6/13/2023 0 Comments Samurai champloo lethal lunacy![]() ![]() They are small fry compared to the other prisoners, and it is found that one has a price on his head. The first is perhaps the funniest of the lot, with the three held at a crossing point for travelling under forged documents. Stand alone episodes, they have plenty of laughs without scrimping on the action and character moments. The four stories on this disc recount more of their adventures as they journey in search of the Sunflower Samurai. But with central characters like the self-assured and quirky Fuu, the ill-spoken wild man Mugen, and the fastidious and elegant Jin, it`s very easy to become engrossed in their hard, although occasionally anachronistic world. If the show does have drawbacks, it`s the episodic nature and the reliance on the `broke and hungry travellers trying to make ends meet`. ![]() It follows on from Volume 2 in much the same vein, playing the stories mostly for laughs, but with strong characters and gripping tales. He`s forgotten that he can`t read though.Ĭonclusion Samurai Champloo is terrific entertainment, taking a period setting and giving it an irreverent contemporary twist. When Fuu isn`t forthcoming with information, Mugen does the next best thing and he steals her diary. The Disorder Diaries Mugen and Jin have been dragged halfway around Japan in search of the Samurai who smells of flowers, and they still know nothing about him. Meanwhile Fuu is determinedly not jealous, and Mugen is training a beetle how to Sumo wrestle. Jin winds up spending his free time at the brothel, struck with an odd case of chivalry. Her husband is in debt and she has to work in a brothel to pay it off. ![]() Gamblers and Gallantry The trio are working odd jobs again to make ends meet, and it`s while Jin is working at an eel bar that he meets Shino, a captivating woman who is down on her luck. While Jin learns that there is more to the priest than meets the eye, Mugen goes back into training, Rocky style. ![]() The reward piques Mugen`s interest, but he`s more excited by the challenge of facing someone that he may not be able to beat. However the town is being terrorised by a serial killer, one who only preys on skilled Samurai, and kills without inflicting a cut. When they encounter a priest begging for alms, they soon find that they are put to work completing chores at his temple in exchange for room and board. Lethal Lunacy Mugen, Fuu and Jin are hungry and broke, again. It was never noted in the official records, but Yamane recounts it here, the day that Mugen, Fuu and Jin showed up at the border crossing with forged travel permits. But there was that one day, thirty years previously when the checkpoint fell open to all who wished to cross. He`s approaching retirement and is renowned for having kept the crossing sealed tight during his tenure. Beatbox Bandits Yamane is a government official in charge of the checkpoint at Hakone. This third volume from MVM contains four more adventures. The two fighters` first encounter resulted in them trying to kill each other, and it`s only because Fuu saved them from an execution that they reluctantly put aside their rivalry long enough to help her. To that end she has recruited a couple of itinerant warriors, the wild and undisciplined Mugen, and the more refined and precise Jin. Former waitress Fuu wants to find a nameless Samurai who smells of sunflowers. He takes a genre that has been explored many times before, and infuses it with a healthy dose of… Hip-hop! Given this and his eye for characterisation, Samurai Champloo has been a series for which I have been eagerly awaiting. From Shinichiro Watanabe the creator of the sci-fi Cowboy Bebop, comes a show where he turns his attention back to the feudal period of Japan, when Ronin Samurai roamed the land, when the sword ruled and honour was a fading memory. Introduction We`re already three volumes into Samurai Champloo and the series is progressing nicely. ![]()
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