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Apr 29, 2021 3:16 PM
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•Firstly people are allowed to believe in what they believe and enjoy what they enjoy but personally I was rather underwhelmed by this show which I then proceeded to give a low rating.

•I want to know people’s opinions on the show and why you thought it was good or bad but obviously in a civil manner.

•I seen the trailer for Yasuke and was happy to see it was being animated by MAPPA after just coming off of 2 shows I really enjoyed (Jujutsu Kaisen & Attack on Titan) so I had really high hopes. Animation wasn’t awful but not too great either.

•I went into this thinking it could be a show like Samurai Champloo or Dororo but was slightly disheartened when I seen that magic was heavily involved however when I noticed this in the trailer I believed I could’ve been cool and enjoyable still.

•The story had me confused on many occasions like why is there Mechs in a traditional samurai anime and why is there transforming animal people. This put me off the show but I still continued. The main girl character apparently is sick and ill and uses a power by accident but somehow can magically have perfect control over it without knowing anything about it. she is seen as fragile and struggling to hold a wooden sword but next episode she’s free scaling building and doing some crazy shit which wouldn’t make sense. The story had major pacing issues because I’ll I ever really found out is part of Yasuke backstory and nothing else that ever related to current happenings in the show.

•I know the real story of Yasuke the black swordsman and believed this would be an amazing samurai anime. Believing even just his story alone would carry this show but it started after he went missing which was the time preceding the amazing story of his (with the exception of a flashbacks).

•I really want to know if people enjoyed this show and if so why (not to hate).
Apr 29, 2021 3:42 PM
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This show is a complete mess, it pacing is awful (why have 3-4 main antagonists in a 6 episode show), it’s soundtrack doesn’t fit (80s/retro in a samurai show?), the animation is laughable at worst and barely passable at best, and characters just do things that don’t match there personalities at all (why would the mercs sacrifice themselves without any moral character development). Overall it feels like a show that tried to do a lot of things and ended up doing none of them well.
SirIsaakApr 29, 2021 9:30 PM
Apr 29, 2021 4:10 PM
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The pacing was terrible. There were like 3 different main antagonists, all of whom were extremely generic and forgettable, who were forced into 6 episodes. When they finally found the doctor as well, instead of Saki actually being trained, they just go straight to fighting the Daimyo and the doctor basically says that she didn't need training because she was already strong enough. Everything feels extremely rushed and the pacing greatly affects the story.


The story itself was so basic it could've been the plot for a kids' movie, and the inclusion of magic and mechs was extremely unnecessary. The plot was essentially go somewhere, fight bad guy, go somewhere, fight bad guy, then big war. It was extremely predictable and was even worsened because of the terrible pacing. It was promoted as a historical anime and there are some levels of fantasy I wouldn't mind accepting, but if mechs exist, why doesn't everyone have guns instead of swords? Why don't the mechs blast holes in the armies instead of in mountains? Also the mechs aren't explained and neither is the magic power system. It tried to include too much with its limited number of episodes.

The characters also were extremely bland and got little to no development, or developed in an extremely forced way. Yasuke, despite being the MC, had no personality. His character was obviously supposed to be haunted by his past, but the short run- time made it impossible for us to see him fully fleshed out. Saki was a Mary Sue and was extremely annoying. Pretty much every situation was solved by Saki's magic. She barely developed, and it was completely unexplained how she was even able to control her powers. The other characters like Morisuke were all extremely forgettable, and the main antagonist was so laughably cartoonishly evil. I couldn't take her seriously when her goal was basically to take over the world with no explained motives. Ah yes, also her other goal was to sit in her castle for 3 episodes until Yasuke came and to also absorb Saki so she could gain her Mary Sue magic.


The final episodes just put the nail in the coffin. They go to Morisuke and immediately start a war. Saki gets no training because all of a sudden she's this all powerful being. The war itself was extremely stupid. Why didn't the Daimyo just use the mechs on the soldiers? It would've been easier and wiser to just spam the mechs. Keep on blasting shots at the soldiers and they would've easily won. The mercs coming back to fight was unnecessary as well and not even built up to. They literally just disappeared after episode 3 and came back out of nowhere. They tried to make some of their death's impactful, but I can't even remember any of their names. And Yasuke and Saki basically beat the main villain with the power of friendship and Saki's Mary Sue abilities. Yay happy ending.

Imo if it was a 2- cour anime then it could fix most of its problems. It was too ambitious for a 6 episode anime. Screw it, just remove the mechs and magic and it wouldn't be as bad as it is. I still don't understand why they researched if they were just going to make their own original story in the first place. Like why not just copy paste from Wikipedia or an existing tale? Inoue Takehiko basically did the same thing with Vagabond, and its considered one of the best manga of all time.

All in all I feel like Yasuke was wasted potential and extremely forgettable.
Apr 29, 2021 4:28 PM
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Shit was ass. Production squeezed a 12 episode(maybe 24 due the fantasy nature of the plot) season anime into 6 episodes. Really feel as though, no writer was told no while writing this. And what's sad is that I really do feel other black anime fans are going to give it a pass because of the allure of Yasuke being black.

