In the Manga Afro used a crippled woman as a shield against an assassin with a gatling gun That alone cements him as one of the most dangerous members of the Roundtable
The worst part about Afro killing Kotaro? HE DIDN'T MEAN TO. He was actually FULLY accepting of death and Kotaros vengeance..... *but his instincts were too on point and his body automatically weeved Kotaros attack and ended him in the blink of an eye. Afro was shocked and horrified at what he did.*
@@JessicaRodriguez-gi2cl oh, and to top it off, because I forgot: the reason Afro was so accepting of death by Kotaros hand? Y'know how he did ALL of what he did just so he could get to Justice, finally? In the anime, it was a big climatic and cathartic fight. He didn't get that in the manga though, because when he finally got to him? *Justice was already long dead, he literally just turned to dust before Afros eyes* .So, Afro being denied his cathartic vengeance and seeing that everything was for nothing, he spent literal YEARS just.... on his knees, unable to process his pointless journey and the lives taken for nothing. No words said or big yell of sorrow, just utterly catatonic for years, long for enough for Kotaro had GROWN UP, got his OWN number 2 headband story.
For anyone wondering, the afro samurai game has the good ending. It ends with afro letting go of the #1 headband and ending the cycle of revenge having finally found inner peace. Well it's more of a bittersweet ending but still a lot better than the other endings.
Good for him but, that probably dosen't stop everyone else chasing after them, killing each other for the headbands, causing friends and relatives to seek revenge, and who ever they killed for revenge got friends and relatives who want revenge. From the game: "Others believe they (the headbands) were created by the Gods, and mankind dances at their end, like a fish snagged on a line"
If I had a quarter for every samurai videogame adaptation that has an alternate good ending, I'd have 2. It's not much but it's weird that it happened twice. 🤔
@@__Konboi__ the best part was the fact that Ninja Ninja got to be a boss fight, and the 4th wall just DID NOT EXIST FOR HIM. He even took the time to make fun of the gamers playing the game expecting it to go the same as the tv show. "I can tell what you're thinking. You think you know how this ends. You seen the tv show right? Right?.... but that was a tv show And tv shows DEMAND a happy ending. You know this ain't the kind of story that HAS a "happy ending"
That's part of what makes it such a good story about revenge, it's rarely if ever worth what it will cost you and it's usually too late by the time you realize
This movie becomes so much more funny when u realize Ninja-Ninja is Afro's inner thoughts and knowing he's just in Afro's mind and that it's basically just what Afro is a thinking makes this scene 100x funnier to me.
Gonna just put this here but that bit of info is very fitting since, if yah didn't know, Ninja Ninja is also voiced by Jackson. Guy voiced a near silent one man army and Naruto if he was hopped up on pure caffeine.
19:10 for those who don’t know, or haven’t figured it out, the reason for all of his childhood friends trying to kill him is the fact that his vengeance ruined their lives. Their home ransacked by thugs for the head band, Afro killing their father figure, and majority of their friends/siblings killed during the attack. As for the movie bad bitch, she’s also the biological sister of Kuma aka darth teddy bear. Kuma survived his injuries with Afro from the main series and became more machine than human.
To be fair he didn't kill his friends if anything he just challenged his master and the bandits came out of nowhere and their responsible for their deaths not Afro he just fought one person everyone else was a casualty of war
@@raven_nevermore888 It's on both of them. The master shouldn't have kept the headband if he knew the kind of danger it could bring (Afro, other challengers, bandits), and Afro probably drew attention to his people by going around and killing people looking for it. The whole thing is really dark.
This is unrelated probably, but the more I see the lore of these different anime, the more respect for Noveliss "Tales of a Samurai" songs he did. I imagine the (if im not paraphrasing) "YOU KILLED OUR MASTER" sound came from this anime based off of your comments.
Bro went from "I avenged my father" to "I'm gonna emulate my father's killer" real quick. Bro took his forces and dipped them hoes in vanta black paint!
I would like to point out that while Afro is voiced by Samuel L Jackson, Justice is voiced by Ron Perlman, aka Hellboy, aka The Lich, aka SLADE the Teen Titan's biggest opp. This dude's track record of voicing cold, badass characters is insane, bro 😫
@@RazielTheUnborn _Every legend's time inevitably comes. Just ask Christopher Lee._ Appreciate their work and wish them well while their time isn't up. Cause more genuinelly than Thanos, *Death is inevitable.*
@@theGazzer _Anybody remember him in Quest for Fire?_ 😊 One of my favourite movies of all time and bro was one of the main characters. Now even though that movie has zero dialogue, Ron Pearlman just fit like a glove in it! 👌
If you read the Manga and played the game, he was making orphans left and right, and killing those same orphans. Innocent bystanders were not safe around him either. A meat shield is a meat shield.
The Cycle of Violence in Afro Samurai 1) Everyone wants to be #1 but you need to have the #2 headband (You need to kill that person) 2) They murder their way to the #2 and then challenge the #1 3) Either: 3a) They die and someone else gets the #2 3b) They win and someone else takes the mantle of #2 4) Wait until someone kills you 5) *the cycle continues*
@@KJTheDivine alright: in his fight with Shichigoro he got a kid killed and got her cripple sister as a shield so he can killed shichigiro, he killed a cult that worship justice to the point of killing everyone in town and burning the town in the ground and finally figuring out that Justice was actually dead, Afro has gone completely insane.
Saddest part of Afro getting the number 2 when he killed his master... His master didn't try to actually fight back. He hoped Afro would choose to move on. But he couldn't.😢😢😢
@@frankiejones7858 afro gets to Justice and he's already dead, then kills Kotaro in a very sad and fucked up way (by accident, kinda) in the manga. he stops the cycle of vengeance and gives up the #1 headband in the video game
@@Sp1fyr3 I don't know. Afro's manga ending is definitely sad, but there is a bit of bittersweet hope at the end of it. But the best ending he could've had is in the game.
As an attendant for the table, few things to point out: 1 - Afro was repeatedly invited by Alucard, Baki, and Tanya, but he chose to wait for his trial just so everyone knew what kind of footwear he’s packing. 2 - We now have an entire cart just for his lemonade. 3 - He offered Roberta the number 2 headband so that it would never be claimed again, but it was later decided that Anos should have it. 4 - Though he’s not a founding member, Buu says he was there to see the opening day.
