you say that after u saw the last 2 episodes...wake up, it is horrible ending

​@@sanji1259gotta agree, the last two episodes soured the experience for me.

Same goes to Arcane, I rather wait longer than see them destroy what's built.

dont want to sound naiv, but arcane will thrive even more...i saw the documentary, which was better than most shows! it is perfection@@kewins1234

@@kewins1234 This! 100% rather wait 4 years for good product. Because well they deserved that time.

I noticed that too. Just like the scars on her body.

Probably the most realistic part of the show 😏

It’s also pretty much the Japanese philosophy of wavi sabi, which is accepting broken and imperfect things as beautiful. Which is lit.

I thought about that too, that might literally be why her character is so good, she is a quilt of her broken pieces...wow thats good@@strangeke7750

Like how she was a master with the naginata without any training?

Also, I think it shows basically "the straw that broke the camels back". Mizu thought she finally achieved happiness, finding her mother again and a husband who liked her for who she was. Once she felt she was betrayed, there was no going back after the years of torment and isolation she experienced. Mizu both in the past and in the present (as she is killing the thousand claws clan) lost their humanity at that moment and became the monster that they get called (in the past she allows her mother to get killed then kills her husband and present she kills the young scared clan member and lets Akemi go). This episode was so good to show both how skilled mizu but showing her in a bad light...almost evil.

In the finale they imply heavily it was the "mother" who did it for the money.

Yeah, that scene was good Felt she was ready to commit to housewifely, but husband was disgusted by her true identity, a trained killer, hungry for battle. He was wanting a simple life, and she was an exotic killer. She felt betrayed by both mom and husband, and it was time to go back to her previous path of revenge. As the folk story had implied. It was a good mechanism for developing the story

actually I even wondered if that whole sequence was even real to begin with, because of how convoluted her stumbling upon her disappeared mother while injured seemed. Like how near death she questioned her choices, wondered how chosing a peaceful life instead of revenge would have been, only to realize (misguided or not) that it was doomed to fail anyway. Still tragic. But yes, in that kind of story, the question "what if the hero would just say "f* it" and chill alone in some nice place" is almost always ignored.

The "nice" thing was it was not even open .. it was open on who exactly it was but that doesn´t matter... EITHER it was betrayal of the love of the mother or the love of the man.. so either way it´s fucked up..

I wish Berserk 2016 did the same😢

Did they basically use rotoscoping like in the animated Lord of the Rings from 70s?

@@100push-upsguy6 It is referencing not rotoscoping. Most animators use live-action references for their works to be able to create life-like and believable movements and it has been the standard way of character animations for many decades now.

​@@PhrenSo768 Yeah but rotoscoping is a form of using live-action references

@@100push-upsguy6 no, referencing and rotoscoping are separate things. when you rotoscope you don't use anything as reference but straight-up trace over footage without modifying anything (apart from characteristics). When you reference, you only use it as a crutch for your work.

I was thinking mizukage

A blue sword? Cool...

Hence the name, not the eyes. You got it backwards. Her eyes are blue because she's mixed race, a plot point of the series.

And hana mizu means snot. They dont have snot, my friend from Tokyo loves this word.

And her Hokusai hamon

That would be the globalist media.

He is superior to any of those other critics

Yep, literally never been let down this far.

I see that mediocre show recommended by many mainstream critics, same critics who barely discuss and appreciate anime and history media

​​@@yonatankuper1953They're of course backed by major corporations, this guy on the other hand is truly independent.

What makes Mizu so much of a badass is exactly her persistency. She isn't some kind of flawless tactician or warrior of legend. She fucks up, makes errors in judgement but can power through it through determination alone. But it also shows how emotionally stunted someone would become by taking on this role. She is like a fierce lioness, a terrifying apex predator but one still at risk of more cunning hunters. The three other main characters also act as brilliant foils to her; all of them learn from eachother and bounce amazingly well from eachothers short comings, and by the end, you are genuinely in awe of the amazing arc they've crafted for this quartet of unlikely protagonists.

Lot of writers and producers play it safe or think their audience is dumber than they actually are. By writing to a broad audience you speak to no one. A unique and flawed but talented character is always interesting ever since Gilgamesh the Iliad and the Odyssey.

@@colers2366 Exactly this, and one of her flaws is that she will persist beyond reason and when it is no longer in her best interest, ie squaring off with Taigen when she was already badly hurt from her fight with the Four Fangs rather than just laying down her sword and asking if his honor would allow him to kill an unarmed injured opponent, and again by charging headlong straight into Hejii Shindo's incredibly obvious trap, then ensuring he dropped the ribbon, potentially sealing their fate had Ringo not pulled a fast one. Though I am curious if the sake barrel was an actual play by Hejii Shindo as we know he was attempting to doublecross Fowler, or if, as Taigen said, it was an obvious way to stuff her in a barrel and pile her into the castle to be tortured and die immediately without even the hint of a fight.

