The thing I always found hilarious/interesting about this is that both Jack and Aku drove each other into depressed nervous wrecks. They were just so ~tired~ by the end.
I noticed that too. Jack was too skilled and clever a warrior for Aku too kill. However, Aku was too powerful for Jack too kill even with the sword in hand. They were just too evenly matched. That's why Ashi was so important. She literally could tip the scale either way
@@maestrulgamer9695 And even if Jack found him while roaming for who knows how long, he had no sword cause he flipped out over the last time portal being destroyed.
@@nubreed13 what I don’t understand is why he waited until Jack in the future arrived to start destroying the time portals when he could’ve done it ahead of time while he was gone
@@KingDusk278 also people of that time may have built their own time portables so he constantly had to go destroying them until a point where word got around that if you got caught building a time portal Kay would not only destroy it but also you for trying
@@KingDusk278 basically he destroyed the way back to Jack’s time and then just thought he’d wait out Jack. You know, closing the door after the moth has entered the room- sure you can open it back up but getting the moth back out is difficult.
One of the most hilarious beings of pure evil. You can’t help but want him to be destroyed, but at the same time laugh at practically everything he does🤣😂
Aku is the laziest, most unmotivated master villain ever. Only his immense power makes him a threat. If he were just a mortal, he'd spend all day on his couch drinking beer and watching TV. Ironically, Jack's challenge to him was the only thing that prompted any action and imagination from him.
You'd think fifty years wouldn't be so long for an entity that's been around since the freaking DINOSAURS. But I guess having a FOOOOLISH SA-MOO-RAI constantly up your grill must make time seem to slow down.
Thats exactly the thing. Aku cant enjoy his “eternal evil power” EXACTLY because Jack is out there, messing with him. He probably hates being immortal if it means being immortal with Samurai at his throat. So in order to finally enjoy or even tolerate his existence he wants to destroy the Samurai.
It's less that it's long for him and more that after 50 years of Jack not aging it became clear that he'd accidentally also made him immortal, which means his plan of just waiting for Jack to die of old age wouldn't work. Meaning he'd just be stuck with Jack coming after him forever.
And if Jack doesn't do anything for a thousand years, that can just mean he is planning something. Jack could start to take the long game and undermine Aku's powerbase.
I pointed that out to my bf. I was super stoned and somehiw honed in on the music and the fact hes in a hellscape...going through therapy...Jack got Aku literally FOLDED in his chair and he aint even there lol.
@@nomahfuckah2080 I also know from EXPERIANCE (see what I did there) that seeing Samurai Jack stoned is quite something. This scene has to be the funniest one in the whole season. I would also talk about how a dash of weed increases the sense of epicness in the most important moments in the show.
Life is a journey not a destination, at this point they're just doing it for the sake of it. Kinda like everyone who decided to finish reading Bleach after the first few arcs.
Oh for the love, am I the only who thinks that the episode we watch are the days he takes on his journey not the actual years. Like every episode equals one day unless the events are connected. The years we've been watching are not the actual representation of the time goes by. Am I the only one who thinks that!?
I remember when this episode was brand new. Everyone was terrified that the new and final season of Samurai Jack was gonna be super dark, edgy, and adult. Then THIS happened and everyone's fears were put to rest.
I don't remember anyone being afraid of that and were actually excited that it would be more mature as everyone that watched the original as a kid became adults or almost adults by the time the series came back
I’m just amazed the physical embodiment of hammy evil studied psychology and therapy. Yeah he’s over 65,000,000 years old but it just doesn’t seem like something aku would bother with.
I can agree with you there mate. A grown up watching samurai Jack. Ever since I was a kid, I love the stories the character and the development. But in the end still, he's a pretty funny demon, except I still hate his guts. Why? Can assume that he would be bored after all these years of 1 samurai. Honestly, he should just, I don't know, send Samurai Jack. to another world and not bug him.
@@biancagrottolo Well, that's the problem. Even if Aku had the sense not to bug Aku, you forgot one thing. Jack won't stop at nothing to stop Aku or go back to the past.
@@icicle_ai Or he'd had a more recent encounter with him shortly before the season started when Jack didn't lose the sword yet but he noticed the beard and how he wasn't aging.
@@bob1986 he was clean shaven when he lost his sword. But jack has fought without it so many times that aku may not have noticed it was missing among all of Jack's other weapons
@@zillafire101 that's possible He can't distinguish a fake to the original, Remember his fight with Jack when he manage to get the sword only to find out that Jack outsmarted him with a fake one.
“What’s been bothering you?” “Jack live too long” “Yep. He does not age anymore.” “Kinda sucks” “Yeah.” “Guess we will just live with it until someone kills him or something”. -ancient evil master plan 2017
“Doctor, give it to me straight. Is there hope for me?” “Well, to be honest, you might be going crazy” “Really? How so?” “Well, for starters, you’re talking to yourself”
Every time I wake up from a dream where I had a conversation with someone dropping truth bombs, I go "wait a sec... I legit talked with myself and were surprised".
