The Ladies of the Willow World contains the most sexual sequence of the season, although there is nothing in it that we can canonically understand by sex. There is a lot of substance in the Disney+ series: war, politics, faith, wonder, but above all, there is a deep respect for the viewers.
It is not complacent, it does not want to please us at all costs nor does it want to be self-absorbed. That sex that is not defines what 'Shgun' is: subtle, dramatic, self-absorbed. I don't know how I'm going to face the last episode if I haven't been able to digest the sixth yet. I have already decorated mine with black crepe. The final episode of the sibylline Yabushige will be shown on Sunday at 8.30pm on Nippon TV. For more information, visit www.nippon-television.co.uk/shgun or go to shgun.com.