Think i just copped who the demon of hatred is
Dont really want to kill it anymore now.
I did lots of stuff since last posting. Mostly cheesing the hell out of every boss i could. O'rin of the Water is inexplicably rubbish at dealing with the poison dagger tool. First Corrupted Monk cant be bothered blocking throwing daggers and takes lots and lots of damage from them. The Guardian Apes friend dies pretty quickly, 2 firecrackers will get the job done, then spear cheese still works really well.
If Owl can be cheesed i cant figure it out, i just had to get good to beat him. He was a good boss and not so bad difficulty wise. Didn't outstay his welcome. 2nd Corrupted Monk was a lot less bothered by throwing daggers but smaller health / posture bar meant he was more fun. Beat him pretty quickly but stood out as one of the better bosses despite that.
I hate Schimichen Warriors and never want to fight one, ever again, I think even at the end of the game they were really tough. Started killing Headless after the last one in Fountainhead Palace (please let it be the last one) and they felt easy as hell in comparison. All the ninja bosses 100% deserve to be cheesed, reset the fight multiple times to get stealth opener, abuse the hell out of prosthetic tools, all that stuff. They're dirty buggers and i hate them.
The dragon fight was pretty and easy enough to figure out so as not to be annoying.
I did a quest with the kid from Senpou Temple, killed the big snake and other stuff for some ending, which i haven't got to. Gave the creep in the dungeons the Samurai and finished that quest chain. Sent Kotaro to hang out with the Folding Monkeys and ... got half way through Gourd Lady's quest and missed a step somewhere. Killed the big carp and immediately felt bad, then horrified by the pot noble in Hirata Estate too. Wont be doing that again.