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Line 1: {{work}} {{Multiple Works Need Separate Pages}} [[File:Afro_Samurai_7220.jpg\|frame]] {{quote\| ''Nothing personal, it's just revenge.''}} Set in a [[Schizo-Tech]] version of something that may or may not be feudal Japan, the story revolves around the titular character's (played by [[Samuel L. Jackson]]) quest to defeat the strongest warrior in the world. The idea goes that whoever wears the "Number One Headband" is the unquestioned biggest [[Badass]] on Earth, but he (or she) can [[The Only One Allowed to Defeat You\|only be challenged by]] the person with the Number ''Two'' band -- which is, at the moment, Afro. Making Afro's life a lot more complicated is the fact that ''any'' regular schlub can challenge for the Number Two (and with it, the right to try for the big prize). The first movie was shown as a five-episode-long series that ended February 1, 2007, and the second movie, titled "''Afro Samurai: Resurrection''", premiered on January 25, 2009. 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. Line 15 ⟶ 16: {{tropelist}} ~~-----~~ == General ~~Examples~~ ==▼ ▲== General Examples == * [[Adaptation Distillation]] - The anime, manga and game are all slightly different, intentionally so. The manga is a mix between the first anime season with a few specific parts of ''Resurrection'' thrown in. * [[Afro Asskicker]] - Afro himself Line 31: You mean this isn't about "Lemonade, '''ice cold'''." Justice even lampshaded this trope. {{quote\| '''Justice''' (To Young Afro): "It's unfortunate you had to see this, boy. This moment'll always haunt you. You will be consumed by hatred for me. Challenge me...when you're ready to duel a god! * cue [[Evil Laugh]]* , YEE-HAW!!"}} * [[Blood From the Mouth]] - Frequent, but most often used when someone's about to die. * [[Broad Strokes]] - All three versions of the story have a few differences, but the general plot is the same-- Justice kills Afro's father, Afro becomes the Number Two to kill Justice and avenge his father's death, battling the Empty Seven and Kuma before he gets to him, and so on. Line 43: * [[Determined Expression]]: the young protagonist takes this expression very shortly after seeing his parents killed. This is the moment he is truly destined to become a badass. * [[Diagonal Cut]] * [[Doomed Byby 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 Line 65: * [[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. {{spoiler\|He serves Afro food and tea when he arrives at their lair, and is the only one to survive, possibly implying he knew they'd fail and wanted no part of it.}} ** In addition, {{spoiler\|While serving the tea, he simply says "Headband, please." [[Gratuitous Japanese\|in Japanese.]], rather than fight him. During the game, he appears in one scene, kisses his hand, thumps his chest, and gives Afro the peace sign while walking out.}} * [[Hey, It's That Voice!]] - Other than [[Samuel L. Jackson\|the obvious]], Justice is voiced by [[Ron Perlman]], Jinno is [[Yuri Lowenthal]], Sio is [[Lucy Liu]], and Okiku is [[Kelly Hu]]. Also, One of Sio's [[Quirky Miniboss Squad]] is [[Mark Hamill]]. Shichogoro is voiced by Liam O'Brien, the man who does [[Naruto\|Gaara]] (english) and the [[Star Craft 2]] Ghost unit. ** Tomoe is [[Grey ~~Delisle~~DeLisle]] * [[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. {{spoiler\|But then, he's a hallucination anyways.}} 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. * [[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. Line 85: * [[No Name Given]] - Afro Samurai is just known as "Afro". * [[Nothing Personal]] - "Nothing personal. It's just revenge." * [[Off ~~With~~with His Head]] - Afro's father, and eventually, {{spoiler\|Justice, who did the honors for Afro's father.