Yeah I originally messed up this game playing it like Dark Souls, in this you HAVE TO be aggressive. The Genichiro rematch is the skill check in this game. Finally besting him even after dying multiple times was sooooo satisfying. So yeah you're in for a great ride onward.
bringing this back because breh... in comparison to guardian ape and the fight with owl atop ashina castle, genichiro is fukking light work. i remember how many times i died against him, and how hard i thought it was.
compared to that pyschotic, shyt-throwing monkey though?
the funny thing is, the second form of the ape was 10x's easier than the first form. after i got over the initial shock of him picking up his own damn head and trying to skewer me with a blade like an oversized, mangy chucky doll... his attacks were all super easy to read. you just need him to do that standing downward slash so you can fukk him right on up.
that first form though...
the temper tantrum roll-smashes:
the sweeping right hand grabs he pulls if you try too many hits at once:
the leaping dive-bomb grabs that sometimes feel completely unavoidable:
when you're trying to run from him, but he starts running parallel with you from the other side of the arena to cut off your angle:
the leaping shyt throws:
the seemingly random swipes, smacks and grabs:
when you hit him with firecrackers, and he responds by falling on top of you:
i hate that fukking monkey. i didn't even stress the second fight until bae ape popped out. and it was only because that bytch's head was still attached to her shoulders. and sure enough, she had all his old attacks.
once i realized how low her health/posture was tho, it was just a matter of separating her from her headless bae and unleashing the firecrackers on her ass.
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in the three years since i found him at hirata estate. maybe that's why he was trying to get the blood of the divine heir?
......but I'm loving it right now. The world is crazy deep.
