#1 Hater

#1 hater

I sincerely hope Taigen becomes bald like Caillou.

I am his #1 hater. If he has 100 haters, I am one of them. If he has 10 haters, I am 10% of those haters. If he has 1 hater, I am that hater. If he has no haters, I am dead and my soul has been erased. If everyone else loves him, it's me against the world.

Him and his little bald spot can leave me and my wife, Mizu alone.

Spot the difference (you can't)

Incorrect quotes

Mizu: What doesn't kill me should run, because now I'm fucking pissed.

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Taigen: I must restore my honour back.

Ringo: Would you like some soup to grow back your hair? I hear that these mushrooms make hair growth more effective :)

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Mizu: You seem familiar? Have I killed your father? How about your lover? I probably stabbed you at some point.

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Mizu: Ringo.

Ringo: :3

Mizu: I need you to be serious.

Ringo: >:3

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Taigen: I fear no man

Taigen: But that

*homoerotic feelings towards Mizu*

Taigen: That scares me

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Akemi: I actually don't mind when people underestimate me because I am a woman. It makes it much easier to plan the downfall of people when they're focused on me being a proper lady.

Seki: That's my girl :)

He did all the crimes above and worse, but I love him so let him free

Tcf fandom/Calefam when Cale's accused of a crime he did commit:

You know what would be evil? If Mizu has gone through all her trials and tribulations, has killed, been betrayed, lost her humanity, lost all her companions, suffered, face humiliation, only to find out that the white man she has been searching for is dead. Dead. All of suffering and the revenge she was going to get would be pointless because who would she get revenge on? It's entirely possible too. We don't know how old her dad is. We know nothing about her father. All of what she went through. Pointless because she wasted her life. She will still remain a monster because the one who damned her to hell has already escaped through death. That would be a cold ending. In the end, Mizu couldn't get justice. She couldn't get revenge because justice was never for people like her. No matter what era you live in, whether the Edo Period of Japan or the modern day, justice will never be served. Because the justice system we believe in was just a sweet lie to damn us to suffer for all of eternity.

Why Seki needed to die

After watching the season finale of Blue Eye Samurai, Seki tragically dies protecting Akemi. In his last moments, he asks Akemi to choose her own path. Whether it would be running away with a lover or choosing to rule over Japan, it should be Akemi to choose her own path. Not her father's, not the royal family, not even Taigen. Just her. I do think it's especially depressing that Seki was the only person to ever ask what Akemi wanted. He was also the only person to encourage her to choose her own path, no matter what anyone else thought.

Seki was Akemi's mentor, closest friend, mother-figure, father figure, and caretaker through out Akemi's life. That is exactly the reason why he needed to die. Akemi needed to choose, and after Seki's death, she realized she wanted to be great. Not just for herself, but for the women of Japan, and for Seki. He died for her, and she couldn't let his death be in vain.

In Blue Eye Samurai, Akemi is often depicted as a bird in a cage. Beautiful but trapped. Throughout her whole life, she's always been subjected to the decisions of others. But this bird symbolism goes beyond feeling trapped.

In order for a bird to be able to fly, it needs to fly for itself. The parent bird can't interfere otherwise the baby bird will never learn how to fly. I believe that Seki was both the parent bird and the cage. Akemi can't always rely on Seki to achieve greatness. She must break out of her cage to fly. Seki was her only parent figure growing up, eventually a child needs to leave their parent to continue the cycle of life. Seki dying represented a bird leaving its nest.

Now how is Seki also the cage in Akemi's life? Her dependance on others was Akemi's cage. Akemi always relied on other people; she had no choice. After all, she was a woman in the Edo Period. Women did not have many choices. For Akemi to be great, she cannot always depend on others. Seki was the one person Akemi full heartedly depended on. But his death finally broke the cage Akemi was in. Seki wanted Akemi to have freedom to do whatever she wanted in her life. Akemi had been struggling with what path she truly wanted for her life. Seki's death made her choose her destiny. Akemi finally escaped her cage so she decided to fly with greatness that only a competent Empress of Japan could be.

Theory on Mizu's heritage

After the season finale, we see Mizu go on a boat to find the other white men who could possibly be her father. But, one theory that has been brought up is that her mother is of European descent and that her father is the Shogun. It would make an interesting twist.

People have brought up that Lady Ito would do anything to make people forget that her husband had been dealing with Western traders. She even makes her son lock the door behind them, trapping the nobles because they saw Fowler. Evidence of the Shogun's dealings with the West. But you know whole else they saw? Mizu, a half Japanese, half white person. More evidence of her Husband's dealings, and evidence of a forbidden affair.

When Mizu confronts Fowler, he notes that he isn't sure if Mizu's his child because he was sure he counted all of his bastard children. I doubt that Mizu is his child because it would make things too easy. Besides, we should talk about the bounty on Mizu's head. Mizu's "mom" isn't actually her mom. Fowler says that she was a maid, and that Mizu's heritage is much more complicated than that. The bounty on Mizu's head wouldn't make sense if Fowler did it because he doesn't even recall her. Plus, Mizu believes that her mother was most likely a commoner, and her mom is dead. So I doubt her own mother put a bounty on her head. Also the bounty was implied to be a very high one. Also, Mizu's "mom" was revealed to be a maid. Since white people don't have power in the Edo Period, I doubt the maid came from her European heritage. It likely came from the Japanese side. Perhaps the Shogun felt some sympathy for the child of his affair, and paid a maid to take care of Mizu.

Regarding who put the bounty on Mizu's head, it was most likely Lady Ito. Of course she would want the evidence of an affair killed off, she's constantly sadistic towards Akemi, her daughter in law. Again, I doubt a white person put a bounty on Mizu's head because of their lack of power. Why would the Japanese people listen to a foreigner's demand? But, if it came from the Empress, it would be more appealing. Plus, it was to a point where Mizu had to pretend to be a boy so that it could throw off the bounty hunters. So that implies the bounty was very high, something that Lady Ito could afford.

This just leaves one factor though. There were only 4 white men let into Japan, so where could Mizu's mom be? I have 2 theories. One of them is that while the 4 men were let in, there was nothing said about their wives. Often times, traders would bring their wives along with them. I doubt the Shogun would have cared if the men brought their wives because Edo Japan did not see women as people, and therefore they were no problems. My second theory is that one of the 4 white men was actually a woman crossdressing. While women crossdressing was uncommon, it wasn't unheard of if they needed to gather more power. Joan of Arc being an example. Mizu also dresses like a man to have more power because women did not have power. I also believe that there are historical examples of women being raised like sons because they were to be the heirs of their families. It's definitely possible. Besides, it would be a nice twist to see that Mizu had been searching for the wrong thing. Instead of searching for a white man, she should have been searching for a white woman.