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--> -- '''from the game's sales pitch on Steam'''

''Shadow Warrior 3'' is a FirstPersonShooter, and the third installment of Creator/FlyingWildHog's reboot of [[VideoGame/ShadowWarrior1997 the 1997 first-person shooter]], which was released on 1 March 2022 for UsefulNotes/MicrosoftWindows, UsefulNotes/Playstation4 and UsefulNotes/XboxOne.

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''Shadow Warrior 3'' is a FirstPersonShooter, and the third installment of Creator/FlyingWildHog's reboot of [[VideoGame/ShadowWarrior1997 the 1997 first-person shooter]], which was released on 1 March 2022 for UsefulNotes/MicrosoftWindows, UsefulNotes/Playstation4 Platform/MicrosoftWindows, Platform/PlayStation4 and UsefulNotes/XboxOne.
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* DropTheHammer: As shown in the long version of the "Way to Motoko" trailer, the Oni Hanma's Gore Weapon is a huge hammer that allows Wang to do powerful ground pounds that destroy low-tier enemies nearby.



* PinataEnemy: As seen in the gameplay trailers, several enemies, such as the [[KillItWithIce Kugutsu]], [[MacrossMissileMassacre Slinky Jakku]] and [[DropTheHammer Oni Hanma]] have useful items inside them called Gore Weapons, which you can rip out with a FinishingMove and put to good use.

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* PinataEnemy: As seen in the gameplay trailers, several enemies, such as the [[KillItWithIce Kugutsu]], [[MacrossMissileMassacre Slinky Jakku]] and [[DropTheHammer Oni Hanma]] Hanma have useful items inside them called Gore Weapons, which you can rip out with a FinishingMove and put to good use.
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** Using a Finisher on a Shokai (the game's weakest enemy) doesn't give you any fancy Gore Weapons but instead instantly replenishes health and boosts it up to 200 (or 225 with an upgrade). See GameBreaker below.

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** Using a Finisher on a Shokai (the game's weakest enemy) doesn't give you any fancy Gore Weapons but instead instantly replenishes health and boosts it up to 200 (or 225 with an upgrade). See GameBreaker below.
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* AntiFrustrationFeatures:
** While the parkour/jumping sections appear fairly intimidating, they are considerably less difficult than, for example, in {{VideoGame/DoomEternal}} - Lo Wang sticks to vines automatically, grappling hook rings are easy to target, and the hardest moments have convenient slow-mo turned on.
** Ammo and health are automatically replenished after each battle, and ammo is also provided on the way to shooting obstacles.


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* AwesomeButImpractical: Most Gore Weapons are not exactly the GameBreaker you'd expect them to be, but Penetrator is so lackluster it can count as a PowerupLetdown. It works only in melee, is useful against only larger enemies and messes up Lo Wang's controls so it's easy enough to fall into a BottomlessPit if you miss the enemy by an inch.


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* BoringButPractical:
** Using a Finisher on a Shokai (the game's weakest enemy) doesn't give you any fancy Gore Weapons but instead instantly replenishes health and boosts it up to 200 (or 225 with an upgrade). See GameBreaker below.
** The Equalizer deals simple melee damage, but is very good at it. Ripping one off an Oni Hanma usually lets you pulverize 2-3 more Oni Hanma with ease.

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* AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever: The Release Date trailer ends with a "Massive F'ing Dragon" that emerges from the cliff of the area Wang, Motoko and Orochi Zilla are fighting in. Sure enough, it's positively massive.

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* AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever: The Release Date trailer ends with a "Massive F'ing Dragon" that emerges from the cliff of the area Wang, Motoko and Orochi Zilla are fighting in. Sure enough, it's positively massive. In fact, it's one of the largest creatures even seen in FPS games, being bigger than some of the game's LEVELS. It has mountains on its back, and half-digested cities in its stomach.



* DenserAndWackier: The gameplay reveal features as much gore, enemy-juggling and one-liners as the previous installments, but the enemy designs, compared to the more visceral, BodyHorror-addled beasts of the previous game, are much more stylized and offbeat, like a firework-spewing, concertina-bodied VillainousHarlequin called Slinky Jakku.

