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The Big Picture Shōgun continues to operate at a level of prestige television to which other series can only aspire. With four episodes left to wrap up FX's ambitious adaptation of James Clavell's similarly monumental novel, tensions have heightened to their breaking points. As a result, at long last, we're learning about characters the show once held at a remove: primarily, the women of Shōgun.
Although their dynamic is one of many aces Shōgun held up its sleeve, it makes sense. If Mariko's father, Akechi Jinsai, was a vassal to Ochiba's father, Kuroda, the two girls would have moved in the same circle. It's historically accurate and affords more insight into Mariko's interiority than James Clavell's novel, which favors Toranaga and John Blackthorne's perspectives.
Adding this dynamic to Shōgun opens a window into Mariko and Ochiba's tragedies. Both were women unwillingly paired off with men they didn't love. For Mariko, it's Buntaro, a physical and emotional abuser. Even though she's now aware that her father arranged their marriage to protect Mariko from the aftermath of his upcoming revolt, Mariko spent too long steeped in confusion, betrayal, and grief.
‘Shōgun’ Episode 6 Humanizes Lady Ochiba If there are two sides to every coin, then after Episode 6, Shōgun situates Ochiba as Mariko's darker half — the "what if" scenario, if Mariko had hardened herself against the world differently. The flashbacks to their shared childhood and Ochiba's divergent fate grant slivers of insight into the series' emerging villainess, whose unsettling menace, while undeniable, resembled a mystery box character until this point.
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