The truth isn't that you do not want to. The truth is that you can't. Am I right?

That, and nothing else of importance, is what the sakura reminds me of.

Kuro opened his eyes, and the world fell apart.

He took us in, and said life was a gift. Everybody deserved it. [I wish there was another way - Part 4. Purification ending]

"They call you Shura. But I call you what I want." [I wish there was another way - Part 3. Shura ending]

"My lord," he says, as if in prayer. "It's been a long time." [I wish there was another way - Part 2. Immortal Severance ending]

At the end of their separate journeys, they have to meet again. And they start counting. [I wish there was another way - Part 1. Return Ending]

We all know the fate of the heretical warrior, Genichiro Ashina. A man cornerned by a powerful and scheming foe, chased down by a dutiful shinobi, chided by a child of the gods and killed by his own powerlessness. But what if fate had been different for the feudal lord? What if he was given clarity and a choice?

Wolf gets better at entertaining his young master.

Kuro knows better than to ask Wolf to rest. Instead, he asks Wolf to keep him company.

A veces me entristece ver las flores de cerezo caer. ¿Por qué, si su destino es perecer, nos deleitamos por sus muertes? No sé si es bueno o no. ¿Tú qué piensas, Lobo?

What if Genichiro showed up to help Emma out? What if they managed to escape the castle? What path will they take?

To abandon oneself in a pointless search for power...how tragic, indeed. A side-story about Genichiro's quests for obtaining more power, following his defeat atop Ashina Castle.

The one-armed wolf walks alone... or so he thought. Emma saves Sekiro from Shura and certain death.

Emma lives her days out training in medicine with her father Dogen, then being a helper to Lord Isshin. However Isshin sees that Emma has much more potential than she knows. Thus she starts her way to the Gentle Blade.

Coming back to Ashina's Castle, the grandson of Isshin only finds fiery destruction in the wake of a demon. Cut down once again, but also stripped off everything he has. The lands which he had sworn to protect were now in ruins and no hope was there ever for repair. And thus begins, a Dragon's journey to retribution.

A collection of introspective drabbles involving the NPCs of Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice. Some canon divergence.