That Yabushige actor is too good. I love the way he switches up from brave warrior, to backstabbing villain, to clueless shmuck almost instantaneously; and its so believable
Well, according to the dictionary, a solder is "A low-melting alloy used for joining less fusible materials." I don't know what firing x number of rounds per minute has to do with that.
Mariko knew she had to die while she was in Osaka. I feel like her last moment seeing John struggle to save her, knowing how much he loved her, was almost enough to convince her to live.
As a christian, she had her last supper right before this and she died sacrificing herself like Jesus but like a japanse, she saved her familly honour by doing so. She was Japan and the West at the same time.
John has stopped pretending to be a merchant sailor and show his fighting skill, a veteran pirate/warrior, and casually killing Shinobi left and right like his been doing this for a long time.
Why is Blackthorn blasting fools with his guns so badass? It's like he's been holding these swords for the whole show then just decides 'screw it, I'm pulling out the gat.'
@@ronanchristiana.belleza9270 No one invents better ways to kill people, than mine. A gun will never be as beautiful as a sword but with a gun you can take any sword you want. Abijah fower from blue eye samurai
He reminds me of that traitor Mack in Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, the awful 4th Indiana Jones film. I remember hearing the actor say "he's a double agent, but he's forgotten which side he's on, so he's constantly switching sides."
@@el3ndir97Bruh how did you miss the 2 min scene of him going around killing the lookouts and then standing by the door while they all entered 😭 Tbf it was really dark, I was watching it on my TV in a pitch black room and still had trouble with the lighting at times
I think this plan from toranaga Bcoz same ep8 make conflict inside that ishido senator A duty of Mariko death for something Made them trust mariko dearh by ishido
It fails somewhat to adapt the book scene, where its described in great detail (and several times) how many steps it takes to reload such a gun for a single shot.
@@buzzcutseason142 he's a trained military person by the British Empire . That is why he knows how to use the flintlock gun efficiently. Notice also he cannot use the katana. That negates your Marty stu accusation.
And John finally got some shots off!! This fucking series has me on the edge of my seat!! Can't believe I have to wait another week for next episode!!!
This old farewell poem, which is more than 400 years old, is still loved by many Japan people living in the present day. This farewell poem beautifully explains why Japan people have loved the fall of cherry blossoms since ancient times. I would like to write down here the farewell poem that Hosokawa Gracia left in this world. 『散りぬべき時知りてこそ世の中の花も花なれ人も人なれ（Flowers are beautiful because they know when they should fall. People should be like that.）』
For a long time I believed that Japan sent Cherry Blossoms to the US as a warning to us - every nation rises and fall. The history claims that it was a gesture of kindness to Americans.
In historical facts, Hosokawa Gracia, who is said to be the model for Mariko, died surrounded by the army of Ishida Mitsunari, who is said to be the model for Ishido. Because she was a Christian, she did not harm herself, but died through the Kaishaku by her servants.
The historical fact is that nobody actually knows exactly how she died none of the witnesses lived to tell. You are probalby correct, but the accounts of what happened all came from people who weren't there.
A cool detail I only caught after rewatching the scene at 1:38 around five times where John shoots the first shinobi is that John's actor is _actually_ firing off a real pistol (loaded only with powder without the bullet), but he's standing about two feet closer to the camera than the shinobi's, but his arm is extended as if he's pointing directly at the shinobi from our perspective, so the shot is going off into empty space so that the shinobi's actor doesn't get injured. The whole shot is only 3 seconds long, so you don't catch it on first glance, but you do catch the realistic lighting of lit powder on the environment and actors and the realistic smoke. You can even distinctly catch the fire in the flash pan.
1:55 John has been up to this point a 90% bumbling fool (via not understanding "the Japans"), but here we get a glimpse of how dangerous he can really be.
Ah but as with most tv and film until we see a dead body we can't be sure they're dead! Think Hooper in Jaws (leaving the shark cage?!} , Dutch in Predator (nuclear explosion}, Starbuck in Battlestar Galactica (viper jet blew up) etc. etc. If she survives freezing and burning she's an even bigger legend, no?
ANJIN in this moment: No one invents better ways to kill people, than mine. A gun will never be as beautiful as a sword but with a gun you can take any sword you want. Abijah fower from blue eye samurai
@@phillipsmejkal1 I know, it's like we're so deep in her depression, it's totally understandable that she would seek death to please her lord no matter what but it hurts to watch all the same. Toranaga is a fucking manipulator, geez.
Shinobi portrayal in Shogun 2024 is authentic not wearing black colored uniform. Shinobi uses other dark color such as Gray, Brown Navy Blue or Maroon.
I knew the source material of the show and I saw the 1980s version so I knew that this will be the way things will happen, and this episode is the end of Mariko's journey. But like a child I waited for a miracle to happen during the end of the episode. R.I.P. Mariko-sama.