Yesss. I LOVED the shot of Akemi and Taigen on the bridge after she said she wanted to stay….and not run to a safe / quiet life with Taigen. Burning / scary one side and peaceful/quaint on the other😍

It's so good! I loved it.

I told multiple people to check out this series. Terrific show.

@DominicDaigle-ts7hz This is a link to some cheap-ass fuzzy-focus animal antics video. I broke my own rule about clicking on links and that's where it led me.

Both are bangers too imo. Perfect way to start winter break

Now all he needs to do is to watch Pluto, Scott Pilgrim Takes off and Wonka and he can finally end the year on a good note

​@@Grudgebearer47 Scott pilgrim is bad. Pluto is not as good as blue eye samurai. It's boring at times. He'll enjoy more niche shows like heavenly delusion over that crap.

Who would have thought a Godzilla movie would be the best written movie this year?

@@samuraijosh1595 doesn’t heavenly delusion have an issue with cringy anime fanservice? I mean if he doesn’t mind anime like ghost in the shell then he’d like Pluto, it doesn’t have to be as good as blue eye samurai to be considered watchable. Scott pilgrim, I’ve heard it’s bad from people who dropped it after episode one, but the ones who’ve finished it tend to say it’s good. Idk I’ve never watched it but lots of my mutuals have.

He was one of mine too! At first I found him kind of grating. I thought he’d be the telltale quippy comic relief character but he was dialed back enough to where he never seemed out of place and I eventually really grew to like him. I even laughed at some of his funny moments which I didn’t expect to

Everyone shines in their own way. Even the princess, who learns from the brothel madam on how to use her powers of feminity to seduce men.

Hes 1-note imo hes just a goofy Sidekick that acts as a plot Device.

​@@elongatedmanforever1252 yeah, if you just read a plot summary of the show maybe

@@Windwalker88 Nah i just dont like it.

I think I had that same thought when I first watched "Arcane"

Can't grade everything you see from by marvels new heap...Stan Lee is probably rolling in his grave

FYi, it's a continuing series, not a mini series. Season 2 has been greenlit.

I was even more impressed when I found out it was a western production

This is Japanese not stupid American media…they have cultural standards

Beating a dead horse, this guy has legitimately interesting perspective, don't waste it on MCU / Starwars trash. It's dead. It isn't interesting. Move on.

Criticism and outrage naturally gets more attention, not expecting this trend to change anytime soon.

@@NIL0S resigning yourself to that is the only thing which perpetuates it. It's a self-fulfilling prophecy.

And yet, even "Blue Eye Samurai" reeks of woke Hollywood shit. Even, thank god, it's not so much what is REPRESENTED on screen. But everywhere it gets praise it usually highlights the great work the (voice ) actress did and what an incredible talent the female director/writer is. While no one ever mentions, that a) the main work has been done by men! First, the real creator/writer a.k.a. mastermind behind it is Michael Green. HE knows how to bring great stories and characters to life and has a shit ton of credits to prove it. Jane Wu who gets lauded by the woke press has absolutely no credits to her name but is being treated like SHE is the great mind behind "Blue Eye Samurai". Second, the main part of the principal graphic work has been done by a french artist studio (and that's the main reason it looks SO FUCKING GOOD!). I hate to seem pety but it just really pisses me of how Netflix gets a little masterpiece done by (foreign) men and uses that to showboat that pink haired activist... sorry, just pisses me off.

​@@richtifilmpalast5373 don't be sorry it is infuriating to know that. Just reading your expose made my blood boiled. It's really disappointing that all the praise goes to the person that least contributed to make this show what it is, not saying that she didn't do anything, but She didn't create the art that makes it visually appealing nor to the writing. Hollywood is rotten to the core and their agenda makes them rewrite history to their liking. It's really sad.

Bro same here- minus the Scottish person. Got Scottish heritage though!

@@Wastelander1972 awesome, where you from?

Yeah I didn’t catch it at first but that has some really dark implications

The look he gave when he realized, just wild to me

isn't Fowler a rainbow 🌈 brother??

@@aravindmuthu5748 nah he is just depraved

He has had a LOT of practice.

Right? It's so good.

Why support Neflix though which is another website for anti-whiteness?

Same, I don't normally watch anime, I was bored one night and threw it on as something to play in the background whilst doing other things and before I knew it, it was 4am.

I agree, for example she managed to perform a 3 meter jump with a destroyed ankle and casually killed 10 guards afterwards. Seems believable. I'd say that she's no different from the likes of Rey Skywalker other than showing a bit of her training.

And she was able to run and fight just fine with a hole in her foot/ankle, also swim in icy cold water while carrying a grown male while encumbered by both people's clothes.. Humanity's historically best athletes aren't capable of doing that regardless of whether they're male or female.

