Part 97: Mission 40 - Tempest of Cherry Blossoms - Part 2
: Hrm… They’re ganging up on us!
: Let’s back off for a bit, Kanamoto.: … Okay, Rouri.
: What, they left? Think they got scared?
: Don’t worry about pursuing runaways! There’re still more folks looking for a fight!
: Hmph, what a worthless pair.
: They are, ultimately, Overworlders. We shouldn’t have put our trust in them in the first place.
: You’ve finally usurped control of the Hojo Army, Codour…!
: Just what is going on, stepmother?! Is this a plot from your clan?!: Silence! You, the mere child of the first wife, dares speak to me so?!: ?!: Do you know how much my people slaved away, shedding rivers of blood and tears, so that the conqueror-king could have his Aura Machines?!: A brat with Overworlder blood flowing in her veins could never even come to grasp the suffering our clan endured! (This reveal about Codour’s clan isn’t less abrupt in the original show, no. If you remember, Sakomizu conquered and unified the various Herikon clans into his nation of Hojo, making a big push towards expanding his Aura Machine army to eventually invade the Overworld. Codour came from one of the conquered clans and has been looking for a chance to get revenge since. Mind you, we’re never given a lot of evidence outside of a bit of word-of-mouth. Wings of Rean was kind of rushed, you see.)
: I knew it; you’re really…!: I dare say that the king is already dead, forever lost within the Aura Road.: Meaning that once you’re gone, the last of the Overworlders’ blood will have been expunged from Hojo!
: And that’s what you were after all along, queenie?!
: You’re all but the second coming of Louza Luft, Codour!: “Louza”…?
SRW UX - Dunbine Flies: Shot didn’t tell you about her, did he? Of how the power struggle within her family tore through our Byston Well? Of all the lives that were lost because of that feud?!
: And we’re not about to let a calamity like that happen again…!
: Wh-What…?!
: Shou and Marvel’s Aura energies are flowing into me…?!
: Set forth, Princess Lux! It’s up to you to slay the negative emotions that bind her!
: Yeah! Stand up to her!: Hrm… I will not be bested by this brat!: Stepmother… Or, rather, Queen Codour!: I’m ending your ambitions here and now!
Take out the Fugaku to keep things going – Kotto is still the pilot and the same as when we fought him two missions ago. If you cleared the lesser mooks prior to downing Rouri/Kanamoto, he won’t even get enough morale to MAPW you before you’re going in for the kill.
SRW UX - Tobikage Appears!
I don’t think I’ve ever noted it, but the Fugaku isn’t immune to debuffs, so Mike can effectively neuter it.
SRW UX - Obelisk
SRW UX - Envoy from Jupiter
And problem solved.
: Anomalies in the Aura Engine! Output is dropping!: Curse you all…!: How long have I waited to be rid of the king…! I will not die until the rage of my clan has been repaid!
Location: the sky above Hiroshima
: The Aura Road’s dropped us off again…!
: These islands… this is the Seto Inland Sea!
: Another B-29? But there’s only one…: I-It’s…!: Morning on the Inland Sea… and there’s Itsukushima… Then, that B-29 must be—!: The atomic bomber… Enola Gay!
: S-Stop! Don’t drop that bomb!
: Not the Little Boy!
SRW UX - My Fate: Aah… Aaaaah!: Uwaaaaaaaaaaaah!: Th-This…: This is the morning when the Americans dropped their atomic bomb on Hiroshima!
: Wh-Where… Where are we now?!: A fleet raining artillery fire upon land, countless warships making landfall…: This is the Battle of Okinawa!: Okinawa…?!*Machinegun fire!*
(Soldier): Glory to the Imperial Army! Glory to the Imperial Army! Gaahahahahahaha! (voices in underground trench): Noble ancestors, please watch over and protect us…: Th-These voices are…!: From all those who lost their lives upon this land…! (kamikaze soldier): OHKAAAAAAA!*BOOM!*
(soldier): “We beg that you show mercy to the people of Okinawa.” Telegram sent.*BOOM!*
: Th-This…: This actually happened in Japan?!: Yes, it did! These ghastly scenes you’re watching are memories of your nation’s past!: And the Wings of Rean are saying that we must never face away from these!: You were also going to make a kamikaze attack during this, weren’t you, King Sakomizu?!: I was, because I was told that a decisive battle was taking place in Okinawa!: But this is no military showdown! This is no war! (child): Waaaaaah! (woman): Shin-chan—! Gyaaaaargh!: Even women and children were engulfed under the torrent of fire and gunpower! This… This is an atrocity!!
