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In August 9, 2018, Ōkami was release on the PC, [[Playstation 4]], [[PlayStation 3]], [[Xbox One]], and eventually the [[Nintendo Switch]].
Directed by Hideki Kamiya, that also directed [[Viewtiful Joe]]. Published by Capcom.
{{tropelist}}
* [[100% Completion]]: Oh dear. (See entry for [[Gotta Catch Them All]].)
* [[Abnormal Ammo]]: The only way to defeat the twin clockwork owls is to dizzy them and then shoot Oki at them.
* [[Abnormal Limb Rotation Range]]: Onigiri-sensei Averts this trope.
* [[Absolute Cleavage]]: Sakuya and Rao.
* [[Acclaimed Flop]]: It's hard to think that the most beloved work of [[Clover Studios]] is also the one that led to their dissolution... ([[Platinum Games|for a little while]]).
* [[All Your Powers Combined]]: Of a sort. Part of the goal is to collect the powers of all the other brush gods that you lost from sleeping for 100 years. After that, you get to use them all yourself at any time.
** [[The Power of the Sun]] comes by default, but you [[You Shouldn't Know This Already|can't use it immediately]].
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** [[Throw Down the Bomblet]]. Cherry Bombs.
** [[Wall Jump]], ''[[Mega Man X]]'' version.
* [[Allergic to Evil]]: The whole world. Since evil is portrayed as contamination or pollution, everyone suffers. The most obvious example is the Blight which prostrates Sei-an City.
* [[Already Done for You]]: Waka restores the guardian sapling in N. Ryoshima Coast.
* [[Anachronism Stew]]: "Ammy's a wolf, not a Speedboat!"
** The whole game is riddled with it, since it meshes Shinto mythology with actual historical records, and then scrambles them out of chronology. Nagi, Nami, Sakuya, Amaterasu and Susano are ''kami'' (deities) related to the birth of the world; Queen Himiko is based on a semi-legendary shaman queen from the Yayoi Period from 3rd century BC; the Kaguya subplot is taken from the 10th century ''Tale of the Bamboo Cutter''; Waka (who speaks with a French accent) and Benkei are historical warriors from the late Heian Period (ca. 12th century) and the characters Issun, Rao, Urashima and Momotarō are taken from latter Muromachi and Edo Period folk tales.
* [[Ancient Astronauts]]: The Japanese folk tale of Kaguya, a child found inside a bamboo shoot by a bamboo cutter, turns out to be
* [[And Your Reward Is Clothes]]: The New Game+ gives you the 'Karmic Transformers', which change Amaterasu into various dogs and wolves - {{spoiler|including Shiranui}}.
* [[Androcles' Lion]]: A species-inverted version of this drives the entire plot -- the strange white "wolf" who helps everyone succeed is in turn rescued by their prayers and praise.
* [[Anime Theme Song]]: Ayaka Hirahara on "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1swdaCuam4 Reset]" during the ending credits.
* [[Anticlimax]]:
* [[Art Attacker]]: Amaterasu uses her tail as a brush to cast spells.
* [[Art Initiates Life]]: Literally.
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* [[Ascended Extra]]: {{spoiler|Yami is}} the final boss in ''[[Tatsunoko vs. Capcom]]'', and the given explanation why all the characters in that game meet up together.
* [[Award Bait Song]]: "Reset"
* [[Badass Adorable]]: Issun; also Amaterasu, when she's not busy being a [[Big Badass Wolf]].
* [[Bamboo Technology]]: {{spoiler|Kaguya came to earth in a giant bamboo spaceship}}.
* [[Barrier Maiden]]: Sakuya, whose trees ward off evil, has been turned into [[Sealed Good in a Can]]. Only by rejuvenating the trees can the area's cursed zone be lifted. Later, the priestess in the Gale Shrine kept the area safe, but when an Oni [[Demonic Possession|nearly possessed her]] it was quickly becoming a cursed zone.
* [[Bathos]]: Done intentionally in the {{spoiler|second (of three)}} battle with Orochi. {{spoiler|Nagi}} tries to look awesome, but it's hard to take him seriously when he's [[Wholesome Crossdresser|dressed in women's clothing]]... and even harder when he falls flat on his face jumping into battle.
* [[Batman Gambit]]: {{spoiler|Queen Himiko lets Rao/Ninetails regain the Fox Rods, and thus ultimate power, in order to use that power to find Oni Island}}.
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* [[Benevolent Architecture]]: And ''how''! The vine flowers that the player uses to jump around tend to be particularly egregious.
* [[Berserk Button]]: Don't call Issun a bug. He's a '''[[Insistent Terminology|wandering artist]]'''.
* [[Big Badass Wolf]]: Aside from Amaterasu, there is also the entire Oina tribe. Oki is especially badass, but also incredibly selfish.
* [[Big Friendly Dog]]: Amaterasu again. She jumps up on {{spoiler|Waka}} and licks his face at the end of the game.
* [[Big Heroic Run]]: Anytime "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFf5Ac2bEMA Giving Kushinada a Ride]" plays, it'll always be during these moments.
* [[Bishie Sparkle]]: Again, Waka. All the freaking time.
* [[Bishonen]]: Waka, even if he doesn't have a mouth.
* [[The Blade Always Lands Pointy End In]]: Whenever you disarm Blight. Possibly justified since the blade itself is the actual adversary.
* [[Blade of Fearsome Size]]:
** The Glaives.
** Susano's sword and the Tsukuyomi also count.
* [[Bleak Level]]: Sei-an City under Blight, the sunken ship, Yoshpet Forest, and most of the dungeons.
* [[Body Horror]]:
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* [[Boss Rush]]: Almost every (non-[[Visual Novel]]) Capcom game in existence has a boss rush at the end. It's what they do.
* [[Boss Subtitles]]: Scrolls, actually, and for every enemy the first time they're fought in addition to bosses.
* [[Bottomless Magazines]]: After getting the Bead String technique, the secondary beads will always reload faster than you can shoot them so there's no pausing while they regenerate.
** Inkfinity stones give you infinite ink for a while. The Bead Necklace gives your permanent infinite ink when equipped.