Don’t forget that after Genji got body bagged by Revi without teaching her to cut bullets in half Afro took up on teaching her that trick for a couple packs of smokes
Afro Samurai was one of my first introductions to what Grade A, insane quality full-length anime movies were supposed to be. Right up there with Akira, Ninja Scroll and Ghost in the Shell. But Afro? What an absolute BEAST of a character!
We need more coverage of classic tv shows like Afro samurai. Watching shows like Boondocks, Black Dynamite, Samurai Jack, etc. as a kid late at night on adult swim was playing and your parents were asleep was the best. Man I miss those days. Thanks for bringing us such phenomenal content Cj and thank you for giving me this nostalgia.
@@Akachi_ The whole situation still all originated from him pursing vengeance for his Father against Justice and killing his Master ( and inadvertently getting his adopted family and friends killed) to achieve it.
It makes sense why all of Afro's friends want to make him a pack. He caused everything that happened in the flashback, but no one was gonna get in the way of Afro. Also, the ending is exactly what Justice's monologue was about at the end of Exhibit A. "Your little anger is just a sea spray of blood in the endless ocean of this world's killing. It's got no end and no beginning. Just the strong and the dead. Only cursed ones like you and I can stomach this truth."
Except Dio, Buu and Anos. Dio and Buu did such crazy sh*t that Afro would like them and Anos could just one tap him, and he also would be around the same level as Afro
@@JustARandomPersonLol69420In reality, he wouldn’t like any of these people. He didn’t like what he did, he simply did it because he felt he had to. DIO and Buu? Man he is not respecting them, although DIO had a better reason to do what he did, but he’s still downright evil.
@@londonwiggins441 how do you figure that? Do you know how much it cost to animate the cleanly? And how much it cost to higher Samuel l Jackson to voice something?
An anime takes 100k to almost 200k per episode on average. Costs don't mean much if the team isn't given the time to work on it. Ufotable is known to be the "unlimited budget works" company because, apart from having a separate 3D team, they take their time animating. You can definitely see the difference in animation and even frames in stuff they took longer to make compared to rushed stuff.
For those wondering, in the actual show, Brother 3 (with the headphones) was actually repeating "Hachimaki o kudasai," which is Japanese for "Headband, please." Instead of FIGHTING Afro for the Headband like everyone else, this dude politely asked for it. He was also notably the only one of the Empty Seven not only to be this peaceful in his attempt to get the Headband, but also the only one to still be alive. Afro decided to spare him and ignore his request simply because Brother 3 never wanted to take his life -- and despite his coldness, he didn't want to needlessly kill him either. (Hilariously, Ninja Ninja ate the tea and rice crackers that Brother 3 offered Afro 😂)
I'm pretty sure brother 1 lived through the first movie, albeit with a piss pouch and no real ability to speak. He might have died in the second movie. I can't remember.
one of my favorite things with Afro Samurai is that when Justice and Afro become number one, they fully understand that with all the bloodshed, someone's kid is gonna come for them in the future
Just to give context to him killing Kotaro, the sad/fucked-up fact about it is that he didn't mean to kill him. At all. He was going let that boy cut his head off but he decapitated him instead out of pure reflex and didn't even realize it. And in the manga, Afro is not only a worse demon than in the anime, but he doesn't even get his revenge because Justice was already by the time he found him. So, he murdered and betrayed everyone he ever loved for nothing.
@@CatManOfTaste Oh yeah it came out way back in the PS3 era, before trophy support was a thing. And then there was a planned episodic sequel. 'Rise of Kuma?' I think, but the first part was so bad and recieved so negatively they canned the game completly.
Bro, this is one of my favorite anime of all time and one of my favorite characters of all time. I think this is my favorite episode from you. This just brings back endless memories of nostalgia. You really made my day, my G. God bless. 💯
@@DustunColemanHe still trynna get his revenge, like no way all that suffering is going to be resolved with a “I did it to make a better world Guts.” By Griffith 💀
He definitely is a bad guy, bro threw a disabled woman in front of the fire of a mini gun, killed innocent people and didn’t care. The story was meant to show that he’s no better than Justice, and that revenge will turn you into the exact same thing that you’re seeking to kill.
Damn, this show is 16 years old and that animation STILL holds up goddamn. And again, the music use in these videos NEVER fucking misses I swear to god. Every time the fuckin Dilemma "~oh~" came in I lost my shit. The clapping though...that was the CROWN JEWEL my g o d. Shit getting so crazy that CJ has to show his face to not get this video nuked. I'm DECEASED.
Afro Samurai is without a doubt one of thee most underrated gems that I feel like not a lot people know about or does not give the show any credit it deserves glad you made a video for our boy
Watching the production of the soundtrack on Afro samurai made me hate AI art even more seeing how Rza drew from hanging with system of down and how Afro justice and his father show the changing of eras through musical motifs
@@tochukwuezeanyaeche6283 I know but you gotta remember. She was ABOUT to stab him while he was beating her shit but he was delivering the meat so good she dropped the weapon and didn't even try to finish the job again
Otsuru loved that man... Sio is literally Otsuru... the movie just slightly changed the backstory... ...But can we talk about Jino literally breaking the program just off of memories of their childhood? #Brothers Keeper#Tight4Life
In the video game ending, like in the manga, Justice was already dead when Afro found him. However, Afro fought Justice in his mind showing how insane Afro was. During the fight, Justice tells him that Afro choose to get revenge and throwing away his only chance for a normal life. Justice said he fought his father in a one-on-one duel and Afro's anger, obsession, and revenge made Justice, ironically, Afro's God.
@@williedee259 Wish they gave us the spin off story video game of Jinno. The manga, the anime, and the video game told us different versions of Afro and how he dealt with Justice. The video game had a better story since the real enemy at the end was Afro's obsession and revenge and consequences he caused.
@@williedee259 It would give us a different character besides Afro. See how Kumas' recovering and also training to be Afro's level. I remember Afro's dad tried to tell Afro before he died was not to avenged him, but live his own life. Afro was a tragic character and sadly driven mad that he went through all of this for nothing. I would have like to see Kuma's story after surviving his fight with Afro.