She died holding the door like hodor bro That's not the samurai way bro I mean I don't understand if you expect to die anyways just stay away and let them break the door down
@@rooksed You really didn't read the books or watch the show did you? She knew they wanted her alive to use against Toranaga and possibly hinder everyone else in that camp including Blackthorne. Being captured was never an option and it also showed how much of a coward and possible traitor Yabushige was at the time. Like it's not really subtle.
@@kohitsujitoshi Of course I know that this story is a fantasy not according to historical fact. But the way her model died is so well known that, as a Japanese, I feel a little uncomfortable.
Yabushige was kind of a fascinating character. You'd half expect him to also be a coplete coward. And while he isn't a hero by any means, he was all about business. Even after everything he did prior to this ^, he's still totally dedicated to the culture of the Samurai. The one time he nearly ki**s himself before he could drown. Then in the end when Omi asks for Yabushige's swords, he hands them right over and doesn't try to fight against a certain d**th order. He wasn't even mad at Omi for eventually deciding it was right to be loyal to Toranaga, instead of him. Idk. They're just all such cool characters.
holy shit the fight scene at 1:30 feels so goddam real. The scrambling for the gun, the sound as blackthorne blows the ninjas head off. Its all so real
I like how, unlike a lot of movies and animes, the ninja are NOT excellent fighters. Sure, they're brilliant at stealth and ambush, that's what they're trained for, but once something goes wrong and they're in a fair fight they're actually WORSE than the samurai who train their whole lives to master open combat and the foreigner armed with weapons they're not experienced in countering.
Actually, that's not true, the ninja were basically the special forces of the samurai. Another misconception about ninjas is they were peasants and were rivals of the samurai, a lot of them were special trained samurai themselves. They were basically the navy seals of their day.
@@MithunOnTheNet Shinobi is the original name used in feudal Japan to what we call these days as Ninja. Ninja is a modern term for Shinobi, feudal Japan didn't use the word Ninja. They are spies of feudal Japan, far from the image of what Hollywood portrays them to be. The people here aren't necessarily Ninjas, they could simply be Samurais on a stealth assassination mission. There is nothing in Bushido that disparages Samurais from committing such actions, as long as it's in the service of their Lord it's still considered honorable.
not “exactly” like the book or the 1980 original as she doesn’t actually stand directly in front of the door in either of those two as in the book/original she stands close to the door but for some reason they made her stand directly in front in the version.
@@michaelsoland3293 Everything in the scene is somewhat correct i like you can’t remember if Yabu is there or not but they changed it from Mariko being close to the door to actually standing in front of the door.
Damn snuggled up with bae and getting awakened by the Shinobi after a somewhat magical evening has to be jarring to say the least.😣No morning after breakfast coupled with flirty subtle glances - just emptiness, grief, pain, and likely rage.😢
Yeah it was a lot of relief after the permit came. him and her got close again just for the assassins to come and try to kidnap her. I never read the book so this caught be off guard. When I thought she was going to die she didn’t but soon as the guard is down she dies.
It's even more of a heartaches when the book short of implies that Toranaga considered ordering her husband to divorce her (if she ever survive Osaka) so he can marry her to Blackthorn.
@@masktuxedo77 super sad. I know John felt extremely relieved after the permit came. They even spent the tonight together. I wonder how John is going to take it. He the only one who truly loved her.
Having Shinobi pull up was honestly so cool, I wasn't expecting that. I knew Mariko died in the book but I didn't know how (plus the show changed some other characters' deaths) so I thought they were changing the show after the fake out seppuku scene
I read somewhere, that in one ofthe interviews, they have metioned that they'll be following the book only to a certain time and then they will go with the original history of Japan and the lord that Toranaga is based upon. I assume there will be a lot of differences. I have personally not read the book, but it's next on the list.
This isn't the first time someone's sent Shinobi to kill him in his sleep. I suspect the fact that he chooses to sleep with a loaded gun and everything he needs to reload it multiple times may be related to that fact.
Toranaga (in this series, I have not yet read the book) but after Mariko’s death, I now realize he is a master manipulator. He doesn’t necessarily enjoy or WANT to lose people but if it furthers his goals - so be it. To me, he touts not wanting to be Shogun but very much does.
This is one of the best parts of the book, Blackthorne casually blasting ninjas. The cool thing is using a firearm in place of swords would usually seem dishonorable to samurai, but since ninja are considered dishonorable backstabbing sneaks I doubt anybody cares that he's popping off headshots.
This show is just immensely powerful. I couldn't believe she sacrificed herself. Didn't see the original or read the book. What an incredible sequence of events in this scene. Sad that John loves her and she's dead.
