As 2025 dey waka, Netflix don bring another blockbuster wey go make you hold your breath: ‘Last Samurai Standing.’ This series go slice your screen sharper than wahala when padi no dey gree for corner shop.
No be small matter o! The show dey happen for 1878 Japan, where one former samurai, Shujiro Saga (played by Junichi Okada), wey no wetin him dey enter, find himself inside one deadly competition. E dey fight for him family and we sabi say, when dem mention family matter, na serious level! E get serious prize of 100 billion yen wey dey draw 292 fighters to Tenryū-ji Temple like moth to fire. If you no fit survive, your tag go enter the cooler (and na serious level, real-life e be).
The competition no be to play or do fufu, as participants go dey yank tag from each other’s neck o. If your neck clean pass after ten seconds, my brother, na bye-bye you go say to this life!
As the story dey unfold, we dey see how lurking betrayal and bloodshed dey form like wetin full your groundnut soup. If you don watch ‘Squid Game‘ or ‘Shogun’, you go see familiar pattern wey dey inside ‘Last Samurai Standing,’ but I no go lie, this one get im own unique flavor.
Saga no just dey come alone; him dey follow small girl wey enter the game to find help for her sick mama. Na their bond na im make the show dey more touching. This sabi samurai wey no wan kill, soon chai, things go change as e start to fight back, especially when him mistakely break him ‘no kill’ vow.
Oh, and the action scenes? Na real fine chopping! The choreography dey sharp like my mama knife when she dey cut onion, and every fight dey occur for different locations wey fit make you shout.
With only six episodes, this show dey give you serious bang for your buck. If you dey look for something wey go hold your eyes and make you forget say your food don burn, ‘Last Samurai Standing’ na the show to watch. Na for Netflix you go catch am, and I swear, you go find yourself binge-watching before you sabi wetin dey happen!
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