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* [[spoiler:HaveYouToldAnyoneElse]]: Ise, the courtesan who overhears Fowler bragging about his plans to [[spoiler:overthrow the Shogun]] and tries to report them later, is asked almost exactly this by [[spoiler:Akemi's father, Lord Daichi Tokonubo]].
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** Moments later, [[spoiler:Ringo]] shows up to save [[spoiler:Mizu and Taigen from drowning]].
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** Moments later, [[spoiler:Ringo]] shows up to save [[spoiler:Mizu and Taigen from drowning]].drowning, despite having left Mizu's service earlier that episode]].
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** Rango is a cripple, born without hands, which sees him looked down as useless; he tries to find something to be a master at anyway.
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** Rango Ringo is a cripple, born without hands, which sees him looked down as useless; he tries to find something to be a master at anyway.anyway.
* ChangedMyMindKid: A double example within two minutes of each other:
** Mizu abandons her first revenge attempt on Fowler at the last minute [[spoiler:to save Taigen by grabbing him and diving out the window of Fowler's castle into the sea]].
** Moments later, [[spoiler:Ringo]] shows up to save [[spoiler:Mizu and Taigen from drowning]].
* ChangedMyMindKid: A double example within two minutes of each other:
** Mizu abandons her first revenge attempt on Fowler at the last minute [[spoiler:to save Taigen by grabbing him and diving out the window of Fowler's castle into the sea]].
** Moments later, [[spoiler:Ringo]] shows up to save [[spoiler:Mizu and Taigen from drowning]].
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** [[spoiler:The initial assault on the Shogun's castle by the insurrectionists is this thanks to Fowler's guns]].
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** [[spoiler:The initial assault on the Shogun's castle by the insurrectionists is this this, thanks to Fowler's guns]].
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* HollywoodGenetics: Blue eyes are a recessive gene, which means that the only way for a blue-eyed father to sire a blue-eyed child with a brown-eyed mother is for that mother to have had a blue-eyed ancestor of her own somewhere in her past. Combined with TheReveal that [[spoiler:the woman Mizu always thought was her mother was (if Abijah Fowler is to be believed) only a maid paid to hide and protect her]], this implies there may be more to Mizu's background than even Mizu knows.
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* HollywoodGenetics: Blue The gene for blue eyes are a recessive gene, is recessive, which means that the only way for a blue-eyed father to sire a blue-eyed child with a brown-eyed mother is for that mother to have had a blue-eyed ancestor of her own somewhere in her past. Combined with TheReveal that [[spoiler:the woman Mizu always thought was her mother was (if Abijah Fowler is to be believed) only a maid paid to hide and protect her]], this implies there may be more to Mizu's background than even Mizu knows.
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* HollywoodGenetics: Blue eyes are a recessive gene, which means that the only way for a blue-eyed father to sire a blue-eyed child with a brown-eyed mother is for that mother to have had a blue-eyed ancestor of her own somewhere in her past. Combined with TheReveal that [[spoiler:the woman Mizu always thought was her mother was (if Abijah Fowler is to be believed) only a maid paid to hide and protect her]], this implies there may be more to Mizu's background than even Mizu knows.
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* BrokenPedestal: Ringo's admiration for Mizu and desire to become Mizu's apprentice samurai vanishes when [[spoiler:Mizu allows Akemi to be arrested and taken back to her father; while Mizu claims (not unreasonably) that this is ultimately for Akemi's own good, Ringo sees it as a dishonourable betrayal of a comrade and a samurai's responsibility.]] He deliberately removes the bell Mizu tied on his leg to demonstrate his abandonment of service.
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: The series plays KatanasAreJustBetter ''very'' straight, with Mizu and Taigen's mastery of the blade being sufficient for them to slice through entire tree trunks in a single blow with enough focus. However, despite both having the skills to[[ParryingBullets slice arrows in flight as a defence when attacked from afar]], [[spoiler:when Mizu finally ascends up Fowler's castle and breaks into his personal study to confront him, he brings an english matchlock rifle to bear agaisnt her instead. Despite having the hand-eye coordination to bring her blade into the path of the bullet, the sword does ''not'' cut the projectile in two, and it actually breaks Mizu's ThunderboltIron sword instead, illustrating how dangerous and game-changing guns are no matter how semi-mystical the sword skills on display]].
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: The series plays KatanasAreJustBetter ''very'' straight, with Mizu and Taigen's mastery of the blade being sufficient for them to slice through entire tree trunks in a single blow with enough focus. However, despite both having the skills to[[ParryingBullets to [[ParryingBullets slice arrows in flight as a defence when attacked from afar]], [[spoiler:when Mizu finally ascends up Fowler's castle and breaks into his personal study to confront him, he brings an english matchlock rifle to bear agaisnt her instead. Despite having the hand-eye coordination to bring her blade into the path of the bullet, the sword does ''not'' cut the projectile in two, and it actually breaks Mizu's ThunderboltIron sword instead, illustrating how dangerous and game-changing guns are no matter how semi-mystical the sword skills on display]].