This is actually a really good character study of “the dictator”: one who has absolute power and authority who orchestrates thru fear and displays of power secretly has the paranoia and fear of some tangible and measurable or in some cases imaginative entities that can upset their power. Hitler, Stalin and other dictators are well documented as being very eccentric, suspicious and secretive within their ranks and often killed their own people out of fear of possibly losing ground. Aku slipped into a manic phase where the only thing that can oppose him is just “out there somewhere” and it’s just fucking with him. 😂
It is a vicious psychological style. The more ruthless things they do, the more they fear for their lives. The more they fear, the more people they kill. This is why dictatorship doesn't really work. @@szylaj
Akus essentially at a stalemate with jack by this point in the series. aku is the unquestioned dictator who is unable to be killed, and jack, despite being only one man against a regime, is unable to be killed by akus forces, and cannot age or die of natural causes as a side effect of akus time portal. aku is frustrated that jack is essentially immortal due to time travel, even resorting to cloning himself a therapist to vent to, and jack is hopelessly wandering the wasteland trying to find something to finally send him back in time so he can finish aku off once and for all, and presumably live a normal life, despite all known means of doing so were destroyed fifty years before the season even began. i love that this is both the hero and villain absolutely frustrated with each other. they are just *DONE* with each other.
Seeing Aku melt into a depressed blob on the chair while speaking to a therapist who may or may not be his transmogrified feet is actually surprisingly adorable and hilarious 😂😂 I’m glad to see this show never lost its goofiness when it turned more adult
It's strange how Aku is always had that wooden sound when he moved, like branches snapping or wood being stressed but also turns into almost a form of liquid when he transforms.
Basically, Aku thought he would trap Jack in the future he rules forever, only to realize due to Jack being unable to age because he was affected by time traveling, Aku is the one trapped with Jack forever.
@@brentdye1504 he sent him to the future because he would have been killed in their iconic first battle Jack had him on the ropes for a knockout but Aku pulled a hail Mary to save his ass and thought he would kill him later
i like the fact that an extremely ancient demon thing that the gods themselves tried to kill somehow doesn't know enough grammar to know what a conundrum is.
AKU is one of my fav villains of ALL time. He can go from pure comedy, to depression and always being a great villain. He has so much range and personality unlike 99% of all the villains out there.
To be honest, being your own therapist isn't as crazy as one would think. Since it's you, the therapist already knows your problems, so you don't need to be nervous about talking to them about them. The advice you give yourself can be helpful or not, but it's better than keeping it bottled up deep inside you.
It is very crazy especially when your status as your own therapist prevents you from finding productive solutions to your problems but you do so anyway.
You know, no one explained the plot hole of Aku not finding out that Jack lost his sword. I know that the minions he sent out were killed by Jack and no one reached Aku to tell him of the news but Aku used to keep his eye on Jack all of the time. He even knows Jack grew a beard but doesn't know that he lost his sword?
@@EdxSarxNatxChoc No. Well not sure but you'd think if he spied on him all the time before he would think "Hmmm that samurai has used his sword in weeks..."
After the fake sword bit (ruclips.net/video/UrH_hu9mPe0/видео.html), I feel like Aku just assumes he has it with him 24/7 and is just not using it because he realized he's strong enough to not need it.
@@TPDManiacXC626 Greg Baldwin did a pretty good job and I think Mako Iwamatsu would be proud of him, but no one will ever be able to truly replace Mako himself. Mako's voice was unique.
I really loved the fact that aku literally achieved everything he wanted got control on the entire universe brought about a new age of technology and brought life from all over the universe under his grasp. But yet because jack is still alive he’s just dosnt care about anything and is massively depressed.
1:01 i dont know why but i love the way he says that line of "but he hasnt even aged" it sounds so genuine that hes upset that he enemy hasnt just gotten old and died already.
"Well... I just assumed that eventually, over time, he would just DIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIE!" A perfectly logical train of thought, that most ancient immortal villains don't ever come up with, just a shame the plot conspired against you there Aku...
At this point Aku was sick of fending Jack off and Jack was sick of the hopeless battle with Aku. They were permanently stalemated, and it was even driving the ancient Oni completely batshit. Considering this whole scene was him talking to himself, Gollum/Smeagol style, it's a first class example of black humor. One of many examples in the last season of Samurai Jack.
I think I understand Aku's problem. Now that Jack's lost his sword, he's barely a threat to him. So, when you're greatest enemy has lost their edge. Where's the fun in ruling the universe anymore
He doesn't, at the moment thou there is a HEAD who knows and its hopping its way to Aku's lair in order to tell him the news, question is, will Aku bother to listen to him?
sadlobster1 Aku doesn't know that Jack lost his sword And he can't sleep because he thought Jack will keep hunting him until he's dead Kinda like when John Wick is hunting you because you killed his dog
@@animebrat76imagine he went from hating him to fearing him in just 50 years I feel like they did fight a third time somewhere in those years we didn't see anything and Jack came within an inch of killing Aku he came as close you could without successfully killing him a lot closer than the previous times and Aku barely escaped and hid for years afterwards that's the only way that can explain this insane transition from hatred to fear as he was not afraid of Jack the times we did see them fight
He spawned from a crooked tree growing over a corrupting alien tar, its kind of reasonable from an audio design standpoint to sound like creaking wood.
