How Sensei Ishikawa lost his chance to redeem everything 

Shimura: My beloved nephew who i treated like a son and wanted to adopt just turned up to be a dishonorable warrior, who i got to fight, but failed and let go away in his way Sensei Ishikawa: First time Shimura-sama?

Tomoe getting away like that with half-assed excuses as to why she literally murdered and brutalized innocents might be one of the biggest let downs of any tales in this game. Still though, I really liked Sensei Ishikawa

It's so dumb that neither Jin or Ishikawa killed Tomoe at the end She committed crimes worse than Ryuzo by killing hundreds of civilians , teaching the mongols the way of the bow , burning villages and framing jin for the villager murders but she got a happy ending? What kind of crap is that?

This story pissed me off so much Tomoe goes around the island, killing innocents and helping mongols and she just gets away with all of it. Jin should have recalled Lord Shimura's point about striking down criminals without emotion Then we could have had a cool gimmick boss fight like The End from MGS Edit: lord shimura's point, not ishikawa's

After completing both Ghost of Tsushima and Sekiro for multiple times, i have one thing to say: "If i had a nickel for every Deadly skilled Warrior-Archer named Tomoe, that abandoned her home to find a new life, I'd have two nickels" And you know the rest

I personally quite liked the Tale of Ishikawa. Even with Tomoe escaping at the end. Ishikawa failed with Hidenori Nagao. That is set in stone. But Tomoe, flawed as she is, she still has a chance at redemption. For Ishikawa to kill her as she leaves Tsushima is to cement his failure forever. To allow her to live is to let redemption have it's chance. And not only that but it is honestly a more realistic portrayal of events than Ishikawa killing her. A daughter, even if one as seemingly monstrous as her, is a daughter; and to kill your own child is hard. Especially when the waters get muddied and the justification is uncertain. It was not Jin's choice to make. And Ishikawa chose compassion in the end.

I felt as tho that when I first played Ghost of Tsushima, Sensei Ishikawa’s advice to Jin at Tomoe’s departure is what also played a part in why I chose to spare Lord Shimura.

The side characters and their quests in this game are the best. Not just because they’re nice and or cool, but they mirror Jin in a way. Ishikawa’s adopted daughter, Tomoe used his teaching and her connection to him to further her own goals under any means necessary which soured their bond. Just like Jin who used his teachings and connection to lord Shimura but ruined his bond with him as the ghost. Masako Adachi is the last surviving member of her clan and wants to avenge every body dropped on that day to the point of using an innocent wife of one of her enemies as bait to draw out his brother. Directly mirroring Jin’s savage and brutal tactics against the Mongol’s regardless if there’s another way or not. Ryuzo just like Jin is disgusted with his actions in order to save his straw hats. But as long as they’re safe, not throwing themselves to certain death with a warm meal served to them before and after? He’ll set the innocent ablaze. Not because he likes it. But cause it’s the only way to prevent his men from suffering. Kenji while a swindler and may not outright mirror Jin himself. Mirror how the people are affected by the fame of the ghost and how they’ll twist jin’s message to suit their needs later on. Yuna directly mirror Jin’s desire to save his people, not caring how far he needs to sink in order to do so as long as her brother is safe. Only for everything she did in order to protect Taka to put a target on their back. Leading him to be put in a box, while she’s left alive to grieve as all she did and sacrificed was for nothing. Kinda like how as soon as Jin poisoned the Mongol’s food supply, they added poison to their arsenal. Adding another way for them to hurt and torture the people he was protecting.