* [[Bragging Rights Reward]]: See [[Infinity+1 Sword]] below.
* [[Brick Joke]]:
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* [[Charged Attack]]: The glaives, primary and secondary versions.
* [[Cherry Tapping]]: Killing enemies with the Golden Fury or Brown Rage techniques.
* [[The Chessmaster]]:
**
** Speaking of that sublplot,
* [[Chest Monster]]: On the sunken ship.
* [[Chiaroscuro]]
* [[Chivalrous Pervert]]: Issun. Heavy on the perv, light on the chivalry.
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* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: Amaterasu herself doesn't seem totally in touch with events most of the time, and acts more like a dog than a goddess. Usually she's in the habit of taking naps or trying to play fetch with ancient and priceless artifacts during long conversation.
* [[Collapsing Lair]]: The Moon Cave and the {{spoiler|Water Dragon's body}}.
* [[Combined Energy Attack]]: The collective power of prayer all over Nippon
* [[Compressed Hair]]: Waka.
* [[Cool Gate]]: The Spirit Gate, Devil Gates, and Golden Gates.
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** Subverted, in a way, since the important parts of his dialogue are highlighted in red font.
* [[Cue the Sun]]: Not only can Amaterasu invoke this at will, {{spoiler|it's how she defeats the [[Big Bad]]}}.
* [[Dangerously Genre Savvy]]: After defeating the first forms {{spoiler|of Yami, it grabs Amaterasu during her victory howl, draining her power}}. When that fails,
* [[Dark Is Not Evil]]: [[Science Is Bad|Technology]], [[Subverted Trope|it seems.]] {{spoiler|[[Ultimate Evil]] Yami}} is heavily implied to be the originator of technology and Lechku and Nechku are mechanical beings, but Waka's Tao Warriors use [[Magitek]] computers and helping a Mechanist with his invention strengthens Amaterasu with the [[Shock and Awe|Power of Lightning]].
* [[Darkest Hour]]: The Day of Darkness, in every sense of the word.
* {{spoiler|[[Dead All Along]]: Shortly after handing the Fox Rods over to Rao, Amaterasu and Issun see a vision in which she's being pursued by some powerful, evil force. Naturally they go rushing to aid her at her temple, where an apparition leads them through a secret tunnel to the palace - at which point "Rao" reveals that she's actually Ninetails. Issun realizes that the vision you saw was from when the real Rao was killed (well before the game began), making the identity of a certain desiccated corpse you passed in the tunnel all too clear.}}
* [[Degraded Boss]]: The Bandit Spiders, which are optional minibosses found in holes scattered throughout the land. They are all upgrades of the first (main) boss.
* [[Demon Slaying]]: This is Amaterasu's mission, along with restoring Nippon to its former beauty.
* [[De-Power]]: Only natural after nearly dying and being [[Sealed Good in a Can]] for a hundred years. The sequel [[Retcon|Ret Cons]] this as actually dying and being reincarnated/the daughter of Shiranui (which is not really clear).
* [[Despair Event Horizon]]: Amaterasu comes perilously close to crossing it during the final Yami battle.
* [[
** For that matter, you can do lots of random things with your brush before you get certain brushstrokes (usually limited to creating flowers or such, but it also changes the more previous brushstrokes you have).
** If you try to call the sun before you reach the high point of the village, Issun will ask what you're trying to accomplish by drawing a circle in the sky. Later after you've 'learned' the technique he'll reference your earlier attempt and ask if you're witholding any other techniques.
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* [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?]]:
** [[Inverted]]; you may be a god, but quite a few mortals manage to give you quite a thrashing.
** Played straight with the last boss, though--few things are as satisfying as punching out
* [[Difficulty Spike]]: Ninetails is quite a bit more troublesome than any boss in the game so far. The trend continues afterward with Kamui and its much more ferocious enemies.
* [[Disc One Final Dungeon]]: Moon Cave.
* [[Disney Death]]: {{spoiler|Waka - averted at the end.}}
* [[Doomed by Canon]]: In-universe example -- Amaterasu and Issun wind up reenacting the battle with Orochi 100 years in the past. Issun, remembering that this one ended with Amaterasu dying, is ''very'' nervous.
* [[Double Jump]]
* [[The Dragon]]: {{spoiler|All the big climactic bosses, but most notably Orochi and Ninetails.}}
* [[Dronejam]]: Himiko's palace guards block your way if you try to get in; {{spoiler|you can only get past them by using Veil of Mist}}.
* [[Drunken Master]]: Mr. Orange, though Susano and even Amaterasu get a fighting edge by drinking [[Booze-Based Buff|special sake]].
* [[Dual-Wielding]]: Waka will occasionally use his normal bladed sword in reverse grip style in conjunction with Pillow Talk.
* [[Dub Name Change]]: An odd example… the names in the US version were not exactly changed but those who had four syllables or more (except Amaterasu) were shortened. Izanagi becomes Nagi, Kushinada becomes Kushi, Ushiwaka becomes Waka, Tsuzurao becomes Rao, Okikurumi becomes Oki, etc. Also, the [[wikipedia:Koropokkuru|Koropokkuru]] became the Poncles and Ponkotan became Ponctan (this is more debatable though since the Ainu words are a rather complex issue).
* [[Dude, Where's My Respect?]]: And how. You do 99% of the work needed to slay Orochi, {{spoiler|destroy Oni island}}, take down thousands of demons, restore beauty to Nippon, and master the powers of explosions, fire, wind and water. And most people will still call you demeaning nicknames until the finale.
** They'll also take credit for your work.
* [[Dung Fu]]: The upgrade to the Golden Fury, "Brown Rage", which involves Amaterasu taking a dog-doo, followed by it, er... '''''exploding''''' on the enemy.
* [[Eastern Zodiac]]: The brush techniques are taught by the various members of said zodiac, with Amaterasu herself taking the role of the Dog. It also includes the Cat, and references the story about it being left out--see the entry on the [[Eastern Zodiac]] in [[Just-So Story]].
