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Very good show, but very disappointing (spoilers)

posted 6 months ago by TylerAArse (2683)
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Great story with great animation. But too many little things frustrated me all the way to the very end.

-This story deserved to be in Japanese. English took away from the story. I'm surprised that option wasn't available when you consider it was on Netflix.
-I find it hard to believe that no one recognized her as a woman. I knew something was up the whole time I was watching the first episode. So for 8 epidodes, it seemed odd that no one even suspected.
-She had exceptional skills. During her flashbacks, this development of her wasn't really shown or explained. You just have to assume The Swordmaker taught her well.
-Her bloodlust for revenge didn't match her origin. At one point she even skewered a little kid. She acts like someone who's been tormented and not someone had rocks thrown at them as a kid, or who's mom was killed.

2 things at the end really pissed me off:
-I waited 8 episodes to see Fowler live? She should've ran her knife through his throat and been done with it. I don't care that the story is going to London, with Fowler in tow. I watched this for the Japanese/Edo aspect. I couldn't give a shit about her in England.
-I was itching for the "I'm a girl!" reveal. She left Japan without anyone (besides Ringo) knowing.

I guess I'm looking forward to a Season 2.

[–] Ace_Spade (9419) 5 months ago

I disagree with a lot of these points.

- I'm not sure why you thought it should be in Japanese. I'm assuming that the creators speak English. If they are, why not create a show set in Japan that's in English? There's no reason to not do that. The writing was good, in my opinion, so being in English didn't take anything away from the story any more than watching a Three Musketeers movie/TV show not in French doesn't hurt it.

- I agree it's obvious to us that she's female, but I figure that most other people just assume she's basically a boy. I can suspend disbelief here.

- I'm not sure why you don't think it showed this, because it did. The first episode features a flashback montage where Misu observes all the samurai who come for swords and mimics their movements to learn techniques. Later episodes show her actually interacting with one of them - it's possible she did more. Still later, we see more flashbacks on her first quest for revenge and she isn't as invincible as she is in the "present" timeline. In other words: we watch her progress and get a clear understanding of how she trained.

- Her bloodlust made sense to me. She was ostracized and isolated, told she was evil for just existing. Like Frankenstein's creation in the novel, she learns this spite from her earliest days. She's physically attacked, loses her mother, and then stays with Swordfather. After that is her discovery of her mother (who she thought was dead) and her marriage. That section of her history gives her hope to heal herself, but leaves her feeling more betrayed and broken. As she walks away from that part of her life, she has lost her remaining will to find humanity and love, a will she is rediscovering in the show.

I do agree that I wanted Fowler dead at the end and wished she'd killed him. I love the show enough that I'm sorta okay with it to progress to season 2 with some greater continuity.

Although, yeah, I'm also not super stoked about the change of setting and dividing the main characters between Japan and the UK. I am worried that this will make the second season inferior to the first by far.

I'm also looking forward to S2, and while I have some trepidation, I'm a bit more enthusiastic than you are.

[–] TylerAArse (2683) 5 months ago

Constructive, and well-said. Thanks.