: Rrrgh… Aaaaaaaaargh!: Are these… the feathers of their lives…?
: This… This is the color of my life! The color of a life that couldn’t even set off into the great beyond…!: I hear them even now… the song of the souls lost within that hellfire! A song that has been wandering to this day…!: Their song has been wandering…?: They suffered… How they suffered! And their lingering pain tears at my soul…!: This is what they all felt…! This is the true face of that war…!: This… This is unacceptable!: INTOLERABLE!: King Sakomizu!: I’ll personally make all those complacent worms in Tokyo feel every ounce of their pain… their sorrow, their regrets!*Wings of Rean powering up!*
: …?!: Hear my will, Wings of Rean! And grant me strength!!
*RUUMBLEEEEE!*
: Wh-What is happening…?!
: Th-This is…!: It’s Tokyo… There’s the Tokyo Bay!: (Th-The King made it back to the Overworld… He didn’t lose his way inside the Aura Road?!): Aesap… Father!: Are you okay, Aesap?!: Lux! Everyone!: And what’s the Hojo Army doing in Tokyo?!
: It was Codour! They’re following her orders!: Codour!: Y-Yes, Your Majesty… How glad I am that you’re back with us.: …: Order the Fugaku to retreat.: B-By your will… Kotto and I’ll see to it…
: …: Father, you can’t be thinking of continuing with this attack! Are you going to drag the people of your own hometown into a warzone?!: The Wings of Rean have joined with the Oukaou and led me back to the Overworld!: Thus, this power is now mine to use as I see fit!: You got it all wrong! Those who died are all in the past! And you can’t fight with a power that stems from the past!: No, this does not stem from the past at all! This power is a legacy, from the past to our future!
: A legacy from the past to our future…?!: Young Suzuki! You have also see the reality of that war, so you must understand!: The loathing of being unable to stop the A-Bomb, the grief of having to turn away from the events at Okinawa… You have felt it all!: So many lives were lost in that conflagration, and their voices now lie forgotten and unheard… All that awaits a Japan that’s forgotten about them is a future of nothing but ruin!: But how does that justify you destroying Tokyo now?! You’d just be repeating the events of that war!
: All the people who live in this city haven’t done anything wrong! You can’t blame them!: The will of the Wings of Rean lies with me, and I shall wield it to smite these foolish Overworlders! You cannot stop me!
: You’re looking to destroy just for your own personal reasons! That’d never be capable of renewing our future!
: If you seek to change the minds of the people, then you must first change yourself, Sakomizu!: You dare lecture me, Ultimate Cross?!
: His Aura Power’s flaring up again! If he keeps going…: Hrm… Do we really need to fight him?!: Let’s go, Aesap. We’ll stop my father ourselves!: …: Alright. Come with me, Lux, Erebos!*Lux tags in with Aesap.*
: Father, it falls on me, as your daughter, to right these twisted ideals of yours!: Come what may, the path I tread will remain the same…: Thus, I must destroy you! The feathers of your lives shall join with the Wings of Rean!: Power is… Power is only meant to be used to build a better future!
Same fight we’ve had before, only Sakomizu already at max morale and, so, packs a heavy punch right off the bat.
Secret Alert! Wings of Rean Secret – 7th step: set Erebos as your tactician, and beat Sakomizu with Aesap.
Rinse and repeat.
SRW UX - A Bird’s Song
And here is me, underestimating his damage. It won’t happen again!
Lemme give myself a little boost. I mentioned it in a post following the last mission, but Fei unlocked her Emotional Wave IBS command during the Fafner finale.
SRW UX - In the Blue Sky ver. HD
It works just like the Deceive's Nerve Crack, in that you can use it post-movement and will boost all stats for everyone and lower all enemies' in a 5x5 AoE centered around her. Costs 70 EN a pop and requires 130 morale, but that's still rather spamable if you pair Fei up with someone that regens EN (though keeping her as a support after FUBing her kind of seems like a waste...).
The effect of it is proportional to her Diva skill, starting at 6 and increasing by 3 with every level, maxing out at 30 with Diva L9. She's currently at L8, so everyone in the AoE gets all stats boosted/debuffed by 27.
