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It’s called the soul eater not the rune of life and death, the rune governs life and death. Like the rune of punishment governs atonement and forgiveness.

Suikoden 1 is my favorite. I remember I was turning I was 16 and we went to Blockbuster every other weekend. I was looking for something to play and idk why I was drawn to pick it up because I never really like the cover art but I liked the screenshots on the back so I got it for the weekend. I remember I fell in love with it immediately! I kept renting it over and over until I the game wouldn't run anymore because I realized the cd had a really deep scratch. I couldn't finish it. My birthday came and my mom gave me $40 as a gift. I got an RF switch and went to look at the clearance bin and lo and behold there it was! I got the RF Switch and Suikoden 1! I was able to finish it and I became such a fan of the series, my brother got in to it too; his fave is Suikoden 2.

An excellent video, as always. Would love to see a speculation video on the final nine True Runes sometime. That having been said, isn't, 'Woven Web of a Century,' all contained inside of a True Rune? Never had a chance to play that one, but I recall reading that somewhere. Assuming it's canon to the main timeline/universe, that would mean we'd know nineteen True Runes. As a note, I was always under the impression that the, 'Sword of <Element>' runes were the children of the Black Sword Rune. Sword of Rage, Sword of Cyclone, Sword of Thunder, etc... Granted in Suikoden V they were the, Flowing Sword, or Rage Sword runes. I imagine that's just a change due to translation moreso than anything else. Coincidentally, runes such as the Beast Rune could theoretically have more child runes than we consider. The Falcon Rune, the Fire Lizard Rune, the Firefly Rune, the Great Hawk Rune, the Viper Rune, the Unicorn Rune, the Raven Rune, etc... if the bestial-named runes would have this connection, it makes one wonder about the Sovereign Rune's children. For example, the Champion Rune absolutely strikes me as being a potential child of the Sovereign Rune, but then you have others such as the Warrior Rune, the Wizard Rune, the Barrier Rune, etc... All of which feel like they're thematically and aesthetically potentially connected to the Sovereign Rune, given what limited knowledge we possess of it's abilities and nature. Speaking for myself, if there was a True Rune I'd want to bear, I imagine it'd be the Gate Rune. The ability to travel via rune magic, or summon either monsters or perhaps even allies, would be quite interesting. I was always hoping we'd get a game in the series eventually that'd involve a new bearer for the other half of the Gate Rune. Rather than relying on Viki for teleporting, or stopping by your HQ to swap in or out party members, you could just do so yourself. Viki would still have to be in the game, though. That having been said, even assuming the rune is used on Earth here, I wouldn't mind saying goodbye to all car related expenses. Insurance? Gas? Repairs? Good riddance. Never have to deal with another everlasting red light, or terrible drivers again. Could show up to work exactly on time. Bonus points if it allows travel to other worlds/dimensions/universes. (Edit): To build off speculating on potential True Runes, I would be interested in seeing the inverse of a Cursed True Rune. That's to say, one that is moreso considered to be, 'Blessed,' if you will. For example, let's say there's a True Kindness Rune, which governs the forces of empathy and healing. It's power grows as it's bearer is increasingly held as beloved by others. One obtains it and possesses very little power, and only through building a reputation do they finally gain even weak healing abilities that common runes such as the Water and Wind Runes outclass by magnitudes. Its as one approaches the fame of a Hero that the Rune begins to gain power worthy of a True Rune. While its known to possess mostly healing abilities, it's offensive powers could be more reflective of empathy: force your foes to feel the harm they themselves inflict on others. The nature of the rune is caring and supportive. It exudes a soothing aura on all around it, whether they be other runes, people, or common beasts. Ultimately, the great flaw of the rune would be it's, 'Martyrdom,' effect. That is to say, actions taken against its bearer incite a deep anger in those whom admire them. Imagine your MC is a healer, takes damage, and the rest of your party gets the Fury/Berserk effect. In such a game, all bad endings involve the death of the main character resulting in a blood bath that would leave whatever land/nation the game takes place in a ravaged, desolate, and lawless hellhole. Although not a cursed True Rune, the bearer eventually realizes the danger their existence causes, and goes into seclusion. Poker Night with Tir/Lazlo!

