Jack's Father versus Aku | Samurai Jack | Adult Swim

[@5H4K490]

Jack's dad was given a sword, armor and a nimbus to fight Aku but they just gave him a sword and restored his old robes...

[@bigjimmy3792]

yea honestly the finale was really rushed and they could have made it way cooler and more memorable kinda disappointing but were lucky we got a season 5

[@Gator_nit]

I mean it’s about the journey even if it was anti climatic

[@xXBoogiepopXx]

Its a gi, bro. :/

[@Eldoofus]

You know Aku was about to receive the final blow right before future(or present) Jack, who is a lot of times stronger than present/past Jack, came from the future? Aku was doomed against the old Jack, he already used about all of his power to face him, so he was way too tired to even try to face the same warrior, but better in every single possible way. and well, he DID try to flight since he couldn't fight anymore, but future Jack didn't let him go away with that bs. and to be fair, the chase was rather pretty long considering he was defeated.

[@goncalocarneiro3043]

Jack's dad needed tons of buffs to stand a chance, Jack grinded so much he practically was overleveled to this earth and beyond.

[@edward18517]

I remember when I showed my dad this episode for the first time and it got to Jack's dad explaining about how the sword was made from goodness and designed to destroy him my dad was just like: "...you didn't have to tell him that."

[@omarbrown3760]

Children cartoon follows anime logic

[@giraffedragon6110]

Reptile25991 the castlevania series is arguably the best kind to introduce someone into the idea of anime.

[@spenpinner]

@@giraffedragon6110 it's western anime. The cringey throw aways of chibi perversion, and unnecessary monologuing of the heart of the cards aren't apparent.

[@giraffedragon6110]

spenpinner exactly why I say it’s a good introduction to show them “this ain’t kids stuff” without going into the super gorey anime

[@PizzaBagels589]

I wouldn't consider that honorable so much as just naive. Jack was honorable all the same while still being cunning, because he fought for the right reasons. At the end of the day, fighting for the right reasons is more important than gloating at your opponent.

[@nunsense9489]

damn this boss has a lot of phases probably thats why jack grinded a lot of exp

[@Asurion777]

Still doesn't look as difficult as Sister Friede

[@undefined6512]

Friede and Ariandel (4x hp) vs Aku.

[@alecazam6755]

Still had to grind more for a blue guardian. That boss was a lower level but had better AI.

[@God-kg1lx]

Stupid ass friede and the paralitic dad had me dying over and over

[@weneedmoneyarthur6861]

Isshin The first Sword Saint, Bruh that is much harder than Sister Friede

[@Asiandiskool]

The Gods: "we should intervene and help the humans" The Gods again: "nah let's just give a dude a sword that COULD defeat Aku and call it a day"

[@FeliDJrah]

Asian dis Kool Worked for the Olympians. :P

[@justs_]

Dennis Taylor God Of War flashbacks incoming.

[@丨フ-レひ丂イ乇尺]

RuBiK lmao

[@yorickmori7735]

If they came they would likely destroy the planet bexause of their immense proportions...

[@ASR-Ansori]

They can change their size, yorick mori. We already saw Ra and Odin in past episodes, being much smaller than when they faced the Black Mass.

[@LordofDoors37]

This is what a fly sees when we try to kill it

[@scienceuser99]

"What is this? What form of insect is this???"

[@insyncCOPS]

Lol

[@Gator_nit]

A foolish fly warrior has sent out to defeat me

[@calebpresley8743]

Especially the lazer vision

[@Eldoofus]

@@calebpresley8743 No, specially the part where you split into thousands of little selves to outnumber the fly and finally kill it

[@darkwolfderai3920]

One thing that seems to be a consistent thing with Jack's father is his cuts always fall short like despite all his anger, he can't finish the job, then there's Jack who always goes all the way through with his cuts.

[@TheAttacker732]

From some of the themes in Season 5, his anger might actually be what's impeding him.

[@darkwolfderai3920]

@@TheAttacker732 hm, was that when he had the bike?

[@TheAttacker732]

@@darkwolfderai3920 I was referring to Jack's father. It is implied that spiritual balance is necessary to get the most out of the sword. What if Jack's father didn't have that in this fight?

