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In The Unworthy Thor #5, we learn that Odinson became unworthy when Nick Fury Sr. With David Kaye, Jeff Bennett, Bumper Robinson, Bill Fagerbakke. Transformers crash land on present day Earth and inadvertently cause a technological revolution. The five- episode series premiered in North America and aired between January 4, 2. February 1, 2. 00. Spike TV. The sequel movie, titled . Tired of all the killing, Afro has retreated away from the world. Unfortunately, Kuma and his sister, Sio, find him and take the Number One Headband. Sio plans to resurrect Afro's father, and force Afro to fight him to atone for all the lives he's ended. Afro must once again find the Number Two Headband, to earn the right to challenge her before she's able to do so. There's also a manga version, currently in its second volume. It uses elements, characters, and events from both movies, while changing many things. According to the creator, it's the closest to the original doujinshi the series is based on. A video game adaptation of the first season was released in February of 2. An Interquel starring Kuma tiled Afro Samurai 2: Revenge of Kuma was released late in 2. Not to be confused with flash game developer Afro Ninja. For a lighter take on the same stylistic blend of feudal Japan and hip hop, see Samurai Champloo. The manga is a mix between the first anime season with a few specific parts of Resurrection thrown in. Afro Asskicker: Afro himself. Art Major Physics: Two monks jump out of a backpack, a huge RPG fits inside a back pack, bullets are cut in half by swords, Wire Fu style jumps and more artistic breaks from real physics happen regularly. Afro Samurai: Resurrection ( Weekly publication for African-Americans in the Baltimore/Washington metropolitan area. Features polls, discussion board, chat room and advertising information. Attack of the Town Festival: In Afro Samurai: Resurrection, Afro battles the new Number Two during the town festival. At the same time, the Big Bad sends a bunch of assassins to ambush him. Everyone but Afro, the DJ, and the Number Two dies. Then Afro kills the other two. Back from the Dead: Afro's father, the entire point of Resurrection. In addition, Afro himself near the end. Happens to Jinno and Justice in the first season. Berserker Tears: Due to injuries, emotional trauma, or both, Jinno never stopped crying after the battle under the Bodhi tree. They briefly turn to Tears of Blood during a flashback. Best Served Cold: Afro has spent his life since childhood getting revenge on the man that killed his father for the Number One headband. You mean this isn't about . This moment'll always haunt you. You will be consumed by hatred for me. Challenge me.. when you're ready to duel a god! Afro routinely fought gangs of heavily armed killers determined to take the headband from him, even when he was just minding his own business. Central Theme: What is the real meaning of power? Can revenge ever be justified? Clean Cut. Cycle of Revenge: In his quest to kill Justice, who killed his father, Afro kills The Swordmaster to get the #2 headband. This causes Jinno to attempt to kill Afro. Resurrection continues this theme. Not only are all of Sio's actions based on revenge, but in the second major battle, all Afro's opponents have lost a loved one due to Afro's actions. And then there's the hinted- at future of Kotaro, who saw his adoptive father killed by Afro. At the end of Resurrection, Afro, accepting how destiny is going for him, drops the #2 headband in Kotaro's hands and tells him, . In Resurrection, Sio does this in reverse, bringing the newly- regenerated head to show Afro that she means business. Designated Villain: Justice. Both stated by Word of God and lampshaded by Justice himself during his . This is the moment he is truly destined to become a badass. Diagonal Cut. Doomed by Canon: Okiku, she dies in all versions. Dramatic Wind: Both the Headbands and Afro's hair are constantly billowing dramatically in the wind. Doujinshi: The series started off as one of these. Emergency Transformation: Jinno is turned into a cyborg, after losing an arm, a leg, and falling off a cliff. Evil Genius: Dharman. Everyone Calls Him . Ninja Ninja lampshades it by saying . Though he does this in both the show and the books, Afro didn't actually kill anyone that night except the Sword master. In fact, he wasn't even so much as indirectly responsible for their deaths. Fanservice: The second episode as well as Sio. Foreshadowing: In a flashback in the first movie, Jinno explains to Osturu why he uses two swords rather than one. At one point, he says . Late in Resurrection, however, he does get one arm cut off, and is in fact able to continue fighting. Funny Afro - Take a wild guess. A God Am I: Anyone who gets the Number 1 Headband can make this claim. Good Smoking, Evil Smoking: Afro frequently smokes cigarettes while Justice loves his cigars. In between the ending of Resurrection and the Distant Finale of the anime's first season, Jinno is revealed to have taken