Samurai Jack is No Samurai! Here's Why That's AWESOME! - Gaijin Goombah

[@DekuOfPower]

"But you dont need the powers of Odin, Ra, and Shiva to get a good shave" Good transition man

[@Aflay1]

TriforceP But can Dollar Shave zap me with painful enlightening like Odirahiva does?

[@DekuOfPower]

+Aflay yes

[@sebastianborba9513]

win

[@marley7868]

are you betraying shiva's barbers shop?

[@Overlord69]

Marley "You betrayed Shiva!"-Indiana Jack

[@BIGESTblade]

There's a simpler reason why Jack is not Samurai. He's not of Samurai class, he's the son of the Emperor. You can only become a Samurai if some Daimio takes you in, so he never was a Samurai in the first place.

[@KhanhNguyen-mh5ec]

He was a prince

[@astrowolvez]

@@KhanhNguyen-mh5ec but he wasn’t taught anything, he was so young when that part of his life was ruined. And samurai take years learning ediquette.

[@KhanhNguyen-mh5ec]

@@astrowolvez He was taught to fight, charting stars, and different language, as well as many virtue to be a good person when he was a child up until he face Aku. So no. He did learn a lot of things.

[@alwest4472]

@@astrowolvez he was taught literally everything, he got fucking bow training from Robin Hood what are you talking about?

[@UndertakerU2ber]

@@astrowolvez The thing about the term “samurai” is that it has constantly evolved and changed throughout history. Jack certainly didn’t have a typical training regimen or education while training to become the warrior needed to save his clan, but he was still a warrior that was serving his clan’s lord (his father).

[@RipRLeeErmey]

_"I was about to be angry. Yet, the last time I trusted my anger, I spent 50 years roaming a hopeless land without the one weapon to protect me."_

[@rickjames5998]

Lieutenant William Overbeck wait, so jack lost his sword for 50 years. So for 50 years he was moping and hung over? Why did he even help those blue emoji girls. What did he plan to do if aku destroyed the last time portal

[@frescopino7866]

Rick James Jack did think the last portal was gone (and it was), that's why he had the fit of rage that brought to the loss of the sword. He thought the past was lost, but his morals and will kept him going in his present, saving people as he found them instead of saving them all by going back to the past.

[@Troninater]

You know, it could be argued that, sense everyone called him 'Jack' ONLY because some street kids called him that, people also called him a 'Samurai' for the same romanced reasons you mentioned.

[@Deathnotefan97]

That almost works, except Aku has been calling him a samurai since before he sent him to the future But then again, not counting the time spent sealed, Aku is technically only a few years older then Jack in the first episode, as he was originally just a pool of liquid evil that gained sentience one day, so maybe he doesn't know?

[@dantr14]

Seeing as he was busy destroying japan he probably never bothered to learn the difference and chances are people where desperate so they probably hired ronin as well assuming they didn't simply willingly join in the battle and Jack didn't bother to explain the difference for simplicity sake plus ronin jack isn't as catchy

[@matthewdunn1263]

in the future we may only have the sweet parts we remember most. Maybe we remember the parts we NEED most?

[@IAm-zo1bo]

@@matthewdunn1263 what are you saying bro i torrented entire samurai jack

[@wakkaseta8351]

*"We in the west have this romanticized concept about what a samurai is"* Don't pretend like Japan doesn't try to play that image up in media as well.

[@MrTreymeister]

WakkaSeta Samurai deeper kyo anyone?

[@BlueSun_]

We also have a romanticized concept of medieval knights

[@justchilling704]

joaov2 Actually that's no true.

[@Irishcrossing]

Slightly, but in reality, we don't play the knight up like we do with the samurai(japan does it because Westerners are fucking suckers who will do anything to get their hands on a less than par weapon).

[@justchilling704]

Irishcrossing Yup it's also funny because technically Samurai are basically Japanese Knights especially because knights are not associated with a specific country.

[@tylersmith5124]

Oh damn that ad transition was smooth. Almost as smooth as your skin after dollar shave club and Dr Carver's shave butter!

[@GaijinGoombah]

+Not BurntL :D

[@andreysantiago6255]

The seven virtues of bushido for the samurai.

[@omarionclark1900]

Gaijin Goombah Media im a bit late but... I CALLED IT I KNEW JACK WAS A RONIN!!!!!

[@emeph6353]

OH GOD THE PUNNN

[@kikiloop5860]

420th like

[@brigidtheirish]

"Jack" is the son and heir of the emperor, so technically he's a prince. He's attempting to live up to the ideals of bushido and save his homeland (and the world by extension). His refusal of seppuku in that episode may be him realizing he can't save his home, but he may be able to save the world.

[@Mike_Ka-Chowski]

Cut down women and children? at the service of their master? Wields a blade and practices strict discipline? Is Darth Vader a samurai????

[@scordio2305]

John Johnson he even has the typical helmet

[@asalways1504]

George Lucas did get a lot of inspiration from samurai movies for Star Wars.

[@kevin080592]

@@asalways1504 yup.. even the term jedi came from the japanese term jedaigeki... meaning period drama

[@josephwang8589]

Death Vader does not have strict discipline, though?