I think to a certain extent you have to go with the fantasy of it, as is the same with pretty much all action/fighting shows and movies. A certain level of inhuman agility is just part of the genre lets be honest. With the being seen as a man part I think part of what makes it more believable is that its set during a time where gender roles would have been so extremely strict that seeing someone dressed completely as a man would have probably led a lot of people to not really question it or think beyond anything. She largely hides her face due to being mixed raced, and she's probably taller/broader/larger than the average japanese woman anyway due to her European blood -- something the Japanese people would have no familiarity with at all. Eg. I think its somewhat telling that the first person to realise she's a woman (without seeing her naked) is Fowler, a European who spots its quite easily once he's actually close up.

It's funny, I agree with all your points. Plus, a woman beating 30+ men in one setting, who are experienced in fighting dirty? It is all pretty silly. However, I think it's funny how I still enjoyed the series. It's sort of like hearing a myth or a legemd of a demigod or sth. You know there's a grain of truth, but also just accept the bullshit for the fun of it.

I don't know, it just seems like a bit of a fem power fantasy that mostly men will watch. It also goes overboard with the white man bad narrative as well - I found a lot of that dialogue distracting and rolled my eyes multiple times when they were pushing a lot of it. And yes Mizu is way OP - she's far too strong and durable in my opinion. She gets wailed on by men sometimes four times her size and is still able to carry on at what looks like full strength for the next enemy even though she staggers about as if she's half dead, whereas a male protagonist takes a fraction of that punishment and he's completely incapacitated. She's just kind of indestructable and can seem to survive anything short of outright decapitation which takes away the suspense and danger for me - I know a big meatball of a guy can ambush her, beat her to near death, practically strangle the life out of her and she will have a few flashbacks of something, then muster the strength to toss him around, finish him off, then immediately take on the next army. I thought they could have been a lot smarter with the choreography to showcase how a woman with a sleighter frame and without the brute strength can overcome these enemies and situations. They should have made her more like a Kunoichi - a focus on speed, agility and the use of shadows a lot more than they did instead of just walking guys down through the front door. I don't know, this is so obvious to me that I'm almost suspicious about the review - there's no way Drinker didn't see it - sometimes "the message" is really on the nose in this one.

oh that episode is probablt the best ...that and the scene in which she kills that deaf mute girl right after telling her she ll protect her.. it was a really gut wrenching scene

@@SuicidalSummerSnowWoman … how far she would go on her quest for revenge

Totally. This episode is a standout. Simply incredible.

The last episode was terrible. I don't know what happened to the creators of the 7 other masterpiece episodes.

Episode 5 was a legit masterpiece. You’re absolutely correct.

Pro critics work for someone else. I watch guitar stuff, and when a big reseller reviews a big company's guitar, they'll gush because they rely on the ad money from that company. The self-employed YTer is free of that (but can also be a whore if desired, so still caviat emptor). Have a nice day.

Probably because the "professional movie critics" never dare point out flaws, that could end up getting them "cancelled" or #me2'd. Luckily TCD has enough of a spine to say what he thinks, without catering to the sensitive bunch.

His last two videos baffle me. Blue Eyed Samurai and The Fall of the House of Usher are blatantly woke. Is he ignoring all the wokeness because he doesn't have content anymore?

​@@n4ughty_knight probably cause, like he's said, he doesn't care about the skin tone or gender or sexuality of any character, he just wants a good story being told without preachy modern messaging

that doesnt say anything about professional movie critics, they like what they like and recommend other people go see it it just says stuff about your own tastes

The woke theme is gold too?

Over hyped, i don't understand how this is good, how dune is good.

Yeah. You clearly haven't watched it. Go be mad at everything somewhere else. Calling everything woke is just as pathetic as those "woke liberals" calling everything racist. It shows a gross inability to be objective.@@adamropp4757

What? What the hell does Dune have to do with this? @@unnaturaldodo

@@cosmic_kid2868My brother recommend it, I didn't like it and and drinker said it was good, that all.

CGI in animation does seem to be improving overall at least. I've was impressed with studio Orange's works: Land of the Lustrious and Trigun: Stampede.

The 3D models still look terrible to me

@@nautdead3197agree. It looks completely shit. The story and execution must be good from what I heard, but the animation choice i can't deal with.

It’s actually referred to as 2D animation, dude. Toy Story is 3D.

I'll be honest, as soon as I realized it was a chick, I stopped watching. Roll your eyes if you wish, there have been ZERO women samurai ever in history. There's a reason for that.

That one was heartbreaking,

That episode was masterful

Ep. 5 Needs an Emmy or the awards are pointless.

@@AlexHodgesYT Considering how much the Academy has let me down during Best Animated Film nominations and how the winner is picked, I tend to feel let down.

That episode genuinely broke my heart. I felt so bad for her, especially when Akemi said Mizu is incapable of feeling anything.

I think the point is that she never stops learning, always eager to improve her technique by analyzing it for weak points and learning from her opponents during and after the battle. This is all she has in life, and therefor she spends time doing nothing else. And tbf, she must have been a good fighter even before Mikio ( if the whole husband thing wasn't a dream sequence anyway), for her to track down and kill Violet and their men.

Yes we do, as kid that guy who got the broken sword beats her up.

