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<blockquote data-quote="Stalker0" data-source="post: 9330906" data-attributes="member: 5889"><p>I do think the ending might be somewhat upsetting for some western viewers (what that's it!!!), but I also think this is a difference with eastern vs western storytelling.</p><p></p><p>One thing I've noticed is that western cultures tend to like stories that "complete". There's a true beginning, middle, and end... the characters complete their work and then perhaps move on unto a new journey.</p><p></p><p>With eastern cultures, I've noticed there is more taste for the notion that "and the story continues". Many older Japanese anime for example don't really have a true "ending" as westerners appreciate it. They deal with something, perhaps learn something, but then they just continue the journey without any real closure for the characters. I think modern anime has more definitive endings partly because of the growing western audiences.</p><p></p><p>Now again this is a blanket statement, there are japanese stories with definitive endings, and western stories without one....but on the whole its a trend I've noticed.</p><p></p><p>The ending of Shogun feels much more like a traditional Japanese story. We get an inkling of what might happen with the Anjin and Toranaga but its not definitive, the story just ends right before this next pivotal moment. We are left in some ways just like Yabusage, we will never get to the see the final battle, or Anjin commanding a ship, or the thousand moments to follow. Several characters like the captain of the black ship or the sailing frenemy of the anjin's....we never know their fate....etc.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Stalker0, post: 9330906, member: 5889"] I do think the ending might be somewhat upsetting for some western viewers (what that's it!!!), but I also think this is a difference with eastern vs western storytelling. One thing I've noticed is that western cultures tend to like stories that "complete". There's a true beginning, middle, and end... the characters complete their work and then perhaps move on unto a new journey. With eastern cultures, I've noticed there is more taste for the notion that "and the story continues". Many older Japanese anime for example don't really have a true "ending" as westerners appreciate it. They deal with something, perhaps learn something, but then they just continue the journey without any real closure for the characters. I think modern anime has more definitive endings partly because of the growing western audiences. Now again this is a blanket statement, there are japanese stories with definitive endings, and western stories without one....but on the whole its a trend I've noticed. The ending of Shogun feels much more like a traditional Japanese story. We get an inkling of what might happen with the Anjin and Toranaga but its not definitive, the story just ends right before this next pivotal moment. We are left in some ways just like Yabusage, we will never get to the see the final battle, or Anjin commanding a ship, or the thousand moments to follow. Several characters like the captain of the black ship or the sailing frenemy of the anjin's....we never know their fate....etc. [/QUOTE]
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