Mugen continues to take a severe beating from Patch Wacko, and is forced to listen to a rant about what it’s life to live shamefully. Mugen, however, isn’t impressed, since he’s experienced humiliation many times before. Mugen kinda dodges and runs around a lot, before suddenly making his move, and pile driving Patch Wacko. Using a quick bite to Patch Wacko’s crotch, Mugen utilizes his physics skillz to make Patch Wacko accidentally decapitate himself. Owned. Too bad Wheelchair Wacko was camping the spawn location, and has bullets and rockets at the ready.
On that happy note, Fuu makes it to the shack, and steels her resolve. An old man finds her and takes her inside, where she finds her father. Unfortunately the Sunflower Samurai that Fuu has been searching all this time for is now weak and bed-ridden. Fuu had so much she wanted to tell him, and now she can’t even punch him, because he’s so ill. Frustrated, she tells him goodbye, and turns to leave forever. There’s a quick flashback of when chibi-Fuu and her mother went to pray, and Fuu asked that one day she be allowed to meet her father. The memory brings tears, and the old guy caring for Seizou tells her that he has heard a lot about her. However, before he can say more, Kariya appears in the distance. Kariya has his orders to execute Seizou, and Seizou doesn’t mind, since he’s practically dead anyway. Before Kariya deals the death blow, he allows Seizou to tell Fuu that he never once forgot about her and her mother, and then he apologizes to her. Unfortunately, that’s not the end of it, as Kariya has been told to eliminate the whole family, and on his way out, he even stabs the old guy (what a bastard!!!!!).
Kariya corners Fuu, but Jin shows up in a rather dramatic scene to intervene. Kariya is surprised that Jin returned to fight, as it is clear he is badly injured. Jin recalls how he used to only fight for himself, and remembers Enshirou’s lesson on how to at least battle to a draw with a superior opponent. Jin uses the lesson to his advantage, by baiting Kariya with a small window of opportunity. When Kariya strikes a deadly blow, he finds that it was a trap, and that Jin took the attack in order to strike down Kariya at the very same time. Down below, it seems that Mugen survived Wheelchair Wacko’s attempt at a rocket jump.
Now that Fuu has found the Sunflower Samurai, both Mugen and Jin decide it is time to renew their battle. As the collide, however, their blades both shatter, and the two of them collapse in exhaustion. When they wake up one week later, they find that they no longer have any desire to kill each other; in fact, they have both found true friends for the first time in their lives. The journey ended, the three decide to go their separate ways. However, before they part, Fuu reveals that she tricked them with the coin toss in the first episode. Shocked, Mugen asks, “What was this journey about, anyway?”
Great ending! I know the trio made a wonderful team, but I don’t see how this series could have finished without them parting ways. It just would have been too cheesy. I was happy to see that Fuu still had Momo-san at least. Like most great journeys, Samurai Champloo was all about what happened on the way there, and not about the final destination.
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I absolutely loved this show and I don’t the ending could’ve been any better than it was. Some people didn’t like Samurai Champloo for its lack of main plot, but like you said it was all about what happened during their search for the sunflower samurai and not the search itself.
I don’t think the series was that great. Part of the problem was that some of the episodes were complete crap while others were masterpieces. The last three episodes were great eventhough the episodes before that were bad.
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Dude Samurai Champloo was such an awesome show!! The ending was really well done. I think they should do another series of it, like a sequel…or better yet…a prequel about their lives before they met.
Amazing show! I’m sure that it’ll soon become a ‘classic’, as Bebop was dubbed.
