Who gave this old man a gun? 

In addition to these variants, there are cutscene-specific versions of Isshin in the white robes and Sword Saint Isshin. They're a little bit shorter than the actual gameplay versions, and probably have slightly higher fidelity face models for close-ups. I debated whether to say three or four main versions, so I went with three based on the model IDs. Depending on how you choose to count them, there's technically around seven distinct forms of Isshins.

Simple: this is a trick weapon that transforms between a gun and a bench

Isshin is such a badass that he semi-auto shoots a flintlock pistol

the guy who spent time making his nails dark to signify illness: *slams table* THANK YOU

"Maybe he's just got a bunch of them in his inventory and does high tier PvP menuing to swap them out." Totally agree with Zullie on this.

It’s nice that “parry this” isn’t a joke in Sekiro.

Regarding his scar - given his comment about Tomoe and how it's the closest he's ever come to death, it looks like a deep gash, and the exit wound scar on his back is smaller than the scar on his stomach, I think it's safe to say Tomoe must've cut him deeply and then ran him through. It could also explain his illness - a wound that deep must've invariably damaged his organs, possibly leading to circulatory complications later, hence the skin and blackened fingernails. It seems for sure he lost at least a kidney and perhaps some intestinal tract.

I’m surprised how much detail they put into a gun you’d probably never get a good look at.

2:03 The gun design looks plausible. Its the repeated fire that its not.

Isshin realises there is an easier way to win the duel and pulls out his Glock

To those wondering: The gun is a Tanegashima Samurai Pistol. The larger barrel was common for the Samurai to use because their pistols were of larger calibur and the gun was of higher quality than the normal matchlocks. As for the "lack of a trigger", a lot the Tanegashima pistols didn't have traditional triggers the way we have them today. The Tanegashima kind of had this switch/button/trigger thing that would be more closer to the ring finger than the index finger.

Fun Fact: there is blood on the inside of the tengu mask around the mouth

More than just restoring his vitality I always assumed it was literally a younger version of him, from when he was in his prime from the stories that made him famous, his most ferocious, where the other fight shows him having had time to perfect technique despite being physically weaker, which I think is a, super cool idea for a boss/character, and a sword wielder.

The pistol looks like the appropriate style for Japan at the time, except that it has a Miquelet style flintlock mechanism instead of the appropriate snapping matchlock. Japan does not have a lot of flint, so they stuck with the matchlock until they got more modern foreign guns when they were forced to open in the mid 1800s

This attention to detail from FromSoft is amazing. Just imagine - they've took into consideration what NAILS their NPC have.

I forget where, but I believe there is a quote by Miyamoto Musashi, the swordsman who was known by his two-sword style, and for being an overall martial badass, that went somewhere along these lines: "The gun is the most powerful weapon on the battlefield, until after you fire it, then it becomes useless." People tend to forget that samurai are men of war. They don't care about what weapons they use, for said weapons are tools to achieve victory in the battlefield. In this regard, Isshin pulling his five shooter on you is absolutely something that is in-character for someone of his status. Isshin, the Glock Saint indeed. :) PS: There was a completely missed opportunity for Isshin to have a pepperbox-style pistol. Revolvers at this time didn't exist, but they could've made an experimental sort of firearm beffitting Isshin, and the ability for him to shoot 5 bullets in quick succession.

Imagine being a graphics designer at FROM knowing that whatever you make in Elden Ring, Zullie will scrutinize every inch of it and show hundreds of thousands of people on the internet

I cant believe they actually took time to model the flint on the gun, thats very cool

From's attention to detail is crazy.

I too, am a totally different person when I've gotten comfy.

This object duplication you used could technically allow us to see in detail every NPC and boss of the game, correct? I've always been curious about the Headless, but I'll watch literally anything. You make such interesting vids.

The Kakariko Village theme makes this so much better

Considering how fast he moves with the One Mind technique, I wouldn’t be surprised if he was rapidly switching flintlock pistols with each shot.

No one seems to be talking about the scar, but that was coolest to me and kind of head scratch inducing... Does that not look like the kind of scar you'd get from seppuku? I find this incredibly cool, it's as if he resurrected after an honorable death, but kept the marks to show it

Whats really amazing is the amount of detail on the gun when you can't really see it during normal game play

For anyone wondering after two months, the color of his skin and his nails are probable signs of liver disease which may be jaundice.