@@rooksed ? she was martyred and it was even talked about before in the same ep they cannot let her die or kill her because every high ranking family will revolt. Ishido knew that everyone would turn against him if he let Mariko die
She died by fire when she triwd to die by ice in the flashback Damn she really did die like she did in the book. And damn i knew a guy named 'Yabu' would betray them but after Yabushige was being hyped as such a bro past few episodes i thought that role would be taken by Omi. noice
In the book she actually survives but Blackthorne didn't know she survived. So Blackthorne commits sudoku. But then Mariko wakes up, but her entire body was badly burnt. She was permanently encased in samurai armor when Toranaga conquers Osaka. When she asked Lord Toranaga what happened to Blackthorne, Toronaga says that, "Blackthorne thought you were dead. In his anger, he commited suduko". And then Mariko was like "NOOOOO!!!" then kills Buntaro by choking him. Then she looks at Lord Toronaga and starts laughing. Toronaga also laughs(the book doesn't explain why). Then the book describes Toronaga and "Lord" Mariko looking at a HUGE castle being built in Osaka where the rooftop has like a really HUGE cannon.
Was really shocked when I read that Blackthorne had committed sudoku, as it was previously implied that he was more into crossword puzzles. But yeah, totally blew my mind when they unveiled the Osaka _Shi no Hoshi_ (Star of Death)
This show would have been better if they let her survive. The tense romance that existed between Mariko and Blackthorn was a major pillar that was sustaining the show. The way the show ended left us with a big feeling of loss at the end, and that feeling completely overshadowed the last episode. Had they ended the season with her somehow having come out of it alive, it would have left the viewers much happier and eager for any potential sequels.
I recently finished the show and I 10000% agree with this sentiment. But I the same time, I don't see how they could have kept her alive while still moving the plot in this direction. Sad.
@brazyfilmo3121 yeah because I'm totally going to watch a show about Japanese people thst I have no connection to! Thanks for your great detective work sherlock
John Blackthorne would have probably killed the rest of the shinobis if they just gave him another 2 mins. Imagine if he had 2 guns and his crew they could have taken the castle.
i don't think that would help him if they targeted his ppl first in their sleep. Shinobis arent samurai. They dont fight with honor or in the open. they will resort to any and all tricks such as poison and silent assassination.
@@oshikiri.nikko-desu02are you sure about that? MOST shinobi were samurai? My quick google searches indicate that samurai and ninja are quite distinct, to the poont of being almost opposites to one another.
Ishido he didn't want Mariko to leave, but his intention is to capture her not kill her , but Mariko sacrifice herself to make ishido allies to turn against him , I think the two catholic regents will now rebel against ishido
That Yabushige actor is too good. I love the way he switches up from brave warrior, to backstabbing villain, to clueless shmuck almost instantaneously; and its so believable
Hes a famous actor in japan and also Mongol- Rise of Genghis Khan 2007 main actor
@@emperoroak7331 he also played in the thor movies
@@emperoroak7331 He's the second biggest name in the show after Hiroyuki Sanada, after all
@@korawitbuttramee618 yeah, I really like him in Mongol
The actor was also in the movie Battleship and Midway
When John was reloading his pistol was I the only one thinking “What makes a good soldier? The ability to fire rounds a minute”?
That's soldierin'
Now that is soldiering
Well, according to the dictionary, a solder is "A low-melting alloy used for joining less fusible materials." I don't know what firing x number of rounds per minute has to do with that.
@@PBurns-ng3gw FIIIIIILTH!
Now that's soldiering
Mariko knew she had to die while she was in Osaka. I feel like her last moment seeing John struggle to save her, knowing how much he loved her, was almost enough to convince her to live.
As a christian, she had her last supper right before this and she died sacrificing herself like Jesus but like a japanse, she saved her familly honour by doing so. She was Japan and the West at the same time.
@@marc-antoinemarcoux697 and she dies with her body in the shape of a cross.
@@mattkersey1146 yes thats what I meant and she did that for this specifically. What a beautiful ending...
It was the promise she made to her lord.
And later Tarraranga said "What a fine bonfire she made"
John has stopped pretending to be a merchant sailor and show his fighting skill, a veteran pirate/warrior, and casually killing Shinobi left and right like his been doing this for a long time.
What fighting skill did he show here? 😂😂😂
Just shooting an old gun in the most ordinary uncool mundane way is what you are praising? 🤣🤣🤣
@@shadowone01x99 yeah and?
@@shadowone01x99 seethe
@@shadowone01x99womp womp
Pirate vs ninja, classic
Why is Blackthorn blasting fools with his guns so badass? It's like he's been holding these swords for the whole show then just decides 'screw it, I'm pulling out the gat.'
Well his showing guns are superior
Because it’s like watching John Wick all over again, in the 1600s😂
@@ronanchristiana.belleza9270
No one invents better ways to kill people, than mine. A gun will never be as beautiful as a sword but with a gun you can take any sword you want.
Abijah fower from blue eye samurai
That sour cream headass@L-S
im more impressed that they finally show the use of those 1600s pistols handles as clubs!
1:38 he has only one shot and unload it on one of the 2 men holding Mariko, leaving him to go melee on a shinobi. That's what true affection is.
Mariko knows by dying from their hands their reign will fall. Yabushige needs to answer for his continued treachery.
He reminds me of that traitor Mack in Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, the awful 4th Indiana Jones film.
I remember hearing the actor say "he's a double agent, but he's forgotten which side he's on, so he's constantly switching sides."