Although I do agree with most of you, that some of the episodes weren’t exactly up to par (the Baseball and Zombie episodes come to mind particularly), I’d certainly still recommend this series to any anime fan (and most especially to any Bebop fan). Quality art, mixed with an unusual, yet enjoyable combination of story and music (samurai and hip-hop..wow), but still a truly enjoyable series!
dude - the zombie and baseball episodes were *so* funny, you just havent watched enough anime to get the jokes! There were a lot of “inside” jokes in both, making fun of japanese cultural icons and anime.
there were basically no bad episodes of that anime.
it’s not a matter of opinion, just taste
-md
Samurai Champloo is overall a good anime. However, if you like finality to anime be warned that you’re not going to get it. Much to my dismay the ending was left wide open. I’m still driven mad by what is going to happen. lol
This show was the best merging of hip-hop and anime. i have seen many in my time and this defenetly my top 3 favorites. Between Mugens Capoeira/break-danceing style and Jin smooth smart cool guy rutine this show is just sick. THE ANIME JUST HAD THE BEST HIP-HOP PUT TOGETHER.
I loved this show… I was sad to see it end after only 26 episodes. It was the greatest show in the world! I loved it. Now it’s over. That’s depressing.
This may shock many of you, I am 32 yrs. old and love anime! My 12 yr. old daughter got me into it a few years back and I really enjoy watching it. I loved “Samurai Champloo” the best of all the shows I have ever watched(right from the first episode). I was a teen when hip-hop started to grow big in the 80’s and I can honestly say that it blended in perfectly with the show without overpowering the Japanese culture (allowing all aspects to remain true). Now the big question I am afraid to ask…Is Samurai Champloo completely finished or are we just waiting for a new season?
That was a weak ending. So many things not answered. How did Gene survive that attack that was going to kill him? How did Mugen survive that explosion? It doesn’t make much sense to me. I expected more of a Samurai X ending, now that is how you end a series.
I disagree with Inara–many people see a cliffie where there isn’t one. The tension was eliminated, and each character discovered something about themselves through the journey. In the end, a show will always be “unresolved” unless everybody dies; we were lucky fans, we were! The show started on a sad and somewhat cruel note, and it ended with discovery. …Besides, Momo-chan survived! (The whole world was holding its breath on that one! XP Haha.)
Awesome. ;-D
I thought the series was kick ass, the only disapointing thing was the ending.
ive watched hundreds of anime and i just hated this ending, they all find friendship within each other but they split up for NO apparent reason?
Jean finds his first friends ever and then seperates from them? I dont see how the journey they would take after the series ended would be any better off for them alone, they should travel togeather now they found friendship.
And like some guy said here.. complete lack of finality. aaahhgh still driving me nuts after watching the end 2 days ago!
personally the whole thin sucked monkeys, jin is supposed to be with fuu
yo I love anime and this show was the best I thought it was cool the way they mixed hip hop with anime.my favoret character was Jin cause I kinda act like like him.I loved every episode the ending was good but i think it would have bin better if they didnt split up.I want to see more new episodes they should make a new season.
Dude the ending showed was one of the most touching i have ever seen, and as a hardcore rap hater i loved how this show revived the beat in my soul. But Mugen and Fuu were suposed to get together.
The concept of “the journey is what matters - not the destination” seems very Zen to me. I doubt there will be a sequel.
I will, however, pay close attention to everything that Shinichiro Watanabe has anything to do with, in the future.
Mugen and Fuu should’ve been together…all three of them should’ve been (travel) together at end…ugghhh it makes me so sad…and I always thought right at the beginning of the series that Fuu will end up with SOMEONE..maybe it was intended but just didn’t come through…all the way.
My wife and I kinda figured Jin would probably follow Fuu around for awhile because, being Fuu, she would be bound for more trouble. I’d like to see something like Fuu picking up where her father left off with the whole religion thing. Jin jumps in to save her at the nick of time… Mugen gets drawn back in following around the government chick he never got to bang….. Everyone gets together for another series of adventures. Wishful thinking?
I enjoyed the ending very much, other than the fact that Mugen and Jin defied death, (but i suppose that is like their characters.) I feel like that at some point during the series they had all found their own bit of happiness and didnt need to be with eachother anylonger. I may not be explaining it well, but to use an example, i thought that Jin may have returned to be with the prostitute he rescued.
