Video

i think if you look at it in a different way the shackles on azure kite could symbolically represent (upon not knowing that he was stitched together by aura and only had the first 4 games to go off of) that kite was shackled in a way to the world after what had happened and was still trying to protect the game

Spoilers: A cool detail that I like is how Ovan was there the whole time (as shown at the end of the fight). Meaning that Azure Kite wasn't even there for Haseo. But instead, simply trying to delete the AIDA data in Ovan's character model. Great character analysis as well.😊

Manga was better. He was dead. He destroyed other people lives to get revenge and it was for nothing. He is a villain. Teddy Bear guy, the master and the women were right. Did all that for nothing killed people for revenge and he ruined lives. All for nothing

He ended up my favorite out of all

I need to rewatch the anime and read the manga. Never played the game

Cringe

A lot of people think Azure Kite is a villian why so though he is one of the knights of Aura if you played .hack//G.U. he is a guardian of the system not a villian. Oh yeah I remember staying up late as a kid to watch dot hack in the early 2000s I miss being a kid x_x I wish time travel was real.

.hack// was actually the first Fandom I was ever in, when I first got internet. I remember an er before the G.U. trailers, and I remember when they dropped having it truly shake my 11-YO mentality. Who was "zombie Kite" as I called him initially? Who was "goth guy"? They were obviously in HFHg, but, everything els ehad me shook!

I do like your Deep review of Afro's Revenge against Justice and its meaning... But.. you kinda went too deep into it.. Afro Samurai is just a Story of Revenge that mostly shows the Consequences and effect of revenge.. there was no Political or Race with the story.. It was just a Story of Revenge and its Cycle.. Yes Afro's Revenge is not wrong as he saw Justice kill his father when he was young.. at the time, he didnt understand the meaning for The Headbands that his Father and Justice collected.. He only understood that he has to be the Number two to Kill and Earn the Number One headband.. So yes the gang he fought at the beginning, Wouldve been spared and Left Afro Alone if he gave them the Number two headband because they were payed to get the headband.. Nothing else. But Afro killed them all and the Leader just explained before he died.. "You could've just gave us the Headband and moved along.. Why.. Why you gotta kill all of my men?" And Afro just says "Nothing personal, It's just revenge" Because they were in his way.. But the other thing was that Anyone could challenge the Number two Headband wearer.. Even in his young days with Sword master and Jino.. Swordmaster gave Afro a Choice in the anime to Either run along with the Kids to be safe or Stay to see the Consequences of wearing the Number two.. Afro chose to Stay and Kill Swordmaster.. Basically abandoning having a Family and to only Avenge his "Real Father" Even Ninja Ninja told Afro to not wear the Headband.. but Afro didnt listen and put it on.. Because Ninja Ninja wanted Afro to have a Life that didnt involve the Headbands.. despite being the Guardian of the Number Two.. So.. Afro didnt want to Kill Jino when he was Kuma.. But chose the hard way because he was in Afro's Way and Afro had to cut him down.. In the Game boss fight against Ninja Ninja.. Ninja ninja gave a whole speech that Afro had so many moments to Abandoned his Revenge and to live a Peaceful life to be happy along with emotions.. but Afro Denied those moments to Focus on killing Justice.. And the game gave.. a Happy ending? to Afro where he Abandons the Headbands and lets them go.. Either to live the Peaceful Life that Ninja Ninja told him to get.. But he already killed Justice and completed his revenge.. While the Anime gives him the Revenge act and to Follow the Rules of the headbands.. While the Manga gives him a Darker ending where he doesnt get his revenge and he Basically becomes like Justice.. because he kills a Young Samurai who was.. Actually the Son of Shichigoro, who was a character in the manga.. he later came back in Afro Samurai Resurrection as a Character that had the number two headband. What im saying is that Afro Samurai was a Story of Revenge.. Its Great, it has very Great Art, very nice music done by RZA. And great voice acting by Samuel L. Jackson and Ron perlman including Lucy Liu for Resurrection.. I especially love the anime fight between Afro Samurai and Afro Droid.. thats a very well done Fight..

I think the movie added some depth to the anime. He got his revenge, now what? Afro is left to just spend his days barely functioning as a person, living with self-made carvings of all the people he’s killed. He lived for revenge, so revenge is the only reason he gets himself back on his feet. The sad reality is that no matter the outcome, letting vengeance consume you leaves you empty and alone.

What a video !

is no one going to mention that that guy was apart of pokemon xd?

