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It seems that the legend that his grave exists in Oshika Village, Nagano Prefecture has been known for a long time, but as time has passed, the location of his grave seems to have been forgotten by people. However, in recent years, due to the popularity of The Elusive Samurai, people started visiting Oshika Village in search of Tokiyuki's grave, and his grave was rediscovered. However, this is just a legend, so we don't know if it is actually Tokiyuki's grave. At least the grave itself seems to have been built in the Edo period.
@@chutorokohada7039 His grave is also very far from where he died (400+ km), even though we don't know which one is actually true, whether the written text or the legend
Samurai in the Kamakura period (-1333) drove away Mongols who ruled over Europe, Russia, and Asia. They were so strong that the Mongols wrote in their history books, "Samurai are crazy."
I will summarize a little historical context. This anime begins in the Kamakura period, around this time an era called the Northern and Southern Dynasties (1336 -> 1392) began. Kamakura city, where the main residence is located, is where the Minamoto family in The Young King explored (also where Japan's first Shogun Minamoto no Yoritomo was born), and established this place as the Shogunate institution, Later, this place became an urban area with a highly developed warrior class. In previous dynasties, only lords owned land next to the Emperor, and warriors lived in hamlets and villages. The lord's territory, but by the time of Kamakura, it can be said that the Samurai was complete, the warrior then had power, status, and was given fiefs, that is, both land and houses. However, I distinguish, the Shogunate is just a political institution established by warriors to restrain the court, the head of the bakufu is the Regent, and here, although the main family is of noble lineage, the Hojo family is not a descendant of the Emperor, the true Emperor is Go-Daigo. Regent Hojo is so weak that the Shogunate collapse + are looked down upon by the samurais, so you see that the first half of the movie looks peaceful but is actually very problematic. At the end of the Kamakura period, Emperor Go-Daigo intended to rebel against the bakufu to regain power. He appointed his 3-year-old son to succeed him. Using the pretext of Emperor Go-Daigo's rebellion, Ashikaga Takauji, who was a member of the Kamakura Shogunate, led his army to attack and then joined hands with Nitta Yoshisada and the Emperor, taking an opposing stance against the Kamakura Shogunate, leading to the tragic scene in episode 1, however, Ashikaga Takauji's purpose was not to support the Emperor, but in fact he was the one who wanted to rebel, establish the Muromachi Shogunate and want to overthrow the Emperor.
Storywise it seems like it could be interesting, the elusiveness of Tokiyuki was really cool to watch and I was so surprised by how gruesome things got, seeing all those chopped heads, arms being cut off, so much blood. They're not holding back.
The Priest/Shaman/Jujutsu Sorcerer( LOL) is voiced by Gojo. That's why he sounds familiar and why he glowing all the time. hahaha Because throughout Heaven and Earth, He is the honored one...
The elusive samurai episode 1 and 2 have super clean smooth animation with dark plot twist and fighting moment . This anime deserve anime of the year 2024 titles . Fun facts : Same author of assassination classroom .
@@symkoi Oh, interesting. But then why did samuria shamploo do okay. Or maybe that had some accurate stuff mixed in or it was just a goofy samuria story so they were okay with it. I recall that stuff like samuira shamploo did good in the west but failed in japan or was it cowboy bebop???
@@nichescenes Samurai Shamploo, while based in an history period is quite fictional. This on the other hand is really not that fictional, is like 70% is real and the other 30% non real
@@symkoi cool. I assumed that stuff in shampoo where they have the narrorator describe locations the period and some of the cultural aspects was sorta true. Okay so since this series makes some mistakes too it offended some and it got a low review. I’ll keep it in mind and hope it’s successful since they seem to be passionate about the project. 😀
28:25 when you said here Samurai X Mitsurugi style from back in the day. That got me tearing up. My childhood anime. The og still better than the remake. From the ost to the fight scenes, everything. Love your reaction guys ❤️
I'm so glad you guys are reacting to this!! This is by far my favorite manga running in Shonen Jump right now and the anime is just absolutely frigging amazing xD
In reality, Tokiyuki was also the child of a concubine, just like his older brother Kunitoki. Documents from that time state that Kunitoki was the legitimate son, and it is believed that Kunitoki was the successor of the Hojo clan.
The successors of the Hojo clan never became Shogun. Instead, they held the title of "Shikken," the regent of the Kamakura Shogunate. For a long time, the Emperor was merely a puppet of the Shogun. In turn, the Shogun was a puppet of the Hojo clan's Shikken. Even a Shikken like Tokiyuki's father was manipulated by his own servants. The megalomaniacal Emperor Go-Daigo grew tired of this puppet show and aspired to be a true ruler. The Emperor's ambition influenced Takauji, who then awakened the plans for the Muromachi Shogunate. This was the trigger for a chaotic tragedy.
The civilians in this era were so wicked that the laws included things like "Don't kill people needlessly," "Don't steal from people," and "Don't speak ill of others."In addition, one samurai's family precept states, "Always keep a severed head in the corner of the garden."
Can anyone explain why the MAL for the comic is so low. The sales are good and anime got big studio. Usually shonen jump like series are decent to good when animated. First eps of any series can be hard but it’s set up.
I think it's because the story is not that amazing. IMO, the story is average, but the characters are very good. That's why I think this manga got the anime it didn't deserve😆
@@jewelabyss Okay, thanks. Yeah hard to really impress these days. Hope it can improve with it's anime. Sometimes an anime can spark the creator's talent and the later half gets good.
The manga has a slow start, spent 30+ chapters mostly on comedy and introducing characters, the story started to get more interesting and serious after that, but many fans have already dropped it and given bad ratings. I hope the anime will fix the pacing.
Also as you can see in the first 2 episodes, the author has a strange taste for comedy, he often inserts comedy into serious scenes, so it annoyed a lot of readers
I am sure you guys got your hands full, but check out ' I Parry everything ' and see if you might be interest to do a reaction video. It's an awesome anime base on a light novel.