I always love the mystical and mysterious vibes of the 27 true runes , they grant you ultimate power but sometimes at a cost of your own life / sanity , like a saying say great power comes with a great responsibility

Good lore video, really hope Konami will contine the series to uncover the rest of True Runes

Loved this game to death. Still the number one on the list of all the games I ever played.

what about the true holy rune by that running elf, it has true in its name

Arshtat accidentally vaporising Ferid and her realising what she had done hit me hard. 😢 No idea why that scene isn't ranked higher among the fandom for emotional scenes. I thought it was quite possibly one of the most tragic scenes in the Suikoden series...

One of my favorite aspects about the Runes in Suikoden is the contrast between their name and design. When you hear 'rune' most people would think of symbols used in a written language, but the runes are too complex and detailed to be a practical language. To me it gives them an air of ascendance, they are the language that the rules of the universe itself were written in.

Interesting theory about Leknaat bringing back a Gremio from a parallel world, probably the best explanation Ive heard for that so far

dude your suikoden 1 story made me misty eyed. it reminds me so much of discovering the series myself as a 9 or 10 year old. your ranking of 5 also is making me consider replaying it. great vid.

what if Jeane IS the leader of the Sindaar?

When I first played Suikoden, I felt the same about Gremio. He was obnoxious. Felt like he dragged my party down. I cried when he died. I think that speaks to the writing of the story, but he can get some of that credit. I'm with you on Clive. He looks cool. That's all he's got going for him.

I really like the idea of them either representing or being incarnations of order and chaos, each striving to beat the other and never succeeding, thus bringing balance. Lots of good takes in this video. I like all of them.

I think that your comments about the sun run being a messy divorce holds true even more if you consider that the sun and the night runes were intertwined like husband and wife. That would make the leader of the queens knights the holder of the night or "knight" rune. Giving a reason to why the star dragon sword is so arrogant. This may also lead into why Ferid could sniper the queen out of rage and the games to pick the next leader of the queens knights showing the night rune that the next bearer would be worthy. 😮

The true rune that I've always held soft spot at is always Rune of the Beginning. Forcing 2 people which most likely being best friend to fight each other to death in an attempt to become united as again is quite diabolical. I really don't want to be the bearer of this nor any of its component, but I've always thought the story it brought through the conflict it created was very melancholic and endearing.

Always loved the elemental True Runes from S3. Thought they did a great job fleshing out more of the story and the background of the runes. Plus it has Yuber, Luc and Sasarai, can't go wrong!

Also it's always so interesting hear someone else pronounce stuff. Either I'm very wrong, or you're very wrong, but either way it's fun to hear Suikoden words said outloud lol.

The child rune of the Beast Rune isn't identically named in Japanese, it's known as the Cursed Beast Rune or Wild Beast Rune depending on how you want to translate it. Also it being Sasarai that gifted the Beast Rune isn't actually a mistranslation as the error is present in Japanese as well, though Sakiyama confirmed it's been fixed in the Remaster.

It's just too bad Konami has left this series dormant for 20 years. If the remaster sells enough, they might make Suikoden 6 finally.

It really is surprising that the Night Rune wasn't in Suikoden 5 at all considering the games story revolves so much around the Sun Rune and the Night Rune's child runes. But I suppose it also helps make the world feel larger and grander in that the events of Suiko 5 can occur without the Night Rune even showing up.

omg i can't tell you how much "stupidly named village of the hidden rune" got me, laughing so hard while eating lunch. i'd never considered what a dumbass name that is.

The missing 9 runes were surely held back for future installments. Given that we have so many life/death, elemental, and dimensional runes… I’d wager these runes are similar to the night rune in that they are more sentient and can speak. I’d wager vampires, like dragons came from other worlds and these remaining runes act as seals preventing cross over with these dimensions.

Man your vids are so good I'm learning a lot about this series 😊

I remember back then I was so invested on the lore of Suikoden so when the series discontinued, I was kinda disappointed that you will never ever know the complete lore especially about the 27 True Runes. You know what, since Konami releasing HD Remaster for Suikoden I and II, why not try remaking Suikoden 3, 4 and 5 into 2.5D graphics. I'm pretty sure long-time Suikoden fans would appreciate that. But that's just a wish. Pretty much it will not happen.

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Fantastic and very informative video again Culgan, perfect refresher course for the remakes.

Man I didn't realise that Tyr didn't have a happy ending, even though he returns to his house in Suiko2 sidequest the guy still will have the fear of killing his closed one friends. I thought that all the true runes were cursed but this seems not to be the case.

