Sekiro's Buddhism is pure horror

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Dark Buddha drawing by Minhyuck Jang

[@schizosamurai8840]

As a buddhist, I really appreciate just how messed up the Senpo temple is, the way monks play with immortality is such a perverted interpretation of Buddha's teachings.

[@noxus7462]

Can you explain for someone who hasnt played Sekiro?

[@BigDBrian]

@@noxus7462 as the worst example it's them sacrificing children (their corpses are scattered all over), but basically using any means possible to achieve immortality, even becoming completely infested with giant parasitic centipedes

[@ephemeralindividual5149]

@@noxus7462 its been a while since i played so i could be wrong about a lot but the jist of of it is that there are two types of immortality. One that is divine and "good" (not really it comes from a lot of sacrifices) and another form which uses weird gross blood worms which grant it, which the monks use. But in Buddhism the whole point is to break the cycle of suffering and reincarnation and death the "samsara" and move beyond it and achieve nirvana, so the monks are doing the opposite by prolonging their lives and not even attempting to achieve peace and nirvana

[@jafmaryfelizify]

@@noxus7462 The monks abandoned the pursuit of spiritual immortality (nirvana) in exchange for physical immortality. They also ditched all noble virtues, righteous conduct, etc by sacrificing children. All in their extreme attachment to material life. It's the polar opposite of Buddhism, like how satanism is to christianity.

[@tibik.8407]

@Bingo I see you tried to put a gigantic worm in your head as well. Didnt fit in?

[@ninjafish6185]

As if Miyazaki wouldn’t have rubbed his bloodstained hands across Kitamura’s face and whispered “make it freaky pal”

[@mrtacohunterm.d.355]

Made me laugh out loud, not gonna lie

[@Alexandra-ez8rj]

I also laughed out loud. Thank you for this, boy I needed it today.

[@maybemablemaples2144]

That's so fucking metal

[@Terror_Official]

I can see her writing the score, and Miyazaki just pops his head over her shoulder, slowly caressing the side of her face. Then whispers that exact line "make it freaky", and then slipping quietly back into the shadows.

[@chepalle8446]

@@Terror_Official Yuka Kitamura is a woman.

[@giganticimpact8941]

For those wondering the chant is saying "catch these hands" 💀💀💀

[@diavolojaegar]

Considering buddha's hands are like almsot infinite... this sounds very very ominous

[@davidetosi2391]

@@diavolojaegar yeah catch them all...on ya face *smack smack smack*

[@J0hnHenrySNEEDen]

*Parries blade with Bare Hands*

[@thewintermute7964]

And graft them!

[@HamasAreTerrorists]

@@thewintermute7964 BEAR WITNESSSSS!

[@rob0674]

Such an iconic song, perfectly portraits the anxiety in the situations where you have to fight a bunch of zombie monks

[@Necrotaku999]

zombie kung-fu master monks*

[@judicatorhurayth1927]

@@Necrotaku999 Khai..

[@SulemanKhan-hb1hl]

Same

[@XxCHRISchaosxX]

You would mean to say, "portrays," the anxiety, etc etc

[@Necrotaku999]

@@XxCHRISchaosxX its dumber to correct someome im yt comments where we can use the most informal of registers than to be the one that needs correction

[@Calamortar]

On the contrary, Miyazaki would have SPECIFICALLY called for nightmarish music for this place

[@borbo23]

Yeah, I don't think any aspect of Miyazaki's games is done without intent.

[@betohatch8203]

Wow, two really dense mfs here

[@oteila6151]

No shit lol

[@BloodyArchangelus]

@@borbo23 a lot of. coz they dont have time.. EVERYTIME.

[@grakata5620]

I think it works pretty well for some of the most messed up stuff in FromSoft.

[@morgboat744]

damn is it really that messed up? i’ve never been hugely interested in Sekiro but i’ve always been really fascinated by Buddhism so maybe i should check it out

[@dumbsterdives]

@@morgboat744 imagine if a bunch of buddhists twisted their own faith because they became obsessed with immortality and started experimenting on people (including children!) to achieve it thats senpou temple

[@SirHawkCaptainOfTheOrderOfScDi]

@@dumbsterdivesalso killing thousands of children while experimenting

[@mattkarnung902]

@@morgboat744 Someone in another comment thread pointed this out but from what I understand there are two different means of achieving immorality in Sekiro: The "good way" (divine immortality) which isn't really good because it requires a lot of sacrifice. The other way involves having your person occupied by a parasitic centipede. The monks at Senpou were attempting to achieve immortality through sacrifice, defying the Buddhas teachings by forgoing the pursuit if spiritual immortality granted through Nirvana. The evidence of this sacrifice can be seen in the dozens of corpses of children scattered throughout the temple grounds. There are also signs that countless more children were sacrificed. Even by Fromsoftware lore standards, this is pretty grim.

