Animated Atrocities 175 || Samurai Jack Season 5

Gotta get back to the past... to prevent this from happening.

[@OkRoomer123-]

Ashi: Jack, I'm pregnant Jack: Gotta get back, back to the past..

[@poweroffriendship2.0]

**snorts**

[@GalaxyPolar]

💀

[@58jn89]

Who want's Ashi to dress up as Cinderella in Cinderella princess dress for the grand ball and for the wedding on Samurai Jack season 6 or Samurai Jack movie on theaters with a Walt Disney princess ending Style? Who agrees with that idea?

[@ivanthehighman177]

Gotta escape child loans.

[@user-tw3rh9po4t]

I kind of wish he had a different person as his love interest, and Ashi was a very close friend of Jack, instead. It would probably end up in a “power of friendship” situation instead of a “power of love” thing, but hey, here we are.

[@2kpal10]

The fact that they decided to create a Samurai Jack video game just to give Jack a happy ending pretty much sums up that even the show's creators knew that the season finale was pretty lacklustre

[@ddjsoyenby]

yeah it wasn't great.

[@Jonathanhernandez-lr6ft]

@@ddjsoyenby sorry wrong opinion

[@vanguardplays3418]

they also had to fix the time Paradox with that game where they turned it into a multiverse theory where Jack defeating Aku in the past didn't change the destroyed future and that still existed with Jack also killing the Aku from the future anyway

[@funnyblog100]

It would have been better if Jack defeated Aku in the future finally letting go of the past and moving forward with the friends he's made along the way. You can't change the past but there is always hope for a better future. That would have been a great message to end on.

[@MrGojira95]

@@funnyblog100 To add to what you said, it would end with Jack aging to resemble what he looked like in the ending of Jack and the Traveling Creatures, and making that the final image of the show, would be powerful.

[@redstreak9430]

I wouldn’t say it’s an “atrocity” per se but yeah, the finale was a bit rushed. At least now we have the show’s spiritual successor, Primal, which seems to take what worked with Season 5 as the basis.

[@-ShiraZen-]

It's just a brand name.

[@BlackWingedSeraphX]

Agreed. The ending was rushed but it wasn't an "atrocity", just bittersweet.

[@e1iteyoshi998]

It's a brand name now. Enter doesn't really think most of the stuff he reviews nowadays is an atrocity, it's just something that he decided to stick with since everyone is trying to make a brand for themselves so they don;t seem like they're copying each other.

[@youarealwayscorrect]

Yeah, he should rename it to “animated disappointment” or something, because even with the disappointing finale, Samurai Jack s5 is far from being an atrocity.

[@e1iteyoshi998]

@@youarealwayscorrect Or just put a disclaimer up saying the following video is a controversial opinion or rather that the show he's reviewing was a disappointment and not an atrocity. People seem to understand visual cues more than watching the actual video.

[@The_Gamer_91]

He’s certainly taken a risk with the last few Animated Atrocities,

[@darksideofevil13]

If you have something to say an you're right, say it.

[@superarcade643]

not really i seen plenty of people on online forums complain about your name, season 3 of rick and morty and this i want him to negativly review something that everybody actually loves instead of things that got a mixed reception already

[@superarcade643]

@Michael Taylor oh sorry i meant your name my point is basicly i have seen lots of other people bash these things before even pan pizza changed his stance on season 5 of samurai jack months after it premiered and is now more mixed on it

[@starofjustice1]

@EpicPiesMan If that's the direction he wants to go, it's not my place to stop him. But Enter's boat's been sinking for a while now, and I don't think this is gonna help much.

[@ivandekad7249]

The epitome of "They had us in the first half, not gonna lie"

[@sonic30655]

so true

[@prometheustv4825]

More like the first 1/5

[@toadlord8594]

So true

[@funnyblog100]

I think the reason Jack was able to beat the Daughters of Aku was because he was using the snow as cover. Similar to how he fought in Jack vs the Ninja. He knew if he fought them head on he would die. Notice how he takes them on one at a time.

[@zacharygilmore1075]

Plus, he was the one who ambushed them. In their first encounter, they ambushed Jack, wrecking his armor and weapons before he had a chance to respond. There's also the fact that his mental anguish kept him from being focused on fighting.

[@bored_person]

Just because you can find a logical justification doesn't mean that it's good storytelling.

[@zacharygilmore1075]

@@bored_person A battle can be won or lost even before it’s fought by choosing the right ground. That and attacking quickly are two incredibly important tactics. An opponent who would win in normal means could lose in unfair conditions. Even when Jack fought six instead of seven, when he took them by surprise, he took a lot of damage and was exhausted by the time it was over.

[@bored_person]

@@zacharygilmore1075 again, this is about storytelling. It doesn't matter what excuses you make, it's still bad storytelling because it removes the stakes.

[@vincenthawthorne9360]

@@bored_person He’s got a point. Plus he probably took time to think over how they fought and analyzed them in the second fight.

[@GrayscaleCanvas]

A pet peeve of mine in movies and shows is when cameos are nothing more than, 'Hey, remember me? Okay bye!'

[@Ncholasbloom]

they were there to tell ashi of jacks hope he gave to them

[@thegreatfusili4673]

The Scotsman deserved so much better

[@guhbruhmaste4557]

@@thegreatfusili4673 facts no printer.

[@guhbruhmaste4557]

@@Ncholasbloom but the scottsman got done dirty

[@darksideofevil13]

@@guhbruhmaste4557 Not as dirty as Dimongo or the Guardian.

[@vahlok1426]

"AND THE WIZARD DESTROYED HIM!!" *KABOOM!* "THE END!!" I forgot about that moment completely...

[@trencehumphries645]

The funniest thing is that I clicked, ready to disagree. Then I actually remembered the rest of the season because I actually forgot about the last 8 episodes.

[@eatatjoes6751]

It's kind of what happens to a lot of shows when fan demand overwhelms everything, even the logic of your own show.

[@e1iteyoshi998]

@@eatatjoes6751 You mean like with Steve Universe Future?

[@damonika09]

Yep

[@e1iteyoshi998]

@@damonika09 Or Star Vs The Forces of Evil. Don't get me started on that final season, it was so bad that it kinda ruined the show for me.

[@trencehumphries645]

@@e1iteyoshi998 oh yeah Star got it bad too. The exact same issue as Samurai Jack

[@michaelaburns734]

Samurai Jack was a great show. This season was a mixed bag. Genndy Tartakovsky is a genius and I can't wait for Season 2 of Primal.

[@zzz43344]

We'll see

[@alexgomez6723]

Primal season 2 left me with some mixed feelings as well it seems. It’s a stronger season overall than SJS5, but the ending just didn’t leave me very satisfied.

[@michaelaburns734]

@@alexgomez6723 It has been a while since I was here. My opinion changed after Genndy pulled the plug on it.

[@polygonwrangler]

​@@alexgomez6723why do you feel mixed?