It would be amazing to see this same detail search on other bosses. Genichiro, O'rin and the red guards of end game probably have intricate details on them too

I can tell from his looks that he knows a miracle build.

Some guy wishes to see the gun in detail and gets a full analysis. Now that's service!

the gun mostly makes sense, but the bore is fucking enormous, and because it looks from a design that predates rifling it lacks it. all in all the gun would probably kick like a fucking mule but would waste a lot of its energy, not properly transferring the energy to the shot, whether that be a single musket ball or some grapeshot variant; meaning it's range would be fairly limited as well.

I love how this game has a 300 foot long snake, a headless ape with a giant sword, immortal monks infested with invincible insects, WOOOOOOOOOOO bird ninjas with homing shurikens, jelly people, zombies, a gigantic bull the size of a bus, enormously fat guys who attack you with their vomit, demons, a grappling hook that defies the laws of physics and many more fanciful things.... and the ONE thing, the ONE THING that everyone cannot stand for being too unrealistic is a semi-auto pistol.

It'd be interesting to see how the scar on his stomach lines up with the deathblow. Clearly Sekiro didn't cause it, but it looks to be in roughly the same place.

Remeber Zullie, The mortal blade that resurrects Isshin so you can fight sword Saint takes them from when they were at their prime, hence why he doesn’t have sickly skin or nails anymore. The scars have opened up another line of questioning though, never noticed those. Nice video!

Crazy to see the detail on the gun, something you'd never see without hacks, FromSoft love what they do!

I think the Black Blade brings a person back at their peak physical point that was in their life. Sword Saint Isshin has the same body as when he killed General Tamura in the opening cutscene. No doubt his greatest feat as a swordsman.

The amount of detail From puts into these games is amazing - especially those subtle things that would almost be impossible to notice in game like the fingernails. This was really cool, thank you!

Apart from the ability to shoot multiple shots at once, the gun - along with other guns in Sekiro - is fairly period accurate. Japan was actually a fairly early adopter of guns in organized warfare, although it would take a long time before even a trained musket specialist would be anywhere near as efficient as a skilled warrior or samurai with a bow. While it was a lot easier to give a man a musket and teach him to point it in the vague direction of his enemy than it was to train him to hit a mark with a bow, it was a lot quicker to draw, nock and loose multiple arrows in the time it would take him to reload. The overall power and accuracy of such weapons was also questionable compared to the bow, which, in the hands of skilled user, is a fairly reliable tool. The Japanese actually did a lot to remedy this, though, inventing a very early cartridge ("bullet") out of bamboo, containing a satchel of gunpowder and a metal pellet. Many, including the popular power metal band Sabaton, regard the Battle of Shiroyama in 1877 as the true end of classical Japan and the era of the samurai, as roughly 500 rebel samurai, dedicated to their ancient lifestyle and beliefs, faced off against a rifle-armed imperial army, about 30.000 man strong. As their lyrics would have it, this was where the sword met the gun and it ended the ancient ways. True to their nature, the Samurai would ride out in a brave charge against the superior force, supposedly claiming as many as 30 imperial soldiers before meeting their end.

The level of detail in the models is just wonderful and beautiful

That scar is pretty interesting, since it looks like what would remain of a seppuku done with a long sword. Stabbed through the stomach, out the back, and then cut to the side leaving a long scar on the front and smaller hole in the back.

Seppuku scars! Amazing detail!

In an universe where they have a prosthetic arm that can attach a bunch of stuff, including Batman's grapple Hook, a Flamethrower, a metal umbrella and more, and it still works as a perfectly normal arm, I'm not gonna complain about the gun. The fantasy elements are awesome enough

mechanically the gun looks almost identical to a standard flintlock mechanism. which, while extremely modern for this period would not be fully automatic.

Love you work Zullie! Thanks for your continued contributions to the community.

Thank you. This is one of my favorite characters, and the variations between pre- and post-black-mortal-blade were insightful!

the gun looks like a prototype flintlock that, i assume, fires a wad of pellets not unlike a shotgun. it would need to be manually reloaded after each shot, and packed with powder. VERY cool design.

someone in the reddit discord channel found out that these portuguese guns had effectively some type of multiple shot ammo

I really love these close up looks, just shows the attention to detail that Miyazaki wants his team to focus on. I also adore all the Zelda tracks you put in your videos, I'm a massive fan.

