Taigen doesn't know about Mizu. That's what makes that scene interesting and why he brushes off by saying he "misses Akemi".
@3Kings_Industries7 ай бұрын
Was hom-o-segguality that big if a deal in 16th century Japan? Or is this just hitting a nerve from our modern perspective? I'm just assuming it's a period story, and don't really care either way. But. Seems to be an issue for a lot of conversations.
@LightningRaven427 ай бұрын
@@3Kings_Industries I don't know if it's still the case, but they are pretty tolerant of it on young people, but when they grow up they're expected to be "proper". I was just clarifying the scene because Taigen doesn't know about Mizu's sexuality and it's interesting to see him have an attraction to someone he perceives as male.
@patrickwaldeck66817 ай бұрын
@3Kings_Industries There was a sort of greek-esque pedastry amongst samurai and Buddhist monks in Japan called Nanshoku or Shudo between young apprentices and masters. Shinto and Zen Buddhism didn't have any particular anti homosexuality ethos at the time either. However adult male relationships were considered shameful and were expected to be kept on the down low.
@gdadder7 ай бұрын
@@patrickwaldeck6681oh gross, you’re telling me my badass samurai’s are also pëdo’s? History sucks lmao
@patrickwaldeck66817 ай бұрын
@@gdadder Roman and Greek soldiers did the exact same thing. Turns out the military has always been kinda super gay.
@dalilar0drig07 ай бұрын
The score Mizu’s Rebirth when she melts her metal is one of the most beautiful soundtracks i’ve ever heard i love it so much
@IloveElsaofArendelle7 ай бұрын
Also my favorite soundtrack
@briandalke59467 ай бұрын
Really liked in the second attempt to forging the metal that Mizu added in the bell, another sign of how important Ringo is to her.
@Mr.Maryland_7 ай бұрын
I didn't catch this the first time, but she put in Akemi's small knife too. So she's including all these things she's collected from those people she's interacted with - Ringo's bell, Akemi's knife, Swordfather's tongs.. the meteorite metal..
@SoloRenegade7 ай бұрын
@@Mr.Maryland_ are you sure that was Akemi's knife. Mizu made that knife, and hundreds others just like it. Have you noticed nearly every small knife in the show was made by Mizu? How can you be sure it's not a symbol of Mizu's childhood?
@chance7577 ай бұрын
@@SoloRenegadeif you go back to episode 4, it’s the knife that mizu took from her when akemi tried to stab her in madam kaji’s tea house.
@SoloRenegade7 ай бұрын
@@chance757 I know what knife you're trying to claim it is. Mizu also used the knife from Ringo's Father's noodle/tea shop. How do you know Mizu didn't keep THAT knife. both are the same type of knife, both made by Mizu. Or, how do you know it wasn't one that was still at Swordfather's hut, a mere symbol of her childhood.
@chance7577 ай бұрын
@@SoloRenegade because they’re different knives if you’ll actually go back and check. we’ve seen plain and clear that she collects things from people that meant something to her, why are you fighting so hard to say it wasn’t? everything in this show tends to hold some kind of meaning. it’s akemi’s knife. get over it.
@patrickwaldeck66817 ай бұрын
Fowler talking about his sister is one of my favorite scenes of the show. Heiji Shindo's face as he was talking about eating her kidneys is amazing, like he finally realizes that even after spending a decade with Fowler, he's just now realizing how absolutely evil he is. Love seeing Akemi learning how to truly gain and use the sort of soft power women of her society can achieve, and I love that the Shogun's son isn't an absolute monster but that it's basically all just an act. I like that Akemi is able to control her husband just by being kind to him. Also delighted that she got rid of those dumbass handmaidens.
@Sweet_Venom00277 ай бұрын
I wouldn't exactly call Fowler evil for what he did back then. He seemed to care for his sister, to try to keep her alive as long as he possibly could and safe guard her body after she passed so the other starving wouldn't eat her. He ate her kidneys out of pure survival, not because he enjoyed it. When he said that his mind goes back to that time, he said it like he refuses to ever be in such a hopeless and helpless situation ever again.
