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| With everyone gathered at the Imperial Palace, a war is soon breaking out, and Shizuma, like Kyoushirou and his gang, is also heading there via the air balloons to stop the abduction of the emperor. It's clear who are the enemies, though Shizuma will not sheathe his sword against , who deals with his own fiancée in the line of fire. And despite her wanting to end her own life, Shizuma would not allow her to, with the woman winning out the fight. But it's not to last as she gets shot down by one of Hiramatsu's men, even if Shizuma could kill him with his handy swordmanship. The mastermind himself on a ship in the darkness, both Kyoushirou, Dario, and surprisingly Shizuma find themselves on that ship, with Kyoushirou facing Hiramatsu and Shizuma facing Gotou, the age of the samurai is truly over with Matsudaira Kotawara's clock. Now all that remains is Shizuma and Kyoushirou's fight to the death, though an interruption slash from Hiramatsu stopped their fight, in light of the latter losing his life, but finally getting the pride he always wanted to achieve. In the end, El Dorado is no gold, but a secret place in Ezo for outcasts living in freedom, an experimental farm by the joint venture of the Prussians and Shogunate. What a mess this show is from start to finish, Welp, that's Crunchyroll Originals for you. |
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| at least tell me what archer girl(?) did after kyoushirou was dead |
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| Legit have no idea what this show was trying to do after the promising first episode. Easily worst show this season. |
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| Yeah the show had no point. Too many one note characters in a convoluted rushed plot with cliche endings. A whole lot of meh so 5/10. |
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| Decent ending to the story, but the pacing felt more rushed than ever. I'm impressed they even managed to tie off this many loose ends. I'm glad I watched this show this season, but it's a real shame it turned out so messy and under-watched. The anime industry is probably going to learn the wrong lesson here and decide that historical adventure does not sell. Which is double the shame. |
| Nice ending and very nice sword fight, similar to the levels of the Like a Dragon games series in terms of dramatic excitement. The undercover agent discovered that women can win over justice (love over justice.) Such as when the MC rescued his spouse, ignoring his duties. Throughout the show, the MC has been dealing with the dilemma of whether he is a traitor to Aizu or not. For him, Aizu meant the community he grew up in and tried to protect. That equates to valuing his friend's wish of finding and protecting his would-be spouse. And when he met the former lord of Aizu, he mentioned that rebelling against the new government wouldn't be a good thing because it won't bring back the people that were lost. Although it's a bit cliche, it makes sense for multiple reasons. Primarily because the community is gone, and there is no good reason to continue shrinking what's left of it by fighting the government for the sake of old autonomy. On the other hand, it makes sense why the main villain goes to such extreme measures as rebelling against the government because he wants an independent and autonomous Aizu. To the villain, that equates to the return of the old way of life under the samurai. He doesn't primarily care about the lives that used to live under that system, but the system which shaped those lives and values and traditions and so on. Despite a lack of clarity and the lankiness of some scenes in this show, overall, most of the cast behaved accordingly to their personalities and beliefs and values. To me, enough of their actions and beliefs made sense to me. There is also a historical basis which further makes their personalities/actions 'accurate,' but not always. I am not sure if Otto Von Bismark would have accepted the deal presented to him. Perhaps he'd humor it (or not since he seemed like a serious man.) But I'm glad that at the end of the show, they explained that Prussia cooperated with the former government (the shogunate) to establish experimental farms in Hokkaido. I'm not sure what benefited the Prussians exactly, but I assume that since western crops can grow successfully in Hokkaido, that meant possible commercial opportunities existed between Hokkaido and Europe/Prussia? I wonder how much of that is true. Basically, is the plot less character driven but more setting driven compared to most other anime? The main plot is certainly character driven, but the drive behind some of the characters is based on the setting they're in. Instead of, for example, when an Isekai MC wants to live a easy slow life... so he spawns a tavern and becomes the manager of that tavern? In the case of that isekai example, that's wholeheartedly a 'selfish MC driven story.' But in this show, the creators tried to create a dynamic between setting driven vs character driven. I think it worked well enough... I like how, despite some absurdities, the show is human and is a serious historical adventure/drama/plot. |
W3TFTMar 17, 5:46 PM
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| My 258th completed series chronologically. For the record, I extended it a 6/10 rating. |
| Really wished this series had at least two more episodes to wrap up some of the existing plot lines with multiple characters instead of giving us a rushed ending. It was a decent historical drama series that takes place during the Meji era after the Boshin wars. 6/10 Preferred Revergers over this. |