This is so cool. I really appreciate you making these Zullie. I have wanted to zoom in on details such as these for such a long time. Your great with the camera. Thank you!

I love how often you use Zelda songs in your videos. They fit really well

... What I'm getting is that he's so badass he made a pistol out of his bench. (Also, his belly scar reminded of harakiri. Since all of his models have it, it's probably just an old war wound, but now I can't get from my head that Ashina's fall might have been a much bigger burden to him than he let out (he always looked surprisingly chill for someone whose country is getting invaded) and when the invader forces arrive at the end of the game he choses suicide instead of seeing his home subdued once more.)

I love this video and the attention to detail to be able to see a legend up close and a well-detailed gun.

All of these detailed examinations are amazing, but I just love the Sekiro ones. Awesome work! The choice of music is awesome too

Fantastic work Zullie, seeing the details on the gun is really impressive. You’ll have a field day with Elden Ring ;)

Isshin is my favorite final boss from fromsoft. Gwyn would be close but hes eaay to cheese and ive always loved final fights between characters that have a massive amount of respect for each other and arent just fighting because "this bad" and "this good". Isshin is just such a great character

As a gunsmith in training. I showed this to my instructors. They said it seems somwhat realistic and the desgin of the engravings were impressive. Yet there is no way it would fire shots back to back like it does in game.

Isshin associated with Dogen, the far-ahead-of-his-time genius who created the shinobi prosthetic (an impossibly advanced feat of engineering) and taught Lady Emma. If anyone in Ashina could make a rapid-fire pistol, I'd say that Dogen could. Perhaps Isshin's elaborately decorated pistol was given to him by Dogen? Either that, or Isshin is just that good. I'm guessing his spear is a recollection of the one he got from General Tamura (and later gave to Gyoubu). He seemingly pulls it straight out of the ground, and it disappears when he's defeated -- possibly suggesting that it's an apparition?

Gun looks like a normal flintlock pistol, but it's a muzzle loader, so it's impossible to fire it as fast as isshin does. You'd have to pack the round in, load powder, pull the hammer back, and fire, all of which is a two handed job. The bore is also huge, looking like a blunderbus or an actual .50 caliber musket.

"Seated Isshin has a unique chr ID" Visions of Dragon Butts.

oh hell yeah I always wanted to have a closer look at that gun, thanks Zullie!

The gold on the flintlock barrel looks to be gold damacene, while the wooden grip area looks to have either gold inlay or gold paint, but the most interesting addition is the use of Iron sights.

I really want to see an LP by Zullie that goes over the lore of the games during the playthrough, and supporting factors. I have the feeling it'd be *the* most thorough LP in regards to lore. Which is the reason I've yet to watch an LP of any of the games... they all seem to just assume viewers know the lore.

About the gun: It's a great model, and nearly perfectly faithful to the operation of flintlock guns, except for two things: 1.: It doesn't have a trigger. 2.: You can't fire a flintlock repeatedly in a quick succession, due to the lack of a magazine and the painfully slow reloading time. You fire it, and then either throw it away and search for a loaded one, or take the time, get to cover, and reload it.

The enormous amount of awards fromsoft gives you for paying attention to detail is extraordinary and so satisfying. No wonder they have a small but very dedicated fanbase.

That gun has insane detail for some thing nobody would probably ever see up close.

His gun is not semi-auto, he just has a bunch of it in his inventory and quickly swaps it

Guns like this would of been invented towards the final era of the Waring states period (which Sekiro would taken place after), but how Issin use it is semi non-realistic for its time.

I think the rapid fire capabilities are based on revolver matchlock weapons from the early 17th Century, which could fire with such speeds if the user can spin the cylinder fast enough. Unfortunately, I can't post links to show you, since RU-vid keeps hiding my comment when I try to do so. However, it is obvious that the model for Isshin's weapon is not this. Isshin's weapon seems to be loosely based on a Tan Zutsu, a type of matchlock pistol from the time period. However, unlike a Tan Zutsu, Isshin's has a miquelet-lock mechanism instead of a matchlock. As far as I know, there is no evidence the Japanese ever used miquelet-locks or any kind of flintlock mechanism type weapon throughout the 16th and 17th centuries, but I suppose it isn't entirely impossible that someone somewhere may have had one.

