SHŌGUN Episode 9 REACTION!! 1x09 “Crimson Sky” | Breakdown & Review

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Blackthorn offering to do what he did for Mariko brought me to tears. What he offered was not just as a man who loves a woman romantically, but as a man who loves and respects his friend. Rather than thinking with his Western ideals (which would have made him want to stop her), he acted upon her Japanese ideals of duty, honor, loyalty, and sacrifice. He loved her enough to step in and help her complete her mission when NO ONE else showed up to be her second.

Mariko calling herself Aketchi Mariko at the end was icing on the cake 😢.

Yabushige one of the most despicable and lovable characters all in one. Really is a testament to the acting displayed by the gentleman playing him.

At the end of the day Mariko was the Crimson Sky 😭.

If Anna Sawai isn’t nominated for best actress at the Emmy’s and every single other tv awards show for this year, then NO ONE should be nominated! The scene of Mariko about to commit Sepukku was one of the most intense scenes of tv I have ever seen. I was as exhausted and relieved as she was when she put down her tanto.

No you guys!!! Yabishige let in the shinobi! He has picked Ishido in this episode! He was killing Toranaga’s men that were guarding Mariko and his wives and kid! He didn’t expect for blackthorn and his gun to be in the room!

You misinterpreted what Yabu did in this episode Firstly he kills the captain of his own guard. Then he lets in the ninjas, the tapping him counting so that they could kill the sleeping guards first before the others went in. He only "warns them" after the gurds are dead. He then tries to lead Mariko to a place where she will be captured, but she goes to the room with the metal door He is very much NOT Toranaga's man

I’m pretty sure there was a good 30 minute stretch during this episode where I felt like I was unconscious with how paralyzed I was to the screen not moving up until Mariko gets saved from taking her life… and then they went and hit me with that ending.😭

I think by far the best moment of this episode, and one of my favourite moments of the whole series, is Blackthorne drawing that vertical line in the horizontally drawn stones. My interpretation of it is that he’s so tired and fed up of the order and reasoning of the Japanese society, so distressed and upset at his inability to impact anything in the greater scheme of things, all he can do is destroy the order and sanctity of a single perfect garden

the shinobi was there to kidnapp mariko, not kill her. if they kill her they just create more problems with the high families. And Mariko didn't technically kill herself she sacrificed her life for the lives inside Including Blackthorn. And yeah shinobi is basically the same word for ninja. Man this episode was so great

This episode was fantastic. I really hope the actors gain awards because they deserve it.

If this show doesn’t win mad awards for costume design....

48:53 Well said. Anna Sawais portrayal of Mariko is not only the best acting I have seen all year, it’s some of the best acting I have ever seen. Building on one of the most incredible, strong and complex characters ever put to paper, the show was able to elevate Mariko into new dimensions; The writers gave Mariko focus and stoicism, and Sawai gave her heart and raw, unbridled power. Not many people can believably play a one-man army able to topple an empire. What a lightning storm of a performance she gives in episode 9 and all throughout this series. I can’t think of anyone more deserving of an Emmy.

Buntaro is having a really bad week

I love the way they use words like a double edged sword. Mariko praising her blood line and insulting Ishido's with same words..

I watched the ep during my lunch break today. By the time it was over, I told my manager I wasn't going to be able to work until I had some time to process.

Toranaga has several sons, Nagakado was one of his youngest, which is why he was constantly trying to prove himself. He wanted to live upto being on par with the others.

The life of Akechi Tama(Hosokawa Gracia), the model for Mariko, were conveyed to Europe by the Jesuits and became widely known through printed materials (although quite embellished for missionary purposes). In 1698, the Jesuit opera about her was performed in Vienna. It seems that even Marie Antoinette, as a child, was impressed by the life of Gracia after seeing this opera. Both born into nobility yet tossed by the times, Gracia married Hosokawa Tadaoki at the age of 15, while Marie married Louis XVI at the age of 14. Both were subsequently swept up in major political upheavals, yet in adversity, they bravely protected their children, maintained their dignity, and, curiously, both also ended their lives at the age of 37.

So the Shinobi attack was Ishido's plan which Yabushige took part too? He expected the hostage to come to the gate, but instead they went into that room. That's why he's also shaken that he thought he would die there.