I don't really get the hate towards this boss. I find this fight fun and relaxing. It is also a useful learning experience for anyone on their first play through.Honestly, when I first came across this boss I hated it. I tried to dodge and run away and all that ER/DS type stuff. I had to stop fighting it and do something else, which is rare because I am a stubborn bastard. Then it clicked, I realised that this was Sekiro. I'm a badass magical Shinobi. OBVIOUSLY I COULD PARY HIM! After that I found the fight enjoyable.I think this serves as a valuable lesson to players, you can pretty much parry anything! It also teaches you how to use dodging and jumping along side parrying. Which I feel many players don't take into account much, they just stand there and parry everything (it works, and yess I do that in the video, but it's boring).I think the only irritating and kinda unfair part of this fight is the dive grab. I rarely manage to avoid it by getting out of his way, rather I just dodge and i-frame the grab. Which is honestly asking a bit much of someone on an early game boss.So, is he actually a shitty monkey?TLDR: I thinks this boss gets too much hate. It is a good lesson for new players. Shitty monkey is not shit.
