Uploaded July 2020 | Updated September 2026, 5 hours ago
As it turns out, it's possible to complete Oni Island in NG without ever encountering Tobi. Unfortunately, this is about 20s slower than the existing method, where we simply do the last Tobi race after doing the brush adventure shown in the middle of this video. Nevertheless, this does open up the opportunity for Save/Kill Tobi as a donation incentive for marathons =p
Okami Speedrunning Discord: discord.gg/AQNKmMu
Okami Speedrunning Wiki: https://okami.speedruns.wiki/Main_Page
Leaderboard: speedrun.com/Okami
My Twitter: twitter.com/LoveAuride
My Twitch: twitch.tv/loveauride
As it turns out, it's possible to complete Oni Island in NG without ever encountering Tobi. Unfortunately, this is about 20s slower than the existing method, where we simply do the last Tobi race after doing the brush adventure shown in the middle of this video. Nevertheless, this does open up the opportunity for Save/Kill Tobi as a donation incentive for marathons =p
Okami Speedrunning Discord: discord.gg/AQNKmMu
Okami Speedrunning Wiki: https://okami.speedruns.wiki/Main_Page
Leaderboard: speedrun.com/Okami
My Twitter: twitter.com/LoveAuride
My Twitch: twitch.tv/loveauride
![Okami in 2:04:54 - NG Any% Speedrun [Previous PB]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/p_Lb8MRFiE8/mqdefault.jpg "Okami in 2:04:54 - NG Any% Speedrun [Previous PB]
My first PB in over 2 years! Ive had very little time to run in all this time, but I was finally able to practice enough to not flub the huge advantage I had over my last PB from all the new tricks and optimizations discovered since then.
Theres a lot to improve from here. In terms of major time losses, those are:
-Ryo Stair Clip (30s)
-Blockhead Clip (2m)
-Fire Tablet Skip (3m)
-Shinshu Plateau Demon Boost (47s) (I actually got this really quickly... and then slipped off the plateau trying to jump up to the thunderdome )
-Oki Skip (I lost 70s on this split, though a big part of that was trying to figure out a way to lose negative godhood)
-Wawku Cannon Room (1m)
A lot of the rest of the time loss comes down to general sloppiness: suboptimal movement, early/late cutscene skips, bad fights, slow brushing, etc.. That level of confidence will come if and when I do more and more runs.
Turbo start was used to skip cutscenes. Turbo jump was used primarily to swim faster and occasionally to jump immediately after landing.
Join the Okami Speedrunning Discord: https://discord.gg/AQNKmMu
My Socials: https://linktr.ee/auride
Splits: https://splits.io/as3k
0:00 Prep
0:08 Tutorial
3:56 Boulder
5:00 Bloom Hana
9:38 Bloom Shinshu
10:48 Cherry Bomb
13:22 Bloom Agata
14:51 Taka Pass
17:57 Bloom Taka
20:17 Sasa Sanctuary
23:01 Start Digging
24:01 Waterspout
24:53 Defeat Take
26:53 Kusa Village
28:14 Defeat Tei
32:09 City Checkpoint
33:43 Ryoshima
34:50 Seian City
38:27 Fireburst
39:48 North Ryoshima Coast
41:20 Tsuta Ruins
46:55 Leave Tsuta
53:22 Defeat Hayabusa
56:38 Gale Shrine
1:00:07 Galestorm
1:04:10 Galaxy
1:09:02 Out of the Dragon
1:14:56 Evil Rao
1:22:27 Oni Island
1:26:05 Enter 2D
1:28:25 Ninetails
1:32:15 Kamui
1:34:58 Wepkeer
1:38:27 Wawku Shrine
1:41:03 Blizzard
1:44:28 Birds
1:48:15 Blight
1:50:28 Orochi
1:53:37 Spider Queen
1:55:02 Crimson Helm
1:56:22 Ninetails 2
1:58:22 Yami
2:05:07 PB Celebration")
![Okami in 2:04:17 - NG Any% Speedrun [PB]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/rEWtUfj4lPk/mqdefault.jpg "Okami in 2:04:17 - NG Any% Speedrun [PB]
A small improvement over the last run. I saved a lot of time in places like Blockhead Clip and Fire Tablet Skip, but I also lost a lot of time:
-Wawku Defrost boosts (almost 3m)
-CC Skip (50s)
-Awesome Skip (80s)
-Wawku Cannon Room (almost 2m, though that was largely to do with using all Inkfinity stones on the defrost boosts)
-Ryo Stair clip (1m)
-Paper Clip into Tsuta (1m)
And just general slop overall.
Turbo start was used to skip cutscenes. Turbo jump was used primarily to swim faster and occasionally to jump immediately after landing.
Join the Okami Speedrunning Discord: https://discord.gg/AQNKmMu
My Socials: https://linktr.ee/auride
Splits: https://splits.io/asda
0:00 Prep
0:21 Tutorial
4:11 Boulder
5:05 Bloom Hana
9:38 Bloom Shinshu
10:52 Cherry Bomb
13:21 Bloom Agata
14:51 Taka Pass
17:59 Bloom Taka
20:18 Sasa Sanctuary
23:01 Start Digging
24:02 Waterspout
24:53 Defeat Take
26:40 Kusa Village
28:09 Defeat Tei
31:54 City Checkpoint
33:33 Ryoshima
35:32 Seian City
39:41 Fireburst
40:52 North Ryoshima Coast
42:11 Tsuta Ruins
48:42 Leave Tsuta
53:20 Defeat Hayabusa
56:24 Gale Shrine
59:43 Galestorm
1:03:49 Galaxy
1:08:53 Out of the Dragon
1:14:36 Evil Rao
1:19:25 Oni Island
1:23:05 Enter 2D
1:26:25 Ninetails
1:30:43 Kamui
1:32:35 Wepkeer
1:35:21 Wawku Shrine
1:37:59 Blizzard
1:43:54 Birds
1:48:22 Blight
1:50:18 Orochi
1:53:11 Spider Queen
1:54:36 Crimson Helm
1:55:55 Ninetails 2
1:57:52 Yami
2:04:45 Post-run celebration")
