Shin Amon

Shin Amon (, Amon Shin) is a character and secret boss featured in Judgment and Yakuza: Like a Dragon, as well as a minor character in Lost Judgment. He is a member of the Amon Clan.
== Profile ==
=== Appearance ===
Shin, like many other Amon clan members, has a tall and muscular build. He shows considerable strength and fighting prowess. He wears a slicked-back undercut hairstyle with shaved sideburns, like Sango Amon in the original Yakuza 2. He appears to be young, as indicated by his voice and physical appearance. Shin's character model is used for Jo Amon in Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth for unknown reasons.
=== Attire ===
Like the other members of the Amon Clan, Shin has a black color scheme, wearing a carcoat style overcoat over a button-down black shirt, black leather oxfords, a black leather belt with a silver buckle, and silver frame black lensed aviator sunglasses.
=== Personality ===
Shin's personality is quite different to the rest of the Amon Clan. While he is prideful and somewhat arrogant, he is not malevolent at all, simply wishing to fight Yagami to prove himself as Kamurocho's strongest. He also speaks very differently to his clan, initially attempting to sound high and lofty like an Amon but eventually giving up and resorting to talking like an ordinary person.
He seems to indulge in convenience store food and leaves garbage everywhere in the Arakawa Family office, as seen when encountered in the True Final Millennium Tower.
== Involvement ==
=== Judgment: 2018 ===
Shin requests Takayuki Yagami to come to Little Asia, where then he asks him to duel. After Yagami reluctantly accepts, Shin teleports himself and Yagami to an arena that closely resembles the Coliseum. After the fight is over, he teleports himself and Yagami back to Little Asia. He leaves after telling Yagami he will return to defeat him.
=== Yakuza: Like a Dragon: 2019 ===
Shin appears at the top floor of the Millennium Tower dungeons, challenging Ichiban Kasuga and his party. The first time Kasuga reaches the top floor, he states their fight would be a test to see if Kasuga would be worthy of being the new legendary dragon that has told the Amon Clan about Kasuga.
Once Kasuga leaves after defeating him, Kazuma Kiryu appears. Shin asks if Kiryu wants to pass his legacy on to Kasuga, but Kiryu declines, saying that Kasuga should be free to make his own path, and that he would be satisfied if he made the most out of an honest life. Shin decides that he's right.
=== Lost Judgment: 2021 ===
Shin requests Yagami to come to Hamakita Park, where then he asks Yagami for a duel again after 3 years. However, Shin's older twin brother, Juzo Amon, appears and knocks Shin out before his fight with Yagami begins.
After Yagami successfully defeats Juzo, Shin praises Yagami for successfully defeating his older twin brother and suggests that the two of them should go out drinking together sometime.
== Fighting Style ==
=== Judgment ===
* In his first phase, Shin uses Matsuhisa Koga's version of Andre Richardson's moveset but significantly faster and without juggling. During this phase and this phase only, Shin will attempt to steal Yagami's phone by doing an unshakeable grab, which will prevent the game from being paused, and will disable usage of non-shortcut items.
* Shin's second phase begins at around 5 bars and the ring will change to a blue color scheme. He will switch to dual photon swords and use Hayashi's kali stick moveset from Yakuza Kiwami 2. Every time he attacks blue rings will be created by his swords which briefly float in the air before homing in on Yagami's position. If the player is in Crane Style, these rings will be harmless and refill the EX meter and bits of health. However, if in Tiger Style these rings will be deadly explosive projectiles that deal massive damage and throw Yagami around. His Deadly Attack is to charge forward with a cartwheel attack using his swords. This Deadly Attack is also used by Cane Man.
** At a certain point, Shin will switch to his second style where he uses a pair of energy nunchakus while using Yagami's own nunchaku moveset. Very similar to Yagami's Tiger Style this phase consists of multiple rapid guard breaking attacks. Just like the previous style, Amon can create energy projectiles with the same properties as the Crane energy projectiles. This style does not have a Deadly Attack.
* His final phase starts when he is down to 2 health bars. It is during this phase Shin gains a shield that greatly reduces the damage he receives from all attacks. This shield can be removed by attacking Shin with a Tiger Drop or heavy Wall Jump attack while using the style that does not match the color of the arena (it is highly recommended to be in EX Boost for this). He can also switch between either style at any moment and also has increased attack speed with both.