Only redeeming factor of this entire anime was it's OST.

Face it guys, any original anime by Netflix is most likely going to be bad.
Apr 29, 2021 4:51 PM
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Well to start off the story of yasuke "The Black Samurai" is probably my favorite historical figure and his story is nothing short of amazing. I was fully ready to give this anime a 10/10 because his story is already a 11/10 and the animation and voice acting would have to be terrible to really ruin anything. Before watching the show after seeing it pop up on my feed on Netflix I knew nothing about the anime prior to watching it so I was expecting a animated reenactment of a certain period of his life. So I was like okay lets try this out and the second I read that synopsis I was like "why" why on earth do anime producers ALWAYS ADD FUCKING MAGIC TO EVERYTHING so my first impression was already not going good. So I watched the show and honestly that had to be the one of the most disappointing things I've ever witnessed they absolutely butchered it. It was almost painful to watch. The animation wasn't really bad at all tbh but thats expected from mappa. The plot was about as jumpy as someone with tuorrettes. And in the end FUCK NETFLIX ANIME ALL MY HOMIES HATE NETFLIX ANIME.
TornadoZWApr 29, 2021 4:54 PM
Apr 29, 2021 9:27 PM
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The story was quite bad, the characters were bland cuz they had no time to develop. The pacing was horrendous. The animation for a 6 episode anime that had been 3 years in production is very mediocre. Honestly this was the worst experience I’ve had with an anime in a long time.
Apr 29, 2021 10:10 PM
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While I do agree that the whole affair was a bit unsatisfying and forgettable, I think it could've ended differently if they were given more episodes to stretch and develop the whole thing rather than ending up a bit flat and Mary Sue-ish.

Despite that, I enjoyed it for what it is. I honestly hoped for a legit jidaigeki anime with historical integrity but seeing it with robots and magic just reminded me of Samurai 7
and Gintama, and on why did I even enjoy those in the first place. All that I needed was a bit of suspension of disbelief to appreciate it for what it is since retconned historical figures tend to disappoint and lead to disservice, and thinking about it too much will just take away further enjoyment.

On another note though, the OP's visual direction, ED art, and Flying Lotus's soundtrack and scores were really too good for this. This would've been a hit if it wasn't for the writing as all other aspects of this show were really done well.
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Apr 30, 2021 1:28 AM
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This really could've used a full season worth of episodes, maybe a two cour worth of episodes.

They could've done this exact story but spread it across 13-26 episodes and that would've been great.
6 episodes was just too short for anything to be properly develop.

I think they had a lot of decent ideas that were just crammed into 6 episodes that created this rushed mess.

I mean I enjoyed the mechs and magic stuff they had going, it just didn't get any explanation or anything, none of the characters were developed, we never saw Saki being developed. This wouldn't have been a problem with 13-26 episodes.

The music and visuals were amazing, I had no complaints, they met the expectations perfectly.

I think the overall problem really is the marketing that Netflix did for the anime, it's extremely misleading just like Gokushufudou.
So I would blame Netflix for the marketing and creating these wacky expectations.
Apr 30, 2021 3:56 AM
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i dont understand how they said this anime is 3 year in-production
with only 6 Episode?

Netflix seem just want to release the show as fast as possible
Should have been atleast 12-13 ep or 24+ Then release it

The Story is rush
Yasuke Name is just a bait for people who want to know story about him
but they get Fantasy anime instead
Another Black sheep from MAPPA

Apr 30, 2021 4:54 AM

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I was expecting a historical anime like Dororo, especially when there's real life people in this anime. But NOPE, there's robots.

There's nothing wrong with the animation to me, my biggest and only issue is why did they got robots in the 1500s.
Apr 30, 2021 6:34 AM
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The one thing I liked the most about this Anime is the fact that Yasuke is not an Overpowered Protagonist but legitimately struggles in his battles. He also had to fight alongside the heroine, Saki, in order to win which is cute as it is not often we get to see a Black male main character paired with a heroine of a different race in an Action Anime. It kinda seemed like a Black MC version of fighting male and female duo like Strike The Blood's 2 MCs, Absolute Duo, and Ayato and Julis from Asterisk War. However, Saki is a little kid and not a comparable teenager though. With that being said, would you guys here like to see an Isekai anime where the main character is a Black dude and the main heroine is a blonde White princess of a fantasy kingdom ?
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Apr 30, 2021 6:33 PM

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Nokkonnie said:
I was expecting a historical anime like Dororo, especially when there's real life people in this anime. But NOPE, there's robots.

There's nothing wrong with the animation to me, my biggest and only issue is why did they got robots in the 1500s.
Exactly. They're clearly more technologically advanced than humanity currently is, so why didn't the samurai use laser beams then? Shit's just stupid.

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