This is a complicated battlefield, but I commend – once again – this adaptation for the extremely clever way it’s being depicted. Read more
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Nige Jouzu no Wakagimi (The Elusive Samurai) Season 2 – 03
You don’t accomplish what Suwa and Tokiyuki are trying to do without waging war. Read more
Nige Jouzu no Wakagimi (The Elusive Samurai) Season 2 – 02
The 14th Century is definitely the sweet spot this season. Read more
Nige Jouzu no Wakagimi (The Elusive Samurai) Season 2 – 01
CloverWorks has delivered one of the best – and best bang for buck – manga adaptations of the decade with The Elusive Samurai. Read more
Nige Jouzu no Wakagimi (The Elusive Samurai) – 12 (End) and Series Review
I long ago gave up on trying to make sense of production committees – those are heads you really don’t want to get inside. Read more
Nige Jouzu no Wakagimi (The Elusive Samurai) – 11
What Tokiyuki (and Yorishige) are trying to do is subversive in a very literal sense. Read more
Nige Jouzu no Wakagimi (The Elusive Samurai) – 10
What Matsui Yuusei can do with tonal dissonance is just genius.
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Nige Jouzu no Wakagimi (The Elusive Samurai) – 09
When The Elusive Samurai is on top of its game, it’s a truly formidable beast. Read more
Nige Jouzu no Wakagimi (The Elusive Samurai) – 08
There were moments here when Shoukan was almost Hisoka-like. Read more
Nige Jouzu no Wakagimi (The Elusive Samurai) – 07
Darkness and screwball comedy and mild ecchi are always cheek by jowl with Matsui Yuusei. Read more