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** Anyone who's ever had a female dog before knows that sometimes they will raise a leg to pee as well.
* [[Even the Guys Want Him]]: Played straight with Waka {{spoiler|with his Tao Troopers, who all adore him.}} Averted with Issun, who can't stand him.
* [[Everything Trying to Kill You]]: A mild example: the Yoshpet Forest.
* [[Evil Counterpart]]: Ninetails, evil fox that also can use Celestial Brush.
* [[Evil Old Folks]]: Mr. and Mrs. Cutter.
* [[Exposition Fairy]]: Issun Boshi.
* [[Extra Eyes]]: A feature of some monsters.
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* [[Facial Markings]]: Amaterasu, though they're [[Invisible to Normals]].
* [[Fake Ultimate Hero]]:
** Susano,
** {{spoiler|Nagi himself}} also serves this role, as when you first meet him in person, he's every bit as lazy and cowardly {{spoiler|as Susano. And like Susano, he ends up being a Real Ultimate Hero when it's all over.}}
* [[Famous Ancestor]]: Nagi to Susano.
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* [[Fan Service]]: This game really likes breasts, for better or for worse. Sakuya's outfit and dialogue, as well as Rao's, are incredibly suggestive. Although, aside from those characters, almost everyone is flat-chested.
** Somewhat subverted, though, when you consider that Sakuya's final form was originally going to be completely naked.
* [[Fantastic Voyage Plot]]: Twice, {{spoiler|once when Amaterasu is shrunk and defeats the Blight inside the Emperor of Sei-An and when Amaterasu has to recover the Dragon Orb from inside the Water Dragon}}.
* [[Fast Forward Mechanic]]: There are brush techniques to bring day and night. The technique to call the sun is learned in the first hour of gameplay, the one to call the moon is learned only after about a dozen hours of gameplay.
* [[Fastball Special]]:
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* [[Fishing Minigame]]: A very lucrative one, and one made easier in the Wii version due to waggle replacing timed button presses.
* [[Fisticuffs Boss]]: {{spoiler|The battle with Yami begins with Amaterasu's divine power being drained completely, reducing her to her basic wolf form with no special powers. The remainder of the battle consists of you slowly beating your own power out of the God of Darkness.}}
* [[Fog of Doom]]: The curse that is slowly killing the inhabitants of Sei-an City,
* [[Follow the Leader]]: [[The Legend of Zelda (video game)|Come on, you don't see it?]] Silent protagonist, [[Exposition Fairy|occasionally annoying sidekick]], fish catching game, [[Barrier Maiden]], [[Heart Container|fragments of extra life]], {{spoiler|[[Time Travel]]}}. If it wasn't for the importance of sake and [[Gag Boobs|Rao]], people would mistake this for a Nintendo game. Amaterasu even has the same repertoire of equipment as Link. ([[Word of God]] is that the game was directly inspired by the ''Legend of Zelda'' series.).
* [[Foreshadowing]]: During every encounter with Waka, the ''"half-baked prophet"'' will dish out vague predictions of events to come. There are also many clues given by the game itself, such as
* [[Forgot About His Powers]]: Amaterasu can sense evil {{spoiler|but fails to recognize Rao as the evil Ninetails fox and hands over the Fox Rods without question}}. Although this may actually not have been stupid based on something Waka says later. {{spoiler|He notes that Himiko was resigned to her fate, as Amaterasu already knew, implying that the only way for her to successfully spy out the location of Oni Island was for her to die in that manner, which in turn implies that Amaterasu actually knew what Rao was when she handed over the Fox Rods.}}
* [[Fractured Fairy Tale]]: Much of the game subverts and references famous [[Japanese Mythology]], folklore, and fairy tales - implying that parts were exaggerated, downplayed, or [[Lost in Imitation]] over the centuries.
** Mythological Susano was a powerful warrior. Ōkami's Susano, not so much ({{spoiler|until he slays Orochi}}).
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* [[Gameplay and Story Segregation]]/[[Cutscene Power to the Max]]: Amaterasu can do several moves in cutscenes that aren't possible in actual gameplay.
* [[Generation Xerox]]: You see that this is the case {{spoiler|when you travel back to Kamiki Village 100 years ago}}.
* [[Genre
** '''Issun'''. "Flowers like this always have treasure inside!"
** There's also the bit when you see a girl locked up and crying, facing away from our heroes. Issun, by this point, fully expects her to be a monster when she turns around. {{spoiler|She's actually the very attractive and innocent Kaguya.}}
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* [[Giant Space Flea From Nowhere]]: {{spoiler|Yami}}.
* [[Go Back to the Source]]: The end had Amaterasu confront the ultimate darkness at the Ark of Yamato, the vessel from which all monsters arrived from the Celestial Realm.
* [[Go Out with a Smile]]: Tobi becomes a little flower for Amaterasu.
* [[Go for the Eye]]: The Spider Queen's only vulnerability. And there are eight of them.
* [[A God Am I]]: A downplayed heroic example. Nagi declares himself the guardian deity of Kamiki Village. Fits only partially, since in Shinto local heroes are pretty much expected to become ''kami'' after death.
** The Japanese ''kami'' is usually identified with the English ''deity'', if only because it is a genderless word and applies to both Male and Female "celestial beings". ''Kami'' literally means ''top'' or ''above'', and only figuratively does it apply to "celestial beings". Technically speaking, there is no such thing as god(s) in Shinto.
* [[God Is Good]]: No problem is too big or small to be tackled by Amaterasu, though she is far from an enabler. A big part of the game is helping other people to recognize their own hidden potential. Oh yeah, and she kills the ultimate evil in the universe, so there's that.
* [[A God Is You]]: Type A.
* [[God Save Us From the Queen]]: Queen Himiko, {{spoiler|subverted, as she's actually praying for the safety of all Nippon and sacrifices herself to reveal the location of Oni Island}}.
* [[God Test]]: Occurs repeatedly, since faith in the gods is at a low ebb. Amaterasu sometimes displays a wicked sense of humor in answering them.
