What Tokiyuki (and Yorishige) are trying to do is subversive in a very literal sense.
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Nige Jouzu no Wakagimi (The Elusive Samurai) – 08
The evidence of how good a job this adaptation is doing is the way it's depicting Shoukan.
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Nige Jouzu no Wakagimi (The Elusive Samurai) – 07
Darkness and screwball comedy and mild ecchi are always cheek by jowl with Matsui Yuusei.
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Nige Jouzu no Wakagimi (The Elusive Samurai) – 06
CloverWorks was back on their A game this week.
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Nige Jouzu no Wakagimi (The Elusive Samurai) – 02
I can only say that these first two episodes have exceeded any hopes I had for them, never mind expectations.
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Nige Jouzu no Wakagimi (The Elusive Samurai) – 04
The concept of running away is a bit of a red herring.
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Nige Jouzu no Wakagimi (The Elusive Samurai) – 09
When The Elusive Samurai is on top of its game -as it certainly was this week - it's a truly formidable beast.
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Nige Jouzu no Wakagimi (The Elusive Samurai) – 05
Which one of them was carrying a toad?
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Nige Jouzu no Wakagimi (The Elusive Samurai) – 03
At this point it's safe to say something has seriously clicked with Nige Jouzu no Wakagimi.
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First Impressions – Nige Jouzu no Wakagimi (The Elusive Samurai)
The vibes were good going in - but I didn't dare hope for anything this good.
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Nige Jouzu no Wakagimi (The Elusive Samurai) – 12 (End) and Series Review
Anime has generally been unkind to Matsui Yuuseii, and while CloverWorks certainly did a wonderful cour, that doesn't seem to have changed.
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My Taste is Better Than Yours Episode 11 – Nige Jouzu no Wakagimi (The Elusive Samurai)
It took longer than it should have, but this series is finally getting its due.
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Nige Jouzu no Wakagimi – Episode 11 Review
「死にたがりと逃げ上手」 (Shinitagari to Nige Jōzu) "Samurais Who Are Eager to Die and an Elusive Samurai" Kiyohara is ready to raise some eyebrows
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Nige Jouzu no Wakagimi – 10
Matsui Yuusei is a genius but a very peculiar one, and this series needed an adaptation that conveyed that as well as this one does.
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Nige Jouzu no Wakagimi – Episode 09 Review
「わたしの仏様」 (Watashi no Hotoke-sama) "My Buddha" Never underestimate your opponent.
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Nige Jouzu no Wakagimi – Episode 02 Review
「やさしいおじさん」 (Yasashī Ojisan) "The Gentle Uncle" This series carries the pathos that history books often do not
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Nige Jouzu no Wakagimi – Episode 03 Review
「神の住む森」 (Kami no Sumu Mori) "A Forest Inhabited by a God" Who'll stop the rain
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Nige Jouzu no Wakagimi – Episode 05 Review
「決着!犬追物、そして⋯」 (Ketchaku! Inuōmono, Soshite⋯) "Settling the Score! A Dog-Shooting Competition and Then..." This is one hell of a game of cat and mouse.
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Nige Jouzu no Wakagimi – Episode 01 Review
Episode 1 This premiere absolutely took my breath away.
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Nige Jouzu no Wakagimi – Episode 08 Review
「かくれんぼ戦争」 (Kakurenbo Sensō) "A War of Hide and Seek" “We’ll be fine so long as they’re ordinary soldiers”- yeah, saying that is pretty much jinxing yourself there.
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Nige Jouzu no Wakagimi – Episode 10 Review
「変態稚児と神力騒動」 (Hentai Chigo to Shinriki Sōdō) "A Perverted Kid and Disturbances of Holy Power" While we live in an era where "wonders cease to be wonders", one thing…
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Nige Jouzu no Wakagimi – Episode 04 Review
「貞宗登場!」 (Sadamune Tōjō!) "Sadamune Appears!" There's a lot riding on this next level of tag.
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Nige Jouzu no Wakagimi – Episode 07 Review
「冬の子供たち」 (Fuyu no Kodomotachi) "Children in Winter" The times they are a'changing and with it, the way of war
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Nige Jouzu no Wakagimi – Episode 06 Review
「盗め綸旨、小笠原館の夜」 (Nusume Rinji, Ogasawara-kan no Yoru) "Steal the Imperial Command from Ogasawara's Residence at Night" Tokiyuki is an odd bird, but to make it in this wild game…
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Nige Jouzu no Wakagimi – Episode 12 Review (END)
「がんばれ時行、鎌倉奪還のその日まで」 (Ganbare Tokiyuki, Kamakura Dakkan no Sono Hi Made) "Hang in There, Tokiyuki, Until the Day You Retake Kamakura" I get by with a little help from my…
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The Elusive Samurai #11 — Casual Cannibalism
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The Elusive Samurai Review — B
A kid is a samurai who’s good at running away.
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If I were to recommend a summer premiere based on visuals alone, I'd pick this one in a heartbeat.
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Better than more closeups of eyes. Impressions: Sound designers/background music were having… a bit of an episode this week, huh? No idea what was going on there.…
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The Elusive Samurai #01 — The Many Faces of Shounen Comedy and Tragedy
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The ANN Aftershow - What Is Going on in the Elusive Samurai Anime?
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