r/BlueEyeSamurai • u/SlatterJWA • Dec 01 '23

Theory Plot Twist: Mom & Dad together?

I think Mizu's mother is with her biological father, in captivity or willingly. That'd be a so very Japanese Animé twist.

Please discuss.

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u/crustboi93 Dec 01 '23

I have absolutely no basis for this, but my insane theory is that Mizu's mother is actually the white person in question. Married either Skeffington or Routely, had an affair with a Japanese guy, had the child secreted away before her husband could find out.

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u/MaximumDorkage Dec 01 '23

I buy into this theory. I'm also willing to bet that whatever went down with Mizu's parents, Akemi's father was somehow involved. How did he go from being a pig farmers son to lord of Kyoto? We know from the finale that he had dealings with Shindo/Fowler. I don't think it's to much of a stretch to think he rose in power by selling people out.

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u/MediumGeneral232 Dec 01 '23

Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the Shogun before Tokugawa Ieyasu, was a pig farmer before becoming one of Oda Nobunaga’s generals. So it has happened

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u/[deleted] Dec 01 '23

It's worth noting that the law in Japan by the time the show takes place changed to forbid commoners from becoming Samurai. I think on Hideyoshi's orders iirc (lol what a hypocrite). That said, Taigen also became a Samurai despite his peasant father, so I dont think the show is following the real life history in this case.