[@geoshark12]

Joseph Wang looks I to the expanded universe and yes he does

[@Buglin_Burger7878]

This is my opinion, but Jack was suppose to kill Aku and save his world, but was flung to the future, so he had to return to the past to complete what he was ordered to do... But he had to behave as a Ronin rather then a Samurai to get home, he had to do things outside of the "order" so in a way... he was indeed a Samurai, but failed, and in turn ended up as a Ronin without realizing it. He believes he is a Samurai, and with all knowledge of these things lost in the past and what little information people have about him... he is able to live as a human by not being around those forcing him to be a title.

[@matthewkellar9757]

Dragoonsoul7878 Actually never do we know him believing himself to be a Samurai. The folk call him Samurai Jack because he has a katana, which points at the idea of him being a Samurai. He just took it just for the sake of having a title for people to know.

[@MtSpider]

a samurai is a soldier. if you take away the army and the leader of your nation, you can't call yourself a soldier anymore. it's a job tittle, not an Oscar nomination. a soldier without a legitimate job is a vigilante. funny enough, the old Japanese word for vigilante is.... Ronin

[@yorickmori7735]

@@matthewkellar9757 Remember his how to his father it does not show only respect but his nobleness to his emperor...

[@lockwoan01]

Funny enough, another trope that could fit Jack is that of the Black Knight - they too often lacked a master, or chose to hide their master's identity. Given that Jack is, basically, an exiled prince, he, as mentioned, has no master. Also, when first seen in Season 5, he's wearing dark black armor. While associated with more dishonorable types, painting your armor black (or painting it in general) was often a basic method to prevent one's armor from rusting. After all, in many cases, the average knight would have a squire, or some sort of servant, whose job was to maintain the knight's equipment. Given that the average black knight tended to lack even the most basic of servants, painting the armor helped to protect it. Also, on another practical side, black armor was easier to clean, and didn't stain as easily, as Jack's normal white robes. Since Jack's often by himself, armor that's easy to clean off is a good idea, given the environment he deals with.

[@Bumskull]

Aku better watch out for the Scotsman and his army of EXTRA THICC daughters.

[@nmf0]

Oh shit! I forgot about them!

[@charadremurr2365]

Sam Jones nice

[@HaugheyPuck99]

Okay, that beard segue at the end was just beautiful. Round of applause for that

[@Verte7]

jack also isn't jack

[@ezekiel3836]

GreenGreninja7 77 True, considering that it's just a name he adopted after a bunch of people called him Jack when he first arrived in the future.

[@Christopher-eq1rn]

i wonder if he even remembers his original name anymore

[@Ziko577]

Genndy said that he has a real name but he won't tell us even after this thing ends. We only have 2 episodes until the grand finale left to watch. He just got his sword back recently.

[@Artista_Frustrado]

yep, he's basically "Ronin Dude" which in hindsight is also a cool name

[@CappuccinoSquid]

As it should be. I hope we never learn his real name, his legacy is so much cooler that way. QwQ

[@dew7555]

I've always thought that Jack was a sort of divine samurai. To me he's always represented the human ideal in the show, which is why he is established as being well-traveled and skilled in the arts of many cultures. The sword is the symbol of his master - justice. Similar to how King Arthur's sword made him a Knight of the Lord, even though he was an all powerful king the point of his character is his service to his divine master. There's a similar cosmology to Jack's position here. His character is what makes him WORTHY of this divine appointment, for sure, but having a magic sword is basically permission from heaven to go do whatever you want, you're a good person. It's what sets him apart from a Ronan and makes him a true samurai. Season 5 is about his personal journey to return to his master - because he definitely is a Ronan in self exile after losing the sword.

[@rphb5870]

Indeed, in most of season 5 he is a ronan, until he reconcile with his divine master and regain his sword

[@zyaicob]

Village? VILLAGE?! Nobunaga set the whole mountain on fire! That's how you kill a hill fort when it's inhabited by warrior monks. Damn warrior monks.

[@supersasukemaniac]

he learned his lesson from Ishiyama-Honganjii that in an out right siege, the monks could fight forever.

[@ultraknight40000]

can I add that those warrior monks were a Military force using the Shoguns tax dollars to fund a large army while collected more "taxes" from the people living near the village to live morel luxurious lives. Nubunaga launched this attacked after they decalred war on him and killed a close friend of his. on Mt Hei the first monstrosity he burned down it was estimated that 40 000 people were killed however almost everybody who wrote about the account were in kyoto all they would have seen was the mountain an fire so many of the claims that the Dastardly Nubunaga killed them all are somewhat questionable. on top of the an archaeological dig found that there were only about 10 000 corpses all most all of whom were localized at the base of the mountain where the soldiers lived. so when given context not only was the attack completely justified but odds are it was not nearly as bad as people claim. Oda Nubunaga is a complex character who I recommend learning about yourself. He was hated for being the antithesis to what a samurai was supposed to be yet he would have been the leader of all of them had things played out a little differently.

[@DealerJack10]

Samurai Jack's master is his father. The emperor. His father gave him the purpose of defeating Aku.

[@Groundlord]

That's less "Jack is a samurai to his father", and more "as the son of the Emperor, it is his responsibility to end the threat to his nation."

[@HorizonStronghold]

Also, since his father was the emperor, Jack isn’t of the samurai class. His actual title would be prince. But honestly, “samurai jack” isn’t accurate in either case since Jack isn’t even his real name. We don’t actually know his real name, it was never stated in the show.