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** Crossed with GeniusBonus. Those knowledgeable in the legend of the ''Onryo'', a blue-eyed female spirit Mizu is often compared to, would be able to tell that [[spoiler:Mizu would not truly turn into the hardened killer she's become in the series until she's suffered a personal betrayal by one she loved, becoming [[RevengeBeforeReason consumed by her desire for revenge in her pain]] just like the legend. In episode 5, Mizu is reluctant to engage in violence on the trail of her first target, getting near-fatally stabbed by some thugs when she enquires into the Opium trade because she didn't;t fight back. It's not until she's betrayed by either her would-be husband, her mother, or [[AmbiguousSituation both]], that [[GainingTheWillToKill she reaches the point of using her fighting skills for lethal effect for the first time]]]].
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** Crossed with GeniusBonus. Those knowledgeable in the legend of the ''Onryo'', a blue-eyed female spirit Mizu is often compared to, would be able to tell that [[spoiler:Mizu would not truly turn into the hardened killer she's become in the series until she's suffered a personal betrayal by one she loved, becoming [[RevengeBeforeReason consumed by her desire for revenge in her pain]] just like the legend. In episode 5, Mizu is reluctant to engage in violence on the trail of her first target, getting near-fatally stabbed by some thugs when she enquires into the Opium trade because she didn't;t didn't fight back. It's not until she's betrayed by either her would-be husband, her mother, or [[AmbiguousSituation both]], that [[GainingTheWillToKill she reaches the point of using her fighting skills for lethal effect for the first time]]]].
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* InhumanEyeConcealers: Mizu hides the fact that she is mixed race by wearing a pair of tinted glasses that hide the color of her eyes.
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* InhumanEyeConcealers: Mizu hides the fact that she is mixed race by wearing a pair of tinted glasses that hide the color of her eyes.eyes, though, this only really counts as "inhuman" from the perspective of the Japanese.
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* FetishesAreWeird: There’s several references to Abijah Fowler’s perverse cravings for new sexual experiences. He is shown being serviced in an orgy and being pegged by a prostitute wearing a long-nosed tengu mask (with said nose). The more heroic characters are depicted engaging in vanilla sex.
* {{Foreshadowing}}:
** Mizu has a diagonal cross-shaped tattoo on her left forearm, with a dot in one of the corners, which is [[ArcSymbol worked into the design of the Netflix logo]], often stroking it when thinking about her vow to kill the 4 white men who sired her. [[spoiler:The tattoo is a KillTally of her targets, and as Mizu confirms in episode 3, the dot in one of the corners signifies that she's already [[KilledOffscreen killed one of them prior to the series starting]], with Fowler actually being her ''second'' target]].
** Crossed with GeniusBonus. Those knowledgeable in the legend of the ''Onryo'', a blue-eyed female spirit Mizu is often compared to, would be able to tell that [[spoiler:Mizu would not truly turn into the hardened killer she's become in the series until she's suffered a personal betrayal by one she loved, becoming [[RevengeBeforeReason consumed by her desire for revenge in her pain]] just like the legend. In episode 5, Mizu is reluctant to engage in violence on the trail of her first target, getting near-fatally stabbed by some thugs when she enquires into the Opium trade because she didn't;t fight back. It's not until she's betrayed by either her would-be husband, her mother, or [[AmbiguousSituation both]], that [[GainingTheWillToKill she reaches the point of using her fighting skills for lethal effect for the first time]]]].
** When Mizu finally confronts Abijah Fowler and he sees her tattoo, realising its significance, [[spoiler:he immediately deduces that her victim was "old Violet" out of all his old partners. This, along with his off-handedly mentioning how he needed to send special instructions in how to tweak the construction of the guns to London in order to have them [[HiddenInPlainSight smuggled in as bits and pieces of seemingly-ordinary furniture and goods]], hints at the reveal he surprises Mizu with when she finally has him at her mercy. His remaining two partners are not in Japan, unlike him and Violet, but in London, having left the country before the borders closed]].
* {{Foreshadowing}}:
** Mizu has a diagonal cross-shaped tattoo on her left forearm, with a dot in one of the corners, which is [[ArcSymbol worked into the design of the Netflix logo]], often stroking it when thinking about her vow to kill the 4 white men who sired her. [[spoiler:The tattoo is a KillTally of her targets, and as Mizu confirms in episode 3, the dot in one of the corners signifies that she's already [[KilledOffscreen killed one of them prior to the series starting]], with Fowler actually being her ''second'' target]].
