Lastly, while the episode features a cool fight between a human-looking Aku and Jack, it ultimately boils down to a wit battle, as both fighters made ridiculous plans to outwit each other and bypass the rules to win the fight. Jack tries to act responsible and knowledgeable as he obviously doesn’t know where it is, and Aku offers to give him a ride that Jack politely refuses. Of course, the icing on the cake of the scene is that Aku invites Jack to duel in a place he doesn’t know, and the roles are amusingly reversed in two senses. As Jack’s face shows serious thinking and planning, Aku treats us with hysterical faces trying to hide his real thoughts while boldly showing them like a kid. Aku offers a face to face, with the condition of Jack not using his sword. Tired of useless bounty hunters, Aku shows up and calls on the stagnation of the fight and making fun of the very format of the show, saying that they never reach a conclusion and Aku always flies away laughing maniacally. The egotistical personality of Aku is strong enough that bounces off with himself, along with the late Mako’s impressive voice acting his lackadasical personality allows him to make a sketch by himself, by doing or saying typically non-villain stuff, such as reading kids stories that vangloriate his figure over Samurai Jack just because he wanted to be more popular.
The episode’s premise is that Aku (funnily so) contacts bounty hunters that fail to defeat Jack.
Aku cannot harm Jack as long as he has his sword, and Aku always escapes from Jack with his shapeshifting powers. The great thing about their rivalry, other than the fight between good and evil, is that they’re in a constant stagnation. If Samurai Jack was a purely comedic show, Jack would be the straight man while Aku is the comic. There is no reason to put up this pic it’s just an excellent pic of Aku saying «Extra thick!» This episode in and on itself has an interesting chunk of action, but it’s nowhere near as good as its charming dialogue-based humour. Jack never speaks when he is alone, that would be ridiculous, but he is at his most fragile here, his weakness shows and he can’t help but feel the weight of his tragic journey. The great thing about this episode is the almost total lack of dialogue Jack only says «My home» and «Father…Mother», the two biggest emotional points. Which is okay but not remotely as incredible as the Season 5’s flashback. Lastly, he remembers the heroic feat of a samurai warrior (or probably he walked in the set of Lone Wolf and Cub), which will also inspire his determination and courage. He fondly remembers the first kiss of a girl as a devastating shot shows us how everything has died out at his feet. He then walks down the ruins of a short, enclosed hallway, fitting for his next memory as a kid running and playing through the fields. When Jack looks around, we don’t see ruins of his home, we see that literally nothing has survived, but his memories strike so strong that he completely rebuilds himself the whole scenario, even remembering all the people and time of the year (spring).Īs Jack walks through the isolated place, the more immersed in his memories he is, as he sees his parents and can’t help but weep, remembering the mother he left behind. The great idea of this scene is that it starts using the bell’s sound to induce a small shock to send you back to the past. He walks up some stairs and starts finding more images he can recognize, until he sees a big bell, he promptly gives a light hit, and still doubtful of the meaning of the sound, he checks the emblem engraved into it, and the memories overflow his mind. After Jack fights off some enemies, he is walking by the side of a river, and as he washes his face, he realizes there is a familiar looking statue. This episode is as straight forward as its title. Season 2 Episode 6: Jack remembers the past However, another aspect of it is it’s great use for contemplative scenes. As I already said before, Samurai Jack has a knack for the use of effective silence, although I only mentioned it for the purpose of mantaining the tension in the action.
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