[@flooferderp2918]

I actually wanna know something about two other characters: AKU , and the SCOTSMAN. First, Aku is a tree. Is there any significance of that? He was born from a forest of evil and a lake of black. And the Scotsman, is he a true Scotsman?

[@GaijinGoombah]

+Thornton Newton trust me I'm already rolling around ideas in my head about the boy of extra thicc.

[@DoomRater]

I see what you did there. But that guy is pure epic. At first I thought his sword was going to replace Jack's only to see that wasn't going to be the case.

[@flooferderp2918]

I just wanna know if the stuff about his warrior's code and his tactics and what not holds true.

[@MisterCrim]

There's definitely something there with the Aku/Tree thing. There are numerous references in media of evil being a/born of a tree. Exdeath, Hexxus, Treants, the list goes on.

[@flooferderp2918]

Boy... of extra thicc? Scotsman isn't that thick............ nor is Aku, the guy's a pitch black twig grandpa of pure malice.

[@KingTaltia]

Pfft, that's actually a BEAUTIFUL transition there at the end Gaijin, I didn't think that comment was going that way. I for one like Jack's beard.

[@JikuAraiguma]

"You don't need the combined power of Odin, Ra and Shiva to get a clean shave." You don't know my beard.

[@Technotoadnotafrog]

My facial hair is so curly I don't think even the might of zeus could stop it from getting ingrown.

[@nicholasrodinos4701]

The stereotypical honorable warriors historically tend to have been pretty shitty. Knights back in medieval times were maniacs before the rules of chivalry were put in place and even then it was only slightly better. Everybody wants this romanticized version of history and yet nobody wants to admit that history sucked a lot of the time for a lot of people.

[@DJET723]

Nicholas Rodinos I mean we did come from cavemen so that’s not exactly surprising that at the time knights WERE maniacs and didn’t have any moral code. The moral code wasn’t really in place back then. Not even restraint.

[@DJET723]

Nicholas Rodinos but it’s Hollywood.

[@nkbujvytcygvujno6006]

But plenty of people back then _were_ moral. Samurais and knights were like conquering colonizers, and government police, from the past, terrorizing, attacking, conquering, and controlling a vulnerable populace according to the will of rich, selfish nobility. And ninja, samurai’s worst enemies, were people fighting back against the government- some of them selfish, yes, (mostly the ones hired by the rich to attack other rich) but plenty of them just trying to stand up again a controlling government for themselves or their tribes. At least, that’s what I was taught.

[@thomsonjack725]

If you weren’t a noble, you were fucked

[@longdo5910]

@@nkbujvytcygvujno6006 Ninja were samurai, specifically samurai who are experience in subterfuge and intelligent gathering. There many stories of ninja being instrumental to the survival of their lords while the battlefied samurai have a lot of story of them switching sides meaning Ninja are more loyal to the establishment than the "honourable" samurai.

[@lyriclive2955]

The second he said that beard thing I knew it had something to do with this sponsorship, but you know I ain't even mad because I fucking love this channel.

[@GaijinGoombah]

+Lyric Live

[@Moleje1337]

Lyric Live hahahaha :)

[@kaijurebel6287]

Gaijin Goombah Media Is it ok if you can tell me the name of that beautiful piece of music that plays throughout this video please

[@kellydolan9717]

Lyric Live That Aku quote made my day.

[@jghadm]

Gotta admit that was some quality transition to the advertisement, it really did fit well to me

[@snomonkey9468]

Most seamless sponsor transition I've ever seen 10/10

[@shadowrfox]

You missed the biggest point in the first episode (I believe it was episode 1 where a trained Jack arrived home to gain his father sword). His father was still alive and the Lord of the land. The quest Jack set out on could be seen as an order from his father, the Lord. When we see Jack again in the current season, one of the faces we see in his self doubt/grief is his father. His father even says "have you forgotten your purpose." You could argue that Jack is a samurai and he is serving his father, the current lord. His father sent him on a quest to kill Aku and free his people. Despite being sent to the future, he's been trying to do exactly that. Now you could argue that his noble virtues hinders his samurai duty by how many time he fail to go home because he was saving a life. But even though Jack got the name "Samurai Jack" by some random people calling him that, it doesn't take away that he is still a Japanese warrior serving under his father, the lord, on a quest or duty. Sound like a Samurai to me.

[@forestelfranger]

Yeah that was it. That while Jack's father was being grab and taken away by Aku he told his wife i believe it was to go with the plan they had set up, in order to defeat Aku in case he ever return. Leading to Jack being trained by all sorts of warriors and finally proofing worthy of his father sword, he is granted in so that he may use it in his quest to defeat Aku and finish the plan of his father.

[@malachithomas651]

This was what I was thinking. Instead of sitting around using his openis to gain wealth and prosper in a quiet corner in the future, he follows his master/fathers orders to kick akus ass. I know his dad is TECHNICALLY dead and hes kind of avenging him, but still if he does get back then i think we can consider him a samurai instead of a ronin again. Temporary Ronin Jack?

[@forestelfranger]

yeah Jack is a very special case. Given well how many times have you heard of a being send into the future? That and there have been cases of samurai who even after failure and honor should demand they kill their selves, have been able to get out of it due to them living would allow them to do harm to the enemy. petty much they would be more useful alive than dead and would still be able to make up for their past dishonor by striking at and harming their lord's foe. In Jack's case, he has the only sword known to harm Aku and Aku is the enemy of both Jack and His father. Which he has done gteat harm to Aku, by freeing people enslaved under him, harming Aku's minions and allies.

