10 Second Anime - Fuuun Ishin Dai Shogun - Episode 6

Fuuun Ishin Dai Shogun - Episode 6

Shigeyoshi may be bad, but he has his reasons. The prime minister has large appetites, and large secrets. Shigeyoshi's onigami is reawakened in a baptism by blood.

Hmm.

I like how we see what's going on with the Shogunate in turmoil from an inside out perspective. Shigeyoshi, supposedly our Big Bad, took some harsh action against the Black Ships, which in this alternative history actually fired on the coastal cities, but was imprisoned for his rashness, as opposed to his loyalty to the shogun. In the present, he has rejoined the ill shogun's inner council.

This rashness never went away, and Shigeyoshi confronts the shogun himself over his odd instructions relayed by the prime minister, who blatantly appears to be abusing his position, that he's taking a new concubine. He may have had an ally in the put-upon Matsudaira, the chief of staff, but their respective outlooks on life would have definitely clashed. As it is, he finds out what the prime minister has been hiding, and why the shogun has been giving such odd orders: he's dead, and has been for some time. Why the Iga ninjas know this and didn't tell anyone is something that needs to be answered.

I'm not sure how much Shigeyoshi's bloodlust comes from his own personality, and how much of it is influenced by the onigami he is bonded to. Several times we see that Shigeyoshi is possessed by Takemikazuchi, but that could also be his affinity to the self-willed puppet. Or some combination. It's enough for the story that they're connected.

While taking out the prime minister for his acts of disloyalty to the Shogunate by furthering his appetites and ambitions is the right thing to do, Shigeyoshi being consumed by wrath and killing everyone in the palace, and then going after Keiichiro and his onigami is going too far. I guess every revolutionary who engineers a palace coup starts out with noble goals and intentions, before it all turns into mass murder.

Heh.

Shigeyoshi's personal military police, or Shinsengumi, have all the elements of a harem, down to the overplayful one teasing the others.

It seems to me these ladies have to give each other attention, as Shigeyoshi does not even give a whiff of any attraction to them. Keiichiro's harem is the fun bunch.

Speaking of giving ladies the proper attention, the prime minister has the hands for the job.

No melons on that fruit plate? Oh, wait, there they are. Never mind...

Geh.

We had some stealth censorship going on with some bloody scenes. They took the red out, and left a grey scale splash. Reminded me very much of Samurai Girls, who knew how to utilize ink blots for stylistic reasons. Still, quite jarring to see a big spray of charcoal ink, and then leave blood red stains on someone's face. As Takemikazuchi is both the Sword God and Thunder God in Japanese lore, I expect we'll see more of this blood spray.