A Thing I’ve Watched 06/24: Blue Eye Samurai
A very much adult animation piece about a mixed-race japanese outcast on a quest for revenge against the four white men who were in Japan around the time of their birth.
It is stunningly beautiful and well told, but at least for me not at all binge-able: I needed a bit after every episode to let it sink in before going to the next. It is also bloody, brutal, and occasionally explicit, which might be related to the previous statement.
And while I have gushed about it before, I will do so again: E05, The Tale of the Ronin and the Bride, is a marvel, weaving several narrative strands including a bunraku-play together to form what is easily my favourite episode of the season.
I am very much looking forward to Season 02 of this.