* [[God Was My Co-Pilot]]: A rare protagonist example: Amaterasu is a sun goddess in the from of a white wolf. The player knows this from the beginning, however, most of the people she runs into don't and mistake her for a dog or normal wolf, as they can't see the flaming shield or the unusual red markings.
* [[Gods Need Prayer Badly]]: In addition to earning Praise with which she buys upgrades, Amaterasu becomes a full-fledged god again at the end of the game when {{spoiler|Issun convinces the entire world to pray for her}}.
* [[Gondor Calls for Aid]]: See [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]] above.
* [[Gone Swimming, Clothes Stolen]]: {{spoiler|You have to steal Nami's robe while she bathes in order to disguise Nagi as the sacrificial maiden.}}
* [[Gotta Catch Them All]]:
** The Celestial Brush techniques, some of which need to be found before moving on to certain parts of the story.
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* [[Gravity Is a Harsh Mistress]]: Gravitational Cognizance occurs in one cutscene.
* [[Green Aesop]]: Being at one with nature means harmony for all.
* [[Grievous Harm with a Body]]: Amaterasu uses Mr. Orange as a weapon against a trio of imps, and she later learns the technique to shoot Oki and Issun at enemies for damage.
* [[Grim Up North]]: Kamui.
* [[Guide Dang It]]:
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* [[Hailfire Peaks]]: [[Gang Plank Galleon]] + [[Big Boo's Haunt]] = The cursed ship.
* [[Hair of Gold]]: Kaguya and Waka. {{spoiler|It's actually a trait of the Moon Tribe.}}
* [[Half
* [[Hammerspace]]: Where Amaterasu and her friends seem to keep their weapons (and other supplies) when not using them.
* [[Harmless Freezing]]: It costs a little health, but being frozen solid doesn't hurt Amaterasu or other creatures all that much.
** Fight Oki and say that again when he uses ice spears to combo you to death, seriously, fail to dodge one ice spear and you get hit by at least three of em.
* [[Have You Seen My God?]]
* [[He Knows About Timed Hits]]: Issun.
* [[Head Pet]]: Issun spends most of his time bouncing on Amaterasu's forehead or nose.
* [[Heart Container]]: The Solar Fragments.
* [[The Heartless]]: [[Subverted]] with Tobi, who just wants a good race. Actually, most of the oni (The imps, at least) are just a bunch of goofy guys. They may be serving up poor Kushi, but to them, it's just how they live. And imp merchants are always happy to do battle.. er, business.. with Amaterasu.
* [[Henohenomoheji]]: Distant [[NPC|NPCs]] have the henohenomoheji face in their thought bubbles.
* [[Heroic Lineage]]: Susano.
* [[Heroic Mime]]: Amaterasu, being a wolf, doesn't talk; she makes various wolfish noises and finds other ways to express her emotions instead.
** Issune, Waka, and certain others can understand what she says. It's implied that she speaks telepatically, as she didn't bark or anything when Issune mentions that she said "Resolve". It's also implied that she says what you choose with yes/no choices.
* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: Shiranui.
* [[Hidden Elf Village]]: [[Subverted]]. The Poncles, who otherwise fit most of the trope, are probably the only ones who seem to care about, or even notice, the decline of the gods.
* [[Holy Halo]]: The Flame Tablet, and later {{spoiler|Amaterasu's fully powered form seems a ''lot'' like a sun's corona.}}
* [[Holy Hand Grenade]]: The exorcism slips produce increasingly large [[Sphere of Destruction|hemispheres of destruction]]. On a more literal note, the Cherry Bomb technique, especially {{spoiler|Shiranui's}}
* [[Horrible Judge of Character]]: Zig-zagged with Issun, who is completely deceived by {{spoiler|Ninetails}} and is suspicious of several sympathetic and noble characters (until he sees that they are beautiful women, that is). On the other hand, he was the first besides Sakuya to join Amaterasu.
** To be fair, he was starting to get suspicious of the latter spoiler until Ammy [[Distracted by the Sexy|took a good look at her]] and handed over the item in question.
** Also out of all these people he mistakenly trusts, he never trusted {{spoiler|Waka.}}
* [[Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday]]: Orochi demands his sacrifice on Kamiki Village's annual Full Moon Festival; {{spoiler|Yami}} attacks Amaterasu on the centennial solar eclipse. Justified in the latter case since a) she's the sun goddess and b) it's implied Yami has the power to bring this about.
* [[Human Aliens]]:
* [[Humble Hero]]: Ammy. The office of Celestial Envoy exists so that ''someone'' will tell the world what she has done for them, since she won't do it herself.
* [[Hyperspace Arsenal]]: Amaterasu can carry all of her weapons, consumable items, treasures, fish, scrolls, etc....in her inventory, despite not having pockets. (Then again, she ''is'' a goddess.)
* [[I Have the High Ground]]: Waka. Constantly.
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* [[Improbable Weapon User]]: Amaterasu can basically slay demons with mirrors and holy beads. Not by reflecting holy light or anything, just by ''whacking them senseless.''
* [[In a Single Bound]]: Waka again. (How else would he get the high ground?) Borders on [[Not Quite Flight]].
* [[In the End You Are on Your Own]]: Played with gleefully at the climax {{spoiler|-- Amaterasu loses Issun's company, then Waka, then all of the brush gods before she confronts Yami. After she has it apparently beaten, Issun reappears -- but it's just a vision, and ''then'' [[Your Princess Is in Another Castle|Yami shows its true form]], destroying all of Amaterasu's powers a second time and leaving her shivering and alone. But Issun has been telling the whole world what Amaterasu has done for them, and their gratitude restores her to full power and then some.}}
* [[In-Universe Game Clock]]: Even moreso than usual, as you can turn the day to night and vice versa, though you can also extend the length of any day or night by continually drawing the corresponding brush techniques. You can even mess with the villager's heads by changing it.
* [[Incendiary Exponent]]: The most powerful mirror, perpetually on fire and very useful to draw fire from if you don't have the Inferno attack.
* [[Incredible Shrinking Man]]: Amaterasu must use the Magic Mallet [[Shout-Out|from the original tale of Issun Boshi]] to shrink down and infiltrate the Imperial Palace. While shrunk, she is the same size as Issun himself!
