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So first of all I don't own the show or the rights, I only found these pictures and I put them together to make an opinion about the ending and the show. I gain no monetary rewards for this, it's just a form of expression.

So if you're like me and you saw the ending of Samurai Jack, you probably went into shock for a few hours, then full blown depression the whole day and grief, that you just want to crawl up a mountain under a tree in a cloudy sky and contemplate how unfair life is for some people.

Now I don't think I want to get into very much what I thought about the ending, some will hate it some will like it. I personally like it and hopefully by the end of this read I can hopefully get you to dislike it less at least.

So I think there are many ways you can interpret the show but personally I went back the the first episode of season 5 and really the first 4 episodes are the best of the series I think if you see them you will understand what the message of this ending was: this season is basically about children being made into weapons and the consequences of living that life. In this case the weapons are: Ashi and Jack. Reasons and values aside, you can't deny that that is what they were raised to be. Jack's father could have just as easily said: "I want to find the best warrior in the world and give him my sword to defeat Aku." No, instead he chose to have his son become the best samurai/assassin/warrior that he can be to defeat Aku. Ashi is a similar except that while Jack's mission was with good, correct intentions, Ashi were based on lies and suffering to harden her heart. Anyway, I think that the theme was to show us the consequences of choosing between either being someone's weapon or breaking free and being your own person, and nowhere is it better seen that between Ashi and Jack, you see Ashi broke out of her programming to be a weapon and we can see her make her own choices and decisions for herself, in all sense she should still be angry that her sisters died but she didn't go after Jack, her mother or Aku for revenge, she chose to do the things that made her happy and to follow the person that she came to care about. Jack however, never broke his programming, the series was unfortunately too short to get into it, but Jack had 50 years to understand the consequences of his mission, he kept running forward and never stopped to question what he could lose. Now, Ashi was the one to send him back to the past but I think she understood that Jack would never let it go, even if he stayed in the future, he would always be haunted by regrets, so she thought that the only way he would ever be free to live life for himself is if she took him to the past to finish what he started. And it did, after Jack defeated Aku, you can see that he is happy and time has passed and his mission is over, you never see the sword in his hand again. But when Ashi disappeared, and Jack understood the consequences of choosing to be just someone else's weapon and not your own person. If he had broken from his programming, he could have let go of the past and create a future with his new family and his new heart (Ashi) but he made his choice all along and like his bushido in Episode 3, he has to live with the consequences. Now, don't be too hard on him, because Jack's friends would have died that day, they seriously would have died if Aku became a little more serious, if he and Ashi would have joined forces it's possible that they could have beaten Aku, but like I said Jack wouldn't have been satisfied with just this, his obsession with the past would have made him a wandered soon after anyway. Now, he has finished his mission, he has to live with the consequences.

Now, at this point you probably feel depressed but instead have hope, I noticed that the lady bug has been a reoccurring appearance and I wondered what it could mean, and I checked and found that it is a very positive omen in dreams and real life:
"The appearance of a Ladybug heralds a time of luck in which our wishes begin to be fulfilled. Higher goals and new heights are now possible. Worries begin to dissipate. New happiness comes about. This insect also cautions not to try to hard or go to fast to fulfill our dreams. Let things flow at their natural pace. In the due course of time, our wishes will all come true. Alternatively she could be signalling that you can leave your worries behind and that new happiness is on its way. This species of beetle signals you to to not be scared to live your own truth. Protect your truth and know that it is yours to honor," (www (dot) spirit-animals (dot) com)
And not just there but in a lot of places the lady bug is the symbol of renewal, resurrection, good fortune coming your way, you just have to be patient. And the reason I think this is what it means is because remember how Ashi saw the ladybug with Jack, she wanted to rush in an kill him but she waited and felt the brighter path opening up to her, she was patient and she discovered new things that changed her life. And I think Jack feels the same way now, he doesn't carry the sword anymore, he doesn't carry a weapon, he has become free, and is now looking for his own path of happiness, it's the first time he feels unbound and free. And I think that the ladybug is meant to symbolize that he has to be patient and eventually his happiness will come to him, whether that is in a reincarnated Ashi in this new timeline or living his life now a free person like Ashi did.

Either way, Genndy is telling is to have faith that Jack was right to make his choices, that he is now free of his cursed fate of war and that happiness will find him again, whether it's be with the girl in a cornfield that really liked crickets or who knows? The ladybug is a symbol of Hope...