[@losgabuzzino9253]

@@morgboat744 yeah The monks took Buddha teachings and distorted them, the whole point Is, if they are Immortal, they broke the reincarnation cicle

[@marchwhitlock6455]

I wonder if this is what the Japanese fans feel like in all the Dark Souls locations inspired by Catholicism.

[@ProfessorShnacktime]

I am catholic and find it to be just kinda cool looking. It’s a sick perversion of Christian beliefs, allows you to reflect a bit on what it all means. I like it.

[@stupidanon5941]

@@ProfessorShnacktime So, I know it's not a direct 1-1, but there _are_ a lot of interesting parallels. If one thinks of Gwyn as the 'first man, of the earth, earthy,' the being representative of the old order that requires continual renewal, put to death by the cross and replaced with a new order that stems from the 'furtive pygmy, so easily forgotten' (the stone that the builders rejected became the chief cornerstone), who even shattered his own soul into infinite fragments so it could be everywhere and a part of humanity, so it could _be_ humanity, (if a seed doesn't fall into the ground and dies, it abides alone, but if it falls into the ground and dies, it brings forth much fruit), it can be easy to see what Gwyn does as a parallel to the preservation and clinging to of the old law, and a rejection of the offering of life. You even kill his ally, the great dragon who is, essentially the source of sorcery, you slay death itself, the primal witch of chaos which created a mockery of life. . . some of the imagery has definitely been changed, but a lot of the same ideas are there. Gwyn and his Way of White have essentially departed from natural law, and the power of the furtive pygmy sets things to rights.

[@PyroFTB]

@@ProfessorShnacktime Healing church from BB and the Cathedral of the Deep does feel like a twisted catholic church. Like how Mozgus and the Holy See from Berserk is a fucked up (might actually be accurate to medieval era) catholic church. Honestly it's really cool to see these symbols of divinity twisted in the fucked up world of post-eclipse Berserk.

[@Ronnie-Bagpipe]

@@stupidanon5941 Someone made a video about how dark souls is basically the telling of a myth of a hero's journey such as Jesus from the bible or Buddha, it even has a lot of similarities with other myths such as Prometheus stealing the flame and serpents commonly being a vessel for change such as frampt, and that bloodborne was the reverse of that. Its very interesting its called "how bloodborne transforms the myth"

[@multiversetraveller3118]

@@Ronnie-Bagpipe 'Buddha from the Quran' 💀💀

[@happymradrian]

I'm glad Miyazaki finally stopped with his "Catholics are scary" and finally moved on to "Buddhists are scary".

[@proxy90909]

Can't wait to see what else Miyazaki finds scary!

[@FarremShamist]

@@proxy90909 Feet.

[@sarantsogtmunkhbaatar6974]

which is just eastern catholicism

[@letskissnow987]

@@FarremShamist they say you attract what you fear...

[@TehZach1993]

@@FarremShamist Nah I think you're confusing 'scary' with 'sexy' bud.

[@Jm-ki4su]

remember: the monks committed blasphemy by rejecting the actual Buddha's teachings in pursuit of immortality, so cutting them down shouldn't warrant hesitation

[@lemmonboy6459]

After all… *Hesitation is defeat…*

[@mohammadsaleem5990]

Imagine pursuing mortality when you already have it

[@vaskopoh9512]

@@mohammadsaleem5990 lulz

[@mikewazowski7024]

*Immortality They pursued immortality, they already had mortality, since they could die.

[@8pija22]

its not blasphemy to bingo

[@Max2ds]

Sekiro: They’re unarmed. Should be easy. Senpou Temple Monks: Namu amida butsu, bit*h

[@Aomura98]

Lmao

[@rollernkg68]

Me who just spammed attack and they died with little resistance:

[@saintricardo8746]

Well that place DID sacrifice hundreds, if not thousands, of children. So everytime i see a monk, i kill.

[@dewok2706]

that's bullshit but i believe you

[@LauncherSpiderMk7]

@@dewok2706 You should revisit that area. Every little pinwheel represents a kid that didn't make it.

