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Old 12-22-2024, 12:25 PM   #1
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Splinter and Saki in Mirage

This is kind of just me rambling, sorry.

I’m not currently doing a Mirage re-read, but since it’s almost Christmas I busted out Leonardo #1 this morning and of course had to dust off “Silent Partner” as well. But it just occurred to me that it was a pretty big missed opportunity when the gang makes it downstairs and they’re confronted with Shredder in the flesh. The scene is immediately interrupted by Casey’s dramatic entrance. I feel like Splinter should have said… something! Or displayed some iota of emotion.

While Mirage is my favorite version, I will admit that later versions really knocked it out of the park with the Splinter/Shredder rivalry. 1990 flick had them maim each other during the Yoshi assassination and had a great payoff in the climax. IDW had Yoshi’s quest for vengeance transcend time itself, culminating with him getting to fulfill his promise in his next life. And the 2012 show added his innocent daughter into the mix, making the feud more poignant than ever.

But that relationship isn’t the point of Mirage. It’s the cycle of revenge. Who knows how long the Orokus and Hamatos have been at odds? Nagi adds a degree of separation between the two. Splinter’s sons complete their mission of vengeance, they then spend the next several years fighting the remnants of the Foot, the clone, the loyalists, Pimiko and finally Lady Shredder’s forces.

But at the time, for Splinter to be faced with a reincarnated Saki less than two years after thinking his sons had fulfilled their duty had to have been a major gut punch to him. But unfortunately the story quickly turns to Casey saving the day and them all rapidly escaping.

And I don’t think I remember any Splinter dialogue on the matter during the Northampton era either, and he does not join them during Return to New York.

So that brief scene in TMNT #10 is the only moment in Mirage history that “Saki” and Splinter ever encounter each other and it is very unfortunately squandered. Even just a shot of shock in his face would have been something, but he’s kind of just there.

Crazy that this never bothered me before, but it just clicked today and I thought I’d share my thoughts. Any alternative takes?

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