Blue Eye Samurai 1x5 Reaction | The Tale of the Ronin and the Bride

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@pitt7992 6 ай бұрын

I really love how mizu is both the ronin and the bride in this story.

@Hohum37 6 ай бұрын

Agreed. I think many people miss this... some think she is the Ronin all the way through, some miss that it's the Bride in the story that is reborn as an Onyru. I can't decide if she's supposed to be the Ronin at the start, and the Bride at the end, or the Bride all the way through.

@-just-so- 6 ай бұрын

@@Hohum37 I think Mizu is definitely meant to be both the ronin and the bride. So much of Mizu's character is about duality - white and Japanese, masculine and feminine, warrior and wife, ronin and bride - and about hiding or rejecting parts of those identities. Fantasizing about killing their own whiteness; concealing their womanhood while seeking revenge; then concealing their warrior nature while with Mikio, only for it all to come crashing down as soon as Mizu tries to synthesize those aspects and be fully, authentically themself. I think - or at least I hope - their arc will be about being able to accept and integrate all those aspects of themself and being okay with being... both. Neither. Something inbetween. Just Mizu.

@Hohum37 6 ай бұрын

@@-just-so- I agree on all points. The creators have mapped out (but not written in detail) four seasons to complete the story - so there is hope.

@Saphthings 5 ай бұрын

I think in a much smaller way, so is Akemi. So they did a very cool complex parallel and story. Akemi started as The Bride, and is slowly becoming a Ronin, taking charge, fighting back, under no one. I haven't seen the next episodes yet, but I'm hoping Akemi also grows into more than just The Bride.

@morlock2012 Ай бұрын

I wonder whether the husband taming horses is also meant to be part of that metaphor. Given the trick is to tame them enough to be rideable, but not break them so far that they lose their spirit, or have them turn on you. Not too different to what Mizu and Akemi have to do to the parts of themselves that don't fit into the standard roles their society is built around.

@patrickwaldeck6681 6 ай бұрын

The reveal of turning the sword into a Naginata with her weights is so incredible.

@funnylilgalreacts 6 ай бұрын

It was stunning

@dapeach06 6 ай бұрын

@funnylilgalreacts it's also laced with meaning, because naginata is considered a "woman's weapon", it was used by women to defend themselves when their husbands/male relatives were off fighting

@patrickwaldeck6681 6 ай бұрын

@dapeach06 Yes, one of the things that often gets overlooked is that women were also considered defenders of the home when the men were away, and many were trained in the use of the Naginata. One of the interesting pieces of the Last Samurai story is that during many of the battles of the Satsuma rebellions, the wives of Samurai would often furiously charge lines of Imperial soldiers after their husbands were killed in combat.

@scottbull7378 6 ай бұрын

Additionally, in ep1 they show us her mark which Taigen later mistakes for Master Eigi's blade, so she also achieved Master Smith skill. Explains how she would be skilled enough to construct that set up. Just really good story telling imho.

@michaelaschmidt2066 6 ай бұрын

I know right!! I rarely have emotional reactions to shows, but my mouth dropped open at that scene!! 😭

@mattrangel2050 6 ай бұрын

For those who ask "Why is Mizu so hell bent on revenge?" "Why can't she just open herself up to those close to her and choose happiness?" "Why can't she see how wonderful and beautiful she is?" This episode is why

@patrickwaldeck6681 6 ай бұрын

Exactly, she turned into a true demon that day and is now so consumed by it that she couldn't stop herself even if she wanted.

@mranima748 6 ай бұрын

She knew that she could never be at peace as a white woman in Japan, so she set out to kill all the white men, the men who made her life that way

@nugget3687 6 ай бұрын

This episode really gives us the full context of why mizu is the way she is. She isn't just pretending to be a man to give her an advantage in her quest, but because the last time she was ever vulnerable about who she was, she was betrayed, we finally know why she will never let herself be vulnerable again

@3Kings_Industries 6 ай бұрын

Hehe, you know, we had the same.thoufht in Ep.1. Whose to say this isn't just another piece of her puzzle. We still don't know every detail about her interaction w/ Violet, the first of the white traders.

@antimaxik 6 ай бұрын

Also, women that time didn't have much freedom and access to the places men had (like we saw in the first episode at the city gate), so she pretends to be a man to have access to some places and not to draw much attention.

@nugget3687 6 ай бұрын

@@antimaxik I including that comment, at the beginning lol. "She isn't just pretending to be a man to give her an advantage in her quest"

@antimaxik 6 ай бұрын

@@nugget3687 you're right

@thrasherthetic 6 ай бұрын

Every time this show has the chance to take the easy way out, leave someone as an undeveloped trope or leave some fridge-logic element unaddressed, it does something like this. We didn't HAVE to see that whole backstory dump. We didn't need to know Mizu as anything other than a badass avatar of vengeance and this still would have been a decent, entertaining show. Its this kind of detail that takes it next level.