See that would have been good. Every time the story feels like it’s gonna be compelling, they force in a plot point that makes it less interesting. The husband was evil the whole time! WOW, never seen that one before.

He wasnt evil? He was a man scared of the demon he saw in her eyes, and he couldve been to one to rat her out, but the show's intentionally vague about it.​@@uriahl2331

@@uriahl2331but the husband wasn’t evil the whole time, we actually never know and that is part of the point. He slipped when he felt bested, but we never actually know if he sold her, and I’m of the belief that it was actually her “mother”. The husband was, mostly, a great dude, but he too was a victim of his time

Kinda of disappointed that it is not getting the criticism it deserves.

I was contemplating writing an email to Drinker myself, to ask him to give this show a go. So I am happy to see that somebody else already did that. This show was a pleasant find for me, so I hope more people give it a try, despite some questionable moments in the second half. It's a great fun

@@PatrickOMulligan Same, I can't see how people can't see it.

Even tho the idea of a woman beating even a single Samurai is just plain LUDICROUS.

@@toh6261I thought there were a few female samurai though?

The woke pretend older movies didn't have strong female characters. They did. Stars like Ripley in Alien, T2, La Femme Nikata,, etc, and even Leia and Marian in Indy drank that huge guy under the table. Even going back to the black and whites, plenty of strong women kept up the banter with their male counterparts. Females in film have long been strong. Not every one sure, but plenty of males are weak or evil too. The woke lie about the past to make it seem far worse than it was. Looking forward to watching this. I definitely would have written it off assuming it was woke given the year and lead.

@@toh6261 Why exactly? Its nature vs nurture in this case, and I implore you to research a bit about the biology then just spouting off something that sounds true. Besides, its not like every samurai is some amazing warrior blessed by whatever japanese gods there are to the point where they are un-killable.

​@@toh6261rubbish. There were female samurai. Rare, but it happened. Also many women, especially nobility, were trained with weapons. .

Yeah, it's almost like watching old Jackie Chan fight scenes but animated

There were a couple times where I audibly said “that’s bullshit” like when she lands on the rock with one hand and then jumps up and cuts that dude in half but it honestly was so good that I did not care

I haven't watched this, but seeing two men get launched through a wall, then the female protagonist walk through, told me that this will still have those moments. I believe your assessment in general, though, and am glad to read that about this work. I also think my suspension of disbelief is more resilient regarding physical feats like that in animation over live action, so I wondered a bit about how well this would do if it was live action instead. All in all, though, good writing trumps all that, so it's nice to hear and read how well this series was done. Maybe I'll actually even watch it.

Honestly it's like Kill Bill. The fight scenes are so over the top, so ludicrous, and so unbelievable that they break the suspension of disbelief. However I didn't care when The Bride cut down the Crazy 88 because I was 100% invested in her journey and it was a blast to watch her get her revenge, and the same goes for Mizu. It also helps that this show is animated, and that the show states right away that this is the story about a literal Legend. Plus Mizu is just a fantastic character with a ton of development, especially in episode 5 which explained so much about why she's such an awful person sometimes.

it was peak storytelling, the following episodes almost suffer in comparison, despite being amazing in their own right.

Episode 5 is amazing.

​@@blackpaw29Episode 6 is kinda trash though

Wrong.

​@@studentdebil1720 was 6 the one that literally only had action? Where she fought her way through that castle? I quit on that episode, but ill probably return with confirmation that the last 2 eps are good

Yeah Mizu is very reckless and gets saved often, but it makes sense she needs Fowler to find the other white men. The story is a little back and forth if she wants revenge or not. But everything else about the show is done very well. I'd still rate it highly.

The tale has been told before and therefore not original at all.

Dont jinx it.. they'll make a live action and mess it up

I don't care! Make it gay and put a chic in it!

It's just Mulan in Japan, surely?

@@AFMR0420 oversimplification, with that logic no modern idea is original

Yea I don’t wanna sympathize to a Character which kills baby and put their bones in the Dungeon

Did they ever explain why the isolationist, technophobic, and genocidally prejudiced military dictatorship is the good guys and the technologically advanced democratic societies are a "corruptive influence?" Genuinely curious. From what I've seen it's more of the same; western man bad. It's a tired refrain that doesn't make me want to give Netflix money; especially considering the blatant prejudice they display with their movies.

⁠@@ireallycant4416objectively he is a deep, brilliant villain. I despise him for that exact reason but from a critical point of view, he is a horrific villain like the OP perfectly encapsulates- it feels like he can do anything An omnipotent calculating and ruthless villain. Wow

Makes sense that a sadist would enjoy it up the clacker. Totally unexpected yet..

@@ireallycant4416 You can like a character without agreeing with their actions. Why can't zoomers grasp this shocking concept?

I take it is dubbed?

Of course it's dubbed, all animation are except silent movies.

@@davethomas1641 Don't worry about that, just watch.

​@@davethomas1641 It's a western animation. Wasn't made in Asia.

@@jovanfilipovic5115 much appreciated, didn't know that........

There is an ever growing list under the surface of good western adult animation and that is absolutely in it .