@@Pro_Butcher_Amateur_Human There are only 3 Indiana Jones movies. As far as I'm concerned, 4 and 5 did not happen.
@@lawv804 they literally did tho
@@SS-rr7by Well, some movies that exist don't exist.
@enekaitzteixeira7010 that statement makes absolutely no sense
I was so happy john is finally showing his skills with the flint lock
But damn her death caught me so off guard
Read the book or watch the old shogun series.
thedevil... everyone knows Mariko would die.
@@fantomaorgasma5906 for those who read the book, for non reader they do not expect that happened
@@stevebubbie1126 not true in 1575-1580 in Italy we already had flint lock muskets and pistols.
@@stevebubbie1126 u dont sound any smarter yapping this under every single comment u nerd
I love Yabushige's character. He flip-flops like crazy with allegiances, but still can't help but love his character.
it's self preservation, he plays all sides to survive.
@@akui88 Exactly. I love it.
And yet both SIDES knew he is a f*cking snitch.
@@akui88 and yet he didn't survive
@@akui88 and what's amazing in the show is that if he has stay in a side he would have survive
John blackthorne was showing some seriously good marksmanship skills there. Was john wick of the 1600's :D
He's not just a pilot, those are his privateer skills coming through.
Ironically, Toranaga-sama actor WAS in John Wick lol
He did a 'aim for where the head would be' move in JW1
@@KoiYakultGreenTeadamn I remembered that scene..a fight scene at John Wick house
John is trully understandable person for mariko.
He supported even her death claim with knife.
The title is very wrong yabushige betrayed them by letting the shinobi in. He is playing double agent in this scene
he always was
I haw no idea cant see anything too dark picture
@@el3ndir97Bruh how did you miss the 2 min scene of him going around killing the lookouts and then standing by the door while they all entered 😭
Tbf it was really dark, I was watching it on my TV in a pitch black room and still had trouble with the lighting at times
I think this plan from toranaga
Bcoz same ep8
make conflict inside that ishido senator
A duty of Mariko death for something
Made them trust mariko dearh by ishido
@@el3ndir97you need to increase your display brightness if it doesn't work, you have to check your eyes.. 😂
holding a Shinobi through a hole in a wall and the shooting them was such a baller move on Johns part 😂
Except that the scene was dumb since the shinobi were armed with knives and swords
@@fizsidd6276cry about it
It was risky as hell because he could've had his arm chopped off
@@TH3CAPN ur mom crying
@@TH3CAPN you're the one crying
John really said “I own a musket for home defense”
like the founding fathers intended....
2A!
thou shall protect our great house
"TALLY-HO, LADS!" **Two men shredded in blast**
If only he had some grapeshot.
John was racking up the kills here
And Toranaga made sure he had his pistols too, Master planning lol
It fails somewhat to adapt the book scene, where its described in great detail (and several times) how many steps it takes to reload such a gun for a single shot.
Yes but he is a fast reloading master 😂 great to see him in action
@@mrblonde831 Bite, pour, spit, tap! Now that's soldiering!
@@nilmag2284nice to see a Sharpe reference
In this battle, Anjin finally became a samurai...
lets go this is fucking exciting
Ahh the art of gunjutsu
Anjin is skilled in the gun. He's also skilled in the English sword.
@@buzzcutseason142 he's a trained military person by the British Empire . That is why he knows how to use the flintlock gun efficiently. Notice also he cannot use the katana. That negates your Marty stu accusation.
@@MrTacosBD efficient in the gun-kata
And John finally got some shots off!! This fucking series has me on the edge of my seat!! Can't believe I have to wait another week for next episode!!!
The way how Blackthrone was shooting those guys with his pistols and stabbing them with their own swords was SO badass!
Ishido: Do not harm her. Just kidnap her from her bedroom.
Shinobi: So imma use this C4 I just bought.
C4 is a very new explosive. Heck, even TNT didn't exist back then.
"It will be a very controlled explosion, honest." :))
1:39 switching to meele is faster than reloading your secondary.
Learning to spell correctly may take longer than freestyling it, but it is infinitely worth the effort.
@@finncullen Trying to spell check a random in the internet is like counting sand grains in a beach.
@@numanumame 'On a beach' 😅
@@causticchan4617both are correct
For what it's worth, there are treatises on combat with a spent pistol.
This is the moment Yabushige became Nacho Varga
Damn I had flash backs too
Lol had the exact same thoughts
Bravo Vince
Nacho varga was good character tho😢
Get out of my head
This old farewell poem, which is more than 400 years old, is still loved by many Japan people living in the present day. This farewell poem beautifully explains why Japan people have loved the fall of cherry blossoms since ancient times. I would like to write down here the farewell poem that Hosokawa Gracia left in this world.
『散りぬべき時知りてこそ世の中の花も花なれ人も人なれ（Flowers are beautiful because they know when they should fall. People should be like that.）』
For a long time I believed that Japan sent Cherry Blossoms to the US as a warning to us - every nation rises and fall. The history claims that it was a gesture of kindness to Americans.
