When it comes to action scenes I can be pretty forgiving as long as it least looks cool but this was garbage. I got to about episode 3 and I saw the ambush scene and for fuck's sake I rolled my eyes so hard. The silly amount of fire arrows was one thing which by the way are physically impossible to happen I don't know why Hollywood etc. insist on using them in every situation.
Then the greatest sin came along where they turned Mariko into a fucking girl boss and she started impossibly dancing around with a Naginata in a kimono for fuck's sake. Do you know how impractical those Kimonos are? It's about the same as wearing a full on dress and the feminists declare "She can do anything a man can do bigots!" no, just fucking no.
I thought I'd watch it because I've got a cold but that just pissed me off. If you want a watch something decent watch the original Shogun series. It's old, but even with the age it's still a hell of a lot more believable than this utter crap. One of the reasons this girl boss shit gets so jarring by the way is you often see the sacred women cutting down or beating up guys much bigger than them then the next fight scenes they inevitably have the men facing off against each other in a much more realistic way.
I hate normies, I hate them.
The girl boss is the only type of female character that is allowed now
That's why I can't stand it anymore.
Once upon a time, you'd get a scene with a women beating on some peons, or getting in a decent shot at the big bad before getting shut down. And I could suspend disbelief because hey, maybe she's exceptional.
But now every single woman has to be as strong as the strongest men. It's dumb. And it's gotten to the point that I can't even tolerate the exception anymore.
If I see a woman beat a man in a physical contest, I'm out.
Guy doesn't expect the women is a martial arts expert, gets beat up a bit from being off guard, gets mad, and smacks her around like rag doll.
That's how it used to be and was totally believable.