SRW UX - My Fate: Father, if you made it back here safely, then please sheathe your sword and recall your troops!: There’s no reason to carry on with this battle! I’m sure you did not come to the Overworld to fan the flames of war!: However, there is no other way for my goals to be realized! And if I have made it to the Overworld, it was only because the Wings of Rean willed it so!: And that can only mean that there is a mission for me to carry out here! 
: I had taken you as someone worthy of calling both a Holy Warrior and a son-in-law, but perhaps I overestimated you!: I believed you, someone who had also been guided by the Wings of Rean, would be capable of understanding my wishes!: I do understand, but the way you’re going about it is simply wrong!: I’m putting a stop to your violence before you bring about even more sorrow!
: Uurk… The pain I feel is absolutely nothing compared to that of the dead!
: Are you well, Your Majesty…?: Codour! Why have you returned?!: …: Because what I’m after is only one thing: that Byston Well is cleared of the rotten Overworlder blood.: What…?: All hands, fire! Shoot down the Overworlder King!: …?!
: H-Hrrrmm!: Stepmother…?!
: The hell is wrong with those people…?!: The King has become mad with the Oukaou’s power!: His raging delusion has brought us to the Overworld, and if we stay here, we’ll soon be as filthy Garow Ran!: Fire! FIRE!
: Ooorgh!: Hah-Hahah… And, now, the King’ll—!*Wings of Rean noise!*
: Kotto… You are of Codour’s clan, are you not? Not only did you sleep with her, now you stab me in the back?: O-Of course not, Your Majesty! I would never think to oppose a Holy Warrior…!: Codour’s bed is quite warm, hm?
: Ehe… Heheheheh…!: DIE!
: Rgh…?! That’s…!
*Canon fire!*
: Message the entire fleet and tell them to maintain their barrage on the Aura Battler!
: He’s still kicking even after all that punishment… blasted monster!*Door opens*
: Hey, now, you’re having a whole lot of trouble taking one guy out, huh?
: Y-You’re!: Ah, don’t worry about them. They’re another couple of collaborators of mine.: Right. You can call us a pair of revolutionaries.: Revolutionaries…?: Yeah, we’re going to be transforming this nation of cowards!: With one huge game-changer! It’s going to be a literal blast!: Y-You don’t mean…?!: Hmhmhm… Yeah. Turns out there’s only one way to change this nation whole, and that’s with a nuke!: Are you insane?! You’re going to kill over ten million people!: Eh, don’t worry about it. There’ll still be another hundred million around. : The warhead’s detonator is already active, so feel free to take it.: Director?!: Much appreciated, Army!*They leave.*
: Heheheh… Now isn’t that way easier than leveraging the Hojo Army?: Why are you doing this?!: Oh, that shouldn’t be hard to figure out. With their capital in shambles, all we’ll need to do is swoop in to help “restore this magnificent nation” and the whole place’ll be as good as mine.: You cannot be serious! I did not endorse the Army of Mankind so you could destroy Toshiko’s… my family’s country!: Hmph, and you think I care? I don’t, especially considering you’ll be the one taking the fall for giving those two the nuke.: Wh-What…?!: Indeed, Col. Alex. The responsibility for everything will fall squarely on your shoulders.: Hrrr… You two were planning this from the start…?!: We’ll call for you to be judged by a military tribunal as something of an apology.: Granted, it’ll be a confidential trial and you won’t be allowed a lawyer, so…: Waahahahahahaha!
: Urk… They’re just shooting everyone!: Destroy this city and the Oukaou!: We’ll purify both the Overworld and Byston Well once the Wings of Rean shoes are back in our hands!: D-Damn you all to Hell…!: You’d spit at my ideal and cast your lot with the Army of Mankind?!
: A-Aah… King Sakomizu’s Aura Power is!: This power…! It’s turning white into black, darkness into light…?!: We almost have him! Blast the King out of the sky!
: Hrrrrrrgh! You blasted Herikonians!: F-Father, stop! STOP!!
: Graaaaaaaaaaargh!!
: W-What in blazes… The Oukaou!
: It’s turned giant?!: H-He’s gone Hyper...! What we’ve been dreading has finally happened…!: Die, filthy Garow Ran!
: Aaaieeeee!: A-Aaaaah! Retreat! RETREAT!
: Power… Power! GRANT ME POWEEERRR!!
: Stop! FATHER!!: What… What can we do now…?!
