It doesn’t help that he’s lost his sword, the one thing that could kill Aku. The 5 decades spent in the future has somewhat broken our hero in spirit. However, he has become ageless from the spell that sent him forward into the future. Jack has been trapped in the future for 50 years now. Let’s dive into the plot of the new show. 2 months, 10 episodes came and went and honestly, I was blown away and somewhat disappointed at the same time. So anyway, 2017 came and I sat through the conclusion of one of my all time favourite cartoons. Low expectations, low chances of disappointment right ? So I made sure to keep my enthusiasm low. This was good and all, but by that point I was so used to revivals being pale imitations of the original just to make a quick buck. It was announced that the new show would be a continuation and a conclusion to Samurai Jack by the original creator himself, Genndy Tartakovsky. Another godawful reboot or spin-off like Teen Titans Go or the new Powerpuff Girls”. Then, in 2015, it was announced that Samurai Jack would be returning. Did he ever make it back to the past ? Did he ever defeat Aku ? Was he doomed to remain in the future for all eternity ? These were questions I thought would go unanswered for the rest of my life. Season 4 ended in 2004 and for 13 years, we, the viewers, never got a conclusion to Jack’s tale. Just when things couldn’t feel more hopeless for Jack…the show gets cancelled. The original Samurai Jack aired for 4 seasons, each season seeing Jack occasionally finding a potential way back to the past but failing miserably at every turn. There was an overarching story with Jack needing to get home but none of the episodes ever linked to each other in terms of plot development.
This allows casual viewers to come in at any episode and be able to watch the show without feeling lost. It’s a simple enough premise and the beauty of the show was that each episode was its own self contained story, with the only characters remaining constant are Jack, our titular protagonist, Aku, our comedic antagonist, and a handful of other side characters.
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