The Afro Samurai anime was a creative collaboration between Samuel L. Jackson, Takashi Okazaki, and Gonzo, with the music scored by RZA of the Wu-Tang Clan.
You think anime Afro was cold, manga Afro was downright evil. In that fight against Shichiguro, the manga pivots to showing a guy and his disabled sister and their argument about the guy going off to the festival. The guy decides to go even though his sister really doesn't want him to cause she's worried about him, and is there in the middle of the fight between Afro and the discount foot clan, and Afro uses the guy as a human shield and the guy is promptly and violently sliced apart. The guy's DISABLED sister who crawls all the way there grabs Afro's leg crying about how could he do that to her brother, and Afro tosses her out in front of the foot clan's leader (who isn't in the anime) who's firing his minigun just to to draw the guy's fire away, and she's torn apart by minigun fire. There was a scene in the movie you didn't bring up where a disabled group of people who were being cared for by....I think it was Otsuru? They show up because they're angry with Afro and it looks like they want to pick a fight with him because they believe he's responsible for her death, but then get scared and decide not to, and Afro leaves them alone. In the manga, the woman he was with was a random woman who was part of a new cult that worshipped Justice. She was an ex-ninja who didn't want Afro to kill Justice because apparently....Justice had ushered in a new peace? She was caring for the elderly and the infirm in here village, and those guys absolutely adored her because she was so kind to them. Well, when Afro reveals that he's going to try to kill Justice, she decides to attack him and he kills her, then the old people show up, see her corpse and then rush him.....and he kills all the old people, when he really didn't have to since I'm fairly certain he could've just ran and left them.
It's nice that the anime gave Afro the revenge he deserved. If I recall correctly in the manga, Justice basically went off to become a God by having making his own religion with followers, rather than obtaining Godlike powers. When Afro finally confronted and stabbed him, we find out that he was long dead and turned to dust. RIP Kotaro too.
The two things that I love about Afro Samurai is: A) The headband doesn’t give the wearer any power or special ability it’s just a piece of cloth B) In the manga Afro just finds Justices corpse at the end meaning everything that he has done was for nothing
Afro samurai aesthetics will always get me how they managed to blend the eras. Didn't bat an eye when samurai having straps and a crossbow with a grenade launcher
22:39 The messed up part is, Afro is even WORSE in the Manga. Bro deadass used a little disabled girl as a meat shield for a mini gun in front of her brother.
@@plaguegamer6468 Right. Manga Afro was on straight TIMING from start to finish. The Anime legitimately had to tone him down to stop him being a straight up villain.
The fact the studio that animated this was the same one that animated Transformers Cybertron is the funniest thing to me. Have the Director’s Cut on DVD. Got it for like $2 at the Salvation Army.
Wanted to mention that Justice is voiced by Ron Pearlman, you know the voice of a certain member of the black Air Force round table. (Slade, the guy who trolled a team of superpowered teens, repeatedly mindf*cked their leader, and even drugged said leader who was technically a minor on screen. In a kids show. And was the antagonist of a whole episode of arguably the darkest one in the series, all while being dead. The man made a teen play a dark game of ‘why are you hitting yourself’.😳👏😎👍)
Speaking of badass Samurai. I need to see more of these fellas talked about. Mugen has been on the Roundtable fsince the start and the less we say about the one named Jack the be- you know actually scratch that we don't talk enough about Jack, that man is a demon.
When Afro lost the number 1 head band his mission to get it back it was no longer about vengeance. The movie showed Afro's character as more of an antagonist than a hero. Its time that they make Afro the antagonist and put him against adult Kotaro in a movie or three part OVA. It been over 16 years. I think this would be more anticipated than the Junji Ito's Uzumaki that's been delayed over and over.
I don't see him being shown as more of a antagonist in the movie. He was literally chilling and got dragged back into battlefield by jumping him and dragging him down a mountain and stealing his dad.
@@MrHinishiokami Well the number 1 headband restored order or so the wearer of it was supposed to. Thats why justice was collecting ALL the headbands. And in the manga, justice created a somewhat stable society before they died and things reset
What I find wild is that Ninja Ninja in the original comic was more so kinda like the spirit of the Number 2 headband, like. He had a tangible presence because the spirit of the number 1 headband was ALSO a thing. Though I do like how the anime/movie kinda makes it ambiguous.
There actually was an African man who traveled to Japan, and became one of the only foreigners to hold the title of samurai gifted from Nobunaga. His name was Yaskue. I also think it's hilarious because he was like 6'2" or so, and the average height of men in Japan at the time was about 5'3" so he was a monster compared to any of them.
His name was yasuke. He used to be a servant for some italian missionary. A feudal lord took a liking to him. He went from servant to a rank below samurai (which is pretty much all the clout minus the land ownership)
Afro Samurai is when the protagonist grew to be just as ruthless and brutal as the villains. The headbands turned their wearers into monsters out of necessity or they will be killed.
I remember Afro Samurai was the first anime I've ever sat down to watch fully. I was raised listing to Big L, Big Pun, and Wu Tang Clan, so this was a must see for me. 10/10 hands down my favorite anime ive seen since.
CJ, you never disappoint. Afro was one of the best characters I've ever seen. The story doesn't shy away from the fact that he's not the best person. But overall, the story is amazing! I always hoped for a part 3, after Resurrection, but I guess it just wasn't meant to be.
I reallly didnt think you be going back to the classics but of course you would. thanks for this CJ. everyone on twitter says this anime is trash but I dont. love your way of telling a story and it makes me laugh so hard. appreciate you bruh
In the Manga Afro used a crippled woman as a shield against an assassin with a gatling gun
That alone cements him as one of the most dangerous members of the Roundtable
I don’t even remember that happening wtf Afro
@@SinnermanZekemanga afro was the nastiest mf known to man
@@Bigburton3 ...that even makes me sick
Afro and ninja ninja were beasts in the manga. It was a good read.
