Blue Eye Samurai Deserved Better
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- čas přidán 6. 12. 2023
- Blue Eye Samurai deserved way more attention.
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Episode 5 from Blue Eye Samurai is one of the most beautiful episodes of any series ever made. Huge show!
6...with the monkeys. Devine.
100%, the best episode by a mile.
The ending with Ameki was simply amazing... gave me chills!
Agreed. When he gives her the horse....😭😭😭. Then a few minutes later....😳😳😳. So many emotions in one episode.
Honestly that episode was my least favorite episode lmao. It took a few moments and made it an entire episode. So long drawn out and flowery
This show was surprisingly very good. Never thought I'd love a revenge story this much
This show genuinely surprised me although at times it's predictable it's predictable in a good way due to how well it's told
I didn’t think it was very predictable, lmao tell me 3 times the writing was cliche
@@mochalotte4702 predictable doesn't mean cliche
Some deaths were
This show hit me very very hard. I can relate sadly all too well with Mizu. Episode 4 tore my heart out, whereas episode 5 just tore it to shreds. That moment Mizu walks away in episode 5, that determination despite everything. I broke completely. The Sutra scene in episode 7 was also very well done, when swordfather came into frame...
I do find that the ending wasn't as cathartic as it really should've been. Luckily they have already announced a season 2 has been greenlit, so I'm incredibly anxious to see how this resolves.
I agree with you on the ending being not cathartic enough: they had all the ingredients in place for a full story arc: Mizu could have had her sword reforged thank to the additional steel from her companions blended into it, she could have learned the lesson of giving some space in her life to others, and she should have shred Abijah into tiny bits... But they sold this away for the guarantee to be able to tell a next season... Which I can abide in all sincerety. Though I'm a bit concerned about Mizu leaving for London, I could have watched Edo period Japan in this style of animation indefinitely. All that said, I love the show, I am very glad it got made, and happy about it having a next season.
@@melkor1021 To be fair the creator have been teasing the ending, since the other two would come as lesser Abijah's.
@@heitorpedrodegodoi5646Didn’t he say they were worse tho? I doubt that they aren’t cruel if not more cruel than Fowler. You have to be to traffic humans.
I thought I was the only one that thought Taigen sounded like Zuko lmao
This was a pleasant suprise from start to finish. Glad some people are putting respect on it
The only thing that disappoints me is when Lady Akemi had rejected Taigen at the end though but let's be honest, that man literally endured torture for Mizu tho
I mean its prety clear that taigen and mizu are the endgame couple.
I don't like in which light Akemi ended, it seems she's about to get corrupt.
@@federicopalacios7439 definitely some symbolism showing her path is destruction vs taigan's being sunshine in that scene. I wonder if she's going to evolve into a villain
@pamelotms5867 it's so obvious, and it works so well, yet I hate it for some reason
IM LITERALLY WATCHING IT RIGHT NOW I WAS SCREAMING ABOUT HOW GOATED ITS IS BEFORE EPISODE 6, NOW IM CREAMING AFTER
episode 5 is like a masterpiece itself
Uhum. Watchu mean by... creaming 🤨
Yo what??
This is insane because I just finished this show a few days ago and I thought ‘what if Sufferents talked about it on his channel…’ and here we are
I can't wait to see season 2 of Blue Eye Samurai - the show is so good. I really loved Castlevania when it first came out but this is like somehow five times better than that. I really hope they give it enough seasons to do what it needs to do because 8 episodes was just not enough!
I'm seriously hoping season 2 is released this time next year, an instant classic! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
They are doing Season 2!
I SAW I'M SO STOKED
They should hurry, I don’t have all day.
Totally agree. Also, the visuals are incredibly beautiful. Warning: it's not for children. Like, at all. Really.
Aint a revenge story but sam action genre series i recommend was Warrior, just in time S3 was announced. Also underrated.
Unfortunately I felt that the last 2 episodes felt REALLY rushed and I personally wish it got just one more episode making the Siege last longer than 15 seconds and letting Akemi's girls get to enjoy court life so it didn't feel like the show runners snapped their fingers saying "hurry get to the end." Still excited foe season 2 though.
That fight scenes is masterpiece
Same I also didn't watch any trailer, I just saw it in a post, didn't even read the post. Just copied the name and pasted it in Netflix.