@Neithie 6 ай бұрын

Also the way Akemi basically ordered Mizu to go kill the guards on her behalf... shows Akemi still saw Mizu as a monster and a weapon to use rather than a person, unlike Taigen who had realized he'd been wrong there.

@BGTitanAvatar 6 ай бұрын

Akemi having black teeth at the end is such a gut punch. One last one to cap off an episode full of gut punches.

@3Kings_Industries 6 ай бұрын

Oooh, how it just ends on her statement, and the focus on her teeth. This show has so many awesome camera shots !!!

@Res_ER 6 ай бұрын

I literally gasp! When I saw that.

@Raving 6 ай бұрын

Not even a boxing match between two Mexican fighters has that many body blows.

@bcross9109 6 ай бұрын

lmao how did i miss this??

@jwoellhof 6 ай бұрын

I think Ringo is smart enough to reflect on the darkness he felt after one kill, do the math and approximate the pitch black that Mizu must be in.

@xellosmakuzo2586 6 ай бұрын

Like her teeth

@mcblackmagic6937 6 ай бұрын

killing the young boy at the end really shows that she learned from her mistake lol

@pspublic13 6 ай бұрын

@@lilunette9319 Conversely she learnt the wrong lessons and descended further into darkness.

@johannacaulfield7840 6 ай бұрын

Akemi: Get 'em!" Mizu: I'm currently bleeding out, and you tried to kill me a couple hours ago, so... nah.

@jasonwinterboer5232 6 ай бұрын

14:38 I think Mizu fakes not knowing how to throw a knife here. I think she decides in this moment that she wants to appear more feminine to her husband.

@lockekappa500 6 ай бұрын

Yeah she states she figured that out later on.

@DarkRaven4649 5 ай бұрын

I personally like to think throwing knives is the one thing he *did* teach her, adding some dramatic irony to how she kills him later on.

@daubingblue5914 5 ай бұрын

@@DarkRaven4649 She definitely faked that cuz she was so good at using swords already before she met Mikio. She learned most of it from the customers of her famous Swordfather, who were probably great masters. Mikio did teach Mizu how to ride a horse, and maybe also Naginata, and how this 'old-fashioned' weapon is great when you're outnumbered.

@alexo_pog 3 ай бұрын

@@daubingblue5914being good at sword combat does not translate to being good at throwing knives they throw them at the tree throughout multiple months as shown which gave her mastery over that technique did not teach her naginata though, as they fought only once, BUT what was important was his words about how the naginata is effective against multiple enemies at once, she took that and used it both when the guys on horses pulled up and when the Claws surrounded her

@lockekappa500 6 ай бұрын

Mizu's tear smeared makeup is probably one of my favorite visuals in a long time.

@Mr.Maryland_ 6 ай бұрын

Best episode this season. A couple of things I want to point out .. "Mizu" translates to "water", so that her mother spells it out is nice. The cloak that Mizu wears was Mikio's so she 'collects' these things from those people that she's had meaningful relationships - she wears Taigen's neckerchief now, Mikio's cloak .. I don't know if she has anything from Sword father but she basically grew up under him.

@Mr.Maryland_ 6 ай бұрын

@@lilunette9319 Good point!

@chance757 6 ай бұрын

and now ringo’s bell 🥺

@davidbodor1762 3 ай бұрын

I'd say her sword is kinda from Sword father.

@SoloRenegade 6 ай бұрын

I don't know if you've noticed, but pretty much all the kitchen knives in the show were made by Mizu when she was a child. She keeps encountering swords and knives of her own creation.

@jsimms4292 5 ай бұрын

Wow!

@frikkinpenguin Ай бұрын

It’s also why before attacking Hachi the Flesh-Trader in the very first episode, Mizu says „You don’t even deserve this blade“. Because it’s hers.

@SoloRenegade Ай бұрын

@@frikkinpenguin yup!

@soulstealer29a 6 ай бұрын

The train going into the tunnel was hilarious.

@arandomnamegoeshere 6 ай бұрын

That was some Hitchcock level editing there.

@ryanalexander8513 6 ай бұрын

The fallout of her marriage is such a great tragedy. I remember watching them sparring the first time and talking to the TV, "no, not so fast, gotta ease him into this a bit." Also great that they never tells us, or Mizu what happened, could have been her husband, her mother, maybe neither, just leaves her feeling bitter and betrayed.

@McBeelzebub 6 ай бұрын

I think they do tell us. Okay so here’s my take. I say the mom betrayed her. She saw their fallout, figured the marriage, and her meal ticket, was over, so sold Mizu out for one last cash grab. And as is pointed out she’s suddenly smoking again, something she shouldn’t have been able to afford. I think Mikio fleeing the fight was simple cowardice and it’s even in his backstory. He’s in disgrace already for being unreliable.