In historical facts, Hosokawa Gracia, who is said to be the model for Mariko, died surrounded by the army of Ishida Mitsunari, who is said to be the model for Ishido. Because she was a Christian, she did not harm herself, but died through the Kaishaku by her servants.
伊賀忍者の末裔ですが、こんな戦闘部隊ではなかったようです。飽くまでも目立たない
諜報活動家です。武器が出てきておりますが自衛的な訓練はしておりましたが、喋り方や振る舞いや伝達方法の技術を磨いていたようです。切ったり殺したりした事実はなさそうです。それは漫画とTVが作り上げた虚像だと思います。
@@user-qy6ho5ii2paccc8abcd
ドラマにあるような黒装束だと目立ってしょうがないですね。忍びといってもおそらく、百姓のような格好をしていたでしょうね。
@@ムスカ大佐-i7q Yes!
@@user-qy6ho5ii2paccc8abcd その話、聞いたことがあります。目立つことをやってしまったら忍じゃないですよ。
The historical fact is that nobody actually knows exactly how she died none of the witnesses lived to tell. You are probalby correct, but the accounts of what happened all came from people who weren't there.
0:53 was crazy. The way the ninja hid on that dark spot was cool af
"You think darkness is your ally, you merely oh crap it is isn't it."
A cool detail I only caught after rewatching the scene at 1:38 around five times where John shoots the first shinobi is that John's actor is _actually_ firing off a real pistol (loaded only with powder without the bullet), but he's standing about two feet closer to the camera than the shinobi's, but his arm is extended as if he's pointing directly at the shinobi from our perspective, so the shot is going off into empty space so that the shinobi's actor doesn't get injured. The whole shot is only 3 seconds long, so you don't catch it on first glance, but you do catch the realistic lighting of lit powder on the environment and actors and the realistic smoke. You can even distinctly catch the fire in the flash pan.
1:55 John has been up to this point a 90% bumbling fool (via not understanding "the Japans"), but here we get a glimpse of how dangerous he can really be.
I like how John is using the tap loading technique in reloading the flintlock, doubling the speed of the reload.
So Mariko almost froze to death and then died by explosion?
Truly a Song of Ice and Fire.
This deserves more likes. LOL
Ah but as with most tv and film until we see a dead body we can't be sure they're dead!
Think Hooper in Jaws (leaving the shark cage?!} , Dutch in Predator (nuclear explosion}, Starbuck in Battlestar Galactica (viper jet blew up) etc. etc. If she survives freezing and burning she's an even bigger legend, no?
Mariko died? Wtf, im not watching this anymore.
@@TheBoobansame man I'm only in for the pretty lady. With her gone imma just hop away to another place
@@yachiyous9110sucks to be you because the finale is one of the best written finales I’ve seen
ANJIN in this moment:
No one invents better ways to kill people, than mine. A gun will never be as beautiful as a sword but with a gun you can take any sword you want.
Abijah fower from blue eye samurai
Ah, nice comparison, I was thinking along the same lines
Funny that Yabu is kind of a Shindo from Blue Eye Samurai
Nope, I've seen some beautiful guns out there. A well crafted Pashtun Jezzail can rival the craftsmanship of a katana.
@@carlost856there were also really beautiful wheellocks from HRE that are really innovative for its time and gorgeous to look at.
Holy crap! The entire episode was intense before this scene, but jesus! Way to give me a damn hear heart attack before I go to bed. What an ending!
Same!! And then cried for Mariko 😢
Interesting. The Shinobi were trying to abduct her, not kill her.
By capturing her, they can both prevent her from killing herself and prevent her from leaving to Toranaga
Which is exactly why Mariko did a full last "big brain" move by killing herself in the blast that was to only open the door
@@hu3bmanyeah now all the lords gonna turn on ishido and yabu will be made to take the fall. He was dead since his first conversation with ishido.
It was a lose-lose situation ignore Ishido - suffer the consequence from the regents or play along and bet on Toronaga’s plan.
Was his betrayal intentional? And who sent the shinobi without spoiling it fully if that makes sense
She died holding the door...at least it was quick and not getting clawed to death by zombies
Hodor.
@@PBurns-ng3gwhold the door
😂
Hodor-san is honorable for comitting seppuku for his Lord, Brandon Stark-sama
*Stage whispers* Wrong show.
This episode is like GoT, all over again. Marikooooo😢
Just way better! 😅
@@phillipsmejkal1 I know, it's like we're so deep in her depression, it's totally understandable that she would seek death to please her lord no matter what but it hurts to watch all the same. Toranaga is a fucking manipulator, geez.
Shogun finale >>> Game of Thrones _"finale"_
@@aleksandarvil5718I mean any shitty tv show has a better ending that GoT, the show really lost enormous quality into its final seasons
Shinobi portrayal in Shogun 2024 is authentic not wearing black colored uniform. Shinobi uses other dark color such as Gray, Brown Navy Blue or Maroon.
