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Behold. Spaghetti.
This is now outdated. It's worse.
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The fact that Blackthorne turned out to be a total red herring may be my favorite way that Shōgun subverted expectations.
Because the show followed his journey, we assumed he would have some greater importance as part of Toranaga's eventual victory. Maybe he would have come to the rescue, heroically using his ship and the guns to attack Osaka castle, giving him prime of place as an ally and as a vital part of Toranaga's plan.
In the end, though, Toranaga had Blackthorne's ship destroyed — and was prepared to destroy any others he might build. Blackthorne himself turned out to be a funny foreign distraction, unimportant to the cause beyond just making headaches for Toranaga's enemies, kept around simply because he made Toranaga laugh.
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each week i tune into shogun in order to see toranaga do the political equivalent of sticking out his leg and making eye contact with yabushige while yabushige trips over him
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Hiroyuki Sanada and Anna Sawai wins the Emmy for best actor and actress for the FX series “Shogun”.
"Heep! Heep! Hooooooo!"
Source : Variety & The Hollywood Reporter
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