[@juliandavidhoffer2022]

@@TheAttacker732 actually that’s the theme of the mad Jack episode.

[@straightouttacomicbook]

Jacks father knew at this time he was not strong enough to defeat AKU. His mission was to trap AKU and by time to figure out how to defeat AKU. As time grew he couldn’t figure it out. But had a plan in place that when he did return jack was there only hope.

[@Hanma420]

Aku: Your mortal blade can not harm m- *AAAARRRhHHhH*

[@lucazeroblueversion9346]

They just keep using the same scream XD

[@RegularFish2]

Except the mortal blade from sekiro could probably kill aku

[@padfrog193]

@@RegularFish2 the while fright would be a series of death glyph prompts. Though I would love to see Aku going full Dormamu.

[@ChilupaKing]

When enemy player is a counter class to your play style

[@Antonio-wo2wi]

Me when I see a bee and it decides to sting me.

[@tonyrobinson1088]

2:54 Aku was going to turn into an octopus in an attempt to look scary, but then he remembered that tentacled creatures have a different reputation in Japan and turned into a spider instead

[@shadowhunter9810]

Jack 's fatjert be more scared if the fight turned into a porn video

[@ototurmanidze5578]

Well tentacle shit i love

[@magallanesagustin4952]

😂

[@MrMister25]

*Oh no*

[@bonishkoirala8171]

PTSD from Sekiro intensifies.

[@sugardaddyscav5834]

Jack: Makes heroic speach and gets beaten over and over. Jack's Father: "So anyway I started slashing."

[@KangarooMonkey]

@ it took him 50 years to figure it out.

[@truffle6082]

😂😂😂😂

[@phillipwalling7470]

Jack's father kicked ass and doesn't hesitate on attacking Aku.

[@devilslayerthesaintofkille1317]

And yet it was jack who killed aku.

[@JeffCJY]

Jack never lost to Aku in a fight lol. What are you talking about?

[@Probablyabox]

"No mortal blade can harm m- ARRRRRGH" *some years later This exact conversation happens again

[@wamba2652]

I wouldn't put it past Aku to have forgotten about it.

[@Rick-ty9ky]

Matthew Hair: Yeah, he is a pretty forgetful one.

[@King_Nex]

He didn't recognize the sword at first

[@ashlirabid9614]

Exactly.

[@jtsmith1817]

The Birth of Evil: “No mortal blade can harm m- AAAAAARRRRGGH” *2 Seasons Earlier, But a Few Years Later in Chronological Order* “No mortal can hurt the great Aku- NEEEYYAAAAAGGGG”

[@Yugiboy1996]

“This sword was made from the strength and power of the human spirit! It represents all that is good! It’s purpose is to destroy you!” That sounds epic as hell

[@joezilla0250]

1:25 BAAAAAAAHHH!!! 👿

[@xtheunforgivensinner6816]

Classic but Epic.

[@Ganonmustdie2]

I like how Jack's dad flies around Aku for a solid few seconds without attacking whatsoever

[@shooby9496]

I know right? When I saw that part my only thought was "My man, you could've slashed him at LEAST 3-4 times during all that."

[@gibsonchomar7428]

He had to find a good spot

[@loserinasuit7880]

I don't think his dad knew he had to just keep slicing into Aku. It's like he was looking for a specific weak point.

[@giraffedragon6110]

What I love about Aku here is that he doesn't fight like a human would, he fights like a monster. a demon. something eldritch and evil. you really get the scope that Aku is while a destructive monster is clever creating what amounts to an army for Jack's father to fight.

[@tommoore2012]

Really goes to show just how dangerous while at the same time subpar Aku is when you remember that he’s only a small part of something so much greater.

[@darksideofevil13]

But in the last part he is about to fight like a human. But yeah in general.

[@bluepugjr4573]

Did they use the same audio clip every time aku was hurt?

[@antonioviramontes7619]

Bluepugjr lmao yes

[@domengasperinii4443]

Antonio Viramontes Lazy fawks.

[@kzr_1613]

It's for purpose

[@domengasperinii4443]

KOZER KOG Nope. They was lazy.