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* DenserAndWackier: The gameplay reveal features as much gore, enemy-juggling and one-liners as the previous installments, but the enemy designs, compared to the more visceral, BodyHorror-addled beasts of the previous game, are much more stylized and offbeat, like a firework-spewing, concertina-bodied VillainousHarlequin called Slinky Jakku. In general, the game is considerably less serious than all previous ones, has truly bizzare monsters and levels, and feels like more of something closer to {{VideoGame/PostalBrainDamaged}} equivalent than a part of the franchise.



* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: Played straighter than straight with the Evildoing Dragon. Averted with all regular enemies who have exotic Japanese names, but actually subverted as a BilingualBonus (for example, "Kugutsu" means "puppet" and "Mogura" means "mole"). Played straight for laughs with the [[spoiler: Ancient Cock who is a giant demonic chicken]].



* GroundPound: As shown in the long version of the "Way to Motoko" trailer, the Oni Hanma's Gore Weapon is [[DropTheHammer a huge hammer]] that allows Wang to unleash a powerful [=AoE=] ground attack that destroys low-tier enemies nearby.

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* GroundPound: As shown in the long version of the "Way to Motoko" trailer, the Oni Hanma's Gore Weapon is [[DropTheHammer a huge hammer]] hammer that allows Wang to unleash a powerful [=AoE=] ground attack that destroys low-tier enemies nearby.


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* HelpfulMook:
** Explosive Shokai always come in large numbers, are very easy to kill and drop huge amounts of Finisher energy. A wave of them is less of a danger or even a nuisance, and more of a full refill of the Finisher meter.
** Chief Oboru Guruma, despite his scary looks, is mostly harmless and only drops landmines that can be shot and used as an equivalent of exploding barrels to damage other enemies.
** Any enemy can qualify when killed with a Finisher to get an instant heal and/or a useful Gore Weapon.
* ILoveTheDead: Played for laughs. Lo Wang manages to grab a hanging corpse during one his jumps, pressing face next to its crotch (and being heavily disgusted), at which point romantic music plays. Later, he nearly evades another corpse, and the same music plays again.


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* NoSell:
** The Evildoing Dragon [[spoiler: keeps shrugging off everything it is hit with, no matter how destructive. It takes a direct voyage to its heart it kill the monster]].
** Bunny Demons are immune to Finishers, making them some of the most annoying enemies.


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* SceneryGorn: The WombLevel inside the Evildoing Dragon is as disgusting as the intestines of a miles-long EldritchAbomination can be.
* SceneryPorn: Previous games already provided some picturesque Japanese landscapes, but the third one takes it up to 11 with its truly breathtaking mountain views. Even Lo Wang is genuinely impressed, dropping his snarky attitude for a moment.
* SnarkToSnarkCombat: With Hoji's back and Lo Wang as mouthy as ever, that's a given.
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* LudicrousGibs: Taken UpToEleven. Lampshaded by Lo Wang when he can't even identify what blood belongs to who.

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* LudicrousGibs: Taken UpToEleven. Lampshaded by Lo Wang when he can't even identify what blood belongs to who.

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* DenserAndWackier: The gameplay reveal features as much gore, enemy-juggling and one-liners as the previous installments, but the enemy designs, compared to more visceral, BodyHorror beasts of the previous game, are much more stylized and offbeat, like a firework-spewing, concertina-bodied VillainousHarlequin called Slinky Jakku.

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* DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist: Being killed in battle and falling down pits usually won't set you back too far. They'll just restart the encounter or respawn you nearby after a second or two.
* DenserAndWackier: The gameplay reveal features as much gore, enemy-juggling and one-liners as the previous installments, but the enemy designs, compared to the more visceral, BodyHorror BodyHorror-addled beasts of the previous game, are much more stylized and offbeat, like a firework-spewing, concertina-bodied VillainousHarlequin called Slinky Jakku.



* OneHitKill: Falling off pits or off course. You start back to the last checkpoint.

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* AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever: The Release Date trailer ends with a "Massive F'ing Dragon". Said dragon emerges from the cliff of the area Wang, Motoko and Orochi Zilla are fighting, and it turns out to be... HUGE.