up smoking, even ripping out a piece of his Kuma mask's snout to have a place to chomp down on his cigarettes. Gratuitous Japanese: . Even Justice had a good reason for killing Afro's father to take the Number One— He wanted to use the headbands' ultimate power for ultimate peace. Greek Chorus: Ninja Ninja to Afro. Hachimaki: The series' plot revolves around attempting to get one of these to supposedly challenge the one who wears another one which supposedly grants the wearer godhood. Hand- Hiding Sleeves: One of the assassins the Empty Six hired to kill Afro had these. He played the . The head was then tossed to the ground at his feet and tried to speak. It didn't get much better for him afterward. In Resurrection, Afro cuts down Kotaro's adoptive father right in front of him, with scenes of Justice killing Afro's father flashing as he does so. In his defense, he didn't know the kid was there. Headphones Equal Isolation: Brother Three of the Empty Seven wears headphones throughout the entire series, and sits with his back to the rest of the group when they're all shown together. In addition, while serving the tea, he simply says . During the game, he appears in one scene, kisses his hand, thumps his chest, and gives Afro the peace sign while walking out. Hero Antagonist: Several of the . This doesn't stop him from continuing on his path, however. If Afro struggles with becoming the monster, he does it quietly. Highly Visible Ninja: Ninja Ninja is loud- mouthed and ridiculously visible (although he's somewhat stealthy in the second episode of Season One, hiding in the rafters of a house), especially considering that he's hanging out with a samurai who kills everyone he meets. But then, he's a hallucination anyway. The manga version hints that he may be something more, as there is a similar character who only Ninja Ninja can see or be seen by. Hong Kong Dub: Generally, the timing of the Mouth Flaps matches the voices, but the mouths themselves move like puppet jaws; O sounds aren't accompanied by O- shaped mouths, and so on. Honor Before Reason: Zig- zagged. Everyone in the whole world totally adheres to these rules: whomever wears the Number 1 headband cannot be challenged by anyone, except by the one who possesses the Number 2 headband, and anyone can challenge the wearer of the Number 2 headband. All honor is thrown out the window in regards to attacking the Number 2, and every possible dirty trick is encouraged. Anyone who's wearing the Number 2 will be constantly outnumbered and outgunned as a result. Human Shield: In the manga, the boy and his sister in the Anti- Hero example— In Resurrection, he uses the DJ for the same effect. Implausible Fencing Powers. Inner Monologue: Ninja Ninja functions as this, as he says whatever Afro is thinking, but no one else pays attention to him. Or indeed, can hear him at all. Katanas Are Just Better: Yes, kids, they can deflect bullets, cut rockets in half, crush rocks and, should the need arise, split laser beams! Kick the Dog: Afro himself, multiple times, so much so that he's basically a Villain Protagonist to nearly everyone for understandable reasons. Kill 'em All: Nearly everyone Afro meets dies, even the two people who survived after the battle under the Bodhi tree are killed after Afro meets them again. This holds true even in Resurrection, as all major characters, including (briefly) Afro himself die. The only character to never die in any version of the story is Brother Three. Large Ham: Bordering the World of Ham (with the remarkable exception of Afro himself, who is the only one sticking to the honest- to- God silent asskicking), but Brother 1 is just.. Losing Your Head: Justice kills Afro's father this way, then tosses the head at the young boy's feet to keep as a reminder of his victory. Mac. Guffin: The Number One headband, and the accompanying Number 2 headband. Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane: The headbands that everyone's fighting over. It's never made clear if possessing the Number One actually makes the wearer divine, or it's just a strip of cloth with a bloody history behind it. Meaningful Echo: In Afro Samurai, Afro's father tells him . In Resurrection, Afro says . It'll soon be over. This might qualify as Black Comedy, or the cartoonish nature of the scene might make it worse. Nice Hat: Justice's hat, which he wears the Number One Headband around. No Name Given: Afro Samurai is just known as . In the videogame of the series, it is implied by Ninja Ninja that Afro's Name is actually . It's just revenge. Eventually, they both get better. The Only One Allowed to Defeat You: It's actually the rule of the headbands: The only one allowed to fight the Number One is the Number Two. Anybody can fight the Number Two though, making them a Doom Magnet. In Resurrection, this rule was subverted when Sio could take the Number One headband from Afro at the start because he wasn't wearing it at the time, even though she didn't have the Number Two required to formally challenge him.
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