[@DARKSOULPRIMEX]

Mako (Aku’s original voice actor) was an older man. He probably couldn’t strain his voice any further so they decided to just re-use one scream.

[@Darkness2179]

Only Aku can manage to be goofy and actually terrifying at the same time.

[@noctiss_season2]

i feel like a lot of people dont realize how insanely powerful Aku really is, cuz mostly we just see him be humiliated by Samurai or shit go wrong for him or whatever but like, to any other human being he is an undefeatable immortal being with endless abilities and no reason to have any consideration for his actions as nothing can possibly backfire or have consequences due to him being superior to literally everyone... except for 1 single dude, and that 1 single dude has to have an exact specific item to even have a chance to harm him

[@Yabuturtle]

Makes you wonder how Jack was able to beat Aku with some effort, but the Emperor barely beats Aku here and this was when he had armor, a cloud, and a horse briefly. Jack had nothing but a sword.

This makes me think that either the gods truly trust Jack's ability so they only gave him a gi and a sword, or they just didn't give a crap to give him more buffs and surprised with the outcome.

[@sashmiel6566]

Jack trained from the best Warriors and cultures the world has known since he was a child. When in the future, he trained even more to go into near super Human ability (Learning to Jump Good, for example) and fight machines of exceptional speed, durability and stopping power.

[@peachesrambo4037]

Jack was turned into a god.

[@JeffCJY]

Jack's father is a level 50 character with full end game equipment. While Jack is a level 120 character with only one end game weapon and has thousands of hours of gameplay under his belt.

[@iwatchstuffs7933]

@@JeffCJY so dark souls?

[@irenedougherty1085]

Is he riding nimbus

[@HKfortyseven]

He seems pure of heart to me lol.

[@mrdaviddesertfire6801]

That or the nimbus has a sister

[@raccshop]

@Mac mcskullface what

[@ultimatewaybig10]

@@raccshop it's a dragon ball joke

[@omegasupreme1970]

he should have gone Super Sayion ...

[@Wbfuhn]

It took me a bit of thinking to understand how the sword works despite what was said. The sword is forged from 3 Monk gods. Made with spiritual power it can cut through anything physical and spiritual. Created for one purpose, used for every purpose. By cutting Aku, it forces him to use his power to heal himself. This however, weakens him. With each blow he becomes weaker, until being wrapped around the sword and laid to the ground, tired and weak.

[@megalodon2831]

@@VarietySeth dude what the actual f..... I love db but why you use it as an example? The comment is about Samurai Jack series and what the sword can cut in the series it never said that can cut every fictional villian... It works with Aku because Aku's power are supernatural him himself is a supernatural creature the sword can cut him for that reason.

[@megalodon2831]

@@VarietySeth so... you can't answer properly and you're using technisism and the old "hope you know what that means" to defend yourself? My answer wasn't even rude yet you tell me to calm down lol I don't want to start an argument over a KZbin comment so I'll leave it that way but yeah bad answer and bad example xD have a nice day man.

[@megalodon2831]

@@VarietySeth just to not leave the bad taste I didn't want to sound rude in my first answer so I'm sorry for that, have a good day.

[@meonkrishnanan5920]

Excellent analysis 10/10

[@TheChamp820]

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[@Karlos1234ify]

This fight was still amazing even 10 years ago.

[@meonkrishnanan5920]

The guys who made this are great with the story-telling. I love that we see the fight from Aku's side, and it is akin to a person trying to swat an annoying insect. Then we see it from Jack's father, where he's basically zipping around in a way where the horizon is constantly shifting around him, giving proper scale of his experience fighting aku Great use of perspective and horizon

[@vanillafrosty6207]

Damn how many enchantments does that sword have

[@mcstabman5638]

*Y e s*

[@axelnilsson5124]

One: destroy all evil

[@clintonanderson7436]

@@axelnilsson5124 correction 2: harm no good

[@truefailure6359]

Smite Level X

[@TheChamp820]

@@clintonanderson7436 3:Can't Affect Good

[@RegalRoyalWasTaken]

Something I find fun is that in this and prior to sending Jack into the future, Aku was completely serious. No jokes, no wisecracks, no goofiness. Shows that when he needs to, he can take himself DEATHLY serious.

