Sun Deng (Re-Do)


 * Warning: Contains blood, coarse language and dark themes. Read at your own risk.

Marie Shintani is an version of Sun Deng, hailing from the Re-Do timeline. Known as the last fragment of Mary Shepherd-Sunderland, she is well known for her kindness, gentle approach, and her eventual acceptance of her dark side. And despite her being one of the many counterparts for the actual Sun Deng, she is one of the main protagonists in Dynasty Warriors Bloodlines, a role she would share with Deng Zhi in Remix.

Despite being known as one of Deng's counterparts, this version is the one who makes an appearance in Warriors Orochi 5 due to her popularity.

Description

 * "A kind young woman that is forced to make a lot of difficult decisions."

Appearance
Like the other counterparts, this version of Sun Deng is a middle aged yet youthful woman with short brown hair, with the lower part tired up in a bun, a delicate complexion, and brown eyes, all while sporting an athletic build.

Her older appearance has her hair grew a bit longer.

In her battle attire, she wears a black sleeveless shirt with a red padding shirt, black pants, black gloves, boots, and a red Chinese long coat.

Her informal takes notes from her old informal look except that it's similar to Zhao Yun's informal.

In her later years, she wore a red and white Chinese kimono, bandages wrapped around her chest, a red belt, black pants, gloves and boots.

DLC
(TO BE ADDED)

Starting
Marie Shintani is a kind, hardworking and intelligent young woman. She occasionally smiles and would often help people in time of need.

Underneath her smile, however, lies a lonely woman who never, prior to meeting Zhou Tai, had any friends. Her loneliness implies that she tries to hide her own insecurities over a kind shell surrounding her. And underneath that shows a darker side to her sweet personality.

Caring Mother
Her most notable trait is her caring approach to her loved ones, especially her daughter, Julia Kouen (Sun Jun). Unlike her previous incarnation, she is well aware of her love and was shocked and regretful that her daughter almost succumbed to grief.

Regret over her Original's path
the Remix actually averts this

Comparisons with Mary Shepherd-Sunderland
Yueying revealed that Marie has some form of relationship with both Mary Shepherd-Sunderland. Until it was revealed that Deng is a portion of Mary. This foreshadows the possibility of her hailing from Silent Hill.

the Remix re-writes this trope. Instead, Marie is no longer

Warriors Orochi
In Warriors Orochi 5, Marie Shintani has conversations with Guan Yinping, Sun Jian, Xiahou Ba, Xu Huang, Fu Xi, Muneshige Tachibana, Oichi and Lady Hayakawa.

Guan Yinping
During her first conversation, Yinping is amazed at the amount of muscle Marie has around her body, which immediately got her flustered (Since she's a bit concerned about her size, which is ironic).

In her second conversation, when Yinping asks her about how she found the strength she needed, Marie reminds her that being strong is more than just gaining muscle.

Her third conversation

Sun Jian
Surprisingly, the Tiger of Jiangdong is perplexed at where exactly his alternate relative of his came from.

In her second interaction with him, he understands what she had been went through though he was wondering how she was able to over. To his surprise, Marie admits she had allowed her personal problems get the best to her. In the end, Sun Jian patted her on the shoulder

the 3rd interaction shows Sun Jian's puzzled reaction to Marie having a Dark Side. When he finds this out, he realizes what she meant by her words.

Xiahou Ba
For once, she

Xu Huang
Amazed at

Fu Xi
Caught off guard at his boisterous voice, she instead hides. Fu Xi instead laughs it off,

In the second conversation, Fu Xi was surprised to see a woman with that many issues. He was notably impressed with her answer. He is currently the only person out of the roster that accepts her

Oichi
She was aware of her issues.

Death
While she does get killed by Luban, it was

Warriors Orochi
While tending to her



Theme

 * Rewritten Flowers (Deng's theme)

Voice Actors

 * Rie Takahashi - Dynasty Warriors series, Warriors Orochi 5, Other crossover appearances (Japanese)
 * Yukiyo Fujii - Dynasty Warriors Bloodlines 2 onwards (Japanese, Revival)
 * Lilliana Mumy - Dynasty Warriors Bloodlines, Warriors Orochi 5 (English)

Quotes

 * "When I look at you...I feel the biggest amount of rage...seeping inside of me."

Move-set
She receives a weapon change to a Sword similar to her own father's. Like her original persona, however, her overall attacks are different, taking note from the older games, Online (DWO and Online Z), and Warriors Orochi 3. Her overall move-set takes notes from Sun Quan, Zhou Tai, Liu Shan and Cao Cao. Because of the Bloodlines game mechanics, she not only has the DW8 style, but also, the State system from 9. And like Deng Zhi, she's somewhat unique in her move-set.