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So first of all I don't own the show or the rights, I only found these pictures and I put them together to make an opinion about the ending and the show. I gain no monetary rewards for this, it's just a form of expression.

So if you're like me and you saw the ending of Samurai Jack, you probably went into shock for a few hours, then full blown depression the whole day and grief, that you just want to crawl up a mountain under a tree in a cloudy sky and contemplate how unfair life is for some people.

Now I don't think I want to get into very much what I thought about the ending, some will hate it some will like it. I personally like it and hopefully by the end of this read I can hopefully get you to dislike it less at least.

So I think there are many ways you can interpret the show but personally I went back the the first episode of season 5 and really the first 4 episodes are the best of the series I think if you see them you will understand what the message of this ending was: this season is basically about children being made into weapons and the consequences of living that life. In this case the weapons are: Ashi and Jack. Reasons and values aside, you can't deny that that is what they were raised to be. Jack's father could have just as easily said: "I want to find the best warrior in the world and give him my sword to defeat Aku." No, instead he chose to have his son become the best samurai/assassin/warrior that he can be to defeat Aku. Ashi is a similar except that while Jack's mission was with good, correct intentions, Ashi were based on lies and suffering to harden her heart. Anyway, I think that the theme was to show us the consequences of choosing between either being someone's weapon or breaking free and being your own person, and nowhere is it better seen that between Ashi and Jack, you see Ashi broke out of her programming to be a weapon and we can see her make her own choices and decisions for herself, in all sense she should still be angry that her sisters died but she didn't go after Jack, her mother or Aku for revenge, she chose to do the things that made her happy and to follow the person that she came to care about. Jack however, never broke his programming, the series was unfortunately too short to get into it, but Jack had 50 years to understand the consequences of his mission, he kept running forward and never stopped to question what he could lose. Now, Ashi was the one to send him back to the past but I think she understood that Jack would never let it go, even if he stayed in the future, he would always be haunted by regrets, so she thought that the only way he would ever be free to live life for himself is if she took him to the past to finish what he started. And it did, after Jack defeated Aku, you can see that he is happy and time has passed and his mission is over, you never see the sword in his hand again. But when Ashi disappeared, and Jack understood the consequences of choosing to be just someone else's weapon and not your own person. If he had broken from his programming, he could have let go of the past and create a future with his new family and his new heart (Ashi) but he made his choice all along and like his bushido in Episode 3, he has to live with the consequences. Now, don't be too hard on him, because Jack's friends would have died that day, they seriously would have died if Aku became a little more serious, if he and Ashi would have joined forces it's possible that they could have beaten Aku, but like I said Jack wouldn't have been satisfied with just this, his obsession with the past would have made him a wandered soon after anyway. Now, he has finished his mission, he has to live with the consequences.

Now, at this point you probably feel depressed but instead have hope, I noticed that the lady bug has been a reoccurring appearance and I wondered what it could mean, and I checked and found that it is a very positive omen in dreams and real life:
"The appearance of a Ladybug heralds a time of luck in which our wishes begin to be fulfilled. Higher goals and new heights are now possible. Worries begin to dissipate. New happiness comes about. This insect also cautions not to try to hard or go to fast to fulfill our dreams. Let things flow at their natural pace. In the due course of time, our wishes will all come true. Alternatively she could be signalling that you can leave your worries behind and that new happiness is on its way. This species of beetle signals you to to not be scared to live your own truth. Protect your truth and know that it is yours to honor," (www (dot) spirit-animals (dot) com)
And not just there but in a lot of places the lady bug is the symbol of renewal, resurrection, good fortune coming your way, you just have to be patient. And the reason I think this is what it means is because remember how Ashi saw the ladybug with Jack, she wanted to rush in an kill him but she waited and felt the brighter path opening up to her, she was patient and she discovered new things that changed her life. And I think Jack feels the same way now, he doesn't carry the sword anymore, he doesn't carry a weapon, he has become free, and is now looking for his own path of happiness, it's the first time he feels unbound and free. And I think that the ladybug is meant to symbolize that he has to be patient and eventually his happiness will come to him, whether that is in a reincarnated Ashi in this new timeline or living his life now a free person like Ashi did.

Either way, Genndy is telling is to have faith that Jack was right to make his choices, that he is now free of his cursed fate of war and that happiness will find him again, whether it's be with the girl in a cornfield that really liked crickets or who knows? The ladybug is a symbol of Hope...