Next thing I know I finished it all and I'm craving for more
One thing i like Mizu story is her stroy is cliche is not groudbreaking but yet its authentic she has feeling that i real human would feel, actions that are justified for what she suffered along the story.
Sometimes just perfecting something is enough, though you could make a case that there is a twist. How that characterize Mizu, she's almost irridemable, yet we love her. Honestly just an amazing story and god damn I just love Mizu
Coming to you for impressions. 1600s Japan and spiritual beasts I’m in.
I guess I'm old, because I find all the reaction memes diatracting.
You wrote a beautiful, excellent video essay, but I struggled to watch it because, to my surprise, there IS such a thing as too many memes.
I have to listen to your stuff in the car cause I just.... don't enjoy the visuals.
I suppose I'm in the minority because obviously 150k other people like it, but I do wonder if even more people would like it if it was something a little more relevant to the content?
Is it a way to avoid copyright claim? Cause my attention span is longer than 3 seconds. You don't have to pack 500 memes in there. You can leave the still images up a little longer.
Guess I’m old too.
Loved this review
I watched it not knowing what is was. 10/10
Ringo is the extreme opposite of Mizu: He is happy and a light person, with humor and NO HANDS. She is Mizu.
been trying to get my uncle to fathom how cool animation in general can be and that its not "just for kids" so after binging the show i was like _OH yeah, i gotta make him watch this_
and what i kinda love about my experience watching it with him and my aunt is that, even after seeing the big reveal in ep 1 at the very end and ep 5, both of them would still keep using he/him pronouns throughout the ENTIRE show (correcting to she/her at times lol).
appreciate the emphasis on using gender neutral pronouns!
Just wanting to know how they reacted to the sex scenes?
@@heitorpedrodegodoi5646probably fine they are adults watching the show with another adult. If they gave them a content warning beforehand it probably wasn’t a big deal. And those scenes ain’t too graphic anyway
Make him watch arcane
Nest thing aboit the show is how flawed she is and the moral grey in some choices
Revenge story up there with Scorpions Revenge or blood spray Goemon ishikawa.
I gotta wonder do the pictures u edit with have any actual correlation with what youre saying or not
I didn't expect it to be good but bro was it good!? Watched the whole show in one day
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i am obsessed with this show. i just came across it one day and instantly fell in love with it. the art direction, the story telling and the characters are incredible. also, damn, i love how you call mizu "them". really fits them
real
Really loved the show. Would have enjoyed this breakdown more if not for the heavy reliance on memes but I guess some like that style.
This gives strong Vinland Saga vibes.
Strong, strong vinland saga s1 vibes.
Swordmaker / metal worker.
I heard it was just another generic Netflix anime but I’ll have to watch it now
Whoever said that literally didn’t watch it.
😂it isn’t even a anime it’s a animated show lol Jesus Baki Scott pilgrim whatever is anime
@@ryuusaki7309 I’m so sorry please forgive my ignorance I (as mentioned above) haven’t watched it please show mercy
Could not understand anything because you keep referring to her as they as if she’s more than one person 😂
He’s keeping her gender secret for people that haven’t seen it yet
@@PrismaticGeyserrOh the spoiler has if it inst said in the first episode and you can easily conclude this with the just a few scenes, you muricas really have a hard anti-spoiler boner.
Mizu is a woman, HER, HER, HER, not THEY AND THEM🙄
He’s keeping her gender secret for those who have not seen the series yet
@@PrismaticGeyserr big "secret"
Only critic towards it I have is weird anticlimatic music choice at times
YES im glad someone else thought this too. I hated some of the music choices they made. It would have been better if they used some cool traditional japanese music.
what do you mean Deserved Better? there are lots of good productions out there that no one gets to appreciate
From what I've seen of his videos, he seems to like using a title that makes you expect the review to be more negative than it actually is. Don't know if it's for clickbait or some other reason.
tf is that title tho?
Well-written essay! But I’m “that guy,” and you pronounced Mizu’s name correctly once during the entire video. MEE-ZOO. I’m being pedantic about it because she is the titular character. Otherwise, an outstanding video and observation!
Their? You mean her?
