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Images commissioned from the phenomenally talented SaintDri (Click for full size)
- MORE DETAIL as to how his armor stacks - His BLACKWATCH skin shows that the above image isn't quite accurate - his entire left arm is intact. - Internal organs largely cybernetic - Augmented reflexes/vision/hearing - Shell of right ear destroyed - Severely muted taste/smell - Food intake necessary - Sexual function impaired; testicles were destroyed - Cybernetic extremities have greater tolerance for heat/cold - His voice has a ROBOTIC OVERLAY - Feel free to PM ME if you have any questions.

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Relevant translations

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注意 ("ちゅうい", "caution") On his sword here.

武神 ("ぶしん", "god of war"). Title of Hachiman ( a Buddhist/Shinto god of archery/war, considered to be emblematic of the the Genji (Minamoto) clan )

「竜の吐息で魂も凍る。」 ("りゅうの　といきで　たましいも　こおる", "The dragon's deep breath freezes the soul.")

竜頭蛇尾 ("りゅうとうだび", "dragon's head, snake's tail"), idiom meaning "anticlimactic"

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big bro is sometimes helpful too

Headcanon

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- Genji hooked up with Overwatch prior to his "death" by Hanzo's hand. Hanzo was unaware, but the elders weren't, hence the pressure they put on Hanzo to complete the deed.

- Genji during his first runabout with Overwatch was ... not very well-adjusted. He didn't care to make friends, bared his fangs at everyone who tried, and saw his tenure with Overwatch as a necessity rather than something he truly believed in (they fixed him up, he owes them his service). He put in the work to take down the Shimada clan, and then he left.

- Later on, he has a warm if somewhat formal friendship with Mercy (there are times when he still calls her "Dr. Ziegler"), McCree (they seem to have a friendly rivalry thing going on), and Winston (to an extent, though Winston is noticeably awkward around him).

- The reason why I've kept the trunk of his body - when most people believe he has an entirely inorganic body - is because he says it himself. Ramen isn't "the same" anymore, meaning that he can still ingest it.

- Having a manual cooling system like steam vents on his shoulders likely means that most of his innards are cybernetic, however. I'm assuming there was some brain damage to his sensory cortex, thus affecting sensory input. Sight and hearing the cyberneticists was able to augment through technology, but taste, smell, and certain areas of touch sensitivity have been muted. He tends not to "fidget" as a result; his motor control has no subconscious aspect to it.

- It's difficult to summon his dragon without his sword as conduit. Possible, but difficult.