}} 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. ** 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. Line 102: * [[Trademark Favorite Food]] - Afro has a preference for lemonade. His first drink of it was a high point in his generally crappy childhood. * [[True Companions]] - Young Afro has these at the dojo, {{spoiler\|Until nearly all of them are killed at the battle under the Bodhi tree.}} In Resurrection, Sio's vassals function as a set. * [[Two Guys and Aa Girl]] - Afro, Jinno, and Otsuru, especially in the manga, though Jinno mentions that even if Otsuru asked to marry him, he'd turn her down. * [[Unwanted Revival]] - The creator commentary mentions that Jinno would have rather died than come back as a cyborg. * [[Villain Protagonist]] - Afro falls somewhere between this and [[Anti-Hero]]-- He's not ''evil'', but he's a pretty dark character. * [[Walking the Earth]] - The series actually comes at the end of this, when Afro is about to end his journey. ** ''Resurrection'' has Afro doing this all over, with a [[Lampshade Hanging]] by Ninja Ninja. {{quote\| "This pissed you off ''so much'' that you gon' hit the road again, to find the Number Two Headband ''again,'' just so you can kill the Number One, '''''again.'''''"}} * [[We Can Rebuild Him]]- Jinno was nearly killed the night of the battle at the Bodhi tree. After he stumbled backwards and fell off the cliff, he was found by the Empty Seven, and brought to Dharman to be made into a cyborg. ** A bit worse in the manga - He still nearly got killed in the fight, but instead got ''caught in the burning dojo'' while trying to rescue Afro and the Swordmaster. Line 114: == Season One-Only ~~Examples~~ == * [[Automatic Crossbows]] - One character wields one of these, with an attached [[Grenade Launcher]]. * [[Beam-O-War]]: Afro and the Droid cause this with a laser beam and a SWORD. Line 120: * [[Cyborg]]: Jinno, or at least when he is {{spoiler\|reintroduced in episodes 3-4}}. He has certain human parts, like his head, arms, and legs, but has to rely entirely on a mechanical body for his strength, breathing, and possibly his vision. Oh, and it completely erases any sense of morality he had as a human. * [[Color Coded for Your Convenience]] - Afro wears a white shirt, while the AfroDroid wears black. All of the silver accents on Afro's clothes are gold accents on the AfroDroid equivalents. As well, Afro's sword and scabbard are red; the Droid's are gold. * [[Death Byby Sex]] - "Okiku". This subsequently causes Afro to break out of his [[The Stoic\|usual stoic nature]] and show (in a rare occasion) [[Pet the Dog\|that he truly does care]]. * [[Disposable Woman]] - Otsuru/"Okiku" * [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]] - One of the Afro Droid's weapons is a very... ''suggestively''-shaped laser cannon. As it charges, Ninja Ninja states "we came all this way just to stare down the barrel of that ''thing''?" After he fires it, he states ecstatically: "That felt good." And then it goes flaccid, and then Ninja Ninja states "I think he blew his load". * [[Drink Order]] - "Lemonade. Ice cold." * [[Evil Gloating]] - Lampshaded {{quote\| '''Ninja Ninja:''' Whoa, whoa, wait, wait... can't we talk about this? You ain't gonna monologue or nothin'? Give a bad guy speech?}} * [[Evil Knockoff]] - The Afro-Droid, which took it's fighting style from Afro's memories, was 20% stronger, and had a laser cannon. {{quote\| '''Brother One:''' It took millions of dollars and thousands of man hours, just to build his head.}} * [[Guns Akimbo]] - Justice * [[Hypocritical Humor]]: During their showdown, Jinno mocks Afro's passive resistance before saying that he can't even take him seriously because of his ridiculous hair. Jinno seems unaware of the hypocrisy of saying this while wearing a big, silly looking teddy bear helmet. * [[Informal Eulogy]] - Ninja Ninja pulls one of these: {{quote\| "Add one mo' body to the body toll, may god rest this po' bastard's soul!"