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| This anime reconciles them having Saigou Takamori assassinated in 1874 and leading the Satsuma Rebellion in 1877 with the conspiracy theory that he's actually a doppelganger from the Meiji government. 10:00 Shishio lol In one last act, Sumie helps Shizuma to convince Katamori not to rebel (he'd die in 1893 in real life). With Sumie shot instead of Katamori (which would've riled up his supporters), Shizuma walks the path of vengeance against her former Buhei like Kyoushirou. Even in admitting defeat and apologising to Kyoushirou, Buhei wants to play a samurai and perform seppuku. At first, it seems Kyoushiro will be his kaishakunin (beheader), but instead of the neck, he aims for the chonmage (top-knot). Now, Buhei can't even die a Samurai, a worse punishment for him Might as well take up the gun instead of the katana now, Buhei thinks, and he ends Shizuma and Kyoushuirou's rivalry. The truth of El Dorado comes out; it was a safe haven for those who've become outcasts under the Meiji government. |
Fortress_MaximusMar 29, 2:29 PM
 Novels I have read/am reading pending approval: since November 10 2022 |
| It was another anime about ancient Japan that no one will remember in a month, just like Onihei, Revenger and Joran: The Princess of Snow and Blood. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ |
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| Very epic and manly finale, fitting for this really cool series. I had fun while watching all episodes. Overall, it was a solid original anime. 👍 |
| Fujita kicked out again xp no no. epic scene at the end. Orisawa vs Kyoushirou was very interesting (although had few "Narutoooo Sasukeeeee" moments :p). i think Kyoushirou's death was one of the most sad there - not like a samurai. but that made me think that (apart from all romantic surroundigs etc) if creators didnt know how to resolve stalemate situations, they just killed them. happened few times during the show. Jonas-K said: It was another anime about ancient Japan that no one will remember in a month, just like Onihei, Revenger and Joran: The Princess of Snow and Blood. thank you for recommendations! i will definitely need some more samurai type anime. <3 i could add Samurai Champloo, Dororo, Nobunaga Concerto and Bakumatsu Rock, but for last two maybe it might be even better to get forgotten. :p |
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| That was almost mediocre show. Jonas-K said: It was another anime about ancient Japan that no one will remember in a month, just like Onihei, Revenger and Joran: The Princess of Snow and Blood. @Jonas-K Meiji isn't ancient. Holy shit, you even have date in the title. |
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| I liked the plot and the idea, but I always had a feeling of discomfort, as if I was watching an edgy show from the 90s with violence for the sake of violence. |
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| Well my assumption everyone would die more or less came true. When Shizuma lands in the factory zone, the guards take him prisoner thinking he's one of Buhei's men; but of course then the real ones show up and they become more pawns for this show's endless thirst for blood. Then Sumie shows up and pulls a gun and SHOOTS ONE OF HER OWN. And then gets all emotional when she sees Shizuma there and it's like................holding the gun with her arms out like that, those guys would have just taken her out right then and there. No fucking way they'd just stand there like dolts, there is absolutely no reason any of these pawns would fight for the people they fight for. In an even more pathetic scene, the balloons all go down and the one Moriya is riding in crashes, and the fat fuck gets up and suddenly he's confronted with Kyoushirou- who has his katana trained on him. So what's he do- fat fuck yells for this pawn to TAKE ON KYOUSHIROU AND HE DOES. Are you shitting me??? AGAIN??? This is Shuragami Kyoushirou one of the strongest samurai ever, and he knows who he is, and he just lunges at him so he can get cut down like a weed. GEEZUS KRYSTE The idiocy continues when another rando comes back to life and tries to kill that minister who was siding with Buhei, just as Shizuma & Sumi are talking him out of it. "We can't bring our comrades back to life! We can't go to the past!" They say. And encourage minister to embrace the new age. But then they show just a few moments later, Ookubo talking about how he has collected a bunch of doubles who will fool the public from thinking they took out some dude.... "Anything for the state" he says. And yea, that's exactly the way a dictatorship works- maintain law and order by covering up truths from the public, yeah that's a really GREAT PLAN genius. The final fight on Buhei's ship would have been better if the animation and backgrounds didn't look so crap. What Kyoushirou does to Buhei is actually really messed up. Chopping off his topknot is a disgrace... the Japanese reject even those people from the west who make every fucking effort to embrace their culture. Oh, But he wasn't born there.... tell me how does that attitude play here in the states, Crunchyroll? I hardly think Kyoushirou is showing any honor, Kyoushirou has murdered hundreds of people, and he was supporting Moriya like a chump, helping that goon murder people, and he's RESPONSIBLE for Osanai's death no matter how they try to let him off cuz he didn't drive the knife into his chest. He fucking knew what was up, and didn't try to stop Makina from killing him, and barely batted an eye when it happened, and didn't tell Shizuna til it was fucking convenient for him in a fight. Then at the end cutie Dario is waiting for his friend to come back, and he never does. We don't get to see what happens to Dario. Buhei takes Kyoushirou out like a madman, what a dam travesty. This was a really terrible ending, but it could have been worse. The anime looked good, had an interesting setup, but WAY TOO MANY CHARACTERS and way too convoluted and confusing a plot and a story that relied too heavily on mystery-boxes. And it seems like it didn't know what it wanted to be. First a story about the end of the civil war, then a yakuza flick, then a shonen tournament battle, then a government conspiracy caper.... all over the place. And since pretty much everyone was killed off, and there was no value given to anyone's life in this, by the end I barely felt anything. I actually had more sympathy for Buhei's downfall- because despite how terrible a person he was, his motivations were 100% genuine and the guy lived his ideals. |
SuperAdventureJul 24, 6:15 PM
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