[@robonaught]

@@alexgomez6723 My biggest issue with Primal S2 was the 3 part with the bitch ass Egyptian queen (Genndy really likes to make female characters that you just wanna see die a horrible death doesn't he?). That whole arc just felt like painful filler and an excuse to stop reaching Mira's village too soon and to keep Spear and Mira from becoming close much sooner. If they just removed the whole arc with the queen and had them reach the village shortly after dealing with the Viking Chief and son so instead have the next episodes focus on Spear settling down, Fang's eggs hatching, Spear and Mira finally becoming close even possibly sharing a kiss and them doing it, a time skip to where Mira is already either pregnant or she's already given birth so Spear gets a chance to be a father THEN having the demon Viking show up AND THEN have Spear die after he at least got some time to be a father again

[@1805movie]

"It's like remaking _Back to the Future_ , and making Doc Brown depressed." So Rick Sanchez from _Rick and Morty_ .

[@Nameless82284]

That's it's own thing, yes Rick and Morty did start out as a parody to Back to the Future, but after that it became it's own series.

[@conlooka9356]

The voice actor replacement gets the job done, but the writing is to blame Doctor Who community: Now where have I heard that before?

[@ccateni28]

We don't bring up Doctor Who right now... Its a dumpsterfire that causes all audiences to run far away from it as possible.

[@e1iteyoshi998]

Except Doctor Who was written by people who wanted to spread SJW propaganda and the writing and story from that program shows.

[@conlooka9356]

@@e1iteyoshi998 na, that's what people loose track of. People say the Fandom just can't take a female doctor. Bullshit, Jodie Whittaker is a good actor and could easily be a better Doc. But Broadchurch man in his infinite wisdom keeps writing in cheap plot contrivences and forsaking the consistency of the stories.

[@ThunderFlarz]

I'm watching NuWho S11 right now, mainly for the bloke off The Chase UK.

[@e1iteyoshi998]

@@ThunderFlarz The Beast? You mean Mark (can't remember his last name, but i know he was an elite graduate from Oxford.)?

[@NobodieZ26]

I can't find myself hating Season 5, I just feel the ending was rushed. It should gotten a lot more episodes to expand on. Also I feel Aku had lost his for lack of a better word, "Akuness" at least until he heard that Jack lost his sword.

[@darksideofevil13]

So you mean to say you can't find yourself liking season 5.

[@teh_supar_hackr]

I remember being a little shocked when Season 5 was as short as it was.

[@garthdavis4320]

The alternate ending in the video game would help.

[@frankmarchetta4744]

I will admit, Aku was criminally underused in the season (although I'm not entirely opposed to the idea of him being depressed. The 'therapy session' with himself was hilarious. And as his confrontation with the Scotsman showed, he was still capable of being a threat).

[@teh_supar_hackr]

@@frankmarchetta4744 I honestly don't really remember that much from the last season of Samurai Jack in general except watching it on Adult Swim and wanting to watch the first 4 seasons instead.

[@chasformer3091]

All I can say is, at least Genndy tried.

[@Dragoflare]

Honestly, this mini series is why I preferred the IDW Samurai jack series. That comic did almost everything the fifth season did (minus the romance) only it did it ten...no a hundred times better. When I read the ending to the final volume, I got chills. When I saw the ending of the fifth season, I felt nothing but disappointment.

[@ThisIsNotMyRealSelf]

Did Jack actually kill Aku there?

[@Davidofthelost]

If it got rid of the romance stuff and instead focusing on Jack slowly loosing his morals and his sword as he pushes to get back to the past, then focusing regaining his balance and getting his right back to wield his sword once again.

[@kidprime6863]

​@@ThisIsNotMyRealSelfUnfortunately, no

[@remixchild]

Looking at s5 it felt like you had to read the comics and even that wasn’t enough to hold the show

[@tanmanstudios]

I think you greatly misunderstand episode 3. In episode 2, Jack did not expect the Daughters of Aku. He didn’t know them or what they were capable of. And after he was hurt, he had to escape. During his time alone, he is haunted by the death of one of the sisters. He sees visions about it and feels full of guilt. But after over 50 years, Jack has lost his way. Out of anger, he decides to retaliate because otherwise he will die. After killing the sisters, he realizes that it wasn’t their fault that they were that way, it was Aku’s. Jack’s guilt is shown through the relationship between him and Ashi. He is desperate to turn Ashi against Aku as he does not want to kill her. Jack had to kill the sisters otherwise he would’ve died. And the rest of the season is spent with him recovering from the deaths he cuased. Hell, episode 6 is literally focused on that.

[@nicholasmachado3668]

I can tell this comment will get lost, but it deserves to be acknowledged.

[@ddjsoyenby]

this it's made pretty clear he's guilty about having to k1ll a human he thought it was just a robot.

[@Ncholasbloom]

yes and ashi was brainwashed misguided and tortured but jacks hope saved her just as her hope saved him

[@Channeleven2345789]

Dude, you have a Regular Show icon, how can I take this seriously?

[@zombies4evadude24]

@@Channeleven2345789 what’s wrong with Regular Show?

[@airget]

The issue is limited episodic run, with only 10 episodes to have a "fulfilling" finale, they have to rush plot points. If they were given 24 episodes it would be easier to pace out, but when you're told that you have 10 episodes to complete a narrative, things will get rushed.

[@phlpcockrell]

Which would be fine if they hadn't meandered so much with things like the misadventures of scaramoush's (i cant spell it) head hopping back to Aku, and a whole flashback episode

[@leotamer5]

Except part of his problem is that they stretch out other parts other series. Finale movies can be good, and a 10 episode run is twice the length of a finale movie. It isn't that they didn't have time, it is that they wasted the time they have.

[@superarcade643]

they could have just not have ashi in the show and it would have still worked and honestly way better than this jack was always on his own most of the time

[@d4peters86]

Atrocity? No. Disappointing? Just a bit. Good/Enjoyable? Most definitely

[@TheGoldenDunsparce]

I liked everything in season 5 except that Ashi didn't disappear immediately after Aku died. The wedding thing was just a waste because I was waiting for it and wondering why she was still there, and when she did disappear, I was like, "Why did it take so long? lol" It would have been SO much better to have Jack and Ashi celebrating Aku's demise and then turning around and being shocked that she is fading away. If they had it happen where Jack and Ashi look shocked that she's fading away, Jack reaches out to grab her, she disappears before he reaches her, then having it fade-transition to showing Jack from the back returning to his time and everyone celebrating, and then they pan up to show him from the front and he looks completely broken, it would have been perfect.

[@SephirothRyu]

Jack: The future God Emperor of Mankind? Hey, don't laugh.

[@guhbruhmaste4557]

@@TheGoldenDunsparce damn you wanna be a writer for Cartoon Network?

[@TheGoldenDunsparce]

@@guhbruhmaste4557 Aw man, I wish. I'd love to storyboard an action cartoon like Samurai Jack! XD

[@pkmntrainerdee6153]

Season 5 was great, but the ending was unfortunately disappointing.