@@diegosaez4885 It's just so wrong too. It's instantly recognizable as something between creaking wood and cracking joints, but it doesn't sound anything like them or anything that does or should exist. It's beautiful sound design.
Well to be fair if you've lived as long as aku and have been fighting the same dude for 50 years (Wich probably for him is like just nothing) I'd go on a slump too
@@ru_gamerandotaku2431 yeah but you don’t often see that with other characters like Ganon or The Lich from Adventure Time I appreciate how human Aku is
@@kruegerpoolthe13th for a being that is evil incarnate the dude is super relatable and can be both ruthless and merciless yet be so petty that he'd probably rival the reverse flash for inconveniencing jack
I love that Aku stayed the same while Jack fell into depression and psychosis. It really sells how immensely powerful he is when the only issue he has is being mildly irritated by the continuous presence of the Samurai.
Not really; in terms of "character development" for The Villain in this case, Aku has yielded to depression, severe paranoia and all means of psychosis to the point he's having a therapy session with himself as shown in this above scene. He had a plan up to a point and now it's not working out the way he planned and now it's almost purposeless seemingly now that he knows there's a chance of inevitability He'll have to face The Samurai again regardless without a real ending in his sight unless he knows the eventual fate that one of them will die one way or another during their next bout(s)
To be fair Aku’s plan was actual pretty solid. He had tried to kill Jack so many times that he eventually just gave up. Plus he still thought he had the sword so there was no reason to keep trying so he just decided to wait it out over time. I mean he has to die EVENTUALLY right?
"I sure wish someone could dispose of that horrible Samurai." Weeks later: "Die, Samurai! Die! I will kill you for the glory of Aku!" "Aww, she's so cute."
Aku was always the comic relief in samurai Jack. Season 5 was great. Cartoon network gave the creators a mile, when they put it on adult swim. but the creators only took an inch.
Jack has an inner Jack who hates his guts and Aku has an inner psychiatrist who actually seems pretty competent. It’s weird to consider which of the two is more emotionally stable...
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Step 1: Send Samurai into future
Step 2: Destroy all time portals
Step 3: Idk, never thought I’d get this far
Underrated
Well step 3 was to wait until the Samurai just grow old and died but XD
Step 3: Wait until the Samurai dies of age
Step 4: Realize 50 years have passed and the Samurai didn't age a bit
Step 5: Get frustrated
@ step 6 order pizza and have it made *EXTRA THICCCC!!!*
@@mrnukes797 step seven tries execution of the Samurai and yet fails
Me: “Hey, Aku, have you tried doing self-help?”
Aku: “Way ahead of you.”
lol
I clicked on the replies only to find myself.... What a small world
@@timewarpdrive77 well, you ARE a time warp drive.
@@Joetheknight406 guess that explains it..
aku is a characters from samurai Jack
aku is also meaning from Indonesian, which means "I"
You know you're crazy when your psychiatrist is you....
Wait its not normal to do that?
He needed professional help😂
Well sometimes I need a professional opinion on crazy
Yea I m talking to my self alot and its normal to me and my family
That would explain a lot about me.
It really shows the strength of the writers to be able to create a villain who is both hilarious and terrifying at the same time
Yep
"YES, ONE CAN HOPE."
DIO?
What do you mean exist alot of villains who are like that
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The thing I always found hilarious/interesting about this is that both Jack and Aku drove each other into depressed nervous wrecks. They were just so ~tired~ by the end.
I noticed that too. Jack was too skilled and clever a warrior for Aku too kill. However, Aku was too powerful for Jack too kill even with the sword in hand. They were just too evenly matched. That's why Ashi was so important. She literally could tip the scale either way
@@anthonymartell9880-Aku wasn't too strong.He is just too fast and well hidden to kill.
@@maestrulgamer9695 And even if Jack found him while roaming for who knows how long, he had no sword cause he flipped out over the last time portal being destroyed.
Also Aku can just fly away and that is it. A single warrior with a sword can't dismantle an empire.
@@radix4400 you forgot that Jack can jump good.
"I wish he would just......"
"DDDDDDDDDDIIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEE"
Drender That he would just DIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEE...!!!!!!!!!
FeMInsmmmmm iS iCkY
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@@MilkPlus naw, that ones really pretty dull.
"But he hasn't even aged, i mean like at all!"
I like the fact that he actually took the more sensible route and just destroyed all the time portals.
I mean in the original series he destroyed some of the portals. He likely had that going on the entire time once he knew jack was in this time line.