[@thelaststeakbender3150]

@@dewok2706 it’s true. It may be a little bit of a hyperbole ( probably hundreds not thousands) but every pinwheel in Senpou represents a child sacrifice.

[@maybemablemaples2144]

@TheLastSteakBender no they were straight up ganking kids left and right. Thousands is the correct number.

[@claustrophobicmole867]

Not only they were sacrificed they were experimented on with inmortal centipides who ate their bodies away leaving a carcass behind

[@barskabdagl7701]

That's how biblically accurate Buddha sounds like.

[@axelnova123]

This sentence sounds beyond funny.

[@trevorfranks69]

I need that weed you're smoking bro

[@martk647]

Not as bad as halal Jesus though.

[@calasay2688]

I too remember when Buddha and Jesus joined and tag teamed Satan into Hell WWE style

[@pochita7004]

@@calasay2688 I only remember the anime...

[@SolemnVisitor]

Haven't played this game in a couple years and this music is still burned into my head after hours of farming the monks for the candies

[@zyriantel9601]

It is so incredibly screwed up that you have to farm psychotic, fanatical old men who murder children by the hundreds, _for candy._ From Software, ladies and gentlemen!

[@bigboibebop]

Same.

[@Narokkurai]

From Soft's games are interesting, because they've always flirted with a lot of Buddhist concepts, but Sekiro makes it so much more overt. Everything rots. All existence is suffering, and immortal existence is unending suffering. Even paradise will rot, turn to hell, drive all its inhabitants insane with its endless meaninglessness. NOTHING is meant to last forever, not even the gods and the spirits themselves. The only thing that is truly unending is the cycle of life and death, and you can try to stop that machine for a little while, but it will inevitably mangle you in its gears all the same.

[@Narokkurai]

@@timl. But the only way to do that is to let go of all attachment, and remove yourself from your temporal existence. Life and death are simply fluctuations in the continuum of the world. They only have meaning to the people clinging onto scraps of it When you achieve Nirvana, you become part of the entire world itself, no longer bound by life or death but flowing with them, back and forth, eternally. That's the immortal existence. The cycle itself is eternal.

[@skrackensdal]

@@timl. i must thank you for your very insightful and thorough reply.

[@hexwolfi]

@@timl. I believe Narokkurai was referring specifically to a Tendai Buddhist belief called _hongaku_ (本覺) which implies that all beings have inherent Buddha nature. I will not argue with your specific criticisms since I am not an expert in Buddist teachings, but I will remind you that Buddhist beliefs vary significantly and not all sects of Buddhism regard the same texts as canon.

[@Galmion]

Posers with their dunning-kruger induced pop knowledge of buddhism absolutely and eternally btfo. Holy smoke.

[@tsurugi5]

@@timl. wow it’s nice to see an actual Buddhist out there nowadays instead of the watered down new age types

[@mantidream8179]

I like how divine abduction instakills them. Buddha is clearly unhappy with the path they took. edit: Actually, it is the gods of the land who are pissed with them. Buddha is too chill.

[@zyriantel9601]

Divine Abduction: Literally Buddha grabbing them by the shirt all, "You don't even understand how hard I'm about to slap the mortal shit out of you"

[@lazyinsight5614]

It does? That's amazing.

[@Forbiddensirenz]

@@lazyinsight5614 It kind of hints at it in the tools description. Basically how the fan spirits away someone temporarily and abducts their spirt/soul where normally they’re instantly returned but just turned around. But someone who’s already lost their spirit can never return. And since the sins and terrible things the monks did for immortality they lost their souls already and it just instantly kills them.

[@johnx140]

@@zyriantel9601 LOL

[@budgetcommander4849]

They abandoned the pursuit of nirvana in favour of prolonging their material lives. 'Pissed' would not even BEGIN to describe it.

[@Kniroid]

I love the atmosphere of "scary" Buddhism.

[@joshuabruce9599]

If we are to transcend the cycle of death and rebirth, we must make death impossible. Ironically, by experimenting and killing possibly thousands of children. If it's in pursuit of ending the cycle of suffering, its good karma. These kids will be reborn, anyway. Clearly they would have survived if Buddha believed them virtuous enough.

[@moister3727]

Religion is quite scary in itself

[@malithaw]

@@joshuabruce9599 that's not how it works. What a perverted comment on Buddhism.