You should check out Scavenger's Reign as well

⁠@@rvantong What streaming service is it on?

@@UncreativeHandle48 It's on Amazon Prime

I hate watch critical drinker because I am a chick in the film industry who agrees with his take on the shitty propaganda films these days. It burns me to like this vid. I'm only supposed to hate watch.

@@riddimgyal thats ok, we are all a small fringe minority of people who understand the larger implications of this degeneracy. good luck I can only imagine how difficult it must be. I hope you can get to your full goals and make the impact we are all looking for.

@democratslie8113 it's an accurate representation of the time.

I went in with very high expectations since everyone keep calling it good, i was left disappointed, it not deep as it tries to be, the ending wasn't satisfying and every man in it was a jerk at some point, except the guy with no hands but yeah, it not as good as they say.

@@unnaturaldodo cool did you watch the entire episode's presiding that is the literal buildup to that moment or were you a petulant child and chose to get your dopamine hit right from the start? name 1 episode of any other show in the last 5 years that has done better, just one.

and she did a damn fine job ; all the kudos/congrats is well deserved

I can believe that, almost none of the fight scenes are 'pretty' or simple. It really feels like the characters are fighting for their lives.

Well, someone passed on the silly mythological notions of the extreme prowess of the Samurai sword. That is indeed my only real criticism of this whole series. I cringe watching characters felling 8 inch diameter trees with a sword stroke. Or cutting through steel or iron rods as if they were twigs. Or cutting through a pistol. And then, when the plot calls for it, that same amazing blade is shattered by a lead ball from an arquebus. The same blade which held the weight of two adults wedged into a stone wall at a 90 degree angle without bending or breaking. I guess I'm too much of a sword enthusiast.

That's pretty cool.

So basically, yet another female writer and director who need to write and see themselves in the lead character. At least it sounds like they did a good job and didn't make the female lead perfect and all men dumb. Kudos for that at least.

Same, watching this show in my cozy warm house was really good

Well ya that episode makes a point of how if there's anything more painful than a lack of happiness, it's being given a taste of happiness only to have it abruptly taken away. It's great fucking stuff.

Lol this is such BS. The series is NOT that deep. But hey you guys keep on consuming this gender swapped crap.

Yeah I can't remember the last time I have seen that in other stories with similar dynamics. Because usually they consider it for a good minute but go back to the old path. (Not that it's bad or anything) but she really tried for it for a long time.

That was genius, giving her the chance to be happy and 'normal' then to have it snatched away.

I saw some comments on how he betrayed her because she wasn't the good little wife and he couldn't take it which in my opinion wasn't what scared him. He suggested they spar, he knew she was a warrior, what scared him was while he kept his blade covered she pulled live steel on him twice. And its completely in character for both of them

Wow, the entire season! A full six hours! Sorry, i can't stand this ridiculous trend that will soon make movies and "series" indistinguishable

you obviously don't have a job to keep yourself busy

@@shermansheepherda8488 I have a good job, I don’t need to work much to make bank, besides my job aren’t about just putting hours into it. and could it happen that it was a day off I used to watch a tv show?

@@muskyoxes nothing wrong with your way of doing things, and I no problems keeping engaged for six hours. Must admit, I took myself a break mid through, to cook myself a fabulous meal.

@@neanderthal- Was it noodle soup?

Yes, the animation is great. Except it is unnecesarry bloody and cruel. The plot, ah well, a girl lives all her life discuised as a boy in a medieval japanese village, with common bathes and shitting in public. Well, ok. She is taken by a blind swordmaker. Well, blind swordmaker makes a perfect sense. Almost like a blind painter, but, ok, in modern movie a disabled is just as good as anyone else in everything. He keep saying all kind of cheap pseudofilisophical speaches, at some moment i even thaught it's a parody. Ok, so be it. From looking at the clients, the girl learns to use a sword, and she is so good, that at he first real fight, actually the first time she spars with a partner, she easily wins, even against the best swordsman in the fencing school. Yes, and her sidekick, who seems to be a grown man, wants to be a fencer. With no hands. And this is only the first episode. Is there any reason at all i should waist my time on this show?

Yeah, absolutely amazing show but episode 6 was a bit over the top. It went too far into superhero mode for a while there.

Yeah, and that sadly makes the action kinda lame, cause it's just a gross bloody mess with no stakes

@@boriskapchits7727 I don't know, you tell me. Why would you want to watch a show with a female protagonist in the first place?

GTD_Galatea Women simply don't work as protagonists in a story. They just can't. Especially in an action adventure story.

In the first episode, the flashback-introduced childhood bully monologues while he has her beat, and then inexplicitly walks away while exclaiming how she's gonna die (your sword was right up at her throat!). She then unshackles her training weights (and goes over 9000 in power level!!) and bests her kid-bully foe who, oh yeah, hates half-bloods and therefore can be expected to act like a Marvel movie villain. This show fucking sucks and I don't understand why its getting dry-humped so hard.

