#isshin the sword saint

[tatzelwyrm]

Getting past Sword Saint Isshin's 1st phase:

[avatarofwar]

Hesitation is defeat.

[fromsoftbosspoll]

Favorite Sekiro Boss FINAL

GRANDPA VS GRANDSON SMACK DOWN!!!

[dailyvideogamecharacters]

“Isshin, The Sword Saint”, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (2019)

[incorrectsmashbrosquotes]

In the competition of Soulsborne “Badass Old Dudes” who:

A: would win in a fight

B: is the best character

C: respect your pronouns

The competitors are:

1. Gwyn, Lord of Cinder

2. Gehrman, the First Hunter

3. Isshin, the Sword Saint

4. Slave Knight Gael

5. Godfrey, the First Elden Lord

Let me know who you think would win what!

[masque-museum]

[phantasymistart]

trying to get used to gouache again so i’ve been doing some portrait studies. sword saint isshin is my favourite fromsoftware boss <3333

[sparkytheandroid]

seeing any girl's tummy: beautiful. light from the sun. a blessing. an oasis in the cruel and unforgiving world, nourishing me so that i may continue living despite it all. seeing my own stomach:

[gypsybiswa7]

Sekiro and Isshin clashing Swords

[tsuchinokoroyale]

Was soooooo happy with this phase 1 which is what made it so much funnier that I was immediately clapped by his phase 2 😂

[tatzelwyrm]

Obsessed with Isshin:

Isshin knows about The Horrors.

He lives for fighting. He killed a tyrant, won a country, but his only real goal in life is to perfect his fighting style.

Yet, he is so full of life and joy, even in his old age.

He will see a young person, ask "Is anybody else gonna mentor that?" and then not wait for an answer.

He will make the same joke twice and laugh about it.

He used to throw legendary parties.

He outdrank Owl.

He will drink with Wolf even though Wolf kicked his grandson out of his own castle.

He will drink with Wolf, make his jokes, help him on his quest in what ways he can – and in the same breath he tells Wolf that he can see the shadow of Shura in his eyes and promises that he won't hesitate to cut him down should he give in to his violent urges.

If Wolf does betray him, Isshin will get up from what is essentially his deathbed to kick his ass.

He once cut off Orangutan's arm to stop him from going down that same path.

He allows Orangutan to stay in the dilapidated temple near the castle and hang out with his doctor.

He taught Emma swordsmanship because she wants to be able to kill a demon.

Isshin is known as the Sword Saint and has developed and perfected multiple fighting styles.

He is deathly ill.

He dresses up as a character from folklore to hunt down enemy spies and assassins and his grandson's allies. While he's deathly ill.

Emma and Wolf know that he's the Tengu, but they never bring it up. Let the feudal Japanese Batman have his hobby.

Isshin knows they know and he lets Emma tease him about it.

Isshin loves his grandson.

He also told his grandson's very important hostage about a secret escape tunnel at the reservoir. And then he let that hostage stay near that tunnel in a tower with half a wall missing.

He told Emma to rescue that hostage's bodyguard from a well.

The way he talks about Genichiro's plan to use the black mortal blade makes it's clear that Isshin has no interest in self-sacrifice, even for immortality, even for Ashina, and he is greatly disturbed that that's what Genichiro has in mind.

He tried to help Kuro escape for Genichiro's sake more than anything else.

Again, he hunts down Genichiro's allies – who happen to herald from a corrupt buddhist temple that has experimented on and killed countless children in their quest for immortality.

In a story about (im)mortality, Isshin's opinion of immortality is a clear "hell, no!"

In a story about things ending, Isshin is firmly on the side of letting those things die that must die.

He goes behind Genichiro's back to prevent him from using the Dragon's Blood or the forces of Senpou temple and their corrupted immortality. He holds no ill will towards Wolf for defeating Genichiro. But he WILL fight Wolf to the death, despite having no beef with him, not because he cares about Ashina or the invasion or being rescued from the underworld, but simply because it was his grandson's last wish.

When Kuro first formulates his plan to sever immortality, his first instinct is to ask Isshin for advice.

When the besieging forces draw nearer, Kuro tells Wolf not to worry about him, because Isshin visits frequently. Isshin frequently checks on Kuro to make sure he feels safe.

When Isshin finally succumbs to his sickness, you find him lying dead in Kuro's room, sword in hand. He was gonna go out fighting, defending this child his grandson had kidnapped.

Emma stays with him to the end, and remains at the castle, watching over his body.

The way Isshin mirrors this gesture in the Shura ending, gently holding Emma's dead body.

The fact that Emma gets away with teasing Isshin about his exploits as the Tengu.

The fondness between them.

The faith Isshin puts in Emma, when he asks her to go behind Genichiro's back - who happens to be her childhood friend, on top of being the de facto leader of Ashina.

Isshin.

[battybiologist]

I love to play optimized characters just as much as the next minmaxer, but unlike my fellow powergamers, I drop it instantly the moment I see an option with outrageous cunt severity

Yeah, maybe there are more effective builds than maining Uchigatana with strong pyromancies and sorceries as backup, but there's something about fighting humanoid bosses using the coolest parry animation in the game as well as two different types of cool ass magic fills me with indescribable aesthetic delight

What do you mean I'm out of Ashen Estus ?

[fromsoftbosspoll]

Favorite Sekiro Boss Poll Round 2-B

[cl0ckw0rk-c0ntrivance]

I know a motherfucker who would like a word

[isatoru]

also can't stop imagining isagi and oliver and rin and barou in sekiro........

[methdrinker]