[@liaogregor4047]

You may not know, the monks in Sengoku Jidai are brutal, search Ikkō Ikki for more information

[@FossorialFungus]

ok

[@hawkedoe6442]

The spirit of Bishamonten has risen.

[@marethyu31]

Uesugi Kenshin approves

[@todd2.08]

Oda Nobunaga did nothing wrong

[@hakageryu307]

damn warrior gun monks

[@Gwenth]

One of my favorite track of the game, it's fits so perfectly.

[@queenvictoriann]

Kitamura: Aight sweet, lemme just pull out my demon strings…

[@Sakusha116]

When I first heard the chanting I thought I was surrounded by enemies I couldn’t see

[@abhorrentabsconder]

You were.

[@proxy90909]

You *are*

[@ariloussant]

*You will be*

[@zyriantel9601]

They're in your walls, OP

[@Exitual]

We're here

[@sussybaka8627]

One positive aspect of speedrunning this game is that I don´t have the time to get terrified from that

[@mrbones9332]

pov: you pissed on the pillar

[@ihaveaholeinmyshoe8682]

You asked for the temple's wi-fi password:

[@laughtercatz]

Even more eerie to know that the sutra being chanted at the start is the sutra to deal with grief ,death ...

[@jezzmaninjapan]

Hearing this music makes me want to play the game again. Those rhythms really get the blood pumping.

[@jamesmatthews9807]

You’re not the only one.

[@samaritan29]

sekiro > elden ring

[@bobthechob2716]

@@samaritan29 L

[@BloodyArchangelus]

@@samaritan29 sadly. covid hit elden ring hard. i admire FROM, they almost made a miracle. Hope they would continue their path.

[@PyroFTB]

@@samaritan29 Eh hard disagree, Sekiro may be my first FS game but it's too short, and lacks gameplay and build variety. I did love the bossfights tho.

[@trask9100]

As someone who is Buddhist and grew up Buddhist, Buddhism is can be pretty harrowing. Even ignoring the context of the game, this feeling this music invokes isn't far off from say a group of Tibetan Monks chanting and playing instruments.

[@mergedpotato]

As someone who grew up in a Buddhist country I gotta say Buddhism is really fucking scary sometimes

[@demondays3956]

the context of the game is that they're pursuing physical immortality through any means necesary, including child-sacrefices, the exact oposite of buddha's teachings.

[@trask9100]

@@demondays3956 Yes, I didn't imply the monks were practicing in line with Buddadharma.

[@XiELEd4377]

@@demondays3956 they rejected spiritual immortality and pursued physical immortality

[@skrackensdal]

@@XiELEd4377 "spiritual immortality" is not an aim within buddhism or something buddhists claim to possess, one of the primary teachings is in fact anatma: the rejection of belief in a spirit/soul

[@sandro-nd6ir]

I like that this theme gets the attention it deserves. When I first heard it I was blown away. My favourite non-boss fight music out of all the from soft games

[@ppboiii6696]

Corrupted esoteric budhissm would be very scary

[@haoyunzhang4094]

Simple uncorrupted Esoteric Buddhism is quite scary as it is lol

[@sarantsogtmunkhbaatar6974]

@@haoyunzhang4094 why? what do they do?

[@haoyunzhang4094]

@@sarantsogtmunkhbaatar6974 Practices such as Patikulamanasikara and the ritualistic instruments made out of human body remains specifically in tibetan Buddhism are kinda creepy, and very cool in my opinin

[@sarantsogtmunkhbaatar6974]

@@haoyunzhang4094 kinda? thats out right satanic

[@haoyunzhang4094]

@@sarantsogtmunkhbaatar6974 To be fair, veneration of the remains of saints in both cathoic and orthodox Christianity gives me same vibes, stuff like the capucin crypts etc. One of my favorite aspects of From software's games is the reflection of bizarre religious traditions which I'm sure they drew from real world inspirations.

[@ORLY911]

It's honestly appropriate, consider one tenant of meditation in Buddhism is peering into death and impermanence (it's not unusual for monks to observe these things as a form of meditation). It almost feels like that was the inspiration for this whole area. So a corrupted buddhism could be represented by beings stuck in an undead immortality.

[@FighterPhish]

Melodic dissonance and a strange uncomfortable time signature. So odd how music can almost force you to feel a certain way while hearing it. Uncomfortable achieved this is brilliant.

