This ending is considered cannon and the true ending of the series of the creators.

You know, I don’t think anyone’s ever thought about this… What if the reason why Ashi survived in this ending was because of the fact that instead of her entire existence being eradicated like in the normal show, what if here Aku’s obliteration just meant that her powers and connection to the Shapeshift Master of Darkness were severed, leaving her a normal woman? It would definitely justify this ending and also make it just a bit more sweet- Edit: How did this get a hundred likes: my highest liked comment ever lmao

When Samurai Jack came back out in 2017, I was incredibly excited that the show would finally get one last season. When I was a young kid it was my favorite show on cartoon network and I would watch it whenever I had the chance. I was trying to come out of a pretty depressed part of my life when the show was revived, and started watching it with a good friend of mine that had never seen it before. A week after we watched the first episode of season 5, he passed away in a car accident. I was pretty emotionally destroyed, but felt I needed to finish the show that I started with my friend for both of our sakes. When I got to the ending of the show I was incredibly touched by how it ended, in a way that I assume only a person in my exact situation could be. Not everything is forever, and I needed to let go of my grief and depression, and move forward.

I find it interesting that, *_Spoiler_* Ashi fades away in the shows ending. I feel like it makes sense that she would given that time was altered for her to have never been born. I also find it interesting that Jack still keeps his memories from the future, as painful as some of them are it's proof to Jack that it actually happened and the people he met there were real, even if many of them won't exist as a result of defeating Aku in the past.

Technically this should become time loop: 1) Aku sends Samurai Fool to the future. 2) Samurai's adventures, "birth" of Aku's daughters. 3) Ashi sends her with Samurai back to the past. 4) Samurai kills Aku. 5) Ashi erased from existence. 6) There's no one to send Samurai back, so, there's no one to kill and stop Aku. 7) Repeat infinitely.

just wanna say, i really like the execution of this secret ending, the game only usually used the 2D animation for recapping the finale events literally reusing the animation while having everything unique to the game as the 3D rigs, definitely to save on costs but they're stylised nicely enough to not be bad. but the ending using that little extra bit of budget to make that tv quality animated bookend really catches you off gaurd in a good way, the wedding end looking like it was cut for dramatic effect since everyone who played the game had watched the show, coulda just cut to the bitter sweet note and have the credits roll over the ambiance, but no within the 2D style you associated with recap, there ashi appears, cut because she didn't die. sure the ending itself isn't ground breaking but yaknow, the original ending had the paradox correction occur at an arbitrary time for dramatic effect, here they fix the biggest contrivance of the original ending and change the rules to back to the future rules. it's time travel it's always gonna be bollocks unless the events never change but jacks goal was inherently to change the timeline, either he dies or some paradox exists, both are unsatisfying so i think we can all agree the best compromise is to simply let him have a happy life after his grueling journey. that and well, it's just a beutiful scene in its own right, definitely was a right call to get the tv staff back on board for that one scene.

I do wish the whole of the game's scenes were 2D animated, but at least the secret ending at least got a nice touch.

Something that boggles my mind to this day, we never knew Samurai Jacks actual name, some random street hooligans casually called him Jack in one of the early episodes and since then he called himself that, but to me i have this need to know what his actual name is and I dont know why

i hope my resting place includes a slightly warm breeze, and the cascade of cherry blossom every spring

What I want to know is: Why did Aku survive as a tree when Jack's father drove him into the ground.. But not when Jack does it?

Now if only the canon ending was this wholesome and not totally fucked by circumstances

For long journey, Samurai Jack earn his peaceful life in the end.

I which Genndy wood love to see this change for Jack and Ashi happiness in the past, and she will live forever with him 🥲

I know this is old but yeah jack deserving happiness is awesome

This video game is intended for teens only not kids ‏‪1:54‬‏

The redubbing and addition of lines was surprising to listen to, but I guess they didn’t have access to the original broadcast audio of the Fifth Season

The Battle through time ending the true ending, not only the true ending but it's better than the original ending.

