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Shimura can walk away in peace, without shame or whatever. It's not like they have satellite imagery and they're watching back at home on the Main land going "Yup, Shimura got schooled, he go sudoku now." Literally nobody but Jin and Shimura know of the latter's failure to kill the former. Not this whole "look your enemy in the eye and always charge them head on no matter how moronic" thing that Shimura had.Īnd once again, why would Shimura be shamed? This the thirteenth century, it's not like the Shogun personally has a UAV circling Kazumasa's grave. Real Samurai honor is about obeying your Lord and fulfilling his wishes to the bitter end without fear of death. That's the thing, Ghost of Tsushima's version of honor is endemic to this game. Jin says as much:Īlso why would Shimura lose honor for failing to kill Jin, when he already has the much bigger failure of not being able to resist the Mongols and leading 80 Samurai to their death at the very beginning of the game? Samurai were not supposed to be captured by enemies he should have already slit his belly long ago if his actions were consistent with Bushido. The after credits conversation for the Spare ending both confirms that Shimura is alive and that Shimura and his lackeys won't be hunting Jin anymore.
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So letting him live is violating the code that matters so much to the uncle - its ok for Jin to continue on without honour, but it is very disrespectful and shameful (from the uncle's perspective) to continue to live. The uncle's shame will haunt him and taint his relations with everyone else he comes into contact with - and he will be obliged to fall on his own sword regardless or hunt his nephew down until you're forced to make the same choice again. Letting him live becomes a death sentence anyway: you've shamed him with his failure (as a paternal figure and clan leader).
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Given how poorly the uncle fights in the last duel, I thought he wanted to be put out of his misery anyway. So letting him live is violating the code that matters so much to the uncle - its ok for Jin to continue on without honour (that's his choice), but it is very dishonarable (from the uncle's perspective) to continue to live in shame.
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Although I wanted to spare my uncle, letting him live condemns him to a fate worse than death: you've shamed him with his failure (as a paternal figure and clan leader). I watched the kill ending after on YouTube, and thought it was a better scene even if it wasn't the choice that I would pick. Why would he suddenly feel honor bound when it comes to killing his only family of all things? More importantly, it feels contradictory to Jin's development through out the game. Killing him feels unnecessary, at least by my modern 21st century western tastes. Also, letting him live gives them future opportunities to mend their relationship or come to terms with their different philosophies on handling the Mongols.