[@regulate.artificer_g23.mdctlsk]

"uncomfortable time signature" no offense, but it's 4|4: AKA common time - the same time signature heard all the time in almost every music, especially pop. I mean, TBF, it does have an unusual rhythm.

[@FighterPhish]

@@regulate.artificer_g23.mdctlsk interesting, I thought I heard some syncopation in there for certain sections. As well as additional beats where the measure should've ended in some places. I'll give it another listen ☺️

[@elkmeatenjoyer3409]

@@FighterPhish the rythm of the percussion is a bit weird but as the othe guy said its 4/4

[@ryzenwick120]

When Ishin calls them degenerates, I thought he was exagerating. How wrong I was, this and Fountain Head Palace with the granny quest were such powerful moments. Anime made me forget how rich is japanese culture

[@morgboat744]

well if you like manga and japanese culture i HIGHLY recommend Vagabond, it actually gets a lot of historical stuff like this accurate

[@M8gazine]

anime made me remember how rich japanese culture is

[@MaxIronsThird]

You must be watching the wrong things.

[@zyriantel9601]

Isshin, probably: "I don't just call them shit because I don't like them, kiddo, they are _actual_ shit."

[@nightmarishcompositions4536]

Seinen anime and manga will make you remember.

[@stevenlin1738]

The whole zone just remind me of some things I read about what Tibetan sect of Buddism used to be like. All the human sacrifices and hiding extremely disturbing stuff under the guise of enlightenment.

[@lightbel18]

They used to hide what kind of disturbing stuff?

[@pupyfan69]

@@lightbel18 human sacrifice was a component of religion in pre-buddhist tibet, and continued, hidden, in heterodox schools of buddhism and among some of the population who continued to be non-buddhist

[@TowaMidriffEnjoyer]

Well, fuck I thought Tibet was mostly peaceful, I guess not

[@jafmaryfelizify]

Even today the Vajrayana traditions they practice there have some... Interesting components, to say the least. Such as the drinking of 'bodily fluids'. Buddha originally said his teachings would last a thousand years before being corrupted, or 500 if women were allowed to practice. It may have lasted even less than that!

[@velvetcrowe5548]

@@pupyfan69 Could you point me to some articles/books where I can read up on that? That sounds extremely interesting.

[@the_furry_inside_your_walls639]

You can tell that Sekiro's OST was a passion project for Yuka Kitamura. She went absolutely all out with it. Probably helps that it's a different change to the stuff she usually works on.

[@102938475646665]

As somebody who has almost very little knowledge of buddhism I loved these elements of Sekiro. We're so used to Christian based horror in the west, it was so interesting to see horror elements based on a different religion.

[@Urien.]

Buddhism is a philosophy not a religion but yes u are right

[@davidnewhart2533]

​@@Urien. Buddhism is a religion though.

[@Urien.]

@@davidnewhart2533 I wouldn't say so. They don't really believe in a higher power. If you want to get more specific, you could argue that Buddhism is a non-theistic religion, but many people believe that to not even be a real term. Just depends on how you look at it really.

[@keld_rhygar]

Samsara intensifies.

[@gg2fan]

Dark fucked up buddhism is one of my favorite aesthetics

[@cwei9581]

I can still remember the shock upon encountering those undead monks, they have one the the creepiest grab attacks.

[@TheSnoozeFox]

I always found Sekrios story and world way creeper than the other FROM games, has a very demonic vibe in some places

[@beef5able]

the headless always made me so uncomfortable to fight haha

[@beans7777]

Headless be like "I GOT JOE'ASS!"

[@mrbones9332]

Not many other "Apparition-type" enemies in Fromsoft games fill me with dread like Headless does.

[@VELIK4N]

@beef5able Color fact, Genichiro will probably become a HeadLess too

[@Vortexiiixii]

Buddha be like: Welp, they failed.

[@jhevgainz2307]

It’s even creepier when you fight the monks that have the giant centipede coming out of it.

[@ThePeteriarchy]

ngl, first time i got into a fight in senpou temple, i thought another monk was closing in behind me doing all this chanting while he's charging up those spinning kicks

[@brosephmyth]

Kitamura is a genius

[@cydoz]

Gotta love Yuka Kitamura. She's one of my favorite composers.

[@Corgifunni]

Honestly the music is so well done for the game sometimes what stresses me out the most is not the enemies but the music lmao

[@markphaser5166]

The risers used in this track were the main riser in Elden Ring's theme as well. You can listen to 0:25 then have a listen to the very beginning of Elden Ring's theme.