@@ajax914the manga had THE most depressing ending though
The worst part about Afro killing Kotaro? HE DIDN'T MEAN TO. He was actually FULLY accepting of death and Kotaros vengeance..... *but his instincts were too on point and his body automatically weeved Kotaros attack and ended him in the blink of an eye. Afro was shocked and horrified at what he did.*
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Bro wanted to die but body said no😂
@@Axiasart yup lol. Reflexes were TOO quick for his own good
So it still gets worst even after the video is over?! 😂
@@JessicaRodriguez-gi2cl oh, and to top it off, because I forgot: the reason Afro was so accepting of death by Kotaros hand?
Y'know how he did ALL of what he did just so he could get to Justice, finally? In the anime, it was a big climatic and cathartic fight. He didn't get that in the manga though, because when he finally got to him? *Justice was already long dead, he literally just turned to dust before Afros eyes* .So, Afro being denied his cathartic vengeance and seeing that everything was for nothing, he spent literal YEARS just.... on his knees, unable to process his pointless journey and the lives taken for nothing. No words said or big yell of sorrow, just utterly catatonic for years, long for enough for Kotaro had GROWN UP, got his OWN number 2 headband story.
For anyone wondering, the afro samurai game has the good ending. It ends with afro letting go of the #1 headband and ending the cycle of revenge having finally found inner peace.
Well it's more of a bittersweet ending but still a lot better than the other endings.
Good for him but, that probably dosen't stop everyone else chasing after them, killing each other for the headbands, causing friends and relatives to seek revenge, and who ever they killed for revenge got friends and relatives who want revenge.
From the game: "Others believe they (the headbands) were created by the Gods, and mankind dances at their end, like a fish snagged on a line"
If I had a quarter for every samurai videogame adaptation that has an alternate good ending, I'd have 2. It's not much but it's weird that it happened twice. 🤔
@@__Konboi__ What's the second game?
@@epsyblue7714 Samurai Jack
@@__Konboi__ the best part was the fact that Ninja Ninja got to be a boss fight, and the 4th wall just DID NOT EXIST FOR HIM. He even took the time to make fun of the gamers playing the game expecting it to go the same as the tv show. "I can tell what you're thinking. You think you know how this ends. You seen the tv show right? Right?.... but that was a tv show And tv shows DEMAND a happy ending. You know this ain't the kind of story that HAS a "happy ending"
What’s crazy is Afro’s dad with his last breath said don’t avenge me. He didn’t want Afro to go down that path
That's part of what makes it such a good story about revenge, it's rarely if ever worth what it will cost you and it's usually too late by the time you realize
We can all agree that Afro Samurai is indeed *HIM* he’s one of the coldest black anime characters to ever exist
One of the coldest anime characters period, lol.
Nah bro ran the kid’s fade
THE coldest black anime character. name some one colder
@@hihowareya2445 Black dynamite lmao.
How About read ni** read
This movie becomes so much more funny when u realize Ninja-Ninja is Afro's inner thoughts and knowing he's just in Afro's mind and that it's basically just what Afro is a thinking makes this scene 100x funnier to me.
No No Nooo 😭
@@Comp1ater lmao yep he not even there that why you never see him act with other characters in the show lol
Proof that Afro has a funny side
Gonna just put this here but that bit of info is very fitting since, if yah didn't know, Ninja Ninja is also voiced by Jackson. Guy voiced a near silent one man army and Naruto if he was hopped up on pure caffeine.
19:10 for those who don’t know, or haven’t figured it out, the reason for all of his childhood friends trying to kill him is the fact that his vengeance ruined their lives. Their home ransacked by thugs for the head band, Afro killing their father figure, and majority of their friends/siblings killed during the attack. As for the movie bad bitch, she’s also the biological sister of Kuma aka darth teddy bear. Kuma survived his injuries with Afro from the main series and became more machine than human.
To be fair he didn't kill his friends if anything he just challenged his master and the bandits came out of nowhere and their responsible for their deaths not Afro he just fought one person everyone else was a casualty of war
@@raven_nevermore888 It's on both of them. The master shouldn't have kept the headband if he knew the kind of danger it could bring (Afro, other challengers, bandits), and Afro probably drew attention to his people by going around and killing people looking for it. The whole thing is really dark.
@@digitalcamaro9708 not necessarily had he not kept the headband Afro wouldn't go after it because he wouldn't have needed to go after said headband
This is unrelated probably, but the more I see the lore of these different anime, the more respect for Noveliss "Tales of a Samurai" songs he did. I imagine the (if im not paraphrasing) "YOU KILLED OUR MASTER" sound came from this anime based off of your comments.
Bro I just wanna know who that bad bitch is
Bro went from "I avenged my father" to "I'm gonna emulate my father's killer" real quick. Bro took his forces and dipped them hoes in vanta black paint!
Became the thing that ruined his life, while ruining other lives in the same exact fashion along the way.
I’ll do ya one in addition. He dipped in them in vanta black then took his sword and smeared the blood of his enemies into the swooshes on his forces
@@redkingzeus3824 "These aren't red bottoms, this is the blood of my enemies" type vibe
Nah, Black 4.0
I would like to point out that while Afro is voiced by Samuel L Jackson, Justice is voiced by Ron Perlman, aka Hellboy, aka The Lich, aka SLADE the Teen Titan's biggest opp. This dude's track record of voicing cold, badass characters is insane, bro 😫
Gonna be bs when we lose them both. They are both in their mid 70s 😭
@@RazielTheUnborn _Every legend's time inevitably comes. Just ask Christopher Lee._
Appreciate their work and wish them well while their time isn't up. Cause more genuinelly than Thanos, *Death is inevitable.*
From one Black Air Force to another!
Ron Perlman in pacific rim was funny asf too bro is just the goat 💀💀
@@theGazzer _Anybody remember him in Quest for Fire?_ 😊
One of my favourite movies of all time and bro was one of the main characters. Now even though that movie has zero dialogue, Ron Pearlman just fit like a glove in it! 👌
CJ is the pure definition of quality over quantity 😭straight comedic entertainment
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facts ive been seeing alot of copies
If you read the Manga and played the game, he was making orphans left and right, and killing those same orphans. Innocent bystanders were not safe around him either. A meat shield is a meat shield.
THERE'S A GAME!?!