: We’re being overwhelmed…!*Tzeeeeep.*
: (Don’t worry. There’s still time…): (Tsu-Tsubaki…?!) SRW UX - Prologue
: (That is a man who’s experienced so much sorrow…): (And, in that case, what would be the best way to erase that sorrow?): …: (It would be… for us to understand King Sakomizu’s sorrow!): (That’s right… and I know you can do it…)*Flash.*
: (Tsubaki…)
: Ms. Saya…?: …: Everyone, I need your help! Talk to King Sakomizu!
: “Talk”…?: We need to come to understand his sorrow… his feelings for his motherland, his fear of the war!
: We have to reach an understanding with each other…
: But right now?! With a battle going on?!
: … We can do it! I know we can!: Yeah, we can. The Aura Power, Quantum Brainwaves, Fold Quartz... and the light of the Odyssite will show us the way, I’m sure of it! SRW UX - The Will of Man Awakens: Saya…!: I agree… The Wings of Rean have shown me the truth before! And they can do it again…!: He may have gone Hyper, but that absolutely does not make him invincible!: Even I once held onto enough of myself to get back to reality! If we can just cause our Aura Powers to resonate, then…!: We can absolutely understand one another! There’re ways for us to get through and communicate with him!
: Mr. Amagatsu… I’ll put what I earned from you to good use, right here and right now!
: Watch over us, Soushi! This is what we’ll fight for!
: This is our true courage…!: And these are our emotions, riding upon the wind!
: Here we go, folks! We will pull this off! Secret Alert! Wings of Rean secret – 8th step:
Alright, here’s the deal. Sakomizu has gone mad and we need to get him to chill, which, as Scarlet prophetically mentioned a bunch of missions back, is going to require us to talk him down. That is to say, we’ll need to use the Persuade command on him thrice with different characters. Mind you, some people are better equipped to actually get through to him than others, and it works on a point system:
- 3 Points: Aesap, Lux, Setsuna, Saya (only possible if she’s in the Lyras and not the Odyssea), Shou
- 2 Points: Amalgan, Burn, Kouichi, Kazuki, Cao Cao, Sun Quan, Alto, Fei-Yen, Arnie
- 1 Point: Joe, Shinn, Kira/Athrun, Liu Bei, Kurou, Heroman, Kaido, Aoi
… I confess that I’m not sure if this is even an option if you’re not on track for the secret (since there isn’t really a point to doing it otherwise – you’ll either waste 3 people talking, and gain absolutely nothing, or you’ll screw it up and just piss Sakomizu off further). Do tell me if you know.
I’m going for it, though, and since Aesap and Lux have already moved, Setsuna, Saya and Shou’ll deal with the guy. Here are all the convos:
: How are you to fulfill your ideals by letting sorrow and vendettas lead you in battle?!: If you call yourself a King… if you call yourself a man capable of standing on a battlefield, then that’s the last thing you should do!: Indeed, but there are some things I can never forgive precisely because I stand in the battlefield not as a soldier, but as a man!: You are a warrior, yes? Then, I can say with certainty that some battles have shocked you with their atrocities!: You’re right. And I’m here today, fighting, because I managed to endure that feeling!: And I know the man you once were would be capable of doing the same!--
: King Sakomizu… You’ll accomplish nothing by just venting your sorrow on others! You must convey what you feel to them, and there are ways to do that!: Do you take me for a fool?! All the flowery speeches in the world will not restore the motherland I’ve lost!: The lives, the souls, that have been sacrificed will never return!: But if those left behind can unite their spirits, their wills, to one another, then the light of those lives will never truly fade!--
: Stop this, King Sakomizu! Fight with hate in your heart and not only you’ll be incapable of helping the world, but you’ll be incapable of helping yourself!: Would you still say that had you seen atrocities unfold before your very eyes?!: I have seen them, trust me! And I eventually discovered that it’s only by overcoming the pain and the sorrow we felt that we can truly have a future!--
: Don’t do this! The only thing that comes out of destruction is sorrow! There are so many people who can understand the pain you feel…!