I knew the source material of the show and I saw the 1980s version so I knew that this will be the way things will happen, and this episode is the end of Mariko's journey. But like a child I waited for a miracle to happen during the end of the episode. R.I.P. Mariko-sama.
She was an amazing and true Samurai
Women never become samurai in Japanese culture.... The damn rotten feminism didn't have a place in feudal Japan!
She was such an incompetent character lmao
She died holding the door like hodor bro
That's not the samurai way bro
I mean I don't understand if you expect to die anyways just stay away and let them break the door down
@@rooksed You really didn't read the books or watch the show did you? She knew they wanted her alive to use against Toranaga and possibly hinder everyone else in that camp including Blackthorne. Being captured was never an option and it also showed how much of a coward and possible traitor Yabushige was at the time. Like it's not really subtle.
@@rooksed would argue she's on the same level as Toranaga and Hiromatsu on the contrary
I knew she was going to die because I am Japanese, but I never thought she would die this way.
Never read the book?
@@eodyn7 never.I only know how she died from what I learned in school.
@@temari-wl7yb school? school teaches you fantasy book as history?
@@kohitsujitoshi Of course I know that this story is a fantasy not according to historical fact. But the way her model died is so well known that, as a Japanese, I feel a little uncomfortable.
@@kohitsujitoshi School also teaches literary works including fiction stories. He didn't say he learned about "Shogun" story as history subject.
Mariko better have immunity to explosives. PLEASE😢
No. She really died in the book.
this made me laugh wtf. +10 immunity to explosion
Put all power points on defence 😂😂😂
Both in the 70s Shogun TV series and the book, Mariko died from the explosion
In the real history as well.
The last moment of Mariko its like the Red Wedding which I cant watch the second time.
Yabushige was kind of a fascinating character. You'd half expect him to also be a coplete coward. And while he isn't a hero by any means, he was all about business. Even after everything he did prior to this ^, he's still totally dedicated to the culture of the Samurai. The one time he nearly ki**s himself before he could drown. Then in the end when Omi asks for Yabushige's swords, he hands them right over and doesn't try to fight against a certain d**th order. He wasn't even mad at Omi for eventually deciding it was right to be loyal to Toranaga, instead of him.
Idk. They're just all such cool characters.
John's reloading speed with the flintlock was damn impressive, as expected from a soldier in that time, 1 rounds for every 20 seconds
John was about to get a tactical nuke
a few centuries too early.
He'll to wait for the long ass cool down first
@@ronanchristiana.belleza9270 got the martyrdom perk
That explains why the first nukes dropped on japan. John just had really bad ping in the 1600s so it took a while to arrive!
@@GGGmod1 this comment shouldn't have made me laugh this hard. you're an evil man.
This made me cry...
holy shit the fight scene at 1:30 feels so goddam real.
The scrambling for the gun, the sound as blackthorne blows the ninjas head off. Its all so real
The death of Lady Mariko got me like Lord Eddard's... 😢
I like how, unlike a lot of movies and animes, the ninja are NOT excellent fighters.
Sure, they're brilliant at stealth and ambush, that's what they're trained for, but once something goes wrong and they're in a fair fight they're actually WORSE than the samurai who train their whole lives to master open combat and the foreigner armed with weapons they're not experienced in countering.
Ninjas were regular soldiers and samurais doing black ops. They had additional training, not just ninja training.
Actually, that's not true, the ninja were basically the special forces of the samurai. Another misconception about ninjas is they were peasants and were rivals of the samurai, a lot of them were special trained samurai themselves. They were basically the navy seals of their day.
Shinobis can be a samurais at the same time the two aren't mutually exclusive. Some of them might have also served as foot soldiers in their day job.
What's a Shinobi then? A class of ninjas?
@@MithunOnTheNet Shinobi is the original name used in feudal Japan to what we call these days as Ninja. Ninja is a modern term for Shinobi, feudal Japan didn't use the word Ninja. They are spies of feudal Japan, far from the image of what Hollywood portrays them to be. The people here aren't necessarily Ninjas, they could simply be Samurais on a stealth assassination mission. There is nothing in Bushido that disparages Samurais from committing such actions, as long as it's in the service of their Lord it's still considered honorable.
it was sad!! how mariko was looking at the anjin and accepted her death 🥺 so sad man!! 😭😭
Seeing her blown away last night made me cry 😭
I love reading and watching "Shōgun" so much. But this - this deserves an Oscar
At least she's finally free.
At least we're finally free. It was endless.
literally bits of her body is "free" from the rest.
@@NeilsonBuntowa What the Portuguese would call a true chum.
It's just like the Book..Lady Mariko sacrifices herself in the explosion..
I did not read the book but was her death similar to what they showed here or was it different?
@@ksbfun it was exactly that albeit Yabu wasn't there iirc
There are some scenes I wish they had adapted but this one was pretty faithful
not “exactly” like the book or the 1980 original as she doesn’t actually stand directly in front of the door in either of those two as in the book/original she stands close to the door but for some reason they made her stand directly in front in the version.