@@Woodduck777hell yeah, I think there are 2 of em
@@Woodduck777 yeah, it was on the Xbox
@@Woodduck777THAT GAME WAS RUTHLESS CUTTING AND DEFLECTING BULLETS CUTTING NAMED WOMEN TOO
"There is no second Afro Game"
The Cycle of Violence in Afro Samurai
1) Everyone wants to be #1 but you need to have the #2 headband (You need to kill that person)
2) They murder their way to the #2 and then challenge the #1
3) Either:
3a) They die and someone else gets the #2
3b) They win and someone else takes the mantle of #2
4) Wait until someone kills you
5) *the cycle continues*
It’s kinda like the sith rule of Two
You know Afro’s actions and journey is actually a lot worse and a lot more sad in the manga!
Oh god
Yep the ending is completely different
Alright, lay it on me. What did he do in the manga?
@@KJTheDivine alright: in his fight with Shichigoro he got a kid killed and got her cripple sister as a shield so he can killed shichigiro, he killed a cult that worship justice to the point of killing everyone in town and burning the town in the ground and finally figuring out that Justice was actually dead, Afro has gone completely insane.
@@leonardojuan92don't forget justice was dead because he wasn't meant to be numbah 1
I think Afro is one of the best examples of "Protagonist driven by revenge that causes them to become a villain"
The endless cycle of revenge and all that jazz.
Eren Yaeger😂
@@reithabetsemoletsane7372 That's why I said "one of the best." I didn't say the only one
Anti hero my guy
@@LK-1D3 he didn't say you were wrong. He was simply mentioning another example. Calm down
“THESE ARE MY HANDS TH-cam, THESE ARE MY HANDS” 😂 Seeing Cj in real time was like revealing the Wizard of Oz
😂😂 CJ built different
Bro that had me hollering😂😂😂😂
Bro had to not get demonized
Most alpha face reveal of all time
Facts 😂😂
Saddest part of Afro getting the number 2 when he killed his master... His master didn't try to actually fight back. He hoped Afro would choose to move on. But he couldn't.😢😢😢
Best thing about this series is how the game, anime and manga each had a different ending.
Also real f-ing banger of a video.
So basically the manga had the very bad ending, Anime was neutral, and the game was the good ending
Never played the game or read the manga whys there ending bro
@@frankiejones7858 afro gets to Justice and he's already dead, then kills Kotaro in a very sad and fucked up way (by accident, kinda) in the manga. he stops the cycle of vengeance and gives up the #1 headband in the video game
@@Sp1fyr3 I don't know. Afro's manga ending is definitely sad, but there is a bit of bittersweet hope at the end of it. But the best ending he could've had is in the game.
If you’re voiced by Samuel L Jackson, you’ve already got a platinum pass into the roundtable
A Platinum Fast Pass
A Palladium Fast Pass
A Black Forces Fast Pass
The Medieval On Your Ass Pass
The “Surprise Motherfucker” pass
As an attendant for the table, few things to point out:
1 - Afro was repeatedly invited by Alucard, Baki, and Tanya, but he chose to wait for his trial just so everyone knew what kind of footwear he’s packing.
2 - We now have an entire cart just for his lemonade.
3 - He offered Roberta the number 2 headband so that it would never be claimed again, but it was later decided that Anos should have it.
4 - Though he’s not a founding member, Buu says he was there to see the opening day.
Don’t forget that after Genji got body bagged by Revi without teaching her to cut bullets in half Afro took up on teaching her that trick for a couple packs of smokes
@@BwahahahaX3MyBananas Better him than Bradley.
Buu can’t talk
@@buriedlight9821 Buu drew a picture.
@@Bendakid Yeah with crayons made from someone’s corpse using his candy beam
This is how an entertaining retelling should be. Going over the main points, important dialogue, etc… but give it some PERSONALITY. Love your vids.
Afro Samurai was one of my first introductions to what Grade A, insane quality full-length anime movies were supposed to be. Right up there with Akira, Ninja Scroll and Ghost in the Shell.
But Afro? What an absolute BEAST of a character!
my top 4 anime before AOT
He needed 2 exhibits to prove he Is him
Na fr this was my first eve anime movie i watched manneeee this shttt slapppp
Don't forget fate zero goated storyline and cold air force servents and masters
@@Abdulkicksass454 Had to limit myself to only a few titles, my guy. Can't just create an entire list when the video's about Afro Samurai :D
We need more coverage of classic tv shows like Afro samurai. Watching shows like Boondocks, Black Dynamite, Samurai Jack, etc. as a kid late at night on adult swim was playing and your parents were asleep was the best. Man I miss those days. Thanks for bringing us such phenomenal content Cj and thank you for giving me this nostalgia.
Seeing Afro perpetuate this cycle of violence makes me so much more proud of Kratos. We really do have to be better and stop the cycle
"we must stop the recycle of violence" -internet historian
actually Afro tried to stop until home girl resurrected his father just to torture him.
@@Akachi_ The whole situation still all originated from him pursing vengeance for his Father against Justice and killing his Master ( and inadvertently getting his adopted family and friends killed) to achieve it.
OH NO HE ENEDED IT. He ended it in the WORST way possible
What kind of comment is that? What does Kratos have to do with afro?
Even as a total menace who smokes a pack a day, Afro still has the priority to stay hydrated with some refreshing ass lemonade.
Afro samurai and The Boondocks are prime examples if you let brothas create an anime with no restrictions
Afro samurai creator Japanese, lol I kno the art style similar but yea different creators
I wish we had a hundred more
Dog Nigga honourable mention
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No lies, seeing such quality animation made by blacks made me a little bit less racist.
It makes sense why all of Afro's friends want to make him a pack. He caused everything that happened in the flashback, but no one was gonna get in the way of Afro.
Also, the ending is exactly what Justice's monologue was about at the end of Exhibit A.
"Your little anger is just a sea spray of blood in the endless ocean of this world's killing. It's got no end and no beginning. Just the strong and the dead. Only cursed ones like you and I can stomach this truth."
Afro sitting by himself at the roundtable. Almost like everyone else are like, "stay away from that one. He is an absolute menace."
Except Dio, Buu and Anos. Dio and Buu did such crazy sh*t that Afro would like them and Anos could just one tap him, and he also would be around the same level as Afro
@@JustARandomPersonLol69420In reality, he wouldn’t like any of these people. He didn’t like what he did, he simply did it because he felt he had to. DIO and Buu? Man he is not respecting them, although DIO had a better reason to do what he did, but he’s still downright evil.