[@BlazingAbyss]

Season 5 started off superbly, the first few episodes were some of the best in the entire series... which makes it all the more painful that the show took a complete nosedive midway through. I still hate that they decided to make Ashi into Jack's love interest, not only did it feel forced, but earlier scenes made it look like they were setting up for a wholesome parental relationship between the two. Jack telling Ashi the story of the Sun and Moon in order to explain where the stars came from felt very akin to a parent reading a story to their child. It could have made for a great nature vs nurture moment where Ashi would have to decide between her biological parent or her adoptive one. Similarly Jack would have to decide if saving his parents justified erasing his adoptive daughter (along with everyone else) from existence. I will say though that I loved Mad Jack and I think everything regarding him was handled well, however I thought the Omen was a little disappointing and their role felt a bit redundant since it kind of overlapped with Mad Jack's. Also, as much as I adore Scaramouche, keeping him around after the first episode really served no purpose other than to waste time. It built up some tension, sure, but there was no actual payoff since by the time he finally reached Aku, Jack had already gotten his sword back and then Scaramouche is immediately dispatched by Aku afterwards. The following events likely would have played out the exact same way had Jack just gone to Aku himself making the whole Scaramouche subplot completely pointless. Speaking of no payoff, why in the world would they think it was okay to kill off the Guardian before Jack got to have his rematch? It's even worse because he was killed off-screen, you can't just kill a character that even Jack couldn't beat off-screen. It also irks me how they completely dropped the older Jack that was foreseen in the time portal, they don't even try to justify its absence with mention of a diverging timeline or something like that, sure that explanation would have been stupid too, but at least acknowledge it, otherwise it just turns the whole thing into a plot hole. However, the thing that irritated me more than anything else with the final season is that the show never brought up a very crucial issue, that being whether or not Jack should actually go back to the past or not. Going back to the past and killing Aku will save everyone in Jack's era, but what about all the people who were born in the timeline where he failed to do so? The thing is by killing the past version of Aku, Jack is essentially erasing away generations upon generations of people from existence. Do you like the Scotsman? Well too bad, history will now take such a radically different route that the events which facilitated his birth will likely never occur, the same likely applies to everyone else in the future era as well. All those people Jack met and/or saved in the future? Completely meaningless because they were all erased anyway. Now keep in mind, my issue isn't that Jack decided to mend the past and rewrite history, my issue is that he faces no moral dilemma over whether or not it's the right thing to do, this is the sort of stuff that should have gotten focus during the second half of the season, not cringey shipping scenes.

[@Silver01Son]

I agree

[@starlord1521]

It should have gone the way of the DBZ time paradox model. That is, a paradox splits into a new timeline. Jack kills Aku in his past, changing his timeline while letting Ashi take care of her timeline. Would also fit more with the mentor role that Jack could have had for Ashi

[@Zelink108]

Dude, Samurai Jack was always a style over substance show.

[@Zelink108]

I think you are looking too deep into the whole timeline thing.

[@darksideofevil13]

Wouldn't those people still be born?

[@trueblade3636]

Leonardo of TMNT falling in love with the daughter of Shredder, Karai, is better fleshed out then this love story

[@damonika09]

@Luke Bog Donnie was in love with April not Leonardo

[@LuckyBastard12345]

Who is also his sister

[@Shift_Salt]

@@LuckyBastard12345 Not really, yeah Splinter is his father figure and role model but Karai was abducted and raised by the Shredder since birth. They aren't related, obviously, and they didn't grow up as siblings so they can't be considered siblings. The only character who could see it in that regard is Splinter and even then that's kind of a stretch since his life and situation changed radically between raising them.

[@LuckyBastard12345]

@@Shift_Salt It is still creepy

[@phlpcockrell]

It helps that that had a lot more time to develop.. and didn't actually go anywhere

[@tasoganedude]

23:39 "When you fake the stakes, the logic breaks" - Mr Enter

[@magnaillusion6085]

Whenever you think Mr. Enter is bashing too harshly on your favourite show, just remember: Where the Dead go to Die didn't even deserve a proper review.

[@zacharygilmore1075]

Samurai Jack is his favorite cartoon, so he probably isn't overjoyed about this review either.

[@ashwinsridhar1845]

@@zacharygilmore1075 pretty sure Bojack Horseman is his favorite cartoon.

[@zacharygilmore1075]

@@ashwinsridhar1845 Ah. I watched his review of BH. The show sounds great with actual asexual representation, but it also sounds far too depressing for me to really enjoy. That’s also why I wasn’t a huge fan of TLOU.

[@ianr.navahuber2195]

@@ashwinsridhar1845 i personally thought the ending was meh. regardless the whole "bojack should have died or not" debate (i personally belive both types of endings were interesting), the finale was.... kinda meh. i know they were forced to improvise the supposedly planned finale seventh season into the season six but the finale for bojack horseman somehow felt like "eh". to me. i personally disliked that thing of "bojack actually enjoying prison" and how the show that is supposedly always about "learning from the consequences of your acts" , never even once saying or bringing up what happened to the zombie dentist clowns (did they died? became a horde?; AND YEAH It is a Todd subplot and the series itself basically said todd can get away with things like that because he is todd (comic relief) but i still find it meh that it never even said that todd at least made a monument to them thinking they died or something. it makes everything he says post season 4 feel hollow to me)

[@alexvaughan1013]

And The Middle Finger To- I mean, Wacky World Of Tex Avery.

[@metashade4218]

Hopefully Nintendo doesn't take this video down just for using a few of their musics.

[@CarloNassar]

And that sure aged well

[@e1iteyoshi998]

If there is one good thing that came out of this season is that the creators willfully acknowledge they weren't satisfied with how the ending turned out. It just goes to show you that despite the mostly positive reception that Season 5 of Samurai Jack the creators do believe they could've improved upon it. Thankfully we managed to get that Samurai Jack video game that sorta retconned this ending, so i don't think the ending is as bad now as it was back when the series finale happened.

[@michaelnally2841]

I think that something to appreciate. I had fun with season 5 but I do agree with some of enters criticisms. But I was overall happy jack got an ending after all this time.

[@SuperSwordman1]

The game does help a lot. Such as giving Jack a chance to wreck Future!Aku, AKA the Aku we've learned to love and hate, but the continuity cascade actually serves a purpose. I actually did think Ashi's running into all these people helped by Jack was a bit clumsy. Sure it helped her finally cast Aku off, but it really needed more time, episodes, and effect.

[@michaelnally2841]

@@SuperSwordman1 I do also wish this season we could’ve seen a bit more of the returning characters from the original run like more of the Scotsman or maybe the Spartans or a couple of the people Jack’s former enemies help fight aku.

[@theuncalledfor]

The ending was stupid, not because it was rushed, but because it turned into a bad ending for literally no reason other than stupid and incorrect time travel logic.

[@poppliotheplushmaker5751]

"It's like taking BTTF and making Doc Brown depressed." *looks at rick and morty*

[@superarcade643]

he meant the actual doc brown not a parody

[@EatWave]

The biggest disappointment was the revelation that reverse Time Travel was actually possible rather than something meant to string him along with false hope. Had Jack been forced to cope with the fact that what has been done can never been undone and had to live with his failures and mistakes. Alas, he went to the past then not only undid everything that he and his allies did in the future, he undid his allies themselves.

[@blasphemous9693]

lol. I actually agree, but calling it a "revelation" when "Gotta get back to the past" is the literal tagline of the show is kinda funny.

[@slashbash1347]

But reverse time travel was always impossible.

[@werwolfnate]

It could have been mitigated with Jack coming to the realization that his friends would cease to exist, and it's actually his allies that convince him to go back. Because they learned to sacrifice themselves the same way Jack has done over and over to help them.

