Why you Should Care About: I-no 

“Gaslight, Gatekeep, Girlboss”. Every good piece of media has all three.

I whole heartedly believe sol managed to build a nuclear railgun while also failing 8th grade reading

A really cool thing about I-Nos death is that in Xrds finale when Axl gives up on returning to the past, he talks about how sweet and lovely Megumis smile is and in Strive he recognizes I-No immediately when he sees her smile.

Requiem might be the most underrated songs in all of Guilty Gear. No other song has made me suddenly cry with the lyrics. The final verse caught me off-guard while I was scanning my answers for an exam and then, it hit me. We were both accepting faith at that moment, although in highly different contexts, and we did our best. Masterpiece. I ended up approving the course.

I-No’s a pretty great character. She has a great design, a fun personality, and a pretty cool story behind her. I just have 1 problem. She feels like, imo, a major victim of Giant Death Robot syndrome when it comes to character writing. I-No’s motivation and her goals most of the time are completely Morally right and justifiable (from what I’m hearing here) and yet is portrayed as an antagonist. Modern Day writers often like to write sympathetic villains but sometimes they write a Villain who makes too good of a point and actually has goals and motivation that are completely right, to the point where the audience is like “Wait, why are they bad again?” So to make up for this, and most likely make themselves feel better about the person they chose to portray as the villain, they turn around and go like “Yeah they have a good goal BUT NOW THEY’RE PILOTING A DEATH ROBOT TO GET THERE! See they really are evil!” Which then almost completely makes everything about what they’re trying to do mean absolutely nothing so the writers don’t have to worry about the moral implications about killing them off in their story and make the consumers not feel as bad about rooting for them to get up ended. I-No probably suffers from this a little bit. I say probably cause I haven’t played through strive’s story, but I have played through the other story modes she has a major role in and most of the time I didn’t even realize she was supposed to be. Often most of the things I-No does (if remember correctly) that are considered bad seemed a little off for her to me, but I’m also willing to accept that hell I might just not know the character very well. But it’s weird to me how much of a push there was for her to be an antagonist when there are people in Guilty Gear who do equally bad, if not worse, things then I-no who do not get the same development and have far… FAR less morally right motivations for what they want to do and yet for some reason she’s the one to be Axed off and made an Arcade mode final boss. That’s like having Yukon Terumi in your blazblue story and yet having Hakumen be the main villain (someone who is completely justifiable on why he does what he does). Yeah that’s not a perfect analogy but you get my point. I don’t think I-no necessarily deserved to be shoved in the role of an antagonist in Guilty Gear’s story and I think that’s the only problem I personally have with her character. Bad writers made an awesome character and then put them in a place that they didn’t fit in within their story.

This video is the best explanation of I-No's story that I have ever seen. Simple and clean. Just one thing. In the ending, we see Axl on a bench being approached by (probably) Megumi, his old girlfriend. Is Megumi the same I-No we see in the story or another one? Or are they just separate people?

I know I already care about I-no (she's my main in Strive, moveset fits like a tight glove) but she's the reason I'm even interested in Guilty Gear lore now, she dragged me into this game. That and I've never seen a fighting game character with a rock theme wielding a guitar as a weapon, so she's the most unique character I play.

Beautifully done, Aged Consistent! I do love the parts about the songs and how EEnose theme requiem contradicts a bunch of other Lyrica throughout the series. Examples. Big Bang Sonic "OH! I WANT! TO KNOW WHATS REALLY REAL TO ME!" to "None of this... is real..." It's her characters overall conclusion-whereas all but a few of other characters are more about their day to day existence, because their stories are mostly told. Sure, there's some unhappy themes out there, like Leo's and Pot's: But those are more about the responsibility they face as leaders who have to make decisions for everyone. Leo's theme is also a great contrast to Ky's, which fits because unlike Ky, he's the resident armchair general: He rarely ever gets to fight due to being too far beyond his weight class, but he's crucial for maintaining order during rough situations. Fuck, I'm off topic ranting about the lad again. Anyhow, I-no. Fits in with the rest of the cast of villains in that she's so desperate to save the world that she forgets about the people in it. (The post war administration Bereau is controlled by the council, who want to stop the universal will, by using justice before the universal will can. The universal will wants to redo humanity so we can't become mindless sheeple. Ram and elphelt follow the universal will, until they don't. That Man doesn't care, he just wants to stop That Other Man, who, coincidentally, has more or less set this whole thing up by creating the universal will, which stops the people's champion I-no before humanity can fully realize her.) She's a very tragic character, who upon being created has godly powers and a purpose, but no way to achieve anything meaningful. She can get almost anything she wants, just not a future... and fulfillment. So she grows bitter and resentful. She turns to excess, and humanities greatest way of ignoring emptyiness: masturbation. Seeking greater and greater highs, until she crashes and burns. Eventually we get to her story mode, where upon being paradoxxed as of strives overall story ending, she and happy chaos chose their own paths. I-no wants to protect her parallel self, who's far younger, despite how offputting the new world is. Meanwhile, chaos, ever the drama seeker, can't stand being in a fake reality and wants to hitch a ride on a nonhuman singularity to escape. It's kind of a touching ending, in a way. I'm presuming that paradox I no ends up becoming the megumi we see at the story modes ending. Anyhow... thanks for the content! Sorry for the long post, and have a nice day!

