The Best Episodes of Samurai Champloo

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
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   8.4/10(20 votes)

   #1 - Evanescent Encounter (2)

   S1:E253/12/2005

   Jin enters a bloody grudge match with the man responsible for the ruin of his rep. Meanwhile, Mugen races to save Fuu from the clutches of a sadistic madman bent on bloodshed.

   Directors:Kazuto Nakazawa, Kei Tsunematsu

   Writers:Shinichiro Watanabe, Shinji Obara

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   Directors:Kazuto Nakazawa, Kei Tsunematsu

   Writers:Shinichiro Watanabe, Shinji Obara
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   8.4/10(21 votes)

   #2 - Evanescent Encounter (3)

   S1:E263/19/2005

   Old scores are finally settled as Mugen, Jin, and Fuu finally come face to face with the ghosts of their respective pasts.

   Directors:Sayo Yamamoto, Shinichiro Watanabe

   Writer:Shinichiro Watanabe

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   Directors:Sayo Yamamoto, Shinichiro Watanabe

   Writer:Shinichiro Watanabe
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   8.2/10(20 votes)

   #3 - Elegy of Entrapment (2)

   S1:E212/12/2005

   Mugen's has his own deadly run-in with the same blind beauty that sent Jin plummeting towards a gruesome end. Who is this seductive assassin, and why is she targeting the Champloo crew?

   Director:Akitoshi Yokoyama

   Writer:Shinji Obara

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   Director:Akitoshi Yokoyama

   Writer:Shinji Obara
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   8.1/10(22 votes)

   #4 - Tempestuous Temperaments

   S1:E15/20/2004

   Fuu is a part-time teahouse worker whose life changes forever when two vagabond warriors, Mugen and Jin, stumble into her place of business and end up in hot water with the local magistrate.

   Director:Shinichiro Watanabe

   Writer:Shinji Obara

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   Director:Shinichiro Watanabe

   Writer:Shinji Obara
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   8.0/10(21 votes)

   #5 - Gamblers and Gallantry

   S1:E118/5/2004

   Jin falls in love with a suicidal beauty whose husband sold her into slavery, and Mugen tries to make his fortune in the cutthroat world of beetle sumo wrestling.

   Director:Sayo Yamamoto

   Writer:Seiko Takagi

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   Director:Sayo Yamamoto

   Writer:Seiko Takagi
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   8.0/10(20 votes)

   #6 - Misguided Miscreants (2)

   S1:E149/2/2004

   Mugen - double-crossed and headed for the bottom of the ocean - flashes back to his life before he died for the first time. Back on land, a pretty young thing convinces Jin to brandish his blades in the name of vengeance.

   Director:Shukou Murase

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Shukou Murase

   Writer:Unknown
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   7.8/10(21 votes)

   #7 - Lethal Lunacy

   S1:E107/29/2004

   Mugen takes his training to the next level in preparation for a full moon death match with a killer who uses a deadly armor-piercing attack to soak the streets in the blood of his victims.

   Director:Akira Yoshimura

   Writer:Touko Machida

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   Director:Akira Yoshimura

   Writer:Touko Machida
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   7.7/10(21 votes)

   #8 - Hellhounds for Hire (2)

   S1:E46/17/2004

   The paths Mugen, Jin, and Fuu follow bring them together again, but their reunion is put on hold when an untimely mistake intensifies the struggle between two clans fighting for control of one city.

   Director:Hirotaka Endo

   Writer:Shinji Obara

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   Director:Hirotaka Endo

   Writer:Shinji Obara
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   7.7/10(21 votes)

   #9 - Evanescent Encounter (1)

   S1:E243/5/2005

   As the crew draws ever nearer their final destination, Fuu makes a bold and startling decision. Elsewhere, unnamed adversaries pursue the travelling trio.

   Director:Tsuyoshi Yoshimoto

   Writers:Shinichiro Watanabe, Shinji Obara

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   Director:Tsuyoshi Yoshimoto

   Writers:Shinichiro Watanabe, Shinji Obara
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    7.6/10(22 votes)

    #10 - Hellhounds for Hire (1)

    S1:E36/10/2004

    After leaving the domineering Fuu behind, Mugen and Jin arrive in town. Once there, it's not long before they're hired on as bodyguards by the two clans that run the city.

    Directors:Shintaro Inokawa, Masato Miyoshi

    Writer:Shinji Obara

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    Directors:Shintaro Inokawa, Masato Miyoshi

    Writer:Shinji Obara
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    7.6/10(21 votes)

    #11 - Beatbox Bandits

    S1:E97/22/2004