Overall, I really loved the show and if anyone else has a recommendation for a similar show, i would appreciate it.
Samurai Champloo is the greatest anime i’ve ever watched….but I agree with those of you who thought the ending was weak…. oh and Mugen and fuu should have ended up toghether and Jin should have gone back to that chick who was gonna throw herself over the bridge….I’m hoping they continue the series where they last left off, but with fuu ending up with Mugen. Other than that I saw nothing wrong with this anime… but I am so annoyed that there were only 26 episodes…. I WANT MORE SAMURAI CHAMPLOO!!!!!
i never got to see the last episodes. so this was quite a read..haha i agree with some others in saying that they really need to keep going with samurai champloo. or even there lives before as i read above ^_^. loved it loved it loved it. ..turned out to be a very hilarious and random anime that i stumbled upon.
ON WITH SAMURAI CHAMPLOO!! ..
this was one of thegood ones. bad news , its a few years old allready so unlikey to be any sequels now.
having watched it on fansub from the begining (2004 - 03/2005) i was fairly dissapointed at the dvd versions translations. (but hey … 50$ for a second hand complete set , cant grumble!). sureley if you cant find something to like about this show you need some mental help. and if youve seen some of the cartoon network version … yes the dubs were done witout much effort , its realy *MUCH* better in japanese.
The anime was sweet sure it had one or two boring eps like the bit about mugens past but the series also had a ton of great ideas. Like that whole artsy episode and earlyc ontacts with outside world and Suhei finally they show a sinister side of buddhism and i especially love the episode where mugen learns to read!!
I absolutely loved the ending and its GREAT that none of the “characters get together” it would have been so cliched.
The ending was great cos in a way the characters don’t really change but instead each found something that will forever be important to them, despite some chatacters (Jin) not knowing what to look for and mugen not looking for anything at all, with only fuu being the one with most to look for.
I would have rolled my eyes and yawned if these characters died LETS FACE IT THE WHOLE DEATH THING IS OVERDONE AND OVER RATED AND VERY BORING. I was worried that it would end this way since i had predicted their deaths since episode 1 AFter BEBOP we need A CHANGE!!! I was very and pleasantly surprise that the survuved. This is one of the most uplifting anime i have seen and serioulsy thats what this anime is about.
Wantanabe aint boring and doing the same thing right after another is VERY boring.
I LOOOVE THIS SHOW !!! i could go on with how much i love it but im too lazy and it would take a whole day!!
It has brought me back to anime and restored its credibility as an artform in my eyes.
Wow I really didn’t like the ending when they all went there different ways ::::dies::: but it was still a good seris
I think them spliting up was for the best!… I don’t know why but you know how samurai are… they always… well i don’t know… but i didnt really like the sword mugen got t the end tho… but since he got a sword like that it would’e been cool if he travel to Europe and and shows those lobster backs how true Japanese KICK ASS!… sry British… But this had to be the greatest anime ending i have ever seen! 2 and 3 are cowboy bebop and trigun. but some guy was wondering how mugen and jin survived those attacks, wut a doosh… but some questions r best left unanswered.. i dont know but that ending was kick ass!
AHHhhhhHhhh feck chu all !!!! i just finished watching 25 on ondemand cable and i was itching to know how it ended so i came here!!! i should of just waited the extera month but oh watever!! indeed this is a great show it pawnsorz any shows to death!!!
in the last episode when jin showed up to save fuu, what is the name of the song that starts playing?
nvm i found out the song, its Same Ol’ thing, Force Of Nature but i can find it on Limewire.
hey wats the song at the end of episode 26 in the credits i really want to know
its called San Francisco.
samurai champloo…one of the best tho its lik rated 43 on da top 100 anime series…the ending was better then most…lik FMA where ed puts up his hand n all of a sudden al puts up his hand n den dey feel lik they touchin ea other…its touching but not as sad as samurai champloo n uhh ??? cuz dey jus walk 3 diff ways…??? y? mleh? i thot mugen was guna kill jin? one day we will find out…BUT we may never kno!!!! BLAH!