[@thurstt9158]

Oh shit

[@hoarahloux203]

I remember smoking my first few times being stuck in the temple tripping shit bc of this music😭

[@squirtbrainz1219]

Lmao ain’t no way bruh 😭😭

[@loveinlatin]

lmaoooo gonna try this >:)

[@shutupgames6721]

I had a similar experience with Bloodborne Ludwig's theme is nightmare fuel

[@hoarahloux203]

Love that this got so many likes it was a genuine great/terrifying experience I miss it

[@hoarahloux203]

@@shutupgames6721 The cutscene and music along with that wild ass move set I can see it 😂

[@mizu7662]

I'm not a Buddhist, but I am somewhat positive that temple is just a little bit heretical and not in line with standard Buddhist teachings.

[@duskdeadman4333]

A little heretical? My man, comparing the shit the monks in game do to the actual teachings of the religion is like comparing a galaxy sized black hole to quasar. It's wild.

[@mizu7662]

@@duskdeadman4333 I was going for comedic understatement XD

[@zyriantel9601]

It is, perhaps a smidge, maybe somewhat fanatical, yeah

[@EinFelsbrocken]

A slight deviation of Buddhas ideas ☺

[@lazyinsight5614]

Just a bit.

[@HatCreature]

The music in FS games always hit so hard

[@bonjincowboy]

Imagine being Oda Nobunaga, massacring a village of Ikko-Ikkis, turning around to ride away on your horse and then this music starts playing

[@zyriantel9601]

_Aggravated sigh, pulls sword back out because apparently he's not done using it yet_

[@broadbandislife]

Sounds like the average _TW Shogun 2_ campaign if you start anywhere near the buggers.

[@yakkovski]

oda nobunaga?!😨fate reference!!!😱

[@kaijuslayer3334]

@@broadbandislife “Alright, I wiped out the Ikko Ikki.” *turns army away only for a huge rebellion to sprout up, occupy a castle and reinstate the clan* “Well then.” *turns army around and charges back in*

[@joshMCastillo]

When i hear this it reminds me of waiting for an enemy to stop looking for me so i can get back to grinding

[@LauncherSpiderMk7]

Absolutely my favorite track from Sekiro. It's a perfect mix of creepy and intense.

[@tatianitsaful]

Which soundtrack is it ?

[@LauncherSpiderMk7]

@@tatianitsaful I think it's called "Seekers"

[@tatianitsaful]

@@LauncherSpiderMk7 Thanks!

[@pmcollectorboy2929]

That thing in the back that spits out crickets.

[@rebelblade7159]

I mean if you just look around the area near Senpou temple, you'll see numerous corpses of children with their limbs forcibly tied on the ground.

[@serdownofhousebad1127]

This is what those missionaries heard when they sailed to Japan to talk shit about Buddha

[@a.hakimfatehali1493]

I still listen to this track every now and then. This along with other Buddhist themes in the game made me curious of the actual religion and jump-started my Buddhist studies. Thank you From for making me look into this beautiful belief system!

[@kaikart123]

Buddhism hate women

[@assasin616]

YO SAME!

[@spicypuphboi2228]

“Beautiful” huh yeah the Tibetan monks would like a word with you

[@tsurugi5]

@@spicypuphboi2228 >one sect going rogue means that the entire religion is rendered null your mental gymnastics are impressive. You ever think of trying out for the olympics?

[@laran1708]

Yuka kitamura consulting with the Devil to make the sickest most horrifying music possible

[@laukosthegoblin6168]

POV you're a child and the dalai lama is approaching at speed.

[@mward5962]

Meanwhile at Team Aces: "We must never let him know... of the ancient power" [guestures to box marked "Acoustic Flemenco Guitar"]

[@moister3727]

It's impressive that almost 2 years later after playing the game, I still remember this song. Degeneracy at it's finest.

[@xyAKMxy]

This and the headless apparition's themes are embedded into my memory like a childhood trauma. I love it.

[@crazykim]

Sekiro's music always scared the fuck out of me. To me Sekiro is absolutely a horror game, but a palpable one.

[@TheEnigmaticOpaque]

The monks with bow staffs aren't a walk in the park, either, bud.

