YMMV / Onimusha 2: Samurai's Destiny

• Anticlimax Boss:
  • Ginghamphatts, but only if you are really friendly with Magoichi. The latter will suddenly show up, talk you about his next goals and nonchalantly turn the big fellow to dust with a shot from his BFG.
  • Nobunaga's Golden Evil Statue form. While the previous form was quite challenging based on how he stays away from Jubei and performs multiple type of attacks, he barely tries to defend in the final round. The Unexpected Gameplay Change also made the battle much easier.
• Ensemble Dark Horse: While most villains within the series are pretty detestable, Gogandantess came across as a more honorable and likable villain.
• Memetic Mutation: "Gogandantess, the Greatest Swordsman of all Demons!"
• Moral Event Horizon: Although she's highly unpleasant to begin with, Jujudormah crosses this when she slits Takajo's throat while Jubei watches.
• Narm:
  • Ekei's ridiculous-looking superimposed "tears" during his My Greatest Failure flashback.
  • Jubei and Oyu's interactions. Their dialogues can be quite cheesy most notably in the English dub.
  • "You're too late Jubei. I've just transferred my power into this golden evil statue! Look at it." (This line feels funny because of the actor's emphasis in "Golden" and "statue")
• Self-Imposed Challenge: Due to how likeable he turned out to be, many players choose not to use the flute to disable Gogadantess's barrier in the final boss battle with him out of a sense of honor. It's still possible to beat him with it up in this fight unlike his other encounters but it ramps up the difficulty quite a bit.
• Wangst: Even though Kotaro knows the truth about what happened to his mother, his denial caused him to hate every single woman and even try to kill Oyu. To be fair, he knew Oyu's true identity and believed she was an agent.