[@blasphemous9693]

@@slashbash1347 It's been a minute since I watched old Jack so I could be wrong, but I don't remmeber a moment in which that was actually stated? I even remember that portal that the Guardian guarded was a time portal. I also think I remember an episode in which Jack finds a time portal at the begining to get to the past and Aku takes it last minute, and taunts Jack because Jack couldn't jump high enough or something.

[@ncisfan1002]

@@slashbash1347 Not really. Even Enter mentioned that there was a time portal guarded by a Guardian in the original run, but only an older Jack could pass through it

[@nateds7326]

Reminder that going back in time and killing Aku gets rid of the scotsman, the dogs, the spartans, pretty much all of the characters we've all grown to love over the years. They don't exist anymore.

[@Shift_Salt]

This is why I prefer Multiverse theory in time travel, it maintains the events that happen and doesn't erase the entire story when someone actually goes back to change things. In fact they probably could've written it in a way where if an Aku in one reality dies then he dies in all other realities. He isn't a part of the natural world so he doesn't have to adhere to the logic of it either.

[@1krani]

Nah, because Jack came back from a future that exists. Aku still sent him to a future that exists. So Ashi disappearing makes no sense.

[@reptile1687]

That was always going to happen

[@reptile1687]

@@1kranibut aku was her father

[@1krani]

@@reptile1687 Yeah, but Aku sent him into the future and Jack and Ashi came back from the future. Both of those things happened. Therefore, Jack was sent to a future where Ashi exists, so the only way for Ashi to disappear would be for the future Jack was sent to to disappear. So, where would Aku have sent Jack, then? Nowhere at all? Did he just loop back around by his lonesome? No, Jack still went somewhere and came back from somewhere. That "somewhere" has to exist if Jack went and came back from it.

[@eugeneturner7520]

Jack was able to take down the Daughters of Aku the second time they fought, because he did such under the cover of a blizzard. The Daughters of Aku were only killing machines on paper, because while they had training, skills, the potential, and the fanatical obsession to get the job done - they still lacked field experience and adaptability. Under idea circumstances, yeah, they're more then capable of taking down Samurai Jack, but you throw in unforseen circumstances, like a blizzard for example, and the Daughters of Aku become garbage. The High Priestess rushed them so fast out of the door, she never bothered to train them beyond basic combat, which left them vulnerable when unforseen circumstances came up - circumstances which Jack was training to take advantage of, which is why he was able to wittle them down one by one.

[@quentinstewart4276]

The High Priestess was also a batshit insane fangirl with next to fuck-all experience in actual combat tactics and acumen.

[@thehillisalive]

This was the conclusion I came to as well. It reminded me of that seasom 4(?) Episode where a trained assassin who blended into the shadows went after Jack, who in turn could blend into the beams of light to defeat him. It felt like a similar parallel because the daughters of Aku performed their best (and got the closest to killing Jack) under cover of darkness as opposed to the whiteout nature of a blizzard.

[@francescomanzo3939]

*daughters. *high priestess. *aku.

[@thehillisalive]

@@francescomanzo3939 I get where you're coming from, but these technically are names and titles

[@eugeneturner7520]

@@thehillisalive I have no idea where he is coming from.

[@misterzygarde6431]

Reminder that Samurai Jack: Battle Through Time is a thing. I heard it's good.

[@michaelaburns734]

It's great.

[@emerl298]

Its a fun licensed game. Also story.

[@New3DSLuigi364]

If He actually CARED about the Video Game; I THINK HE WOULD'VE MENTIONED IT DURING THE VIDEO. . .

[@bingo784]

I heard it's meh.

[@TayoEXE]

Yeah, I really enjoy it. It feels like a nice homage to the series. It even fixed the ending.

[@johnking9943]

Honestly, the part about how he 'never' killed humans before the Daughters always bothered me, because it brings things like the Princess and the Bounty Hunters episode into question. Were all of those bounty hunters robots too? Or were they knocked out? And if they were knocked out, why didn't they get back up and try again? And also, what about X-49? He may have been a robot, but he was clearly sentient, had a personality and character, and even if Jack never found out about why he had gone after him, Jack did seem troubled about killing him. You don't need to be human to be a person. X-49 had more personality than half of the daughters of Aku. Why does Jack have a breakdown about six psychopaths that were trying to kill him to appease their equally psycho mother, but all that poor robot got was a troubled look? *Sorry if I sound sour; X-49's story was always something that got me choked up. Honestly, I really feel that would've been improved if Jack's delusions mentioned how 'rare' it is for him to encounter human foes, as he's often dealing with demons or robots: Delusion: 'We don't kill human beings that often, do we? Sure, mountains of robots. Piles of demons. But this was a rare one. Real flesh. Real blood.'

[@blacktallsmart1914]

I’m late, but I think genndy said that they were just knocked unconscious, but he admits that he kinda forgot about it. I can’t remember where I read that before though.

[@Davidofthelost]

Aliens, monsters, robots yeah. Humans no. Blood censoring to be a different color.

[@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

Phil LaMarr is awesome voice of Samurai Jack, Earth King Kuei, Green Lantern, Wilt, and Dracula (Billy & Mandy). Man of many characters

[@pepesilvia429]

My personal favorite is Hermes from Futurama

[@SuperGoker64]

@Luke Bog *S L A P S L A P S L A P* *C L A P C L A P C L A P*

[@Troll_vs.]

Static from static shock as well

[@SuperGoker64]

@Luke Bog You were thinking of Bolbi, correct? Isn't that his thing?

[@MangoMagica]

Definitely appreciate him as Wilt, he is the goodest and most wholesome boi

[@RogueFox2185]

Samurai Jack Season 5: Amazing Start, Disappointing Finish

[@zzz43344]

Pretty much...

[@JCBro-yg8vd]

The whole "Self Fulfilling Time Paradox" was just confusing.

[@e1iteyoshi998]

More like it was rather weak than disappointing. Still a great season though.

[@JPShadow47]

Have you seen the ending to the Samurai Jack game? Genny animated a ending where Ashi doesn't disappear just for the game. So he knows he rushed the finale.

[@moxxiedemongamer3019]

Bullshit the finale was Awesome

[@urt1202]

The worst part the wedding thing was already done in Tengen Topa Gurren Laggan, and way better. In that anime was explained that the girl was still alive until that moment out of sheer will power (a common theme in the show) also the prota knew already it was going to happen and already had accepted it

[@thewafflepan4538]

I knew he was gonna use the EXTRA THICK line

[@BetaGunslinger]

The major problem with Jack having trouble with fighting the Daughters of Aku was that compared to his previous enemies, they were far more vicious and coordinated. Jack accidentally killing one and going through the shock of such an act caused him to teeter on the edge of madness. That is why he was so much 'stronger' during round two. Having learned how the daughters fight, and tapping into the 'Strength of a mad man' allowed Jack to utterly crush the other daughters and no longer give a shit and just drop Ashi.

[@e1iteyoshi998]

Not to mention that Jack had lost the only thing that could kill Aku and help him return to the past. Mad Jack basically took over his mental side after losing it.

[@Shift_Salt]

I can see the arguments for both sides here, I'm kind of neutral on the whole matter though.