@arandomnamegoeshere 6 ай бұрын

@@McBeelzebub good points. Counter. The mother was already managing to afford "medicine" by selling herself before Mizu showed up. She claimed that this is what she did again. Possible. Mikio fleeing could be because fighting these soldiers would be taking arms against the Lord that he's been trying to ingratiate. So he fled but then had a change of heart. Did he kill the mother to quieten her or because she betrayed the love he realized he held above all else in life? It's natural to try an puzzle this out. But I don't think we're supposed to. The point is that we're shown again and again how Mizu is betrayed. How when faced with difficult choices, she will chose to wash complexity away with blood if it clears her path towards a singular goal - revenge. Ringo is right. This isn't about honor. It's about something darker. A darkness where Mizu treads.

@Hohum37 6 ай бұрын

@@McBeelzebub I think that's valid. However, her mother did say she was selling herself on the bridge again, to afford her "medicine". Mizu isn't very picky about her revenge though, she's clearly done with both of them - if the mother had stabbed the husband instead, I expect she would have got Mizu's blade in her head.

@Mr.Maryland_ 6 ай бұрын

I think the mother sold her out, but Mikio gave Mizu's horse to the Lord - the horse that he already gave to Mizu. And Mikio abandoned Mizu during her fight. Both acts of betrayal.

@McBeelzebub 6 ай бұрын

Solid points. I guess it is left ultimately ambiguous although as Maryland points out, there’s plenty of betrayal to go around. Seeing that look of unbridled hope and adoration on Mizu’s face when she sees Mikio arrive at the fight was beyond heartbreaking.

@Steve_Hickman 6 ай бұрын

Seeing the indifference on Mizu's face when her husband and mother were making the accusations about who betrayed her, she was beyond caring at this point. It felt like after that moment, Mizu became hardened against the thought of making herself vulnerable like that again.

@chalupa5777 6 ай бұрын

the reveal of Akemi at the end with blackened teeth literally sent shivers up my spine when I first watched it. The storytelling in this show is SO DAMN GOOD

@heikira438 6 ай бұрын

Mizu is a monster, but was VERY much created. She wasn't born that way. She was treated as a monster for her whole life until she became the thing that the people thought she was.

@Sematimore 6 ай бұрын

The Bunraku play woven into the different timelines was such an amazing storytelling device. Easily the most creative TV I've seen in years, and a high point of the show this season.

@ilovemybabyblues 6 ай бұрын

33:50 The most interesting part about her turning her sword into a naginata for me (besides being cool af), was that it shows how she still uses things she learned from Mikio. Before they spar together, he tells her, “A bit old-fashioned, but no better weapon when outnumbered in battle.” She’s clearly outnumbered here fighting Hamata’s men, and is able to get the advantage using a weapon he taught her about 🥲 Also, something I didn’t notice until I rewatched the series, the cape/cloak Mizu wears in earlier episodes is the same one Mikio is wearing when we’re introduced to his character for the first time! ❤

@christinamz1944 6 ай бұрын

I personally think the mother abandoned Mizu after the fire so she wouldn't have to take responsibility of taking care of her and having to live in isolation. And when they reunited, the mother just played it off as one big, hard life lesson. And Mizu swore vengeance with her mother in mind because she thought she was killed. I also think that both her and Mizu's husband were in on the plan to get rid of her. Then when that plan didn't work, they turned around and played the victim cards and blamed one another. Mizu was manipulated hard by two people that were suppose to have her back. It snapped her back to the path of vengeance. Remembering that trauma, I can't blame her for feeling like she's sparing Akemi from the harsh life of being a women during these times.

@yolandacroes5491 6 ай бұрын

She wasn’t her mother but the nurse. Who Mizu’s real mother is is at this point a mystery. That doesn’t make the betrayal less painful though.

@Raving 6 ай бұрын

This ranks up there with some of the best episodes of television ever made. The "Where the Buses Don't Run" episode of Miami Vice, the "Ozzymandias" episode of Breaking Bad and the Rifleman's "Two Ounces of Tin." The story. The visuals. The editing. This is truly a masterpiece.

@hitman036 6 ай бұрын

This has to be the first time that Miami Vice, Breaking Bad, and The Rifleman have been mentioned the same sentence.

@road_king_dude 6 ай бұрын

Haha I was thinking the same thing

@Vergil99628 6 ай бұрын

I love how you discuss the show both before and after watching the episodes as apposed to just saying good bye and turning the camera off once the episode is done. It shows that you're paying attention and care to talk about the aspects you enjoy and gives viewers your personal perspective and feel like we gain something from your insight and not just the immediate reaction. Can't wait for you to watch the next episode!

@Hohum37 6 ай бұрын

I completely agree - it adds so much.

@arandomnamegoeshere 6 ай бұрын

I appreciate the desire to discuss even though it risks dings by the algorithm. ;)

@lostinalbion4223 6 ай бұрын

Such a heartbreaking episode. This show is TOO GOOD.

