Samurai Champloo

1. S01E01Tempestuous TemperamentsMay 20, 2004 8.4Fuu, a waitress who is being intimidated by the village prefect's son and his guard, begs 19-year-old vagabond Mugen for help. Across town,
2. S01E02Redeye ReprisalJune 3, 2004 7.7A bodyguard of the prefect's son plots revenge against Mugen after he sliced off his arm in the restaurant. To do so, he convinces his large
3. S01E03Hellhounds for Hire (Part 1)June 10, 2004 7.7Mugen and Jin, annoyed with Fuu's demands, disband the group at a fork in the road, each taking separate paths, unknowingly joining the rank
4. S01E04Hellhounds for Hire (Part 2)June 17, 2004 8.2A dice-rolling contest will decide the fate of the gang warfare. Who will end up dying as a result?
5. S01E05Artistic AnarchyJune 24, 2004 8.4Fuu models for ukiyo-e artist Hishikawa Moronobu, only to end up targeted as a kidnapper group's next victim. Will the others be able to sav
6. S01E06Stranger SearchingJuly 1, 2004 7.8The trio enters into an eating competition with Mugen's and Jin's swords on the line. After a mysterious man wins the eating competition, th
7. S01E07A Risky RacketJuly 8, 2004 8.8While Fuu, Jin, and Mugen are going to get some soup, Fuu's purse is stolen by a thief in the town.
8. S01E08The Art of AltercationJuly 15, 2004 7.8A singing swordsman hunts for Jin, challenging any samurai wearing glasses he can find, accompanied by a beat-boxing duo of thugs when he be
9. S01E09Beatbox BanditsJuly 22, 2004 8.2Mugen, Jin, and Fuu need to cross a border so they purchase travel passes since they don't have any. When their passes turn out to be fake,
10. S01E10Lethal LunacyJuly 29, 2004 9.4Mugen faces the lethal challenge of a Shaolin-trained swordsman and proves equal to the test, while Jin gets stuck doing all the housework.
11. S01E11Gamblers and GallantryAugust 5, 2004 9.2Jin comes to the rescue of a lady in distress. He falls in love and tries to rescue this woman from the hard life she has come to face. Will
12. S01E12The Disorder DiariesAugust 12, 2004 7.0Mugen steals Fuu's diary that she has been keeping since they first started on their journey to find the sunflower samurai. The episode is a
13. S01E13Misguided Miscreants (Part 1)August 26, 2004 8.7Mugen's past memories lure him back into his violent past, a pirate makes secret plans, and the lust for gold brings betrayal.
14. S01E14Season's bestMisguided Miscreants (Part 2)September 2, 2004 9.5When Mugen finds out what the pirate was planning to do, he gets his revenge.
15. S01E15Bogus BootySeptember 9, 2004 8.9The shogun's prettiest ninja ends up giving Mugen an evening that he will never forget. Meanwhile, Fuu gets large from eating too much.
16. S01E16Lullabies of the Lost (Part 1)September 16, 2004 8.4When Mugen, Jin, and Fuu get into a quarrel and separate, they have unexpected encounters. New opponents appear, old grievances return, and
17. S01E17Lullabies of the Lost (Part 2)September 23, 2004 9.2Jin ends a life he hoped to spare.
18. S01E18War of the WordsJanuary 22, 2005 8.5Fuu gets a facelift when kids trade in the sword for the graffiti brush; Jin keeps a promise to a long-lost friend and confronts the shock o
19. S01E19Unholy UnionJanuary 29, 2005 8.3A cynical charlatan fleeces the hidden Christian flock, Fuu gets closer to the Sunflower Samurai, and a truth is finally revealed.
20. S01E20Elegy of Entrapment (Part 1)February 5, 2005 9.5Fuu, Mugen, and Jin meet up with a blind girl who is a traveling musician. Because of her blindness, she is able to sense the emotions of th
21. S01E21Elegy of Entrapment (Part 2)February 12, 2005 9.5Jin learns the Way of Water, a woman's sorrow comes to an end, and Mugen both gives and receives an assassin's last gift.
22. S01E22Cosmic CollisionsFebruary 19, 2005 7.8On the way to Nagasaki the trio fall through a mine shaft. They're introduced to its charismatic owner and start working for a share of trea
23. S01E23Baseball BluesFebruary 26, 2005 8.7An American sea vessel arrives in town and a canny ninja-turned-team manager enlists our heroes to do battle with them on the field of honor
24. S01E24Evanescent Encounter (Part 1)March 5, 2005 9.2Fuu, Mugen, and Jin have finally arrived in Nagasaki to find Ikitsuki Island in search of the Sunflower Samurai. There seems to be one small
25. S01E25Evanescent Encounter (Part 2)March 12, 2005 9.5As Jin duels Kagetoki Kariya, the most powerful man in the shogunate, Mugen has to contend with three brothers who want his head.
26. S01E26Evanescent Encounter (Part 3)March 19, 2005 9.2As Fuu finally confronts the Sunflower Samurai, Mugen and Jin face their ultimate tests. While Mugen must face the remaining brothers, Jin c

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