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* [[Inescapable Ambush]]: Some battles, particularly boss fights and ones introducing you to new enemies, are impossible to get out of.
* [[Inexplicable Treasure Chests]]
* [[Infinity+1 Sword]]: Collecting all the beads gives you an item that increases your attack power by a factor of ten, and gives you infinite ink and health- but since one bead is obtained by beating the [[Final Boss]], you can't use it until the [[New Game+]].
* [[Innocent Fanservice Girl]]: Played straight with Sakuya. Subverted with the priestess Rao, who seems oblivious to her effect on men and is baffled by Issun's comments about [[Buxom Is Better|"melons"]] and being [[Gag Boobs|"stacked to the ceiling"]]. Ostensibly it's because she is a holy woman and too innocent to understand. {{spoiler|In reality it is because she is the demon Ninetails in disguise.}}
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* [[Intellectual Animal]]: Amaterasu. That being said, she's one of the few who can't talk. At least not to [[Muggles]], anyway.
* [[Interface Spoiler]]: You'll be surprised when you fight [[Disc One Final Boss|what seems to be the end boss]] and you're still on the first weapons.
* [[Invisible to Normals]]: Amaterasu's red markings and spectacular flames are completely unseen by most humans--she's just a strangely intelligent white wolf/dog to them.
* [[Invulnerable Civilians]]:
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*** This is made all the harder by the beehive. The goddamn beehive. You have to push it up the hill on the other side of the forest to the sleeping bear. It's all but impossible because the thing will jerk randomly around whenever you try to push it, and will always ALWAYS try and go off the cliff when you're like three feet away from the bear. It will haunt your nightmares.
*** The Beehive requires use of an inkfinity stone or the Bead Neckless and Galestorm to keep it away from the edge.
* [[Le Parkour]]: Amasterasu starts off having a [[Wall Jump]], and then gets a [[Double Jump]], ''and'' a clinging to walls ability.
* [[Leaning on the Fourth Wall]]:
** Done exactly once during the entire game. {{spoiler|One of the bonus bosses is "The Kusa Five," although you actually fight all of The Eight Canine Warriors. When Issun mentions this, Fuse says it's because even when they are separated, they fight as one. ''Then'' Issun says something to the effect of, "Then how come they didn't help us fight that Crimson Helm guy?" Fuse can't come up with anything to explain this save "Um..." before quickly moving to another topic.}}
** {{spoiler|In case you don't get the joke, the developer wanted to give the player an awesome boss battle, despite the fact that this didn't make much sense in the context of the story. [[Lampshade Hanging|So instead they explicitly pointed out how little this made sense.]] }}
* [[Legendary Catfish]]: Whopper, who ''ate the reflection of the moon'', a "living sword" (i.e. swordfish), and the [[That One Sidequest|Legendary Marlin]].
* [[Leitmotif]]
* [[Let's Get Dangerous]]: Most of Susano's character arc casts him in a comic relief role, and his cowardice is often played for laughs. When monsters [[Berserk Button|threaten Kushi]], however, all bets are off. The [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|greatest example]] of this is when {{spoiler|he's seen cowering outside Orochi's lair while Amaterasu goes in, but when Orochi is about to devour Kushi, he says without fear or hesitation: "Hold it right there, vile serpent." He then goes on to state that he requires help from nobody, and that all he needs to slay Orochi is his trusty ''wooden'' sword. Right before he uses said wooden sword to ''slice the last Orochi head in half lengthwise, unaided by Amaterasu.''}}
* [[Lethal Chef]]: Ajimi the demon cook.
{{quote|''"Introducing my grand masterpiece, '''Dungheap Slimeball Goulash'''. This will make the main course taste '''1000 times better!'''"''}}
* [[Light'Em Up]]: Ammy, as befits the sun goddess.
* [[Living Statue]]: Amaterasu.
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* [[Long Speech Tea Time]]: Ammy does it to Waka and a few others, mostly in accordance with the [[Rule of Funny]]. (No important Exposition is ever missed, of course, since Issun stays awake to hear it all and ask all the right questions.)
* [[Lost Forever]]:
** Anything in the Moon Cave or Oni Island. That dog and the crapload of clovers
** For those who want to fill their bestiary, one or two enemy types only show up in one area of the game ({{spoiler|they're in the Doom Mirror family from when Amaterasu is shrunken in the Emperor's palace}}), and are absent from the arena-type locales where other seemingly limited-time-only enemies can appear.
* [[MacGuffin Delivery Service]]: After going into
* [[Magical Gesture]]: Amaterasu seems to control the Celestial Brush with precise movements of her tailtip.
* [[Male Gaze]]: Take a shot every time there's a lingering closeup of Rao's bust.
* [[Mechanical
* [[Mega Neko]]: Kabegami is pretty big for a cat - almost as large as Amaterasu. The tigers and Gekigami also count (see [[Panthera Awesome]] below).
* [[The Messiah]]: Amaterasu. Makes sense, seeing as she's the main goddess and all.
* [[Mind Screw]]: {{spoiler|Amaterasu is saved, ''twice'', mind you, by her past incarnation Shiranui who comes directly from the past to help her future self since she lost most of her power after being [[Sealed Good in a Can|sealed in a statue]]. There are ''[[Crowning Moment of Awesome|two versions of the same god in one place.]]
* [[Moe Anthropomorphism]]: A ton of Amaterasu fan art personifies her as a cute girl with white hair and dog ears.
* [[The Mole]]: {{spoiler|Rao, who turns out to be the Dark Lord Kyubi/Ninetails}}.
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** And the Draconian dancers, who wear skirts and [[Seashell Bra|seashells on their boobs]].
*** Note, they're not so much a [[Seashell Bra]] as much as they are seashell pasties.
* [[Mundane Utility]]: Phenomenal cosmic powers can be used for anything from saving the world to drying laundry. The Celestial Brush seems to work as an ordinary writing implement, too.