: “Eye for an eye, tooth for tooth” only serves to tighten the chains of hatred around us…: But we know you’re brave enough to break that cycle!: I’ve heard these admonitions before, that our society is worth believing in… but those were ultimately nothing but empty, utopic ideologies…!: I have a will to carry out, a duty to fulfill, and I’ll see it done even if I must trail the bloodstained path!: But you can’t stop pursuing something because it’s utopic! If you do, then that is when it’ll never amount to anything real! So, please…!--
: Let hatred take the reins of your life and all your cause will amount to is basic revenge! Is that what you really want?!: How could I ever stare the dead in the eyes if I did not feel outrage over the tragedies I’ve seen?!: Because nothing would ever change that way! If we really mean to make the future a better place, then we need to start by changing ourselves for the better!--
: You have to take control of your rage, King Sakomizu! I’m sure there’s more within your heart than just hatred!: Who are you to speak so to me?! A child like you is nowhere mature enough to grasp how I feel!: You’re wrong, because there’s no line separating children and adults when it comes to what’s truly important – it goes for anyone as a person!--
: Listen to us! There won’t be any need for us to fight if we can just understand each other…!: Are you trying to placate me, Yankee?! It was under that same banner of democracy that America brought Japan to heel – all to satisfy its own agenda!: This isn’t about what countries we come from! : All I want is for you to realize what’s right and what’s wrong!--
: Hatred, resentment… Do you really think you can put together a better future with twisted stuff like that in your heart?!: Who are you to speak of my resentment?! But, please, take sword in hand and see for yourself if it’s strong enough to still it!: I admit that I don’t know what you’ve gone through – I’m not psychic…: But I what do understand is that answering a tragedy with another one is never the right thing to do!--
: You’re not getting anywhere with just violence! If you think your cause is right, then you gotta get together with people and work with them!: My cause has never had the room for dialogue! I’ll see my ideal realized, and I do not need the people’s understanding or their compliance to do so!: If you do that, you’ll be nothing but a tyrant that’s blind to the world around him, Sakomizu!--
: You think you have all the answers, don’t you? But, I’m sorry to say, there’s no way someone like that could ever help the future of humanity!: You know nothing! I have been betrayed by what I and so many believed in! How can you tell me to swallow my indignation?!: And that’s all the reason you need to destroy everything?!: But this is the era we live in! It’s not your time anymore!--
: There may be a big disconnect between you and your country, but I know you could try and start anew! That is, if you do love Japan as much as you say you do!: I do this because I bear within me the spirits of my fallen compatriots, restless and outraged! You would never understand how disgraced we feel!: But we could understand the pain and sorrow you feel! That’s not going to happen if you don’t start putting some trust in people, though!--
: Hah, we don’t need no words to get our point across!: There is only one way those who meet in the battlefield can communicate to one another…!: Indeed! A cause can only be carried out at the tip of one’s blade!: I challenge you, Kaido and Magami! Are you prepared to plummet into the depths of Hell?!: Who do ya think you’re talking to, eh?! We ain’t gotta prepare for anything, ‘cause we are Hell!--
: Let go of your hate, King Sakomizu! A Holy Warrior of your caliber isn’t weak enough to be dominated by it!: He’s right! Going Hyper is never a good thing!: You mean to lecture me on how a Holy Warrior should or shouldn’t be?! If you wish to stop me, then do so through your strength!: Aura Power isn’t meant to be used to make others submit! It’s a force that comes from our emotions, and that’s why it’s meant to defend and bring people together!--
: Stand down, King! Do not let yourself be engulfed by that negative Aura Power, or all you’ll find is the destruction of what you seek to defend!: What I seek to defend is my just cause! Aura Energy is the energy of life… It was given to me so that I may stay my course!: That course is the wrong one, King, and it’ll only produce more hate if you continue to follow it!: And I’m sure you realize that, Shinjiro Sakomizu!--
: Please stop, King Sakomizu! A hate-filled Aura Power could never bring about a new world!: I once had faith in the future, and I watched as it rotted away! How could you ever understand the anguish I feel?!: But there are ways we could understand! I know that’s what the Wings of Rean led us for!--
: Father, you’re losing yourself as you let that evil Aura Power take hold of you! Please go back to being the man you once were…: Even the most virtuous of men would fly into a mad rage if he saw the country for which he sacrificed himself in this sorry state! : Nevertheless, you cannot give in! Take back control of your soul and be our Holy Warrior once more!--