** Crossed with GeniusBonus. Those knowledgeable in the legend of the ''Onryo'', a blue-eyed female spirit Mizu is often compared to, would be able to tell that [[spoiler:Mizu would not truly turn into the hardened killer she's become in the series until she's suffered a personal betrayal by one she loved, becoming [[RevengeBeforeReason consumed by her desire for revenge in her pain]] just like the legend. In episode 5, Mizu is reluctant to engage in violence on the trail of her first target, getting near-fatally stabbed by some thugs when she enquires into the Opium trade because she didn't;t fight back. It's not until she's betrayed by either her would-be husband, her mother, or [[AmbiguousSituation both]], that [[GainingTheWillToKill she reaches the point of using her fighting skills for lethal effect for the first time]]]].
** When Mizu finally confronts Abijah Fowler and he sees her tattoo, realising its significance, [[spoiler:he immediately deduces that her victim was "old Violet" out of all his old partners. This, along with his off-handedly mentioning how he needed to send special instructions in how to tweak the construction of the guns to London in order to have them [[HiddenInPlainSight smuggled in as bits and pieces of seemingly-ordinary furniture and goods]], hints at the reveal he surprises Mizu with when she finally has him at her mercy. His remaining two partners are not in Japan, unlike him and Violet, but in London, having left the country before the borders closed]].
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* {{Foreshadowing}}:
** Mizu has a diagonal cross-shaped tattoo on her left forearm, with a dot in one of the corners, which is [[ArcSymbol worked into the design of the Netflix logo]], often stroking it when thinking about her vow to kill the 4 white men who sired her. [[spoiler:The tattoo is a KillTally of her targets, and as Mizu confirms in episode 3, the dot in one of the corners signifies that she's already [[KilledOffscreen killed one of them prior to the series starting]], with Fowler actually being her ''second'' target]].
** Crossed with GeniusBonus. Those knowledgeable in the legend of the ''Onryo'', a blue-eyed female spirit Mizu is often compared to, would be able to tell that [[spoiler:Mizu would not truly turn into the hardened killer she's become in the series until she's suffered a personal betrayal by one she loved, becoming [[RevengeBeforeReason consumed by her desire for revenge in her pain]] just like the legend. In episode 5, Mizu is reluctant to engage in violence on the trail of her first target, getting near-fatally stabbed by some thugs when she enquires into the Opium trade because she didn't;t fight back. It's not until she's betrayed by either her would-be husband, her mother, or [[AmbiguousSituation both]], that [[GainingTheWillToKill she reaches the point of using her fighting skills for lethal effect for the first time]]]].
** When Mizu finally confronts Elijah Fowler and he sees her tattoo, realising its significance, [[spoiler:he immediately deduces that her victim was "old Violet" out of all his old partners. This, along with his off-handedly mentioning how he needed to send special instructions in how to tweak the construction of the guns to London in order to have them [[HiddenInPlainSight smuggled in as bits and pieces of seemingly-ordinary furniture and goods]], hints at the reveal he surprises Mizu with when she finally has him at her mercy. His remaining two partners are not in Japan, unlike him and Violet, but in London, having left the country before the borders closed]].
** Mizu has a diagonal cross-shaped tattoo on her left forearm, with a dot in one of the corners, which is [[ArcSymbol worked into the design of the Netflix logo]], often stroking it when thinking about her vow to kill the 4 white men who sired her. [[spoiler:The tattoo is a KillTally of her targets, and as Mizu confirms in episode 3, the dot in one of the corners signifies that she's already [[KilledOffscreen killed one of them prior to the series starting]], with Fowler actually being her ''second'' target]].
** Crossed with GeniusBonus. Those knowledgeable in the legend of the ''Onryo'', a blue-eyed female spirit Mizu is often compared to, would be able to tell that [[spoiler:Mizu would not truly turn into the hardened killer she's become in the series until she's suffered a personal betrayal by one she loved, becoming [[RevengeBeforeReason consumed by her desire for revenge in her pain]] just like the legend. In episode 5, Mizu is reluctant to engage in violence on the trail of her first target, getting near-fatally stabbed by some thugs when she enquires into the Opium trade because she didn't;t fight back. It's not until she's betrayed by either her would-be husband, her mother, or [[AmbiguousSituation both]], that [[GainingTheWillToKill she reaches the point of using her fighting skills for lethal effect for the first time]]]].
** When Mizu finally confronts Elijah Fowler and he sees her tattoo, realising its significance, [[spoiler:he immediately deduces that her victim was "old Violet" out of all his old partners. This, along with his off-handedly mentioning how he needed to send special instructions in how to tweak the construction of the guns to London in order to have them [[HiddenInPlainSight smuggled in as bits and pieces of seemingly-ordinary furniture and goods]], hints at the reveal he surprises Mizu with when she finally has him at her mercy. His remaining two partners are not in Japan, unlike him and Violet, but in London, having left the country before the borders closed]].
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** Mizu has a diagonal cross-shaped tattoo on her left forearm, with a dot in one of the corners, which is [[ArcSymbol worked into the design of the Netflix logo]], often stroking it when thinking about her vow to kill the 4 white men who sired her. [[spoiler:The tattoo is a KillTally of her targets, and as Mizu confirms in episode 3, the dot in one of the corners signifies that she's already [[KilledOffscreen killed one of them prior to the series starting]], with Fowler actually being her ''second'' target.