As an anime only, finding out just now that Justice never fought Afro in the manga is so impactful. That "Justice" Afro was always seeking was already dead. His revenge that ruled his every thought only amounted to people dying for nothing. Even though I love the action of the Anime, I never thought of it as more than a really cool stylish sword fighting anime. Maybe I'll give the manga a try.

The anime's message was Afro got his revenge but got sucked into the cycle of violence, which betrayed his father's wishes. Justice said his father wanted to hide the headbands to stop people from killing each other to fight the number one. Even Jino's supposed to reflect Afro since he wants revenge for him killing the master. It's an endless cycle of violence and ultimately pointless.

It is time for Man to become God when God had failed... Justice.

I really like how Justice has a noble goal in the end, he wants to create a peaceful world free of Headbands and mindless killing.

Honestly, the game version blew the Anime out of the water. ;/

U performed a great injustice of the character Justice, You ruin the voice & the delivery of his line u should be kicked out of the fan club

Jesus Christ this video is unwatchable. No one cares about your life story and your stance on what matters or not. Stick to talking about the game and it's systems.

Do you have any thoughts about Papaya Play's server?

Build?

Consistency

Thank you so much for checking out the short! Sorry we only just saw this! You raised some really great points, we definitely leant into making Sophie appear as creepy as possible in the background when on the landing, we wanted to keep the audience guessing as to where the creature would appear. Thanks again for the support! 💀

I remember looking at the dot hack website in middle school computer class, and seeing the new Altimit hud and the somber piano music accompanied with glitching images of Haseo and Kite. Filled with me excitement but also dread, seeing Kite ragged. Also the genius naming of Azure Flame Kite, he gets an Azure title like Orca and Balmung (Blackrose should've had one too like ffs) but also the AFK in MMOs means Away From Keyboard. It all goes so well!!

Liked the video Blackbeard is my favourite one piece character

For years I’ve been trying to write a video exploring the game anime and manga of Afro but only recently did I figure out how I wanted to do it. I didn’t think anyone remembered any of this. I’m kind jealous you beat me to it.

I like your voice 😀

I would rather play on private server

It was one hell of a game back in iCBT, but now its not that good anymore, I feel like the devs dont really care about it now. As much as I love the aesthetics, music and gameplay I cant recommend this game to anyone anymore.

I mean most probably thought that was the real kite until people learned he was a digital copy made by aura.And then aura made digital copies of balmung and orca .Though azure balmung doesn't have angel wings

Just so you know the manga was published last. First afro samurai was an amateur manga that win a prize Then the anime is supposedly an adaption this manga Then the videogame was made And finaly the manga which is explictly a reinterpretation of the original story.

Great video! love Afro samurai, i would like to share this, the creator of Afro said in a interview that he wanted every version of the story to be slighty different from each other and he used batman as an example. The manga, anime, game, and even the black and white pilot all differ from each other one way or another

am i able to play this with a controller?

Aurigans respects your drip from within his ToS grave ☠️

dam he wanted to fight him

+ Massive grind + Pay2win (esp. PvP) + Not all builds are balanced + Very low playerbase (Queues for dungeons can take ages, or might not pop at all) + Dungeon queues are limited per day / week + You have to grind dailies on all your characters to be optimal + You have to play multiple characters to be optimal (same problem Lost Ark has, but without the limit to 6) + Your gear is always made irrelevant by the next level cap update This game is great and relaxing to be played on a second monitor while watching a movie or series, if you're just playing for yourself and you're not trying to compete. You'll need a casual mindset and like grinding the same mob spot for hours on end to enjoy it. If you intend to compete with the top players however, better be ready to dual-wield your credit cards and cancel all your hobbies.

