Shredder's Motivations

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A lot of the Shredder's motivations appear to based on atrocities that *he* personally believes have been committed against him. While the real intention was not meant to be malicious in any way.

All we truly know about Oroku Saki is that he was a foundling child when the Hamato Clan destroyed the Foot Clan. Hamato Yuta...Splinter's father finds the infant Saki and raises him as his own son.

Saki and Yoshi grow up a brothers and close friends until they meet Tang Shen. Saki had some relationship with Tang Shen, but something he does causes her to reject him and marry with Yoshi instead.

As he does say "Tang Shen, please take me back. I am no longer the man you once knew."

However Tang Shen still chooses to remain with Hamato Yoshi. Saki gets into a fight with his former adoptive brother. Tang Shen tries to stop them by getting between them and dies by Oroku Saki's hand.


While all we have are fan theories and headcannon as to what could have possibly happened for much of this. There is still the issue of Saki's heal faced turn which seems to come out of nowhere.

However from the sound of things for the Tales of the Yokai story. There were some things cut out for time and others that were cut for simply being too dark.

One thing that was being implied was Hamato Yuta had an illness and was dying of said illness. Perhaps one of these cut scenes could have been Saki being called to Hamato Yuta's side and informed him of the truth of his origin. Even if was simply so he could pass on with no regrets.