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** Mizu has a diagonal cross-shaped tattoo on her left forearm, with a dot in one of the corners, which is [[ArcSymbol worked into the design of the Netflix logo]], often stroking it when thinking about her vow to kill the 4 white men who sired her. [[spoiler:The tattoo is a KillTally of her targets, and as Mizu confirms in episode 3, the dot in one of the corners signifies that she's already [[KilledOffscreen killed one of them prior to the series starting]], with Fowler actually being her ''second'' target.target]].
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: The series plays KatanasAreJustBetter ''very'' straight, with Mizu and Taigen's mastery of the blade being sufficient for them to slice through entire tree trunks in a single blow with enough focus. However, despite both having the skills to[[ParryingBullets slice arrows in flight as a defence when attacked from afar]], [[spoiler:when Mizu finally ascends up Fowler's castle and breaks into his personal study to confront him, he brings an english matchlock rifle to bear agaisnt her instead. Despite having the hand-eye coordination to bring her blade into the path of the bullet, the sword does ''not'' cut the projectile in two, and it actually breaks Mizu's ThunderboltIron sword instead, illustrating how dangerous and game-changing guns are no matter how semi-mystical the sword skills on display]].
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* CreepyBlueEyes: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]]. Mizu's blue eyes mark her out as mixed-race, and the extremely racist Japanese around her consistently remark on how disturbing they are, comparing her to Onryo. Racism aside, she's undoubtedly a very cold and ruthless woman.
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* CreepyBlueEyes: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]]. Mizu's blue eyes mark her out as mixed-race, and the extremely racist Japanese around her consistently remark on how disturbing they are, comparing her to Onryo.to . Racism aside, she's undoubtedly a very cold and ruthless woman.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}:
** Mizu has a diagonal cross-shaped tattoo on her left forearm, with a dot in one of the corners, which is [[ArcSymbol worked into the design of the Netflix logo]], often stroking it when thinking about her vow to kill the 4 white men who sired her. [[spoiler:The tattoo is a KillTally of her targets, and as Mizu confirms in episode 3, the dot in one of the corners signifies that she's already [[KilledOffscreen killed one of them prior to the series starting]], with Fowler actually being her ''second'' target.
** Crossed with GeniusBonus. Those knowledgeable in the legend of the ''Onryo'', a blue-eyed female spirit Mizu is often compared to, would be able to tell that [[spoiler:Mizu would not truly turn into the hardened killer she's become in the series until she's suffered a personal betrayal by one she loved, becoming [[RevengeBeforeReason consumed by her desire for revenge in her pain]] just like the legend. In episode 5, Mizu is reluctant to engage in violence on the trail of her first target, getting near-fatally stabbed by some thugs when she enquires into the Opium trade because she didn't;t fight back. It's not until she's betrayed by either her would-be husband, her mother, or [[AmbiguousSituation both]], that [[GainingTheWillToKill she reaches the point of using her fighting skills for lethal effect for the first time]]]].
** Mizu has a diagonal cross-shaped tattoo on her left forearm, with a dot in one of the corners, which is [[ArcSymbol worked into the design of the Netflix logo]], often stroking it when thinking about her vow to kill the 4 white men who sired her. [[spoiler:The tattoo is a KillTally of her targets, and as Mizu confirms in episode 3, the dot in one of the corners signifies that she's already [[KilledOffscreen killed one of them prior to the series starting]], with Fowler actually being her ''second'' target.
** Crossed with GeniusBonus. Those knowledgeable in the legend of the ''Onryo'', a blue-eyed female spirit Mizu is often compared to, would be able to tell that [[spoiler:Mizu would not truly turn into the hardened killer she's become in the series until she's suffered a personal betrayal by one she loved, becoming [[RevengeBeforeReason consumed by her desire for revenge in her pain]] just like the legend. In episode 5, Mizu is reluctant to engage in violence on the trail of her first target, getting near-fatally stabbed by some thugs when she enquires into the Opium trade because she didn't;t fight back. It's not until she's betrayed by either her would-be husband, her mother, or [[AmbiguousSituation both]], that [[GainingTheWillToKill she reaches the point of using her fighting skills for lethal effect for the first time]]]].
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* CurbStompBattle: [[spoiler:The initial assault on the Shogun's castle by the insurrectionists is this thanks to Fowler's guns]].
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* CurbStompBattle: [[spoiler:The CurbStompBattle:
** Mizu singlehandedly fights her way through the entire Shindo Dojo without suffering even a single blow, only running into difficulty when she faces Taigen, the best fighter besides the dojo master. Despite initially struggling to defeat him, Mizu reveals [[IAmNotLeftHanded she's been keeping specially-designed weights on her arms and legs 24/7]] to improve her performance as a fighter. On taking them off, she instantly moves faster than Taigen can react to and is inches from cutting his throat before the master intervenes.
