sekiro
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Memory.00: Synopsis
To help you recall the full picture and conclusion of the story before reading the analysis, I have compiled a plot summary. (Spoilers included)
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Memory.01: Fountainhead Palace and the Divine Dragon
A foreign god weeping in solitude at the summit of a beautiful yet madness-filled paradise. The Divine Dragon, bound to the earth and missing an arm, and the tragedy of Ashina brought about by eternal stagnation. We delve into the requiem ritual performed by the one-armed Shinobi.
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Memory.02: Stagnation of Immortality
The gruesome chain of Karma at the end of a thirst for eternity. The violation of the divine power "Dragon's Heritage" and the Realm of Animals into which those captivated by it have fallen. Unraveling the cruel truth that death itself is salvation in Ashina, where life stagnates.
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Memory.03: Shura and Hatred
The path of Shura that awaits at the end of the "joy of killing," or the tragedy of being swallowed by aimless hatred. This article explores the fierce trajectory of the Sculptor, who continued to fight his own Karma, and the liberation of his soul brought about by Wolf's merciful execution.
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Memory.04: The Fall of Ashina
The history of Ashina began with the reclamation of their homeland by the persecuted weak. Their poignant patriotism eventually descends into the Stagnation that corrupts the land. We unravel the sorrowful karma of a dying nation and the mighty warriors who fell with the snow.
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Memory.05: Genichiro Ashina
"I am not the one to save Ashina..." A young general who turned to taboos and sacrificed even his humanity to protect the country that gave him, an orphan, a place to belong. The trajectory of a sorrowful self-sacrifice born of a pure madness called patriotism.
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Memory.06: Sword Saint Isshin Ashina
A man who accepted his own fate and the ruin of his country, yet continued to wield his blade. Bound by his grandson's earnest wish, Sword Saint Isshin Ashina cast aside all hesitation and stood before Wolf. A look into his beautiful final moments.
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Memory.07: Lady Butterfly
Lady Butterfly, a former master of illusion arts trapped by the obsession with old age and immortality. The deadly struggle fought in the burning Hirata Estate was a blood-stained baptism for Wolf to break with his past and become a true shinobi.
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Memory.08: Great Shinobi Owl
How the shadow, consumed by the ambition to rule the land, attempted to usurp divine authority. The cruel karmic retribution faced by the giant Shinobi who controlled even his own child with the curse of the "Iron Code".
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Memory.09: Sculptor and Emma
A clumsy affection that began with a single rice ball in a corner of the battlefield. A sad yet quiet tale of karma woven by a man consumed by the hellfire of Shura, and a girl who sharpened her blade solely to witness his end.
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Memory.10: Kuro and the Divine Child of Rejuvenation
Two young children burdened with the curse of Stagnation and made into vessels of the divine. The noble yet sorrowful resolve and journey of defying their harsh fate and emerging as 'true humans' through self-sacrifice and compassion.
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Memory.11: Wolf (Sekiro)
Wolf, who was once an empty vessel merely gazing at his blade, breaks the Iron Code and awakens to a compassionate devotion to his master. Overcoming the shadow of Shura and the Karma of hatred, discover the truth of the four destinies Sekiro reached at the end of his soul's pilgrimage.