Wow the detail in the bench and the gun is incredible. Though no one ever sees the gun, it's such a cool connection.

It's really impressive how much detail they put into stuff that would be impossible to notice up close like the gun design and Isshin's nails being discolored when he's a sick old man.

Great video So wierd I was gonna ask you about his gun literally yesterday and then you made this haha

So I watch alot of forgotten weapons. I'm not an expert but I like firearms history. It is a flintlock, much more advanced than the simple stick handguns used by the Valley Dwellers. It was probably imported from the west. Flintlocks were invented in the early 1600s, and would become widespread by the 1700s. The Tokugawa Shogunate closed Japan between 1635 and 1639. The Dutch were a limited exception, so odds are the weapon was Dutch made. The barrel and wood are both gilded. This indicates that the gun was very expensive and was most likely made for a noble either as a gift or bought outright. The action is shiny and well maintained, showing that whoever owns it takes good care of it. Notably the barrel of this weapon is quite wide. This caliber definitely indicates that it used to be a two handed weapon. Further that ramrod looks like it had been cut down The grip looks to be cut from a full stock, however the barrel doesn't show signs of cutting. It could be that the octagonal bit on the end was added to cover up the cut marks though. The furniture (wood) has 2 holes on either side, indicating that it originally had a sling to make carrying the weapon easier that is now lost. Notably these holes cut into the Gilding, which means they were added after that process. This probably indicates multiple owners, as it's unlikely someone would deface a decorative gun to give it more utility. The wood itself looks cubical, and lacks the ergonomics (efficient grip) of alot of other European firearms. Perhaps it was added later. I'll have a look at other guns in sekiro and see what comparisons I can dig up. I haven't looked too closely at them.

The amount of detail to his nail blew me away..

That’s a very accurate representation of a flintlock. Only issue is it’s not cocked and the frizzen is not down to cover where you would charge the pan for firing. So it looks as if he has already fired it.

That flintlock is beautiful in every way imaginable. Every thing is 8n just the right spot.

God the amount of detail Miyazaki puts into his games is insane! It's kinda a shame we don't normally get to see that stuff. From definitely needs to start putting photo modes in their games. Oh one can dream with Elden Ring coming out soon.

The game is set in the 13th century but the old man has a flintlock pistol, which wasn't invented till the 1500s.

call an ambulance call an ambulance *pulls gun out* BUT NOT FOR ME

Good taste in background OST.

About the scar: its seppuku - a ritual suicide by belly cutting. It was practiced for restoring your or your family's honor.

Holy crap you gained a lot of subs recently. Congrats!

holy shit that gun model is REALLY GOOD it's even got that channel for the powder that the flint ignites

Never forget the first time the old man pulled his piece and ran past me blazin like he was doing a drive by.

The scar matches up with how samurai would kill themselves. Pretty cool detail to put in.

Now we know where that bench ended up...seems like it gives isshin the support he needs both in daily life and on the battlefield

His special power is summoning loaded matchlock pistols whenever needed

Look at that detail on the flintlock, WE DONT EVEN SEE IT UPCLOSE MIDFIGHT

Beautifully accurate. That's really how semi-automatic flintlock pistols looked back in the day.

Corvo Attano called, he wants his semi-auto flintlock pistol back

Wow, I didn't think the bench and the pistol had such intricate design that we wouldn't be able to see without dong stuff like this. Just goes to show the level of detail From puts into things.

As a certain German youtuber once said: "no wonder isshin is sick if he's sitting here all day with the window open"

After pointing out the Peacock motif, I am now convinced the bench he sits on is just the gun and it changes form.

I think isshin trained with victor saltzpyre in the esoteric art of "shooting really fast a shit ton of flintlock handguns"

Does no one else find it amazing the level of detail they put in the gun itself when you can't really see it close enough to inspect it in the fight

shit the music really took me back for a second there

The amount of details is insane

I actually didn't know that Tengu guy was Isshin.. I wondered where he went after disappearing... now I know lol.

bro really said "call an ambulance, but not for me"

To think that he laughs everytime he drinks. Ooof 😱.

Man, that gun design is actually nice for ancient flintlock weaponry

gun you'll only catch glimpses of: *super high fidelity* actually character textures: *mush*