**[[spoiler:The initial assault on the Shogun's castle by the insurrectionists is this thanks to Fowler's guns]].
** Mizu singlehandedly fights her way through the entire Shindo Dojo without suffering even a single blow, only running into difficulty when she faces Taigen, the best fighter besides the dojo master. Despite initially struggling to defeat him, Mizu reveals [[IAmNotLeftHanded she's been keeping specially-designed weights on her arms and legs 24/7]] to improve her performance as a fighter. On taking them off, she instantly moves faster than Taigen can react to and is inches from cutting his throat before the master intervenes.
**[[spoiler:The initial assault on the Shogun's castle by the insurrectionists is this thanks to Fowler's guns]].
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* CynicismCatalyst: Mizu was married to an older man whom she slowly began to fall in love with until the reveal of her combat skills caused him to grow contemptuous of her. He (or her mother, or both) then leaked her existence to bounty hunters and Mizu saw her husband ride off to leave her to die. She proceed to ''snap'' and butchered them all, while deciding to walk the path of vengeance after.
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* CynicismCatalyst: Mizu was married to an older man whom she slowly began to fall in love with until the reveal of her combat skills caused him to grow contemptuous of her. He [[spoiler:He (or her mother, or both) then leaked her existence to bounty hunters and Mizu saw her husband ride off to leave her to die. She proceed to ''snap'' and butchered them all, while deciding to walk the path of vengeance after.after]].
* SkilledAndStrong: Fowler has mastered the use of a Japanese katana well enough that Mizu comments on the cleanness of a rose stem he cut to Heiji Shindo, stating that it shows a master's skill. Despite that, he prefers using brute force in a fight whenever he can't use a gun, using speed and strength and whatever is in the environment to give himself every advantage he can, putting Mizu on the ropes several times despite her sword skills being among the best demonstrated in the series.
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* RewardedAsATraitorDeserves: [[The noble that would have been the Puppet Shogun in Fowler's coup]] ends up as one of the four "condemned" men that Fowler has shot in order to demonstrate his guns. Fowler doesn't even give him the dignity of removing his hood before killing him.
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* RewardedAsATraitorDeserves: [[The [[spoiler:The noble that would have been the Puppet Shogun in Fowler's coup]] ends up as one of the four "condemned" men that Fowler has shot in order to demonstrate his guns. Fowler doesn't even give him the dignity of removing his hood before killing him.
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* AmbiguousSituation: It is never made clear who actually sold Mizu out to her enemies: her husband (who grows terrified of her due to her insane combat skills and [[BloodKnight lust for battle]]), her mother (who is addicted to opium), both, or neither. [[spoiler:We will likely never know and it does not really matter, as both are dead as doornails by the conclusion of the episode.]]
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* AmbiguousSituation: It is never made clear who actually sold Mizu out to her enemies: her husband (who grows terrified of her due to her insane combat skills and [[BloodKnight lust for battle]]), her mother (who is addicted to opium), opium [[spoiler:and wasn't her mother anyway if Fowler is to be believed]]), both, or neither. [[spoiler:We will likely never know and it does not really matter, as both are dead as doornails by the conclusion of the episode.]]
* NobleBigot: Taigen bullied Mizu as a child for her mixed race, but [[spoiler:is willing to be tortured to protect her]].
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* NobleBigot: Taigen bullied Mizu RewardedAsATraitorDeserves: [[The noble that would have been the Puppet Shogun in Fowler's coup]] ends up as a child for her mixed race, but [[spoiler:is willing one of the four "condemned" men that Fowler has shot in order to be tortured to protect her]].demonstrate his guns. Fowler doesn't even give him the dignity of removing his hood before killing him.
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* CentralTheme: Coping with the circumstances of one's birth seems to be one; each member of the main cast was born in a way that, in the extremely hierchichal culture of Edo period Japan, sees them shunted into a particular role they now try to escape:
** Mizu is mixed-race, which sees her subjected to bigotry and discrimination; she only wants revenge on the people she vies as responsible (i.e., her father).
** Taigen was born the son of a poor fisherman in a dirty backwater town, and seeks fame and riches through becoming a MasterSwordsman.
** Akemi is the daughter of a nobleman, which means she's destined for either a political marriage, or being sold to a brothel if she refuses. She's trying to find a way to escape that choice.
** Rango is a cripple, born without hands, which sees him looked down as useless; he tries to find something to be a master at anyway.
** Mizu is mixed-race, which sees her subjected to bigotry and discrimination; she only wants revenge on the people she vies as responsible (i.e., her father).
** Taigen was born the son of a poor fisherman in a dirty backwater town, and seeks fame and riches through becoming a MasterSwordsman.
