No matter what it turns out to be, The Mark of the Demon Slayer in Nioh 2 is significant.
Before I say why I need to divide the Souls community into two general groups - Demon Slayers and Slain by Demons - and quickly define both.
Both have basically been around since Demon's Souls, but the very nature of the Demon Slayers demands that the Demon Slayers come first. Why? Because Demon Slayers beat the path and light the way. Afterward, like mold or a rot, the Slain by Demons seep into the community, ever at the heels of the Demon Slayers.
How is that? Either by a lack of information upon release or due to a self-imposed restriction, the Demon Slayers goes in blind. Demon Slayers embrace the challenge From Software has extended with each release in their Souls/Bloodborne Series while the Slain by Demons abhor it. While Demon Slayers scratched and clawed their way through levels and boss fights, the Slain by Demons poured over FAQs, Strategy Guides, Wiki Articles, Google Search Results, Let's Plays and How to Videos.
Therefore the Slain by Demons subsist by virtue of the illumination spread over From's games by the Demon Slayers, entirely dependent on it. Overtime they've let themselves forget this, fancying themselves old hands as they bring their borrowed knowledge and tactics to bear on each successive release.
And then here comes fucking Nioh 2, reminding the Slain by Demons who they really are. And with little to no documentation in sight they hide behind shitposts so they can cling to that "gud" status they worked so hard to attain. Eventually they'll be back. Once the Demon Slayers have shown the way, that is.
And that's why The Mark of the Demon Slayer is significant. No matter how superficial, uselessly cosmetic or quickly outclassed it is, it stills says I'm not No, I'm a Demon Slayer.
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