I-no's story really is that shrimple

The best part of I-No is how she goes through a whole character arc and everyone is like "oh damn she's gonna be all cute and innocent now" and then the next time she shows up she's just as much of a jerkass psycho as she was the last time. She just refuses to be better and i love it.

5:00 wrong, when chaos took that power the universal will fucked him over and put that power inside of him, they needed the tome of origin to let i-no absorb chaos and regain her lost half, which isn't just her power but parts of her personality as well

I can't believe you talked about I-no's story without mentioning Axl at all the AUDACITY

I-no isn't dead btw. It seems like she's dead at the end of the story mode but she replaces herself with a past version of herself. Happy Chaos' arcade mode shows where they both ended up and its revealed that they got stuck in a paradox. I-no decides to stay seeing how it's a timeline she's happy with.

Great video man, thanks for helping articulate why some of us are all about I-No. My favorite character in a long time.

Guilty Gear in general has few "bad" antagonists, it is really good at humanising the opposition, and tellong us that the protagonist are not exactly only good either (jaja sol BADguy, and Ky was a bitch before dizzy).

Great video really helped me better understand In-o's story since alot of wit was lost on me in the details. One thing I would say is about the soundtrack In-o's theme is not the only one that breaks that general rule of the character's perfect world. Potemkin's theme, Armor Clad Faith, is more about the lack of ability for him to create the world he desires and his feeling of inadequacy in his place in life. It's less about what his perfect world is and more about the fact he can NEVER reach his goals of a better, safer world for all. I really wish in the story modes of some of the games they explored his personality and gave him more character depth because Strive's theme is basically the first piece of official game media (to my knowledge) to flesh out his character more than "proud stoic protector". There's a lot left open and unexplored with his character that I wish we could see more of. Yes I wrote this entire comment based off one short part of this video because I wanted an excuse to talk about Potemkin GIVE ME A BREAK I LOVE MY GIANT MUSCLY BOY. Great video again love your content.

Such a great video, I always love listening to people talk about the GG story! Are you planning on doing it with more characters ?

Good vid. It annoys me when people disregard GG characters' lore as 'convoluted anime bullshit' when there's so much depth and interesting concepts there.

this was absolutely worth the wait, god bless the old reliable youtube channel

im glad somebody else appreciates I-no's greatness

This is the last time I ever drink something while watching anything you make.

I do enjoy your deep dives into the songs and lyrics.

I found your channel for tips in gear. Now a few months have passed I haven't really played gear that much but have watched your videos. You're finding what you like and it's going to be interesting when you hit it big

Really well done video this has made me appreciate ino a lot as a newer gg fan!

Highly quality upload, it drips of the passion you put into it. Congrats on the 5k!

What a great character I hope the creators of the game don't nerf her out existence

I LOVE I-NO. I WANT HER TO

I had no expectations for this video, but I watched it all. Pretty good, honestly.

super surprised this video didn't end with "also she's hot as fuck"

Really good video. Can‘t wait for Crossplay 🔥

Me when I see I-no move to me in the corner EISEN STURM

Great video! This really sums up I-no's character well. If possible, could you do similar videos for Zato and Milia? I love their songs in Strive but still can't wrap my head around their history together.

Came here from the blazblue vid and like please keep on doing these sincere and fun vids about things you love it feels good

Now that I know all the I-no lore I will finally be able to block her mix.

I got interested in strive because of I-no ,i love a witch girlboss ,stayed for happy chaos but oh well ,i believe that chaos and her are now chilling in the backyards having a beach episode like the villains in the beginning of jjk😂

i just recently found your videos and love them

2:11 Unrealated but if you read Mary Shelly's Frankenstien the moral isn't actually not to mess with nature but to take responsibility for doing so. Frankenstein created the monster just to prove he could and then immediately abandons what is essentially a giant super baby. The monster itself specifically calls out parrallels between himself and adam being created by God as well as Lucifer in paradise lost rebelling against a cruel and horrible creator even if it means doing terrible things yourself. Pretty much the reason what Frakenstien creates is a monster rather than a wonder is that he treated it as one, even as it's ego and intelligence grew to reflect himself.

heavenly potemkin buster

I-No is truly one of the Guilty Gear characters of all time!