}} * [[Laser Guided Tykebomb]] - The Afro Droid, possibly Jinno too. * [[My Sensors Indicate You Want to Tap That]] - Ninja Ninja pulls this on Afro in regards to Okiku. In frustration, Afro swings at a laughing Ninja Ninja. Afro and Okiku eventually ''do'' have sex, but things go downhill from there. Line 137: * [[Robot Me]] - The Afro Droid. See [[Evil Knockoff]]. * [[Rocket Punch]] - Guess who? * [[Sex Face Turn]] - [[Good People Have Good Sex\|Okiku/Otsuru has sex with Afro]]. Conflicted, she finally decides ''not'' to kill him while they're in the act. Afterwards, she even goes on to kill one of the random [[Mook\|Mooks]] that swoop in to finish the job. Unfortunately, she [[Death Byby Sex\|dies immediately afterwards]]. * [[~~She Is All Grown Up\|~~She's All Grown Up]] - Otsuru/"Okiku" * [[Throw It In]] - Ninja Ninja's [[Informal Eulogy]] was impromptu on [[Samuel L. Jackson]]'s part. * [[Tranquil Fury]] - Afro uses this when fighting his [[Mirror Match]] [[Robot Me\|robot double]], the Afro Droid, calling on his subconscious to come up with a unique new fighting style on the fly. * [[Trash Talk]] - Jinno provides this. When Afro refuses to fight him, Jinno starts questioning the stories about his badassery, and then remarks that he can't even take Afro seriously because of his stupid hair. * [[Vader Breath]] - Kuma * [[Victorious Childhood Friend]] - Otsuru to Afro, [[Disposable Woman\|sort]] [[Death Byby Sex\|of]]. * [[Wave Motion Gun]] - The Afro Droid's laser. * [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]]: {{spoiler\|Justice}} claims that by obtaining all the headbands, he will have the power to end all conflict: {{quote\| {{spoiler\|'''Justice'''}}: The world is lost. [[Crapsack World\|All this chaos, and pain...]] it's time for someone to take control. It's time for a man to use [[A God Am I\|absolute power]] for the [[Utopia Justifies the Means\|cause of ultimate peace.]] It's time to rid the world of conflict, and all men and women, young and old, to live in tranquility. [[A God Am I\|It is time for Man to become God,]] [[God Is Inept\|where God has failed.]]}} == ''Resurrection''-Only ~~Examples~~ == * [[Absolute Cleavage]]: Sio * [[Arson, Murder, and Admiration]] - ''Resurrection'' has this exchange between Sio and Dharman: {{quote\| '''Sio''': "You truly are the world's most wicked, shit-faced, genius scientist. You'll burn in Hell for your crimes against nature."~~<br />~~ '''Dharman''': "You praise me so wonderfully, Lady Sio! I am not worthy of your poetry!" }} * [[Battle in ~~The~~the Rain]] - Though it's damn near a [[Curb Stomp Battle]] in the rain, Afro gets the Number One Headband taken from him in one of these in ''Resurrection.'' * [[Bad Dreams]] - Afro has a couple of these near the beginning, featuring such things as teddy bears with brains leaking out, and his father's half-rotted skull talking to him. * [[Beard of Sorrow]] - Afro sports one of these in the beginning, after having been the Number One for quite some time Line 169: * [[Heel Face Turn]]/[[Face Heel Turn]] - It's somewhat hard to tell exactly which one it was, since Kuma's [[Good Costume Switch]] occurs when he decides to{{spoiler\|protect Afro, who is either a [[Villain Protagonist]] or [[Anti-Hero]].}} * [[I See Them, Too]] - {{spoiler\|Bin shoots a dart at Ninja Ninja when Afro meets Sio's vassals for their showdown; [[Pocket Protector\|he's saved by his oxygen tank]]}}. Ninja Ninja just does not have any luck when it comes to cyborgs. * [[Hoist Byby His Own Petard]] - {{spoiler\|Afro's Resurrected father ends up killing Afro, then Jinno, and finally, Sio herself.}} * [[I Will Fight No More Forever]] - At the beginning, Afro has given up being the Number One, sitting in a hut, carving statues of those he killed in the first movie. Then he get the crap stomped out of him... * [[Kill Us Both]] - Used by Tomoe towards the end. Unfortunately, Michael hesitates long enough for Afro to turn the tables and make a [[Human Shield]]. Line 177: * [[Offing the Offspring]] - Afro * [[Poisonous Friend]] - Sio's vassals, Bin, Michael, and Tomoe. At one point, Bin says this: {{quote\| "We will not allow [Sio] to fall from grace. Instead, ''we'' will be the sinners." }} ** That said, it's not like Sio would have had too far to fall... * [[Redemption Equals Death]] - Near the end of ''Resurrection'', {{spoiler\|Jinno runs to keep Afro's father from killing him, and is killed (again) in the process.