Art books released already. There's no DLC.
I love the genuine fear in Owl’s eyes when he realises that wolf is a shura
Straight to the heart, dead center.
Btw, If owl sounds familiar, it's because he is the voiced by the same voice actor of Revenant from Apex Legends
1:16 That face you make when the Clone Wars episode releases.
so Albert Wesker (Dc Douglas) decided to become narrator for this game eh? lol
What are the requirements for the different endings ?
Side with owl for Shura ending. Remain loyal to Kuro for Immortal Severance. Loyal to Kuro+A sidequest for Purification. And a really long "hidden" sidequest (and remain loyal to Kuro) for the "Dragon's Homecoming" ending.
Side with owl for this ending. Don’t side for the optional other 3. There’s immortal severance (basic ending. Just play the game), purification (requires steps in a side quest), and returning the dragon heritage to its home (also requires steps in a side quest).
The original Lord of Frenzied Flame ending
This is the badass ending not the bad ending
was hitler badass for you
@@tuyoufpazic5746 hitler was a shura?? Whooooah...
@@fuzean1 hitler did a genocide and so does shura
@@tuyoufpazic5746 hitler wasnt a demon though
@@Farhaan12439 that would've been pretty sick i'd admit
When the quiet kid shows his true colors
Reminds me of the destruction path in Armored Core: For Answer.
Finally completed Sekiro, sorta with this ending, thank God I uploaded my save file on cloud, now time for rest endings🔥
Lmao i just realized owl put genichiros head next to isshin idk how i missed that and the fact he was carrying his katana
Kuro: You cant be shura!
Wolf: hehe fire go fwoom
Poor Gael...
Ok but this ending is my favorite
That moment you realise that while you were killing Emma and Isshin, Owl went away to murder Genichiro and obtain the Black Mortal blade.
We have to see a dlc where we play as the sculptor or in his shinobi days “orangutang” as he becomes shura and possibly has to fight tomoe
Once sekiro dlc drops, I can die peacefully
You know there's no DLC being made right? They already released the artbooks.
Guess you're gonna be undying now
@@sonyblank1487 🤡
What happen to the other bosses of the trophy list?and why monk fight was so different? ):
that's the fake one.
@@alexwang3282 but where is the real fight then.. and the demon of hatred and great colored carp
Martin Acosta the real one is on the way to the divine realm.
@@martinacosta9026 Demon of Hatred can be found where the journey began, while Ashina burns surrounded by invaders; return to the first gate along the path through the Ashina outskirts, there you shall find a statue which leads you once more to the battlefield you once defeated another demon in; albeit less mystical.
There's different ending paths with different bosses
I really wish there was an ending where you take over with owl. Nice father son bonding right there
it was impossible
Owl would hv most likely killed wolf later to gain absolute power over ashina
For those they don't know, Interior ministers is the state and isshin is a lord independent so that shogun maintains power, he must destroy all lords independent. The owl want reign all over Japan so he must weaken both side. Like this, he will can have Ashina and the Shogen.
this is a "bad" ending but
IS THE BEST ENDING!!!
No
@@kotorandcorvid4968 Yes
@@PeteTheGrouch no
@@kotorandcorvid4968 yes
@@PeteTheGrouch no
After giving it some thought. Since Sekiro (AKA Wolf) became a "Demon" mentioned by the narrator. To explain what Shura is, unless fromsoft changed it. Shura or "Ashura" is the Japanese way to call the Buddhism demigod of War. In Japan it's even used to describe a person who have to fight a endless war in a inhuman way. Why Wolf exactly is suddenly now Shura? No real idea. I have to play the game myself to figure it out. But, that's the best way I think I can explain it.
Isshin described a Shura as someone who kills indiscriminately just for the sake of killing
"To explain what Shura is". I think what you meant to say is "To explain what I found on google when I typed in Shura, here it is". Literally copy paste, well done, nice fishing for likes.
@@SirMcAwesome i mean he kinda is helping people who don't google it, wouldn't call it fishing for likes. Just because someone comments something from a definition it ain't tryna get likes man
who gives a fuck about likes
My take was all the killing he was doing was taking a toll on him. But his loyalty to his lord kept him centered. Gave him a place from which to reaffirm his humanity. To get this ending you need to cut ties with this lord. It obviously changes you in a way that is not good.
I don't know how I never noticed him plopping down geni's head
The english voice acting isn't bad here but god did this scene hit different in Japanese, especially Kuro's voice at the end, real spinetingling
The best ending...
This one shows what a Sekiro player becomes ones he 100% the game
Fun fact the thing owl put down on the ground next to isshin is genichiros head
im hyped .. gonna play this game later!!
Oh yes you should. It's amazing.
Did you play it?
Gracious gift of pwn
Now he is become zoro.
Emma shows up*
Owl: aight wolf imma head out
Anyone is talking about returning the thing to the occident using the snake's guts
1:16 the owl face reminds me alot of the taro troops kids...
I’ve always found it a little funny how in Owl’s final moments he realizes just how much he screwed up and accidentally released a monster onto the world.
“There’s nothing that could possibly go wro- _Shura? Fu-”_
What is the name of the music that plays during this cutscene? Because it's fucking epic.
You don't see it but Owl was carrying Genichiro's head.
I think the bone on the prosethitic arm is shura bone.
No it's not a bone it's the item you get for killing gyoubu
Press 4 for "oye" and 9 for "daddeh".
Owl has two different voices
Welp i took the long path and i need a sequal
they should've made a camera angle facing owl putting genichiro head next to isshin
At 2:20 Her Last Words makes me feel an urge to cry
Funny that he was surprised and didn’t know why his sun would backstabbing him didn’t he backstabbed us after destroy butterfly
People say sekiro isn't a souls game but ignore shura Wolf out there linking the first flame.
SHURAAA!!
Why owl can carry the mortal blade? Wouldn't that make him die?
You only die if you unsheathe it
@@-Jordan--kl4xy Classic loophole abuse
@@-Jordan--kl4xy it wasn't mentioned that you die from the black mortal blade
I think it’s because Genichiro unsheathed it first so when Owl killed him he took it without the death part
Nobody questioning how In this ending the black mortal blade or "gate open" or whatever is like THEE FUCKING SIZES BIGGER THAN IN SEVERANCE
fun fact,the left hand owl is carrying genichiro head
1:53 “oh shit my arm's on fire. Oh god oh fuck that didn't put the flames out! Someone help me!”
What’s the difference between the 2 endings?
there's 4
This man is crazy... emmaaaaaa
holly shit that ending was brutal, he turns into a completely different character, and I felt so bad killing uncle Isshin and Emma :((
I have one trophy left till platinum have to grind out 9 more experience points on my 4th playthrough. I feel like these two bosses gave me trouble because I didn’t fight them before and I did it on my 3rd playthrough with the blood demon on. I thought blood demon was a challenge, omg giving back kuros charm feels like very hard mode where bell demon just feels like hard mode. I just started my 4th run and the samurai are pulling out new moves I’ve never seen and the game is punishing me for not deflecting like omg this is gonna be crazy