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Samurai Jack is the work of Genndy Tartakovsky, his team and affiliated studios and companies. This is solely fanfiction for fun and not profit. Chapter I: The New Beginning. Looking at the setting sun and growing twilight from the height of the imperial palace, a Samurai garbed in white stood there in peace with a kind yet somber smile. Jan 21, 2017 In the show's fourth season, episode 42, Jack encounters another samurai who doesn't live up to his own hype. The big-mouthed warrior is named Da Samurai (voiced by David Alan Grier) and he's a flashy fighter dressed in a cheesy 90's hip-hop outfit (except, you know, in the future.), known best around town for his outstanding arrogance.

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And this is vanilla compared to the other things Aku has done.

There is a strong debate to mention what is the most absolutely monstrous thing Aku has ever done. Just check out some of his most notable candidates:
- In 'The Birth of Evil' (pictured right), when the birth of Aku occurs (being before a small fragment of a mindless evil), the creature becomes even worse. Gaining intelligence and sapience, he forces the Emperor (Jack's father) to watch his beloved kingdombe destroyed and put on fire with a sadistic laugh.
- Once Aku takes over of the world, he turns the world into a corrupt monarchy with crimes such as genocide against any nation that opposes him, torture and ill-treatment of detained people in his regime, permission to abuse of power in the police forces, excessive punishments for minor infractions, animal cruelty, legal slavery, and the fact that he welcomes wanted gangsters and outlaws from across the galaxy and provides them with areas that are still fully occupied, entrusting the new arrivals to wipe the populaces from the earth. Even scarier is knowing that all thisis a routine occurrence under Aku's rule. So yeah, he crossed the line between keeping his corrupt regime and outright sadism.
- In 'XVCI', an entire village of alien children are kidnapped and forced into a violent frenzy against everything around them. However, it's never specifically stated that this was on Aku's orders. The episode largely deals with coming to terms with Aku's effects on the world so it's a safe bet that he is affiliated with the Dominator (the mastermind behind this monstrous plan). If this was under Aku's orders, then yeah, it's probably one of the most repugnant acts involving him. In the same episode, also crosses it with the murder of The Scotsman. Even worse was that Aku had intended to slaughter every last one of the Scotsman's daughters, and would have had their father not intervened.
- In the penultimate episode, he forces his own daughter Ashi to fight Jack and eventually corrupts her body, putting her in a And I Must Scream as she is aware of her actions in her corrupted form. And to make this worse, he had just met her and is quickly made aware of Jack's and her feelings for each other.
- In the final episode, Aku manages to kill almost all of Jack's allies, including the Triceraquins, the Ravers, the bird from 'XCVII', the Monkey Man, the Three Blind Archers, Rothschild, and the Woolies. And finally, he tries to kill his own daughter when she refuses to kill Jack.
The Minions of Aku crossed it with their casual sadism and abuse of power in Aku's regime.
The Chritchellites crossed it with their their conquest and brutal enslavement of the peaceful Woolies.
Demongo the Soul Collector crossed it with his enslavement of hundreds of warriors, forcing them to fight against their will for him.
The Demonic Spirit, from 'XXXV', is perhaps the darkest (and most unsettling) character who ever appeared in the first 4 seasons. After devouring the souls of Kuni's family (a little girl), the demon lets Kuni solely to use her as bait to lure in more victims while the girl is obviously anguished and crying. When Jack is transported to its dimension, we found that it had devoured the souls of a lot of people. Then we wonder how long this thing has been doing this. Worse, no reason is ever given for its actions.
- Probably worse is that there is no implication that he was created and/or is in league with Aku. So he's doing it out of his own pleasure.
Scaramouche the Merciless crosses this as soon as he appears, casually massacring an entire village (of innocent men, women, and children) just to draw out Jack from hiding.
The High Priestess crossed it with the ruthless and inhumane training of her own daughters, turning them into bloodthirsty killers.
- A flashback in the sixth episode makes this worse, where a cruel ritual is shown where she made them bathe in a symbiotic-type substance, creating, in effect, glorified Body Paint that is burned into their skin in order to 'become one with the darkness.' It clearly didn't look pleasant, and Ashi is shown screaming in agony.
- Later on, she tries to kill Ashi simply for refusing to kill Jack. Thankfully, Ashi is able to turn the tables and kill the High Priestess.
In fact, anyone who ever worked with Aku is a potential candidate for this trope. For example: In 'XCVI', when an extraterrestrial outlaw arrives on planet Earth, because he's been banished from his homeworld for his crimes, he is assigned a residence in a populated town full of innocent people, with the view monitor explicitly focusing on the children. At first, he is confused because it's occupied, then the greeter indignantly asks if it will be a problem, and the criminal sports a devilish look on his face and saying 'No... no problem.' Right after that, he happily agrees to the assignment, and we all know what's gonna happen next...
The Dominator is easily the cruelest, most brutal human who ever appeared in the series. He crosses it in 'XCVI', decimating a helpless, defenseless town just to start his plan.
- If he did not cross it with this heinous act, he definitely crossed it with The Reveal that he kidnapped the children of the massacred town so that he could, well, use them as weapons and energy source, and as if that was not enough, he forces them into a violent frenzy with mind control against everything around them. When Jack and Ashi came to their rescue, he uses mind control to make them attack Jack, knowing he'd be unwilling to fight innocent people against their will. And then he tried to torture and kill Ashi with several thousand volts of electricity for sick kicks.
Although it is debatable if this creature is aware of its actions, Lazarus-92 probably crossed it as soon as it appears, possibly slaughtering an entire crew and passengers of a spaceship.

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Cure the sick town

The quest You have to complete to take over all the cities. The people living here are diseased and a green smoke is coming off of them. Your task is to heal them. To do so, use 'manipulation' and quickly wave the hand over them, until the smoke disappears. There is quite a lot of sick people, and everyone has to be cured at the same time. If not, the disease will come back. Do this as fast as You can, not wasting Your strength on something else, since You really have to be fast to heal everyone.

Reward: 40 000 tribute

Nut Oil

This quest is available if You completed the 'Nut Oil' quest from land four. To complete this quest, You have to light up three stacks of wood and hay on the hills. You have explosive barrels to Your disposition, which You have to throw with a certain strength. The barrel is quite light, so dont overuse Your strength (plus the number of missiles is limited). If You're not lucky with throwing, do this quest after conquering the entire land, You'll only have to carry the barrels onto the stacks.

Reward: 40 000 tribute

Jack Black Jack White Song

Guide the archaeologists to the ruin

The silver scroll activating this quest is located on a small island. You have to help the archaeologists find the ruin. By using manipulation, uncover the signs on the ground, which contain valuable directions. On the picture above, I pointed out their locations and the order at which to uncover them. At t

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Cure the sick town

Nut Oil

Jack Black Jack White Song

Guide the archaeologists to the ruin

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