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* AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever: The Release Date trailer ends with a "Massive F'ing Dragon". Said dragon Dragon" that emerges from the cliff of the area Wang, Motoko and Orochi Zilla are fighting, and it turns out to be... HUGE.fighting in. Sure enough, it's positively massive.



* BarehandedBladeBlock: Performing a finisher on a Hattori has Wang stop it from slicing him in half by grabbing the oncoming blade with his hands, before wrenching the sword from the monster's grasp and beheading it.



* ComicBookFantasyCasting: In the gameplay reveal, Zilla bears a resemblance to white-haired, bearded Creator/CaryHiroyukiTagawa.

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* ComicBookFantasyCasting: In the gameplay reveal, Zilla bears a resemblance to a white-haired, bearded Creator/CaryHiroyukiTagawa.



* DoubleEntendre: The name of the first boss: [[UnfortunateNames Ancient Cock]]. Taken even further that after defeating the boss, capture and secure one of its eggs, and let it hatch while in a hot spring, the egg hatches and revives Hoji in a spa bath. What does Hoji do? While not hugging, he shakes Lo Wang's hand and "looks down".

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* DoubleEntendre: The name of the first boss: [[UnfortunateNames Ancient Cock]]. Taken even further that after defeating the boss, capture and secure boss. After Wang captures one of its eggs, eggs and let lets it hatch while in a hot spring, the egg hatches and revives Hoji is revived with a naked bathing Wang in a spa bath.front of him. What does Hoji do? While not hugging, he shakes Lo Wang's hand and "looks down".



* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: Lo Wang has grown his hair back out from the shave that he got in the first game. It was revealed that if he gets too angry, he loses his hair.

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* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: Lo Wang has grown his hair back out from the shave that he got in the first game. It was revealed that Apparently if he gets too angry, he loses his hair.



* GunsAkimbo: The Gassy Obariyon wields two miniguns. And if a finisher is performed on it, Wang can use them for himself.



* LudicrousGibs: Taken UpToEleven. Lampshaded by Lo Wang when he can't even identify which blood is what.
* MacrossMissileMassacre: As shown in the long version of the "Way to Motoko" trailer, one of the Slinky Jakku's attacks involves a shower of missiles disguised as fireworks. Its Gore Weapon involves Wang using its internal mechanisms in order to shoot a barrage of drunken missiles.

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* LudicrousGibs: Taken UpToEleven. Lampshaded by Lo Wang when he can't even identify which what blood is what.
belongs to who.
* MacrossMissileMassacre: As shown in the long version of the "Way to Motoko" trailer, one of the Slinky Jakku's attacks involves a shower of missiles disguised as fireworks. Its Gore Weapon involves Wang using its internal mechanisms in order to shoot a barrage of drunken unguided missiles.



* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler:Hoji trying to capture the dragon like many years ago. Only this time, he wanted to become the one true god, knowing that his siblings are all dead. However, he miscalculated and the dragon destroyed everything in that area. Not only that, but the dragon has become even more angrier and bent on freezing the entire world with its breath.]]

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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler:Hoji trying to capture the dragon like many years ago. Only this time, he wanted He sought to become the one true god, knowing that only God around with his siblings are all dead. However, dead, but he miscalculated and ended up miscalculating the dragon energy needed. The result? One destroyed everything in that area. Not only that, but the Chi Cannon and one majorly pissed-off dragon has become even more angrier and bent on freezing the entire world with its breath.planet.]]



* PinataEnemy: As seen in the gameplay trailers, several enemies, such as the [[KillItWithIce Kugutsu]], [[MacrossMissileMassacre Slinky Jakku]] and [[DropTheHammer Oni Hanma]] have useful items inside them called Gore Weapons than you can rip out with a FinishingMove and put to good use.

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* PinataEnemy: As seen in the gameplay trailers, several enemies, such as the [[KillItWithIce Kugutsu]], [[MacrossMissileMassacre Slinky Jakku]] and [[DropTheHammer Oni Hanma]] have useful items inside them called Gore Weapons than Weapons, which you can rip out with a FinishingMove and put to good use.



