Hello guys, for a long time I wondered how many sales Samurai Champloo had, both anime and manga. Does anyone have an idea?

I feel like Jins Master purposefully attacked him first, knowing that he was the best student, in order to make it as likely as possible that the master was killed and therefore saving the rest of the students. Also this is just a long shot, but I can imagine that being killed while trying to fulfill duties would have less backlash on the masters family (if he had any), as opposed to blatantly opposing the orders otherwise.

I've seen Samurai Champloo countless times but haven't made the connection until now. It was probably obvious to a lot of other people lol

Pretty good to chill to

At the Gate – Samurai Meditation

Im going on a 12 hour flight tomorrow and want to watch this series since i really enjoyed cowboy bebop. Does anyone know where i can download this, or know a google drive with it?

alternatively i can also pirate it...arghhh

I had the opportunity to watch the show last year on April 20th, 2023 during the late afternoon or early evening (I think it was around 6:00 PM).

And man, I'm glad I started this series!

I just wanted to make a post to celebrate the first anniversary that I first watched the show.

Bro, Mugen was SUCH A BADASS.

Him breakdancing and busting killer moves in the opening was such a vibe. Like, I could never skip the opening because of him. I thought the opening was alright when I first watched Episode 1 but when I watched more episodes, I slowly started to like it and then love it about halfway through the season.

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Not gonna lie, when I saw Mugen get introduced in the show... the first person I thought of was Spike Spiegel from the Bebop series because they both share the same voice actor. I wonder if they would get along...

Mugen was pretty much like Michael Jordan. He talked hella trash but he backed it up.

Jin was also a badass! Like, this guy survived against Sara (The blind girl) and he stabbed that pirate with a gun from behind his back. That was cool to watch despite it being short.

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Jin had some of the best fights.

Also him calling that guy in the first episode a "piece of shit" was lowkey funny. LOL

I WAS NOT expecting to hear that come out of his mouth, especially not in the first episode of an anime. I don't think I ever watched an English dubbed anime where a character uttered a curse word in the first episode before watching SC.

Bro had no tolerance in this scene (which is understandable given the context).

It would've been interesting to see Mugen and Jin duel to the death or even just a casual sword match to practice. But I'm also glad they didn't kill each other since I like both characters.

Fuu was also entertaining despite not having combat skills like Jin and Mugen. I would say she's a well-written character since she had depth and her own value as a character in a show primarily about fighting, which I know is HARD to do as a writer.

She's so cute! :)

I do think she got the worst ending out of the three because she pretty much got what she wanted (to see her dad again) and then she saw him die in front of her...

Like damn, that's some brutal shit.

Not to mention her also not having any friends after she split with Mugen and Jin.

Also forgot to mention that the Mugen drowning scene was so ICONIC, the beauty of watching a formidable warrior embrace his demise was fun to watch (because I knew Mugen wasn't gonna die. There were more episodes left!) and the music just fit so well with the scene.

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I think it would've been more sad if the show ended like it did in the drowning scene. Oh my gosh, if THAT was the end of Mugen... damn, it would've been a good death.

But good thing Mugen survived to have another chance to fight more opponents, since that's obviously his passion (I don't blame him, going against good competition can be fun).

My favourite episode was when Mugen learned how to read (Episode 18). Him jumping out of nowhere yelling "I'M NUMBER OOOOOOOONNNNNEEEEEEEEE!" at the end of the episode was such a mood. LOL

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Also the two twins were entertaining. Haha

Mugen's reaction to his difficulty while learning was so relatable to me.

"This SUCKS!"

You and me both, Mugen. I hate learning because I'm just simply not good at it. My years in school proved that to me.

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Mugen is how I felt like during studying/homework sessions in college, except I didn't flip my table. LOL

Speaking of intelligence, the way that Mugen strategically used the enemies chain weapon as his own weapon in the heat of the moment and killed him made me convinced that he's a genius.

Like, that shit was so smart and so clean. Something Shikamaru would've come up with in battle.

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I thought he was gonna die since that background music used in this scene was used when Mugen almost got killed on that pirate ship in that one episode.

Best kill in the series in my opinion.

One more thing, the episode where Mugen met that cute ninja was pretty awesome. I can't believe I almost forgot to mention it! She was a badass, too bad we didn't see more of her.

All bro wanted was to just cheek slam some girls

Mugen: \"I WANT MY NOOKIEEEEEEEEE!\"

I wonder if she did marry Mugen.

*Gasps*

What if we got a sequel of "Samurai Champloo" where Mugen meets Jin and Fuu years later after starting a family with that kunoichi?

I think it could be a potentially well-executed show.

Overall, I think the show is not only entertaining but it also has rewatchability since most of the episodes have simple plots that aren't connected in the next episode (even though the previous episode actually happened).

Will I rewatch it? Maybe some day but not for now. I'm gonna go watch "Ghost Stories", that show's English dub is funny! LOL

i love samurai champloo and its my third favorite anime of all time. But in the last three episodes, Kariya, "Hand of God" is shown to be very sorry. When he fights Jin, he wins and goes to kill Fuus dad. But guess what, Jin didnt die. Jin comes back, able to fight again somehow, and this time he wins against Kariya by leaving himself open. Kariya stabs him in the back, and Jin stabs Kariya near his leg. JIN SURVIVES. This master swordsman has now failed two fatal blows against Jin. Which in the second one, Jin was left wide open. It doesn't stop here. There was an old man taking care of Fuus dad, and Kariya killed him. Except he didn't. He failed to kill a small, weak old man. By the end of this all from what i can remember, the only person he killed was the sunflower samurai, a dude who's on his deathbed. So either plot armor was just being passed around, or Kariya was really just sorry. If he is supposed to be as strong as he is, why has he failed to kill two defenseless people? Shit like this is why this anime is amazing.