@@JustARandomPersonLol69420Also, fuck your name, this is making me feel slow af 😂😂
Yujiro:Interesting this should be a great fight
Fun Fact: Afro is Huey Freeman's ancestor
Facts
No wonder the freeman was wild balls at doin thing
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Maaan I ain't never gonna get how they managed to make this whole show look consistently amazing. This is what adult animation should look close to
They spent about 1 million dollars per episode. It's much easier to make things that level of quality when you throw money at it
@@ZauzzieLmaooo definitely was money laundering
@@londonwiggins441 how do you figure that? Do you know how much it cost to animate the cleanly? And how much it cost to higher Samuel l Jackson to voice something?
An anime takes 100k to almost 200k per episode on average. Costs don't mean much if the team isn't given the time to work on it. Ufotable is known to be the "unlimited budget works" company because, apart from having a separate 3D team, they take their time animating. You can definitely see the difference in animation and even frames in stuff they took longer to make compared to rushed stuff.
@@londonwiggins441 Nope, they most probably loan and pray it will be a hit.
For those wondering, in the actual show, Brother 3 (with the headphones) was actually repeating "Hachimaki o kudasai," which is Japanese for "Headband, please." Instead of FIGHTING Afro for the Headband like everyone else, this dude politely asked for it.
He was also notably the only one of the Empty Seven not only to be this peaceful in his attempt to get the Headband, but also the only one to still be alive. Afro decided to spare him and ignore his request simply because Brother 3 never wanted to take his life -- and despite his coldness, he didn't want to needlessly kill him either. (Hilariously, Ninja Ninja ate the tea and rice crackers that Brother 3 offered Afro 😂)
I'm pretty sure brother 1 lived through the first movie, albeit with a piss pouch and no real ability to speak. He might have died in the second movie. I can't remember.
What show
Brother 3 has no opps
What’s the anime called
yeah what’s it called
one of my favorite things with Afro Samurai is that when Justice and Afro become number one, they fully understand that with all the bloodshed, someone's kid is gonna come for them in the future
Afro decided fuck that…. And offed the kid that came for him
@@lionguy8959he knew he'd come for him .. didnt say he was gon spare his life 😂😂
If anything, Afro just moved by instinct!
@@iketurner_Afro was about to let Kotaro kill him, but his reflexes kicked in and he accidentally killed him
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Afro's _body and reflexes_ decided that. Afro himself actually wanted Kotaro to kill him.
Honestly, Afro Samurai, Black Dynamite and Bushido Brown are the coldest black guys in anime.
Hey hey hey that GRAND MASTER Bushido Brown 🤣🤣🤣
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Just to give context to him killing Kotaro, the sad/fucked-up fact about it is that he didn't mean to kill him. At all. He was going let that boy cut his head off but he decapitated him instead out of pure reflex and didn't even realize it. And in the manga, Afro is not only a worse demon than in the anime, but he doesn't even get his revenge because Justice was already by the time he found him. So, he murdered and betrayed everyone he ever loved for nothing.
just because of this comment I went and watched the Anime, movie, and read the manga just to figure out what you meant yeah you right
Honestly him never getting revenge makes a better tragic story.
That's also the ending they went with in the Afro Samurai video game, but he still gets a Hallucinatory/Inner-Self battle with Justice.
@@tonts5329this has a game? Wow
@@CatManOfTaste Oh yeah it came out way back in the PS3 era, before trophy support was a thing. And then there was a planned episodic sequel. 'Rise of Kuma?' I think, but the first part was so bad and recieved so negatively they canned the game completly.
"YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO DESTROY THE SITH NOT JOIN THEM!"
"my bad cuz."
HAD ME DYING 😭
no cap
Bro, this is one of my favorite anime of all time and one of my favorite characters of all time. I think this is my favorite episode from you. This just brings back endless memories of nostalgia. You really made my day, my G. God bless. 💯
Agree 10000%
Afro is vengeance incarnate. He isn't even a mean dude, he just gotta get his get back by any means necessary
Afro is African guts but instead of big creatures and giant swords its peanut heads and headbands
@@cheryllochansingh4831nah guts has moved away from vengeance even just for a time he's more reasonable
@@DustunColeman U saying afro is a dark guts?
@@DustunColemanHe still trynna get his revenge, like no way all that suffering is going to be resolved with a “I did it to make a better world Guts.” By Griffith 💀
He definitely is a bad guy, bro threw a disabled woman in front of the fire of a mini gun, killed innocent people and didn’t care. The story was meant to show that he’s no better than Justice, and that revenge will turn you into the exact same thing that you’re seeking to kill.
Damn, this show is 16 years old and that animation STILL holds up goddamn.
And again, the music use in these videos NEVER fucking misses I swear to god. Every time the fuckin Dilemma "~oh~" came in I lost my shit.
The clapping though...that was the CROWN JEWEL my g o d. Shit getting so crazy that CJ has to show his face to not get this video nuked. I'm DECEASED.
Not only does CJ produce yet another banger, BUT he elevates it with it being on AFRO SAMURAI!?!?
We've Made It.
13:30 bro didn't do any cool trick or super speed or nothing, he slowly pushed that sword into them 🥶
Afro Samurai is without a doubt one of thee most underrated gems that I feel like not a lot people know about or does not give the show any credit it deserves glad you made a video for our boy
one thing i just realized...hows the headband work if the winner has both does justice just throw it into the wind?
Because most anime fans only like the cute, mainstream ,bright, panty shots, big tits, friendship is magic anime
Finally, Afro Samurai is legendary.
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Afro Samurai is so underrated especially with the score done by RZA
Watching the production of the soundtrack on Afro samurai made me hate AI art even more seeing how Rza drew from hanging with system of down and how Afro justice and his father show the changing of eras through musical motifs
the fact dj barnacle noodle was voiced by RZA
23:11 mf recreated his OWN backstory to that kid 😭
What i love about Afro Samurai is the Animation still holds up till this day.