@@nubreed13 what I don’t understand is why he waited until Jack in the future arrived to start destroying the time portals when he could’ve done it ahead of time while he was gone
@@KingDusk278 its possible he assumed his vast armies of minions would kill jack the second he showed up since he is way more powerful in the future
@@KingDusk278 also people of that time may have built their own time portables so he constantly had to go destroying them until a point where word got around that if you got caught building a time portal Kay would not only destroy it but also you for trying
@@KingDusk278 basically he destroyed the way back to Jack’s time and then just thought he’d wait out Jack.
You know, closing the door after the moth has entered the room- sure you can open it back up but getting the moth back out is difficult.
I love the "EEEEERRRAAADIICAATEEED"
*Spanks your ass*
Mug of Smug The hell !? 😂
0:34 😂
*_E E E E E R R R A A A A D I C A T E D_*
@@mugofsmug914 harder 😡😡🤚🏻
is it just me or does it feel....creepy as heck when Aku looks at the camera at the end o.o
It's breaking the fourth wall, like he knows we all want to see it finally end.
It WOULD be creepy if he wasn’t literally just a puddle with a face when he did so. I just find it pretty funny as it is. XD
Was the very next scene the birth of the daughters of aku
Nah it is even funnier in the end!
o.o
One of the most hilarious beings of pure evil. You can’t help but want him to be destroyed, but at the same time laugh at practically everything he does🤣😂
So true! XD
It’s like the joker. He’s the most twisted demented and sadistic villain and we all love him because he’s hilarious!
“A little girl with *GREAT FLAMING EYEBROWS* “
Aku is the laziest, most unmotivated master villain ever. Only his immense power makes him a threat. If he were just a mortal, he'd spend all day on his couch drinking beer and watching TV. Ironically, Jack's challenge to him was the only thing that prompted any action and imagination from him.
You'd think fifty years wouldn't be so long for an entity that's been around since the freaking DINOSAURS. But I guess having a FOOOOLISH SA-MOO-RAI constantly up your grill must make time seem to slow down.
Thats exactly the thing. Aku cant enjoy his “eternal evil power” EXACTLY because Jack is out there, messing with him.
He probably hates being immortal if it means being immortal with Samurai at his throat.
So in order to finally enjoy or even tolerate his existence he wants to destroy the Samurai.
It's less that it's long for him and more that after 50 years of Jack not aging it became clear that he'd accidentally also made him immortal, which means his plan of just waiting for Jack to die of old age wouldn't work. Meaning he'd just be stuck with Jack coming after him forever.
He lives in fear of the samurai coming to kill him
Oh my God guys it’s the fucking immortal snail problem
And if Jack doesn't do anything for a thousand years, that can just mean he is planning something.
Jack could start to take the long game and undermine Aku's powerbase.
I love that his disturbing silent-hill esque leitmotif is still playing. XD
Well he might be a comedic goofball, but he IS still an all powerful and evil demon god XD
I pointed that out to my bf. I was super stoned and somehiw honed in on the music and the fact hes in a hellscape...going through therapy...Jack got Aku literally FOLDED in his chair and he aint even there lol.
@@nomahfuckah2080 I also know from EXPERIANCE (see what I did there) that seeing Samurai Jack stoned is quite something. This scene has to be the funniest one in the whole season. I would also talk about how a dash of weed increases the sense of epicness in the most important moments in the show.
This is me trying to understand why Team Rocket is STILL going after Ash and Pikachu when after 20 years of failure has taught them nothing.
This comment was too long to be funny lol
@Deion Person Something about how he and Pikachu both wished for immortality from Ho-oh so they wouldn't have to see each other die.
Life is a journey not a destination, at this point they're just doing it for the sake of it. Kinda like everyone who decided to finish reading Bleach after the first few arcs.
Oh for the love, am I the only who thinks that the episode we watch are the days he takes on his journey not the actual years. Like every episode equals one day unless the events are connected. The years we've been watching are not the actual representation of the time goes by. Am I the only one who thinks that!?
@Deion Person He's in a coma
I remember when this episode was brand new. Everyone was terrified that the new and final season of Samurai Jack was gonna be super dark, edgy, and adult.
Then THIS happened and everyone's fears were put to rest.
Don't forget Scaramouche either.
Still wacky nice aku... A shame that they never talk each other again
Then the ending
I don't remember anyone being afraid of that and were actually excited that it would be more mature as everyone that watched the original as a kid became adults or almost adults by the time the series came back
Lmao I was shaking in my boots
0:42 I love how the physical embodiment of evil is talking about safe places
Don't most of them? Hey-ooooooohhhhh~
@@trustmeits610pm2 nice. XD
He is evil, but it's banal, petty evil. He's really just an emotionally stunted, spoiled child.
I’m just amazed the physical embodiment of hammy evil studied psychology and therapy. Yeah he’s over 65,000,000 years old but it just doesn’t seem like something aku would bother with.