[@ro734]

shadowrfox that's probably why he was about to kill himself it that one episode of season 5

[@hamiltoneuzarraga6546]

shadowrfox aku calls him the samurai

[@cofeespear4992]

Jack is a prince (nobody mention this?)

[@DonPeyote420]

furthermore, he is most likely the last Emperor of Japan in that scenario.

[@PureGoldNeverCorrodes]

DonPeyote so he is a Samurai, his master is the Emperor.

[@danielbedrossian5986]

@@PureGoldNeverCorrodes his father was the emperor, who was a trained worior as well!

[@PureGoldNeverCorrodes]

Dániel Bedrossian what was he trained to worry about?

[@arielruh7773]

Yes

[@LecherousLizard]

Ultimately neither "Samurai" nor "Jack" are his true title. We never learn Jack's name.

[@gecs-sg3rc]

it's basket face

[@LecherousLizard]

@@gecs-sg3rc Wasn't it Soyface?

[@jmb72390]

Only thing I know is it started with a g he almost said it in one of the episodes

[@CarbonMalite]

Samurai Jack with that E X T R A T H I C C plot.

[@jbark678]

The Malite EXCELLENT!!!

[@stephenbojangles8834]

Am I in the computah?

[@am33x]

Donno ya'll but I'm hyped for ep 9 with The Guardian. The end it's gonna be rushed, we'll see demongo and Scotsman again, we gotta see The Guardian beaten plus Aku defeated. And Jack becoming a king. In only 40 minutes. Fuckin hell.

[@Yipper64]

yes. we are all watching it for the... plot....

[@tcaac915]

But would he still be the ronin that we all know and all, Ashi wouldn't exist because Aku didn't exist in the next 50-100 years. And some of your favorite characters who are in the series would probably don't exist too. Also, Jack from the future also won't exist.

[@thewolftamer6601]

Wasn't the name "Samurai Jack" just a name given to him by a bunch of city goers, and he just became known by that name? Also, my first thought when he said long-term companion: The Scotsman

[@eyesixth883]

TheWolfTamer by long term companion I think he meant someone who will be by ones side majority of the time. The scotsmans was a companion who jack a lot of the time met on and off either by coincidence or luck(when jack suffered from amnesia)

[@Yakshimara]

I'm pretty sure he only got the "Jack" part from them, not the Samurai piece. Correct me if I'm also wrong but was he not serving his father's wishes along with that being the right thing to do? Was he not exclusively trained for serving him initially in vanquishing Aku?

[@weaverssystem]

@Yakshimara He *was* a samurai, but is not now. (By definition, a ronin is a former samurai.) A dead person cannot be a lord, and so if a samurai's master dies he's ronin unless he can get a new master. Jack never bothered with that step. This is why the death of that one dude led to 300 samurai becoming ronin (leading 47 of them to plot revenge).

[@Yakshimara]

Yeah, time travel kind of puts him in a feudal-future limbo as far as his status of warrior. In one way of viewing it, unless his father died after Jack comes back to the past, it's presumed as long as there is even one portal in time, he's still a Samurai until there's no possible way at all to reunite with his family. In a way, we're both kind of right. I haven't seen how it ends yet, so this is all speculation as far as I know. If he stays in the future, you're right enough.

[@weaverssystem]

Also, his father died long before he was thrown forward in time. Returning to the present was never going to save him.

[@rustyshaculford1882]

6:09 Ronin= Hobo with a katana

[@mondaysinsanity8193]

Rusty Shaculford eh, much more than that

[@mondaysinsanity8193]

a very highly trained, hobo with a katana

[@rustyshaculford1882]

parody of the movie "Hobo with a shotgun"

[@pepis9862]

me in skyrim

[@NiraSader]

Well trained hobo with armor and a katana

[@kiesarisunny13]

*EXTRA THICC*

[@whoopingmuffin9700]

uhh I'll hold off on that deal Id rather have odin, ra, and shiba handle my shaves

[@iae8793]

I wouldn't trust Odin. have you seen the norse? them beards are the finest on earth

[@moritamikamikara3879]

Oh yeah, finest beards in the world

[@ZenoDLC]

Shiba?

[@lukavidovic4033]

tbh I think he looks more badass with a beard

[@kylevicker7638]

True that.

[@frostbite1699]

Jesus 1999 yup totally

[@TheRavenofSin]

Rip Hobo Jack

[@mondaysinsanity8193]

I think it fits the story makes him look wild, cavemanish

[@mr.sunnyd3230]

rōnin - a samurai without lord or master during the feudal period (1185-1868) of Japan.... Still a samurai

[@ShikyoSendo89]

It's a classification. It's like arguing that a Oak and Pine tree at the same thing, just because they are both trees. Jack is still a Samurai, but he is classified as Ronin because he has no master to serve.

[@TheRealRitz2]

You would technically call him a Rōnin

[@knightshade2654]

A ronin is a disgraced samurai. The most common cause of this was a samurai refusing to commit seppuku when his master died or commited a different disgrace. Most turned towards crime, but many became mercs. In the movie Seven Samurai, they would be better labled as ronin.

