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The actor did a great job its either you love yabushige or hate him he did this character justice

Toranaga knew blackthorne wasn't trained with the katana. He probably would have messed up like toranaga did when he was young. That would have given yabu the type of horrible death he wanted.

I love how literally nobody in this show is black or white. No one side or character has a moral compass that points due north. Toranaga is willing to commit atrocities to win, like everyone else. Yabushige is self-interested, though he is still brave and has honor and remorse. Honestly i think by most standards Yabushige is among the most sane characters. You cant trust him with detailed plans because he may well betray you, but at the same time, with what he knew about Toranaga likely being dead, why die with him and the losing side? He's among the most pragmatic and relatable characters. You rarely see a traitorous "rat" who is this layered and deep, this human-feeling rather than just a totally evil asshole with no redeeming qualities

It's customary to ask your best friend, or someone you trust to perform kaishaku (merciful decapitation) when you perform seppuku. It's kinda touching that Yabushige initially requested Blackthorne to perform the task. Yabushige may be a scumbag, but you can see the genuine respect & affection he had towards Blackthorne.

Props to Yabushige for not treating Omi with bitterness when many in his place would. He knew he earned what was coming to him, and he respected that his Nephew had qualities that he himself lacked; an astute political mind and steadfast loyalty for his lord.

the story arc of each character weaving in. Omi conflict of loyalty and at the end he found his truth. Truly wonderful great show!

It really hit hard seeing Yabu's guilt so profoundly expressed - as a samurai, committing ritual suicide is considered an honorable form of self-execution, compared to being killed by an enemy. Yet Yabu was so guilt-ridden at Mariko's death, that he preferred a dishonorable death. Being killed by cannon-barrage or eaten by a school of fishes was a disrespectful death, but Yabu preferred it out of his guilt.

Goodbye yabu bro. My fav character

Love how Toranaga calls Yabu's "eaten by a school of angry fish" a "fine suggestion." 😅

He's trying to survive by playing both sides, but in the end, death is still upon him.

"you're to die by sunrise. any requests?" "uh, this?" "fair request, but no" -.-

That's a heartwarming moment when Yabushige lights up upon seeing Omi at the start of the scene.

真田さんの人柄が出ていて、無駄が無く！臨場感が過去の恐ろしい現実を再現され非常に

Good thing he wrote his “will” …loved the running joke throughout the episodes… even as a traitor, he was an interesting character!

I think Yabushige resembles in all of us as dealing both sides of the coin in decisioning things. Curious to both sides could also take you as an advantage by your Superiors. And the end game of it is you will take the fall for it eventually for knowledge. For when the good book(Bible) says, "You cannot serve 2 masters." Only throughout Yabushige's career, he was only driven by curiosity. (imo)

I love how even though Yabushige, was technically betrayed by Omi, Yabushige still immediately claimed Omi as his heir and ensured his Clan and family would thrive under his nephew.

"Give a good death like being torn apart by cannon" what a fkn badass

This scene was almost funny in the book; Yabu denied it, said his accusers were lying and there was no proof. The following is a direct quote from the book: "There's no proof, Yabu-sama," Toranaga said. "I agree completely. There's no proof at all." "Yabu-sama, did you do these things?" Hiro-matsu asked. "Of course not!" Toranaga said, "But I think you did, so all your lands are forfeit. Please slit your belly today. Before noon." Usually the whole "you have betrayed me / failed me / outlived your usefulness, minion, time to die!" routine is a petty move from the evil overlord, but Toranaga is so offhanded in being the absolute the boss of the situation that he makes it seem awesome.

So well put together .

Omi snitched on his uncle episode 1. Toranaga used the same line at the end of not telling a dead man the future, like he wanted Yabushige to know that.

Wonderfully writtend character, and probably the most nuanced in the entire series!

Please let me get eaten by a school of angry fish had me laughing so hard

Toranaga's way of getting revenge. Mariko had a brutalizing death by canon, so he would deny him any kind of gruesome death he wanted.