Glad you're going in-depth with these side stories and characters. Easily one of my favorite parts of this title

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DUDE YOUR VIDS ARE INSANSE. GREAT WORK PLEASE KEEP GOING BEEN WAITING FOR MORE CONTENT ON GOT LIKE THIS

loving the ghost videos

This Side mission ending really pissed me off almost half of the game we ara trying to catch her and in the end she got away with bullshit excuses because she “helped us and redeem herself” i didnt buy it

Love Ghost of Tsushima analysis

This game had side quests that once i was done with part of it and i had to do the main story i was disappointed because i wanted to keep going

Perfect vid to watch during lunch break

Literally the only major issue I had with this story was how Tomoe’s story ended, could’ve been a cool boss fight, and would’ve helped with Justice. My other problem what the lack of choice involved in the narrative.

Arthur was an outlaw with a heart of gold. Yes, he did bad things, yes he followed a silver tongue devil. But he redeemed himself in the end. And cared deeply for the gang, the ones he rode with for years, not the newer ones like Micha.

What i hated most about this story was knowing full well that Tomoe was the girl who Jin meets in the woods, and being completely powerless to call her out or take her down.

"Sakai! :D"

I dont really consider not killing Tomoe a cop out She feels like Ryuzo a anti ghost All 3 her, Jin and Ryuzo were pushed into dokng horrific things by circumstances for survival She did horrific things and probably should have been killed at that point as she could have not gone to the mongols and like Jin and Yuna fought back or just hide. At that point sparing her seems to be a twisted mirror to what happens later with Shimura and Jin. And if there is a monsters in the tales id say that title goes to Hana

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Ryuzo’s actions were “relatively” more justified than Tomoe… it’s unjust that she got away for free

Jin wasn't the only ghost in tsushima

It is ok to me she escape since that mission gave the best (for me) mask on the game

What about lady masako?

Spoiler: Kind of crazy she is killable if you fail to protect her before she ID's herself.

I would’ve preferred ending her misery. Probably one of the worst tales in this game.

Ghost of Tsushima hot take: The story is ALRIGHT. 6/10. A bit better than average, but not by much. I say this because almost all of the side stories are very surface level. Often times telling and not showing. Maybe it's just me, but all the side stories involve loss of some kind. And while I can understand the feelings the characters are going through, I can't really get involved in their story that much personally. For example, In Lady Masako's story, she loses her entire family and we are supposed to care about that when we haven't even seen them. While I do fell for Masako, I cant really get too invested into her story as I don't have any connection to the people she lost. And also, she apparently had a lover when her family was alive. This comes out of the blue, and I have a feeling the writers want us to care about that relationship when we learn about it 1 minute, and it ends the next. No time to grow with the character, yet we're expected to care about them it feels like. The same goes for Norio. He lost his brother. That is his entire motivation for what he does. While I like Norios character, I cant help but not get invested into the story. His whole motivation is a blank spot for me. Someone I have only heard the name of. And while I do sympathize with Norco towards the end of his questline when his brother is actually found alive but in that terrible state. The reason I somewhat care about it though is not because of anything about the brothers character, but that I just hate seeing a human being in that state. The same emotion would be evoked from me if it was some side piece out of a Mongol camp. Horrifying and brutal, but ultimately forgettable. While I do think sensei Ishikawas side story is the best, it is only really a 5/10 for me. I like the dynamic Ishikawa and tomoe have. But we didn't get enough time with tomoes character to really rate it any higher for me. It isn't a bad story, but not a great one either. I save Yunas story for last, as I think it is the weakest one even though it has the heaviest subject material. This is probably because unlike the other side quests, we only get 4 instead of 9 parts. Her side quest is all telling and not showing. She said she was in slavery, is angry at her captors and wants to kill them all. While I understand her emotions, I do not share them. I only here about the struggles she went through, I haven't actually seen them. Although, I think the main story between Jin and Shimura is an 8/10. And it could be a 9/10 or 10/10 if the writers honestly just dropped the side stories and used that time to build the main story more. That's just my opinion though. I very much so like character driven stories, and I feel a lack of it from this game when it comes to the side stories even though I believe that's what they were going for. Also quick shower thought, I believe the game would have heavily benefited from being able to choose what path Jin went through. Honor, no honor, or a mix inbetween.

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