HELLOOOO 💖💖💖💖 I see that you've already reached ep9 at least (and probably finished the whole series too) 😭I completely agree with everything you've written, all of the actors really put their all into it, it's a joy to watch and rewatch to just catch every detail!

My eyes are glued onto the screen whenever Hiroyuki Sanada comes on, and that scene with Hiromatsu???? Godddd I was screaming till the last second and I still can't bear to rewatch that episode. The way they communicate without words... devastating.

Yabushige is such a charming character he really lightens up the whole somber mood of the show with his desperate scrabble for survival. Everytime he makes one of those "huh?" noises I thank Tadanobu Asano X'D

Yes yes yes I just love Cosmo Jarvis and Anna Sawai, they really brought the characters to life and gave them such multilayered personalities and relationships, sobbing right there with you! They are SO tender with each other in ep9 godddd :'))) sobbing 😭

I'm so sad the show is over, I need like 10 seasons more 😭

OMG GIRL UR WATCHING SHOGUN? IM ON EPISODE 6 ITS SO GOOD!!

YES YES HELLO BELOVED MUTUAL

I've finished all 10 eps and it's such a treat (especially when Hiroyuki Sanada comes on screen which is OFTEN)!

Hope you have lots of fun screaming crying over the rest of the eps like I did!!!

MARIKOOOOOOOOOOOO

MARIKOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

~"Flowers are only flowers because they fall..."

I feel like more people should know about the Filipino phrase bahala na si Batman. quite literally, it means it's up to Batman. on a more figurative level, it means that you're leaving something to God/fate - metaphorically represented by Batman, of course.

big event that you haven't prepared for but you're going anyway? bahala na si Batman. major exams coming up and you haven't reviewed yet? bahala na si Batman. about to do anything remotely risky/luck-based? bahala na si Batman.

anyways, I just think it's hilarious that Batman is now a part of our culture through this saying. is this a thing in other cultures/languages too? let me know!

(bangs fist on table) i want him sweaty, whimpering, overstimulated, moaning, sniffling, twitching, squirming, whining, gasping, bucking his hips, drooling, begging (swipes papers onto the floor)

NOW

when we finished ep 10, after a few moments of digesting how good it was, and crying about mariko some more, mum said “it’s a shame men can’t get pregnant, because then he could be left with her baby….”.

pissing myself.

What's so fascinating about Toranaga's plan to employ Mariko as Crimson Sky is that it was all there right from the beginning.

When Toranaga first arrives in Osaka the regents demand that he release Ochiba, the mother of the Heir, from where she is being held in Edo. Nothing scares Toranaga quite like Ochiba (no doubt why he held her in the first place), and he knows that once she is able to return to Osaka, she's going to do everything she can to destroy him.

Enter Mariko.

Mariko is perfectly placed: she shares a history with Ochiba, a girlhood bond that grew distant due to time and circumstance, but she is completely loyal to Toranaga, willing, in fact, to die for him and his cause. If the time comes for him to have to negotiate with Ochiba — or he has some need to soften her desire for vengeance — Mariko will serve as the crucial middle ground.

Once he realizes Ochiba will soon be free to move against him, Toranaga summons Mariko, requesting that she serve as a translator to the foreign barbarian. But even more important than her role as a translator, Toranaga wants to bring her closer and cement her place in his inner circle of followers. (As a woman, she is easily overlooked, not being a general or a vassal with an army of retainers, but her importance might be even more vital.) He reminds her of his great admiration for her father and acknowledges that for many years she has been robbed of her purpose. What if he could give it back to her? Like Mariko, we assume that her purpose is to serve as a translator, but Toranaga knows it is far larger: to play her part against the regents and serve as a bridge to Ochiba, when the time comes.

Toranaga is a falconer. He knows the value of caring for a bird, feeding it by hand, having it learn to trust you until it sees you as its only master. And as Toranaga describes his falcon, Lady of Steel, he could also be describing his plan for Mariko: “Conceals herself against the sun. Conserving energy, waiting for her moment.”

looks at you

Omg @malewifebillcage please block #shogun spoilers, so I don't spoil you!

OMG GIRL UR WATCHING SHOGUN? IM ON EPISODE 6 ITS SO GOOD!!

YES YES HELLO BELOVED MUTUAL

I've finished all 10 eps and it's such a treat (especially when Hiroyuki Sanada comes on screen which is OFTEN)!

Hope you have lots of fun screaming crying over the rest of the eps like I did!!!

OMG GIRL UR WATCHING SHOGUN? IM ON EPISODE 6 ITS SO GOOD!!

YES YES HELLO BELOVED MUTUAL

I've finished all 10 eps and it's such a treat (especially when Hiroyuki Sanada comes on screen which is OFTEN)!

Hope you have lots of fun screaming crying over the rest of the eps like I did!!!

It has dawned on me that the last episode WAS the last episode. *sigh* what a ride.

When you realise that

In Akira's introduction she was bathed in blue lights

And in John's first scene in Osaka, he was bathed in red lights

Then in their last scene on the train, the lighting flickers between blue and red

Gosh, I love this movie to bits 😫❤️

Tagging @evren-sadwrn <3

John: I fed you shit. I. Fed. You. SHIT.

Toranaga:

Don't worry... :)

I fed you shit too.

(And I'll keep feeding you shit.)

The way Kiri straight up roasted Toranaga's poetry skills: "Those words are too beautiful to belong to you."

They're such an old married couple I love them 🤣

i can’t believe toranaga just straight up told yabushige that he was captivated by blackthorne’s cringefail vibes and swagless aura. one of us fr