[@n-q-r7162]

The music always slaps in from soft games. BloodBorne music is sooooo good imo

[@FnandoDuarte]

Never realized before how fantastic this actually is, thanks

[@luxinvictus9018]

When some portugese guy in a funny hat starts convincing all the fishermen to worship a middle eastern rabbi

[@Sanchez792]

Sekiro storyline draws similar lines to the Anime Dororo (a must watch -2019 version)

[@Elementroar]

Never been to a funeral with Buddhist chants uh? Also heard similar music being used in Fatal Frame and lots of other Japanese horror games.

[@chrispy_091]

No you didn't hear this music in other Japanese games! Everything in a From Software game is original, high level design that other companies are only barely able to imitate even if they came up with the idea decades ago! (/sarcasm)

[@aquasomnus]

And yet people call her work nothing but "mediocre". Goddamn fools.

[@initiald3748]

A lot of people have a point though and I kinda agree...She doesn't have that many epic songs but when she does make something amazing it really is amazing. For example Elden Ring main theme is amazing while the rest of ost is just ok.

[@aquasomnus]

@@initiald3748 what do you mean by not many epic songs? Sir Alonne Gael Midir Lorian and Lothric Lady Maria Divine Dragon Isshin Owl Corrupted Monk And many more are absolutely masterpieces. Her work on Elden Ring was just right but not because she isn't good but because she wasn't the main composer this time. Big mistake imo since DS3 is still the game with the best music by far.

[@initiald3748]

@@aquasomnus You litterally proved my point Those were amazing but out of all the games she composed that is just a fraction.

[@RayTC]

@@initiald3748 the only track of elden ring i remember

[@kaijuslayer3334]

@@aquasomnus That’s a slight problem. Notice how all those songs are spread apart a large franchise and that’s all we can name. In truth, a lot of songs fall under our radar because they’re not that note worthy. She’s not a one hit queen where track she makes is a banger, but the good ones are damn good.

[@caseyogden7105]

not yuka kitamura making all of my favourite soulsbourne songs without me noticing it was one person

[@initialw5206]

Men i stuck in the fight with armored anemy, and that ost stuck in my head now

[@ragingchaosgod]

Okay, I don't scare easy... but this track is TERRIFYING me somehow. The chanting, the otherworldliness of it all... there's some kind of primal fear that's being triggered in me.

[@mergedpotato]

As someone who grew up in a Buddhist country I'm just gonna say Buddhism is hella scary

[@freshfrozen7612]

what part of it is scary? sry but if you said such a thing, idoubt you're even buddhist

[@FFxStrife]

Just ocurred to me this is like the perfect soundtrack for a specific arc in Gantz lol

[@ThatsOk83]

Sekiro was my first fromsoft game and this theme made me very afraid while fighting. I found the monks very terrifying. That whole temple was terrifying

[@puffedplays]

The fact that buddhism is actually kind of like this: Yes I'm a Buddhist. Edit: Not the actual buddhism , but the chants of tibetan buddhism are similar.

[@jewelsofjuly7377]

So you guys too seek immortality huh

[@TheSilly6403]

The whole point of the area is that the monks are completely anti-Buddhist though, seeing immortality through evil deeds and abandoning enlightenment

[@projectoyasuminasai5408]

Theres an anime about smaurais called shigurui. The OST transmits that same "Dark side of Buddhism" vibe. Its insane.

[@JuanAntonioGarciaHeredia]

gonna give it a try then 🧐🧐🧐

[@batingbunnies]

Thanks for the info dude. I will definitely be giving that a watch

[@abrahamrangel2326]

man i was just thinking in making a meme like this days ago lol is my favorite theme and i think is even better than some boss themes

[@defaultretard138]

Btw ost from limbus company for "my form empties" is also great (also scary buddhism)

[@ohnoanyway6096]

PROJECT MOON MENTIONED

[@soham3025]

if they refuse to follow the path of Buddha, who are they praying to?

[@saddocatto9245]

Buddha, in their own way... Just like every extremist do..

[@abrahamrangel2326]

They didnt refuse to follow his path, the point of their religion is to escape from the constant cycle of rebirth, they think gaining inmortality will break the cycle

[@VELIK4N]

The thing about the monks is that they corrupted Buddha's teachings, they no longer seek to achieve nirvana. They only seek physical immortality and for this they committed horrible crimes such as the kidnapping and sacrifice of probably hundreds of children. You know they are degenerates when Isshin tells you directly and very seriously

[@corynthius8860]

Cool track to listen to on its own, but it hits different when you're fighting for your life

[@KKMT3112]

Daym, until this video I thought that these voices of monks in the background were not from the music but from the npcs and always searched for them....

