Afro Samurai: Difference between revisions

* [[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.}}

** 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.

* [[Rule of Cool]] - A series absolutely ''built'' on this, up to and including afros that [[Dramatic Wind|billow dramatically in the wind]].

* [[Scarf of Asskicking]] - Afro and Justice pull this off with the headbands.

* [[Sidekick]]- Ninja Ninja to Afro

* [[The Stinger]] - At the end of the first season, {{spoiler|Justice is seen coming back to life.}} At the end of ''Resurrection,'' he's seen talking with Takimoto, a character from the manga.

* [[Good Costume Switch]] - Kuma. During the fight {{spoiler|between Afro and his father,}} half his teddy bear mask is knocked off, and he begins struggling with his conscience. When he decides {{spoiler|to protect Afro,}} he tears the other half off.

* [[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]].}}

* [[Hoist By 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...

* [[Lightning Can Do Anything]] - After {{spoiler|Afro, Jinno, and Sio are killed by Afro's resurrected father,}} the electricity from {{spoiler|Jinno's cyborg parts brings Afro back to life.}}

* [[Machine Monotone]] - Averted. {{spoiler|Bin's voice is dry and raspy, and Tomoe's is coarse, but despite having only a small amount of their old bodies left (excluding their necks), they still speak in relatively human voices and show emotion. Michael's the only one whose vocal chords have been destroyed entirely, but even then his vocalizations are simply the whine of a speaker.}}

* [[Offing the Offspring]] - Afro

* [[Poisonous Friend]] - Sio's vassals, Bin, Michael, and Tomoe. At one point, Bin says this:

** 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.}}

* [[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.

* [[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.

* [[The Messiah]] - At the end of the second volume {{spoiler|the world has turned into a endless warring chaos}} as {{spoiler|Afro}} didn't rule as Justice did, meaning {{spoiler|he spent years in a depressive state}} instead of being a great figure of worship and respect like Justice, but at the very end {{spoiler|Afro managed to pull himself back together}} and as Ninja Ninja and Takimoto suggested he must begin his journey to put the world back in order.

* [[Motor Mouth]] - Kazuma.

* [[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!"

* [[Luke, I Am Your Father]] - {{spoiler|Justice makes a speech to this effect, although it's explicitly metaphorical.}}

* [[One-Hit Kill]] - Focus Slashes, against most [[Mooks]], if done perfectly, will kill them in one shot, literally chopping them apart.

* [[One-Winged Angel]] - {{spoiler|Justice, after his arms are sliced off}}