[@raahim11]

That's what made Aku such a great villain. He wasn't just a joke or 100% serious all the time. He would flip at an instant and you always knew what he was capable off. So unless Jack was there, there was ALWAYS tension like how Aku sends a kid to the pit of sorrows or has no issue killing the Scotsman despite being depressed.

[@RegalRoyalWasTaken]

@@raahim11 Absofuckinlutely. He was so wonderfully consistent; he could be absolutely hilarious one scene and utterly badass and terrifying the next, and it NEVER felt unnatural or forced.

[@mattiasilva1705]

That's what 100000 of years of pure universal domination does to a MoFo. Once you've won everything you either mellows out in pure borenes or strive for something new

[@Drezdenez]

Imagine yourself in Aku place. You are immortal being that can’t be harmed by any weapon. No wonder why he found humor as way to make life less boring

[@zarodgaming1844]

1:14 Aku is actually listening and interested, like a good scholar xD wtf

[@RainIncorporated]

In some alternative time Aku kills him while he’s talking and throws the sword into orbit

[@JeffCJY]

Well it is the only weapon capable of harming him, so of course he would be interested.

[@finden3362]

@@RainIncorporated in this time Aku is dumb lol

[@wildfire9280]

Like a good scholar, A-ku is there!

[@widdlewanwon]

​@@JeffCJY lmao

[@TayoEXE]

"Why didn't we get a battle like this for the finale?" Well, we did, actually. Think about it. The heroic spirit of one man and this sword alone was not enough to defeat Aku. Jack had spent 50 years using this blade that was forged only to do good, and he only ever used it for that purpose until he lost his hope and way eventually. When he was restored and worthy to wield this blade again, he now had allies in the form of all those he had saved using this sword whom without he would have never been able to defeat Aku. Even Ashi, Aku's daughter, was changed by Jack, and she was the key to finally returning to the past. We think it's sad that the future seems to be gone, but it clearly existed as it was all for that moment to finally stop Aku once and for all. The sword's purpose for being forged is very important and a key theme to understanding why Jack finally finished what his father couldn't yet.

[@wormybobcat3706]

TayoEXE they also cut it shorter because budget cuts wouldn’t let them have the cloud back

[@Kleebo]

Not to worry I'm sure jack still hangs out with the Scott's man

[@Iwanwahid1969]

@@Kleebo dude scottsman aint even born yet, it was that level of sadness.

[@hewhomustnotbenamed5912]

Ashi still discovered her power out of nowhere and instantly knew how to use it. That is a load of horse shit.

[@ninonook677]

to me i feel all the people in the timeline would be fine no longer existing if it meant the newer timeline didn't have to suffer like they did

[@Adam-wy7mj]

Aku: a small.piece of the darkness. Nothing compared to the one the gods fought. God: we missed a spot and i landed on earth. We could destroy that small piece in seconds. And stop it from.causing trouble in the mortal world. Random-god: OR hear me out we could just give them a magic sword to fight it . And just vibe & watch the show unfold Reasonable God: but it's our res- Other gods Gods: *YEET* the Magical Sword to mortals!!!

[@DuckieMcduck]

In Greek and Nordic mythology gods were known for being memers

[@earth2k66]

Lord Rama was an avatar of the supreme, yet he took mortal(human) form to destroy the demons! Cause he wanted to establish that the human spirit of righteousness can conquer evil and darkness! *Or maybe cause he was bored and wanted to beat some ass with the hardest difficulty level!* 😅

[@deadshot8032]

Maybe you are the Green Ninja

[@sanjivinsmoke2719]

My theory is that Aku might devourer gods if they fought him making him a cosmic scale threat.. problem the gods can't risk that as it was a very hard fought battle last time.. Aku literally was devourering the entire creation.. it took everything from Ra Vishnu and Odin to stop him and end.. keep in mind that version is still Aku but weak but still powerfull with so many abilities like telechinisis , elemental abilities, size and matter manipulation ,time manipulation, regeneration, immorality, invulnerability only venurable to the sword, intangibility.. FTP travel like in the hunter episode where he just casually goes to edge of some galaxy and returns like in seconds.. he people really belive that Aku is just some random villan ready to be defeated but in reality he's the most powerful being in his verse with only divine beings able to even inflict damage.. like nothing can stop Aku except from deity's but still he's op enough to kill them.. a personification of darkness and chaos born in the heart of darkness.. it's not worth killing him if he takes out just 1 deity causing imbalance in the universe so that's why they entrust mortals to take him out..