It'd be boring if he had no emotions
When Aku melt and his G R E A T
F L A M I N G E Y E B R O W S go out
Dungeons and Demons the Shapshifting Puddle of Sadness
Who was on her way to visit Grandma's house with a picnic basket of confectionary treats.
Thatspacerat and his goatee too
Yeah is like a mood
Aku=dark water from primal...
CANON!
Not because you're evil means you can't struggle with depression
Or have an apoinment with Dr. Yourselfe
That definitely sounds like an innuendo.
DGneoseeker1
“It’s time for your prostate exam”
@@spindash64 I feel that would be difficult to do to yourself.
I was thinking more along the lines of fapping.
@@DGneoseeker1
Probably not that difficult. At least not with the right toy.
I love how when writing aku they didn’t have to decide between having him be menacing or being comic relief . They said fuck it both
That's so hard to pull off
I can agree with you there mate. A grown up watching samurai Jack. Ever since I was a kid, I love the stories the character and the development. But in the end still, he's a pretty funny demon, except I still hate his guts. Why? Can assume that he would be bored after all these years of 1 samurai. Honestly, he should just, I don't know, send Samurai Jack. to another world and not bug him.
@@biancagrottolo Well, that's the problem.
Even if Aku had the sense not to bug Aku, you forgot one thing.
Jack won't stop at nothing to stop Aku or go back to the past.
Here's a fun drinking game:
Every time Aku says "yes" you take a shot of tequila
I don't think my liver would survive.
That's okay, I'll downgrade it down to whiskey.
I’m gonna die, but that’s ok. I’m here for a good time not a long time.
@@roguesignal12 theres alot of truth in what you said
If I would take a shot every time he said "Yes" I would simply
*DIIIIIIIIIIIIEEEE!*
...So wait, Aku was able to learn that Jack grew that awesome beard, but he never took notice that Jack lost his sword?
Probably sent scouting robots to kill him but they were destroyed before they could see that he lost it. Or got descriptions
@@icicle_ai Or he'd had a more recent encounter with him shortly before the season started when Jack didn't lose the sword yet but he noticed the beard and how he wasn't aging.
@@bob1986 he was clean shaven when he lost his sword. But jack has fought without it so many times that aku may not have noticed it was missing among all of Jack's other weapons
Or Jack carried a fake sword for a bit to fool him until Aku just stopped showing up
@@zillafire101 that's possible He can't distinguish a fake to the original, Remember his fight with Jack when he manage to get the sword only to find out that Jack outsmarted him with a fake one.
“What’s been bothering you?”
“Jack live too long”
“Yep. He does not age anymore.”
“Kinda sucks”
“Yeah.”
“Guess we will just live with it until someone kills him or something”.
-ancient evil master plan 2017
Aflay thx for the tl:dr
"What bother?"
"Imortal boi."
"Yes, no age."
"Is problem."
"Agree."
"Must wait for someone."
- old black tree boi plan.
Joshua Anderson yes
“Grrr”
“What?”
“Immortal”
“Ageless”
“Bad”
“Thing kill”
oh god this aired in 2017
I can feel the wrinkles spreading
Imagine a goofball like aku being a father like in a normal family.
Wife- how's work
Aku- This samurai won't DIIIIIIEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!
Based on later revelations, I'm assuming the wife would be the High Priestess.
“Doctor, give it to me straight. Is there hope for me?”
“Well, to be honest, you might be going crazy”
“Really? How so?”
“Well, for starters, you’re talking to yourself”
This sounds so familiar
An extra thicc pizza is a cure for all
Every time I wake up from a dream where I had a conversation with someone dropping truth bombs, I go "wait a sec... I legit talked with myself and were surprised".
@@MizantropMan damn
@@MizantropMan ...I never thought of dream conversations that way. And now i will always think of them this way
This is actually a really good character study of “the dictator”: one who has absolute power and authority who orchestrates thru fear and displays of power secretly has the paranoia and fear of some tangible and measurable or in some cases imaginative entities that can upset their power. Hitler, Stalin and other dictators are well documented as being very eccentric, suspicious and secretive within their ranks and often killed their own people out of fear of possibly losing ground. Aku slipped into a manic phase where the only thing that can oppose him is just “out there somewhere” and it’s just fucking with him. 😂
Dictators end up creating their own personal hells. Ironic.
Wow
to be fair, their fear was not out of the place, a lot of ppl wanted them dead
It is a vicious psychological style. The more ruthless things they do, the more they fear for their lives. The more they fear, the more people they kill. This is why dictatorship doesn't really work. @@szylaj
Akus essentially at a stalemate with jack by this point in the series.
aku is the unquestioned dictator who is unable to be killed, and jack, despite being only one man against a regime, is unable to be killed by akus forces, and cannot age or die of natural causes as a side effect of akus time portal.
aku is frustrated that jack is essentially immortal due to time travel, even resorting to cloning himself a therapist to vent to, and jack is hopelessly wandering the wasteland trying to find something to finally send him back in time so he can finish aku off once and for all, and presumably live a normal life, despite all known means of doing so were destroyed fifty years before the season even began.
i love that this is both the hero and villain absolutely frustrated with each other. they are just *DONE* with each other.