** Akemi is the daughter of a nobleman, which means she's destined for either a political marriage, or being sold to a brothel if she refuses. She's trying to find a way to escape that choice.
** Rango is a cripple, born without hands, which sees him looked down as useless; he tries to find something to be a master at anyway.
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* AmbiguousSituation: It is never made clear who actually sold Mizu out to her enemies: her husband (who grows terrified of her due to her insane combat skills and [[BloodKnight lust for battle]]), her mother (who is addicted to opium), both, or neither. [[spoiler:We will likely never know and it does not really matter, as both are dead as doornails by the conclusion of the episode.]]
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* InterfaceSpoiler: Sort of. If one watches a dub or sub of the series in a language where verbs are gendered (which English is not, but Russian, for instance, is), Mizu's gender becomes obvious immediately when she monologues while being alone, since she obviously uses the female form of verbs when referring to herself.
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* ThunderboltIron: Mizu's sword is forged from a fallen meteorite, resulting in its signature blue sheen and its performance in battle.
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* CantKillYouStillNeedYou:[[spoiler:Fowler manages to convince Mizu of this in regards to himself at the end of season 1, he is the only person that can bring her to her other potential fathers.]]
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* CantKillYouStillNeedYou:[[spoiler:Fowler CantKillYouStillNeedYou: [[spoiler:Fowler manages to convince Mizu of this in regards to himself at the end of season 1, he is the only person that can bring her to her other potential fathers.]]
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* CynicismCatalyst: Mizu was married to an older man whom she slowly began to fall in love with until the reveal her combat skills caused him to grow contemptuous of her. He (or her mother, or both) then leaked her existence to bounty hunters and Mizu saw her husband ride off to leave her to die. She proceed to ''snap'' and butchered them all, while deciding to walk the path of vengeance after.
* DistractedbyTheSexy: After he follows her despite her protests Mizu hires some prostitutes to invoke this on Ringo.
* DistractedbyTheSexy: After he follows her despite her protests Mizu hires some prostitutes to invoke this on Ringo.
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* CynicismCatalyst: Mizu was married to an older man whom she slowly began to fall in love with until the reveal of her combat skills caused him to grow contemptuous of her. He (or her mother, or both) then leaked her existence to bounty hunters and Mizu saw her husband ride off to leave her to die. She proceed to ''snap'' and butchered them all, while deciding to walk the path of vengeance after.
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* NobleBigot: Taigen bullied Mizu as a child for her mixed race, but [[spoiler:is willing to be tortured to protect her]]
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* NobleBigot: Taigen bullied Mizu as a child for her mixed race, but [[spoiler:is willing to be tortured to protect her]]her]].
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* UnskilledButStrong: Fowler doesn't appear to have formal sword training but he can old his own in fight with raw power.
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* UnskilledButStrong: Fowler doesn't appear to have formal sword training but he can old his own in fight with raw power.power.
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* CynicismCatalyst: Mizu was married to an older man whom she slowly began to fall in love with until the reveal her combat skills caused him to grow contemptuous of her. He (or her mother, or both) then leaked her existence to bounty hunters and Mizu saw her husband ride off to leave her to die. She proceed to ''snap'' and butchered them all, while deciding to walk the path of vengeance after.
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* Can'tKillYouStillNeedYou: [[Spoiler: Fowler manages to convince Mizu of this in regards to himself at the end of season 1, he is the only person that can bring her to her other potential fathers.]]
* CurbStompBattle: [[Spoiler: The initial assault on the Shogun's castle by the insurrectionists is this thanks to Fowler's guns]].
* CurbStompBattle: [[Spoiler: The initial assault on the Shogun's castle by the insurrectionists is this thanks to Fowler's guns]].
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* Can'tKillYouStillNeedYou: [[Spoiler: Fowler CantKillYouStillNeedYou:[[spoiler:Fowler manages to convince Mizu of this in regards to himself at the end of season 1, he is the only person that can bring her to her other potential fathers.]]
* CurbStompBattle:[[Spoiler: The [[spoiler:The initial assault on the Shogun's castle by the insurrectionists is this thanks to Fowler's guns]].
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* NobleBigot: Taigen bullied Mizu as a child for her mixed race, but [[Spoiler: is willing to be tortured to protect her]]
* SelfMadeOrphan: Mizu aspirationally. She let her mother be murdered [[Spoiler: or so she thinks]] and her driving motivation is to kill anyone that might be her father.
* SelfMadeOrphan: Mizu aspirationally. She let her mother be murdered [[Spoiler: or so she thinks]] and her driving motivation is to kill anyone that might be her father.
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* NobleBigot: Taigen bullied Mizu as a child for her mixed race, but [[Spoiler: is [[spoiler:is willing to be tortured to protect her]]
* SelfMadeOrphan: Mizu aspirationally. She let her mother be murdered[[Spoiler: or [[spoiler:or so she thinks]] and her driving motivation is to kill anyone that might be her father.
