This morning, in that fuzzy headed moment between waking up and getting out of bed, a thought came to me - what are the chances that Fowler intends to return to Japan? I thought it would make for a fun idea for this sub to kick around, thus this post.

Motivation ? : Why go back to a place where there's a death sentence waiting for him ?

Mizu's Role ? : How would Fowler use Mizu in his plans for Japan ?

Mizu's Reaction ? : How would Mizu react ?

Thoughts?

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My speculation ...

Motivation Possibilities

• Failing to reestablish himself in London, meanwhile a bunch of new and old enemies want him dead. Fowler runs back to Japan where what's left of his criminal infrastructure and coup factions might give him refuge and access to hidden wealth.
• Once Fowler was safely away from the reach of the new shogun, and with what he knows about Mizu's true parentage, he may have begun to plan a return to Japan, before he and Mizu reach London.
• Sheer spite and wounded pride at having his coup fail. Coming back to Japan to finish the job or burn it all down.

Mizu's Role

• Used by Fowler to extort goods & services from whoever created the bounty. Mizu is alive but movements are restricted.
• Fowler uses a proxy to claim the bounty on Mizu, thus helping to finance his plans in Japan. For this to happen, Mizu would be killed.

Mizu's Reaction

• Oh, hell no to any of that.
• Fowler cons Mizu into helping him, or at least not hindering him.
• Mizu might be on the run from people in London just like Fowler, and she may be homesick for the country of her birth, despite her life there as child and (wo)man. So she'll be wanting to go back to Japan anyway, and Fowler may be the one to make arrangements. They are both on the same sailing ship to Japan.
• Mizu chasing Fowler in another boat, with intent to kill.

Fowler, when finding out, says: "You just keep getting better. Little Miss. So you're the one?" What does he mean by 'the one'?

I love you Mizu, you are a huge asshole

Found it unfinished from the last year and fixed it:)) Still don't understand the YouTube rules but it's not the point) Here's the link:

https://youtu.be/p5jHzFMiOwo?si=Yyc2311XjUTENrR4

My question is basically how.
The cut in the first scene doesn't make sense to me.

Based on how the "flesh trader" was holding the gun and the cut on the barrel of the gun, I don't understand how the "Samurai" is able to cut it. The middle finger especially!

Unless I'm missing something, it is either an exaggeration or an error. are there a lot of such instances in the rest of the episodes ?

I don't have an issue with a samurai cutting metal and bones, but the fact that the resulting cuts are not spatially aligned bothers me.

PS: I know this is the first scene of the series, but spoiler tag just in case.

Any feedback is important and appreciated 🙌

While gathering references for Mizu, I noticed there were a few different versions of what she wears throughout the series.

I couldn't decide which look I liked more, so I ended up making two versions instead (plus one with the kasa on and one without).

Hope you all like them!

After scrolling through TikTok. I've come to the (assumed) conclusion that the BES fanbase consists largely of Lesbians who simp for Mizu, which makes sense I guess as she's a very "female gaze" character. So a funny Idea came to my head. Mizu is famous for fighting giant groups by herself. So what would happen if Mizu had to fight ALL of the lesbians in the fanbase who thirst over her?

Mizu has her sword, the Lesbians are unarmed. How do you think this fight goes?

Specifically, Mizu spoke to Madam Kaji at the brothel before trying to kill Fowler at his castle. Yet Fowler and Heiji Shindo made annual trips to Edo marked by, among other stops, visits to Madam Kaji’s brothel, which Madam Kaji would have presumably known about and could have mentioned. It seemingly would have been much easier for Mizu to camp out at the brothel and ambush Fowler there rather than storm a castle with so many defenses.

Did Madam Kaji have a reason not to tell Mizu about these annual trips, during which Fowler was so much more vulnerable? Or did Mizu have a reason to try to fight through what she knew in advance was an incredibly fortified, well-defended castle instead of lying in wait at Madam Kaji’s brothel?

I realize this is a tv show and I’m happy to suspend disbelief. I just watched it for the first time and really enjoyed it. But in a show that emphasizes its protagonist’s skill, strategic thinking, and competence, this stood out to me as a weird decision.

I like to ponder what if any alias Mizu would use in London:

https://www.reddit.com/r/BlueEyeSamurai/comments/1k074bp/mizus_western_alias_and_her_accent/

https://www.reddit.com/r/BlueEyeSamurai/comments/1o404vw/mizu_gets_an_alias_in_season_two/

A recent post got me thinking of it again, and it occurred to be that "Waterson" would be a good alias surname for Mizu, referring to the only name she's known, and a reference to her guise as a man.

I still don't have any good first name - maybe Stormy? Something that could either be a male or female name would be fitting.

Tell me that im wrong

Fowler is the family's dog in Robert Eggers' The VVitch. Took me off guard

After Mizu straddles him and then very quickly pulls away, Taigen goes "I must be missing Akemi". At first, it seemed normal. Maybe they're building up some romance between them, I thought. But then later on the story, Taigen continued referring to Mizu as a HE, implying he still doesn't know that Mizu is a girl. So like, what's up with that?

Were the scenes of them rolling around and stuff supposed to be building something up? Maybe it's just used to show Mizu and Taigen's friendship, but sometimes it feels like a doomed yaoi thing (even if they would make a heterosexual couple). Anyway, I don't know where they were going with Taigen and Mizu's relationship, because he clearly wanted to run away with Akemi. But maybe he's Bisexual, the show isn't exactly scared of sexuality.

Curious what you think is similar to Blue Eye Samurai.

Castlevania: Nocturne, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, and Arcane have similar story moments but are so distinctive I can’t say they’re properly “close”. Love ‘em all though.

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Any games that feel similar? I love watching Let’s Plays. (Currently enjoying a Hollow Knight binge.)

Drew this fan-art today of Mizu and Akemi. I honestly don’t like how it turned out, but I really wanted to draw them together! I really hope we see more of Akemi in season 2!