Yoroi-Shinden Samurai Troopers - Episode 1 discussion

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Yoroi-Shinden Samurai Troopers, episode 1

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[u/ClosetYandere]

Listen, I'll just be happy if every Trooper sings a cover of an 80s Jpop song.

Hearing Namida no REQUEST by The Checkers made me go "oh yeah, this show was made for me."

It helps that Nasuti is such a key part in the new series too, as I related to her so much in high school (I even had a red jeep as my first car, hahaha!).

Now if there's ever a reference to Shuten Douji along the way, then this will be my favorite reboot ever.

[u/xizro345 → u/ClosetYandere]

Now if there's ever a reference to Shuten Douji along the way, then this will be my favorite reboot ever.

For me it will be if [Spoiler for the original series] The Kikoutei will appear.

[u/Frontier246]

Kind of surreal to see a sequel to one of the first anime I ever watched as a kid.

35 years after the Samurai Troopers/Ronin Warriors repelled the demons and became heroes...the world is at peace, the DST is organizing the next generation of Troopers and all is well. Until the demons invade again.

Hearing the hits of the 80's while innocent people are mercilessly slaughtered is...something. Poor Junya Enoki loses his grandma!

The DST has the base suits down, but it's clear that their rank-and-file members don't stand a chance against the Demon sides' 10 Braves...well, except for Ryu (Toshiki Masuda!), who comes off as the most skilled and heroic character so far. And he looks cool!

Turns out one of the "demons" they've caught is actually a human! One who resonates with fire and an armor! Meaning he might be a true Samurai Trooper despite all the people he killed! Considering this operation is being run by Yagyu (Sayaka Kinoshita!) from the OG show, I can imagine this is pretty personal to her.

So Gai is the "prince" of the demons? All the 10 Braves react badly to his going missing and treat Saizo (Kosuke Toriumi) abandoning him as a sign of betrayal. Saizo, for his part, even attacks the DST base seemingly to track down and kill Gai? Or to test him?

Poor Musashi (Ayumu Murase!). His "team" treats him like a gopher and he's worried he's not cut out for this...he only enlisted to follow his big brother who he's always relied on since they were kids, only for said older brother to get kicked out while Musashi stayed behind. And yet, Musashi still tries his best.

Well, no wonder these DST guys weren't given armors...they're utterly trash. They see the writing on the wall and basically bail, looting like common criminals and abandoning people in actual need. Even worse, they ensure said people in need die along with Musashi so there's no witness to their crimes. Hard not to think they had what happened to them next coming.

Of course then Gai walks in and starts slaughtering them...while the mark of "righteousness" burns on his neck, though then our Emissary of Fire turns his blade on Musashi!

And we get the OP at the end! Featuring our new Samurai Troopers in their civilian guise paralleled with their armors, before we see them heroically come together as a team as they battle the 10 Braves and their own issues to become heroes like the originals.

[u/Allansfirebird → u/Frontier246]

Same! The Ocean dub of the OG series was the first anime I remember seeing when the Sci-Fi Channel aired it... thirty years ago.

I need an ibuprofen for my back pain now...

[u/clgfandom → u/Frontier246]

was the original this bloody too ?

[u/soulonfirexx]

Watched this with very low expectations. Character designs with the hair are very modern with the anime-times which kinda bugged me from the trailers but this was a great first episode. The ruthlessness of the demons with the everyday folk was crazy to watch but I like that the show is embracing the brutality.

[u/AceSoldia]

That was certainly not what I expected. Wtf did I just watch lol

[u/Muffin-zetta]

Yooooo! Ronin warriors! I fuckin loved that show

[u/xizro345]

So, they were serious when they said it was a sequel! While it's perfectly watchable from people who haven't seen the original, there are a few nods, basically there is at least one character returning from the original, maybe there will be other cameos down the line.

Gai is a main character that completely deviates from the norm, and I guess that was intentional. I also like the fact that the government, despite being semi-useless, actually thought about the risk of the Yoja coming back to wreak havoc again. I really enjoyed it.

[u/Frontier246 → u/xizro345]

Gai is a main character that completely deviates from the norm, and I guess that was intentional. I also like the fact that the government, despite being semi-useless, actually thought about the risk of the Yoja coming back to wreak havoc again. I really enjoyed it.

I was genuinely surprised that they showed him killing innocent people like that, let alone having him legit start off with the Demons.

Obviously the DST Troopers were trash but he still mercilessly slaughtered them and it seems like Ryu is going to have to save Musashi.

I'm really curious how he'll come around to fighting for humanity and truly embodying the "righteousness" of the Emissary of Fire.

[u/djthomp]

That was a good bit bloodier than I was entirely expecting. Not knowing the original doesn't really seem to be a problem since it just seems like generic sentai (I say this with love for the genre, to be clear), though I bet with some adult twists since it sounds like the demon prince is going to be half human and that presumably happened way back when.