[@mr.sunnyd3230]

No, its not like arguing that a pine and oak are the same. I am arguing the oak and pine are still trees, or that a tall oak and a small oak are still oaks and you don't say they are different species because of a difference in size. though I get your point but acknowledge simultaneous validity. :D

[@ShikyoSendo89]

Yeah, I guess it was an over simplification, but you get what I mean.

[@petrusion2827]

Who else loved the beard?

[@DGneoseeker1]

More so that he was wearing armour and not wearing those stupid sandals.

[@dogeater778]

✋

[@Seikyuu]

I was meh on the beard but was GROOVIN' on the mane.

[@CapsirusPrime]

As the great Aku said “He just grew that STUPID beard”

[@gabebarnes6814]

I thought the beard was okay, but I prefer the classic look. I also thought the beard was a good symbol of his loss of balance/mental stability and so when he lets go of his anger, I liked that he got a shave along with his sword, because he became balanced again. It's implied a bit to be the case when Jack imagines a bearded version of himself in his reflection that warns him to be careful. Because he could easily become lost again if he's not.

[@Nightmare77110]

“I thought he would eventually age after a while, but he just grew that stupid beard” Aku 2017

[@austindavis2309]

You know I remember reading somewhere that the creators of the show had jack mostly fight robots and magic creatures in order to retain the violence that is usually associated with samurai and chanbara films, but without all the blood and gore. Also, I always saw the whole thing with Jack and killing as a representation of the series transition from kid friendly to a more adult tone.

[@T2266]

You forgot that Jack is the son of the Emperor, technically not of Samurai rank at all.

[@nobody7279]

I have been wondering what title that would give him for awhile now.

[@T2266]

Ginni Hamadan Yea, basically.

[@hawaiiancawfii654]

unless he became emporer via shogunate.

[@FishBoneD14]

Glad someone else thought of that too

[@FishBoneD14]

Hawaiian Cawfii So Shogun jack then not emperor shogunate took power from emperor but did not replace them.

[@ThePokeShapeshifter]

i went into this show years ago without knowing anything and expecting nothing of it, and here i am today learning that our favorite samurai isn't even a samurai, yet still works way better as a character anyway. shows just what you can learn in this day and age eh?

[@SuperRetroBro]

Sliding into those Sponsors like a pro

[@justinnyugen7015]

It takes _sharp_ wit

[@Sirake]

But not as sharp as the blades on our quality razors!

[@Lovehandels]

I know right! I was like where is he going with the beard hate.....perfect!

[@Syndralix]

I should've known that they were going to tie his beard to the sponsorship...entirely too clever.

[@_Muzolf]

Being a Ronin does not make him not a Samurai. The actual reason why he is not a Samurai? He was never trained to be, or meant to be the retainer of another lord. He was the son of a lord. But "Diamyo Jack" just does not roll off the tongue the same.

[@ZachX888]

Really? I liked his bearded look. It made him look older (despite his lack of aging) and it was fitting to who he was at the time.

[@Ace88Sama]

Jack looked cool with the beard.

[@RebelCannonClub74]

Goodbye Beard Chan

[@evanlight671]

Ace88Sama he sort of reminds me of Nomad (Steve Rogers) from Infinity War

[@CuteCuttlefish]

“I cannot wait to see what happens in season 5 with Jack and Ashi.” Oh you sweet summer past child.

[@RadouTepes]

Yeah.... Time travel sucks

[@elcalabozodelandroide2]

@@RadouTepes homestuck abridged

[@JTGallant]

Game fixed the ending!

[@gddesigner]

I was just about to post something like that. I damn well cried at the end. After all that he went through... it killed me.

[@KnightsDisillusion]

gotta get back........

[@hippieskye8794]

Back to the past

[@TheSawyer24]

Samurai Jack

[@MrMW-vm1cm]

Wa Cha

[@tigertim620]

Mr. MW Jack Jack Jack Jack

[@pacificgrim4661]

Knight Warrior Gotta get extra thicc

[@MoonLight-zj8iu]

"I can't wait to see where Jack and Ashi goes!" Ahahahahahaha, you must have been heartbroken at the series end.

[@Steamuch]

Tangling Jack's beard with shaving service ad is brilliant. Also, episode was quite informative and without classic GT innuendos here and there. I appreciate it.

[@oskartheguy2105]

WE KNOW JACK IS AWESOME!

[@oskartheguy2105]

Noah Jackson yep!

[@Dragoknightzz]

Rocky The guy that's a fact

[@Regal99]

Genndy is the Alfred Hitchcock of animation.

[@CatMaster90001]

That would imply that his strongest forte is suspense.

[@darrenheideman2546]

Regal99 Well I mean it as how cinematic his style is, using visuals to tell the story and set the emotion of the scene. But the episode The Princess and the Bounty Hunters really does a great amount of suspense.

[@vivekmurali7642]

That was one of the most masterful segues I have ever heard. Well played Sir. Well played. *claps*

[@pippogriffthegreat7003]

I had to rewatch this at least a good handful of times; it’s so good. You inspire me to write so much more and do so much research! Thanks Goombah-San!

[@crystalking784]

12:50 his beard was so legendary that it took three Gods just to save it

[@1685Violin]

And I knew Gaijin will analyze Samurai Jack.