I wish the bright shield rune and black sword rune had a unite magic like the dawn and twilight runes.

Another great video, love your attention to detail^^

Great vid! I still find the Moon and Night Runes very confusing (they both have power over creatures of the night)... The Moon Rune seems to share domain with Beast and Night (since it drives you mad [also like the Sun Rune])

I just finished watching it. Fantastic video! I liked when you said why the Sun Rune was your favourite. My favourite is the Rune of Punishment because of the whole tragedy aspect of it and how the scenes where Lazlo is in it in his dreams feel like a horror movie (and I am a massive horror fan). One of my friends years ago proposed that the True Runes could be based on tarot cards, but the devs addressed how it wasn't. I think that for the Rune of Punishment, Lazlo's mothers connection with it would have been the reason that it protected him. We could see how its connection to past bearers is a big thing from the dream sequences. The True Rune that I would want to wield is the Night Rune. He is up himself, but it would lead to fun conversations. XD

This is what Eiyuuden was missing, the design of the true runes is creative, complex and each possess a duality to them that somehow affects the bearers in both good and bad ways. I love your thoughts on the sun rune being separated from the Night rune and the kids keeping her in check. Gotta wonder though, why wouldn't sun be with moon and Night be with I dunno..light? Kinda strange. if I could have a true rune it would be the dawn rune because it's not going to try and kill me, it's gonna give me healing powers and protection with zero consequence. Bright shield would force me into a destined war with my friend lol. The elemental runes out of control can cause catastrophes, otherwise I'd take 1 of them if I could have that power fully under control. possibilities for the other 9 true runes? I HAVE TO go with Viki's rune, must be the rune of time and space magic. Blinking rune is either a child rune or it's a true rune IMO. Jeanne has that charm rune, maybe she's a true rune bearer with how many times she's appeared throughout the timeline. Maybe the dual nature of having people love you is the ability to have you understand how to love others. Yeah other than those 2, I really don't know what's gonna be revealed to be true runes, they all seem so random.

how bout True Holy Rune???

Nice explanations! I like it! I think you should change ur profile picture into serious one bcs this one is like parody sonic channel 😂😂

It seems that Jane is in possession of the Rune of Change. She is always in various places looking for something. She doesn't age and in my view, any strange speech she has, when she doesn't seem to remember things, is just a writing error due to a change of direction. In Suikoden 5 she is linked to the ruins and is even treated as equal to or superior to a mysterious witch who is also linked to the ruins. It shouldn't be much different from that since it's a rune that they never showed the image as well as never mentioned Jane's secret. (here I take into account the interviews about her not having a True Rune. In my opinion, they only said this to create confusion or even just to talk nonsense/lies).

How does a shield represent chaos? That just seems like being contrarian without putting thought to it.

I am 10 minutes and 8 seconds in (clever way of transitioning to the Rune of Beginning right at that point which is why I brought it up) and learning the extra information about Ted was so sad. I would love to see Tir in a sequel as having mastered the Soul Eater. As for Windy not being able to obtain it from Tir, I can't remember if in the series if it has been mentioned if a True Rune wielder cannot wield more than one or if that is mere speculation based on what we have seen in the series. I am enjoying the video a lot and I can't wait to watch the rest! Great work!

I always think that the suikoden makers sell themselves short when they said there is only “27” true runes. If they didn’t say that we could have make more amazing runes in the suikoden universe 😅

When I saw your video on Yuber and Pesmerga, I was confused how Suikoden was inspired by the Eternal Champion books. Now, learning about the Soul-Eater Rune I am no longer confused. You should look into "Sailor on the Seas of Fate"; it'll put the Fog Ship in a new light.

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Oh these sfx are awful.

Have you played its spiritual successor called Eiyuden Chronicles?

Hey I pronounced it like you did. Shu-ko-den.

Too bad that the Matilda Glitch will be removed. Well.. as long as I will still have the "Cook off" With Hai Yo, all is good, since hunting for cooking recipes was always a nice thing to do in the game.

Blame 505

Wild, didn't know anything in suikoden was inspired by the eternal champion, crazier that I've enjoyed both, independently of knowing that. Culgun, read the eternal champion series, it's quite good.

I always figured they time traveled like viki 🤷‍♂️