Garouden Episode 1: Netflix presents their next Japanese anime “Garouden: The Way of The Lone Wolf” in eight episodes. The anime has 24 minutes of runtime per episode. The story revolves around a well-trained fighter Juzo Fujimaki, who is a fugitive hunted by the police authorities for a crime. While dealing with his inner wolf character he tries to stay away from police authorities. As his identity got exposed to the public, what he gonna do now is the story of this anime.
The pilot episode started in a snowy hiking place where 2 people were hiking above. A guy shot a dog while the bear was trying to eat it. A man and a woman were hiking at the same time, they heard the gunshot sound. The lady told the guy to go to the shelter home nearby. As they reached there suddenly a big brown bear came in front of them.
The bear tried to attack them, but suddenly out of nowhere a man came and beat the bear. He told them to leave from there. Later he fought with the bear and damaged its eye. Bear and the man got heavily injured and lot of blood on them. In the end, the man killed the bear by breaking its jaw on the cliff and left the place.
An investigation officer Tamon came there to investigate this matter. The guy was living in that hut for some time. He works as a helper for hikers by supplying things for hiking. From the guy who appointed him, it was known that the guy was obedient and not aggressive.
Officer Tamon asked questions about this mysterious guy and what he did. The 2 persons told him the way the guy fought. They added that he was very fast like lightning, he dodged the bear’s attack very fast. The subordinate officer asked Officer Tamon why it should be the same guy he was looking for.
Tamon started describing a guy named Juzo Fujimaki who was a well-trained martial arts guy. Juzo Fujimaki killed a robber who came to steal from his master’s house 7 years ago. After that the police couldn’t find him. There was blood in a tree which was splashed while fighting with the bear. Officer Tamon asked the officers to collect the DNA. They found the bear sinking in the snow ice on the cliff.
Cut to Juzo Fujimaki, he is working now in a group of construction workers. Juzo Fujimaki was taken by some guys when he got wounded after a bear attack. Juzo Fujimaki was treated by a doctor without reporting to the police. Juzo Fujimaki’s current boss came to him to ask for a job he needed to do. Juzo Fujimaki is almost recovered now. His boss Kurogami told him to go into a fight with Ichiro Shino a dojo teacher. Ichiro Shino runs Shino Karate Dojo with many students in it. Kurogami is trying to defeat him with Juzo Fujimaki so that his students will lose respect for him and leave the dojo, so it they leave he can buy the building for a smaller price.
A new guy came in town, he was looking for Shino Karate Dojo. He asked Juzo Fujimaki about the location, and Juzo Fujimaki showed him the way to Shino Karate Dojo. At the dojo, the guy asked for the master, and when he was not there he did a fight with the students and beat them up. Ichiro Shino was at the police station to teach the police officers about the fighting tactics. At the station, he saw the lookout notice for Juzo Fujimaki. When he came back he searched up for Juzo Fujimaki’s information.
On the street, Kurogami’s gang guys tried to beat Juzo Fujimaki, but as Juzo Fujimaki doesn’t like fighting people he just defended only. Then the guy he met before came and beat them and saved Juzo Fujimaki. At the end of the episode when the same guys tried to attack Ichiro Shino’s daughter, Juzo Fujimaki came there and fought them and rescued her. Ichiro Shino who came there seeing this told her to leave and asked Juzo Fujimaki for a duel with him.
Overall the episode was really interesting. The characters were good too. Let’s see how they gonna develop Juzo Fujimaki’s character further.
Streaming Now On – Netflix