The ending was perfect. it leaves you to make up a story of what happens next to Fuu, and Jin, and Mugen. everything was left to the imagination. i thought it matched the series well of being somewhat unpredictable and fresh. I doubt there will be a new season…i wish there would be but it’s seems unlikley by now, even though it was such a success in the US. If they do make a third season it should be a prelude of where they all came from and lead up to the very first episode…how they all met. Oh i miss Champloo sooo much >.<
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If you have not found the force of nature song,i have it if you still want it.
It seems I interpreted the ending and the whole series differently then most of you….I don’t think the series was supposed to have any sort of deep plot of story line….It was about “friendship”, three highly unlikely people put on a journey together, an emotional narcassitic 15 year old girl, a reckless self centered egotistic asshole, and a soul searching silent prodogy dojo student. The joy of the show is watching how the three of them interact as friends even thought they constantly pretend they aren’t. There are multiple references made throughout the entire series about fate and friendship. It never seemed like it was the journey that kept them together. There were numerous times they seperated their ways but were drawn back together, therefore I think the ending was perfect. The three of them parted ways, but if you got the message of the entire series, they’re just going to meet up again in the next city (probably in some comedic fashion).
Hey guys, it doesnt matter if they parted ways or not, given the time period, they are all dead anyways. So get over it, buy the dvd if your so depressed about the show being over, and watch it over and over again like a loser… or you could watch a different anime series, or better yet. Since you like to complain about the endings/storylines/characters in certain animes, you could always try making one of your own. I mean hey, you obviously know whats wrong with the show, so why not make your own series w/o those flaws. Oh snap… wait a minute… I forgot, YOU CANT!
man this was one of the best series even though they split up in the end that was kinda dapprsing but eh. and i think that nether Jin or Mugen should of been with Fuu i think that jin should off gone back with that chick that tride to kill herself at the bridge and mugen should go with that chick he never got to do it with i mean she said she was gonna marrie him and fuu i donno find a boyfriend in a town she goes to or something.but still it was a good ending. i realy liked the song at the end too it made it even better. dose anyone have it? if u do could u email it to me at pie_is_da_best@hotmail.com thanx WEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
SAMURAI CHAMPLOO ROOOOOOCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Of course, we, as fans, would have never wanted them to tske separate ways, but they had to, it was the right thing, you know. they were friends, but they were wanderers, and they lived all their lives by themselves. So yes, the ending was just perfect, and the ending scenes were great, with that nice music and everybody happy. Exactly how it should be.
Anybody who does not think this is a classic is on crack. Just enough action, comedy and a plot that made sense. Then ending was so good I was not sad to see it go. It’s one of my top five (recent) anime.
I absolutely loved this show, and can find absolutely no flaw in it. Even the episodes everyone rants about, e.g. the zombie ep with the clan from the Heian period or the baseball one, were excellent. Particularly the baseball had me cracking up, with humoristic references to variopus 80ies sports animes and an excellent satire on American-ness as seen by Asians - great!
I think the ending fit just right, any of the other endings suggested here seem tired, cliched and Hollywood-ish. *puke* No, that was just the right catharsis the show needed. Samurais Champloo - up on my all-times-classic list!
I believe that the series was absolutly fantastic to start. The whole series was based on fate and if Iv’e met fate before then fate will surely bring them together again. besides mugen can’t really leave fuu, I mean jin saw it in the last few episodes. I truly hope they will make more episodes, I really fell in love with the characters. It would be a shame to leave their storys untold.