: Regain the pride you once had as a Holy Warrior, Sakomizu! Stay this course and soon you’ll be nothing but a Garow Ran!: I’m fighting to see my dream realized! All the power I have is for this purpose alone!: I’ll concede that sometimes power is necessary to govern society! But if that power isn’t held in check by the ruler’s heart, then that society will soon break down!: And you had that heart before, Sakomizu! That’s why so many once swore their fealty to you!--
: Do not allow sorrow and anger to corrupt your life! Nothing is ever born from baseless violence!: I have lost everything! Who could ever heal this pain, this hatred that I feel?! Who could ever heal the souls of the fallen?!: You may destroy until there is nothing left and that would not restore them either!: Look upon all the families walking through life together… all the friends supporting one another! I’m certain you can find an answer within their smiles!--
: Set a vendetta as the crux of your strength and it shan’t be long before you may neither go forward nor backwards.: If you would trail the path of the conqueror and be King, Sakomizu, then you must first conquer yourself!: I must see this cause realized, or I would lose more than just my pride. The life I’d led would also lose all meaning! Thus, I shall march onwards on the path I’ve set myself on!: What you ought to see realized is not that, but your will to establish a grand dynasty for yourself and the conquered! If chaos is what you seek, then your ideals shall never reach the ears of the heavens!--
: The battlefield is home to unbearable pain and sorrow…: However, if you do not face those, if you do not muster your courage and accept those, then you can never move onwards with your life!: Are you accusing me of such cowardice?! I fear nothing! I shall answer the cries of all those restless souls! : If this is how you’ll answer them, then I’ll oppose you with every ounce of my being! There is no future down this path you’re taking!--
: This may not be the society you wanted, but there’re still people living here! Are you saying those are unwanted lives too?!: Life and death compose a cycle, and there can be no rebirth without sacrifice! The Japan I envisioned demands that this entire society be rend asunder!: That’s not happening… no way in hell! No one has the right to deny the lives of others!--
: Stop with your angry yelling and listen to your heart! What is it trying to tell you?: You waste your breath, puppet. My heart will not be swayed!: No, I’m reaching out to you as many times as I have to! I want to understand how you feel…: So please don’t clam yourself up! Aaand, that’s the last of them. If you DIDN’T choose a trio that amounted to seven points:
: Hmph, insolence! Prattle on as much as you want…*Casts Soul*
: The current state of Japan is not something I’ll ever tolerate!
: Tsk, it’s too dangerous to keep trying to extend that olive branch!
: Then we don’t have a choice! We’ll stop Sakomizu by force if we have to!But we’re good people, and we got enough points, so we get:
: I’ll concede that not all who live in this society are worthless!: However, I took a vow to the spirits of they whose corpses laid the foundation for this society, and the grief of the lives the Wings of Rean took in! : I cannot, and will not, end my cause here!
: Gaah, what a pigheaded old fogie! : But we did get through to him! Now if we can just get his raging Aura Power under control…!
: Troops, concentrate all your attacks on the Oukaou! Stop King Sakomizu in his tracks!
Hyper Oukaou (Shinjiro Sakomizu)
Pilot Skills:
Aura Power L8
Holy Warrior
Prevail L9
Support Attack L3
All Attack L3
Command L4
Mech Features:
Sword
Oukaou’s Wings
30% HP and EN Regen
All-Canceller
Sakomizu has gone ballistic and his already powerful Oukaou has really beefed up because of it. Don’t expect your Reals to survive any clean hits unless you’ve REALLY buffed their defensive stats.
Good news first: Sakomizu has lost his Double Image ability and the Oukaou is now L sized, so he’s less evasive. Bad news is everything else, as he’s now the most resilient enemy we’ve thought so far, sporting 150k HP, big defenses, regens 50k HP a turn, and will still reduce any ranged damage you try making on him. Sakomizu’s maxed out Prevail will also make him way more survivable than you might expect (while also providing a huge power boost). Oh, and the Oukaou now has S ranks on all terrains, so don’t expect his accuracy to take a hit.
How easy this battle goes depends on whether or not you’ve kept a decent bit of SP left for this. If you did, then you can easily drain his large HP pool in one turn with valor and soul; if you didn’t, then you’ll be in for a tough time against his regen and Prevail’d stats. The best I can say then is to buff up with Fei, Luca and/or Shizuna, set up command auras and support attacks and toss everything you have at him.
Secret Alert! Wings of Rean secret – 9th step: shoot down the Hyper Oukaou with Aesap.
And there’s also this, provided, of course, that you cleared the persuasion check.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_hR5P-1aP0
Here’s Sakomizu’s second best attack.
: As people are commanded to commit atrocities, their ideals and their wills are progressively corrupted! This is not the kind of peace we desired!: But what’s committing even more atrocities going to get you?!: This power you have – the power of a Holy Warrior – was meant to shape a better future, not destroy it!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6gnZcGJmT4
And his best one. Now off we go!