Good animation always holds up. There's animation from the 70s and 80's that still looks great
Him telling Kotaro to avenge his father in blood was some Kill Bill shit, holy hell
Negl I've wanted to see a Kill Bill vol.3 that focuses on Vernita's kid becoming an assassin to go after the Bride now that you got me thinkin on it
Ninja Ninja might be the only character where CJ's voiceover actually matches how the character sounds in the show lol.
15:21 that line kinda went hard
I don't think there's a greater feat in anime than beating a trained kunoichi's cheeks so good that she no longer wants to assassinate you.
TBF getting dickmatised in anime is kinda common but will still always be a cold ass feat
@@tochukwuezeanyaeche6283 “dickmatized” 😂😂😂 Oh, I gotta start using that one…
@@tochukwuezeanyaeche6283 I know but you gotta remember. She was ABOUT to stab him while he was beating her shit but he was delivering the meat so good she dropped the weapon and didn't even try to finish the job again
Yeah, that's some James Bond levels of seduction right there.
Otsuru loved that man...
Sio is literally Otsuru... the movie just slightly changed the backstory...
...But can we talk about Jino literally breaking the program just off of memories of their childhood?
#Brothers Keeper#Tight4Life
You know it’s a spectacular day when CJ uploads
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That part
Damn right
True
Afro really is the literal embodiment of both the coldest samurai and the coldest rizzler
6:13 "You nappy headed, mawthafwacker" CJ was waiting for that part. XD
I love how Afro Samurai is HipHop, Freddy was Rock and Roll and his dad was Soul music.
20:28 DJ Noodle Barnacles had me lit 🔥🔥🔥🔥😂
Right haha.
The ending of Resurrection ties the whole thing back together, and honestly, it became one of my most favorite moments in all of anime
22:17 The foreshadows for own content is funny asf. Shredder is the type to jump them for the number 2
"Never in my life have I needed something so much and not known it until I received it." This is about to be an all-time WATCH LFG!!!
Ay lmk what yo life like after watching them movies.
In the video game ending, like in the manga, Justice was already dead when Afro found him. However, Afro fought Justice in his mind showing how insane Afro was. During the fight, Justice tells him that Afro choose to get revenge and throwing away his only chance for a normal life. Justice said he fought his father in a one-on-one duel and Afro's anger, obsession, and revenge made Justice, ironically, Afro's God.
The game is so underrated.
@@williedee259 Wish they gave us the spin off story video game of Jinno. The manga, the anime, and the video game told us different versions of Afro and how he dealt with Justice. The video game had a better story since the real enemy at the end was Afro's obsession and revenge and consequences he caused.
I wish the second game was done with the love the first got. Kumas Revenge was aaaaassssss
@@williedee259 It would give us a different character besides Afro. See how Kumas' recovering and also training to be Afro's level.
I remember Afro's dad tried to tell Afro before he died was not to avenged him, but live his own life. Afro was a tragic character and sadly driven mad that he went through all of this for nothing.
I would have like to see Kuma's story after surviving his fight with Afro.
The Afro Samurai anime was a creative collaboration between Samuel L. Jackson, Takashi Okazaki, and Gonzo, with the music scored by RZA of the Wu-Tang Clan.
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Bro the “r&b music” sent me 🤣🤣🤣 10:31
Samurai Champloo and Afro Samurai were so unique, but Afro definitely deserved his spot for the best reasons
You think anime Afro was cold, manga Afro was downright evil. In that fight against Shichiguro, the manga pivots to showing a guy and his disabled sister and their argument about the guy going off to the festival. The guy decides to go even though his sister really doesn't want him to cause she's worried about him, and is there in the middle of the fight between Afro and the discount foot clan, and Afro uses the guy as a human shield and the guy is promptly and violently sliced apart. The guy's DISABLED sister who crawls all the way there grabs Afro's leg crying about how could he do that to her brother, and Afro tosses her out in front of the foot clan's leader (who isn't in the anime) who's firing his minigun just to to draw the guy's fire away, and she's torn apart by minigun fire.
There was a scene in the movie you didn't bring up where a disabled group of people who were being cared for by....I think it was Otsuru? They show up because they're angry with Afro and it looks like they want to pick a fight with him because they believe he's responsible for her death, but then get scared and decide not to, and Afro leaves them alone. In the manga, the woman he was with was a random woman who was part of a new cult that worshipped Justice. She was an ex-ninja who didn't want Afro to kill Justice because apparently....Justice had ushered in a new peace? She was caring for the elderly and the infirm in here village, and those guys absolutely adored her because she was so kind to them. Well, when Afro reveals that he's going to try to kill Justice, she decides to attack him and he kills her, then the old people show up, see her corpse and then rush him.....and he kills all the old people, when he really didn't have to since I'm fairly certain he could've just ran and left them.
God damn
Dammn
Man's was a menace to the core
damn. nobody is safe
Afro is a good boy who didnt do nuthin
It's nice that the anime gave Afro the revenge he deserved. If I recall correctly in the manga, Justice basically went off to become a God by having making his own religion with followers, rather than obtaining Godlike powers. When Afro finally confronted and stabbed him, we find out that he was long dead and turned to dust.
RIP Kotaro too.
The two things that I love about Afro Samurai is:
A) The headband doesn’t give the wearer any power or special ability it’s just a piece of cloth
B) In the manga Afro just finds Justices corpse at the end meaning everything that he has done was for nothing
Afro samurai aesthetics will always get me how they managed to blend the eras. Didn't bat an eye when samurai having straps and a crossbow with a grenade launcher
22:39 The messed up part is, Afro is even WORSE in the Manga. Bro deadass used a little disabled girl as a meat shield for a mini gun in front of her brother.
Naaah that’s demon behavior right there 😭
@@plaguegamer6468 Right. Manga Afro was on straight TIMING from start to finish. The Anime legitimately had to tone him down to stop him being a straight up villain.
@@wesleygriffiths8748godamn 😮
Afro might actually be a contender for the chairman of the roundtable. Dio better be ready because Afro wants the smoke.
The fact the studio that animated this was the same one that animated Transformers Cybertron is the funniest thing to me. Have the Director’s Cut on DVD. Got it for like $2 at the Salvation Army.
The art style for the anime is just PERFECT.