Okay, I won't lie. I wasn't wild about Ashi's death. I mean, a downer ending isn't exactly something you make people wait 15 years for. But I at least respected the hell out of them for having the balls to go that way. Plus it did kind of fit with the tone of the series, overall. I mean, if you go back over the whole show, even if Jack won a fight (or at the very least, SURVIVED it), many times, if not most, he would come out the other side with the underlying conflict never ACTUALLY getting resolved. But there was nothing he could do about it, when it was all said and one. So he just had to suck it up and keep moving forward, one foot in front of the other, because...what were his options, really? Ashi's death was just another instance of this...some might say the ultimate instance. I suppose my only REAL issue with Ashi's death was when it actually takes place. THAT I call bullshit on. Because I know we're supposed to view this through the lens of cartoon logic and not think about these things. But seriously...think about it. They had to rebuild their entire kingdom from scratch, because Aku razed it to the ground. THEN they're prepping for this wedding, during which, they send word out to all of Jack's mentor's FROM-AROUND-THE-WORLD to come to this thing. So we're thinking this is...what? Five years later? MINIMUM? And even THAT'S being generous. And Ashi's just been hanging around this whole time? Really? But like I say, even though I understood the rationale behind the decision to kill Ashi, it still kinda rubbed me the wrong way. So I can see why this alternate ending would be a breath of fresh air for many who felt the same. But for others who appreciated the original ending for what it was and might view this rebooted version as a cop-out to try and pacify whiny fans, my question to those people is...was it REALLY? Because here's the thing about this ending. Since they allow no dialogue between the characters in the final shot, it's actually completely open to interpretation. On the one hand, you can believe that what you see is what you get, with Jack and Ashi getting their happily-ever-after, since she exists outside of time. But if you want to dig deeper, the argument can also be made that just because Ashi's death is omitted from the wedding scene doesn't mean it didn't happen. And the final scene of her sitting next to Jack could simply be Jack's memory of her, symbolically offering him some small measure of comfort in that she can never truly be gone as long as she lives on in his heart. So what do you think? Does Ashi live? Or does she die? I think the TRUE purpose of this rebooted ending is to give fans the chance to decide for themselves. And whichever answer you choose is ultimately the correct one. I know I'm fine with it, either way. But which would YOU prefer?

This ending is a lot better than the other one where ashi dies. The main character Jack deserved a happy ending 😊😊

And that kids is how I met your mother...

Ah, the good ending, as opposed to the "No Bitches?" ending

well, it's better to see him happy with Ashi in the past, instead of she disappearing

Hold up, she died!!!! Wtf was this ending? I had to hold back tear on the first ending. Cause that shit hit home hard

heard if Ashi lives, then aku lives, so it's a double edge sword, either full on peace, no more aku with the cost of ashi life or have ashi live but aku will rise up again in a few centaury. if ashi lives, aku will rise again one day, but jack will have a true happy ending, but the future is still going to be terrible. time travel stories are weird

I think it would've been funny to see Aku turned human

Actually, I wish this was the real ending, at least he is happy after all the ages of misery!

I like this ending better than the shit Tartakovsky did with the fifth season... what a shit

her never being born was not what bug me it was all the ppl he help r gone as well. bin best he just let the past go

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If I am being honest the secret ending with Ashi surviving makes absolutely no sense for the premise of Samurai Jack. Ashi's literal existence is tied to Aku and his future, so when Past Aku was destroyed, his alternate future should have been rewritten and Ashi should have faded away like in the actual series ending of Samurai Jack. The series may have had a bittersweet ending, but that was always the intended way for Samurai Jack's journey to end. One way or another, Jack had to give up something for his victory against Aku. Throughout the series, Jack usually lost a chance to return to the past because Aku stopped him, or he had to give it up to protect others. Having Ashi be the one to return Jack to the past definitely shows how Aku brought about his own undoing, but having no real consequence to that on Ashi's part sort of makes Ashi a deus ex machina. A plot device does need consequences or it just feels cheap. I honestly think that the series finale is the true ending of Samurai Jack, and the secret ending is just an alternate ending to please fans who didn't like the actual ending. If the game actually did a good job explaining how Ashi survived then there wouldn't be a problem, but the game doesn't even bother to explain how Ashi survived.

It always bothered me that never explained something like "The gods wanted to gift jack for killing Aku for good and all the suffering, so we'll forsake this girl being part of Aku" or some crap like that, i mean, WE ALREADY HAVE A FRIGGING GOD FORGED SWORD. Also, I really don't get the hate for this ending calling' this bad,, the other ending was waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too boring and predictable, fuck those fedora tippin' guys.

I was honestly considering writing a fanfiction of Samurai Jack after the show’s ending where Jack meets the grasshopper princess he used to play with as a child. And when he sees her again as adults, he’s awestruck by how much she actually resembles Ashi. And for icing on the cake, I would give both of them Japanese names since we don’t actually know Jack’s true name. But no need. This gave us all (including me) what we wanted.

I know alot of people like this ending better but honestly its really a bad one. I mean as long as Ashi is alive a part of Aku is alive and that means he could return someday if not in Jacks time then through his descendents

Well u can dream but I will definitely count it!!! This is an alternative ending to how things are supposed to turn out in the end of an amazing story, however we always have to be aware of reality 🤷🏽‍♂️!! Anyway, Thank u Genndy Tartakavosky and anyone else for making such an amazing story of Samurai Jack and how he had to take what he learned from the new people he came across including Ashi to finally defeat Aku and return to his time, and for showing this possible alternative ending 🤔😅🤷🏽‍♂️. I really do believe after that, he will succeed in progressing, bettering himself inside and out, and will achieve his new goals in his future because he’s Samurai Jack😁😝. Thanks🤍