Bloodlines (Graceful)

 * Triangle: Does a side weak slash, stunning the enemy
 * Square, Triangle: Slashes upward in a full circle method.
 * Square, Square, Triangle: A series of upward slashes from right to left before doing a turning slash, stunning the enemy.
 * Square. Square, Square. Triangle: Turns around, doing a slash. Her 3rd and 4th weapon has her summon a dark red energy wave.
 * Square, Square, Square, Square: Triangle: Turns around to perform a pointing slash, similar to Cao Cao's pre DW5 C5.
 * Square, Square, Square, Square, Square, Triangle: Holds her sword in a reverse grip to fire a cross wave, flicking in the process. Similar to Sun Quan's old C6. Her 4th and 5th Weapons have her summon a dark red energy wave.
 * Flow Attack - Square, Square, Square, Square, Square, Square: Performs an attack consisting of a vertical swing, two spinning slashes, a powerful jab, a horizontal swipe, and a frontal slash to the right.
 * Circle: Does a series of crisscross slashes, similar to Zhou Tai's DW9 Musou. It repeats until she engages in her musou
 * Musou Attack - Slashing Void: She extends her hand out (Similar to Liu Shan's first musou) before delivering a dark red slash that covers the entire screen with multitudes of slashes. It's a mix of Liu Shan and Zhou Tai's first musou.
 * Trigger Stun - R1 + Square: Drags her sword down, like a flick. Follow up is the same as Cao Cao, Sun Quan and Sun Chen. However, the end makes her slash twice, creating a mixed assortment of strikes in the process, similar to Xu Shu's unique clone stun
 * Trigger Launch - R1 + Triangle: Does a turning slash. Follow Up is the same as Liu Shan and Yuan Shao, only the end has her kick downward gently, similar to Liu Shan's Aerial musou in the previous games.
 * Trigger Knockdown - R1 + X: Plunges the Blade on the ground. Follow Up is the same as Liu Bei, Cao Pi and Lu Xun, with the difference being only that she uses one sword. However, the end has her inflict a rose-infused red crowd barrier by flicking her sword in a 360 turn.
 * Special Technique - R1 + Circle: Does two rotating slashing turns. The follow up is her Stun
 * Aerial Musou - Crimson Hurricane: She performs an

Bloodlines (Insanity)
Due to her eventual insanity, she dons a new set of moves exclusive to the Remix.

Win Poses
Due to the return of Win Animations (From 2 - 6), Deng has four winning poses at the start and end of each battle.

Costumes

 * Default
 * Informal
 * Formal
 * Night Life
 * Summer (DLC)
 * Sun Quan (Dynasty Warriors 8)

Weapons
Due to the Weapon System, Deng has seven weapons: Five Base and Two DLC. The Nintendo Switch version has her wield


 * 1) Iron Blade (Attack+10, Compatible Bonus+5)
 * 2) Radiant Steel (Attack+21, Compatible Bonus+10)
 * 3) Definite Dawn (Attack+33, Compatible Bonus+15)
 * 4) Blazing Wolf (Attack 51, Compatible Bonus+15)
 * 5) Crimson Void (Attack+70, Compatible Bonus+15)
 * 6) Butter Knife (Joke Weapon)
 * 7) Twilight Cosmos (DLC)
 * 8) Raijinto (Nintendo Switch only)

Warriors Orochi

 * 1) Iron Blade
 * 2) Radiant Steel
 * 3) Elegant Wolf
 * 4) Definite Dawn
 * 5) Definite Dawn X
 * 6) Inferno Void
 * 7) European Broadsword (Time Weapon)

