Three bicycle thieves were caught on security camera in a Brazilian apartment in the middle of the night running from a resident wielding a Japanese sword that Japanese Internet denizens affectionately dubbed the “Brazil’s Last Samurai.”
The apartment manager and a male resident are shown watching the thieves on a smartphone while getting ready for battle in the elevator. The Brazilian samurai undoes his man-bun to let his hair flow free as he runs off chasing the thieves with his blade unsheathed.
The video shows the thieves dropping the bicycles they were stealing from the apartment after likely deciding that it would be safer to run for their lives than face the maniac with a nihonto.
After the viral video reached Japan, Internet users applauded the man and nicknamed him “Brazil’s Last Samurai.” The Japanese media reached out and learned that the samurai’s name was Alison, a 39-year-old physiotherapist and model. He has practiced Aikido since he was a child, and the sword he was wielding was imported from Japan.
Japanese Internet denizens commented:
“Wonderful.”
“That’s bushido spirit!”
“I’d be scared too if I were being chased by someone with a nihonto.”
“Ossu!”
“The way he sheathed it at the end was badass.”
“If that was Japan, he’d be arrested for the Act for Controlling the Possession of Firearms or Swords lol.”
“Hello, Alison-san from Brazil. That was scary! I mean, I bet it was scary to see you running out of the elevator like that.”
“He dropped his sheath in the elevator. Alison loses.”
that’s Jetstream Sam!
Based and Sam Pilled
MEMORIES BROKEN THE TRUTH GOES UNSPOKEN I’VE EVEN FORGOTTEN MY NAME
“He dropped his sheath in the elevator. Alison loses.”
BULLFUCKINGSHIT!
In battle, anything you don’t need in the moment is a life threatening hindrance. If the boy who originally posted that had ever had a fight more serious than with his brother over the TV remote, he might have known that.
In actual old melees, combatants would readily drop even their whole weapon to draw a different one.
You can always pick the battlefield clean after you’ve won, and it’s easier to win if you just let go of even your polearm to draw a shortsword or long dagger for close combat than sticking to one thing.
Someone, somewhere will add the song “The Only Thing I Know for Real” while this video plays