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Ep 194 - Shogun 1: The First Evangelical Weeb
🕑 Added 2024-11-20 13:00:11 +0000 UTCpatrons, here is your ad-free version of this week's regular episode. we answer a question from Benjamin Cisko in this one and this episode was suggested by Benjamin Cisko and Ollie Cant. also, please don't forget to submit your The Name of the Rose questions. thanks!
folks, you asked and now you shall receive. we're here to review the 2024 Hulu series, Shogun, based on the 1975 novel by James Clavell. we talk about the first five episodes this time and then we'll talk about the second five on next week's show. but first we start with the historical basis, as is our wont, and tell you about how a series that takes place in the year 1600 is actually Medieval and also Feudal, with a capital-F. then we dive in headfirst and ask the question that has long plagued mankind: is it truly possible for a soulful white boy to learn? does he smoke too good? is his girl too bad? are they going to try and kill him? will he be gifted a kimono? well, join us to find out as we review the first half of the excellent Hulu series, Shogun.
Comments
lukeisamazing
I haven't read it but the series is amazing. There was nor a "boy or a duck" scene afaik
Bilbro T. Baggins
this book is what introduced me to weebhood back when watching anime required family with cable t.v. Sounds like the show might be worth checking out. Does it have the "maybe he would prefer a boy, or a duck" scene from the books?
BENJAMIN S CARMAN
My wife who is half Japanese had something to say about Marikos accent. She said she could tell she wasn't native Japanese
