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Genji Shimada

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“Perhaps I am a fool to think there is still hope for you, but I do. Think on that, brother.”

Is there anything cooler than a ninja? Well, a cyborg ninja will certainly do it, and Genji is cool based on visual design alone. He may look like Raiden gained a suit of power armor and some Xbox lights, but he’s definitely one of the coolest characters.

Genji is the younger brother of Hanzo, and both of them lived lives of luxury as sons in the Shimada ninja clan. As the youngest kid in the family, he couldn’t give a damn about the family business and became a playboy, Tony Stark style. This didn’t sit well with the other members of the family, and after a heated conversation, Hanzo ended up putting his brother on the verge of death. Thankfully, Mercy was able to save Genji and cyberize him in exchange for being an asset for Overwatch and stopping his family’s operations. It was something he was very happy in taking part of.

Even though his cyborg body enhanced his already impressive abilities, Genji still hated himself and his condition. Once his family’s empire crumbled, he left the organization that made him and traveled the world to find himself. Eventually, he met up with the Omnic monk Zenyatta, who helped the younger Shimada become more at peace with his life as man and machine, even to the point where he’s forgiven his brother for putting him in this position.


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