Hell’s Paradise – Reaction – S1E5 – The Samurai and the Woman

I know Genji is triggering a lot of people but we also gotta have to understand or atleast acknowledge the fact that this was simply the norm back then. They've been used to this way of living to the point where anything that doesn't align with these set of standards such as a woman being a samurai or executioner etc. are frowned upon. To us right now, these things clearly scream sexist/misogynistic but to people back then it was just how their way of life works; women are this and men are that etc. This is why Eizen and Genji are the way that they are. And this ideology is even more engraved into them especially since they're people of status so they would definitely feel strongly about adhering to societal standards.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying all this to say that we should just give them a pass for their behavior, cuz there's definitely some personal agenda mixed in with the way they're treating Sagiri. I'm just saying we should also have to acknowledge this fact about society back then, and not just on the surface level.

Unfortunately the anime cut out a part of the interaction that changes the meaning of the scene: After Genji brings down his sword and before the dust clears, in the manga he says "Next time it won't be a friendly warning…." before realizing Sagiri already took his sword. In the anime it just looks like Genji was trying to kill Sagiri.

So because it’s 2023 a woman can’t be shown in any form of media fighting through misogyny? Weird take, this is quite clearly part of her struggle that she has to overcome, understand being upset at the character but to be critical of the story for having misogynistics characters is pretty narrow way of view things. It’s ironic Jjk was mentioned because it pretty much drives the point home that misogyny is still a thing regardless of era but obviously during this time period it was worse.

We got about 1000 other old school fantasy animes where women are treated much better than they were in historical times, so idk why its suddenly an issue(in the west mind you…surprise) when we got something remotely accurate. I like it because its gonna be more rewarding when Sagiri shows those types of people up.
Also love how people instantly forgot Genji saved her this episode, and even in episode 3 when Gabi got injured.

Japan did not allow women to enter the workforce. Women should not be ahead of men. Women were to enter the home.

Genji would be the kind of Redditor that writes one really unnecessarily long paragraph then gets upset when someone responds "Who asked?"

tv show: has a sexist character and very clearly wants you to know their views are stupid
weirdos online: "leave him alone! its actually normal for the time period!"

20:10 “instant karma”. if you think someone should die Bc they don’t want a woman or children on this death island, then that’s messed up. Obviously he’s wrong about her being weak. But he had no ill-intent behind his words. Also he doesn’t care about purple clothes girl Bc she’s a prisoner and deserves to be there. Saigiri is his friend so naturally he’d wanna protect his friend. Him drawing his sword was a scare tactic btw, he was trying to kill her

typical weak woman. getting triggered over something so trivial 💀

Also, Yuzuriha is a criminal, she has a "job" to do on the island. Genji doesn't care about her, if she steps out of line he'll execute her