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I just finished watching this series. I became interested due to Shogun and because I love animation. The animation here takes my breath away. The 3D/2D style is so high-quality compared to other attempts I've seen, and puts Disney's current "rubber frog-face" animation style to shame. (Seriously, Disney, that style was cutting edge 15 years ago.) I have been enjoying Mizu's arc and am intrigued about what she will do next. But I would have killed Fowler. He's such a ridiculous final boss/Disney villain that if she lets him live, he'll probably concoct a far worse scheme than the one he almost succeeded in implementing. I liked Akemi's arc for the most part, too, but nothing about her screams "ambitious ruler of Japan." She is strong-willed and can be cunning and brave, but we haven't seen much else yet. I'm guessing her husband will eventually become the shogun? With Taigen being left behind, I wonder what's next for him? It's interesting to observe the similarities/differences to Shogun, which is set roughly 30-50 years earlier. It seems like a lot of Akemi's actions, if done in Shogun, would have required her father to take her head or for her to commit seppuku. And that scene where Fowler approached the shogun, the one lord disembowled himself, I was expecting someone to be his second and cut his head off. Great series and I'm thrilled it got a second season.

We'll agree to disagree. I thought the ending was trash and poorly built up to. Omniscient, emotionless "Bran" (because it's implied the real Bran was absorbed into a Borg-like consciousness) would make a far scarier ruler than any Targaryen.

I think this video provides a great analysis of Dany's "descent" and why it isn't logical that she would burn all of King's Landing alive.

I couldn't quite tell how Toranaga's son died. Was it from the force of swinging that sword, which knocked him back against the rock, or did the uncle make an unexpected move that sent him off balance?

I had the same reaction. She also reminded me of Azula from Avatar: the Last Airbender.

While we're on the subject of comparing to other shows: claiming that people who hated the ending don't want to be "challenged" reminds me of when the Buffy showrunners complained about people who hated Season 6. They said it was because Season 6 was too dark and fans wanted the lighter tone of the earlier seasons. But that wasn't why people hated it -- it was that Season 6 was a poorly written slog. And in the case of GoT, fans might have accepted Evil Danny and Bran the Broken if it weren't completely rushed and half-assed the whole way.

On a different note, when I was little I loved Thumper, but as an adult, I find him obnoxious, disrupting the tone of every scene he is in.

Doesn't surprise me. People don't want to watch Jon Snow mope; they want a satisfying resolution to the clusterfuck of Season 8. Hopefully some day we will.

I was expecting to hate it and ended up pleasantly surprised. Yes the songs were terrible, but I liked the basic themes and Asha's relationship with her family and friends. The one thing that bothers me is that it was aiming for 3D models rendered in 2D, but to me, it looks like the same (frankly, tired) 3D art style we've seen since at least Tangled. I think that was his wish, but that was when he and the rest of the kingdom though Magnifico was a force for good.

They had so much momentum with WandaVision, and if they had kept returning to those characters and relationships, we could have had some really good movies. Instead we probably won't find out until 2026 whether Wanda is even alive.

Also, it was strange that Darlene became suspicious after learning the men left the Lobo. Like... people can't go to more than one place while hanging out?

Am I the only person disappointed that Mark's friends weren't co-ed? Mark seems like the kind of boy who would have a lot of female friends. The situation felt very 1980s. Also I call B.S. on that animal area being quiet. Those animals would be clamoring for attention the moment humans entered the space.

One hilarious thing: like in Black Mirror, they refer to Netflix as "Streamberry."

I was expecting the famous singer to rescue them and help sell out Radio City Music Hall, so I was pleasantly surprised (and also a bit repulsed) by his ending. And honestly

I was expecting this episode would end with them getting arrested because they violated some decency "law" the senator helped pass.