[@earth2k66]

@@sanjivinsmoke2719 You don't need to go so deep to conclude why gods didn't fight Aku directly!! The original dark entity that the gods fought was created along with the universe, it didn't even resemble Aku at that time other than that pitch-black color! God destroyed it, only a small mindless part of that entity escaped and reached the earth and kept absorbing everything that came into contact with it ensuring it's growth! At this point, this thing was basically a mindless threat and could have been easily contained!! It was the human-made poison that gave it life & mind! Hence it had a Japanese 👺 mask-like face! Something that even Aku thanked the Emperor for in a way (Aku never killed him) Gods can't fight a thing that was made alive by humans, we need to fight it on our own. Gods can provide us the weapons, motivation, strength. But in the end, only our righteousness and will to overcome can defeat the poisonous-evil that we created with our own hand! This was the message of Samurai Jack! Devouring the Gods a vague idea that sounds like SCP Scarlett king, even he only able to devour some gods who didn't have a conscious while other smart ones escaped & eventually helped to lock him away! If the gods had defeated a cosmic entity that is made of a fabric of darkness, then Aku is just a ripped string! What I find funny about Aku that even if he had insane powers he was still vulnerable to depression, just like a normal human being!

[@timothychavis5291]

There is so much Heroism in Jack's father espically when he was riding the nimbus cloud.

[@MrBepis-qx5ye]

The season 5 final fight should’ve been similar to this

[@huebydooby3363]

Sadly, this was way more epic and satisfying than the series finale's "final fight".

[@mr.awesomereacts2533]

Fred the fish from Spongebob Aku wasn’t prepared for the fight so he attempted to run away before Jack killed him.

[@Super-Saiyan-Blue-Gogeta]

Aku was already defeated when Jack killed him, since Jack traveled back to the time exactly after he had just defeated Aku.

[@bushwhacker66]

lmao I honestly thought after the time skip the Sa Moh Rah i trained to become a real samurai and that he would appear to help Jack alongidr the other filler characters like Scotman n the Super Jump Monkeys

[@Super-Saiyan-Blue-Gogeta]

@@bushwhacker66 Not gonna lie, I was kinda hoping for that too..

[@GreaterGrievobeast55]

Mr.awesome Reacts I mean yeah in the context of the fight it made sense how it went. But it as still super anti climactic. The story should have been written where a proper confrontation could be had between jack and aku. Both with words and a badass fight.

[@divinegokublack1362]

Behind every badass protagonist is an even more badass father. Just look at Goku and Bardock. I don’t even watch Naruto and I know his dad was a badass. Ichigo’s Dad was a shinigami before he became a father, saving the women he would eventually marry. Truly awesome, all of them

[@ototurmanidze5578]

Honestly every time i see a people having such profile picture i check them so i see that some has subscribed merry weather king vegeta and such channels even o did and understand how much men of culture u are and i ma glad

[@maestrulgamer9695]

Meanwhile Deku:...

[@youssefyasser9621]

Best example : Baki

[@acolossalangrybook3169]

@@ototurmanidze5578 "men of culture"

[@imjonathan6745]

@@youssefyasser9621 best example: yujiro's father

[@lighter4440]

The opening is so badass. You can really see why samurai jack is one of the best cartoons out there.

[@IsaiahRichards692]

1:25 Aku: So the only thing on Earth that can kill me is that sword... good to know! Be a shame if something were to happen to it!

[@joshchidester1256]

Could you imagine how well off Jack's dad would be if he too could jump good?

[@enderdrake444]

2:20 he screamed because he glitched for a second

[@capollyon]

This is how action in cinematography is supposed to look like. Absolutely brialliant.