[@1685Violin]

Besides, the definition of honor always changes depending on culture and time period. So honor to the samurai was a very different concept back then than to Americans today. Even the Ancient Greeks had a different definition of honor than today.

[@dziugaspi2]

I think in the first or second episode jack came to the future the first guys gave him a name. And he stuck with it

[@Deadpool3E]

So Jack became shaved at the end of the last episode because of magic razors from the Dollar Shave Club? I see...

[@DragonHeart53]

The Gods of Shaving gave their blessings to Jack's face.

[@dragothelasticedragon3959]

Deadpool3E *he just grew that stupid beard*

[@BlueAmpharos]

Dollar Shave Club's razors were each blessed with the gods, just like Jack's unbreakable katana.

[@UnaverageNerd]

ı think we need a season that we watch jack when he's training at different countries

[@RevRa-3]

I'm surprised you couldn't think of something involving Jack's sword. Like, it's a combined effort between three whole pantheons head honcho gods to make.

[@gilessaint-loup2426]

Have to admit I like the way you worked in the sponsor ad.

[@derimik15]

11:15 Kira YoshiNAKA?! We were on the verge of greatness, we were this close

[@warheadssociety8177]

I miss this Beard! Imagine if he wore that Armor with his sword?

[@EthanDarke]

Question about the sake drinks in the sepukku process: 1 was considered hesitation, 3 was considered rushing to one's death. But that seems backwards to me? Like if you're supposed to have 2 but only take 1, *that* feels like rushing. Or if you take more than you're supposed to that seems like the one that's hesitation.

[@ZelZarKi]

His Master is Virtue and Righteousness itself. And he serves his Master by doing the right thing.

[@MtSpider]

now you're just fishing the abstract for an argument.... he is no more a samurai than a fired/retired police officer is still a police officer. unless you think it's cool for me to call justice MY master and then YOU have to call me officer!

[@dlastkatipunero2185]

Nadroj ZelZarKi No thats just hippy talk

[@iflyte]

@@MtSpider I mean the three gods DID kind of charge him and his father with destroying Aku, with a weapon forged from the human spirit. Think being in the service of righteousness isnt too far fetched.

[@darik1107]

Are there even was historical precedent of son of Emperor becoming samurai in first place?

[@aqilmuqashim439]

Darik all we know are they are somewhat from a noble family, dunno about royalty though.

[@ashboon1625]

Darik Yes, there are. The Minamoto and Taira clans are descendants of the Imperial house. An example would be Minamoto no Makoto, seventh son of Emperor Saga and the first son to be given the surname Minamoto; essentially demoting him from the title of Imperial Prince. Other clans can be descended from such Noble clans. The Oda clan, the clan name for Oda Nobunaga, for example, descended from the Taira. There are also many other clans that are in-turn descended from such clans still. For example, the Tokugawa clan, founded by Tokugawa Ieyasu, descended from both the Nitta clan and the Matsudaira clan, both of which in-turn descended from the Minamoto clan (which in-turn descended from the Imperial house).

[@ashboon1625]

Most of the lineage of such clans are mainly descendant of the sons of Emperors through concubines. Sons of the main wife would become Imperial Princes, with those of concubines becoming Princes as well as with others becoming a lesser Noble.

[@kylepessell1350]

It was very common in a primogeniture society like Japan for younger brothers to found their own noble houses. Most of the time these lords would fall into the warrior class and would therefore be considered samurai. They were the ruling class of medieval Japan so almost any leader would have followed bushido.

[@shadebelmont6822]

I think the beard was awesome. He could have groomed it to be less rugged

[@Formoka]

Shade Belmont Totally agree! I liked the look!

[@wardogs667]

Shade Belmont he's supposed to have the beard actually. in one episode with he multiple monsters taking him to an isolated portal, at the end the last guardian of it looks into it and sees the future when Jack will be able to use it.

[@jachauntaeons2067]

I guess Nameless Ronin just didn't have the same ring to it

[@Kpba32]

sounds like a comic a mediocre cartoonist would make

[@Gorypaladin346]

kieran Animations which is funny since samurai jack was based off a Frank millar comic called the ronin

[@Kpba32]

Does that mean I technically insulted Frank Miller?

[@Gorypaladin346]

kieran Animations well to be fair after sin city Frank Miller kinda lost his fucking mind and tried making every story he writes like sin city. Producing some of the worst written comics I have ever seen. Don't read all star batman and robin. For the love of god don't

[@Kpba32]

Thanks for the warning

[@tochiokeke5478]

Samurai Ronin Got no homin Samurai Ronin

[@tamasarpadnevery2030]

Oh my G, you really cought me offguard with that ad at the end :D The transtion was flawless

[@handsomerob1223]

with the beard Jack looks kinda like Keanu Reeves from John Wick

[@retrofilth1414]

This is honestly one of the best reboots to anything I've ever seen, much love to adult swim

[@LeonardBillsMcGoatPryor]

Samurai Jack Season 5 in't a reboot, my dude.

[@retrofilth1414]

The Batman Of Neo-Gotham how is it not?

[@LeonardBillsMcGoatPryor]

+RetroFilth Because it just isn't. Genndy Tartakovsky made it clear that this was the fifth and final season concluding the story of Samurai Jack. If this was a reboot, then we would've seen a complete rewrite of the show's first episode and have it build on from there.

[@retrofilth1414]

The Batman Of Neo-Gotham wouldn't that just be a remake?