I already know why I care about I-no, because I'm horn- Just kidding. I've been needing to read up on her lore for a while so thanks for the vid.

5:17 I knew it Guilty Gear is Megaten!

she's giving me a zoner AWOOOOOGA

This is the most comprehensive I-no lore I’ve ever heard

Hey my man ! good video this format is great !

Honestly fully expected a shitpost, but was pleasantly surprised

Sweet video, I didn't really know all that much about her before, but she's super interesting.

Why is this video only accessible through the Why You Should Play playlist? Oversight? :o

Local man justifies his dommy mommy fetish for his 5000 subscribers for almost 10 minutes

"Zoner" WHAT HAVE THEY DONE TO MY GIRLBOSS MOMMY? DAISUKE PLEASE

Requiem makes me want to die when I think about her story

Guys what do i do i watched every "Adult art" of her i could find and now there's nothing left.

if i hear you say "i have to work SO HARD" after i get a counter hit for 80% again im gonna put semtex under your desk

good shit man

Really great, solid, vid and I really enjoyed this I-no content. These are really good reasons to enjoy a character, better than my reasons of: lol funny former crackhead is the president and one of Jam's Midnight Carnival endings has her take Ky on a picnic and its really cute so I like Ky now.

The gg in guilty gear stands for gatekeep and girlboss

Soul eater fanfic when?

May I ask for your interpretation of how Hellfire is Leo's ideal perfect world? I understand where you're coming from with the other songs, but I just don't see how it applies to Hellfire.

Old reliable's strongest goober

I'd I have 1 nickel for tsugumomo, if you look past the NSFW you will find.... more NSFW, but if you look past that you will find gold

Mays and inos share the whole Everything dies to 6p I see,lmao

I will pay you One bajillion dollars to make a video on I-No and Happy Chaos' arcade modes since they happen after the Strive story.

Awesome vid!

Why should I care about I-no? Because she looks like rock Goddess Ringo Shiina ;)

me, a sol player with a 6.5/ 3.5 mu: "i'm going to start pounding you now. i don't know when i'll stop"

I no care about I-no

"the guy who couldn't finish 8th grade reading" The... the scientist?

I-No reminds me a lot to Eren Jaegar.

Oh, why have I seen every single picture at 1:30… Although the Axl one is funny af

Yo I went on your profile for more of this format but couldn't find it, I'd love if you did this for more GGStrive characters

Did the God I-No died, or did she got reverted back to Megumi, lost chunks of her memories, and then found Axl on the bench, or was the supposed Megumi/I-No on that Axl bench scene actually the Megumi from Axl's timeline??? It makes me wonder all the time, kinda sad that I-No died like that 🤔🤔🤔

Of all the hot girls in strive, Ino is like the crusty older one

I’mma confess that I haven’t played Strive yet cause I’m broke, but also because I could never understand what was going on. Like sure, I got down how the characters acted and their basic roles in the plot, though I never knew what that plot actually was. But this video, besides being a solid 9/10 character study, puts the lore in a nice summary that personally helps me understand a little more what the hell’s going on. Great Video man, keep it up.

Good video :)

great video

interesting mod 7:02

I prefer yelan because she's the upgrade version of I-No

2:00 CONSENTING cat. Gosh, don't you know that normies are listening!!?

Ino is goated

There she is! I-No!!! Best character in Strive!

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Nice.

no.

No idea how axl plays into her story at all but they’re usually opposed in some way

didn't talked about her British bf

I don't think I-No died, bro. Didn't she meet Axl as a normal person at the end of Strive?

No rat?

Why should you care about faust next

I clicked for the

The firs t two line? Boo. 6:43

I was main baiken . Her gameplay is so boring so i decided to main I No. They said she is so hard man you cant play frfrfr. I've trained ino combos and mix up for 29292929 hours. She really needs buffs. I cant stand zato and baiken as ino player. Their buttons are 💀💀💀

i have mommy issues :/

2:01 ...sauce? 👀

yeah axl is a bottom

Shame Ino is such garbage character in strive thou. Pick Nago - press buttons - have fun. Or pick bridget - press buttons - have fun. Bridget is Ino but works. And have a DP. And have good hitboxes. I think devs get it too literally "make Ino suck" uknow.

Nah she dead

No I’m not gonna care about I-no. After what she’s done to me, I’m good, she can not come back for all I care

I-No has always been one of my least favorite characters more because of lore than gameplay. I mean that I hate her in the same vein that people hate Terumi from Blazblue, he's a great villain but a terrible person, I-No is very much in that same vein of being a great character but a terrible person.