[@stetsonherrick8090]

"The Daughters of Aku were far more vicious and coordinated than compared to previous enemies." Not to actually shoot down the argument here, but both the Ultrabots and The Minions of Set would heavily disagree, and *NOT* because Jack had to either get augmentations to kill the Ultrabots and/or a Scarab to actually summon the Deity that could actually *KILL* The Minions of Set. They both had literally the same approach the Sisters had, and proved to actually *BE* unstoppable forces all their own. Surprise Jack, hit hard, get him defensive, and send him into a state of retreat. (I would mention the robot biker gang from Jack and the Creature and the Bounty Hunter group from the Snow Ambush were it not for being lacking by raw comparison to the ones mentioned above.)

[@ratchetxtreme6591]

After this and Your name vid I honestly have hope that Enter's rise of the tmnt vid will actually turn out well.

[@chrisrobbins8314]

10:23 Yeah! And what if Snoke, the guy that was so built up to be so powerful, died in the second movie of the new Star Wars trilo-- oh wait, that actually happened... I'm sad now

[@Shift_Salt]

This is why you have one creative voice sit down and commit to making a plot for something as simple as a movie trilogy.

[@Nameless82284]

Well that's the point he's trying to make, you can't just kill your built up villain right away, this is why the new Star Wars movies are awful.

[@gregorymelissinos337]

the parallels between this season and the SW trilogy is scary.

[@papershadow]

@@Nameless82284 I wouldn't outright say you "can't" do that, but they clearly had no purpose or plan for doing it with Snoke beyond "ooooh, isn't that a shocking subversion!?" There is probably an unorthodox story structure that could kill the primary antagonist in Act 2/3 of the trilogy, but SW certainly is not the one to do it.

[@Nameless82284]

@@papershadow Still the new movies suck, I mean whose bright idea was it to continue the move series with new characters. You can't just do that.

[@isomericgamer6644]

2021 is gonna be interesting for mr.enter.. his videos are extremely controversial and I like that. Not alot of people are that honest about their opinion and just go with what everyone thinks for the sake of not losing subs or making people hate them. It's a nice change.

[@isomericgamer6644]

@Luke Bog let's hope for the best.

[@NakanoMiku-chan-z2m]

so many of the cartoon reviews are the same to me. I like enter because he feels like a breath of fresh air.

[@isomericgamer6644]

@@NakanoMiku-chan-z2m Him and Pieguyrulz state their opinions honestly and don't care about losing subs. They're amazing.

[@e1iteyoshi998]

@@NakanoMiku-chan-z2m Well honestly i think Enter is trying to start his reviews with a new approach. If look back on the reviews he did for 2020 you can tell that everything from the current pandemic to the political climate really took a toll on him. He felt angrier than he should've been in his reviews, stressed out from the projects he was doing to the point where he discontinued Admirable Animations and forced the Nick-O-Rama marathon to go on longer than it should. To me i think he's trying to use 2021 as a way to better himself, his review style, and channel as a whole.

[@NakanoMiku-chan-z2m]

@@isomericgamer6644 yea I love pieguy too

[@Yudaisei0]

In my opinion Season 5 was good until Episode 8, because that is when they introduced the romance plot (which was the worst idea Gendy could have come to). WHY make Ashi into a love interest and NOT a daughter figure to Jack? The final battle of series should have been similar to the last 2 episodes: - Ashi being controlled by Aku and Jack piercing her with his sword, that way removing the "evil that is Aku" from her body. - Ashi is the one in the end to kill future Aku - After future Aku is defeated, the bird from "Jack and the Traveling Creatures" comes to pick up Jack and bring him to the Guardian - Jack says goodbye to all his friend that came to help him, having one last discussion with his best friend the Scotsman - Jack and Ashi go to the Guardian were Jack finally manages to beat him and earn the right to use the Portal - Jack asks Ashi to come with him, but she rejects him (knowing that if past Aku will be defeated she will dissapear and does not want Jack to suffer) and gives him a hug - As Jack goes to the portal, the portal shines (how it comunicates) and the Guardian (who is still alive) makes Ashi the new Guardian of the time portal. - Everything after is like the final episode, but instead of Ashi dying for dramatic effect it is Jack's father (The Emperor) who dies (him and Jack's mother having the appearance of when Jack came back from training in the first episode, old and weak due to Aku's torture) - The final scenes of the series remain exactly the same. All these modifications could have happened if episode 8 was scrapped and expand episode 9 and 10 with the added episode.

[@toasturhztoastbunz896]

Wow. Not bad ideas you got there.

[@davidhong1934]

Jack should still kill Aku in the past. This creqtes an alternate timeline in which Jack helps rebuild his nation. As a closing shot, there should be a splitscreen showing the past and the future, both rebuilding and preparing for a world without Aku.

[@Yudaisei0]

@@davidhong1934 well Jack will still kill Aku in the past. Like I said, the final episode should be the same, just that Jack's father dies for dramatic effect.

[@chiefqueef6338]

What if the main villain of your new Star Wars Trilogy was killed in only the second movie... Oh wait, that actually happened.

[@DementedDuskull]

Funny thing about the daughters of aku fight, when I saw a KZbin Reccomendation for it, I assumed it was the last episode, not episode 2. Like it felt like a finale upon fist glance.

[@hoodedman6579]

I love how Shadow the Hedgehog tried to be dark and edgy and so it shot for an E-10 rating; I actually do love that game, it's so bad but so funny.

[@New3DSLuigi364]

Honestly; Even With ALL of these Complaints he has towards season 5 of this show; I CAN'T BRING MYSELF TO HATE SEASON 5. . . I Prefer for the Show to get some Closure then for it To End the series on a Cliffhanger like The OG Teen Titans!!

[@ddjsoyenby]

same.

[@TheGoldenDunsparce]

I was really annoyed by the romance at first, but it grew on me because Jack deserved to be happy, and then when they ripped it away from him, it also felt fitting. I just didn't like that they were stupid about it and had it take so long. They also didn't need to have her explain it to us like that - we're not THAT stupid that we wouldn't be able to realize time-paradoxes...

[@zacharygilmore1075]

@@TheGoldenDunsparce I think it should have been a student-teacher or father-daughter role, rather than a romantic one, but other than that, I actually enjoyed season 5.

[@starmaker75]

despite how rushed that last episode was, the final scene to the series was beautiful.

[@Silver01Son]

@@starmaker75 I agree

[@ngrey651]

They did only have ten episodes approved. So that means that they had to rush some things that probably could have used at least two or three more episodes to flesh out.

[@XD-385]

Fancy seeing you here lol Off-topic, but I recognized your avatar and just had to say hello.

[@ramsesjfg7668]

Didn't Genndy have the choice of 13 episodes but decided he only needed 10?

[@ngrey651]

@@XD-385 Howdy do!

[@ninjasack9134]

I just realized part way through this video that there's no real reason that i can see why the background for Mr. Enter is the matrix style text scroll thingy, that randomly changes colors by flicking to the next color instead of smoothly transitioning the colors. First thing, the colors flicking is a problem because it distracts the eyes, as opposed to a fade where you notice the color change, but it isn't distracting. Next, and most important, there's no reason to have the Matrix scroll thingy when you could have that blue background from before, or have a different background that makes more sense to who Mr. Enter is. The matrix scroll worked in the technocracy videos because that kind of look makes sense for talking about technology. I haven't seen the Matrix, but i get the general gist I think, with it being a simulation in a computer. The scroll doesn't work in normal videos because it isn't talking about technology and computers, but instead Samurai Jack. tl;dr, The background confuses me

[@Shades14]

StarGiant is lazy and can't figure out how Animated Being did the blue background.