@@michaelsoland3293 Everything in the scene is somewhat correct i like you can’t remember if Yabu is there or not but they changed it from Mariko being close to the door to actually standing in front of the door.
@@SukiSZN Book has her with back to the door.
Seeing the scene, I’m reliving the shock and sadness seeing Mariko die 44 years ago which was traumatic for a 10 year old.
Idk why i love it so much when he fires the flintlock pistols
Damn snuggled up with bae and getting awakened by the Shinobi after a somewhat magical evening has to be jarring to say the least.😣No morning after breakfast coupled with flirty subtle glances - just emptiness, grief, pain, and likely rage.😢
Yeah it was a lot of relief after the permit came. him and her got close again just for the assassins to come and try to kidnap her. I never read the book so this caught be off guard. When I thought she was going to die she didn’t but soon as the guard is down she dies.
It's even more of a heartaches when the book short of implies that Toranaga considered ordering her husband to divorce her (if she ever survive Osaka) so he can marry her to Blackthorn.
@@masktuxedo77 super sad. I know John felt extremely relieved after the permit came. They even spent the tonight together. I wonder how John is going to take it. He the only one who truly loved her.
@@masktuxedo77 they could have been together😭😭😭😭😭😭. I bet Blackthorne would’ve given up his campaign to return home if he could have married Mariko!💔
Yabushige had some Shinto Survival skills he was instantly able to adapt to any situation til his head came off
Mariko 😢😢😢
Fucking Yabushige man,just when i thought he was actually on our side.
I am glad that they didn't show her get dismembered on screen or the scene will burn into my eyes for the rest of my life.
Mariko getting 2 of the craziest backshots i've seen in a single episode of a show..
Having Shinobi pull up was honestly so cool, I wasn't expecting that.
I knew Mariko died in the book but I didn't know how (plus the show changed some other characters' deaths) so I thought they were changing the show after the fake out seppuku scene
I read somewhere, that in one ofthe interviews, they have metioned that they'll be following the book only to a certain time and then they will go with the original history of Japan and the lord that Toranaga is based upon. I assume there will be a lot of differences. I have personally not read the book, but it's next on the list.
1:49 the way John asked "who are there?" sounded so casual that it was like just another day type shit
probably seen worse in the poor side of london on a tuesday afternoon lol
This isn't the first time someone's sent Shinobi to kill him in his sleep. I suspect the fact that he chooses to sleep with a loaded gun and everything he needs to reload it multiple times may be related to that fact.
Wow, the responses to this comment are so silly.
Even more fked up than the previous episode😤
Toranaga (in this series, I have not yet read the book) but after Mariko’s death, I now realize he is a master manipulator. He doesn’t necessarily enjoy or WANT to lose people but if it furthers his goals - so be it. To me, he touts not wanting to be Shogun but very much does.
He will become Shogun by removing the Taikos Heir as well, and then retire to become Taiko himself.
@@benragnarsson7228is that from the book?
@@PrtyBlaque318 that is from history
Imo this version is better than the book's version (in the book she calls herself Toda Mariko instead of Akechi Mariko)
This is one of the best parts of the book, Blackthorne casually blasting ninjas. The cool thing is using a firearm in place of swords would usually seem dishonorable to samurai, but since ninja are considered dishonorable backstabbing sneaks I doubt anybody cares that he's popping off headshots.
Not quite true, the samurai adopted firearms quickly and without stigma.
Why are you lying? The reason why Nobunaga rose to power so quickly was that he adopted firearms the fastest
Damn! The ninja in this show are no joke!
The way effing Sanada says "Shogun".....just entirely badass.
John got the Bloodthirsty medal lmfao
I always thought John should have hooked up with Fuji, but I guess she's a nun now, lol. I loved her!!
I saw the ending and I was like “What the hell happened??”
Four ruffians break into my house. "What the devil?"
Man this scene is so fucking good.
The ninja is so terrifying.
This show is just immensely powerful. I couldn't believe she sacrificed herself. Didn't see the original or read the book. What an incredible sequence of events in this scene. Sad that John loves her and she's dead.
Sacrificed herself? Her death means nothing 😂
@@tarmynastyr Exactly
@@rooksed While I don't agree with japanese mentality, her death literally was the key for Toronaga to win against Ishido. Maybe watch the show?
@@rooksed ? she was martyred and it was even talked about before in the same ep they cannot let her die or kill her because every high ranking family will revolt. Ishido knew that everyone would turn against him if he let Mariko die
Tadanobu Asano is great and I can't get over his bemused expression throughout the entire show lol
Mariko fking carries, she's the MVP.
DAMN THAT SCARED THE LIVING SHIT OUT OF ME
This show is dope, I wonder what Toranaga next move will be. Oh poor lady Mariko
She died by fire when she triwd to die by ice in the flashback
Damn she really did die like she did in the book. And damn i knew a guy named 'Yabu' would betray them but after Yabushige was being hyped as such a bro past few episodes i thought that role would be taken by Omi. noice
A Song of Fire and Ice.