@patrickwaldeck66817 ай бұрын
@@Sweet_Venom0027 He wasn't intrinsically evil because of what he did, i think he turned out deeply wrong because he was put in a position where he had to do unspeakable things to survive. I'm sure being forced to cannibalize your own family warps your perception of human worth.
@mranima7487 ай бұрын
The story sort of reminded me of Kaz Brekker, btw Angela should definitely watch shadow and bone
@thseed76 ай бұрын
I absolutely love the insight on Ringo in your opening statements. Specifically the part where you say, "Someone has to push people to good. You can't just seek honor. You can't just seek revenge."
@benoitgauthier69987 ай бұрын
Akemi's father is working hard at winning this year worst father award
@bridgethaines71277 ай бұрын
I dunno, I think Fowler's catacombs full of infant and child skeletons might outdo that.
@funnylilgalreacts7 ай бұрын
Dare I say, that’s a mercy from Fowler.
@mranima7487 ай бұрын
@@bridgethaines7127 worst currently fathering father
@a7xaddict46767 ай бұрын
"I made my best blades when I had an apprentice" excuse me while I cry
@HuyTran-kf5pk7 ай бұрын
Great reaction! Just want to mention that what Mizu wrote on her skin is the heart sutra in Mahāyāna Buddhism. This religion was quite popular in feudal Japan. The sutra is believed to have multiple layers of meanings and it also represents duality of existence, especially in the part of "The body is emptiness and emptiness body." The fact that Mizu's and Akemi's scenes intertwined seems to be highlighting this duality. Mizu withdrew from control to become more of herself. Akemi, on the other hand, stepped forward to control her life and people around her.
@SoloRenegade7 ай бұрын
12:59 she's made her own steel before (she made the meteorite sword herself). But he knows that her inner conflict will prevent her from getting it right. Forcing her to resolve issues before she can succeed.
@kiarya79397 ай бұрын
I love love love your reactions in general, but I’m DOUBLY thrilled that you’ve been watching this. Too few people have reacted to it in general, but having one of my favorite reactors watch one of my favorite shows is just *chef’s kiss*
@SapphireDragon3577 ай бұрын
Did you notice the time skip? That thick snow on the way in, and several inches of ice on the way out means mid-winter. Fowler's march was planned for spring. I find this detail remarkably realistic that it took Mizu and Taigen that long to recover.
@Hohum377 ай бұрын
I have the tiny niggle that the passage of time is so understated that asking "did you notice the time skip?" is a reasonable question. The creators are giving the audience credit for being able to notice such things, which is good, on balance, I think.
@alexo_pog4 ай бұрын
late, but, yeah, they were out for long this also matches up with the real event of Edo burning down which i searched if it was real and yeah it was in march 1657
@scottbull73787 ай бұрын
Shout out to Xander. The donuts and Hotdogs had me laughing this morning lol. Great reaction as usual too.
@midnight16727 ай бұрын
And don't forget about the peaches! The peaches are important as well. 😂
@sithlordkaeyl217 ай бұрын
I remember when this show got released on Netflix, and I had planned on watching the first couple of episodes to see if I was going to enjoy it or not, and then the next thing I knew, I’d just binged the whole first season. This is such an incredible series, and I wish more reactors were watching it, too. I really enjoy your reactions, and I can’t wait for you to see the last episode of the season.
@judofry7 ай бұрын
Felt so bad for the geisha in the mask servicing Fowler, oddly reminded me of how in the Flintstones when a dinosaur would say “it’s a living” when they had to do some menial task 😂
@FineAndAndy7 ай бұрын
At some point I'd like to rewatch the series and be on the lookout for more comparison/contrast between Akemi and Fowler. This episode had Fowler's story of eating the kidneys (contrasted with Akemi being made to eat a variety of animal parts including the bird she cared for), and also the "I want to be in control of my life" (Akemi) vs. "I control my life now" (Fowler). It seems like the suggestion is that Akemi might be on a path to becoming like Fowler.
@Hohum377 ай бұрын
I'd missed this. Great insight!
@gerardlacroix60157 ай бұрын
Great reading, very probable.