Yasuke deserved the budget and love this one got. but ig both failed
BES did not fail
@@DMrKunst2 to be counted as anime by japan? yes. and it didnt reach budget unlike yasuke
@@callmesenpaidesu1506gonna need a source on that. It’s critically successful, became one of the most viewed and liked series on Netflix over its first two weeks, and was even shouted out by Hideo Kojima
I’m also not how one would even track if the show broke even, since I don’t even think that’s something Netflix does
This opinion won't be popular, but here it comes. I enjoyed your video, you clearly put a lot of thought into its writing and structure, but the visuals were insanely distracting! I kept trying to focus on what you were saying, but my thought process would be disrupted by the constant cycle of stupid memes and gag videos. At one point I actually scrolled down into the comments where the video itself wouldn't be in view so I could try and listen more closely. When you used stills and short clips from the series it invited me to recall my own experience with the show and where I may have seen evidence of your ideas--until it switched to a series of emojis and a guy doing a weird dance and I just mentally switched to "wtf?" Nothing wrong with some visuals to illustrate your reactions at times, but PLEASE just consider balancing out the ratio a bit more.
Who is they, it’s “she” does grammar mean nothing now?
Otherwise great video lil
Why do you say "deserved better"???
Why is this titled “deserved better” when all you say is basically praise for it and never once dwell on what you mean by it deserves better? Deserves better how? Better views? Better watch numbers? Better attention? Better writing? Better animation? What do you mean? Your video doesn’t go into any of that.
Same as you fella, i thought he was going to say a weakly release or something.
It's bait for the fans - these things annoy me. But he's running a CZcams channel so I'll give him a break.
netflix is ASS at promoting it's own shows, i only found out about blue eye samurai bc of a tiktok edit. AN EDIT. with the announcement of s2, i better see the eventual trailer EVERYWHERE
Even though the original voice acting is great, watching it in Japanese just hits different
So painfully underrated
Some moments were off like with Akemi
May watch Logan since its the same writer
The Action and Gore looked impressive in CG, studios really should study from this
I assume this would be woke but got proven wrong with the quality of the writing
Surprised London Tipton VA in this and she did a good job alongside the Girl who did Mizu who played the main girl in PEN15
I mean, it's "woke", it's just not bad. Eg:
*a non sexualized capable female protagonist
*the princess plotline highlights the patriarchy
*deals with the consequences of imperialism
*1st season main villain is a white creepy man
*doesn't shy away from showing disabled characters and doesn't show them as incapable
I could create a larger list, but I think I was able to convey my point.
I guess it's just that the word "woke" is associated with bad screenwriting and preachy shows.
I think the "woke" ideas are in the show, they just aren't shoved down our throats with bad screenwriting.
Loved it and I hate CGI. They did a phenomenal job. It’s a shame no one watched it. Hopefully we get a Season 2. Lords knows shows that had no business getting one always managed to.
I was considering watching it but I'll definitely will now
season 2 was announced 👀
@@latoya5026I was also hesitant but it is genuinely worth the watch
@@ChiWillett dope
The show deserved to be better.
Episode 5 was awesome!. Episode 8 puts a big dumb on the whole experience.
I have to know how other people feel about this...
I had a wonderful time with this show, but there was one thing I absolutely hated, and it had to do with the show's best episode, episode 5, and why I think it was actually its weakest. I found Mizu's husband (I can't be bothered to remember his name) to be a very frustrating character. Don't misunderstand, him abandoning her was absolutely necessary for this story and a wonderful idea. Yet its execution...left me wanting so much more. We had a whole episode showing that this man was different than most, truly different, not just a slightly nicer piece of garbage. So why did he turn on her so quickly? Over mere seconds, he no longer resembles the character we were shown for an entire episode. Again, this turn needed to happen, I know, but I think it happened way too quickly. The issue could have been covered up with a brief, well edited montage of their relationship declining over time. Instead, he turns on her in an instant and reports her the very next morning. I see just about everyone calling this episode a masterpiece, and I would agree if not for this one amateurish mistake that soured the entire episode for me. I just found myself thinking "what? Wait, no really, what?" I was always expecting the decline of their relationship, I was always expecting the turn, Blue Eye Samurai is categorically grimdark, after all, it was just so rushed that I was left feeling baffled at how awful that particular character's assassination was in an otherwise phenomenal show.
