Well, clearly consort after that episode. I have to say I get very confused watching this show sometimes with recognizing and keeping track of characters in different situations. The scenes when they were children were very confusing to me and didn't all come together until the end of the episode when it was explained a little more clearly. That said, I hate watching it and not really grasping 100% what is going on in that moment. Sometimes they switch scenes really quickly and it is not even clear that they switched. Either that, or I am probably just very tired when watching.
It certainly takes an extra level of focus but I find that naturally occurs due to the subtitles. The only confusion I had was the Sugiyama portion.
I feel like a lot of American movies and tv do a ton of “telling” by explaining everything in detail to the audience. Shogun tells a lot too but it sort of has that foreign element of “showing” without telling at times. try to embrace not grasping 100% what is going on in a moment, that’s totally okay, and enjoy the process of figuring it out. Or maybe not figuring it out and just feeling unsure ( I routinely realize how dumb I am).. that’s okay too
I had an idea of what is going on and I wound up being right. It is more an issue with myself than the show. I have no issue with the show. I just hate when I am not sure who is talking and I lose track of the characters on the screen.
Tadanobu Asano has the best acting/expressions ever. Feel like I'd love to get a beer with the guy. He's like the funny fun uncle of the show
I liked all the foreshadowing of Toranaga's son going out like a bitch and then he went out like a bitch.
The Tea House owner definitely did some foreshadowing during her time with Toranaga. Just want to see what he has up his sleeve
A setup episode to me is one where very little happens to advance the plot other than building the characters and cementing the situation. This completely advance the plot and changed the dynamic.
I made the comment with like 5 minutes left and was thinking I’m gonna have to edit this if Toranaga’s son actually pulled it off. Instead, he was his usual self Also, who cares. I’m ready for Anjin’s cannon regiment moment assuming it happens as I haven’t read the book
I was so confused by this I actually looked it up. He was essentially dry aging the pheasant which was standard practice back in that era. When done right, it tenderizes the meat and is perfectly healthy to eat. There also won't be a horrific smell.
My man is dying to go back to a filthy, disease-infested England while living a life of luxury in a vastly superior country populated almost entirely by super hot women whose primary role seems to be serving your every need. He's insane
I've assumed they're all dead but definitely a chance for that to be part of the twist if he gets his ship back
What a great episode. Every scene involving eating or drinking is incredible. Episode title popup legit gets a smile out of me every episode, as well.
Hulu disappeared from my Disney+ app for some reason so I'm gonna have to wait for YTTV to record the FX broadcast tonight. I guess this what living in a 3rd world country feels like.
I’m way late to this party. Still haven’t seen the first couple of episodes. But why does the translator woman hate her husband so much? That tea room scene was a beautiful and brutal.
Watching out of order is some insane shit. Besides the fact he beat her like four eps ago, she was upset with the arrangement as he’s well beneath what she expected to marry. She didn’t know then that it was all part of a much larger plan.
I didn't read the book, but I saw this comment on reddit and thought it was interesting, because often times I feel like blackthorne is the main character, but he is most often quietly distant in the background with not that much happening to him from a plot perspective. This explanation makes sense. "In the book Blackthorne is essentially a proxy for the audience. He’s utterly lost in all of the customs and protocols. And horrified by many. The show is doing a decent job of showing this culture shock but we don’t have the same insight into his thinking as the books."
“I would sooner live a thousand years than die with you like this.” lol that dude has now been both cucked and verbally destroyed by Mariko.
Isn't it the emperor/regent/whatever the title is that dies in the prologue of the series? If that's a misdirect, then maybe it's Toranaga or some rando that only he knows about, which is why Ochiba wants him dead so badly.