@3Kings_Industries7 ай бұрын
LoL, 'adoreable Lil cinnamon roll'.. Your pet names always bring a chuckle to my day.
@funnylilgalreacts7 ай бұрын
I can’t take all the credit, some one called him that in the comments and I thought it was perfect!
@zarathos616thewolf7 ай бұрын
peaches, donuts and hotdogs ! chef kiss ! congratulations to the editor!
@misterkite7 ай бұрын
"Who else knows about this?" I think at this point, literally everyone would answer with "tons of people, I told everyone I knew"
@3nnik7 ай бұрын
Hey, I just wanted to say I really appreciate your channel and your reactions for Blue Eye Samurai. I found your channel from these reactions, but since then, I've really appreciated you're open honesty and you're vulnerability towards us. A lot of what you feel is a lot of what I feel aswell. Sometimes I cry from you crying because I just relive that part in the show again, especially with your new thoughts and takes about it. Anyways, sorry and thank you! You are an amazing reactor, and I love your inputs.
@wombat53347 ай бұрын
I loved this episode :) This series just keeps getting better Akemi, Mizu, and Fowler all have great progress in this ep :) All showing off what they have been learning.
@sofiagovea2287 ай бұрын
Omg, a reaction this quickly, we are being spoiled. ❤
@richardgiles56087 ай бұрын
Such a good show, every episode has you wanting more!
@wolfpackleaderalpha6 ай бұрын
The look on Heji Shindo's face when he (and the audience) realize that Fowler is more than just some smuggler and arms dealer, and that he's a far more hardened, cunning, and ruthless survivor and warrior
@Anima199256 ай бұрын
Omg your reaction to **that** scene with Fowler and the brothel lady was hilarious 🤣🤣I'm glad I'm not the only one who was weirded out by it lol
@wisejesse137 ай бұрын
Enjoy your kimchi fried rice, Queen! ❤ I'm new to your channel; I joined for Blue Eye Samurai (so amazingly perfect), and your reaction/explanation to what you're watching makes it feel like a brand new show to me - thank you!!!
@mathieuseguin35657 ай бұрын
Same thing for me.
@TukaihaHithlec7 ай бұрын
I watched this show because of you. I don’t know why there aren’t more reactors doing it, but I’m glad someone’s watching the less popular stuff and enjoying all it’s worth.
@docavar56985 ай бұрын
21:12 I’m loving some of the editing details you or your editor makes like the muffled sounds of the gunshots paired with the visuals don’t detract from the horror being played out here. If not it enhances the experience a bit, like we’re seeing a rise of evil and destruction on this otherwise peaceful green hill 👹
@michaelmartin56237 ай бұрын
There's a lot to creating a samurai sword. Years ago the science program Nova did an episode about creating a samurai sword called Secrets of the Samurai Sword. It showed not only the science involved but also the spirituality in creating a sword. The different prayers used for each step step of the process. Smelting the metal alone takes 72 hours of constant monitoring. No sleep for the men until it's done with no guarantee that the metal will be suitable to use. If you can find the Nova episode and are interested in how a samurai sword is made, I highly recommend watching it.
@Amendoza171746 ай бұрын
I love your commentary through this entire series, it's cool that you can relate to what the culture considered weakness and forbidden mixed blood, it gives your comments weight and authenticity to your thoughts and perspective.
@Shawn_M7 ай бұрын
Madame Kaji dropping strait Bars!
@jasonmkc77976 ай бұрын
Always bonkers happy to watch your reactions. 😊
@yse20106 ай бұрын
I admire your hairs, it changes everytime, every episodes, I mean it's it's a compliment.
@ArchieBC6 ай бұрын
This is the most affecting episode for me. When Mizu adds Ringo’s bell to the metal I break every time.
@tashasilva6141Ай бұрын
Same. Everyone raves about episode 5, but to this one is my favourite!
@FreyaofCerberus6 ай бұрын
The sword reforging scene is one of the most beautiful and powerful animated scene i've seen. Like Arcane level powerful. Amazing.