* ShoutOut: Lo Wang's conversations quite literally took almost the entire internet's memes in conversation. Will need its own page.



* SurprisinglyHappyEnding: [[spoiler:Lo Wang, the revived Hoji, Zilla, and Motoko are left alive at the end. Surprisingly, Hoji pulls Lo Wang off to avoid the latter from falling off a cliff. When Hoji was struggling, Zilla pulls them back up. In the end, they all eat dragon sashimi together. Despite some final bickering between each other, they seem to willingly go past their issues and move forward like a "family", something Hoji finally gets to experience.]] That said, see BittersweetEnding.

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* SurprisinglyHappyEnding: [[spoiler:Lo Wang, the revived Hoji, Zilla, and Motoko are left alive at the end. Surprisingly, Hoji pulls Lo Wang off to avoid the latter from falling off a cliff. When Hoji was struggling, Zilla pulls them back up. In the end, they all eat dragon sashimi together. Despite some final bickering between each other, they seem to willingly go past their issues and move forward like a "family", something Hoji finally gets to experience.]] That said, see BittersweetEnding.[[BittersweetEnding it's not all happy]].


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* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: While discussing what Hoji wants, he brings up that if he had the chance to be a God again, he'd take it, before detailing that they'd have to capture the dragon rather than kill it to do that. But they aren't doing that. [[spoiler:Sure enough, Hoji was using Wang to activate the Chi Cannon to do just that]].
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* FinishingMove: A newly-added mechanic for this game. As Wang kills enemies, segments of a bar will fill. Once full, Wang can consume one segment (or several, depending on the enemy's size) to instantly kill whatever he's looking at, along with getting a unique temporary weapon to use.
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* SuspiciousVideogameGenerosity: Whenever you see two consecutive Finisher orbs, you're about to run into a new miniboss.

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* SuspiciousVideogameGenerosity: SuspiciousVideoGameGenerosity: Whenever you see two consecutive Finisher orbs, you're about to run into a new miniboss.
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[[caption-width-right:350:Asking for the third time now: You want some Wang?]]
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* DoubleEntendre: The name of the first boss: [[UnfortunateNames Ancient Cock]]. Taken even further that after defeating the boss, capture and secure one of its eggs, and let it hatch while in a hot spring, the egg hatches and revives Hoji in a spa bath. What does Hoji do? While not hugging, he shakes Low Wang's hand and "looks down".

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* DoubleEntendre: The name of the first boss: [[UnfortunateNames Ancient Cock]]. Taken even further that after defeating the boss, capture and secure one of its eggs, and let it hatch while in a hot spring, the egg hatches and revives Hoji in a spa bath. What does Hoji do? While not hugging, he shakes Low Lo Wang's hand and "looks down".
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SuspiciousVideogameGenerosity: Whenever you see two consecutive Finisher orbs, you're about to run into a new miniboss.

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* SuspiciousVideogameGenerosity: Whenever you see two consecutive Finisher orbs, you're about to run into a new miniboss.
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* OutOfFocus: [[spoiler: Kamiko, Lo Wang's partner in the previous game. In the previous game, her spirit was sacrificed to seal the realm gates, assumed to take form of the ancient dragon that "swallowed" Lo Wang. In this game, her name was not even mentioned once nor referenced.]]

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* OutOfFocus: [[spoiler: Kamiko, Lo Wang's partner in the previous game. In the previous game, her spirit was sacrificed to seal the realm gates, assumed to take form of the ancient dragon that "swallowed" Lo Wang. In this game, her name was not even mentioned once nor referenced.]]]] Then again, neither Lo Wang nor Zilla are the sort to dwell on that sort of thing, and Hoji never even met her, so her not being mentioned at all isn't too unusual.
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* SurprisinglyGoodEnding: [[spoiler:Lo Wang, the revived Hoji, Zilla, and Motoko are left alive at the end. Surprisingly, Hoji pulls Lo Wang off to avoid the latter from falling off a cliff. When Hoji was struggling, Zilla pulls them back up. In the end, they all eat dragon sashimi together. Despite some final bickering between each other, they seem to willingly go past their issues and move forward like a "family", something Hoji finally gets to experience.]]