[@Chilla001]

who cares

[@ninjasack9134]

@@Chilla001 i just told you i found this new background distracting. I wouldn't care if it didn't distract

[@justsomeokami8867]

I think this might be the first animated atrocity where I completely agreed with everything that you’ve said. Honestly, when the season was announced, I had hoped that they would animate a few chapters of the “tales of the wandering samurai” comic. It’s a shame that this season came from the same show that still manages to amaze me years after it originally canceled. But now we have Primal taking Samurai Jack’s strength and making it theirs.

[@AJ-xc4qe]

I've only gotten into this show when they finally announced it would get a proper ending. Because I usually avoid shows that get cancelled with no real finale. Personally, I LOVED the fifth season for what it was. But I wholeheartedly agree it could've been so much better. Haven't gotten the game yet but I can't wait to play it!

[@alexvaughan1013]

So it's bad that Jack, who's technically 50 years older than Ashi, is dating her? Aang and Katara have joined the chat.

[@shwahgamer]

Mentally Katara is older than Aang because she had to grow up in war torn times and wasn't able to be a normal kid her whole life. Aang is technically only 2 years younger than her but grew to that point before losing that childhood. But it helps that they actually have growth and development before they do end up together.

[@ZbJeeBies]

@@alifbat1562 i feel like it's different. aang was in stasis for 100 years, he wasn't biologically aging like jack was for the past 50 years--though he may not look 70 (good for him). i guess it's lessened by the fact that ashi is a consenting adult but there's still an Ick Factor to it in my opinion

[@LuckyBastard12345]

12:55 No the motivation is that the daughters was trying to kill him and he had no other options, the flashback was used to show where his new line of thinking came from.

[@robertlauncher]

This’ll be interesting if you know Enter’s history with this show

[@otakusanimeoffical1266]

I know, tell me about it. The legacy of him from 2011 to now with all any all internet prescience. From a let’s player to where he is now...

[@tenplay16]

The episode where he got his sword back was solid

[@willhiggins9563]

To start with I stand by what I said when this review was announced. The biggest issue Samurai Jack, season 5 has is the number of episodes. Even Enter’s biggest issues, the Daughters of Aku being killed off too soon could be fixed if they had a full season. I don’t think the Daughters needed to around until the last episode, but a full arc within a full season would have been perfect. I think Scaramouche was meant to be a subversion of the monster of the week formula. He was clearly created in that style. The flash back episode was actually one of my favorite parts. It wasn’t a clip show, it showed how all the good Jack did had lasting affects. The Archers built a whole community. We wouldn’t know that otherwise. Same with Da Samurai being a bar tender. On Jack’s attempt at Seppuku, I think the implication was that he had felt a loss of purpose for a long time, and the sight of the children supposedly dead was the last straw. As for Ashi not disappearing right as Aku died, my theory is that the affects of Aku’s death had to riddle across the timeline until they hit Ashi’s birth (I know that sounds complicated, but that’s time travel plots for you.) And how did Jack show that he forgot about future tech? Was it not knowing who to activate the device to kill Lazarus? Because that’s totally alien tech, with very specific controls. And Jack didn’t hear the instructions. All in all, I think the season needed more episodes. More episodes for the Daughters, more built up for Ashi and Jack’s relationship, maybe even a two part of Ashi learning about Jack’s adventures, and some fun stand alone adventures, just for the fun.

[@Ncholasbloom]

yeah i legit face palmed when he complained about jack and technology also the reason why the daughters were killed easily is cuz he used the environment much like the daughters in episode 2 its not that they were nerfed its that they were not trained to battle in the light like jack was they were trained in darkness so they had the advantage he even talks about jack vs the ninja like c mon as for the whole jashi thing i shipped it since episode 5 and knew they were gonna be a thing

[@willhiggins9563]

@Alex JG Because the only evidence of Jack not understanding tech is him having a hard time figuring out the controls of alien device. People have trouble learning new gadgets sometimes.

[@francescomanzo3939]

*daughters. *seppuku,

[@francescomanzo3939]

blasphemous

[@Aflay1]

I wouldn’t call it an animated atrocity, so much as an anticlimactic downfall, but we gotta keep the brand and all. I honestly don’t think Samurai Jack was that bad, but I think this video was warranted. It was quite a flop of a finale. I’m glad we have the game to give us a more fitting closure.

[@New3DSLuigi364]

Nah. . . It's just a Way to Shoehorn Jashi in the end as 100% Completion Bonus(where Ashi is allowed to exist in the Ladybug Scene at the VERY END; I Guess after Collecting & Purifying those Aku-Corrupted Medallions; The 3 Entities that Made Jack's Katana gave him a PURIFIED aku-less version of Ashi as a Reward for all that he's done for them)

[@zemox2534]

@@New3DSLuigi364 A much better ending would be Jack defeating Aku and staying in the future. Much better than an ending that exits only to please shippers

[@benjaminvleugels5609]

​@Zemo X2 Yes it bothers me that he goes back and kills Aku its like all the things he did don't matter. It also would have been interesting with the inner demons he has that he learns to overcome the guilt

[@SuperSwordman1]

I enjoyed the final season, but yeah it's back half really had problems. And while I'm not upset the guardian was killed, I wanted to see him go down swinging against Aku. But yeah, the biggest problem would have to be how rushed the final season feels. The final episode in perticular felt like multiple episodes abridged together. AAAAAND there it is. The problems with Jashi. Man there are days I felt I was the only one who liked that they got a romantic relationship instead of platonic one. But I will agree that the wedding thing was just CHEATING

[@3DSDF]

I really wanna see that guardian fight. Jack can definitely beat Aku at any time during their fights, but the Guardian stomped a mudhole into Jack. I need to see how in the hell Aku was able to beat him.

[@SuperSwordman1]

@@3DSDF If I had to guess? Aku's immunity to all things non-magic eventually just wore the guy down. And even though any magic can hurt him, only Jack's sword can outright kill him. Still would be awesome to see though. Just the Guardian leveling all this power against him.

[@ShayminPunk64]

This season was great at the start but the later half felt really rushed, even when it was new I felt that.

[@auralunaprettycure]

Yoooo I absolutely love that profile pic

[@BlackCover95]

There’s a very simple explanation for why the Daughters’ power level seems inconsistent: They had the element of surprise. After that, Jack’s 50+ years of experience trumps their 20ish(?) years. Also, the High Priestess taught them not to help each other, so they don’t cover one another when Jack fights back.

[@stetsonherrick8090]

Notable exception may be applied for that trifecta weapon rush they did with Ashi and the remaining other 2 Sisters.

[@Fatsaver]

His relationship with Ashi was disturbing as fuck to be honest. Just because Jack doesn't have wrinkles doesn't make it any less creepy. He could've literally been Ashi's great grandpa smh.

[@mrcreepypastaigotapastatop4461]

Aku could have made fearless men and make husbands for his daughters or maybe those sisters of ashi and herself find someone other than Jack

[@turbobist2889]

Also, I think that if after Jack dealt the final blow on Aku and is victorious, he looks around to see Ashi gone and he wonders where did he go. And then he realizes(With little to no words) that without Aku, Ashi wouldn't exist. It would be a lot more emotional.

