I can't recall any other show that started so so well, only to be utterly dismantled by its final episode. I don't think a single thing that happened in this episode made any sense at all. Clearly it's setting up future seasons, but it could have also done that without stabbing itself in both feet and shooting its kneecaps out.
There are many things to point out, but mainly any scene with Fowler is where the plot lost its own footing. How is it possible that two of Japan's finest swordsmen are incapable to absolutely destroy an immigrant from Ireland? That they both fall to his fists within first seconds of a dishonorable 2v1 fight? And then when Fowler wins, he just runs away instead of finishing them off. In the grand finale, he shatters Mizu's vertebrae but somehow in the next few seconds she's all good and wins once and for all with some knee kicks.
It's a real shame and I hope that the future episodes somehow manage to iron this out.
There are many things to point out, but mainly any scene with Fowler is where the plot lost its own footing. How is it possible that two of Japan's finest swordsmen are incapable to absolutely destroy an immigrant from Ireland? That they both fall to his fists within first seconds of a dishonorable 2v1 fight? And then when Fowler wins, he just runs away instead of finishing them off. In the grand finale, he shatters Mizu's vertebrae but somehow in the next few seconds she's all good and wins once and for all with some knee kicks.
It's a real shame and I hope that the future episodes somehow manage to iron this out.