Was it confirmed that he was the one that reported her though I felt like it was her "mother" that reported her and instead he just left her to deal with the samurai on her own
@@diamon1310 True, it was left rather ambiguous, although, I do think it could go either way, I will agree that more points to her "mother" than to Mikio (finally remembered his name, I think...). I still didn't like how quickly he turned on her, I think that could have been handled a lot better than it was. Nothing against the show or its writers, of course, but that one decision hurt my opinion of that episode quite a bit.
Mikio very clearly had a saviour complex around Mizu. The moment it becomes clear that she is a stronger warrior than him (defeating him with his own weapon no less) that fantasy he's created breaks, rather than embracing the reality he lashes out.
I do think he genuinely loved her, he's just wallowed in so many of the toxic ideals of the period (and a few more personal ones) that it ruins him.
We don't get confirmation that he sold her out, I don't think we ever will. It matters very little either way as by that point both Mikio and Mama had ruined any positive idea Mizu might have had of both living a 'normal life' and living as a woman (Episode 5 is the only time we see Mizu doing such).
@@pepp418 I was beginning to reconsider my thoughts about this episode and had come to a place of accepting it, but your comment actually pushed me into liking it. I had considered something vaguely similar to your point, but nothing as well thought out and understanding. I really did miss the point that was trying to be made, so thanks for pointing it out because I doubt I would've gotten there on my own.
As for who sold Mizu out, I actually thought about something Fowler said, he mentions that Mama wasn't, well, her mother, and while that could be a lie, combined with episode 5 I kind of believe it and that would also make it more likely that she sold Mizu out, not Mikio.
Regardless, thanks again for giving your perspective, it really cleared up a whole bunch for me!
@@pepp418this!!
I dont get it.
Sure, vusually stunning, but the wrotong? Ech.
You say "some fantasy", but Mizu becomes a great, the greatest?, swordsman by watching people and going through the motions.
She becones a master of the naginata after a single sparring match with her husband. She's inhumanly strong, inhumanly agike, inhumanly regenerative.
Thats straight up comic book hero stuff. Like, i have blue eyes, and they dont give me that kind of power. Shes also not unique in having a life that demands revenge. As to purity of purpose, she's not even after the person/people who made her life so miserable. Shes also inconsistent, killing the kid of the 1000 claws but leaving the guy in the last castle alive(who helped her get her naginata sword back).
“I dont get it.”
Some do. Some don’t. It’s okay.
“Mizu becomes a great, the greatest?, swordsman”
At what point did the show claim that Mizu is the greatest swordsman? I guess I missed that part?
“by watching people and going through the motions.”
You apparently don’t understand martial arts training.
“She becones a master of the naginata after a single sparring match with her husband.”
Again, what makes you believe she is a “master” of this weapon? And we are never shown what other training, practice and conditioning she engages in. How do you know that she had only a single sparring match and no other training?
“She's inhumanly strong, inhumanly agike, inhumanly regenerative.”
How do you know this? Are you a scientist that studies these attributes?
“Shes also not unique in having a life that demands revenge.”
No life demands revenge.
“As to purity of purpose, she's not even after the person/people who made her life so miserable.”
Yes, she is. What are you smoking?
“Shes also inconsistent, killing the kid of the 1000 claws but leaving the guy in the last castle alive(who helped her get her naginata sword back).”
Every single real human being is inconsistent, including you. Why should fictional human beings be any different?
@@jachyra9 fair enough, i suppose the show doesn't directly say she is the greatest. It does show that she faces many trained and experienced warriors from the dojo to the palace, and never meets a match, but I guess that is just an implied, not explicit. smh
I do understand martial arts training, but I also understand practical application.
It is true that we only see her in a single sparring match, but ... that is all we are shown. How much are we supposed to just guess she must have done over years and decades of her young life?
No, I'm not a scientist. I have, however, watched peak athletes perform in professional sports, the Olympic games, world championships, etc. and she performs better than all of them.
(i'll put the next two together to answer)
I understand her motivation. She got blue eyes from her father, and as the fellow Japanese people (those actually making her miserable) attack her for that trait she deflects blame from them to those who could possibly have given her the genetic trait that her enemies despise in her.