[@ChillstoneBlakeBlast]

Primal is a much better show than Season 5 Samurai Jack. That show tells amazing stories with extremely low amounts of dialouge and all action. I think it was just trying to tie the loose ends and endless padding that made the episodes be very shallow.

[@TheSeleneSeipher]

I wouldn't call it an atrocity. Just an unfortunate victim of trying to tie everything up in only 10 episodes. It's basically the same as one of the biggest weaknesses of The Legend of Korra. Too little time to flesh things out to our satisfaction. Not to mention all of the wasted time on certain aspects (*cough* *cough* Bohemian Rhapsody *cough* *cough*)

[@Quantumironturtle]

This. I'm pretty sure this was supposed to be a full 13 episode season like normal that got trimmed by executive order. The finale really needs to be two episodes, one dealing with the future, the other finally getting back to the past, and the middle of the series where Ashi is doing a heel face turn and Jack is getting his head straightened out could use an extra episode each.

[@TheSeleneSeipher]

@@Quantumironturtle And only the first encounter with scaramouche.

[@samwilliams6058]

Using Ashi's powers to travel back in time and kill Aku created a time paradox, but I guess that's a whole other argument.

[@zacharygilmore1075]

To quote Mr. Enter (I haven't watched this video yet, so I don't know if he said it here): "A story with perfect time travel logic doesn't exist."

[@remixchild]

Ashi is what I described the Venus de milo of the finale

[@fivefs]

I don’t think atrocity is right for season 5, I’d maybe disappointing especially the end, certainly rushed. But honestly it was still good but had to be compared to the gold of the original. Maybe a series of Drawn Disappointments instead of Animated Atrocities.

[@e1iteyoshi998]

It's more of a brand name.

[@fivefs]

@@e1iteyoshi998 nah, he makes it pretty clear by the end that he thinks it’s more than disappointing and he was just trying to soften the blow at the start with a kinder opinion. I was just making a joke with my own opinion

[@turbobist2889]

If there is a series of Drawn Disappointments, than Persona 5 The Animation should be one of them.

[@retro_nintendom8493]

4:43 I literally died hearing Eggman's Announcement in a Mr. Enter video XD

[@darthkhan29x98]

You know... now that I think about it... Scamamousch really does look like Papyrus!!! Oh and maybe it was a mistake to prematurely kill off all the daughters of Aku.

[@Hello_World_not_taken]

Damn, I missed ya, Enter! Enjoy a little bit of positivity towards you

[@godofall7624]

But he’s pathetic

[@elenadepanicis8383]

@@godofall7624 yeah

[@dannydanny6442]

this is Animated Atrocities #175

[@poposao1]

I really disliked how much people just walked on eggshells during the time this came out -- it had some key aspects lacking a lot and yet people online rarely bother putting it into words. I recall at the time I made comparison how both this and Gravity Falls could've just reversed their approach to a finale and they would've reached amazing heights. -Samurai Jack was essentially a series that show how a guy Isolated from the world against all odds could change it. And yet the Finale decided to ignore all the interest that has been built up from Jack's quest to instead focus on "the friends we made along the way", taking away any proper drama between him and Aku. -Gravity Falls spent most of it's time showing how together the town can overcome any supernatural evil and even consistently hinted at it through the Cypher Wheel. Yet the finale literally rejected that and decided to put the spotlight only on the Family. A the end of the day, I think the main reason people would rather not talk bad about SJ5 is because it was mostly mediocre, so it might not even be worth it to risk blemishing and otherwise great show.

[@alexgomez6723]

Pretty good way to put it, but I say S5 is the true definition of a mixed bag at least IMO, first three episodes where great, the next four where eh or at least okayish, the last three where awful.

[@francescomanzo3939]

*finale.

[@GabyyRose]

Enter be like : "Okay so for my new Animated Atrocities : Rick and Morty, Your Name, Samurai Jack, Rise of the TMNT, Toy Story, Shrek 2, Up aaaaand Spirited Away !" Dude knows he's got a wonky reputation and is just drinking the tears of hatred of his haters at this point ! And he LOVES IT ! (Also yes I do agree with his recent Animated Atrocities but it's just so funny how unafraid he is of tackling super popular media and honestly that's refreshing. PLEASE SHT ON ANGEL BEATS NEXT I NEED IT YOU'LL HATE IT IT'S SOOOOOOOOO BAD !!!)

[@GabyyRose]

@onion boi I mean they're overall veloved movies so idk I put them there

[@patworx1]

Mr Enter is awesome! Here’s to a good 2021 for him!

[@ant_racer]

Imagine a legendary powerful samurai, with the course of growing for over 4 seasons through strength and character development, Saying “Ashi, your Naked!?!?!” In the most cartoony way possible...

[@mwwq1]

I wish they had a teacher apprentice relationship and not a romantic one

[@kotlolish]

@@mwwq1 Imagine if they did.. the Ashi kills Jack... but with his own sword cause Aku can't do that. But by doing so.. it purifies Ashi from Aku's control and SHE FINISHES JACK'S JOB!

[@junichiroyamashita]

That japanese spirit is strong in him

[@rogue7723]

When I heard John say “And ordering an assassin like you’d order a pizza.” and that “Extra thick!” clip played, I just immediately thought “And starting a whole meme movement”

[@Talongirl333]

I thought the ending was rushed. literally they're in an all out fight with Aku and all the call backs. then in the middle of the fight Jack goes "oh hey Ashi, you have Aku's powers, so you could teleport me home. Ashi " oh yah, i just realized i have all these powers, let me 'just now' realize i could use this teleport power that i've never used before, to send you to a time period that i'm sure i've never heard of"

[@ZetaEntity101]

Dude if your having a rough time after watching Samurai Jack season 5 let me tell you need to watch Primal it's one of Genndy best works in years

[@zzz43344]

Yep!

[@Nameless82284]

Yeah, and Primal has even less talking than Samurai Jack season 1-4

[@TheYoungGeninSasuke]

Same. I'm not mad just disappointed.

[@moonraven6145]

Rushed would be a perfect way to describe this season, that and the Romance just didn't work at all, should've been a Father/Daughter or Mentor to apprentice development instead, and yeah the admittedly really cool idea of the Daughters of Aku hunting Jack relentlessly was just wasted as well, remember when Jack had to actually figure out how to defeat his enemies?, like using the mining crystals as arrowtips to fight the robot Scarabs and setting up traps with the Dogs mining equipment like in the first few episodes?

[@buster3041]

The romance isn't rushed. It doesn't need to a shit ton of episodes to be satisfying.

[@notchuckproductions5029]

Father daughter mentor would have been perfect idea. A: Mentorship is common trope in these kind of Martial arts kind of stories B:Would have been a great twist saying the only true way to kill aku was to kill his legacy C: It would have made jack complete an arch and given his 50 year journey a point. Like when he returns to the time portal guardian he could say” told you must be a stronger jack to return, and by by mentoring the next generation you have shown .A true samurai knowns that letting go of the past is the key to becoming a true samurai, for he knowns once he lets go of his past the past shall return to him in when he brings new blood into this world, thus the past shall never forget him”

[@francescomanzo3939]

*romance. *father. *daughter. *daughters. *dogs. *scarabs. *aku.