I expected like 2 more episodes to wrap this up :')

yabushige was my favorite character :(

Toranaga is just another despotic narcissist that thinks he knows what's best for everyone else, Yabushige nailed him at the end.

I agree with the perspective that Yabushige represents most people in terms of their instinct to survive at all costs. However, for someone like that, it makes their demise inevitable. He was always trying to play the winning side but eventually it caught up to him. If you don't stand for something, you will fall for anything as they say. Had he stayed loyal and true to Toranaga from the beginning it is possible he would have played a pivotal role to Toranaga in the long run. In the forest ambush scene where Toranaga tricked his way out of the castle to go to the harbor, Yabushige mentions for once he would like to know Toranaga's plan beforehand. This to me signals that Yabushige's character has always been questionable to the point where Toranaga could not fully trust him. So yes, most people are fickle and go based on survival instinct. But when you live your life by that rule, you die most of the time.

Literally my favorite character in the show. RIP with a season 2 without him. 😢

I feel Yabu still have useful value in countering Ishido. Maybe Toranaga was too haste in laying the blade on Yabu

Thanks to Yabushige, I became a follower of Tadanobu Asano's X. The illustrations are also very good. I draw unique and stylish pictures. Apparently there will be a sales event. He said he would also sign autographs, and Asano playfully commented, ``You'll get to meet Yabushige.'' If you are a Yabushige fan living in Japan, please check out Asano's X.

“Leave my body to feed wild dogs” yabushiga “amazing isn’t it 😏”

Yabushige is twisted, but he seems to be the only person who is aware that their world is crazy and BS. He wants to stay alive, but has studied death so much that he has preferred methods. He is traitorous, but is it not a normal instinct to not want to be a part of mass seppuku? He’s not under any of the illusions and ceremonies which Mariko loves so much. He’s just tired of the BS and when it came time to go, he had a chat and did it swiftly.

"shoot me with a cannon, let me go out in glory 😭" 🤣🤣🤣

I wish Yabushige sighed a bit more…that was my favorite thing about him. Dude knew how ti communicate disappointment.

nobody: Yabushige: if you must kill me, give me a good death! Like being torn apart by a cannon or eaten alive by a school of angry fish.

i love this show, but i feel like this ending was a bit rushed, which could have been due to a lot of reasons like budget limitations and the episode limit given to the showrunners by the studio. there's still so much to happen like toranaga becoming shogun, ishido dying in battle, and blackthorne wanting to leave japan many times but being denied, to the point that he basically just ended up marrying a japanese woman and settling in japan. and yes, i kinda was expecting an epic battle in this series finale. but that's just my opinion

Fuji's next to take seppuku

Death by angry fish? Was that a thing?

Why did his nephew betray him? Why did he show the letter to Toragana?

Hmmm, it demonstrates how much editing of a famous novel can cut into the circumstance’s drama .. read the novel.

Ending was so lackluster but these characters are so phenomenal

A lot of people are commenting that this episode shows how Toranaga is now set up to win the final battle... but it doesn't, the writers made Toranaga look so pathetic and hopelessly outnumbered that just making a few comments to Yabu doesn't convince me that everything has changed. We never see his power base or any of his allies or any reason why other Lords would go against the regents All we've seen him do for 8 episodes is hide in the forest. It's no wonder so many of the viewers think he's the bad guy.

This is such crap. Yabu was a brave and courageous man, and his conduct in the book reflected that, even to his death sentence. Like American leftists, those behind this series destroy everything they touch.

I'm impressed by the meaningful comments above & below. Do such men & women of insight & honor exist in America? Surely not in my local Planet Fitness

Worst fuckin ending to any series I’ve seen ever…. wtf happened to the writers 😂

That until tomorrow was so chilling 🫡 he knew u weren’t to be trusted ur execution was always the plan 100%

why tf does he want to die so brutally anyway?