@@foobazabar Correct take, this show is absolute trash

@@foobazabar This show has a lot of weak points, one of which you mentioned above. I think it has a lot of strong points too, particularly in episodes 5-6. I struggled through some of the parts that were either boring or too woke (i.e. nonsensical) for me, and ultimately found it a rewarding series. I do think the current circle-jerk is a bit one-sided with people exaggerating the positives. Once you give it some time and people watch it multiple times, there might be more critical takes. Overall, I'd rate it a solid 9/10. Strong points for me: story, character development, great facial expressions, and excellent sound effects. Visual quality is also up there. Weak points: 1) Some fight scenes are plain ridiculous. 2) Any fighters who are not explicitly main characters tend to be weaker than NPCs in a video game. 3) Some of the characters are not properly developed e.g. Ringo oscillates between a goof-ball and an outright genius, Taigan can't make up his mind about what he wants, Akemi the princess is a brat and arguably a "woke" character who is both selfish and narcissistic yet somehow keeps getting her way. (Although in the end, Akemi learns to stop being a victim and take control of her life, so this can be yet another example of good character development).

@@OptimusPrime-vg2ti🤓

same, the part where she gets an iron spike through her heel and the next day she barely has a limp. You could chalk it up to adrenaline, but after awhile it gets a little silly, but I guess because it's animated most turn a blind eye?

"just Mulan with blood, tits and racism as a paint of maturity" - EXCELLENTLY put! Thank you!! This show is so over-hyped it drives me fucking crazy (see my comment above).

You can make maaaaany similar criticisms to other absolutley amazing shows or films...westerns, kurosawa films, lotr, spaghetti westerns, tarantino films... it's an art form, it's not necesarilly supposed to be believable. The best example I can think of that you can level the same criticisms is is Kill Bill. Would they be fair? Sure. Does it make it anything less then amazing? Of course not...sometimes believability is not the point. If a slight snort of: "oookey, she healed waaay too fast" is the price I have to pay for really good writing, unpredictable plot lines and amazing cinematography I'm happy to pay it. Believable fights and realistic healing processes do not make or break a show...as for looney toony oneself out of super adverse situations..yep...like Kill Bill, like Frodo, like clint eastwood in a fistfull of dollars. Arcane was amazing, this is also amazing..in a different way...in arcane there are other things to analyze cause of the lore...here you can analyze all the techniques they used to make this look like a live action...the way the "camara" moves or the breathaking scenery, how every shot is framed...or you can appreciate the historical accuracy...not to mention cultural accuracy...in tiny details, how the characters move for example. In any case..it boils down to opinion, it's subjective. I thought it was the best thing I saw since Arcane. You hate it. It's fine...just don't be so suprised many other people liked it Edit: I just remembered a scene in Arcane where Vi parkours herself down making an insane, inhuman jump that noone could just walk away from (shw would have at the very least shattered her ankles)...but the slo mo, the backdrop...the colours..it made it look really good..do I believe any human can make that jump? no. And yet...still amazing..still a good show.

@@ilyaguerenstein7847 You misunderstood my point. If you go for serious historical themes like racism and sexism in feudal Japan and reference the Irish famine I'm going to hold you up to a higher standard then regular fantasy. My main problem is with how in Samurai there are moments in which the plot "jumps" . There are no consequences to any of the many bad decisions Mizu makes. What was the point of the stealth mission if she could have killed the 100 mobsters by her self. What was the purpose of the traps in Fowler's castle if every time she gets hurt, it doesn't have consequences. And when you start to notice the cracks more and more start to appear. We agree that the visuals are stunning, and I'm not saying that is a bad series, but I see a lot of squandered potential if the writing would be just a bit tighter.

@@WckD135 I am. I'm saying it's a bad series.

@@ilyaguerenstein7847 ​ What you say is all well and good, except that with Blue Eye Samurai (and others) it is not just a case of stretching credibility with what the human body is physically capable of - it's the fact that Mizu's plot armour and unearned excellence at fighting is given to her by the writers for purely ideological reasons. If it was just surviving injuries that should have taken her out, that would be one thing. But when we have her instantly besting her samurai husband despite the massive gap in their respective training and experience - just because she's a woman and therefore HAS to triumph over a man! - that's when it gets unpalatable. As the episodes progress, more and more woke elements of the show make themselves apparent, and that then makes it clear WHY the writers are making Mizu capable of doing what she does and surviving anything. It isn't just fitting into the genre tropes you mention - it's in service to woke ideology. The Drinker has been harsh on a lot of productions that have had the same problems, and the same kind of under/overtones: Enola Holmes, Atomic Blonde, Charlie’s Angels, Disney Star Wars, and many more besides. How he doesn't see this show as belonging in the same category is unfathomable. Andif it is all purely subjective as you say, that would undermine the majority of the Drinker's KZfaq content.

Either that, or he's so starved from entertaining content that he chose to overlook the many woke aspects in the show that he usually berates other productions for.