}} * [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]] - Afro's resurrected father's eyes glow red, as does Jinno's cyborg eye. * [[Red Sky, Take Warning]] - The final battle takes place under a red sky. * [[Remember the New Guy?]] - Sio is Jinno's sister, though there was no reason to mention her in the first movie, Afro'd met her before... * [[Removed From the Picture]] - Sio has a photo of herself, her vassals, Jinno, someone else, and Afro, with Afro's face burned out entirely. * [[Sequel Hook]]: One ending has {{spoiler\|Justice apparently coming [[Back From the Dead]]}}, and {{spoiler\|Takimoto}} makes his appearance. Only time will tell if there will be a sequel or not. Line 188: ** ''Heavily'' lampshaded by Ninja Ninja, who has a hard time believing all of the above and repeatedly mocks Afro over it. * [[Stock Subtitle]] - Resurrection. * [[Ten -Minute Retirement]] - Afro has to revert to his killing ways, though he doesn't do it right away. * [[The Stinger]] - "I been waiting a ''long'' time for him" {{spoiler\|followed by a swift shot of Justice}}. * [[Time Skip]] - One of unknown length has happened between this and the first movie. One background character remarks that Afro hasn't held his blade in years, and Ninja-Ninja says that Afro's starting to look old, but exactly ''how many'' years is never stated. == Manga-Only ~~Examples:~~ == * [[Anticlimax]] - In volume two of the manga, Afro finally makes it to the top of the mountain, ready to confront Justice. When he finally makes it to him, he attacks and {{spoiler\|Justice turns to dust and falls apart - Apparently, he'd been dead for quite awhile.}} Ninja Ninja even remarks that {{spoiler\|1="Afro finally got his revenge, even if it doesn't feel like it."}} * [[Boisterous Bruiser]] - Big Boy. Line 203: == Game-Only ~~Examples:~~ == * [[Battle in ~~The~~the Center of ~~The~~the Mind]] - Two- the first, with Ninja Ninja prior to {{spoiler\|his [[Split Personality Merge]], the second with Justice}} * [[Blade Below the Shoulder]]- The Android Ninja enemies have these * [[Breaking the Fourth Wall]] - Ninja Ninja does some serious tapping on the fourth wall during the game - among them, calling the player a "Button mashin' motherfucker", and suggesting that just because you watched the TV show doesn't mean you know what's going to happen here. * [[Enemy Within]] - Ninja Ninja discusses with Afro what he represents, and forces Afro to fight him to take on the burden again. * [[A God Am I]]- Justice makes this speech to Afro: {{quote\| "My desire was to become a god. In the pursuit of revenge, you made me yours. Searching for me. Obsessing over me. Killing for me.[...]Each life you took was a tribute to me. Your actions gave me substance, let me live. You've been doing my good work."}} * [[Idiosyncratic Difficulty Levels]] - Number Two Headband and Number One Headband. * [[Lemony Narrator]] - Ninja Ninja. ''"You think I should be watchin' his ''back!? '''''[[Precision F-Strike\|FUCK]]''''' you!! I've ''been'' watchin' I've seen '''''ev-'''''rything!" Line 220: {{reflist}} [[Category:~~FU Nimation~~{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:GONZO]]▼ [[Category:Seinen]]▼ [[Category:Adult Swim (Creator)]]▼ [[Category:Anime]] [[Category:Anime of the 2000s]] [[Category:Manga]] [[Category:Manga of the 1990s]] [[Category:A-1 Pictures]] [[Category:~~Afro~~Adult ~~Samurai~~Swim]] [[Category:Funimation]] ▲[[Category:GONZO]] [[Category:Seven Seas Entertainment]] [[Category:Madman Entertainment]] ▲[[Category:Adult Swim ~~(Creator)~~]] [[Category:Fantasy Anime and Manga]] ▲[[Category:Seinen]] [[Category:Action Adventure Series]]