@jadondavid8272 6 ай бұрын

Love this episode! Love how the ronin and the bride both represent Mizu

@jasonmarbach 6 ай бұрын

For me, the finest ep of TV since ep 3 of Last Of Us or ep 3 of Arcane. Really incredible stuff.

@MrDWinter 6 ай бұрын

I really love everything about this episode: the puppet show, Mizu destroying the Claws, the beautiful (and unexpected) story of her tragic marriage. the whole series is just brilliant, but for me this episode is at a whole other level.

@MrDWinter 6 ай бұрын

and Mizu turning her katana into a naginata; *chef's kiss* PERFECTION

@Well...Darn. 6 ай бұрын

I was glad that Mizu herself acknowledged that she is not samurai. And not because she's female (While there were female warriors, they were known by a different word). Even if Mizu was a man, samurai is more of a "title" than just a dude with a sword. Sort of like, legally, I could carry in my state. That would not make me a police officer.

@artiemedley9369 6 ай бұрын

The beauty in your reaction to her "finding love", is very understated. After all those years of having believed that boys/men would only abuse/kill her simply because of her eyes...she didn't "find" love, she gradually broke the shackles on her mind, heart, body, and soul in finding that there was a man that wasn't evil. She DID kiss him. That wasn't love, that was elation and joy. The Onryo story and how it directly correlates to Mizu is so well done, and Akemi's affirmation is the icing on the cake. And, the guard told Mizu that her mom couldn't resist the bounty. Her mom was the one that turned her in. Her husband took away her horse because he was shamed (in his mind) and it was a wound to his masculinity that would never heal.

@McBeelzebub 6 ай бұрын

One of my absolute favorite storytelling devices is theatrics within theatrics, the dumb show, the puppet theater, and this episode does it so well. It’s also my favorite episode for every other reason.

@zacretzer 6 ай бұрын

Been waiting since you dropped the very first episode to see you react to this one!!! Such an incredible episode of television and one of the best of 2023.

@Neithie 6 ай бұрын

I don't think Mizu could fight anymore even if she did want to help... she was drained physically and emotionally. I mean she had to mercy kill a girl she didn't want to only to have to fight anyway.... she would be a literal wreck. Plus the physical toll from the fight.

@operative2136 6 ай бұрын

This episode delivers on both the dramatic and action fronts. The use of the Onryo puppet superimposed with Mizu's eyes during the fight scene with the bounty hunters legitimately sent a shiver down my spine. Then you have that overhead "camera" shot of her hallway fight which was *chef's kiss*.

@briandalke5946 6 ай бұрын

Personally think it was the "mother" who sold out Mizu. She was nothing more than a meal ticket for her and the reappearance of the drugs was rather timely. The husband has a coward, having conflicting feelings due to Mizu going hardcore mode on him even when he asked her to backdown.

@aryblack 6 ай бұрын

Yeah I also think it was the mother. She was waiting and she was not scared when the men came to kill Mizu.

@IloveElsaofArendelle 6 ай бұрын

The answer who did it isn't important, the betrayal of the closest person in her life pushed her to be an onryō

@aryblack 6 ай бұрын

@@IloveElsaofArendelle no, of course it does not matter at the end. but I still think it was the mother.

@aryblack 6 ай бұрын

This was my favourite episode of the whole season, because of the backstory. Mizu trusted, and she had her heart broken.

@urborg74 6 ай бұрын

Lol, the train threw me off so bad for a second. Well played. This series had me second guessing more than anything I've watched in recent memory...so many unexpected turns and twists.

@mranima748 6 ай бұрын

I was like “there are no trains at this… oh, they fucking”

@brandonbiondo9208 6 ай бұрын

21:45 she learned fast from the child that turned her in not to show mercy even on the innocent. She truly is a demon at this point in the story arc.

@skittslol1407 Ай бұрын

I love how the value of life to each character is shown. To Mizu, a hostile life is better off dead. Ringo views all life as precious. Akemi, she kills without regret when threatened.

@MT-si3bu 6 ай бұрын

This show surprised the hell out of me !!! It’s freaking amazing!

@glowteehee6579 6 ай бұрын

I think the point was that you can never know who informed the guards, because it doesn't matter.

@thel1195 6 ай бұрын

I hope no one comes for my head. I don't think her husband called her a monster to be hurtful. I think he was genuinely caught off guard by her prowess with the sword. Coupled with the fact that she held a sword to his throat, then wanted to get frisky. Unexpected to say the least. What is inexcusable is riding back the house, seeing her in trouble and then leaving. That was just cold.

@aryblack 6 ай бұрын

He was terrified (and possibly emasculated) and he lashed out on her. But yes, he saw her in trouble, left, and then came with a sword "to help". Where was that sword? The house was right there.

