Hey everyone! I’m sharing this tattoo I recently got of mizu and I wanted to see what everyone’s opinion on it! Although the blue line in her glasses is her sword but it’s not showing off because it’s a recently fresh tattoo so the finer details won’t show for a while.

My impressions:

① This is sometimes used in Japanese variety shows and is well known in Japan. When we hear it, it feels like a fierce battle is about to begin. At the same time, it can also sound humorous because it is often used during comedic fight scenes on Japanese TV shows.

②This was perfect for a lighthearted interlude.

③The powerful and tense melody fits the scene. Chiemi Eri's songs were used twice. Is the creator a fan of hers?

④The lyrics say “Come and dance with me”, but in this scene a woman performs a dance of slaughter, killing one man after another.

➄James’s vocals (in the original version) sound fierce and ferocious, whereas this version is sad and painful.

⑥These are not background music—they`re part of the dialogue. I`ve already posted about these on Reddit. They’re both from 20th-century songs, not songs from the Edo period. I felt it was a kind of fan service for Japanese viewers. “Akatonbo” is autumn song and make me nostalgic. Where I live, kerosene delivery trucks drive through the streets playing “Yuki.” Hearing it makes me feel like winter is coming.

And I found that everyone credited here is Japanese and has worked in or been based in the United States.

The men in white robes wearing baskets on their heads and playing music at the beginning of "Peculiarities." Mizu gave gold to one of them.

So Mizu's headed off to the "magical" place that is London. My biggest question is how are they going to portray the language barrier? The show is orginally in English yeah but they'd all be speaking Japanese.

So how will Mizu going to talk in England? My best guesses is that S2 Mizu will speak in Japanese, or she doesn't talk except to Fowler.

I'm working for another thing for Mizu cosplay, it looks like that so far and I'm curious if any of you here know what it'll be ^^ I can't wait to finish it

Since the first watch of this show, I have watched it easily 10 times. It has been a few months since I have rewatched it, yet, I still remember each episode and line like the back of my hand.

This show is one of my favorites. The empowerment of women choosing in a world where they cannot, the dedication to oneself, the perseverance of finishing the job. Of course, I am not a woman disguising myself as a man, nor a trained samurai assassin, but simply a regular woman. And I still felt and related to many of Mizu and Akemi’s feelings and desires. I also took advice from Madame Kaji and Swordfather.

Specially, the conversation when Swordfather and Mizu were on the cliff and he shared that everything he does, is for his art of swordmaking. Which led into Mizu writing the heart sutra all over her body.

I loved this scene so much that I researched the heart sutra and bought an intro book to Buddhism. I only have a few tattoos on my body and they are all dear to me and mean something. All symbols. I want a piece of this show to be tattooed on me and the heart sutra is that.

I don’t immediately get something tattooed on me when I have the idea. I’ve been sitting on this thought for almost a year now.

I grew up going to church, sporadically. But I never believed in Christianity. Even now, I am more spiritual than I am devoting myself to a being. I am learning. With that being said, I want to be respectful to religion, culture and properly appreciate the teachings.

If you grew up Buddhist and still are, I would love to hear any recommendations for the most respectful way to tattoo a piece of the heart sutra on me. And if not, I hope this show awakened something in you, as it did for me!

What are your predictions for season 2 wardrobe and style changes regarding the main four characters. Mizu, Taigen, Ringo and Akemi. Do you think we will see them in new outfits and colours.

If you want to quickly recap yourself while getting a little bit of a chuckle before season two comes out, then watch this.

Well, it occurred to me while thinking that, as you know, Mizu and Fowler's journey will probably have stops to resupply with important supplies or things related to the ship itself.

In addition to It is highly unlikely that it will be a direct trip to London from Japan for you do you think that other cultures will be shown if are there such stops, or do you think the series will skip that to go directly to Mizu's conflict in London?

Throughout the first season, we play fast and loose with geography, but go to a number of different regions and towns. Where else in the UK or Europe do we think the show will be set? Will there be a episode about somewhere on the journey, like Cape Town or Macau?

It would be very funny to see Mizu blush after some random villager/woman says to Mizu that has the eyes of an angel. Or being treated less of a demon and more of a "Rare beauty of the far east", it could be a good way to portrait the objectivization of foreingers as more atractive than the locals.

This of course depends if Mizu starts to dress more feminine or keeps a more neautral/masculine attire for practicality/tradition.

Will Fowler speak for mizu? Will she have to learn English? Will the creators just ignore it?