[@LeonardBillsMcGoatPryor]

+RetroFilth Kind of a hybrid of the two, I think. I don't know. Either way, it has been confirmed by Genndy himself that this is the show's final season and not a reboot.

[@GaijinGoombah]

Where's the notification squad at! ^_^

[@oskartheguy2105]

Gaijin Goombah Media Here!!!

[@jacksonbartlett4800]

Gaijin Goombah Media present

[@Wayfinder2039]

Gaijin Goombah Media right here so gaijin there's a show called miraculous ladybug and could you try to delve into the culture.

[@aaronj.9915]

Gaijin Goombah Media hi

[@Archaisa]

Notification Squaaaaad owo

[@dotheneedful55]

Wow... that was the most masterful promo transition ever... it was certainly a cut above the rest.

[@BigTerra92]

The transition into the ad has been the smoothest transition I've seen

[@matthewduffy1786]

Ronin Jack just doesn't have the same ring to it, though.

[@beastwarsFTW]

I think it has a nice ring but Samurai has better brand recognition.

[@runningoncylinders3829]

I like how you were able to connect Jack's beard to your sponsor. Not a bad segue.

[@doujinloverXD]

I always thought if you were beheaded by a close associate during seppaku it became: harakiri.

[@MtSpider]

both translate to the same, one is a much older word than the other. both mean to "cut belly" or "horizontal belly slice". the person standing behind you was called A kaishakunin, and his function is to quicken the death and help you avoid a slow painful end if you accidentally fucked up. they also cut your head off before you showed pain, as pain was considered weakness. if you absolutely need to distinguish the two: your lord would command you to commit seppuku instead of dishonor. but you would decide to commit harakiri yourself, to avoid being captured by the enemy, tortured and dishonorably killed.

[@SWad250]

+MtSpider I was just about to post a question as to how the last of The 47 Ronin was to go through seppuku (were it to be done in the way defined by GG, using a kaishakunin) since he would have been alone, but you kinda answered that here. Thanks.

[@JV-Decker-RetireDisAcctSoon]

I concluded that Jack was a Ronin a long time ago, especially when I was learning about world history in school and Japan in particular, but it's always great to hear more of the lore and inspirations behind our time-displaced hero.

[@Genrevideos]

When you mentioned that Jack never killed another human being until season 5 I can't help but think of one episode in particular where several well respected bounty hunters and a princess trying to reclaim her kingdom from the horde of Aku, they built up this plan to defeat Jack but failed. Yet they are suspected to have survived. One fan theory I read on Reddit suggests that Jack was trained to defeat his enemies by non-lethal methods. The reason for this training is to ensure that he remains worthy to wield the magic blade given to him by the primordial gods. Jack loses the sword in season 5, and he suspects that he has to find the sword when in actuality he needs to earn the sword. This is especially damning for Jack because he refused to kill Ashi after already killing all her sisters. His alter ego conscious advises against this

[@sanjenyasha9031]

Samurai Jack ain't no Samurai, He's a FOOL! HAAHAHAHAHHAAAAAHAAA! PS: E X T R A T H I C C

[@sanjenyasha9031]

Oh look, another fool has made an appearance.

[@omnionika152]

Aku !says the thing that always trys to kill jack all the time....but fails. thats why you daughter doesn't love you now XD

[@sanjenyasha9031]

Oh she loves me, the fool corupted her mind. She even praises me.

[@omnionika152]

Aku !.....-_-...shes half human ,humans have feelings. Your evil thats the only feeling you have feeling. Lol just...just stop. Im now going to leave and not reply...XD

[@sanjenyasha9031]

Bwaahahaahah! Ok.

[@amirgarcia547]

Before video: Tf how is Jack not a samurai?! The title is literally called SAMURAI Jack! If not, you might as well just call it Jack! After seeing video: Ah okay, it 100% makes sense then. In that case, it should be called Ronin Jack, then. ...nah, it doesn't have the same ring to it.

[@austin9568AuraMasterDX]

Crono Sapien how about Rurouni Jack?

[@TheRealRitz2]

Nope its Ronin Jack now lol

[@MogofWar]

Crono Sapien Samurai Jack is the nick name the folk of Aku's world gave to our wandering protagonist. I don't recall any moment where he actually calls himself a samurai.

[@Christopher-eq1rn]

during his interactions with the sam-ooh-rai

[@GhostWulf70792]

Crono Sapien for marketing purposes the word samurai is more popular than Robin. Similar to calling a ninja a shinobi.

[@lordfrieza3792]

Long ago in a distant Land by Aku the shape-shifting master of darkness unleashed an unspeakable evil! but a foolish samurai warrior wielding a magic sword stepped forth to oppose me. before the final blow was struck I tore open a portal in time and flung him into the future where my evil is law! Now the fool seeks to return to the past and undo the future that is Aku!

[@sam11182]

Abraham Lincoln was alive when the Samurai and the Telegraph was just beginning to bud. The two could have been "texting" haha.

[@Master_Arthius]

I LOVE his ragged beard!

[@chronorebel_greatgryffon1312]

I have an idea for the next anime related episode... Panty & Stocking with Gaterbelt. Or My Hero Academia if you just can't do anything from the first one.

[@Gat720Dua]

The interesting thing about why Genndy went with a samurai motif is because there was something heroic and mythical about them. Something similar to why I like knights.

