What was the point?

I think everyone who isn't too butthurt about the comedy and who has seen a Shonen-Show before was able to enjoy this :)

You didn't see the point? Oh, well you wasted your time then. That's too bad^^

The Rest of us are fine with it, tho

For me, this anime is the best from Summer 2024 season. Japan historical events, MC, animation, both OP and ED themes are absolutely amazing. I won’t say that there is futile bad jokes, but they made a great job presenting the life of Japanese samurai as it was and I find it awesome.

Good point.

You're perfectly fine. It's everybody else who's wrong and douchy^^

@bene29374 It doesn't matter. The tone is still for kids and showing them that the world isn't rainbows and butterflies. That's the point of all the bloodshed.

If I would like to make this a more serious tale with an older demographic, I would remove Yorishige's humour, make it all darker, have a dreary tone, and have older teenagers be the cast.

Most of your criticism focuses on the comedy aspect, which is highly subjective. As for the rest, it touches on vague elements (which, again, circles back to the comedy issue...). I don’t have much to say other than "it’s all relative"—comedy is subjective. What I can say, however, is that I strongly disagree with the notion that the show is bad. Quite the opposite: from my experience, I get excited for each new episode. The pacing is solid, the humor lands well, and the show feels like a refreshing change compared to recent shounen anime that often take themselves too seriously (like Jujutsu Kaisen, Demon Slayer, Chainsaw Man). It manages to avoid many typical shounen tropes and offers something different: it’s historical, there are no organizations fighting ranked enemies, no overly complex power systems (like chakra, nen, cursed energy, etc.), no protagonist with a hidden monster, no tournament or battle royale arcs, no school setting, and no traditional "training arcs." Even the idea of a protagonist who values running away is something fresh in itself.

I don't understand how so many objective qualities are being overlooked. Maybe you're just not the type who enjoys this kind of mix of contrasting tones taken to the extreme, but I love it. I can't stand action series that take themselves more seriously than they should, I agree that when done poorly, it can detract from the experience, but that’s not the case for me with The Elusive Samurai. The feeling I get watching it is very similar to how I feel watching Mob Psycho 100, an anime with a wide range of tones and textures.

You're not the target audience. This is a kiddy show. Once you realise that, you'll have low expectations and just roll with it.

@patkarunungan its a kiddy show that has excessive gore and people being brutally murdered, who is the target audience

Visually speaking, this is the most jaw-dropping, unhinged anime I've seen this season. It's so good that I don't even need "a point."

I do recognize that the story, the characters and the comedy are so bad that a lot of people couldn't get into this. They're still not enough to make me dislike the show, though (so far).

I wonder how much more amazing this could have been... but I just gave up and accepted that this show is only eye-candy.

I didn't like this anime either. The comidy is soo out of place and sometime stright up being cringe same goes for its story. The art and animation is good as expected from Cloverworks but seriously they should have picked better shounen series. This one is mid asf you can see the manga score it's around 6.5, This anime is totally carried by it's art and animation.

@ZXEAN It's not for you, move on. Manga score does not correlate to whats good or not as the beggining of the manga was the weakest. You not liking the comedy is subjective but many people do. This is the better shonen series of recent decade, definitely better than Demon Slayer.

@perseii LOL calling the story, characters and comedy SO bad is a hot take. Its not for you does not make it bad, its just not your type of story. It wouldnt be as popular in japan if it was all those things and even in the US its doing Okay/decent NOT BAD.

@patkarunungan its a kiddy show that has excessive gore and people being brutally murdered, who is the target audience

@Rukasumi You’re starting from a clichéd assumption that a kids' show should never take itself seriously, and that an adult show MUST be serious on every level of its conception. You sound like the type of teenager trying to prove that 'anime isn’t for kids' by using silly edgy examples. Adults also enjoy stories that don’t take themselves too seriously, and kids can appreciate heavier themes. Just remember Avatar, a children's show with a plot centered around ethnic genocide.

@Artur_Moreira He never said "never" or "should" in his comment. All he said was that gore and violent murders don't go well with a children's show. Which is pretty close to the truth.

@RobertBobert not to mention the show is literally rated r 17