The last part was speaking to the "purity of purpose". If she was pure in her pursuit of purpose, she wouldn't be inconsistent in such a manner.
Inconsistency is human, no problem there. It could even be character growth.
But if it is purity of purpose allowing her to perform as she does, then it should have abandoned her.
@@rhoetusochten4211 - “It does show that she faces many trained and experienced warriors from the dojo to the palace, and never meets a match, but I guess that is just an implied, not explicit.”
Even people who are your match can be defeated. From a basic storytelling perspective, if the protagonist just mows down all challengers with no resistance, that would be boring. See also: Jedi in the Star Wars prequel films vs. battle droids. They cut them down effortlessly by the dozen. Yawn. At least Mizu is facing enemies who make her pay dearly for her victories. Art is an imitation of life. We tend to grow when dealing with challenge.
“I do understand martial arts training, but I also understand practical application.”
As opposed to impractical application?
“It is true that we only see her in a single sparring match, but ... that is all we are shown. How much are we supposed to just guess she must have done over years and decades of her young life?”
I know nothing about you. But even if I were to spend the same amount of time with you as we do with Mizu… I still wouldn’t know much about you. Were aren’t supposed to guess at anything. This is a fictional story. If the storytellers thought that something was important enough to tell/show you, they would.
“No, I'm not a scientist. I have, however, watched peak athletes perform in professional sports, the Olympic games, world championships, etc. and she performs better than all of them.”
It’s kind of like she’s a fictional character in a fantasy story and not a real person in real life. Crazy.
“she deflects blame from them to those who could possibly have given her the genetic trait that her enemies despise in her.”
That’s not quite right. She’s not blaming her fellow Japanese because they didn’t cause the predicament she's in.
“If she was pure in her pursuit of purpose, she wouldn't be inconsistent in such a manner.”
Why not? Maybe you’re the only person on the planet who set out to achieve a goal with purity of heart and mind… and never once got sidetracked and changed course in some way for some reason. The rest of us aren't so awesome.
“But if it is purity of purpose allowing her to perform as she does, then it should have abandoned her.”
That’s not quite right, either. Think about those Olympic and professional athletes you cited: do you honestly believe that they lost their capacity to perform when they had off days? You admitted yourself: Inconsistency is human. It could even be character growth.
Hey I’m the first comment
update:it's good,really good but the animation can be better
It's just a poor man's Azumi in my eyes. It looked pretty. Soundtrack is amazing. Fights are amazing.
But the story is just a cheap copy of Azumi.
The only problem with it is the voice acting it’s so bland and there’s no emotions behind it
Although I see no harm in it overall, but when I tried going on discussions and all people casually she/her ing Mizu just because they know the character is afab, rubbed me real bad way. Especially taking in account Mizu didn't use any of the pronouns to themselves so far as the show goes.
Appreciate your approach! Good vid.
If you think people were worrying about their pronouns in the 1600s then you lost your mind 🤣🤣🤣
It's not about what people thought in 1600s I'm talking about today discussions of an ambiguous character, for which many won't have at least some doubt just 'cause they saw boobs.
+ one of the creators said that referring to Mizu as "they" is cool too @@Zizou19989
I've attempted to watch it 3 times now and can't get through the first episode. The animation is horrendous in my opinion.
I will never understand why they try to make 3d animation look 2d. It doesn't work, it always ALWAYS looks bad.
@@thepancakemannget a better tv
It doesn't have the "Every frame of this is beautiful" trait that arcane has (no Riot games budget), but the times that the actual stylisation falls short are few and far between for me, and episode 1 certainly had none I remember.
@@cbeattie778yeah I’m starting to think this is a broke boy issue because the show looks beautiful in 4K. 😂
@@House_Husband_Romeo 100%
No, no it doesn't deserves better, will be forgotten in a year
half breed is not an insult, and is not a normal human being if they is it's pronoun
It would of been 100x better without the misandrist undertones leaking out
How much do people get paid to say positive things about this show? I didn’t think the show was that good at all quite the opposite in fact
Dudes playing the pronoun game.. come on now
The only reason why i even watched after the 2nd episode was because of fowler. The fighting scenes are literally assassins creed npc type and are boring af
Just binged the entire show today and it was ass. It should be called Merry "Sue"-murai. There is no substance to this show. It's just a girl power samurai show.