Now that Nuve has started subbing season 3, I feel I should write something about Kagero no Tsuji. the Yamamoto Koji jidaigeki. He plays the main character Sakazaki Iwane, a poor ronin in exile in Edo because of a clan conspiracy, leaving behind his fiance Nao.
Kagero no Tsuji is about your basic great humble swordsman living among the peasants and banishing evil every episode like your town policeman. It is feel good bad guys will get their just deserts at the end show and the fights are decent and over as soon as Sakazaki's music ends.
The hear of the show is the relationship between Sakazaki and O-kon played by Nakagoshi Noriko. Sakazaki has an ex-fiance and later we learn where she is so there are plenty of obstacles for our main couple but after all the ups and downs they finally get together at the end of season 2, paying off 2 seasons of build ups.
Kagero no Tsuji is not my favourite jidaigeki (that title still belongs to Yoshiwara Uradoshin) but I think it does its job well. Sometimes after work, you just want to see justice being served and Kage no Tsuji knows how to give the audience what they want. Watchable for jidaigeki fans.
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