Seeing Aku melt into a depressed blob on the chair while speaking to a therapist who may or may not be his transmogrified feet is actually surprisingly adorable and hilarious 😂😂 I’m glad to see this show never lost its goofiness when it turned more adult
It's strange how Aku is always had that wooden sound when he moved, like branches snapping or wood being stressed but also turns into almost a form of liquid when he transforms.
Gage Eisley Aku is actually a evil tree. look up his orgins
Daniel Zamora I give you props because you know !! Ha awesome to meet a samurai jack fan who’s been here since day 1
Gage Eisley i wonder if it says something that i didn’t notice that until you pointed that out
Five words: “Shape-shifting master of darkness.”
There’s an episode called “origin of evil” I think which explains that
The fact that Aku is his own psychiatrist is hilarious.
"if you want a job well done, do it yourself"
- all villains with useless or not so competent minions at some point
@@elduquecaradura1468Vegeta himself said that lol
Even Aku has shade to throw at the beard.
😎
Basically, Aku thought he would trap Jack in the future he rules forever, only to realize due to Jack being unable to age because he was affected by time traveling, Aku is the one trapped with Jack forever.
Stuck with the Samurai forever being in his prime also
Yeah, he should had kill Jack rather than sending him to the future where he rule with the iron fist.
@@brentdye1504 he sent him to the future because he would have been killed in their iconic first battle Jack had him on the ropes for a knockout but Aku pulled a hail Mary to save his ass and thought he would kill him later
I like how he has to explain to himself what a conundrum is
I like to think he transferred all his knowledge of big words to the psychiatrist persona. LOL
@@EHH246 the fact Aku needed a psychiatrist says a lot
i like the fact that an extremely ancient demon thing that the gods themselves tried to kill somehow doesn't know enough grammar to know what a conundrum is.
Mako would be proud, Mr. Greg Baldwin. He would be proud.
AKU is one of my fav villains of ALL time. He can go from pure comedy, to depression and always being a great villain. He has so much range and personality unlike 99% of all the villains out there.
He was evil incarnate but he will be missed.
Yep
@@changvasejarik62 Yep
*"Yes"*
*"We don't say his name here, it is a safe place"*
To be honest, being your own therapist isn't as crazy as one would think. Since it's you, the therapist already knows your problems, so you don't need to be nervous about talking to them about them. The advice you give yourself can be helpful or not, but it's better than keeping it bottled up deep inside you.
I think that's called thinking about how to solve your problems
Still need a therapist if you can't find a solution to your problems.
It is very crazy especially when your status as your own therapist prevents you from finding productive solutions to your problems but you do so anyway.
I love that how Jack is losing his mind somewhere while aku is visiting psychiatrists
Meanwhile poor Jack has an inner voice that keeps telling him to commit unalive
@@sega3607 ah, yes, the classic harakiri
@@sega3607 both of them are fucked up mentally
“We don’t say his name here this is a safe place” this is why this is my favorite show
"My henchmen couldn't kill him. My bounty hunters couldn't kill him. My daughters couldn't kill him. And now even TIME can't kill him!"
You forgot about I Myself couldn't kill him the two times I tried
Bravo!!!
Showing even an incarnation of pure evil like Aku is vulnerable to depression and doubt.
I'ts Adult Swim...
You know, no one explained the plot hole of Aku not finding out that Jack lost his sword. I know that the minions he sent out were killed by Jack and no one reached Aku to tell him of the news but Aku used to keep his eye on Jack all of the time. He even knows Jack grew a beard but doesn't know that he lost his sword?
Well shit. You're right.
Maybe he has it well covered?
@@EdxSarxNatxChoc No. Well not sure but you'd think if he spied on him all the time before he would think "Hmmm that samurai has used his sword in weeks..."
@@Yabuturtle well if i were aku i would think he was saving the blades sharpness for a fight with me
After the fake sword bit (ruclips.net/video/UrH_hu9mPe0/видео.html), I feel like Aku just assumes he has it with him 24/7 and is just not using it because he realized he's strong enough to not need it.
Aku went from being a old Japanese guy to a old Russian who smoked three packs a day for 50 years
Yes, I feel ya, it’s just not the same without Mako Iwamatsu.
And I fear the same thing and feeling will happen when James Hong kicks the bucket.
@@TPDManiacXC626 Greg Baldwin did a pretty good job and I think Mako Iwamatsu would be proud of him, but no one will ever be able to truly replace Mako himself. Mako's voice was unique.
still find it interesting how iroh and aku share both the same voice actors.
So regular russian?
0:05 that guy sounds like uncle iroh
Same VA
1:20 I don't know why, but I love Aku on the left's face here
1:12 Kratos in GOW4
Richard Sorgo Keanu reeves
1:01 FTFY.