The show was very woke in a lot of aspects… but it was good story telling… so yeah quality propaganda is a great description… I was a bit annoyed at how easy is to see the woke stuff playing out, but I enjoyed the series nonetheless and it was overall a compelling story… if I wasn’t so aware of the woke tropes I would have enjoyed it even more… but it’s kinda how woke should have been.

It just tells me that you were so desperate to watch anything because it was a woke shit show

@@n4ughty_knight Whatever dude, you're clearly desperate to find wokeness everywhere so you can play the victim

Yeah, music. They even had their own ‘musical episode’, like in all modern shows (I mean the one with classic theatre tale) and that was… perfect😮

​@@n4ughty_knight strong female characters isn't woke ary sues that are perfect and have no flaws are ...misu is a very flawed character

​@@n4ughty_knight Its not really woke, there's every reason mizu are force to become a boy.

You have a based GF.

I’m trying to get my bf to watch this but he’s relenting

That would actually be interesting, after burning the largest city in the world down, Mizu causes the London Fire 🤣😂

So it's historically accurate also?

@@TheRayfield77 if you think an unstoppable female warrior in 19th century Japan is “historically accurate” then you are sorely misinformed haha

Lol

​@joebeast15 it's amazing watching all these guys in here who regularly complain about gender swapped roles PRAISE a gender swapped role.

We didn't see her whole arc, the show can't just cosist of flashbacks, you know?I mean we didn't even see the whole arc of finding out how many white people were in Japan, finding out about, hunting for, and killing Violet. We entirely don't what happend between the time her body reached full height and when show starts. However, we are still given enough info, to know how/why she has become such a good fighter. Why is she so goot at fighting? : 1)This is the only thing she got in life. She trained since she was a small child, and even before that she was basically "taught" how to blend in/escape/ go against larger groups of people. She never learned about traditions, didn't spend any time with friends and only ever learned about fighting, weapons and how they were built. 2)Despite being mostly very calculated, she's pretty hot headed. In her serach for answer and Violet she must have gotten herself into lots of fights, which would also explain how she's so nonchalent about being injured and having to sew herself back together; she has just seen it/ experienced it many many times. 3) We know that she not only practices fighting on a highly regular basis, but she also develops her own techniques in her mind and simultaneously tries to find ways to counter them. Unlike must other fighter, she doesn't only train, but she also very activly *studies* martial arts and fighting in general. She is also very strategic in the way she takes on diffrent ( groups of) enemies. For example, she knew the four fangs were too much to take on all at once, so she tries to lure them out of formation, taking them on one at a time. She also thinks outside the box, uses the enviroment to her advantage, and doesn't care about honor or tradition. She just fights to kill, if that means stabbing someone in the eye, kicking their balls or doing god knows what, she'll do it without a second thought. This last thing might seem trivial, but medivial Japan soldiers, especially Samurais, were taught to fight and behave in a certain way; embracing dirty fighting just gives her an extra edge. 4) The final reason is just that from a meta-POV watching someone who is an extremly good fighter is more entertaining, than watching someone who is just a really good fighter. It's the same reason Batman doesn't have to sneak up on every single group of enemies to win a fight or John Wick not having to use poisen darts to not get shredded by hords of enemies and instead can just blast through them, without ever explaining how a single human being can have actual Matrix levels of movement and precision. Batman is not Batman because it's actually possible to achieve Black profiency in more than a dozen martial arts in decade ( or a lifetime for that matter), but because the writers decided that Batman should be Batman. Yes, the writers of BES could have unnecessarily put way more time and effort into the show, wasted screen time, potentially bored viewers, just so that Mizu being so good at fighting was 100% explained on-screen, but that would have been unnecessary. I would even argue that leaving this transition of knowing/developing very good techniques to becoming a very good fighter a little bit ambiguous adds to the show, because it makes Mizu more mysterious. Waifu arc: from my estimation, about 1/5 of the fanbase believes that the whole happy wife flashback wasn't actually real, but Mizu imagining or remembering to imagine it; just to arrive at the believe that if she ever did find happiness, she is just too far gone to keep it. Make of that what you will. I'm not the biggest fan of the whole Ronin subplot either, but it totally fit her arc, even though I agree Mikio being such a lil bitch, seemed a bit unrealistic. (But she totally would kill him tbh) Fat irish person: I absolutly agree that there is no reason for Fowler to beat Mizu AND (injured)Taigen in a sword fight. Tbf, he is smart about leveraging his physical strength as much as possible, bc that is smt. Mizu just can't match and pulling as much tricks out of his sleeve as he can, but that last fight really was unrealistic. The other time though, Fowler had the complete advantage ( and guns). I'm not trying to attack you, but someone people just to seem to almost intentionally dislike certain shows/movies, trying to scrape together a few minor issues and playing them into something huge. BES definitly isn't arcane, but it's close, and it's definitly not just mediocre.

