How to Beat the Sanjuro Demon (Boss Fight) for Trek to Yomi on Nintendo Switch

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In the fifth chapter, the Sanjuro Demon boss fight is one of the most challenging battles you will encounter on your journey. You encounter most of the boss fights at the end of a chapter. This boss fight is no different and will challenge all the finishing moves you have learned.

While you're in the depths of your journey through Yomi, you’ll come across Hiroki's old sensei, which has manifested into the Sanjuro Demon. You’ll need to employ a strategic compilation of attacks to beat this boss.

The Sanjuro Demon has some pretty powerful attacks, such as an overhead swinging attack that will destroy your defenses, and you won’t be able to block them. It’s best to dodge his swinging attacks by rolling through his legs when the opportunity presents itself.

The demon’s final attack is a series of light combination attacks with a jumping back-and-forth motion. To avoid injury, you must time your roll perfectly and roll through his legs just before he lands.

Once you have rolled through his legs, you’ll have a small opportunity to attack the demon from the back. The boss will react by thrusting down his staff in front of him and then switching to slam it from behind.

You can avoid this defense attack by rolling through his legs after he makes the initial attack from the front. The boss demon also has a slash attack that can injure you, but you can block this light attack.

The roar attack is the last of this boss's attack moves that you’ll need to watch closely. Should you be at range, he’ll stomp his foot and send a roar at you. The roar attack deals no damage but instead causes you to become unstable.

Halfway through the fight, the boss will implement new attack strategies to his weaponry, including a one-hit kill shoulder barge. This shoulder barge attack will fling you out of the fighting arena.

The Sunjuro Demon will only perform this deadly attack after he spins around with his blade, jumps in the air, and then slashes it downwards. You must run straight toward him and roll between his legs to avoid this attack.

The best chance to target an attack against the boss is after rolling between his legs. You can use a light directional attack and follow up with a heavy attack. You can also use a combination of quick attacks by holding the analog stick up or down.

The demon will begin to weaken after some hefty blows, and you can jump on his back and administer tons of deadly attacks. You will defeat the Sanjuro Demon after a few attack cycles.