I really loved the fact that aku literally achieved everything he wanted got control on the entire universe brought about a new age of technology and brought life from all over the universe under his grasp. But yet because jack is still alive he’s just dosnt care about anything and is massively depressed.
Aku is one of those villians you can't hate.
I hate how good he is lol
Yes I can
When the villain is so likable you actually want them to win.
Me every time I see keanu Reeves
I would love to see Keanu play as Samurai Jack
phanthomboy “But he hasn’t even aged. I mean, like, at all! He just grew that stupid beard and it looks like he’ll be here FOREVER!!!”
X9 is John Wick and Aku killed Lulu...sweet thing
Carlos Galindo Nah. Aku didn’t kill Lulu...sweet thing. She became Dog Wick after knowing X9 was killed.
John Smith maybe she joined the talking dogs and helped Jack escape in season 5 of Samurai Jack
1:01
i dont know why but i love the way he says that line of "but he hasnt even aged" it sounds so genuine that hes upset that he enemy hasnt just gotten old and died already.
Aku doesn't have any other way to kill Jack
"Well... I just assumed that eventually, over time, he would just DIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIE!"
A perfectly logical train of thought, that most ancient immortal villains don't ever come up with, just a shame the plot conspired against you there Aku...
didn't anyone ever tell Aku the first sign of insanity is talking to yourself lol
Love how after all those years, Samurai Jack was able to keep the comedy while still having a serious, mature tone.
I guess that's what makes a good writing, specially after many years that was cancelled until reopening
I thought in season 5 Aku was going to be more terrifying, but he's actually more funny.
Yeah
His new voice actor cant give the same level of depth mako had so they probably had to go in this direction.
@John Orellana Yeah it kinda sucks. But this season was too predictable enough.
Akus ability to apply therapy to himself is quite profound.
I like how Aku's psychiatrist is literally just himself 😂
I like how Aku is literally unable to say the word "die" without being as loud and dramatic as possible. lol
I love how they just stare at the forth wall, "write fanfiction of me AKU winning." He's hinting pretty hard.
"But he hasn't even aged. Like at all. He just grew the stupid beard and looks he would be here forever. I...I just don't know if I can handle that"
1:01 - 1:13
Breathtaking Keanu Reeves kinda fit's the description
At this point Aku was sick of fending Jack off and Jack was sick of the hopeless battle with Aku. They were permanently stalemated, and it was even driving the ancient Oni completely batshit. Considering this whole scene was him talking to himself, Gollum/Smeagol style, it's a first class example of black humor. One of many examples in the last season of Samurai Jack.
I think I understand Aku's problem. Now that Jack's lost his sword, he's barely a threat to him.
So, when you're greatest enemy has lost their edge. Where's the fun in ruling the universe anymore
I don't think Aku knows yet.
sadlobster1 he's sad because Jack didn't even age a bit and probably live forever for years to come. His paranoia is turning to depression.
He doesn't, at the moment thou there is a HEAD who knows and its hopping its way to Aku's lair in order to tell him the news, question is, will Aku bother to listen to him?
sadlobster1 Aku doesn't know that Jack lost his sword
And he can't sleep because he thought Jack will keep hunting him until he's dead
Kinda like when John Wick is hunting you because you killed his dog
sadlobster1 what about those 1000 years without jack
Rest in peace, Mako ♥️♥️🕊️🕊️
He's jealous of Jack's beard.
A beard is a sign of wisdom and manhood. No wonder he's jealous.
@@Kaidofan-n4r Aku also has A beard it's red
@@Ken_Frazer-619 yes
I think the fact that aku does not keep an eye on jack will be his destruction
Fernando Bottino you’d think he would’ve notice Jack without his Sword by now.
Aku probably gets a PTSD attack every time the samurai comes up.
@@animebrat76imagine he went from hating him to fearing him in just 50 years I feel like they did fight a third time somewhere in those years we didn't see anything and Jack came within an inch of killing Aku he came as close you could without successfully killing him a lot closer than the previous times and Aku barely escaped and hid for years afterwards that's the only way that can explain this insane transition from hatred to fear as he was not afraid of Jack the times we did see them fight
I love how he's talking to himself, yet only one of the two knows what a "conundrum" is
“Well, you see Doc, it’s been over 50 years already”
“It’s been that long?”
**Looks down**
my fucking sides
I don't think you trust
In, my, self righteous suicide
I, cry, when angels deserve to
DDDDDDDDDDIIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEE
You deserve the best and God almighty will always support you
@@youssefdirani those are song lyrics.
@@reptilprinceoflizardpeople5797 Oh thank you. I didn't notice well.
I always loved those creaking noises Aku makes when he moves. It's just so perfect.
He spawned from a crooked tree growing over a corrupting alien tar, its kind of reasonable from an audio design standpoint to sound like creaking wood.
@@diegosaez4885 It's just so wrong too. It's instantly recognizable as something between creaking wood and cracking joints, but it doesn't sound anything like them or anything that does or should exist. It's beautiful sound design.