@Nico-uk3wm7 ай бұрын
The scene with the parallel between akemi and mizu reminded me of a similar scene on Arcane, where it cuts between Jayce and Mel sex and Viktor
@Hohum377 ай бұрын
Nice! For Arcane, I took that as meaning they were both moments of creation - Viktor's blood giving something to the hexcore... possibly Mel and Jayce conceiving. Here, Mizu giving items of meaning to the forge, and perhaps Akemi and Takayoshi conceiving?
@gerardlacroix60157 ай бұрын
@@Hohum37 I read it more about being fusionnal, comparing what Viktor was doing to how to individuals connects on a fundamental level in sentimental or primal sex. There is a unity in that moment, that reciprocated in Viktor's experiment, forging something new, a very deep and primal bond between him and the hexcore, fusing themselves.
@xeromedia7 ай бұрын
I haven't seen this show yet, this is a comment for the algorithm. I try to give a like and a comment for the algorithm and hopefully Angie will get that play button in the background soon 🤘
@TenebrousFilms6 ай бұрын
Mizu's music in the last episode was epic. The music in this episode is inspirational. The Irish Famine was an actual thing, and changed the country forever.
@billberndtson7 ай бұрын
Agreed; Ringo is my hero. 😃 I finished the season yesterday and am very impressed. The acting is emotionally evokative, the animation is fascinating and appears to my rather uneducated (in the ways of animation) eyes to be perhaps the best rotoscoping I've ever seen. If it's not rotoscoping then the animators have mastered human movement. When I heard Min-Na Wen's voice I had to look up the cast and it's as stellar as as one would suspect for such an outstanding acheivement. It kills me to write this but, this was as good as LoVM and if they compete for awards I'll be torn as to whom to root for.
@Mr.Maryland_7 ай бұрын
Oh it's definitely rotoscoped. Those movements are too good.
@myjams71807 ай бұрын
What's Lovm?
@billberndtson7 ай бұрын
@@myjams7180 Legend of Vox Machina. 😃 If you haven't seen it there're two seasons so far, it's excellent, and Angela has done reactions for them as well. It's how I found her and Xander.
@myjams71807 ай бұрын
@@billberndtson Thanks, I'll add it to my list!
@AndoTheAndal7 ай бұрын
Funnylilgal you’re awesome! My favorite KZfaqr!!
@jasonwinterboer52327 ай бұрын
Hey Amanda! Loving your reactions to Blue Eye Samurai - such an elegant and complex show! I know you haven't dabbled into much traditional anime on the channel, but I've been watching a new one from this season - Frieren: Beyond Journey's End - that has such deep characters and profound emotional impact that I know you'd absolutely love it. I hope you consider watching Frieren - even just for yourself if not for the channel - i know it would capture your heart!!
@jasonwinterboer52327 ай бұрын
Sorry, Angela 😅😅
@mranima7487 ай бұрын
I will admit, this romantic moment between taigen and Mizu felt much more tasteful, it also felt like it had more foundry, because they had saved eachother’s lives multiple times
@michaelwolf86907 ай бұрын
When I watched this episode I didn't make the connection implied. Mizu is developing feeling for Taigen and at the same time she's doubting her devotion to revenge. We already know she's going to continue to go after fowler because it's the plot of the show, but I think the implication now is that Taigen's death is going to drive her commitment to revenge.
@rnbnatl7 ай бұрын
Yeah, "I didn't say 'stop'" wasn't what anyone needed to see. 🤣🤣
@cheesetoastie-dm9uq8 күн бұрын
I love your necklace!! iykyk
@niefali7 ай бұрын
Just one episode left. And I am curious what comes next. So many great shows out there: Rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles is amazing, Castlevania, The ghost and molly mc gee, Cyberpunk edgerunners, primal, Love/death/robots, Helluva Boss (on youtube). And for space stuff: If you are into Star Trek the Star Trek Lower decks is a lot of fun - The more Star Trek you know the better it becomes.
@Hohum377 ай бұрын
My vote would be for Scavenger's Reign.
@niefali7 ай бұрын
@@Hohum37 I wasnt able to watch that one yet, but its on my list.