[@kaijuguy19]

Yeah along with Vikings if you think about it.

[@Gat720Dua]

Are we talking about For Honor? Cause I've been liking knights way before that XD

[@pro2gamer]

Dollar Shave Club isn't a dollar! _0/10 false advertisement!_

[@Zack_Wildfire]

I can tell with all those cuts on his face which is funny if you ask me.

[@bffmco]

I mean, the price is in Dollars, so it's not like we've been lied to. If it was 100 yen club, or 5 yuan club, or 3 shekel club I would riot. Nay, the entire would would fall apart at its very seams!.

[@pro2gamer]

Two blades? What are we, barbarians? I'd rather shave with an axe, then I'd have my mancard upgraded!

[@An_Ian]

I have an electric razor.

[@AshnSilvercorp]

dollar general doesn't charge a dollar for everything

[@salgajchris1480]

I must say that this was one of the best ad introductions ever.

[@cadenmcmexican7999]

feel thicc inc by akuz

[@SalamandersRCool]

Isn't Jack's father his master and he has been commanded to slay Aku and potentially his minions as well?

[@creditsunknown7974]

SalamandersRCool well the father ded

[@unshackled2907]

12:51 wait isn't it odin ra and vishnu not shiva.

[@unshackled2907]

wait yeah it's odin ra and vishnu not shiva.

[@Alexander_Wills]

Wait a minute. Isn't that Odin, HORUS and Vishnu? Head of a Falcon, job to hunt down evil... Isn't that Horus' job not Ra's?

[@kuroganekaze]

Alexander Wills. Well, by the sun above his head, I would say it's Ra, who also had the head of a Falcon. But if memory serves me, later pharaos kind of merged them into one single God called Ra-Horakhty.

[@Alexander_Wills]

Except that this character is inconsistent about that sun disk. Ra is never depicted without that disk, but this character loses it between the beginning of the Birth of Evil and when the Three deities create the sword for Jack's Father. Also RA NEVER Does ANYTHING himself. Ra sends others to do his work FOR him. And IF that's Ra where is his Boat?

[@zetsubou1v1]

Alexander Wills. Odin wasn't on Sleipnir or walking on a rainbow, so i wouldn't judge them as this or that god based on a mode of transportation not being present.

[@brandonhenderson9164]

8:25 hold on bro, the second, or the beheader wasn't always a thing. It was added in during a later era... for "humane reasons" put simply.

[@SalaComMander]

Wait, hold on. I've watched this a couple of times and I just noticed the "villain" from 47 Ronin was named Kira Yoshinaka, which makes me wonder if Kira Yoshikage (and his father, Kira Yoshihiro) are named after him, or even meant to be descendants of him. EDIT: And Yoshikage confirmed early on that he's actually the descendant of samurai!

[@geronimo7360]

~everybody loves somebody sometime, everybody loves somebody somehow~

[@xsavage513xthegreat5]

What's the music in background because it's so beautiful

[@worldofmonterra]

XSAVAGE513x The Great I'm trying to find it too, have you found out what it's called and where I can find it?

[@savagethegentlemen243]

AJ the Dragon Slayer no I haven’t find it yet

[@BlackOdin27]

Wow that segue at the end lol

[@BottledDelusion]

Most impressive

[@ninjakai03]

fokkin slick transition at the end GG

[@mertdag7099]

The video title must be "Samurai Jack is a Ronin! Here is WHY and that's not BAD!".

[@WickedStyles]

That was the best transition I've ever seen. I did not see the sponsor spot coming until it was already in progress. Awesome job!

[@questingchris9661]

Hey, I liked Jacks beard lol

[@ehoba]

Today, most historians agree that Nobunaga's genocides are fake stories. Most Japanese still think they're true stories, but well, history is updated daily. If you want to explain what samurai is, you need to mention the ancient aristocracy and the manorialism. There were many armed people before samurai's era, but they were not called samurai. When the system of empire-owned land collapsed and the manorialism appeared, the groups of the collector/security guards became bigger and disciplined. That is the beginning of samurai. They were the alternative to the ancient government. Their morality was way different from ours. Before Edo period, they're nothing but organized violence groups like gang and mafia. People's samurai image mostly comes from beaurocratic behavior of Edo samurai.

[@dlastkatipunero2185]

ehoba trained swordsmen under the art of bushido was still samurai and most fell under lords or the emperor, who committed acts of evil like any other primitive empire who imposes over law and morality with a sense of purpose :3....plus they were the only ones mandated by nobles to bear arms, so yah the majority of samurai were still honorable attack dogs

[@punkrocksamurai1]

his master is his father how told him to go slay aku

[@RoddThunderheart]

punkrocksamurai1 No his father asked mother to take Jack out and serve under several masters in order to rid the world of Aku. His father is not a master but nobility.

[@UndertakerU2ber]

But Jack is trying to defeat Aku because of his father’s wishes. It’s not like Jack is doing this on a personal whim, and he was consumed with grief later on in the series when he believed he failed his father and his people. Jack was going through the process of seppuku, or harakiri, which is closely associated with samurai whom have failed in their duties. Overall, title of a samurai is still valid because he’s serving a lord by defeating Aku and almost killed himself thinking that his father deemed him to be a failure.

[@biggjiggins8987]

Wasn't he Inspired by the comic RONIN