Hey I just finished watching Samurai Champloo and in my opinion its one of the best anime series ever! I loved the ending and would like it to continue, I’m kind of sad it ended but yeah life goes on and hopfully the person who created it can make another masterpiece series.
please can someone tell me a link to download the music from force of nature-same ol’ thing i’ve been searching for it by a WEEK man i’m tired so please tell me something of where to download
there might be a sequel i hope…
there were lots of unresolved things in the anime
and one of them was that daugther of a shogun
or something on ep.16 i think at the end of the
show she said mugen was gonna be her husband
if anyone has the song in episode 26, when jin is walking up the hill to save fuu, contact me at blackmirage1@hotmail.com
I was quite saddened at the end of episode 26. I really wished they would’ve gone on another annoynomous adventure. But I was still happy for the end. But you never know, they probably will bump into each other again. They always seem to do that.
i loved the show. and guess what? im from finland. newer saw that coming,huh? you propobly dont know wich country m talking about, but just to refresh you, we are the “owners” of all the lordi-crap.(eurovision winners, im so sick of them i could die)anyway, the ending was good, but as many others have said, it was a little weak. many questiones didint get ansvered, and…..well…..i have been thinking…..how would it continue?
i myself havent thought of a good continuation that would be as good as before. but one thing popped into my mind…..
didint they end up going separate ways on the island? so, wasnt there only one boat that could get them out of there?? i think that if that watanabe-dude would make more, he would start with all tree in a boat out of the island, and fuu propobly saying:-aaaah, why didint i think of this boat-thing before? this is a bit enbarrassing…(after owning them with that coin-thing daa)
and then she would ask mugen, and jin what they are going to do next, where they are going to go?
and another adventure would start!
good thinking???please answer!
love champloo.
by the way, i dont think fuu should bee with neither mugen, or jin.
Hm, what I am wondering is what happened in that love triangle that may have been possible between the three of them.
I believe that Fuu liked Jin at first(reference: the hints in earlier episodes of Fuu liking Jin, like in the episode when Mugen and Jin read Fuu’s diary.) But, eventually realized she liked Mugen. That’s why she says to Jin at the lake, “I don’t want to think about what will happen after this journey, that jerk Mugan would probably… I’m sorry.” Then she cries on Jin.
Later, Fuu leaves Jin and Mugen to make the last trip of the journey on her own. When confronted with the Shogun assassin, Jin gets the flashback of the time Fuu cried to Jin. Jin then tells Mugen to go take care of Fuu. Mugen has a calm look of realization and agrees. Mugen is the one Fuu liked, but obviously not an overwhelming lot, sicne they all split up in the end.
Jin left the girl he liked because he was still searching for something, and realized that he couldnt find it with her. In his concience he felt drawn to Mugen and Fuu, or maybe he was starting to like Fuu but didn’t realize it, so he was drawn to her. Whatever it was, we’ll never know, only knowing that in the end he felt friendship for both of then more than love for Fuu.
Hints with Mugan being attracted to Fuu are evident in many episodes, one being when Mugen stops chasing the guy he is mugging to see Fuu talk to the woodblock artist and Mugen calls him a playboy. Later in the evening he asks where Fuu is, but then says that he doesn’t care or anything, eveen though he does. All these little hints from Jin to Fuu, Mugan to Fuu, and Fuu to both of them can be interpreted as either friendship or hidden love.
Jin and Mugen both had slight affections for Fuu, and Fuu to them, but they all decided to just leave it as friendship. The point of the love part of this series is to tease you, and leave you wondering what the characters were actually thinking… which we will actually never know.
For my opinion on who Fuu should end up with, I’d say neither. Mugen would probably still flirt and do stuff with other girls even if Fuu hooks up with him. Fuu and Mugen are both too immature for each other and would fight too much. At least Jin would be able to bring out the mature side of Fuu, but neither Mugen nor Jin would be able to handle Fuu because Fuu always causes fights and acts immature, especially if she were with Mugen. Even though the ending was kind of sad, it would be feel boxed up to have the ending already predicted for us and all of them together again, even though thats what most of us want. It was a good ending, but it would have been better if there were just a bit of closure concerning the love plot, like at least Fuu talking to one of them for a breif moment that shows why they decided to part. Good series, overall.
i agree, but i still think the “realationship” should have got a little deeper betbeen mugen and fuu. i mean atleast fuu and jin hugged!!!! the only “romantic” scene betveen them(fuu and mugen) was when mugen threw his sword to let her go in ep 25 u know. its not fair…
i believe mugen should of got with that one chick from ep 18 and he probually did, because she was going to search for him after her journey ended and jin meets up with fuu in a town. they all meet for one more journey that is how it is in my mind.