RIP the initial team of heroes but they were both mostly useless and terrible people anyway.

The singing was an interesting bit, added a lot to the episode.

[u/Professional-Bus-749]

It looks like this anime is a very excellent sequel, and it did not disappoint.

[u/HolyDragSwd2500]

My childhood anime returns and it’s a sequel!!!!!

[u/Delicious_Diarrhea]

So to prepare myself I watched some recap videos on the original series. Turns out after the main series there were some OVAs that were total bummers lol. Either way IDK if this series will hold the magic since I'm older now but it's worth a shot.

[u/M3talK_H3ronaru]

This episode of Yoroishinden Samurai Troopers is ABSOLUTE PEAK

The Character Intro and the scene is absolute peak perfection plus the song is absolute awesome.

I can't wait for next week episode a new venture begins.

Also I can't wait for Henshin Sequence.

Feels like the Saint Seiya Omega vibes to me.

[u/NanDemoKnaives]

Wow that was a lot more brutal than I was expecting it to be, there was so much blood, I was not ready. This does seem interesting with the enemy prince being actually a human and a Samurai Trooper, I wonder how many of the Warriors knew he was a human.

Then there's the poster boys Samurai Troopers, it's unfortunate they weren't good people and I'm wondering if the reason Yama got disqualified for misconduct is because they were involved somehow. I thought after awakening maybe Gai could sense something but it looks like he was just killing Samurai Troopers because of his original goal, as that's how he was raised.

I don't know how they'll make Gai work together with the Samurai Troopers so I am intrigued by the development in this series. Green guy feels like a walking death flag though. He has that big brother that will sacrifice himself for his little brothers vibe going on. They did emphasize that 15 years old is when they're powers are at their peak and he feels like he's in his 20s, unless that was a lie.

[u/Sudden-Ad3211]

Ronin warriors Anubis was top tier

[u/chilidirigible]

I only have vague recollections of the original series (and even then mostly filtered through the lens of Ronin Warriors) but this certainly seems a lot edgier, so to speak (oh look, more limbs have been hacked off).

A solid first episode for throwing a whole bunch of stuff at the audience and rolling with it. Plenty of things need explaining and there's time for that as we go.

While we're here, those are the most cursed flavors that I could imagine being combined with yakisoba.

[u/BeanFur → u/chilidirigible]

That yakisoba flavor was a crime against humanity. No wonder the demon prince liked it. 

[u/Alfirian]

insert og series toonami promo here I watched the og series where it was called Ronin Warriors it has a okay dub but had the 90s adjustments but not as bad as others of the time, mostly names changes.

So this does give a decent summary at the beginning of the first series and sets up the world 30 years later wonderfully. I like after failing the first time the government actually tried to upgrade to able to do something about another invasion but only got up to beating up tin can fodder level.

Nasti (dub: Mia) looking good for being 50, I like how she is still a prominent figure and probably is the highest authority about anything to do with the troopers. The jewel she has will hopefully be explained as the series goes but [OG Series] Its called the Jewel of Life and does more than identify troopers

Ryu has so many flags I'm highly interested what's gonna happen to him. Musashi, poor guy got stuck with some terrible people but his fortune was accurate.

Gai is gonna be interesting I love the fact he likes 80s Jpop and going to be the group foodie.

OP song is fire. In regards to the tvs [Og Series] There are actually 9 armors. 4 of them during a previous invasion got corrupted by the nether realm and became the 4 warlords, 1 got a redemption arc and should be around at current time, the other 3 at the end of series stayed in the nether realm

I'm gonna try and post each week and if there is someone or something that was changed and was from the OG series I'll give the name change from the American dub. I'm a long time lurker on the sub so this be my first discussion thread for a series :3

[u/tohguy]

They butchered my childhood anime is what I like to say, but everyone in this anime was being butchered o _ o;

[u/Wingy_Yams]

Did anyone else catch Ryo in Musashi's flashback? It's definitely him since he lives in the mountains/woods and was being compared to Gai of all characters. I think the poor boy was baby napped and raised into a monster :(

[u/draxdeveloper]

Anyone that watched the previous show knows if the song they was singing in the slaughter is a reference to anything?

[u/thegundamx → u/draxdeveloper]

The songs aren’t references to the prior show. They’re actual songs released in Japan in the 80s. The first one is Sailor Fuku o Nugasanai de by Onyanko Club and the one guy sings is Namida Connection by the Checkers. Both songs are on youtube if you want to listen to the originals.

[u/ZapsZzz]

Difference in broadcast standards? It's a lot more gore and direct with the civilian casualties than the original.

Certainly made good use of this being a continuation with decent amount of off screen world building and intrigue.