* [[Mundangerous]]: Amaterasu is a deity that can call the Sun, instantly repair broken objects, make withered plants live and much much more, and yet it is [[That One Sidequest|almost impossible for her to roll a sphere up a slight hill]].
* [[My Greatest Failure]]: {{spoiler|Waka accidentally brought oni to Earth when he was trying to help the Celestials flee from them}}.
* [[My Name Is Not Durwood]]: People forgetting or messing up Amaterasu's name is something of a [[Running Gag]]. While Issun's kind enough to think up a relatively cute, inoffensive nickname (Ammy, though he doesn't always use it), most people just end up calling her Furball or Snowy.
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** Then again, ''nobody'' calls Okami Amaterasu by her real name. Most of the people she comes across, unaware of her divinity, give her a common dog name. Fido, Snowy, etc.
* [[No Body Left Behind]]: Enemies turn into flowers; justified as they're all monsters representing either literal or spiritual pollution, and Amaterasu purifies them.
* [[No Mouth]]: Every human and Poncle character and some of the monsters. It kinda explains why the "voice acting" [[Speaking Simlish|sounds like it does]].
* [[No-Gear Level]]: Anytime you can't use ink.
* [[Nobody Poops]]: ...Except Amaterasu and some of the Eight Canine Warriors.
* [[Noob Cave]]: The River of the Heavens and Cave of Nagi function as this, featuring many tutorial obstacles and the first battle in the game.
* [[Nostalgic Narrator]]: Slightly subverted.
* [[Not Quite Flight]]: Waka can leap to great heights and glide/hover on the "wings" of his [[Nice Hat]].
* [[Now Where Was I Going Again?]]: Averted, the Journal keeps track of major things you should remember.
* [[Obfuscating Stupidity]]: {{spoiler|If talked to at the Cave of Nagi during the festival, Susano lets slip he is aware of Amaterasu's divinity and seems to have been the entire time. How much else he is faking is left to interpretation.}}
** At times, Ammy seems to use this to fool enemies, like Ninetails.
* [[Offscreen Teleportation]]:
** All of the recurring travelers. How does a cute girl with a weird hat and her little sister reach Sei-an City before a physical god?
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** Onigiri-sensei takes this trope [[Up to Eleven]] by managing to be virtually in three places ''at the same time''. Go to Shinshū? He's here! Teleport to Ryōshima? Oh, he's here again! Teleport to Kamui? Good to see you!
** Not to mention Komuso, who shows up at Kamiki, Kusa and Sei-an, but even more impressively, at Sasa Sanctuary, which is supposedly an unreachable destination in-game but for those rare few who are favored by its inhabitants.
* [[One-Man Army|One Wolf Army]]: Amaterasu may be cute and fluffy to humans, but she mows down scores of demons over the course of the game, all by herself.
* [[One-Time Dungeon]]: The Moon Cave dungeon cannot be accessed again once your defeat Orochi and leave it. There is also Oni Island, the whole "miniature" sequence, the Sea Dragon's body and Past Kamiki. This is not frustrating though since these areas will only contain [[Vendor Trash]], but no important secret item.
** Actually, Past Kamiki has a dog for Ammy to feed. Forget to do so and the Bestiary tome will remain incomplete, denying the player [[100% Completion]].
* [[Only Idiots May Pass]]: You have to accept a scenario, {{spoiler|Rao's deception in order to get the shrinking mallet. You have to kill the Water Dragon to get the Dragon Orb.}} This may or may not be justified, depending on if you interpret things as Ammy knowing the future and choosing the hard but correct path, or Ammy being foolish.
* [[Only Six Faces]]: Or rather only 8 character types − little boy, little girl, man, woman, fat man, fat woman, old man and old woman. And dogs. Each character of the same type has the exact same animations and reactions.
* [[Orochi]]
* [[Our Angels Are Different]]: The extinct Celestials were very angelic, they had halos, yellow wings on their head, and lived a perfect life in a utopia. Four of them are seen in the game as ghosts.
* [[Our Mermaids Are Different]]:
* [[Out-Gambitted]]:
* [[Owl Be Damned]]: ''Lechku'' and ''Nechku''. The two ''[[Clockwork Creature|Clockwork]]'' [[Creepy Twins|Twin]] owls with [[Hammerspace]] [[Nice Hat|Nice Hats]] that ''[[Time Stands Still|control]] [[Super Speed|time]]'' and wear [[High-Class Glass]]. Seriously, these guys approach [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot]] territory.
** Lechku is currently the image for this trope.around. These guys are trumped by Gekigami, the brush god of thunder - a ''huge'' and somewhat irritable tiger wielding a bow and <s> arrows</s> ''lightning bolts.''
* [[Painting the
* [[Paper-Thin Disguise]]: Literally. You even get to draw your own symbol on it. Amaterasu seems rather nonplussed that they actually fell for this, mere moments after they shooed her away. In fairness, the imps wear such masks themselves, but that doesn't excuse them failing to look at who/what is ''wearing'' the mask.
** Given the wide variety of imps, it's possible that they simply mistake Ammy with the mask as a different imp type. Imps are not particulary bright in the first place, though...
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* [[Platforming Pocket Pal]]: Issun.
* [[Playing with Fire]]: The Inferno series of brush powers. Also, the ultimate Reflector weapon is always on fire.
* [[Plot Lock]]: You can't fix the [[Broken Bridge]] between Agata Forest and Taka Pass, even though Amaterasu can paint them good as new everywhere else. Possibly justified. The original bridge is set so close to the now raging river that it will probably be washed away as soon as it's restored anyway.
* [[Plucky Girl]]: Kushi. She actually runs off to face Orochi herself, armed with nothing but her faith in Susano and her best sake.
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* [[Reality Is Unrealistic]]: When Amaterasu uses [[Urine Trouble|Golden Fury]], she hikes her leg up in a way that most people associate with male dogs. This confuses some people and is used as evidence to support the [[Fan Wank|theory]] that Amaterasu is [[Body Snatcher|using a male wolf vessel,]] not transforming into a wolf. In real life, whether a wolf hikes its leg or not is dependent on whether they are trying to show dominance. Some female dogs hike their leg, too.