My overall feeling is that you just have awful taste/hate female protagonists

@@Luke101I actually LOVED Arcane (which happens to have a female protagonist, and antagonist too, for that matter) and I explained my reasoning as to why I was disappointed with Blue Eye Samurai. Don't get me wrong, it is a good-ish show, it was just way below my expectations. It definitely was NOT something that felt to me like i would be "torn between binging or savoring it slowly"

@@user-vz4gg6cs4lthank you for your thorough response, my friend. About Mizu being OP, it is not only for the sake of it being "unrealistic" that it makes the show less appealing to me, but also about not seeing her improve as a samurai and become stronger in the process as part of the show.

@@vicentealencar👍

CGI can work for a show if it's done well and it is consistant. Land of the Lustrious aka Houseki no Kuni is a good example for CGI that isn't actually that great if you measure it on bein realistic but fits very well.

Lol I’m the same. I can’t help but think how much better it would have looked if it was 2D.

CGI is art, it can be done masterfully and beautifully.

I would recommend you watch the Trigun Stampede anime by studio Orange which came out earlier this year. It's a full cgi animated anime but it's one of the best. The studio is probably the best at cg anime and I would recommend u watch their other shows as well.

Why, though? Arcane had a mix of both, and it was gorgeous. Spider-verse literally changed the landscape of animation with this hybrid of styles gelled together to create unique story-telling elements.

But Dante Basco didn't voice Taigen, if that's what you mean. Darren Barnet did.

caught that!!!

Good to see Phineas and Ferb references are still alive

You talking about Taigen? he’s not voiced by Dante Basco.

It’s funny how the name of the guy who forced Japan open was named Mathew Perry. Guess Japan had a lot of ketamine

Underrated? How can something be underrated when every critic has the same consensus?

@@LordFindecano true, underrated in terms of general audience awareness. It barely spent anytime on the Netflix top 10.

@@SOLIDSNAKES35 it got renewed anyway

Vinland Saga is on a league of its own.

Saga is good.. but it ain't Blue Eye Samurai good.

@@user-tn9qr1vi8pso now we’re telling lies

Oh an actually good-ish show (English troops still portrayed as weak yet evil).

Too bad it was followed by episode 6....

Totally agree. That moment when she free climbed two stories with a fully grown unconscious man on her back… Oh mind you this was after getting stabbed in the stomach and in the heel and having gone through multiple fights where she almost died.

I mean if you're worried about the show presenting a version of fuedal Japan in which sexism didn't exist, you certainly don't have to worry

It really was... part of me thought it was a dream and I realized it was going to be a sad goddamn story about her life and why she hardened her heart. 😢

Holy crap! I just can't find anyone saying anything bad against this show, guess that's my que to watch it

Was stunned at episode 5 too. Felt like the best parts of 3 episodes in one. Was a little worried after watching it though that the rest of the show wouldn’t hold up to that standard tbh

I agree. It is the best to have come in a long while. But besides the strong visual language, it is just "good enough". It is good, hopefully a sign of much better yet to come. Respectfully. 👍

Its addictive viewing

I miss Ebert too. He's unparalleled.

​@boiledelephant Yeah with takes like "video games aren't art" he was truly unparalleled. I used to think the same thing but I no longer see how anyone can believe Roger Ebert was anything special. His takes were bog standard at best, and unbelievably stupid and narrow at worst. He was normal movie critic who mostly loved everything, nothing less, nothing more.

@jacksondavis9442 you missed the qualities people sought in his pieces, it wasn't the opinions, it was the writing quality and style. He was a superb writer.

Had a much similar feeling. Till it was revealed that she is a girl, i felt kind of emberasment for the creators. What is this nonsense? A teenage slender boy is a better swordmaker then anyone and a better swordsman than anyone, even without proper training, and can cut a gun barrel with a knife? But when it was revealed this is actually a girl, all went to place. Of course, the strong female character is perfect from the start, better in anything that any male alive, it's a modern empowering movie where mary sue is a must.

Cringe

@@jamescarr1265*funny

Don't forget her superpower: a magical metal rock that fell from the sky that "no man could tame" which she made into a sword as an apprentice who could apparently only make decent kitchen knives. She then wields said sword, as you say, like a master of all schools of sword fighting because, plot. Totally not a Mary Sue we swear! There's tits in this animation which means its has adult themes (le omg a prostitute had a kid with who wants vengeance I never seen that before).

I've seen quite a bit of buzz about it

If you think Mizu is a Mary Sue you’re lost

@@bcfisk Yeah and than if she was a man nobody would look at these twice and your entire comments would fall apart 🤷‍♂️ Also you’ve gotten a lot of things just straight up wrong here lmao watch the show again

@@hhowdyIf it was possible to learn how to be an expert swordsman to the point that you can absolutely destroy dozens of samurai just by watching people practice swing after getting a sword forged, then I'd be a world class UFC fighter because I watch UFC........

@@patrikules1937 You can’t really think she learned by simply watching I’ve said this time and time again to other people, by the time the show starts she had already killed one of her potential fathers Violet that’s an entire ark we strait up don’t get to see she obviously and clearly learned something along the way in that journey if she’s so great at fighting now so what makes you think she didn’t?