Tropes

 * Action Girl - Even getting turned into a Necromorph
 * Action Mom - Because she's
 * Adaptational Attractiveness - Like before, she looks a lot healthier than her previous appearance
 * Adaptational Backstory Change - In the original game, she hails from another timeline. in the Remix, she is instead born in 209 AD, her actual birth date.
 * Age Lift - Historically, she was 10 years old . Her first battle is Fan Castle, where she was entirely concerned with Lu Meng's entire suggestion to side with the Wei faction because Guan Yu refused to hand Jing Province over.
 * Amazonian Beauty - Even in her younger appearance, you can see that her arms have a bit . Lianshi confirms that she's more interested in
 * Ax-Crazy - Towards the end of the story, she completely Loses it by not only discovering that Sun Luban, her younger sister, had caused a lot more havoc behind the scenes in her quest for power, but also, by Jun's unhealthy obsession with her mother that led to murdering Zhuge Ke as a result. These incidents actually allowed her to realize things were not always fair, so she decides to link up with her dark self, with Horrifying Results!
 * Big Bad - Of Jun's story as a whole since she was the one responsible for the outbreak in Shouchun
 * Boyish Short Hair - Her younger self plays this straight, as a result of her Tomboy personality in the Remix. This is kept in her older appearance though with a slightly longer variation.
 * Came Back Wrong - Because of her
 * Contrasting Sequel Main Character - She is considerably different from Deng Zhi.
 * Cute and Psycho - Warriors Orochi 5 confirms this to be the case, according to
 * Darker and Edgier - Not entirely in this case, but as soon as she gains access to, her move-set is more akin to being a Necromorph.
 * Earn Your Happy Ending - Even after all of the shit she had endured, she finally receives her closure
 * Face-Heel Turn - She becomes the main force behind Zhuge Dan's horribly botched attack against Sima Zhao in Shouchun, contaminating the city with it. The entire reason why Zhuge Dan failed is because he had killed Wen Qin due to a disagreement.
 * Fallen Hero - Jun's story reveals that not only did she die, but her re-animation as a Necromorph
 * Feminine Mother, Tomboyish Daughter - She's the Tomboy to her mother, Lianshi in her younger years.
 * the Good King - Mostly played straight, just like her father. However, her later years downplay this trope to a tee, because of putting Jun as the Regent, she had accidentally allowed, even if
 * Gone Horribly Right - Even though her idea of letting Jun becoming the Regent as a backup plan was a good decision on her part, she didn't actually think that Jun would not only cause a lot more harm, but a lot more problems for the Wu forces in her later years.
 * Identical Stranger - Unlike the original game, the Remix makes her look almost identical to Yumi Ogura, with some of Mary Shepherd-Sunderland's features, reinforcing her status as the descendant of both, or possibly a clone. We have no idea.
 * Mellow Fellow - As a result of
 * Mom Looks Like a Sister - In her older years
 * Move-set Clone - Mostly averted, but she shares some of Cao Cao's old charge attacks
 * Nightmare Face - She does one at the very end of the game, where she does a smile that can
 * Royals Who Actually Do Something - Just like before, she actually did an impressive job being the Emperor of Wu for a while, at least until
 * Sanity Slippage - This usually doesn't happen until the end of her story, where she was seen . And boy, does she snap....
 * Sinister Scythe - Some of her Necromorph attacks have her
 * Slasher Smile - As a result of her encounter with her Dark self, which was actually her killing Sun Luban in retaliation, she performs a horrifying smile that actually made the officers shiver at how brutal she became. Granted, she doesn't get arrested because of this, but it's honestly unnerving seeing her like that
 * Spared by the Adaptation - Unlike the original, she survives for a few more years before passing away peacefully
 * Took a Level in Badass - While not to the extent as her Dark self, she is a lot more braver and competent in the Remix compared to her gentle self in the original. Maybe her Sanity Slippage played a huge factor.
 * Tomboy - Unlike Re-Do, her younger self is nothing more but a tomboy
 * Tomboy with a Girly Streak - Despite her tomboyish bringing, she doesn't hesitate in admitting she
 * Unstoppable Rage - Due to her transformation into a Necromorph, she becomes relentless

Trivia

 * Marie Shintani, like the first, is compared to Mary Shepherd-Sunderland from Silent Hill, ranging from her similar appearance to her rather identical facial features.
 * Despite being in her early fifties, Marie looks youthful for her age. This is a hilarious mention to Koei's adaptation attractiveness to certain characters.
 * In Japanese, she's voiced by none other than Rie Takahashi, who's known as the voice of Emila from Re:Zero and Megumin from Konosuba.
 * Her name, Marie Shintani, is a nod to Mary Shepherd-Sunderland, also representing her being the only known fragment of Mary.
 * In English, she's voiced by Liliana Mumy, who's known as the voice of Beth Tezuka from Bravest Warriors, Leni Loud from The Loud House, and is known as Jessica Baker from Cheaper By the Dozen.
 * In her story, the save screen has her face, along with a shattered mirror background, with blood trickling down her face, indicating she's experiencing a lot of memory issues, with her being unsure of who she really is.
 * While she uses the Jian, like Cao Cao nd Sun Quan, she instead uses the Dao move-set, making her more akin to both Sima Zhao and Huang Zhong (The latter in the Remix).