mignonette1

I can't stress enough how good this show is! It is intense, beautiful, and intriguing in every moment. I can't take my eyes off the screen when Shogun is on; the story the acting (Hiroyuki Sanada is mesmerizing, as always), the wardrobe, and set designs are beyond phenomenal. I never read the book but I'm going to now, and I fear it won't live up to the show (and I'm a reader so i can't even think of an example where the live-action version of a book was better than the book).

I hope the creative team does more after this limited series because they have an amazing team right now. If u only have the time or the bandwidth (mentally) for one serious show, make it this one. You won't be disappointed.

I was intrigued by the art and was immediately turned off by the script. Every other word is "daemon", and everyone pronounces it "DAY-mahn"; it's irritatingly repetitive. I'm only 15 minutes in, and it feels like I've heard the word about 50 times. The main character doesn't know why people don't like the "DAY-mahns", despite living in this world, and every person he meets is disgusted and horrified. He hasn't asked why? As another reviewer said, I don't know who the target audience is here. It's annoyingly amateurish writing coupled with interesting (and graphic) art, as well as adult themes, make it really hard to decide which frame of mind i need to be in to enjoy it. But even if i could, I'm not sure i can listen to anymore "DAY-mahn" every 5 seconds.

The first episode or 2 hooks you but then u just hang on the hook. You are introduced to multiple interesting plot points but nothing comes of them because, as someone else said, the creators were banking on a second season. But they forgot they need to pay the audience to come back; the currency being an engaging and satisfying story where some things are answered. Ever.

I sat through the whole season, begrudgingly for the last half of it. The season finale might be one of the worst, most disappointing, finales I've ever watched. Literally nothing is answered, and not even one mystery is resolved. No questions are answered and only one new question was presented, and in the very last scene. For me, it wasn't enough to convince me to watch a second season, and I'm kinda miffed i stayed for the whole first season.