@Hohum37 6 ай бұрын

As others have mentioned in other comments - perhaps his loss of station was due to cowardice. Is it inexcusable to be afraid? Did he come back because he overcame his fear, or to get a reward? I like writing like this - don't spoon feed the audience, give them information, but let them try and figure it out, and spark conversation.

@IloveElsaofArendelle 6 ай бұрын

And his honor taken by Mizu, she opened the top knot of Mikio with the sheath of the Naginata

@Hohum37 6 ай бұрын

@@IloveElsaofArendelle Maybe? He doesn't do anything to suggest he even knows that happened, as far as I can see.

@codyhughes1147 6 ай бұрын

@@aryblack absolutely emasculated to the highest degree haha.

@WrathOfGrapesN7 6 ай бұрын

Mizu didn't get her glasses off Mikio, but she did get her cloak off him. And I think that he called her a monster because of how much she enjoyed the fight. Plus it's true what she said, she's not a samurai, she is actually a ronin.

@Hohum37 6 ай бұрын

Although the terms are used rather loosely, and varied somewhat in their meaning throughout history, Mizu isn't what is usually considered a Samurai or a Ronin. Samurai are warriors of the noble class. Ronin are Samurai who have lost their lord. Mizu fits the description of a warrior - Bushi.

@WrathOfGrapesN7 6 ай бұрын

@@Hohum37 it's my understanding that a ronin is a vagrant samurai without a master, whereas a bushi is just another name for a samurai (though I'm no expert).

@Hohum37 6 ай бұрын

@@WrathOfGrapesN7 The distinction is, I think, that: Bushi means warrior generically, while Samurai means warrior of nobility. So, all Samurai are Bushi, not all Bushi are Samurai. (Like western Knights as opposed to warriors) It's not wildly important to the series, currently, anyway.

@troikas3353 6 ай бұрын

@@WrathOfGrapesN7 Samurai were a specific social class within the stratified societal hierarchy of Japanese society in this era. Ronin were Samurai that either lost the Lord they served or were cast out in disgrace by them. Mizu was never a Samurai in the real sense. Though the show is also playing with the colloquial notion of "Samurai" as a romantic term for an honorable warrior, but she isn't that either as she knows there is nothing honorable about the path she's currently walking. It's why Mizu's rejected the term every time Ringo's tried to use it.

@traydevon 6 ай бұрын

14:03 “Go fast. TOO FAST! You’re going too fast!” That’s what she said. 😅

@ClanMcDuck 6 ай бұрын

One of the best episodes of the series. The bunraku puppet show mixed with the flashbacks and the current day fight was amazingly done.

@late_night_club7217 2 ай бұрын

21:18 the wilhelm scream transends time and space to join us once again lmao

@3Kings_Industries 6 ай бұрын

It was my interpretation, that the play does not represent any given person , or Miku herself. Rather, both the Ronin and the Bride represent seperate aspects of Mizu's life journey thus far. The Ronin side obviously her quest for vengeance that she initiated in her youth, once she thought her mother died in the hut fire. The Bride representing returning to a semblence of a 'normal' life w/ her resurrected mother, even if its a life chosen by someone else toward her supposed benefit. Persoanlly, i loved the similarity of Ringo returning the bell, a symbol of his relationship with Mizu, similar to Miku 'returning' the very dagger Mikeo once taught her to cut apples off the tree. As for the Nagata, Mikeo stated, "no better weapon when outnumbered". The parallels in this episode go deep and spread across multiple leads. Its brilliantly done. And, using the play as the medium for the viewer to interpolate actions, while sumultaneously prepare us for the Mikeo's betrayal. I dont want to spoil anything, but in a couple episode we'll have to revisit the character growth of mostly all the main characters, but especially Mizu. Im reminded of the message from finale of season 1 of Korra: tLA.

@SaraBearRawr0312 6 ай бұрын

There is some symbolism in the moment that Mizu turned her katana into a polearm or naginata: Traditionally while polearm weapons have been used by all sorts, in Japanese warfare the naginata was the common weapon of choice for Onna-musha which were female warriors that fought alongside samurai. This has given the weapon a common connection to feminine warriors in japanese martial arts and swordplay. The story flashing back to Mizus time attempting to be at her most feminine while also being the moment when she becomes her most fearful self is symbolized by her taking up a naginata as her weapon, embodying that rage and violence from that point in her past.

@SaraBearRawr0312 6 ай бұрын

@@jachyra9 My mistake, I should have mentioned the facet of the home-protection aspect. To be fair, and to further your point actually, the entire mythos surrounding japanese warrior culture such as samurai has been highly romanticized so it would make sense that other elements of that aspect such as the bushi would also be twisted somewhat.

@Naija_Ninja 19 күн бұрын

Mikio is the biggest walking L in the history of television. Bro had literal perfection in his hands and just said "fuck that imma be a dickhead instead"

@gaflene 6 ай бұрын

Mizu: I am nobody's wife Me: I'll be your wife 😭😭😭😭😭

@sansastark4040 4 ай бұрын

listen mizu is amazing! like damn babe you are handy with that blade and good for you darling.