[@yourlocalweebfriend3537]

I just noticed but at 3:19 Aku’s thunderous footsteps perfectly synchronized along the music

[@thedarknight307]

Man I would love to see more of The Emperor, and his backstory. Granted it’s probably not as epic as Jack. But we do see how Jack became the man he is from him

[@pedzad9528]

Bardock flying on Nimbus (colorized)

[@darthravo]

Forgot how truly awesome a villain Aku is, this clip is brilliant!

[@leociresi4292]

Aku for Smash Bros!

[@Razi98]

3:00 The way Aku looks down at the Samurai menacingly is top tier cartoon moment - I love it so much!

[@FernandoGarcia-zp7qv]

He sure did a whole lot of swirling around akus body instead of attacking him at first.

[@JeffCJY]

Gotta show off a little first.

[@edwin.arevalo2002]

It's called carefully planning when to attack, because Aku cannot be defeated by spamming attacks alone.

[@ЕвгенийЛяшенок]

1:34 When you're trying to kill the fly

[@axelnilsson5124]

For him it’s like that

[@chefbraydent1791]

bruh i didnt mean to steal this joke

[@finden3362]

2:53

[@fs-ks7fm]

To be fair he could have cut Aku many times while he was flying but instead he was flexing.

[@c.galindo9639]

Jack’s father really is such a well crafted and fleshed out character. He really embodies great wisdom, fortitude, grit, and more that comes from a great leader/emperor. Also his facial expression when he remembered his wife screaming. Whoa! *Made my spine tingle* Also I really enjoyed the choreography put into the scene’s animation with Jack’s father riding the cloud and darting around Aku like a fly with many evasive maneuvers. The horseback riding, showing how well trained he is on horseback. Also the sword clanging with the strikes just hurting Aku with each hit :) There is also Aku with his early developed laugh as overly confident he cannot be harmed. Then his fits of infuriated rage were delivered so well by Mako in this encounter here. This series is a masterpiece of animation and deeply creative imagination from Genndy Tartakovsky with his assimilated team. Stupendous work!

[@rimurutempest7695]

Jack has a lot of qualities that his father had even the way jack spoke resembles his fathers speech

[@TriTomMaximum]

2 things I loved about this episode. Aku looking at Jack's father upside down at 1:14 and Aku's BAAH! 1:25

[@Thecommander248]

That is one incredibly brave horse. Agile, obedient, and willing to follow his emperor into death.

[@raahim11]

This is still hands down the best fight in the series.

[@Connor_Kirkpatrick]

3:30 When the boss catches you in an attack pattern and your only option is to try to parry every hit

[@BrookeFilth]

3:30 Jesus these animators didnt slack off on these combat scenes

[@StarWarsDK]

Way more epic than the Season 5 finale.

[@denizonmus6288]

Drannion Entertainment sadly, this is true.

[@mynameisntjames]

Well the season 5 finale was kind of just a wrap up of the battle samurai jack had with aku in season one so it would be as epic

[@howdyfeller2988]

Drannion Entertainment no way

[@shadowlord9607]

Yeah I was very disappointed that we never got a battle with aku and jack like this one if you can call what we got a "final battle".

[@emmanuelmondesir1314]

Blame ashi

[@g.a.d6988]

"What type of insect is this" Mood

[@ItsMadLadSir]

4:20 it was at this moment that he knew...

[@enriqueu1319]

When Jack's Father has a better final battle vs Aku than Jack in the final season

[@reallyhimongod]

Aku is arguably the most op villain in a kids show, neigh impervious, immortal has the ability to alter his form shape and size, can multiple and has laser vision I mean what more could you ask for lol

[@edwin.arevalo2002]

Bill Cipher is even more OP, he's an evil divine lovecraftian entity from another dimension, capable of destroying galaxies with a thought. He would crush Aku like a bug.

[@BernardsSumner]

At first I read this as Father Jack versus Aku. Now that would be interesting...

[@samuraijackoff5354]

Long ago in a distant land, I jack the destroyer of Aku ruled after my father, but i know aku will appear once again in the future......

[@darthva31]

Made me wish that the series will end with an epilogue episode that took place in an Aku-less future where remnants of Aku's forces attempted to revive him (I mean, you can't permanently stop evil itself), only to be stopped by the Scotsman and Jack's descendant. I guess it would be a better payoff since the future is kinda forgotten after Aku's defeat. I know that the future will ceased to exist like Ashi but at least show a glimpse of the future without Aku.