[@DivydeByZer0]

in my opinion, Ashi and the other daughters should have been Jack's biological children, with her mother being a scorned lover from his past. She could have still been raised by Aku worshippers, with the final reveal being, when Jack finds out he was forced to kill his own children, that should have been the final nail that sent him to the edge of suicide. The only thing preventing him from ending it would be Ashi, the only daughter that saw he brought light to the world. It would have removed the awkward romance. It would have put context to the nameless mother figure as a scorned lover or temptress, and given Aku more agency as a villain by crafting a plan decades in the making. That should have been why they were such excellent warriors, because they came from Jack's own blood. ASHI SHOULD HAVE BEEN JACK'S DAUGHTER!

[@eatatjoes6751]

Yeah, that'd take out the awkward romance.

[@arielruh7773]

Woah

[@dynamosaurusimperious6341]

50 year has past since he uploaded. Also yeah season 5 was a bummer

[@kristofgriffin384]

I agree, the season wasn't perfect at all but the show went out on a high note. It's not the ending itself that matters, it was the overall experience...and this season overall was phenomenal. I and many people will always have this show in our hearts.

[@e1iteyoshi998]

That;s pretty much why people love the fifth season despite the ending.

[@TheGoldenDunsparce]

@@e1iteyoshi998 I personally liked the ending. I didn't expect Jack to have a happy ending when his entire life is centered around defeating one evil being; he didn't even have a name other than what he was given in the future. After all that, what's he gonna do? Play in the rice fields chasing grasshoppers?

[@New3DSLuigi364]

@@TheGoldenDunsparce He had a Name; But Gennedy NEVER Revealed his TRUE Japanese name. . . If I Had a Guess though; It'd be either Tenshi(Because of how Pure he is), or Zen(The Japanese word for Good; and the Complete opposite of Aku; which means Evil)

[@58jn89]

Who want's Ashi to dress up as Cinderella in Cinderella princess dress for the grand ball and for the wedding on Samurai Jack season 6 or Samurai Jack movie on theaters with a Walt Disney princess ending Style? Who agrees with that idea?

[@birthdayfruitecake8158]

I like that. It's a great way to acknowledge something. Thanks for commenting that, it made me happy and I think it's an especially good sentiment.

[@mattwolf7698]

Considering how every episode of Johnny Test sucked, Korra is more bearable to get through as it has a fraction of the episodes.

[@zacharyhefner2208]

Man I have noticed that the general opinion of Legend of Korra from th has soured hard over time. I mean by the finale the opinions that the series was flawed yes..and the first 2 seasons were pretty rought. But it did get better and it did have some generally great moments that captured TLA's magic But now it's just like. Yeah Korra was bad.

[@grape_nation]

@@zacharyhefner2208 I hate Korra. I really wholeheartedly hate that show

[@e1iteyoshi998]

What made Korra suffer from being redeemed even during its "good period" was that Nickelodeon honestly didn't care about the show. The fact that it was moved onto the backburner and onto its main website to view all the newer episodes was just so stupid. I mean it was still bringing in views for them despite it being overshadowed by SpongeBob, but for a follow up to what is considered the greatest Nick show of all time they just didn't care.

[@zacharyhefner2208]

@@e1iteyoshi998 Oh yeah, that did happen

[@undeadblizzard]

@@zacharyhefner2208 I think is that more you watch you realized the flaws. If you compare Korra to AVTAS. Korra comes out the loser. I like Korra but it didn't have the same level of character arc for it characters. There were no Zuko Alone or Tales of Ba Sing Se or even a Avatar and the Firelord episodes.

[@aaronlaluzerne6639]

Well at least they gave us a better ending (and arguably better overall story) with the Samurai Jack game that came out in 2020, so they did something to redeem themselves.

[@professionaltrashcan6758]

Take a shot everytime you read something like: "I wouldn't say it's an atrocity..."

[@q.barclay8562]

I actually really liked the fifth season. The ending was really bittersweet but it was a solid ending.

[@renamon5658]

I wished that samurai jack season 5 had more episodes. So the season wouldn't feel rushed

[@WeegeeSlayer123]

THIS is the review I've been waiting for. Season 5 started strong, but took a nosedive right in the middle.

[@dcasias708]

The romance between Jack and Ashi didn't have to be awful. For one thing Jack could have taken a less paternal role from the beginning so it wouldn't feel weird. For another the biggest problem with it was that both of their character developments came to a screeching halt with the romance. And since Ashi wasn't even in the original 4 seasons that felt especially insulting. But think about it Jack KILLED Ashi's sisters and they never even talk about it on screen! I was waiting for a conversation about that, where Jack realizes that was her family and feels horrible and Ashi tells him about their abusive upbringing to make him understand it wasn't his fault. That would have given the perfect opportunity for them to help each other grow from their past traumas. But the problem is when the romance came everything was driven by lazy cliches. Oh look how awkward it is that they accidentally touched for half a second! Then because Jack's arc was completely hijacked by the romance, Jack killing Aku, leaving his friends in the future, and returning home all felt secondary. The romance was likely meant to add more emotional resonance to the story but ended up taking it away.

[@Magic_Ice]

I’m thankful you are back. I binged the entire Technocarcy series you did.

[@ethanmacdonald8568]

Huh, not a word on the video game that not only has just as much fan service but also retcons a "happy end" for jack Figured enter would say something on that

[@slaxwolfgamer128]

I personally like season five, I think it's a great final season to a great show

[@CaraDoughnutLady7]

Thank you for this because if this doesn't explain my problems with season 5 better then I could when it first came out I don't know what will.

[@catholiccontriversy]

Yeah, there was a lot of miss-steps with season 5. I was completely confused with Ashi and Jack romance, since it really just kind of came out of nowhere. However, I REALLY loved the episode with The Scotsman and his daughters, because he was probably the best side character and I know is my favorite.

[@robertcooper4th259]

The final was rushed but I like how Jack just killed aku after realizeing he just could, I’ve never seen that before or since

[@sabotabo7476]

you're entitled to your opinion mr enter, even if it is dead wrong

[@-_soy_-888]

Ahhh. Finally. Sweet release from these lingering 3 year old feelings of disappointment. You’ve done it again Enter thank you

[@DementedDuskull]

Aw hell yes When I first saw this season I actually considered reviewing it myself.

[@Mars_over_seer]

I personally enjoyed it up to episode 5, but the show would grade at 50 percent, and 50 percent is still an F.

[@dtlegacy2495]

I don't hate season 5, but I do agree that the ending was rushed. It should've had more episodes for this season. Why couldn't they give it 13 or 14 episodes like the past seasons?

[@GamingG4276]

Ah, finally the next atrocitie. I was a bit afraid that you were gone. Also, happy new year Mr Enter.

[@insulttothehumanrace3807]

I guess in that universe where the Jack/Ashi romance works, the fanservice clip show is what convinces Ashi to betray her sisters and Aku and help Jack. ... Just an idea.

[@koshavinka2995]

Scaramouche is Great doe

[@archive6094]

This is why I love watching your videos. I am always respectful of others opinions and love to hear their reasonings behind them rather than trying to force my own opinions as facts.

[@Mac14329]

I'm just happy the series had a finale at all. A mixed bag of a conclusion is better than no conclusion at all.