Wanted to mention that Justice is voiced by Ron Pearlman, you know the voice of a certain member of the black Air Force round table. (Slade, the guy who trolled a team of superpowered teens, repeatedly mindf*cked their leader, and even drugged said leader who was technically a minor on screen. In a kids show. And was the antagonist of a whole episode of arguably the darkest one in the series, all while being dead. The man made a teen play a dark game of ‘why are you hitting yourself’.😳👏😎👍)
You know it's gonna be a good day when cj posts
Gotta be tough missing out on those likes the other comment has. Hold this 👍
Bro I watched this series. It was wild. These videos were all the motivation I needed lmfao.
Speaking of badass Samurai. I need to see more of these fellas talked about. Mugen has been on the Roundtable fsince the start and the less we say about the one named Jack the be- you know actually scratch that we don't talk enough about Jack, that man is a demon.
When Afro lost the number 1 head band his mission to get it back it was no longer about vengeance. The movie showed Afro's character as more of an antagonist than a hero.
Its time that they make Afro the antagonist and put him against adult Kotaro in a movie or three part OVA. It been over 16 years.
I think this would be more anticipated than the Junji Ito's Uzumaki that's been delayed over and over.
He killed kotaro in the manga
I don't see him being shown as more of a antagonist in the movie. He was literally chilling and got dragged back into battlefield by jumping him and dragging him down a mountain and stealing his dad.
@@MrHinishiokami Well the number 1 headband restored order or so the wearer of it was supposed to. Thats why justice was collecting ALL the headbands. And in the manga, justice created a somewhat stable society before they died and things reset
What I find wild is that Ninja Ninja in the original comic was more so kinda like the spirit of the Number 2 headband, like. He had a tangible presence because the spirit of the number 1 headband was ALSO a thing. Though I do like how the anime/movie kinda makes it ambiguous.
Man's vocals are nuts and so is his sound effects 20:18 😆😆😆🔥🔥🔥
There actually was an African man who traveled to Japan, and became one of the only foreigners to hold the title of samurai gifted from Nobunaga. His name was Yaskue. I also think it's hilarious because he was like 6'2" or so, and the average height of men in Japan at the time was about 5'3" so he was a monster compared to any of them.
Givin them kawaii girls dat bbc?
Sad fact: Chadwick Boseman was originally gonna play a live action version of him but passed away before they started filming
His name was yasuke. He used to be a servant for some italian missionary. A feudal lord took a liking to him. He went from servant to a rank below samurai (which is pretty much all the clout minus the land ownership)
And is a boss in both Nioh and Nioh 2!
It was oda nobunaga if I remember correctly
The dynamic of afro becoming the person who killed his dad is crazy
Afro Samurai is when the protagonist grew to be just as ruthless and brutal as the villains. The headbands turned their wearers into monsters out of necessity or they will be killed.
22:50 He pulled a captain bucaneer from fmab😭
Bro really had me thinking my headphones was finna die 10:43 to the point I replayed the video AND checked my headphone’s battery 😂😂
Same😂
Same
THE BOY IS BACK TO BRING US LAUGHTER AND COMEDY!!!
Fun sad fact: In the manga the kid actually goes to get revenge on Afro after years of looking for him and Afro kills him
Yeah he mentions that at the end. Wild shit.
Afro wasn't even _awake_ when he killed that kid! He actually wanted to die, but his body refused.
"These are my hands TH-cam"🤣🤣🤣🤣 fucking hilarious
I know the seasons only been out a few days but I speak for EVERYONE when I say we need that PICKLE EPISODE! 🤣🤣🤣
The other half is coming out in 3 weeks tho which is the baki vs yujiro fight iirc.
@@trajanoptimus7198I didn't even knowww, preciate you gang
YES DUDE
I remember Afro Samurai was the first anime I've ever sat down to watch fully. I was raised listing to Big L, Big Pun, and Wu Tang Clan, so this was a must see for me. 10/10 hands down my favorite anime ive seen since.
So what they don’t play any of those artists in. Afro samurai why even bring them up?
@@ijustbevibin0425 you do realize that that RZA & GZA were both involved in putting together the sound tracks for Afro Samurai Resurrection?
CJ, you never disappoint. Afro was one of the best characters I've ever seen. The story doesn't shy away from the fact that he's not the best person. But overall, the story is amazing! I always hoped for a part 3, after Resurrection, but I guess it just wasn't meant to be.
Not the best person? Man, even telling everything from Afro's POV, the guy is still the absolute devil.
This mf gotta be one the vilest mcs I ever seen bro aint no defending his ass
Cj from groove street
@@stormdog9169I think he meant from an moral perspective that his not an good guy
“Come get it back in blood”😂😂😂
Who’s hyped for his take on Baki season 2?
You know he's gonna make some monkey ass noises with pickle💀
I am!! I am!!!🎉🎉🎉
Are you my brother?
Hell yeah
@@jadewillifr 😂
Afro "My bad, cuz." is actually a WAY more heartwarming response than Anakin "I HATE YOU !!!" lol
Also, THERE'S A MOVIE !?
yep theres also a ps2 game
The DJ Noodle Barnacle edit has to be some of your best stuff ever! 😂😂 Start dropping that randomly in other videos please!
Seriously, that skit was the purist of gold
you know hes goated when its snowing, hes smoking and the cigarette is still burning
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*sigh*... The childhood friend, never wins.
Also the "Aahh" and "Shin"s get me everytime.
Technically she did, it was for a few hours, but she got him
Afro is rated E for everyone this whole series had shown us Afro can run with anyone of any age fades.
I reallly didnt think you be going back to the classics but of course you would. thanks for this CJ. everyone on twitter says this anime is trash but I dont. love your way of telling a story and it makes me laugh so hard. appreciate you bruh
Fuck Twitter
Afro Samurai has such clean animations and scenery shot like I’m watching moving art with hip hop tunes
The Dj Noodle Barnacle part had me vibing🔥🤣 20:25
ON GOD
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24:14 welp, that's one way to end the cycle
It is what it is
That eye poke had me laughing for such a long time. You know, my kids and I love your videos. Please just keep them cooking bro and please stay safe.
“These are my hands TH-cam!” Came out of left field 😂😂😂😂
I been having a rough last few days I really needed this thanks CJ 🤝
Same. Keep your head up.