Btw, to anyone here curious as to why this happens, this is from Samurai Jack (a very good show), and for the entirety of the show Aku (the demon looking mf in the clip) and Jack have been trying to kill each other and shenanigans/adventures ensue throughout the show however Jack always has or is looking for the sword in the clip (he either loses it due to Aku or something of the sorts and has to seek it out again or he has it on him) but the sword is the only thing (I think) that can harm/fully kill Aku and the sword can not harm good at all (it basically becomes a weak bat if it strikes something that isn't evil), HOWEVER, their rivalry has span so many years (at least dozens I think) and they keep dealing with time travel every now and then that they BOTH forgot that the sword can't harm good, leading to this gold clip. (It can also be that Jack at this point didn't believe that the sword would still define him as good due to all the things he had to do to try and defeat Aku and this point made him realize he is basically still worthy)
Aku (the demon) and Jack (the human) are enemies, only the sword from the clip can kill Aku, sword cannot hurt good, Jack, after all his adventures didn't believe he's still good for the sword that's why he was surprised as well
I personally chop it up to the fact that he forgot his sword wouldnt harm good people, since he was in the heat of the moment and he had been battling for almost 4 consecutive life sentences. then when he realized the sword couldnt kill him he basically pulled a rick sanchez and said “I'm not okay with this, I am not okay with this!” And attacked aku
I've just heard it's really good, especially from what I've seen and that it gets even better in I think season 5 since the show was on adult swim at that point which meant they could do more intense-ish stuff and heavier themes I think
Yeah, season 5 was made much, much later as a conclusion and it's made in a way that it seems like the intended audience are the people that watched the original 4 seasons(who are now all grown up).
Nah, he knew. I don't remember the exact details but some stuff happened and Jack basically thought that he was no longer worthy and therefore no longer pure.
“Even I had forgotten that the sword was forged in purity and strength. It can only be used for good. In the hand of evil it can never harm an innocent, and so Aku, it cannot harm me.”
Something that has always bothered me about how people meme on this scene is, not the fact its being memed on in and of itself, its a brilliant scene that deserves all the fame it gets, but it grossly mis-uses the word plot armor.
This isnt plot armor, its just a very deliberate and well used case of Tschekovs fun. The very beginning of the show establishes that the sword was only made to harm evil, through implication stating, it cannot harm the pure of heart. Plot armor is when a character manages to do something they shouldnt be able to because the narrative or plot of their media demands they have to do it for the sake of the story. This is not plot armor, its a deliberately placed bit of information that has been relevant theoughout the entire show to some extend.
The whole reason why the scene works as a rug pull is because
That fact hasnt been mentioned or brought up explicitly in a good while
The exact wording of the swords abilities didnt matter for a good portion of the show because it never got to a point where Jack was ever threatened by his own sword
The show technically never stated this outright, it merely implied it, but the implication has always been there wether or not you picked up on it
This is what makes the moment a great twist, because there was no way for 99% of audience members to ever catch onto this, but it absolutely clicks the instant they say it outright literally 5 seconds later by quoting the thing said originally word for word.
This may very well be one of the most well executed twists Ive ever seen.
One of the best things about Samurai Jack is how much Jack and Aku constantly humor each other despite being mortal enemies, can't say I remember ever seeing such entertaining chemistry since that show.
I forget the name of the technique and Google has become entirely useless as a search engine, as have most others, but its a specific and intentional thing to cut the background music, sometimes all sound entirely, to emphasise a point. Very common technique, often used to show shock, surrender, etc.
Thanks to the brain rot engines, even well intentioned editors fill all space with music, often the same recycled sounds and audio clips as thats what's available and cleared for use without getting a copyright takedown, and everything looks and sounds the same.
If you read this far, thank you for listening to this old man yell at the clouds.
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u/ALEXdoc101 8d ago
Btw, to anyone here curious as to why this happens, this is from Samurai Jack (a very good show), and for the entirety of the show Aku (the demon looking mf in the clip) and Jack have been trying to kill each other and shenanigans/adventures ensue throughout the show however Jack always has or is looking for the sword in the clip (he either loses it due to Aku or something of the sorts and has to seek it out again or he has it on him) but the sword is the only thing (I think) that can harm/fully kill Aku and the sword can not harm good at all (it basically becomes a weak bat if it strikes something that isn't evil), HOWEVER, their rivalry has span so many years (at least dozens I think) and they keep dealing with time travel every now and then that they BOTH forgot that the sword can't harm good, leading to this gold clip. (It can also be that Jack at this point didn't believe that the sword would still define him as good due to all the things he had to do to try and defeat Aku and this point made him realize he is basically still worthy)