[@ihaveaholeinmyshoe8682]

It feels like you're facing an evil version of Buddha himself, Yuka Kitamura is truly unique

[@theBCEproductions]

FromSoft: "what if the Buddha was an orc screaming at you"

[@ninjason57]

This makes me want to play Sekiro again

[@MrAutoBahn1933]

Thanks to this video dude I discovered Yuka Kitamura, dude's a legend in the making broo

[@TheSilly6403]

Fr, I love her music

[@richardsonrichly8456]

Really love this song

[@lewomewo3480]

I love these interesting ideas on religion and using it in a way that's very out of this world thing in games. Makes things more mysterious and dreadful.

[@unboundking9742]

I like to imagine the music is based from the perspective of Sekiro himself. Dude's just a loyal doggo trying to keep a smol dragon safe. And then you got these monks doing a buncha bullshit and child sacrifices for the rejuvenating waters, of course it's gonna sound messed up when he has to fight these "people."

[@isaacalanis2777]

The senpou temple and the fountainhead palace are my favorite areas of this game.

[@name-yn6vu]

I literally cannot listen to this song, it's so unnerving, it hurts, amazing

[@chinopivots]

Personal anecdote but I appreciate this track more because it feels like my budhist family forcing me to sit in on sermons when i got adhd and cant fuckim sit still. I'd forgotten my native tongue so the mantras had no meaning to me. Just sitting on my knees and squirming while words I didnt understand were said to me and adlibbing during the part where I had to recite it back.

[@retroterro]

you are simple

[@MrRocking145]

@@retroterro and? So what if he is

[@retroterro]

@@MrRocking145 it's silly and sad

[@cogwheel5979]

@@retroterro Anime pfp opinion discounted

[@retroterro]

@@cogwheel5979 discounted? Easier to sell? Thank you

[@Indigoism96]

I hope Miyazaki is planning to make Sekiro 2 for their next game.

[@kirbyfan3000]

I read an Article that they were gonna do an elden ring 2 but it isn't gonna start until that George r martin or whatever his name is beats margett the fall. I hope that ain't true lol.

[@punishingbirb4180]

Ah hell yeah, what I like to effectively call the Twinblade Monks theme.

[@legiondbd4566]

It's just a secondary boss before a really great boss, don't worry too much about it. *Living Failures enters the battle*

[@kaijuslayer3334]

Knowing context from the Sengoku Jidai, I can say you can bet your ass given how groups like the Ikko Ikki existed, there would be a group of monks that would do what Senpou Temple did if they knew it could work.

[@kaspersaldell]

Holy shit I gotta play this game

[@andrewmaher9867]

Correct.

[@thelaststeakbender3150]

It’s IMO the best FromSoft game ever. Elden Ring has it beaten in pure amount of content but Sekiro just has something different to it. It’s has a certain feeling, kinda like BOTW has a certain feeling. It’s my favourite game of all time. Once you understand the mechanics and the flow of combat, it’s almost cathartic to wipe out a group of enemies.

[@kaspersaldell]

@@thelaststeakbender3150 I strongly doubt it's their best game

[@thelaststeakbender3150]

@@kaspersaldell maybe not objectively the best but it’s my personal favourite. You’ll like it if you like action games and games that require you to perfect the mechanics

[@Iminos67200]

@@thelaststeakbender3150 i think it's because the game feel really condensed and finished (i'm not saying the souls series isn't properly done but there's a lot of cut content in these games) because they wanted to do a short game while doing elden ring. I also like it a lot because it's different from what they've been doing these past 10 years

[@thomasbenito274]

Senpou Temple is up there with Caelid being the most uncomfortable and creepy place to be in lol

[@esincorporated6123]

One of my favorite themes in the game.

[@pole8740]

this and hell's paradise's buddism horror is something i never knew existed and needed to damn much

[@lightningspark1903]

Miyazaki is kinda like Tool but for videogames: he creates beautiful worlds with deep lore, mysteries and meanings and then when asked question about it, he says "meh, don't worry too much"...

[@titel9870]

I remember hearing this theme the first time and freaked the fuck out because I thought all the enemies were quickly surrounding me.

[@OPornogeros]

Senpou Temple one of my favourite locations Fighting parasyte infested monks is one hell of a vibe