Wild how John can make a flintlock pistol just as badass as a straight-up Samurai.
In the book she actually survives but Blackthorne didn't know she survived. So Blackthorne commits sudoku. But then Mariko wakes up, but her entire body was badly burnt. She was permanently encased in samurai armor when Toranaga conquers Osaka. When she asked Lord Toranaga what happened to Blackthorne, Toronaga says that, "Blackthorne thought you were dead. In his anger, he commited suduko". And then Mariko was like "NOOOOO!!!" then kills Buntaro by choking him. Then she looks at Lord Toronaga and starts laughing. Toronaga also laughs(the book doesn't explain why). Then the book describes Toronaga and "Lord" Mariko looking at a HUGE castle being built in Osaka where the rooftop has like a really HUGE cannon.
Is it true? Because everyone says that in the book she died right after this explosion so 🤔 Don't toy with our emotions like that 😭🥲
Was really shocked when I read that Blackthorne had committed sudoku, as it was previously implied that he was more into crossword puzzles. But yeah, totally blew my mind when they unveiled the Osaka _Shi no Hoshi_ (Star of Death)
@@valeriiaklimova172he's a lying idiot...
She is not dead😅. Thank you I can sleep well tonight
@@MultiKris82 You're welcome. 😁
I am still mad to the producer because of Mariko's death. I am not talking to them for years.
Blame the book writer... lol. Oh, and the actual Hosokawa Gracia
I agree.
3:49 it’s been a “blast” till it last
This show would have been better if they let her survive.
The tense romance that existed between Mariko and Blackthorn was a major pillar that was sustaining the show.
The way the show ended left us with a big feeling of loss at the end, and that feeling completely overshadowed the last episode.
Had they ended the season with her somehow having come out of it alive, it would have left the viewers much happier and eager for any potential sequels.
I recently finished the show and I 10000% agree with this sentiment. But I the same time, I don't see how they could have kept her alive while still moving the plot in this direction. Sad.
How John Blackthrone uses those pistols is SO badass!
@@Gadget-Walkmen spammer.
I love how Blackthorne used his pistols. It was nice to see him use his own weapons
this was a hilarious scene she did not have to go out this way
It was the only way
You obviously didn’t pay attention which I can tell from yo pfp. It was either die or stay alive suffering holding hostage.
@brazyfilmo3121 yeah because I'm totally going to watch a show about Japanese people thst I have no connection to! Thanks for your great detective work sherlock
@@KakashiTaichouso you made the comment without much context. 😂😂
@KakashiTaichou you say that while having a profile picture of a fictional character with a fictional nationality
It's the first time i believe that i felt emotionaly "devastated" in a show.
If he only had an AK....
It wasn't just Mariko's death. It was the death of the show entirely. I can't bear to watch Shogun anymore for season 2 without Mariko!
Just like in the book.
I feel inferior to you book readers, Im gonna read it as soon as the show is done
@@aleemizcool3654We are ALL inferior to book readers man lmeo
@@hu3bman Stop it
Books are better 95% of the times, though I watched the series first in this case.
her death is more dramatic than in original shogun.
John Blackthorne would have probably killed the rest of the shinobis if they just gave him another 2 mins. Imagine if he had 2 guns and his crew they could have taken the castle.
i don't think that would help him if they targeted his ppl first in their sleep. Shinobis arent samurai. They dont fight with honor or in the open. they will resort to any and all tricks such as poison and silent assassination.
@@wymg4480 I’m just joking that they made his guns overpowered
@@gohyinghao1288 uhm well guns are op though
@@wymg4480absolutely wrong. Most shinobi were samurai. Shinobi was an occupation. That's like saying navy seals running recon aren't soldiers.
@@oshikiri.nikko-desu02are you sure about that? MOST shinobi were samurai? My quick google searches indicate that samurai and ninja are quite distinct, to the poont of being almost opposites to one another.
john calmly asked.. "who are they?"
This dude is hilarious.. Previously also he deadpen said " you pour very well" XDDD
Probably too used to people trying to kill him at this point
The second was obviously meant to be comical.
please enlighten me, who sent those Shinobe?
Ishido he didn't want Mariko to leave, but his intention is to capture her not kill her , but Mariko sacrifice herself to make ishido allies to turn against him , I think the two catholic regents will now rebel against ishido
Ishido
It's too dark. I can't see anything.
Man Yabushige fucked up big time this time can't see Torranaga or Anjin forgiving him for this one.
What was he trying to do?😊
Goddammit Yabushige 😭
Man that ending hit us with the game of thrones silent black out cut to credits. I just sat there in silence too
Just watched episode 9 HOW THE FUCK could they let Lady Mariko die!!! Devastated..
because that's what happened in history...
And what happened in the book.
It's so sad.
Good to see Blackthorne getting busy with the blicky for once
insane spoiler title there lmao people cant search the show's name on youtube
I agree. Naming the video like that is downright criminal.
Ah, the age old duel continues. Ninjas vs. a Pirate