* SelfMadeOrphan: Mizu aspirationally. She let her mother be murdered
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* Can'tKillYouStillNeedYou: [[Fowler manages to convince Mizu of this in regards to himself at the end of season 1, he is the only person that can bring her to her other potential fathers.]]
* CurbStompBattle: [[The initial assault on the Shogun's castle by the insurrectionists is this thanks to Fowler's guns]].
* CurbStompBattle: [[The initial assault on the Shogun's castle by the insurrectionists is this thanks to Fowler's guns]].
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* Can'tKillYouStillNeedYou: [[Fowler [[Spoiler: Fowler manages to convince Mizu of this in regards to himself at the end of season 1, he is the only person that can bring her to her other potential fathers.]]
* CurbStompBattle:[[The [[Spoiler: The initial assault on the Shogun's castle by the insurrectionists is this thanks to Fowler's guns]].
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* NobleBigot: Taigen bullied Mizu as a child for her mixed race, but [[is willing to be tortured to protect her]]
* SelfMadeOrphan: Mizu aspirationally. She let her mother be murdered [[or so she thinks]] and her driving motivation is to kill anyone that might be her father.
* SelfMadeOrphan: Mizu aspirationally. She let her mother be murdered [[or so she thinks]] and her driving motivation is to kill anyone that might be her father.
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* NobleBigot: Taigen bullied Mizu as a child for her mixed race, but [[is [[Spoiler: is willing to be tortured to protect her]]
* SelfMadeOrphan: Mizu aspirationally. She let her mother be murdered[[or [[Spoiler: or so she thinks]] and her driving motivation is to kill anyone that might be her father.
* SelfMadeOrphan: Mizu aspirationally. She let her mother be murdered
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* Can'tKillYouStillNeedYou: [[Fowler manages to convince Mizu of this in regards to himself at the end of season 1, he is the only person that can bring her to her other potential fathers.]]
* CurbStompBattle: [[The initial assault on the Shogun's castle by the insurrectionists is this thanks to Fowler's guns]].
* CurbStompBattle: [[The initial assault on the Shogun's castle by the insurrectionists is this thanks to Fowler's guns]].
* DistractedbyTheSexy: After he follows her despite her protests Mizu hires some prostitutes to invoke this on Ringo.
* IJustWantToBeSpecial: Ringo dreams of achieving greatness. He doesn't particularly care about what form said greatness takes.
* IJustWantToBeSpecial: Ringo dreams of achieving greatness. He doesn't particularly care about what form said greatness takes.
* RevengeBeforeReason: Both enemies and allies of Mizu find the lengths she is going to for revenge to be hard to understand.
* SelfMadeOrphan: Mizu aspirationally. She let her mother be murdered [[or so she thinks]] and her driving motivation is to kill anyone that might be her father.
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* TheOnlyOneAllowedYoDefeatYou: Taigen to Mizu.
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* TheOnlyOneAllowedYoDefeatYou: TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: Taigen to Mizu.
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* BelligerentSexualTension: Taigen and Mizu have quite a bit of this. Currently unresolved due to Mizu's gender concealment and Taigen's romance with Akemi.
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* SweetPollyOliver: Mizu is a woman dressed convincingly as a man, and is shown in the second episode binding her breasts with a sarashi; it's not even revealed she's a woman until the very end of the first episode, though the fact she's played by Maya Erskine might've tipped some viewers off.
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* MoralityPet: Ringo becomes this for Mizu.
* NobleBigot: Taigen bullied Mizu as a child for her mixed race, but [[is willing to be tortured to protect her]]
* SweetPollyOliver: Mizu is a woman dressed convincingly as a man, and is shown in the second episode binding her breasts with a sarashi; it's not even revealed she's a woman until the very end of the first episode, though the fact she's played by Maya Erskine might've tipped some viewersoff.off.
* TheOnlyOneAllowedYoDefeatYou: Taigen to Mizu.
* UnskilledButStrong:
* NobleBigot: Taigen bullied Mizu as a child for her mixed race, but [[is willing to be tortured to protect her]]
* SweetPollyOliver: Mizu is a woman dressed convincingly as a man, and is shown in the second episode binding her breasts with a sarashi; it's not even revealed she's a woman until the very end of the first episode, though the fact she's played by Maya Erskine might've tipped some viewers
* TheOnlyOneAllowedYoDefeatYou: Taigen to Mizu.
* UnskilledButStrong:
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!!''Blue Eye
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''Blue Eye Samurai'' is an animated series from ''Creator/{{Netflix}}'', and created by husband and wife team Michael Green and Amber Noizumi. Its first season premiered on November 3, 2023.
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''Blue Eye Samurai'' is an animated series from ''Creator/{{Netflix}}'', Creator/{{Netflix}}, and created by husband and wife team Michael Green and Amber Noizumi. Its first season premiered on November 3, 2023.
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* ClarkKenting: Mizu hides the fact that she is mixed race by wearing a pair of tinted glasses that hide the color of her eyes.
