Well… what a long, arduous journey this has been. But like all difficult journeys there have been moments of great beauty, opportunities for philosophical insight, smiles, laughter, and discovery. Regardless of Shogun‘s myriad problems (from a 21st century stand point as well as from a writers) it has this ability to sweep you up and make you overlook its inadequacies like all the best epics do. Great story. Good characters. Just OK execution.