An overall good video, especially the segment about Afro unintentionally deifying Justice in his quest for revenge. I agree that Afro Samurai as a piece of media is way more subtle and well-written than most people would see at first glance. Like the gangster rap that inspired it, it's loud, vulgar, & bombastic nature can cause a lot of people to write off the entire thing as flashy and without substance- putting them off from analyzing it in any meaningful way. I appreciate that you took the time to take a critical look at the series. I do however, think you may have missed out on a lot of the context and symbolism in the story. I agree with your comparison of the Justice's cowboy design to that of the white slavemasters of old - a stand in for the "Oppressive White Man". But beyond that, the view of the concept of "Left-wing African American social justice" being about vengeance is a bit of a strawman. Justice, the character, representing the concept of social justice is a strange reading, and not really supported by the series in any meaningful way beyond the name. A more likely comparison is that of that of the American Justice System. Historically speaking, the judicial system has been an antagonistic force to black Americans- from the bounty hunters & slave catchers of the South to the modern police force of today. All things considered, Afro's interaction with Justice has been relatively short- but extremely impactful. In the few minutes that Afro had seen Justice - he had his home, family and security taken away in an instant by a stranger, leaving him with nothing but headband and a challenge. This parallels the unfortunately reality of many a black youth having his father either killed or arrested in front of him (i.e. taken away by Justice). This is where things get interesting. "Justice" here takes on a double-meaning. On the one hand, there's a quest for revenge- a la 'eye for an eye'. On the other hand, there's the physical being of Justice, a powerful, yet mysterious entity, ruling the world from on high. In his search to find justice(revenge), Afro is willing to commit terrible acts in the hopes. Eventually this turns him into the very monster that he is hunting. Notice that Afro's battle happens in his own head, with his own thoughts telling him that he is bad and Justice is good. Afro is "just a killer with an excuse" and Justice killed "but a single man, in an honorable duel, for a noble purpose". He ignores the reality & complexity of the situation in that Justice had the number 2 headband in the first place- meaning he had to have killed it's previous owner even before killing Rokutaro. Afro's internal perception of Justice the character is just like his concept of justice the idea- a limited and incorrect perspective based on extremes. In his mind, Afro sees Justice as an authority figure who has wronged him personally- but is overall morally correct. In reality, justice was a stranger to Afro- who killed for his own goals in order to secure his own power, at the expense of everyone else. Afro defeating him is a representation of overcoming his internal warped perception of the concept of justice. Depending on which ending is happening, the lesson he learns is different. In the manga & anime, he accepts that he is powerless to end the cycle that killed his father and accepts his place in it. In the game, he transcends the cycle entirely- letting go of the need for revenge. In both of these, justice is something that he realizes he will never reach. tl;dr - A child's father is taken away by a self-defined "Justice", which sets him on a path of destruction. This is the same story of many black kids who grow up to become gangsters and a theme that is common in much of the gangster rap that inspired Afro Samurai and is reflected in the work itself.

i agree with @CaptScrotes thanks for making this dude. i learned a lot about the manga and game. i only saw the show but this was VERY interesting to see and think on... wonderful!

When me and my best friend saw azure kite take out haseo, it was crazy and cool how bad ass kite became.

This game will always have a fond place in my heart. But just knowing how grindy it is and how hard it is to make any progress to get stronger I really shouldn't get back into it. It is what it is unfortunately

hahahhahahah I like the jumpscare

Love this game

This is amazing. Years after and no one really talked about these differences. Knowing that was what happened in the Manga further allows me to understand the ideal of "Afro samurai"

36 min ?!?!? rly !??! ... DISLIKE

I used to play this game years ago. Have about 3k hours sunk into it and I can wholeheartedly say this game needs a FFXIV treatment and be rebuilt from the ground up if it wants any chance of making a significant comeback. The only people who play this game anymore are the ones who sunk way too much time and/or money into it to feel like they can quit, and even then those people are leaving too because there isn't enough of a casual playerbase to warrant spending the time/money to flex and be better than them. This is why new and returning players are shoehorned into the late/endgame. If you're not constantly grinding towards that next slight upgrade to your character, then all you're doing is wasting your own time. The actual story and plot of this game has been pushed so far into the background that I'd be genuinely surprised if even currently active veterans actually know what this game's about. Tree of Savior has fallen into the trap where the endgame is just log in, do your dailies, log off, repeat. Which honestly would be perfectly fine if the stuff that came before it was compelling in any way. But aside from the art direction and soundtrack, which is absolutely phenomenal, there's nothing. You don't even get the chance to have fun before you're thrown to the never-ending grind, and it's really disappointing to see

👍🏾

Players always Say the Game is dead since the start... but the game had survived all this long and i believe he will continue for..

Also, for further clarity. The moments I accessed steam in this video were through mobile phone tethering - using my freedom mobile internet connection. Otherwise, even steam could not log in that day. It was horrible and depressing after all the hype that was built up by my mind around the thought of doing some horror game videos.

Also, I mentioned this in the video, but to be very clear - my internet literally started working properly and normal the morning after this video. So in terms of the issues I mentioned, they are already resolved. I have done 3 Cry of Fear live streams so far, and am working on editing the footage to produce a shorter and less boring version for the channel.

Just to clarify, I had seven goal posts set for myself in the video schedule I made on November 17, but one of those goal posts was optional. (Even in the video it said not guaranteed.) That's why I say four/six goals were achieved in the thumbnail for this video. Also, please pardon my microphone for now. I am using the blue snowball microphone which is good at points, but far from the best. It's very tough for me to get "just the right volume level" without things sounding funny, but I will be working, when time allows, to see if I can get better microphone levels in the future.