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BOSS BATTLE: Vs. Inoshishi
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[Inoshishi]
Gufufufufu... my name is Inoshishi! Now, take this! The vile flames that fuel Hell itself!!
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IMMOBILE FLAME WHEEL
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[Inoshishi]
Finally... finally... I can extract my revenge! KIRISHIMA! PREPARE YOURSELF!!
[Kanna]
Heh?
[Inoshishi]
For the death of my friend fifteen years ago... I will burn you to a crisp!!
[Ogami]
Kanna, don't tell me you were crushing boars to a pulp when you were four years old?
[Kanna]
What the hell kind of a question is THAT, Captain?
[Ogami]
Oh... oh god. You were, weren't you.
[Kanna]
Of COURSE not! I was crushing BEARS to a pulp. 'Course, I dunno why a boar would be looking to avenge a bear, but-
[Inoshishi]
You- you've FORGOTTEN!? He was utterly defenseless! He couldn't have hurt a fly! He was... he was nothing but a silly old bear.
[Kanna]
... oooh, THAT bear. Which makes you some hate-twisted mutated version of that little pigl-
[Inoshishi]
No, no, no- not Piglet, dear Kanna... FALLEN DEMON Piglet! I'll make you pay dearly for what you've done to me, Kirishima!!
[Kanna]
Yeah? I'll cut you down so fast that you won't even have TIME to squeal like a piggy, boy! Just like that bear of yours!!
[Ogami]
We... we ARE the good guys, right, Maria?
[Maria]
For a given value of "good," Captain. And possibly "guys."
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Let's get rolling.
It's a straightforward fight: the whole crew's facing down Inoshishi and a few Kouma: one Ye Olde Melee-Slasher type and two of the Babby-Is-Formed-By-Spitting variety, one on each side of the building.
Basically, this boss fight is a cage match on top of the building that was the centerpiece of the last battle. Our mission statement is simply:
[Kasumi]
Please destroy the large-scale demon-driven mechanical soldier, "Immovable Flame Wheel"!
... so, y'know, what else CAN we do?
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As usual, once we get the usual preparations: defensive Mountain strategy and shielding Sumire out of the way...
... we jump straight into the usual "killing just about all the cannon fodder Kouma..."
"... with the power of Maria."
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[Ogami]
It's one thing to watch unfeeling robots detonate when exposed to the power of love, but... look, does that whole hot springs thing REALLY have enough destructive power to punch out all of the Koumas' blood?
[Kohran]
Welp, it's Maria-han in nothin' but a towel, ain't it?
[Ogami]
Yeah...?
[Kohran]
An' she's blushin' like mad, right?
[Ogami]
I guess, but-
[Kohran]
An' y'all don't even HAVE to know her personally t' figure out that something's really, disturbingly wrong if Maria's doin' both at once, right?
[Ogami]
Wait, are you saying that our super special awesome final combination attack makes the Kouma so paranoid that they die from it?
[Kohran]
Look, it's either that or they're turned on so hard that they're nosebleedin', but that jes' opens up a whole other line of questionin' that Ah'd rather not hafta get into.
[Ogami]
... okay, fair enough, I guess. I already have MORE than enough frightening lines of questioning to deal with during every waking moment.
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[Ogami]
... for instance, explosion punches.
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And on Sakura's turn?
[Sakura]
Lord Ondore~!
[Maria]
Clementine~!
... they feel the inexplicable need to reprise their old musical roles during a battle for life and death and/or the fate of Japan.
[Kohran]
Y'all damn well better--
[Sakura]
Get a grip.
All told, that barrage of mismatched quotes is just about enough to chock him down a third of his health.
... and on her own? Maria is just about enough to take Inoshishi down to HALF health.
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