#Kyuzo Samurai 7

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obligatory "just finished my latest rewatch" doodles

+ it's incredible to see more artists for this anime but the preferred character distribution entertains me greatly

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I revisited an old fav and all the feels came back... 😭😭 Now I'm even sadder at the size of the fandom with each passing year.

Oh, and hottake (?): I prefer the dub. 😋

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@was_that_a_reference on instagram.

Thanks for the muppet samurai.

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4 hours left

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Modern Boys

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🌸🌸🌸spring doodles🌸🌸🌸

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[ open rp | Kyuzo from Samurai 7 ]

A man wandered the road, making his way into the capital. Shops held various events this time of year from games, to eating contests, all to celebrate the day Ukyo was killed and they all had their freedom from his reign of terror. Kuyzo stopped to admire a collection of swords, all displayed valiantly in cases, some older ones unsheathed and in barrels.

Picking up a blunt sword he took a look at the shopkeeper, who cringed as he recognized the silent man as a samurai who had once been bodyguard to the late Ukyo. “D-do you have a question, sir?” He asked stuttering and shuffled toward the red coated man, wringing his hands.

“All of these are blunt.”

“Pardon?” Holding a strained grin the man looked at his wares, frightened.

“Blunt.” Kuyzo then removed his double blades from their sheathe at his back and slashed at the stalls the owner had set up and watched as the swords fell to the ground rolling every direction and into the path of oncoming people.

The shopkeeper hastily picked up every one and hurled them back into the shop. Kuyzo eyed him, beckoning with a sword handle. “Sharpen them before selling….and toss old ones…” Holding a sword point under the man’s chin, the blond saw the sheer fear in his eyes.

Letting him go the stoic man watched the other hurry into his shop and close the door. ‘Now those swords can’t disgrace warriors…’ Kyuzo thought, strolling through people again, not headed anywhere, just walking.

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Seven Samurai by Akira Kurosawa (1954) JPT3391 Neil McInnis

Set in the late Azuchi-Momoyama period, 7 Samurai details a story of survival, community, camaraderie, and loss. After a series of devastating raids from a marauding band of thieves, a small village turns to a traveling samurai, Kambei, for aid. Understandably, the Samurai is reluctant and skeptical at first, since he has everything to lose and nothing to gain. Fortunately for the villagers, he comes around to their side after rescuing one of their children from a stray bandit. Now determined to protect who he sees as innocent rural folk, he sets out to the city to recruit more Samurai for the effort. However, the village has been left practically destitute, and can only offer small servings of rice to any Samurai who offers them aid. The village elder suggests they find "a hungry Samurai".

In the town, after a series of surprise-attack tests on Samurai, they recruit Kambei's old war-buddy Shichirōji, along with Gorobei (a proficient archer), Heihachi, and Kyūzō, a stoic master swordsman whom Katsushirō develops a man-crush on. Kikuchiyo, a wild-eyed, monkey-like Samurai wannabe, is eventually accepted into the group after they give up trying to get him to go away. Once all 7 are recruited, they return to the village and begin the long process of building trust between themselves and the villagers. This trust also involves training them to use spears and basic tactics. They construct various defense structures, like wooden palisades, moats, and moving villagers to the center of the village.

Kambei decides to strike at the bandits preemptively, with a strike party consisting of Heihachi, Kikuchiyo, and Rikichi. They burn the bandit hut and force them out, freeing the captured women and cutting down the men. Rikichi's wife was made a concubine, so he and Heihachi rushed inside to rescue her. Tragically, Heihachi is shot at a distance by a musket. He's killed almost immediately and Kikuchiyo carries his body back to the village. Racked with grief, Kikuchiyo plants the flag they made atop a house overlooking Heihachi's grave, and vows to fight to the end.

The day of the raid approaches, the 6 remaining Samurai continue to fortify the village and train the villagers with bamboo spears. Kyuzo successfully dispatches 2 bandits and takes 1 musket in a solo night raid. Kambei orders the villagers to let the bandits in singularly or in small groups to slowly dispatch all of them. In the next raid, Gorobei is killed by a mounted archer. This goes on for several days, and Kikuchiyo steals one more musket. In the next raid, the presumed leader of the bandits takes several villagers hostage with a musket, and starts shooting at the Samurai as they try to break in. He hits Kyuzo, killing him nearly instantly. Enraged, Kikuchiyo charges the bandit, and sustains a serious wound, but still manages to drive his katana through the bandit's chest before he succumbs to his injury.

All in all, 4 of the 7 Samurai were killed, 3 of the 4 by gunshot. Kambei reflects on the incident, saying "in the end this was our loss. Those peasants bear the true victory" as he, Katsuhiro, and Shichiroji gaze solemnly at the graves of their fallen comrades.

The shot I chose to analyze for this film was the one where Kikichiyo stabs 5 more katana into a mound of mud, so that he can pick them up easily. This scene reflects the anger and guilt he feels from his fallen friends, and his resolve to keep on fighting on behalf of them and the villagers.

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Glad you got out of the airport! And ok, now for the big one: top 5 characters (or too 10, whichever is less stressful to you lol)

Ask me my top 5/top 10 anything

Oh god what an evil question. This is going to be a top 10 because to choose only 5 characters…evil. I literally had to make this list on a time crunch cuz otherwise I would’ve languished over it forever

In no particular order:

Andrew Minyard (All For the Game)

Mo Xi (Yuwu)

Harrowhark Nonagesimus (The Locked Tomb)

Armand (Interview With the Vampire)

Katara (Avatar: The Last Airbender)

Lan Wangji (Mo Dao Zu Shi)

Inej Ghafa (Six of Crows)

Kim Theerapanyakul (KinnPorsche)

Kyuzo (Samurai 7)

Akemi Homura (Puella Magi Madoka Magica)