@Fenris2000 6 ай бұрын

F in chat to all the people who ask to see the real you, then recoil when they realize you might eclipse them.

@Lagartofero 6 ай бұрын

This show is 2023's sleeper hit

@zelurstak 6 ай бұрын

Even though you didn't recognize Byron Mann's name, you've seen him at least on the Expanse, where he portrayed Admiral Nguyen (Errinwright's "right hand man" in the Fleet on seasons 2&3).

@iantan7325 6 ай бұрын

The puppetry form is called Bunraku. Also, It is no coincidence that the writers incorporated past present and 3rd person story telling because that is something that happens in the Bunrarku art form as well, though much more stylised of course. but each thread is begun and converge as the stories unfold, eventually meeting the end collectively, closing a chapter. I couldn't imagine that concept applied so well to something created by western artists for mainstream TV, but here it is: Jo Ha Kyu. Awesome series.

@michaelaschmidt2066 6 ай бұрын

I was keeping an eye out for your reaction to this episode! I love your predictions and emotions to what is happening! Can't wait for the next one!

@tofton1977 6 ай бұрын

The scene where Mizu's mother say she would be like water, impossible to catch... "Mizu" means "water" in Japanese.

@migueloharaslefthand 6 ай бұрын

I HAVE WAITED FOR THIS ALL DAY

@ashtingreene8725 5 ай бұрын

I think the narrative is kinda saying that it doesn't matter to Mizu who betrayed her. They both showed their true colors and she was done.

@SoloRenegade 6 ай бұрын

she broke the pottery to attract the enemy to her.

@caterina2290 6 ай бұрын

16:13 THE TRAIN HAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHHAHAHA

@harryhewitt2794 6 ай бұрын

Thank goodness you picked this back up - more soon pls!

@Saphthings 5 ай бұрын

I think I can confidently say that this was the first time in my life that I was so intrigued by both the story A and the story B, the present and the past, that every time I went, "No wait damn continue that... but wait... yes tell me more about this". I couldn't pick which I wanted to see more lol. Usually in shows I'll be like, "Ugh... this plot again, go back to the cool one!"

@Sondog600 6 ай бұрын

God, I hope they keep the same vibe in Season 2.

@Mooniewoonie-ru6su 6 ай бұрын

Ep 5 is BY FAR my favourite episode. The fight scenes were so incredible and the backstory was such a nice touch to the story, it gave so much depth to mizu’s character.

@Hohum37 6 ай бұрын

I think there is a tendency to regard Mizu as a hero, and that all she does is right or justified. I think she is a wonderful character, but she doesn't just do *questionable* things - she murders a young woman in order to facilitate her vengeance, she kills the young man outside that she had spared earlier - he was still no threat. She (probably) kills her husband when it's unclear if he betrayed her or not. Her vengeance against the four white men isn't picky either - only one of them can be her father, but she's going to kill all of them just to be sure. She's very flawed.. and we see why, and how badly. I think we want her to be a real hero because we hope that is within her, or perhaps, at least, redemption.

@Hohum37 6 ай бұрын

@@jachyra9 I agree. I was more commenting on the audience poorly justifying a flawed hero's bad actions as good, perhaps because they can't accept that the hero has flaws.

@julieflick5636 6 ай бұрын

Great reaction to this episode. Btw Love the shirt! Dark side of the Moon was fitting for this one!

@millieboon 6 ай бұрын

I love the score in this , so beautiful

@internaut4257 6 ай бұрын

the guy who voiced mikio was the same dude that played nguyen in the expanse, I kinda hoped you would recognize the voice :p

@xellosmakuzo2586 6 ай бұрын

This episode is as beautiful as it is heartbreaking, I never had to ask why she was so hellbent on revenge but when I saw this episode…I got answers to questions I never had. Mizu lives up to her name, she is fluid in her fighting style.

@destro6971 6 ай бұрын

I always like it when Random Cannon Fodder Dude #27 gets in a lucky shot

@thefearmakerlive 6 ай бұрын

I don't know if you recognized it, but the voice actor for Mizu 's husband, is the actor Byron Mann who played Admiral Nguyen, who shot Admiral Souther, launched the hybrids to Mars from Mao's research base where the kids were being kept, was working with Errinwright, and died as the Agatha King exploded, in the middle of Season 3, of The Expanse.

@deanwilliams433 6 ай бұрын

lol think about a random spoiler in a completely different show

@thefearmakerlive 6 ай бұрын

@@deanwilliams433 she's watched The Expanse on this channel. So that's why I referenced it. If you haven't watched The Expanse, you have no idea what I'm talking about.