@e11235813213455891447 ай бұрын
29:39 that comment was "you don't need two hands to piss" as in one hand is enough. He doesn't know she's a woman, but I do think there's an attraction there
@cconnelly70107 ай бұрын
Taigen doesn't know Mizu is a woman. I'm not saying this to be crass, but simply to address Taigen's specific comment: speaking as a man, no man needs two hands to piss. Taigen was just making the point that the very large, powerful man didn't need a weapon at all. In regards to Taigen getting..."excited"...while wrestling with Mizu: in the Edo period of Japan, and in much of Asia before Christianity showed up, homosexuality was entirely normal in some of the cultures. Taigen is attracted to Mizu; it's not about the gender or sex of the characters involved. But considering the contentious relationship they have had their whole lives, he plays it off as "missing Akemi".
@funnylilgalreacts7 ай бұрын
Someone in the comments said that’s how he knew she was a woman and I wasn’t convince Taigen knew that. I just wasn’t sure if he was hot because of the moment or because he secretly knew
@cconnelly70107 ай бұрын
@@funnylilgalreacts you have it right. This show is fantastic (or as you say, just phenomenal). They do a very good job with the "show don't tell" method for the most part. While some aspects are definitely written from a Western perspective, they've still done an excellent job of representing Eastern culture and the Edo period in a fictional work of art overall. We've been shown in plenty of brothel scenes that some people openly enjoy the "pleasurable company" of members of the same sex/gender.
@kiskinasart7045Ай бұрын
Love your faces hahahahha
@Fredgilb297 ай бұрын
10:45 Well how does anyone who's blind know when they are done wiping? Even if you feel like it's clean, there's always some left when you look at it. Great reaction again, loved it!
@pauldhoff7 ай бұрын
Have you ever thought of watching Nimona?
@VampireHunter57907 ай бұрын
Ah Yes Abhija Fowler, Also a Cannibal, one more thing to hate him for.
@tarshnottrash14837 ай бұрын
I find it interesting that his story if told by another may be taken as a horrible plight they have had to endure but we already hate him so much we look on his story in disgust & it gives you no sympathy. It gave me understanding of how he became what he is but is taken as no apology for it
@Hohum377 ай бұрын
There is plenty to hate about Fowler, but the cannibalism of his sister is more pitiable than hateworthy, for me.
@tigqc7 ай бұрын
Plot hole: in the last episode Mizu never gathered the broken pieces of her sword before jumping out the window with Taigen.
@Mr.Maryland_7 ай бұрын
True, but you can't over analyze these things. Just enjoy the show.
@tigqc7 ай бұрын
@@Mr.Maryland_ I can do both.
@tigqc7 ай бұрын
@@jachyra9 Good luck with that lol.
@wild_lee_coyote7 ай бұрын
She did have the piece from the hilt that was in her hand when she jumped out the window. It also included a the part that was the tang inside the hilt. There would be enough with the tongs and bell and extra iron sand to make another sword. It’s not a large plot hole since only the tip would be missing, not the whole sword.
@b_g_c32817 ай бұрын
26:00 You WEREN'T wrong. In fact, I believe that you're what I like to dub 'Spot-The-F**k-ON' ...Tantras ARE philosophical precepts/principles/guidances (( absolutely always expressed in verse and metaphor )) **_*Sutras_* are similar but are more didactic and/or dogmatic... Basically, one can think of the difference like this: A _sutra_ is more-or-less like an instruction -- 'Do this / approach (( a situation or circumstance )) like this...' Whereas a _tantra_ *doesn't* overtly instruct you rather than present to you a philosophical premise/precept/principle in abstract or metaphorical language... wherein it's incumbent upon you to basically figure it out, rather that is to say figure out what it means (( and _how_ it pertains )) to you...
@ericmicke41307 ай бұрын
Yeah I'm 100% with you on how fucking good this show is. It's incredible. Definitely check out the BTS videos Netflix put out on their YT channel for it. It's so cool to see how they approached making this. I also recently watched Arcane and your reactions to that as well, I appreciate how engaging you are as a reactor on YT.
