Blue Eye Samurai 1x1 Reaction | Hammerscale

This is the first thing to tickle my brain in a similar way that Arcane did.

The creators of the show are a mixed-race couple, Michael Green and Amber Noizumi. Their daughter was born with blue eyes and that's part of where the idea came from. 😁

Yes! Thanks for picking it up it's an absolute masterpiece & glad you're one of the first to react to it!

“I don’t know what I was expecting but it was so much better” - big same, best show I’ve seen all year, absolutely mind-blowing!

So glad to see someone else start giving this show the attention it deserves and helping blazing the trail on the reaction side of YT! Everyone should be talking about this show, it's fantastic!

This show has flown under the radar and I didn't expect you to react to it! It's such a great show, certainly the best one I've seen this year! The fandom has been screaming for season 2. There's no comic history of this show. The creators and writers, Amber Noizumi and Michael Green are a couple and they came up with the idea for the series after nicknaming their biracial child 'blue-eye samurai' for her blue eyes. Then they thought about what if this was an actual character? And so the idea of the show was born 😃

Oh my gosh, yes yes yes! I recently watched this series for the first time and fell in LOVE! I hope you enjoy it as much as I did :D

I've said it before, but I really appreciate how they attempt to keep the characters in the show from acting too anachronistically. Taigen may very well be sincere in his feelings for Akemi, but of course he's gonna celebrate his "engagement" at 17th century Hooters with arm candy and the boys. Even Swordfather, for all of his cool old guy vibes, steadfastly refuses to allow his apprentice swordsmith to admit her gender to him. I also appreciate that Taigen wasn't a complete pushover. He gave as good as he got, even WINNING their first engagement with steel. Nobody forced the samurai to fight with a handicap, and had he seriously wanted their duel to end in death, the show would have ended there. Our leading lady was very lucky to have gotten the chance to do her Goku disrobe for a steamrolling round two.

Absolutely love this show, Masterpiece. Hope other reactors pick up on it.

I’m so happy someone I follow started reacting to this show. It’s crazy/awesome/epic. Genuinely excited for this.

The writing on Swordfather's tinder reads: "Spirit Sword -Like" (according to Google translate).

Loved this series, glad to see you reacting to it! Blue Eye Samurai is an original story, not from any IP be it comic, manga, book or otherwise. Love the animation but its the characters and characterization that really did it for me. You have just begun your journey, it only gets deeper as we go! Enjoy.

I agree with the other posters here. The show is amazing and I'm glad you chose to react to it. It's easily on my short list of best animations this year. I'm honestly amazed it hasn't been covered as much as it should be by other reactors.

This is the best animated show of 2023! So glad you checking it out!!!😁😁

Love to see this show starting to get some shine from reactors. Loved this show from day 1. Can't wait for season 2.

When you said you're also part-Japanese, ohhhh girl, this show is gonna make you cry lol

This was a great series! The animation and style was really cool. Can't wait for season 2

So happy you picked this up!! This is the most slept on show of the year

I watched all of Season 1 in a single sitting. I went into it not expecting to get absolutely HOOKED like I did and was up all night, even with work the next day! Since then I’ve watched the whole thing twice more. Easily my favorite new show this year.

Good series choice! The thing with male anime protagonists (usually for teen/kid main characters in shounen), is that they are usually voiced by women. So, some anime watchers heard the voice and assumed they did the same to capture that anime feel. So the reveal at the end sort of worked as a little meta twist for people familiar with shounen.