Gotta say that the whole concept of everyone was being possessed/controlled I kinda suspected. Haha, I actually predicted that such a thing had happend, simply because we weren't allowed to kill Hideyoshi (altering history deal thing), though I was surprised that he ended up dying anyway.

Minokichi's death was sad, but kinda expected as he hinted at it when you talked to him prior to stage 16.

Then Stage 17, probably one of the best stages, I loved how everyone faced their nemesis on their own, that was fun. And man Munenori is evil, that guy just doesn't die. Oh and Fortinbras' (final boss) return, that completely surprised me. As well as the man in white being Fortinbras, I actually thought he was going to reveal himself as Soki's father or something. Tenkai's (aka Samanosuke) gauntlet being removable kinda threw me off too, didn't know you could slide it on and off, though it does explain why we didn't see him wear it earlier in the game. Then there's Soki's death which was kinda expected, as Arin kinda hinted at it, but the way he died was not how I expected (I thought he was going to turn evil and be consumed by the dark oni power as Arin warned about).

The end gave pretty good closure, Ohatsu moving on, then Roberto going back to Spain (no reason to stay, now that Ohatsu is married). Ah, and Tenkai (aka Samanosuke) finally going/continuing his journey to seal the gauntlet. Haha, at that point they made it painfully obvious that it was Samanosuke (even revealing that Arin was Ako, and saying the first two syllables of Samanosuke's anme), just incase people still couldn't catch on (probably also to give assurance to fans). Ahh, and the end, hinting towards a possible sequel starring Akane (who dawns an eye patch now) with the new minokichi.

It's kinda ironic that the Genma god of light is actually a western in a tuxedo. :tpg: Go Fortinbras!

I was glad to see that Minokichi was still alive in the end, funny little guy. Though made me sad that everyone parted and went back to an normal life.
Always had the feeling that Tenkai was Samanosake...

One thing i dont' really get, did Soki went into the Star to become the God of Darkness, or was it something else?

I think he went up towards the Omen Star to seal it and purify the lands (part of his power I guess, hence the sacrifice).

Finished the game myself. One thing I thought was weird was the god of light was Fortinbras. Samanosuke KILLED Fortinbras in Onimusha 1 right? So why couldn't he kill him this time then? Or how in the world was he even alive now? only weird thing I found, the plot in general I didn't think flowed aswell as past Onimusha games, but for a sequel it would be nice bringing back Samanosuke as the lead prehaps meeting Jubei (Akane) along the way on her own journey

Maybe the God of Darkness has to use up all his strength to do this and thus give his life to destory the star, seems like a blance between the Genma and Oni you can't have one without the other

From what I see it, to counter the God of Light's power, Soki sacrificed his whole life and all of his power with it to dissipate all the anomaly that went on.