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Yasuke (Anime) add (All reviews)
May 20, 2021
Mixed Feelings
I was so excited to watch this considering the history of Yasuke and the mixing with mecha and magic. However, the anime fell flat for me.

Pros: I highly enjoyed a non-racist design for Yasuke as most anime use racist black face features when drawing Black characters. I also found the music pleasing to the ears and fitting to the style of the anime. I loved the fact that Yasuke has no magical powers and continually goes up against all these people that can easily kill him, but he keeps coming out on top. The fight scenes were well choreographed even if some CGI parts were wonky looking.

Cons: The story is very cliqued and brought nothing new to anime. It's a simple body guard story with a character who needs to face their guilt of the past. Literally nothing refreshing. I found at times that the story focused more on Saki rather than the titular character which irritated me to no end. The show should have either tell us the story of Yasuke's rise as a samurai OR Yasuke's coming to terms with the fall of his lord. Not a story about this special little girl. Actually most of the characters were very 2 dimensional, so the only ones of interest are Yasuke, the mercenaries, and a few past charactrers. I think what truly inhibited this story is the fact they shoved so much in 6 episodes.

Overall, short show that needs a better fleshed out story.
Reviewer’s Rating: 5
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