@bittybaff35416 ай бұрын
The brothel madame is a far better mother to her charges than the actual biological mothers in this story
@wilgarcia17 ай бұрын
hey hey =)
@cynic19846 ай бұрын
Great, now I only see that guy as the guy from Beatlejuice
@funnylilgalreacts6 ай бұрын
😂
@jdneilso7 ай бұрын
The reaction at 7:53! I laughed pretty hard.
@wildtk1237 ай бұрын
Like your necklace
@nicolewurster11877 ай бұрын
I am wondering where she got that necklace. It is nice and shows the four elements of the ATLA and TLOK universes.
@maria_L.C5927 ай бұрын
Yesss ❤
@urborg747 ай бұрын
I can't remember the last show I watched that threw me as many curve balls as this one has. You think you know what's going on...nope!
@troikas33537 ай бұрын
Where was Taigen? Being brutally tortured and refusing to give up a single detail about Mizu. He was entirely justified in being enraged that as he was sacrificing his body for Mizu, Mizu was casually letting the woman he loves be dragged off as a gilded sex slave because defending her would have inconvenienced Mizu's quest for revenge.
@Mr.Maryland_7 ай бұрын
You're reading it wrong. Akemi's alternative is to become a courtesan at Madam Kaji's whorehouse. Do you think she'll just be reciting renga to all her clients? To Mizu's calculation, being married to a shogun's son is the better option.
@troikas33537 ай бұрын
@@Mr.Maryland_ Akemi was only there to find Mizu, there's no chance she would have stayed there. But that's beside the point anyway. Mizu's path of revenge is an inherently selfish and destructive one, something the show's been pretty blunt about honestly, and this is just another in a string of choices and actions shes taking which is bringing her down a dark path. As Taigen is risking his life and enduring horrific pain just to protect Mizu's identity, Mizu is walking away from a woman in need because it would inconvenience her to help. However Mizu wants to rationalize it to herself, that is what happened. Moreover both Taigen and Akemi are only in these situations in large part because Mizu barged into the dojo to start with and made demands of total strangers in their own home. Like as far as Akemi is concerned, Mizu literally ruined her life just as passing collateral damage.
@Hohum377 ай бұрын
@@troikas3353 Mizu entered the dojo politely, and asked politely to talk to the master. All of the bad manners were from the dojo. They escalated to three of them trying to kill her with naked swords after she pushed a hand away with her shoulder. Otherwise, I agree.
@ray240517 ай бұрын
I'm not a huge fan of anime shows nothing against them. So this weekend I was bored and there was nothing on TV but sports, so I said let me try this show out and after the first episode I was hooked Lol.
@Hohum377 ай бұрын
I strongly recommend you also watch Arcane; and then you can come back here and watch her reactions to it too!
@erikhanson11627 ай бұрын
Ringo is the woobiest woobie who ever woobied.
@jdneilso7 ай бұрын
The show is great, and I'm loving it, but I felt the end of the season was anti climatic. Just my opinion.
@jongodsey84727 ай бұрын
14:56. I think he found at right at that moment she was female. They are too close physically for him not to feel the difference lol He is too proud or possibly shocked to admit it to anyone. The gender roles are so sharply defined in this setting that I think it would be for him hard to process Mizu as a woman who could accomplish everything she had done at that point.
@AJ-jv1wh4 ай бұрын
Taigen doesn't logically know she's a woman but his body def realized kt the moment she straddled him and had her face up close to his. The eyes don't look masculine for a 1600s japan male.
@jamesfoster96137 ай бұрын
Taigen is bi confirmed ;p The show kind of makes it "ok" by saying that Mizu is actually a woman, although I would say Mizu is coded nonbinary/genderfluid, but I don't think the show (as good as it is) will address that. Especially as Mizu is only living as a man to avoid societal issues and enact her (their?) revenge. The show toys with (and I know a lot of people wish) with her also being bi, but there's no large evidence for it. As to Taigen, I think the "hand free piss" is intended to be an emasculation. I.E., Mizu doesn't stand or is lacking in "length". I don't see any evidence of Taigen knowing Mizu is AFAB.