Though general this was (one other) nice episode of Sengoku Youko: Senma Konton RoosterI want to draw particular consideration to the music. Evan Name, as American as he’s, isn’t any stranger to anime. His soundtrack was glorious all through Sengoku Youkos run, however this was about as distinguished a job as is performed in an episode. That this episode was sturdy because it was general from a manufacturing standpoint is a really constructive indicator as we head into the house stretch. Each episode is in any other case some sort of blockbuster, emotional or visible (and typically each).
That is truly the purpose. As I’ve mentioned many instances, the magic of Mizukami Satoshi is his skill to ship compelling motion tales which might be intimate and private. I grant that that is his best masterpiece, his magnum opus Spirit circleis extra intimate and private. However You are actually is extra consultant of his work as a complete. And to take such a detour in the course of the climactic battle, to deal with the private facet of all of it for 2 secondary characters, is a traditional Mizukami transfer. And what makes it much more memorable.
The title of this episode is “Kumozou and Dousuke,” and that is their elegy. These are in fact their actual names; the names that by no means deserted Douren, regardless that Jinun did all the things he may to overlook his. There’s nonetheless the matter of Banshuou and Mudou to consider, and the younger dragon is actually hyped for it (even for him). However you get the sensation that Banshuou by no means takes it remotely significantly. In any case, he’s so highly effective that Hanatora, herself a land god, says she isn’t any match for him. However all Banshuou appears to need is for Mudou to settle down so he can watch the 2 outdated Dangaisyuu rivals lastly settle issues down. He pulls up a chair and does all the things however get away the popcorn.
Kumozou and Dousuke are from the identical village, as we already knew. Dousuke can by no means fairly appear to beat the impediment that’s Kumozou, regardless of how obsessively he tries. In the end, Yazen offers him a tome on boxing, a Western sport that many in Japan would in all probability take into account a martial artwork. Dousuke takes to it like a duck to water, and it shortly turns into a part of his fight repertoire. He cannot wait to strive it out on Kumozou, the one rival he lives in opposition to. However when Kumozou returns from his remaining project – defending a small village – he’s a modified man. Dousuke could also be as naive as they arrive in the case of the the explanation why, however he can actually see that one thing is basically totally different.
That is the place their shared story turns into really tragic for me. Kumozou loses Chiyo, the village woman he fell in love with, when a katawara whose brother he killed kinds a military and assaults whereas he’s away. Kumozou blames himself for not being sturdy sufficient to intimidate potential assaults. He reappears at Dangaisyuu Temple and asks to be readmitted, citing his have to change into extra highly effective. And he takes somebody with him: the new child Senya, who Chiyo saved by hiding him in a jar. And naturally Senya is his son.
Kumozou tries to depart that title behind him, lifeless along with the lady he beloved, however Dousuke (now Douren) can have none of it. These males selecting to let Yazen do what he did to them is one factor. However for Jinun to permit this to be accomplished to his son undermines plenty of the sympathy I would in any other case really feel for him. However that call set off the chain of occasions You are actually. And that chain leads us to this battle between the 2 of them, which in itself appears misplaced to me. Jinun might not truly be dancing to the tune of the Tribe of the Void right here, but when so, why are these two preventing so significantly now?