[@axelnilsson5124]

KrystCyclone just because aku was destroyed doesn’t mean Jack can age the first time travel affected his ability to age so basically Jack can’t die from age which means it would still be Jack and the Scotsman

[@GreaterGrievobeast55]

So jacks a preacher instead of a samurai?

[@VOMITQUEEN]

Why couldn't Jack's final battle with Aku be more like this?? Instead it was incredibly anti-climatic.

[@bryanu1737]

Because

[@SirMonty_]

It

[@CoffeeSuccubus]

Because tbe first episode was like this. Jack came back at the very end where aku was very weak

[@CyberLance26]

@@CoffeeSuccubus Well its not like they needed to make Jack return to the past at the exact same moment he left. They could have made him return some time after that when Aku was at full power again and have Jack and Aku have a battle like this in his city and show him save his parents and people.

[@AdAstraPerAsperae]

CyberLance26 I can only assume that since Ashi had no idea when they were going, Jack had to choose for them. It makes the most sense for Jack to choose to go back and fight Aku when Aku is already severely weakened

[@RockyTheThird]

When this one episode was a better climax than the actual series finale

[@madmanwebster94]

Back when Aku was actually a scary sinister villain and not some smart-ass that literally stays home all day complaining about a guy named Jack.

[@Wiiware2568]

Aku always has a sense of humor even in the original show. Wtf are you talking about?

[@madmanwebster94]

@@Wiiware2568 yeah but it wasn't the only thing about him that made him awesome. The first few episodes of the show where he was introduced he was basically introduced as a vile evil sadistic demon. Over the course of the episodes and seasons he started to become less evil and more about just fucking around with Jack and making snarky little jokes. In this episode and the episode where he returns years later he was an evil son of a bitch that killed people and just felt like torturing Jack.

[@kushkungvivo744]

Aku in season 5 feels like such a miss opportunity, goofy is fine but he's just a stupid clown.

[@Mac14329]

@@kushkungvivo744 Considering how dark the other main villains of the season (the Cult of Aku) are, it was probably for the best.

[@fernandosau1498]

@@madmanwebster94 I guess it's the fact that Aku had technically won in the past, and many years of ruling the world without anyone that could actually represent a threat to him changed Aku's personality, he has it all so therefore he doesn't care about anything and the world already fears him so he doesn't have to act like a literal monster, he just doesn't care anymore, unless it is related to Jack.

[@taffysense8506]

"I'm going to destroy you!!" Aku: . . . . BLAH!

[@bushwhacker66]

Mf had his own Nimbus holy shit.. If he had the Spirit Bomb as an additional power he should've won.

[@armanddehorta]

"Have you learn nothing? Your mortal blade can not harm me... AAAAAHHH!!!" lol

[@XenothranHero]

2:52 I love this moment where Aku turns into an Octopus at first before settling on a spider. He's thinking on the fly and not making calm calculated decisions now.

[@NurniyazKazaliyev]

I see where Jack got his badass genes from.

[@RaidenKaiser]

Imagine this is aku in his prime i have a feeling Jack's father weakened aku significantly beyond full recovery and that's why Jack is able to beat him easily even in the future.

[@raahim11]

Not really. Aku had 1000s of years ago after this fight before Jack fought him agyears4 Jack was also beyond Human as an adult. Jacks father was trained in a single fighting style, while jack mastered literally all fighting styles of the world from his time, and then continuously fought super robots and demons for 50 years, learned tricks like "Jump Good". Jack was not just a jack of all trades, he was a master of all. While Jack's father was a master of one.

[@christophersanchez7731]

No Aku Was new back then Aku was just as dangerous, arguably more in the future For Jack who fought him countless times, he simply gained the experience to anticipate how to fight him, with skill and strategy as besides his prowess, Jack Is an ordinary human Jack’s father was a seasoned Daimyo when he was given the Sword, and was included armor and a nimbus, and came close to defeat Aku

[@sebbb5980]

Even if the fight hasn't started yet, 0:17-0:35 is my favorite pre-battle lead-up in the series.

[@WatcherXel]

I love the music in this battle.

