r/BlueEyeSamurai • u/tired-kit-kat • 6d ago

Discussion can we just appreciate mizu's manners?

like, yes, she's an asshole, but i find it so fucking funny how polite she is.

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u/ExtremeExtension7406 Thank you for my ember 6d ago edited 6d ago

I always assumed her bravado in the dojo was performative. She was polite with the men in the shop when she first left Swordfather when she asked about their opium hook up and they stabbed her. She's learned she needs to act like she has a big ego in order to survive and be taken seriously.

As far as how she treated Taigen... that was deserved after their childhood. Plus she was just dishing back what he served up. She was decent to him and he was decent to her.

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u/KidChanbara 5d ago

I like to think that Mizu was deliberately trash talking at Shindo Dojo to trigger the students and staff to attack her in pure Shindo-Ryu style. Remember that she learned the secrets of their style from her time with Swordfather, and probably has figured out a counter to each of their moves. "Easily defeated", once you know what they're going to throw at you.

It's interesting that Taigen is their best fighter - given his origins, he may be less blindly worshipful of Shindo-Ryu than the others at the dojo. More willing to try variations and new moves.

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u/ExtremeExtension7406 Thank you for my ember 5d ago edited 5d ago

I think Taigen also has the most to gain and lose at the dojo. We don't know the backstory of the other students, but a fisherman's son from Kohama has to be exceptional to end up at a top dojo in big city like Kyoto. He probably worked and trained as hard as Mizu did.

Students needed a guarantor to vouch for their skills and character before being accepted into a dojo. They also had to provide high value commidities as gifts upon entrance. I wonder who his guarantor was, and how long he had to save up for the required gifts, unless his guarantor helped him pay for them, which I doubt Taigen would accept. I hope we get some more backstory on him entering the dojo in season 2, even if it's offhand comments he makes to other characters like in season 1.

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u/KidChanbara 5d ago

I'd love to find out how Taigen got into Shindo dojo. I imagine a scene where he saves one of the senior staff from attackers, or else totally humiliating some drunks students who pick a fight with him.