Tuesday, November 26, 2013

Samurai Flamenco

Samurai Flamenco: you are awesome! This episode was glorious on all levels! If you haven't seen the episode yet: close this browser at once and get to it! This is one episode you do not want to be spoiled on!



I had seen pretty much everyone freaking out about this particular episode, so when I sat down to watch it, I already had the mindset of "well this twist has to be pretty damn major here". It was. At first I thought that it was about Masayoshi finding out that his parents had been mugged instead of died from an illness like what he thought. That already was amazing to watch, due to how it was revealed.




I especially liked how Masayoshi was in conflict about himself: his parents died when he was two years old. It's normal for him to not feel bothered by tracking down those criminals (finally lhe's doing something normal!). It conflicted with his desire to be a hero, though his version of being a hero focused on the part of protecting justice, not the parts of heroes that focused on tragic backstories and personal revenge. Also: small touches like the title of this series coming from Masayoshi's grandmother who used to be a flamenco dancer. I love how these series explain their own titles and have them make total sense.



But yeah. The twist. I applaud this series for doing this. For being completely realistic without any supernatural powers whatsoever aside perhaps from a few far-fetched ideas for gadgets. And then going completely berserk with this episode when THAT happened. It worked so well: everything that happened there was of such a completely different scale than what we've been used to. It's a brilliant twist that just would not have worked without all that build-up. That was a wonderful example of how you escalate a story!

RATING: 7/8 (Fantastic)
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