* [[Reality Warper]]: Amaterasu. Not many people can control day and night, cause flowers to bloom, trees to sprout, or the skies to rain or burn on command.
* [[Recurring Riff]]: Amaterasu's leitmotif, encountered in various forms throughout the game as [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ya3yxTbkh5s The Sun Rises], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRx9gnY0Mp0 Reset], the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGHKaawEi0w Ida Race theme] and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igSmbu_E3M4 Cherry Blossom Storm].
* [[Recurring Traveller]]: Several characters over the course of Ammy's journey. The wandering priest Komuso, the quarreling sisters, the little fisher boy, the frightened archer...
* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]:
** Literally as a mini-boss. The red one uses fire, has a pair of spiked clubs and is the less popular. The blue one uses ice, a pair of hook-swords and has a "more-beautiful" mask.
** Also, note the colors of {{spoiler|Evil Rao's prayer beads and the real Rao's.}}
* [[Refusal of the Call]]:
** Susano {{spoiler|is revealed to have removed Tsukiyomi from the cave in order to prove that what happened 100 years ago wasn't really true so that he didn't have to carry Nagi's title.}}
**
** A recurring theme in the game is people discovering (often after a few unsubtle divine hints) their true calling in life.
* [[Restart At Level One]]: Amaterasu.
* [[Reverse Grip]]: Waka holds his normal sword this way.
* [[Revive Kills Zombie]]: Bloom, a brush technique to which most friendly characters respond positively, harms or kills certain enemies, including Yami.
* [[Rousing Speech]]: Several. But the most unforgettable and some of the most [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|heartwarming]] in any video game are
* [[Rule of Cool]]: All the bloody time. Take, for example, Kasugami
** Actually, that was [[Rule of Funny]]. [[Rule of Cool]] is more like being able to create 3 bombs at once, summon lightinging bolts, create burning infinity symbols, and blanket the area with Ice Storm.
* [[Sadly Mythtaken]]: Averted. Hard. ''All the time.'' And it was good.
* [[Scenery Porn]]: ''The Game'', brought to you by Clover!
* [[Sealed Evil in a Can]]: Orochi. {{spoiler|Also Yami}}. [[Owl Be Damned|Lechku and Nechku too.]]
** The owls are actually statues that Lechku and Nechku are trapped in, so they could be considered sealed evil in a ''weaponized'' can.
* [[Sealed Good in a Can]]: Amaterasu ''starts'' as one before being released by Sakuya... who herself becomes one shortly afterwards.
* [[Seashell Bra]]: The pretty Draconian dancers have seashell stick-ons.
* [[Secret AI Moves]]: {{spoiler|Shiranui is capable of using upgraded version of Ammy's Celestial Brush Techniques, as well as an attack that turns Shiranui into a blazing fireball that tears enemies to shreds. You never get these techniques, not even when Ammy returns to full godhood.}}
* [[Sequel Hook]]
{{quote|{{spoiler|'''Old!Issun:''' I'll tell you the rest of the story some other time.}}}}
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** And then there was ''[[Ōkamiden|Okamiden]]''.
* [[Serious Business]]: Some people (Ida, Hayate and Tobi) like footraces. They like them so much, they are willing to give up a family heirloom, their career, or even their ''life'' in order to race.
** Late in the game, Kai even challenges you to a race through
* [[She's a Man In Japan|He's a Woman in Japan]]: Amaterasu is clearly defined as being female in-game. She's referred to as a goddess, a mother, and, when she encounters a blind man able to perceive the true form of those he "sees," a beautiful maiden. The American box and documentation carefully skirt the issue of Amaterasu's gender, remaining neutral or calling her a god, even though she remains female in the game itself. It doesn't help that [[Idiot Hero|Susanoo]] refers to Ammy as his "brother".
* [[Shock and Awe]]: The most powerful glaive, from which you can draw lightning if you don't want to do [[That One Sidequest]].
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* [[Sincerest Form of Flattery]]: The director admitted that the ''Zelda'' series is the inspiration for this game.
** Looped back around in ''[[Twilight Princess]]'' which clearly shows that some people at Nintendo were taking notes. <ref>Note, Okami released 7 months before TP, and even assuming 2 months for finalization and manufacturing, that still left Nintendo with a few months to tweak the game to resemble Okami, which it does to significant extent</ref>
* [[Small Name, Big Ego]]: Issun, who is convinced he is far more talented and attractive than he actually is.
* [[Some Dexterity Required]]:
** Many of the more advanced technique upgrades like Fireburst and Icestorm are very hard to pull off. Drawing the girl's designs in Seian City is also quite frustrating. (It helps to know a thing or two about Calligraphy.) The game is also kinda picky about what counts as a 5 pointed star... Like ''real picky''.
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** {{spoiler|Shiranui travels forward in time to save Amaterasu and friends from a spell that held her motionless at the cost of a mortal wound. This leads to her dying when she returns to her own time, and being sealed. When awakened as Amateresu, her powers are much weaker than before, which is why she needed to be saved in the first place.}}
** {{spoiler|Also, Amaterasu traveling back in time to handle the deeds attributed to Shiranui's doing while Shiranui was away in a different point in the future saving Amaterasu from aforementioned spell.}}
* [[Stealth Pun]]: May be intentional or not. Moegami, the God of Fire that gives Okami her Inferno ability, is the rooster in the chinese zodiac. It's quite literally a
* [[Sticks to the Back]]: All of Amaterasu's weapons float above her back or around her neck. Susano doesn't appear to have anything holding that [[
* [[Stock Animal Diet]]: Amaterasu loves (holy) bones. Cats will eat only fish; dogs will eat only red meat.
* [[Story to Gameplay Ratio]]: This game has more cutscenes than ''Metal Gear Solid 4'', but fortunately, they're all skippable in the [[New Game+]].
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* [[Take Your Time]]: Played straight except in one location. {{spoiler|Oni Island before the next day arrives and it moves to a new location}}. Wait too long, and you'll have to start over.
* [[Tastes Like Friendship]]: You earn Praise from animals by feeding them the food they like.