*Shin takes greatly reduced damage from the DLC Extracts (Energy Ball, Energy Explosion, Heavenstrike, Instant Kill) and is completely immune to the burning and electrocution effect from Fire Element Extract and Lightning Element Extract respectively.
=== Yakuza: Like a Dragon ===
With the switch to turn-based combat, Shin's mechanics have changed as well. He uses the same phases and styles as Kiryu. He starts with the Dragon Engine Dragon Style (Yakuza 6/Kiwami 2), switches to Rush Style, next to the Beast Style, and lastly the Dragon of Dojima Style (Yakuza 5/Yakuza 0/Yakuza Kiwami). He also has a variety of skill attacks borrowed from enemies and party members alike.
Shin is not weak to any element and resists Electric, Water, and Fire magic. However, he lacks any physical resistance to Blunt, Blade, and Gun attacks, taking normal damage from them. He is also immune to being inflicted status effects.
* With his first phase he will use the Yakuza 6/Kiwami 2 Dragon Style. Mostly he will perform basic attacks, but he may also use a Hasty Shotgun skill, Fulminating Forecast, or Nanba's Pyro Breath.
* Upon reaching approximately 3/4 of his remaining life bar, Shin will switch to Rush Style with an evasion buff. He gains a different set of skill actions including Joongi Han's Divine Shot and a drone swarm. He also gains Sweet Delusion which may put party members to sleep. Shin will usually evade and counter physical attacks in this phase.
* When his life bar reaches approximately 1/2, Shin will switch to Beast Style with a small defense buff. In this phase, he is immune to being grabbed and knockdowns from any attack including skill actions. He gains Beast Throw and Megaton Throw.
* In the True Final Millennium Tower, during his Beast Style phase (and rarely during Rush Style), Shin will summon Thought Entity versions of Kiryu, Majima, and Saejima to aid him in combat. They all fight as they normally would, with Kiryu being the strongest of them and using his four styles. At a certain health point, they gain the ability to use their Poundmate's attack against the party on any of their turns thereafter. Thought Entity Majima is unable to use Doppelganger and the Thought Entity Saejima is unable to use Blade Kill, though all their other attacks and skills remain the same (although they deal slightly less damage compared to their earlier fights in the dungeon).
* Shin will then switch to his last phase and style at roughly 1/4 of his life bar remaining. Upon entering this phase, Shin will immediately use Malicious Grin from Reiji Ishioda, which will inflict the Fear status effect on all party members and increase his attack and resistance to status effects. On his next turn, he will use the Essence Of Orbital Laser which deals massive damage to the entire party with a chance to paralyze. As with Beast style, he cannot be knocked down and will Tiger Drop or Komaki Knockback physical attacks, and in the case of ranged attacks he may dodge them. Unlike Kiryu, Shin does not use Dragon's Gaze. He also gains two attacks that have a chance to instantly kill any party member. Fatal Touch which is a grab that targets one party member, and Effigy of Demise which targets the entire party. Perfect guarding does not prevent the chance of instant kills from being triggered.
== Trivia ==
* Shin is the only secret boss who has appeared in both a spin-off Yakuza title and a mainline Yakuza title.
* In the original PS4 version of Judgment, Shin's animations create graphical effects that tend to slow down the game, making the fight much harder. This slowdown is severely reduced in Judgment Remastered due to the PS5 and Xbox Series' improved hardware, and is only replicable on the PC version with low-end hardware and/or extremely high settings.
== Gallery ==
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LJ - Headshot - Shin Amon.jpg|Shin's headshot
File:Shin eating.png|Shin eating dinner in the Arakawa Family office
File:Shin looking at Juzo.png
File:Shin scratching his head.png|Shin telling Yagami to "lighten up" after defeating Juzo
== Notes ==
== References ==
Category:Amon Clan
Category:Judgment Characters
Category:Judgment Bosses
Category:Judgment Side Case Characters
Category:Yakuza: Like a Dragon Characters
Category:Yakuza: Like a Dragon Bosses
Category:Yakuza: Like a Dragon Substory Characters
Category:Lost Judgment Characters