18? 15 i think you mean…
jin and mugen are freelancers and always will be, the only reason they travel together was cuz they agreed to, see how many times they so easily left each other and ended up back together. They really didn’t care if they stuck together or not, in the end they do finish it off, they find fuu’s dad, and also they all have the friendship they have been looking for. They have to go back to trying to be as strong as possible. The only thing i didnt like about the last episode is how they have Mugen admit he is weaker then Jin, and how Mugen gets owned by these random weak people he attacked in the past, seriously he almost gets killed by a guy in a wheelchair.
My wife and I kinda figured Jin would probably follow Fuu around for awhile because, being Fuu, she would be bound for more trouble. I’d like to see something like Fuu picking up where her father left off with the whole religion thing. Jin jumps in to save her at the nick of time… Mugen gets drawn back in following around the government chick he never got to bang…. Everyone gets together for another series of adventures. Wishful thinking?, -spadefinger-
I think that is a great idea my self except for that i don’t think that Fuu would go into religion i think that she would just get in trouble some how still the writers should consult you lol GREAT IDEA!, oh and geg Mugen just meant that he couldn’t stop thinking about tying to kill the people that he failed at trying to kill, not hat he was better than him he just couldn’t kill him
-Taylor-
I watched this show one night on Adult Swim and I was hooked… I watched all the episodes, mostly in order, and towards the end, I found dubbed ones. Even though dubbed, which usually loses some translation value, this was the ABSOLUTE BEST anime I have EVER seen, and probably the greatest show I’ve ever watched. I tend to like comedies alot for their re-watching vlaue, but this absolutely blew everything else out of the water. It makes me sad to think that they might never see each other again and never know what happens to each other, but I think that the ending was perfect. It definitely was different from anything else I’ve ever seen, adding hints to what will happen next (like reuniting in the next town), and it wasn’t overdone or too much of a cliche. I just don’t understand how the characters got out of the way of the meteorite in the episode with the immortals. I’m definitely going to check out what other anime’s are out there, if this was only number 43 on the list of the greatest animes, then I want to see what’s way up there. Glad to hear everyone liked it for the most part, I can’t recommend it enough to the people I talk to!
Is there going to be a new season?i LOVE SAmurai Champloo there better be i mean seriously other anime have like 167 episodes so there better be more on the way lol
i love this anime it was short but good i really didnt like the ending we will never know wat happend to any of them but i think tha its muganxfuu all the way
wwwhooopp!!! after watching it over and over again, all i can sy is Samurai Champloo is a nice and amazing anime. The ending was quite satifyibg. Gosh, all of them learned something from this journey and problaly they will meet again. its just left to ur imagination. But i still would like to se some fuuxmugen, hehe.
Hopw maybe they can do a second season…
God knows.
Love samurai champloo!!
ER…Didn’t the old guy get stabbed….HE REVIVED!?!?….I saw him infront of the grave and everything….was he just knocked out?….That’s…weird ._.!
But anyways! Ending seems nice enough, a memorable one~ But…an ending with them travelling a bit longer might be a bit more satisfying xD
A HILARIOUS ANIME~ omg the baseball cracked me up like crazy!
This page has a link to the song Same Ol’ Thing in the Force of Nature II album.
Well I think someone needs to suggest more episodes. I was into that show seriously. I cryed was the last episode was shown.
But hopefully we will see more of Samurai Champloo in the future.
I bought the anime and really enjoy it. I love the music and the characters, specially Jin. I think they are like a family and Jin is the big brother, protective and . The ending was very good, but I hope Shinichiro Watanabe continues the three friends travel.
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