[@mrfatmanguylel1326]

1:29 me looking at the last nuggie

[@batterdays3775]

Honestly me

[@Maxisamo1]

"It's purpose is to destroy YOU" "BYAAAHHH!!!!!!"

[@cezarcatalin1406]

BLYAT !

[@thesonofwar3983]

Then cut the scream to it's funny

[@karimscaterovic5413]

Aku every 5 seconds: “AAHHHHHH!!!”

[@michaelg4888]

"Its purpose is DESTROY YOU" Aku: "Angry noise"

[@Greggery]

whats with aku's eyes at 0:32

[@OldCouches]

offset

[@DnVFMVs]

Cocaine

[@afungai1649]

Just lazy animators

[@AnIndieGameEnthusiast]

Smol

[@emperorgameling5064]

@@afungai1649 Not laziness, errors are in pretty much every show

[@tomtomkingbenito5998]

I've always LOVED Aku's eye beams!!! The way they have to charge up for a sec and it isn't super obvious, it's like "Wait what's happening his eyes just started to gl... OH SHIT!" 😆😆

[@swslwatts]

Jack's father had his own nimbus cloud!

[@Montesama314]

Two fathers fighting.

[@muratkahraman8743]

Basically how it goes every time my parents and in laws meet

[@axelnilsson5124]

Aku’s no father yet

[@yorelsenih5054]

aku screaming is my spirit animal

[@FitzgeraldOlwen]

1:31 when the mosquito doesn't leave you alone at night

[@docmagnus6890]

Honestly, this was my favorite fight of the series. No disrespect to Jack, but his dad was super outclassed fight wise but used superior tactics to win.

[@Riddem79]

Dodges straight up demon laser beams.

[@weir-doe3205]

The animation is remarkable even when rewatching it in 2020

[@daltonmay752]

I like how they recorded one single scream and then used it like 20 times lmao

[@brandonvillatuya9539]

Aku with the stock screams

[@winky8201]

No one: Aku: AAAAARGH

[@khaiphamba5991]

The fact that Aku can quickly regenerate, shape shift, multiply makes it so hard to kill him.

[@avishkarchaudhary6348]

Aku turning himself into an entire army is the most coolest trick and the most clever strategy I have seen Aku do

[@digitaladventurer2142]

"It posses the power to destroy this evil, but we're not gonna let you have that power. you can just lock him up for 8 years"

[@bretdeshotel7598]

He uses the same "AAahhhhh" like 3 times its great

[@raisinbran1421]

Dude is like some mystical hero yet his son is just a plain guy in a robe

[@giovannis4635]

At first

[@bigjimmy3792]

He was gifted the nimbus and armor from the gods

[@SayShelo]

The term bigger isnt always better pretty much sums up the first part

[@xIronBeastx]

"How can this bee?! ]8" - Aku

[@lancephilipgarcia8535]

Aku: No mortal blade can harm me! Gods: what if its magic Aku: well...

[@adityapalve2255]

jacks father is so badass 🔥

[@catfoodbob1]

I do think the fact that he monologued about the sword definitely made jacks job harder.

[@TriPhantom815]

1:06 2:07 2:20 2:46 3:50 *The Screams Thou...*

[@batmanbeyond6815]

Are they just reusing the same scream?

[@ajsnagratin6504]

@@batmanbeyond6815 Akus original voice actor Mako was an older man,he probably couldnt strain his voice so they reused

[@brandonstaples7300]

Made me want to keep press the minute buttons a lot lol 😂

[@anthonyguarino4242]

Like father, like son! They do fight Aku.

[@batmanbeyond6815]

You know your a badass if the incarnation of evil resorts to turning into an army to beat you... and still fails.

[@ThePicasoBlack]

To go from nimbus to a horse "Haha. I'm in danger"

[@clarkside4493]

Really? _Really!?_ You cut it right before Aku's Akus laugh separately and then in unison? That's terrifying AND demonstrates how they operate both independently and as a whole. It's one of the best parts!

[@M.A-k6u]

This show won like 10 awards if I remember.

[@_HOLLOW_-ll7dj]

1:29 His face lol 😂

[@clwhip6745]

Wait a minute, Flying Nimbus?