English Dub Review: Orient “Clash of the Shimazu”

Musashi brings it all together

Overview:

It’s up to Musashi’s squad to defeat Yataro, but the Shimazu siblings heading up their assault don’t seem to be on the same page anymore.

Our Take:

So yeah everyone in the Shimazu family seems to hate Musashi but that seems to change after this one. After all, if the guy clears you a path to complete your mission it’s kind of hard to not root for him. But unfortunately, they didn’t break the true horn of the Oni and needed to reorganize fast. Though this time it seems like Akihiro’s siblings would rather do it without him.

I think Akihiro is your typical misunderstood asshole. Sure he comes off as not caring about his family and just moving up but I don’t think that is really true. He held on to an item that he and his siblings played with when they were children so I think that says something. What has really set this second cour apart from the first is the characterization of Musashi. We have mostly just been focusing on him and it has done nothing but improve the show in my eyes. Here’s to hoping it continues when we get a big battle that he will be involved in next week.