* [[Tennis Boss]]: The first Waka battle and several later enemies -- Ammy can send their projectiles flying back at them with Power Slash.
* [[Thanatos Gambit]]:
* [[Theme Music Power-Up]]: [[Crowning Music of Awesome|And how]]?! The [[Final Boss]] [[Final Battle|battle]] is between Amaterasu, the Goddess of the Sun, and
* [[The Thing That Goes Doink]]: Found mostly in Sasa Sanctuary and used in puzzles involving the Waterspout technique.
* [[Throwing Your Sword Always Works]]: At least, Waka, Blight,
* [[Too Dumb to Live]]: "Giant flowers like this always have treasures!" Said while ignoring the fact that said giant flower had ''eight giant eyeballs.'' Yeah, way to go, Issun...
* [[Took a Level in Badass]]: {{spoiler|Susano}}.
* [[Training Dummy]]: In the dojo.
* [[Tron Lines]]: {{spoiler|[[The Very Definitely Final Dungeon|The Ark of Yamato]]}}.
* [[True Sight]]: Several characters (mostly those with great spiritual power) are able to see Amaterasu's true form.
* [[Unusually Uninteresting Sight]]: You'd think people would worry more at the sight of a giant white wolf. Then again, a good number of them think that Amaterasu's some kind of dog. Which carries money and is out shopping.
* [[Unwinnable by Design]]: Averted. While the tutorial message on a [[Save Point]] tells you to keep multiple saves in-case you get stuck (implying a [[Sierra]] title), it's actually impossible to become "stuck" anywhere. But you might want to use a separate save file after the clearly-noted [[Point of No Return]] anyway.
* [[Urine Trouble]]: "Golden Fury." It makes enemies drop Demon Fangs.
* [[Use Your Head]]: There's a reason she's called [[Hard Head|hard-headed]] Ammy...
* [[Vendor Trash]]: Well over half of the treasures that you find.
* [[The Very Definitely Final Dungeon]]: But you run into so many [[Disc One Final Dungeon
* [[Victory Fakeout]]: {{spoiler|Happens after defeating Yami's fourth form.}}
* [[Video Game Caring Potential]]: Feeding kittens? ''Adorable''.
* [[Video Game Cruelty Potential]]: Setting them on fire? ''[[Memetic Mutation|Priceless]]''. This game excels in both tropes. You can watch Amaterasu feed bunnies and kittens, help someone find their rabbit, or grow clovers to make things pretty. Also, you can tackle, blow up, douse, cut, freeze, turn into snowmen, blow away, shock and bite anyone from the cute dancers to main heroes.
* [[Violation of Common Sense]]: As Issun will regularly tell you: when in doubt, <s>jump off an apparently endless cliff</s> leap before you think.
* [["Wake-Up Call" Boss]]: Waka.
* [[Walking on Water]]: Made possible by the Water Tablet. Otherwise Amaterasu has [[Super Drowning Skills]].
* [[Wall Jump]]
* [[Warp Whistle]]: Multiple. The Mermaid Pools allow you to warp between them with coins or a certain brush technique, and you can get another brush technique allowing you to warp between certain overworld save points.
* [[Water Is Air]]: The underwater Dragon Palace retains all of your above ground movement mechanics, including a few pools that you can swim around and drown in, as well as a chest that requires you to jump around a few pillars instead of just swimming up.
* [[Weak but Skilled]]: Waka.
* [[Weaksauce Weakness]]: Orochi's vulnerability {{spoiler|to sake (or rather, being drunk)}}, Yami's vulnerability to certain brush techniques
* [[Weaponized Animal]]:
** Amaterasu can wield various weapons which hover over her back. She starts out with a flaming shield, but can also use other shields, swords, or rosaries (which are used like a whip or shot like bullets.)
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* [[World-Healing Wave]]: Blooming a Guardian Sapling. [[Scenery Porn]] ensues.
* [[World-Wrecking Wave]]: What happens to Nippon when Orochi is released.
* [[X Meets Y]]: One could very well say that this game is "[[Hayao Miyazaki]] meets ''Zelda''".
* [[Xanatos Speed Chess]]: {{spoiler|Ninetails has to do some quick thinking when her initial plan of getting Amaterasu devoured by the Water Dragon doesn't quite pan out.}}
* [[Yamato Nadeshiko]]: Kushi and Nami, though most of the female characters have at least a touch of this.
* [[You Can't Fight Fate]]: {{spoiler|Issun ends up becoming a celestial envoy, despite his resistance.}}
* [[You Can't Go Home Again]]: {{spoiler|Issun}} doesn't ''want'' to, at least. The celestials {{spoiler|killed by Yami}} also apparently have no chance of ever returning to the celestial realm.
* [[You Shouldn't Know This Already]]: [[Justified]] with the Celestial Brush techniques. You need to find the correct god and release/rejuvenate it before you can use its technique. (Which means if you start a [[New Game+]], you have to redo all of those subquests again.)
** Pointed out in-game. At the beginning of the game in Kamiki Village, if you try to {{spoiler|use Sunrise without exploring the village, [[The Dev Team Thinks of Everything|Issun will wonder what you're trying to do, raise the sun or something?]]}}
* [[Youkai]]: What with using the trappings of Japanese folklore.
* [[Your Costume Needs Work]]: Mr. Orange's first response to Amaterasu was along the lines of, "Hey, you look kinda like Shiranui -- only not as smart."
* [[Your Princess Is in Another Castle]]: ''A lot'', but notably three times. To the point that after finally beating the final boss you will probably suspect (and hope?) there is more. It's not that surprising at the end of the firt chapter since your inventory is still suspiciously empty and you know there is still a big drawbridge to cross. Much more at the end of the second chapter where the [[HSQ]] has already gone through the roof, you have all the brush techniques but one and fight what definitely looks like a final boss. And at the end of the third… {{spoiler|"Lol wut? [[Anachronism Stew|A spaceship]]?!"}} These are even more effective when you think the first two chapters are both nearly big enough to be entire games on their own (it can take a good ten hours for each the first time, ''not counting the sidequests'').
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