@deanwilliams433 6 ай бұрын

I watched it and you still spoiled it for no reason to new viewers. Why not leave it as "I don't know if you recognized it, but the voice actor for Mizu 's husband, is the actor Byron Mann who played Admiral Nguyen"@@thefearmakerlive

@thefearmakerlive 6 ай бұрын

@@deanwilliams433 because if you haven't watched The Expanse, you have no idea who any of those characters are. So it's not spoiling anything. And I expanded on who exactly the character was, just in case she didn't specifically remember who Nguyen was. So that's why I wrote what I wrote.

@ArchieBC 5 ай бұрын

I feel this is the most brilliant episode of the season.

@NathanJasper 5 ай бұрын

Mizu's "I know kung fu" moment turned out very differently

@loot5532 6 ай бұрын

THE. TRAAAIIN?! Lmaoo your edits are top notch sir

@kerouac.jackson 6 ай бұрын

It's horrible that Mizu was betrayed by her husband and mother, but mostly because she was genuinely happy during part of her marriage. And if she could have held back her fighting skills and been able to become something closer to a traditional wife, she might still be happy because the path of revenge isn't doing that for her. I think that's why she says that Akemi is better off going back to her father to be married at the end. It's because she acknowledges that she might have been happier choosing a quiet, married life instead. The betrayal only hurt as much as it did because her own forced marriage had made her genuinely happy for a time, however briefly.

@Sweet_Venom0027 6 ай бұрын

Her fighting was a big part of her, her husband was just so intimidated by it. I'm not certain that he was part of those guys coming to the house, but he definitely ran when she needed him. She deserves better in a comrade/partner.

@Hohum37 6 ай бұрын

I hadn't considered the brief happiness Mizu had from an arranged marriage might have been why she let them take Akemi. That's an interesting thought.

@kerouac.jackson 6 ай бұрын

@@Sweet_Venom0027 I'm definitely not saying that she would have been better off, only that some part of her regretted that it didn't last.

@Sweet_Venom0027 6 ай бұрын

@@kerouac.jackson oh yeah definitely, although even if she hadn't revealed her skills it still might not have lasted. Her husband dreamed of being restored to his former status, if that ever did happen(might not have but still) then no way could he have a wife who's clearly part European. He'd have to cast her aside or give up on his dream too.

@mranima748 6 ай бұрын

@@Hohum37 spoilers And akemi does end up not hating the shogun’s son

@kennyobrien6018 6 ай бұрын

That’s a pretty bad ass Pink Floyd shirt

@wtimmins 2 ай бұрын

Coming to this super late, but I spent this entire episode profoundly sad because I knew all the happiness had to end horribly. And yep.

@frankwhite630 6 ай бұрын

Best episode of this season 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

@TheRubberDuck77 6 ай бұрын

I haven't seen past this episode so I don't know if they say for sure later, but I don't think we are supposed to know which told them about her being there. I personally think its the mother, but honestly as you said it doesn't matter for the purposes of Mitzu. Yes he was saying he loved her at the end but he did call her a monster and apparently did sell the horse he said was hers... and did kill her mother. Tho to be fair, if the mother was the one that turned Mitzu in just for some opium... she might have got what she deserves. That said, I thought he was for sure dead, but you brought up a good point, what if he survived some how

@pyroblast3000 6 ай бұрын

I like that Ringo protected Akemi but I hate he had to kill someone...😢 If you haven't I suggest watching "Lady Snowblood".

@RazorbackX99 6 ай бұрын

This is probably the best episode in the series. The action is wild. The visuals sublime. The storytelling creative and artistic. The emotions of the characters and the viewers challenged.

@onegemini420 6 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing.

@antoniomaruge8218 6 ай бұрын

I love watching you react to great shows like this one and the Avatar. I get annoyed by other channels because they miss a lot of the dialogues, and other details, basically 50 percent of this incredibly shows. You have a deep understanding and appreciation for them and I thank you 🙏🏽

@DarkRaven4649 5 ай бұрын

I feel like beyond everything else, we can cut Mizu some slack for not standing up for Akemi. She did, after all, just stand up to an *entire army of criminals.*

@OnesieTwos 6 ай бұрын

32:40 As a side note, Mizu killing those soldiers, assuming she even could at that point after literally passing out from blood loss, would not have allowed Akemi to have the life she wanted. What she would have gotten was the life she recklessly chose in her hunt for Mizu and Taigen, as a whore catering to clients with peculiar tastes for Madame Kaji. Odds are the next one isn't going to be distracted by a quick poetry session, and Mizu definitely isn't buying the contract of some former princess to drag along on her mission of revenge.

@TravelingThruLife 6 ай бұрын

By far the best episode

@Matuse 6 ай бұрын

This is the episode that elevated the show from great to masterpiece.

