Oh god, Sasuke, you’re killing me! This was the best Hyouge Mono episode of the past few weeks, and finally we get to see again what a complete crazy bastard Sasuke can be. The stuff he pulled (and actually got away with) in this episode was just absolutely hilarious.
It already started at the start of this episode when he and his henchmen climbed the castle of the Akizuki clan. The way in which he used his subordinate as a chair was definitely not something I expected him to do now that he’s got actual power over people. After that he rams the castle and instead of his original goal of taking the third of the legendary jars, he then runs into the daughter of the Akizuki clan and proceeds to seduce, deceive and kidnap the daughter of the Akizuki clan.
I also love how this guy takes advantage of every single chance he can get. At the end of the day when he found out that the Akizuki clan used a fake for the lid of the jar, the look on his face was just priceless. In fact, I just love that smug arrogance of his and this episode was full of opportunities to show this.
The second half of this episode then proceeded to go in an entirely different direction: Europe. Suddenly Sasuke’s younger brother came into the picture and we actually got to see quite an interesting turn of events on his part, when the relationship between the Hashiba clan and emissaries from the west take a hit due to an unfortunate incident with Hideyoshi. It’s completely different from the first half, but it fitted in really well. Hideyoshi also screwed up by completely getting upset, and I can feel that this is going to mark the start of his fall. I can’t wait!
Rating: *** (Awesome)
I can’t make out much from the raws, but the sight of that guy clawing up the mountain with Sasuke strapped on his back had me laughing out loud.
I’m really considering learning japanese just to be able to watch this anime. Yet, they seem to use such complicated japanese that it would probably take me years to follow and episode of Hyouge Mono. 🙁
An excellent episode indeed!
I didn’t know about the slave trade issue resulting in the Jesuits’ eviction. This seems to be historically accurate.
Also Rikyu’s remark about the similarities between St. Francis’ aesthetics of poverty and his own style caught my attention. I’m not sure, though, if St. Francis’ teachings were about aesthetics and Rikyu’s ideas certainly weren’t meant for the poor.