Y'all ever notice that none of the combat training we see Jack get in episode 1 includes sword training?

[u/ckret2]

[u/Forsaken_Wing_824]

It'd be kinda funny if Jack actually did that and the entire thing just ended there.

[u/ckret2 → u/Forsaken_Wing_824]

For fifty years Jack thought his big mistake was making a heroic speech before finishing off Aku. No; it was not bringing a bow.

[u/CertifiedMagpie → u/ckret2]

You'd think he'd learn a thing or two about his father's battle, considering the man chugged the sword and one shot Aku with his eyes closed

[u/MEG_alodon50]

VERY good comedic timing lmao (I always figured his sword training came last while he trained with the monks his mother was with)

[u/ckret2 → u/MEG_alodon50]

Y'know that makes sense, headcanon accepted.

[u/FairySnack → u/MEG_alodon50]

So kinda like Jedi in Star Wars, where the Jedi Padawans need to pass their trials before earning the chance to build a lightsaber. In this case, getting the saber passed onto him

[u/triadwarfare]

Feels like it'll eventually be a generational thing since Aku came back after his father supposedly slain Aku.

Now Jack will need to either sire a successor or adopt an orphan to train him to become a Samurai like him but he'll need to make sure he spawnkills Aku every generation without fail.

[u/ckret2 → u/triadwarfare]

Since the emperor left Aku as a tree, and Jack left Aku as a smoking crater, I feel like Jack actually managed to destroy him.

I'm all for Aku coming back though. He just becomes this gigantic monster that Japan needs to deal with every decade or so. Like Godzilla.

[u/YourInnerBidoof → u/ckret2]

I mean the reaction from Ashi certainly means Aku got destroyed :)

[u/ckret2 → u/YourInnerBidoof]

I didn't bring that up because I supposed it could be possible that Ashi actually disappeared because she'll never be born for some other reason (ex: if Aku survives but now he'll never give his essence to the priestess), and she just didn't know the specifics when she told Jack why she was disappearing.

Buuut Ashi disappearing sure don't look promising for Aku.

[u/MrGame22 → u/ckret2]

Personally, I like the theory that aku’s remains are actually the chemical x (and z) from ppg.

[u/ckret2 → u/MrGame22]

I'm a fan of that one as well, it's a fun headcanon.

[u/TyrantBastard]

Unlucky day for Aku.

[u/Acceptable-Low-4381]

Actually it does… he trains with swords when he goes to the shaolin temple. You just don’t ever see him train with his katana.

[u/ckret2 → u/Acceptable-Low-4381]

We see him training AGAINST a sword. We see HIM using a guandao, a polearm.

I suppose you could say a polearm is a sword with a long handle, but it's a bit like saying a giraffe is a horse with a long neck.

[u/Acceptable-Low-4381 → u/ckret2]

I mean you’re not wrong but it’s heavily implied he had extensive training with all weapons

[u/ckret2 → u/Acceptable-Low-4381]

I'm 100% sure that, somewhere off-screen, he got sword training.

That's why the title of this post is specifically "none of the combat training we ***SEE*** Jack get in episode 1"

[u/Ramen_0s]

This is the Samurai Jack equivalent of “Why didn’t they just give Legolas the ring so he could shoot it into mount doom” lol

[u/Geralt_the_Rive]

He should have melted the sword and make arowheads from it.

[u/ckret2 → u/Geralt_the_Rive]

Sometimes I wonder if you could do stuff like that with the magic sword... like if you melt it down, does whatever you make with it have the same anti-evil magic, or does it lose its special properties if you change it from its intended form? Or is it magically impossible to melt?

[u/Geralt_the_Rive → u/ckret2]

That's a good question....depends on the type of magic, I suppose

[u/Torgo_hands_of_torgo]

Wax on, wax off.

[u/IndividualGap2089]

It's a good point. There's a lot of fundamentals that carry over but you need specific training if the fate of the world relies on wielding a single weapon.

[u/ckret2 → u/IndividualGap2089]

Right? Even different kinds of swords need different training to wield them most effectively.

He no doubt got training off-screen; but it's ironic that his most important weapon is the one we never actually see him learn to use.

[u/RegularVast1045]

This needs to be a popular meme.

[u/Various-Storm991]

Archer From the Fate Series Moment Here lol!

[u/Consistent_Plant890]

That's hilarious!!

[u/KumoriYurei13]

I figured that he incorporated the skills he learned with other blades, also seemed like something he was learning from the start before Aku's take over. Though it probably got reenforced by the monks

[u/QuidnuncHero]

I think the point of the training was to show him the mechanics of different fighting styles so he's prepared to combat them and knows how to defeat them with his sword.

[u/ShimmRow]

Quincy Jack

[u/MR_Yandu234]

Really I thought when he trained with the monks they trained with blades?

[u/ckret2 → u/MR_Yandu234]

"Blades" yes, but we never see him use a sword himself, only a polearm. He probably got sword training from them, but if so it was off-screen.

[u/GodKing_Zan]

Turns out his sword wasn't a sword at all. He's been using it wrong.

[u/ckret2 → u/GodKing_Zan]

No wonder he never managed to kill Aku until he met Stabs-People-To-Death-With-Arrows Ashi.

[u/Academic-Ad7818]

We also never saw Jack go through straw hat making training. Did you want to see that as well? Or we can just accept the premise that he learned to do things that maybe didn't appear on screen.

[u/whatisfetch → u/Academic-Ad7818]

We see definitely his mom doing it in front of him as a child

[u/ckret2 → u/Academic-Ad7818]

If you don't enjoy the silly shitpost comic, you can go home, it's okay

[u/Academic-Ad7818 → u/ckret2]

oh that's what it is, I got confused. Those are normally meant to be funny.