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* ClarkKenting: InhumanEyeConcealers: Mizu hides the fact that she is mixed race by wearing a pair of tinted glasses that hide the color of her eyes.
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* ClarkKenting: Mizu hides the fact that she is mixed race by wearing a pair of tinted glasses that hide the color of her eyes.
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* ImposedHandicapTraining: Part of Mizu's training was strapping weights onto her arms and legs. She still wears them even when on her journey. Whenever a situation starts to become difficult she takes them off resulting in boost to her speed and strength.
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''Blue Eye Samurai'' is an animated series from ''Creator/{{Netflix}}'', and created by husband and wife team Michael Green and Amber Noizumi. It's first season premiered on November 3, 2023.
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''Blue Eye Samurai'' is an animated series from ''Creator/{{Netflix}}'', and created by husband and wife team Michael Green and Amber Noizumi. It's Its first season premiered on November 3, 2023.
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* CreepyBlueEyes: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]]. Mizu's blue eyes mark her out as mixed-race, and the extremely racist Japanese around her consistently remark on how disturbing they are, comparing her to Onryo.
* SweetPollyOliver: Mizu is a woman dressed convincingly as a man, and is shown in the second episode to bind her breasts with a sarashi; it's not even revealed she's a woman until the very end of the first episode, though the fact she's played by Maya Erskine might've tipped some viewers off.
* SweetPollyOliver: Mizu is a woman dressed convincingly as a man, and is shown in the second episode to bind her breasts with a sarashi; it's not even revealed she's a woman until the very end of the first episode, though the fact she's played by Maya Erskine might've tipped some viewers off.
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* CreepyBlueEyes: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]]. Mizu's blue eyes mark her out as mixed-race, and the extremely racist Japanese around her consistently remark on how disturbing they are, comparing her to Onryo.
Onryo. Racism aside, she's undoubtedly a very cold and ruthless woman.
* SweetPollyOliver: Mizu is a woman dressed convincingly as a man, and is shown in the second episodeto bind binding her breasts with a sarashi; it's not even revealed she's a woman until the very end of the first episode, though the fact she's played by Maya Erskine might've tipped some viewers off.
* SweetPollyOliver: Mizu is a woman dressed convincingly as a man, and is shown in the second episode
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[[caption-width-right:240:''Revenge does not hesitate'']]
In 1633, Japan closed its borders to the outside world. Completely. Citizens would never see a white face, nor any face that was not Japanese. A child born of mixed race would be considered less than human. Pitiable. ''Monstrous.''
Mizu is the child of just such a union, the half-breed offspring of a Japanese mother and a white European father, something anyone can see just by her distinctive blue eyes. All her life she has been shunned, despised, and feared. An outcast. Now, she seeks revenge on the men responsible.
There were four white men in the whole of Japan when Mizu was born. One by one she will find them. One by one she will kill them.
''Blue Eye Samurai'' is an animated series from ''Creator/{{Netflix}}'', and created by husband and wife team Michael Green and Amber Noizumi. It's first season premiered on November 3, 2023.
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!!Blue Eye Samurai Contains Examples Of The Following Tropes:
* CreepyBlueEyes: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]]. Mizu's blue eyes mark her out as mixed-race, and the extremely racist Japanese around her consistently remark on how disturbing they are, comparing her to Onryo.
* SweetPollyOliver: Mizu is a woman dressed convincingly as a man, and is shown in the second episode to bind her breasts with a sarashi; it's not even revealed she's a woman until the very end of the first episode, though the fact she's played by Maya Erskine might've tipped some viewers off.
[[caption-width-right:240:''Revenge does not hesitate'']]
In 1633, Japan closed its borders to the outside world. Completely. Citizens would never see a white face, nor any face that was not Japanese. A child born of mixed race would be considered less than human. Pitiable. ''Monstrous.''
Mizu is the child of just such a union, the half-breed offspring of a Japanese mother and a white European father, something anyone can see just by her distinctive blue eyes. All her life she has been shunned, despised, and feared. An outcast. Now, she seeks revenge on the men responsible.
There were four white men in the whole of Japan when Mizu was born. One by one she will find them. One by one she will kill them.
''Blue Eye Samurai'' is an animated series from ''Creator/{{Netflix}}'', and created by husband and wife team Michael Green and Amber Noizumi. It's first season premiered on November 3, 2023.
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!!Blue Eye Samurai Contains Examples Of The Following Tropes:
* CreepyBlueEyes: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]]. Mizu's blue eyes mark her out as mixed-race, and the extremely racist Japanese around her consistently remark on how disturbing they are, comparing her to Onryo.
* SweetPollyOliver: Mizu is a woman dressed convincingly as a man, and is shown in the second episode to bind her breasts with a sarashi; it's not even revealed she's a woman until the very end of the first episode, though the fact she's played by Maya Erskine might've tipped some viewers off.