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* SurprisinglyGoodEnding: SurprisinglyHappyEnding: [[spoiler:Lo Wang, the revived Hoji, Zilla, and Motoko are left alive at the end. Surprisingly, Hoji pulls Lo Wang off to avoid the latter from falling off a cliff. When Hoji was struggling, Zilla pulls them back up. In the end, they all eat dragon sashimi together. Despite some final bickering between each other, they seem to willingly go past their issues and move forward like a "family", something Hoji finally gets to experience.]]]] That said, see BittersweetEnding.

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* [[spoiler: BittersweetEnding: Despite destroying the dragon once and for all and prevented the world from being completely destroyed, it is far off to say a true happy ending. Hoji is now mortal. Zilla, who at the time of the second game basically the only known authority figure for humanity, lost all his fortune. The worst of all? Around half the planet was destroyed.]]

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* [[spoiler: BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Despite destroying the dragon once and for all and prevented the world from being completely destroyed, it is far off to say a true happy ending. Hoji is now mortal. Zilla, who at the time of the second game basically the only known authority figure for humanity, lost all his fortune. The worst of all? Around half the planet was destroyed.]]



* [[spoiler: SurprisinglyGoodEnding: Lo Wang, the revived Hoji, Zilla, and Motoko are left alive at the end. Surprisingly, Hoji pulls Lo Wang off to avoid the latter from falling off a cliff. When Hoji was struggling, Zilla pulls them back up. In the end, they all eat dragon sashimi together. Despite some final bickering between each other, they seem to willingly go past their issues and move forward like a "family", something Hoji finally gets to experience.]]

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* [[spoiler: SurprisinglyGoodEnding: Lo [[spoiler:Lo Wang, the revived Hoji, Zilla, and Motoko are left alive at the end. Surprisingly, Hoji pulls Lo Wang off to avoid the latter from falling off a cliff. When Hoji was struggling, Zilla pulls them back up. In the end, they all eat dragon sashimi together. Despite some final bickering between each other, they seem to willingly go past their issues and move forward like a "family", something Hoji finally gets to experience.]]

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* [[spoiler: BittersweetEnding: Despite destroying the dragon once and for all and prevented the world from being completely destroyed, it is far off to say a true happy ending. Hoji is now mortal. Zilla lost all his fortune. The worst of all? Around half the planet was destroyed.]]

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* [[spoiler: BittersweetEnding: Despite destroying the dragon once and for all and prevented the world from being completely destroyed, it is far off to say a true happy ending. Hoji is now mortal. Zilla Zilla, who at the time of the second game basically the only known authority figure for humanity, lost all his fortune. The worst of all? Around half the planet was destroyed.]]


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* HeelFaceTurn: Orochi Zilla make a full one here after doing it in the end of the previous game.
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* [[spoiler: BittersweetEnding: Despite destroying the dragon once and for all, around half the planet was damaged and far less inhabitable. Zilla still remains bankrupt.]]

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* [[spoiler: BittersweetEnding: Despite destroying the dragon once and for all, around all and prevented the world from being completely destroyed, it is far off to say a true happy ending. Hoji is now mortal. Zilla lost all his fortune. The worst of all? Around half the planet was damaged and far less inhabitable. Zilla still remains bankrupt.destroyed.]]



* [[spoiler: SurprisinglyGoodEnding: Lo Wang, the revived Hoji, Zilla, and Motoko are left alive at the end. Surprisingly, Hoji pulls Lo Wang off to avoid the latter from falling off a cliff. When Hoji was struggling, Zilla pulls them back up. In the end, they all eat dragon sashimi together. Despite some bickering between each other, they do not want to kill each other and Hoji learns about "family" that he never experienced.]]

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* [[spoiler: SurprisinglyGoodEnding: Lo Wang, the revived Hoji, Zilla, and Motoko are left alive at the end. Surprisingly, Hoji pulls Lo Wang off to avoid the latter from falling off a cliff. When Hoji was struggling, Zilla pulls them back up. In the end, they all eat dragon sashimi together. Despite some final bickering between each other, they do not want seem to kill each other willingly go past their issues and move forward like a "family", something Hoji learns about "family" that he never experienced.finally gets to experience.]]

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