Aku sounds like an angry Mexican dude
It kinda cracks me up whenever Aku makes any movement and that cracking sound just intensifies.
As someone who’s never even watched Samurai Jack, I love this immensely
It’s better when you have seen the show.
If you haven’t already you really should watch it. I rewatched seasons 1-4 before starting season 5 for the first time. So epic!!!
I like how Aku is the ultimate embodiment of evil but he is not immune to having an existential crisis
Well to be fair if you've lived as long as aku and have been fighting the same dude for 50 years (Wich probably for him is like just nothing) I'd go on a slump too
@@ru_gamerandotaku2431 yeah but you don’t often see that with other characters like Ganon or The Lich from Adventure Time
I appreciate how human Aku is
@@kruegerpoolthe13th for a being that is evil incarnate the dude is super relatable and can be both ruthless and merciless yet be so petty that he'd probably rival the reverse flash for inconveniencing jack
I love how psychiatrist aku looks
Aku's lost his marbles.
The key to Aku's success all those years is that he understands the importance of therapy
We've all been Aku at one point
Aku sometimes is nice and then he is evil that's what I love about villians
Me too
No wonder he in grim tales
Did you ever think you'd see... Aku in socks?
ScionStorm
Nope! But I feel lucky I got to see it!
I never thought I’d hear Aku say “monkey wearing lederhosen” either. Man was that a good episode of Duck Dodgers.
Did ... sis they just play a joke in the end as aku looked at us like " let this show end please"? THAT IS AWESOME!
Aku being Aku's therapist shows that the only person who can help you with your problems is you.
“We don’t say his name here. It is a safe place” 😂😂
0:57
Hasan Misto When my best friend and I had a spicy chilli eating challenge and backed out at the same time.
lol theire face
Me: "Hey Akus, want me to order a pizza?"
Akus: *"AYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEE!"*
This cannonically establishes the fact that Aku; the master of darkness is one of hundreds, if not thousands.
Samurai Jack truly was a masterpiece.
I love that Aku stayed the same while Jack fell into depression and psychosis. It really sells how immensely powerful he is when the only issue he has is being mildly irritated by the continuous presence of the Samurai.
Not really; in terms of "character development" for The Villain in this case, Aku has yielded to depression, severe paranoia and all means of psychosis to the point he's having a therapy session with himself as shown in this above scene. He had a plan up to a point and now it's not working out the way he planned and now it's almost purposeless seemingly now that he knows there's a chance of inevitability He'll have to face The Samurai again regardless without a real ending in his sight unless he knows the eventual fate that one of them will die one way or another during their next bout(s)
Even Dark Lords need therapy
Dank Lord’s of the Smith’s, Darth Aku.
Psychiatrist Aku: I'm not paid enough to deal with this shit
Aku: you're getting paid?
whoever did mako's voice impersonation did a damn good job respecting the original.
Its the same guy that voiced iroh in avatar the last airbender. He posts memes in this voice on his personal RUclips channel
It’s Mr. Greg Baldwin.
@@AC-uv9uc Dude's an underrated talent.
@@nubreed13 You mean, REPLACED Mako as Iroh in Avatar.
@@somerandolad He certainly did well to fill the gap Mako left.
when i said '' aku get some help '' i havent meant that -_-
Anyone else but me think Aku was having a Discord moment here
Even more than that. I personally believe that this legendary villain would easily make that draconiquis his bitch.
What about Xibalba from the Book of Life?
Him too but this scene feels more like something Dicord would do
Yeah they're all kinda similar but Xibalba is less likely to do that.
That reminded me of Discord as well. XD
To be fair Aku’s plan was actual pretty solid. He had tried to kill Jack so many times that he eventually just gave up. Plus he still thought he had the sword so there was no reason to keep trying so he just decided to wait it out over time. I mean he has to die EVENTUALLY right?
0:50 lol even aku needs a safe space
"we don't say his name here, this is a safe space"
IF IT IS SAFE, WHY ARE YOU SCARED OF HIS NAME?
Of course Demon Iroh would be his own therapist
"I sure wish someone could dispose of that horrible Samurai."
Weeks later:
"Die, Samurai! Die! I will kill you for the glory of Aku!"
"Aww, she's so cute."
R.I.P Cartoon Network Studios
Aku was always the comic relief in samurai Jack. Season 5 was great. Cartoon network gave the creators a mile, when they put it on adult swim. but the creators only took an inch.
_Why is Uncle Iroh visiting a psychiatrist?_
I love both voice actors who've played iroh
Iroh's seen some serious shit in his time.
The real reason someone becomes a psychology major, to develop a split objective personality that is able to define your internal issues
Once I E R A D I C A T E D all the time portals...
I guess you could say Aku was beside himself with stress.
Aku with legs
Aku with legs
Jack has an inner Jack who hates his guts and Aku has an inner psychiatrist who actually seems pretty competent. It’s weird to consider which of the two is more emotionally stable...