@OnesieTwos 6 ай бұрын

Not to say I approve of how things ended, but I have a certain small degree of sympathy for Mikio. It's so easy to judge his reaction to their match with a modern eye, but I have the benefit of living in a world where women can actually do things unrelated to housekeeping and family making. It would be utterly absurd for a man in his position to have such egalitarian, modern views. The closest we get is Ringo not treating Mizu differently after peachgate, and that's just because she was his master to him more than she was a man. As for Mikio, by the way he was using his naginata, it was clear that he was more "play fighting" in the beginning when Mizu and he were sparring under the tree. He was likely expecting her to be something of a tomboy, interested or even enthusiastic about swordplay, but that he would still win. Their first tussle actually seemed to be going that way. This was less like "show me your skill with a blade'" and more like "show me your weird, unladylike hobby, I promise I won't think less of you for it". In the next couple minutes, he gets mocked for wanting to cancel the session, called a coward, reminded of his fallen station, pressed into full contact naked-blade sparring, soundly thrashed, and has his own weapon pressed to his throat. After all this, his darling wife tries to get frisky with his neck still under her blade. If instead of calling her a monster and storming off, they had just argued about it there. Maybe they could have reasoned with each other, since I absolutely believe their affection was real. People lean really heavily on his wounded masculine pride, referencing the duel, but it's more clearly shown by him re-gifting Kai to his lord. He never managed to tame Kai, Mizu did, but now he might get the credit. His "silly" dream of regaining his position and title may yet happen, and it had just gotten a lot more appealing.

@isaactsibu-darko6854 6 ай бұрын

the most interesting thing about this is that if Michio had met Mizu 200 years prior he might have rather admired her skill greatly. Cause there were more skilled women samurais in the Sengoku period and they were praised rather than shunned like they are in the Edo period. Goes to show how much societies can change and how drastically these changes can affect certain specific groups

@melina_0455 6 ай бұрын

In Mizu's eyes, "there was only darkness", Akemi says. I love the poetry of this. The darkness of her blue eyes, because of her blue eyes. The metaphor is also a perfect antithesis.

@evelic 5 ай бұрын

15:48 amazing moment

@digimonalvatrax2738 6 ай бұрын

No she pretended she didn't know how to use the knife for the apples. XD

@direndikbas5464 6 ай бұрын

I noticed that Mizu looks at Ringo's hands when she says "weakness" at 24:27. Or maybe that was not intentional. I doubt it, though.

@Nezzytheawesome 6 ай бұрын

Yeah, it feels intentional. The three-part structure of the sentence also seems to refer to people she's "discarded" in one way or another: No place for love -> Mikio / Her Mother No place for friendship -> Akemi No place for weakness -> Ringo At this point in the story she seems to think of physical/emotional vulnerability as "playing defense" and responds by "playing offense" instead. I'm guessing that she feels somewhat guilty about letting the guards take Akemi away and is lashing out at Ringo rather than allowing herself to be vulnerable by admitting to that guilt.

@nikolah.8472 6 ай бұрын

You seem to open up to animated/anime style series. If you really like to laugh and cry in unstoppable intervalls, i highly recommend you the anime of this year: "Frieren" its a very unusual story about an elf woman that did a "lord of the rings" worthy adventure and comeback after, to find new reason and purpose in life aaaand other things i dont spoil to ruin the expirience. Also if you want a movie to cry/smile hard "Your Name" by far one of the best anime movies to watch. I rank it higher then most Hollywood movies, the characters and storytelling is amazing. Have a nice day :)

@wadeo_0 6 ай бұрын

totally agree. this is a great anime

@trevorjackson8568 6 ай бұрын

Yesss Frieren is another beautifully written series, would love to see that one too

@gaflene 6 ай бұрын

I think I've watched this episode every day since I finished the series

@NarrativeFrontier 6 ай бұрын

The train part had me cracking up. Great cover up for the content lmao

@NarrativeFrontier 6 ай бұрын

@@jachyra9 what

@TukaihaHithlec 6 ай бұрын

@@jachyra9 You leave some of the weirdest wannabe intellectual tough-guy comments I’ve ever seen. They mention the comedic railway tunnel bit, and you jump in with “Do you even lift, bro?”

@yolandacroes5491 6 ай бұрын

I’m rewatching the series and dreading to rewatch this episode. It’s so gut wrenching but it makes rewatching the whole series more meaningful. I feel so much more sympahy for Mizu. And it makes me want so much to know what happens next. Will Mizu be one day “satisfied”? Or will she have the chance to choose happiness and peace and find love, not perse of the romantic kind but of people who will genuinely love her for who she is. Can’t wait to find out.

@YezaOutcast 6 ай бұрын

and there goes the train... XD

@mranima748 6 ай бұрын

I think it’s interesting how both mizu and mikio and represent mizu herself

@TenebrousFilms 5 ай бұрын

Oh yeah, turning the red grey, nice editing. Unfortunately, the mizukemi ship has suffered a setback. But that was one hell of a fight. I had to binge the rest after this one, finally back on track with no more distractions... or so I thought.