{"id":5760,"date":"2011-07-31T14:22:16","date_gmt":"2011-07-31T19:22:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/wp\/?page_id=5760"},"modified":"2023-06-15T18:42:48","modified_gmt":"2023-06-15T23:42:48","slug":"jubei-chan-secret-of-the-lovely-eyepatch","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/ancient-texts-ii\/jubei-chan-secret-of-the-lovely-eyepatch\/","title":{"rendered":"Jubei-Chan: Secret of the Lovely Eyepatch"},"content":{"rendered":"

A few centuries ago, the legendary swordsman Yagyu Jubei, on his deathbed, entrusted the “Lovely Eye-Patch,” containing his prowess with the sword, to his follower Koinosuke, to give to Jubei’s successor. Koinosuke would know the right person by the “plump, bouncy bon-bons.” Jubei died before he could explain exactly what he meant.
\nThree centuries later, Koinosuke finally spots the bon-bons. They belong to Jiyu Nanohana, nickynamed “Jubei,” who has just begun high school after moving from Tokyo. As she walks home though a bamboo grove after the first day of school, she is startled by Koinosuke, who insists that she wear the Lovely Eye-Patch. To get rid of him, she eventually agrees to try it on \u2014 just once.
\nUnfortunately for Jiyu, once she tries on the eye-patch, she has no choice but to use it again and again.Whenever she puts the Lovely Eye-Patch over her left eye, Jiyu transforms into Yagyu Jubei II, a swordswoman of awesome ability. Yagyu Jubei’s enemies have been waiting 300 years to seek revenge, and thus every day Jiyu faces a new swordsman eager to defeat Jubei. However, she doesn’t want to be a fighter at all. She’d much rather be just an ordinary girl, and she exasperates Koinosuke by leaving the eye-patch at home or throwing it away.
\nJubei-Chan: Secret of the Lovely Eyepatch<\/b><\/i> was written and directed by Akitaro Daichi. Daichi’s other work ranges from the amazingly silly Elf Princess Rane<\/b><\/i> to the horrific Now and Then, Here and There<\/b><\/i>. Jubei-Chan, an eccentric blend of farce and drama, is much nearer the former. Most of the characters are ludicrous, from the dutiful, loyal but not-terribly-bright Koinosuke, to the “ruffian” Bantaro and his quasi-simian sidekicks, to the series of swordsmen eager to challenge Jubei Yagyu. One of the last looks like a deranged Mickey Mouse; another, “Tenchi Muyonosuke,” is little more than a screeching scribble (fortunately, he’s not around long). Jiyu, however, is consistently sane and reasonable.
\nUnderneath the samurai\/magical girl spoof is the more serious story of Jiyu and her father, Sai, a writer of samurai fiction. Initially he’s presented as just another buffoon. As the series progresses, though, his anxiety to be a good father to Jiyu becomes increasingly important. In the final episodes, he becomes the central character as he struggles to free Jiyu from Jubei and the 300-year-old grudge that threatens her.
\nAlthough Jubei-Chan does get more serious in the second half, it’s still liable to slip into absurdity at any time. Even at the most dramatic moments, Daichi often inserts a quick sight gag or wisecrack. These sudden shifts of tone can be disconcerting to those who prefer their genres straight, though I think this form of hybrid vigor is one of the strengths of the series.
\nMost of the males in Jubei-Chan: Secret of the Lovely Eyepatch<\/b><\/i> are very much aware of women’s chests, but nevertheless there’s no fan service beyond occasional close-ups of those fully-clothed chests. Jubei’s swordfights are intense, but they’re also brief and bloodless. Jubei-Chan is probably okay for viewers high school age and older.
\n(2005)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A few centuries ago, the legendary swordsman Yagyu Jubei, on his deathbed, entrusted the “Lovely Eye-Patch,” containing his prowess with the sword, to his follower Koinosuke, to give to Jubei’s successor. Koinosuke would know the right person by the “plump, bouncy bon-bons.” Jubei died before he could explain exactly what he meant. Three centuries later, … Continue reading “Jubei-Chan: Secret of the Lovely Eyepatch”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":5726,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5760","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P4xam3-1uU","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5760","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5760"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5760\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":172815,"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5760\/revisions\/172815"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}