Uploaded May 2021 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
Last month, the legendary GiantCookieJar returned and found that it was possible to get onto Watcher's Cape without Catwalk in NG by doing some incredibly precise Seam Grips: twitter.com/GiantCookieJar/status/1380880359143915529?s=20. This was determined to be incredibly inconsistent and difficult. When you consider that this trick has to be done twice in the run, the latter of which is on a timer due to the 30s nightfall timer of the Oni Island sequence, it was basically not human-viable.
Today, LegoerofEggos posted this tweet: twitter.com/legoerofeggos/status/1399138093144285186?s=20, demonstrating that one could perform a D Boost (https://okami.speedruns.wiki/D_Boost) after escaping from a Demon Scroll fight, and that this would allow you to get onto Watcher's Cape without any Seam Grip shenanigans. The only downside is that they used the scroll closest to the cliffside, which only spawns at night. Obviously, the Oni Island sequence locks us to daytime, so this can't work.
In the Discord, Lego also wrote that they'd gotten close using the next closest Demon Scroll which is available during the day. I immediately turned on my Switch, started recording, and got this clip within like 5 minutes. Turns out it's pretty lenient, so long as you're able to get the frame perfect ground tackle input. The timing isn't totally free, though. You want to do a max height jump and double jump, but delayed such that you can do an aerial Divine Instrument attack at the peak of your jump, and it gets almost instantly cut off by the end of the battle mode. This state transition gives you a single frame to ground tackle, from which you can usually reach the plateau by a wide margin.
In keeping with the naming convention for variations of D Boost, this technique of using the end of a fight to D Boost is called a "Demon Boost".
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
Last month, the legendary GiantCookieJar returned and found that it was possible to get onto Watcher's Cape without Catwalk in NG by doing some incredibly precise Seam Grips: twitter.com/GiantCookieJar/status/1380880359143915529?s=20. This was determined to be incredibly inconsistent and difficult. When you consider that this trick has to be done twice in the run, the latter of which is on a timer due to the 30s nightfall timer of the Oni Island sequence, it was basically not human-viable.
Today, LegoerofEggos posted this tweet: twitter.com/legoerofeggos/status/1399138093144285186?s=20, demonstrating that one could perform a D Boost (https://okami.speedruns.wiki/D_Boost) after escaping from a Demon Scroll fight, and that this would allow you to get onto Watcher's Cape without any Seam Grip shenanigans. The only downside is that they used the scroll closest to the cliffside, which only spawns at night. Obviously, the Oni Island sequence locks us to daytime, so this can't work.
In the Discord, Lego also wrote that they'd gotten close using the next closest Demon Scroll which is available during the day. I immediately turned on my Switch, started recording, and got this clip within like 5 minutes. Turns out it's pretty lenient, so long as you're able to get the frame perfect ground tackle input. The timing isn't totally free, though. You want to do a max height jump and double jump, but delayed such that you can do an aerial Divine Instrument attack at the peak of your jump, and it gets almost instantly cut off by the end of the battle mode. This state transition gives you a single frame to ground tackle, from which you can usually reach the plateau by a wide margin.
In keeping with the naming convention for variations of D Boost, this technique of using the end of a fight to D Boost is called a "Demon Boost".
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 All Brushes in 4:02:17 - New Game All Brushes Speedrun [Former World Record]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/z1XmzHs6kyA/mqdefault.jpg "Okami All Brushes in 4:02:17 - New Game All Brushes Speedrun [Former World Record]
For those unfamiliar, the All Brushes category requires us to collect all brush techniques AND upgrades (e.g. Fireburst, Mist Warp, Cherry Bomb 2/3, etc.). This makes the run substantially slower than NG Any%, where most upgrades and 3 required brush powers can be skipped. Despite this, the category is still extremely interesting.
Because there are many more objectives to complete the run, there are also many more routing options and considerations. Stuff like when to get some upgrades to minimize detour. The main consideration is Yen (money).
Unlike NG Any%, NG AB requires us to collect a large amount of money, primarily for the Cherry Bomb and Power Slash 2 and 3 brush upgrades. In total, these techniques cost 840k. In a casual playthrough, these amounts arent terribly high, but in a speedrun, every minute we spend collecting money is another minute between us and the finish line.
To this end, we not only collect a large number of treasures throughout the run (each of which is chosen to be the most time-efficient of the treasures available), but we also use different strategies and many fights (especially boss fights) to reduce the amount of money spent on battle items. With careful planning, we never have to grind enemies for money in this route.
As a result, this route includes a lot of things which would normally be sub-optimal, but work out to save time here thanks to the unique requirements of the category.
Splits: https://splits.io/4u43
Leaderboard: https://www.speedrun.com/Okami/full_game#NG_All_Brushes
Route: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1S3YurqMVx1Ce0LWRamboSsaQVAq4CE4khVJ1SA73HO0/edit?usp=sharing
Okami Speedrunning Discord: https://discord.gg/AQNKmMu")
