The Best Episodes Written By Shinji Obara

Episode Rankings

1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.2/10(18 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.

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   8.1/10(18 votes)

   #2 - 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?

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3. 

   7.8/10(19 votes)

   #3 - 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.

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4. 

   7.7/10(18 votes)

   #4 - 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.

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5. 

   7.4/10(19 votes)

   #5 - 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.

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6. 

   7.4/10(18 votes)

   #6 - 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.

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   7.3/10(19 votes)

   #7 - Redeye Reprisal

   S1:E26/3/2004

   When Mugen wounds an enemy's arm, it sets off a dangerous chain reaction. Fuu is kidnapped, and two deadly assassins are dispatched to make short work of vagabond Mugen and ronin Jin.

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8. 

   7.1/10(18 votes)

   #8 - Stranger Searching

   S1:E67/1/2004

   Mugen and Jin loses their weapons and their appetites - in an rice-eating contest, and the only way to get them back is by posing as tour guides for a mysterious European with a penchant for man love!

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9. 

   7.1/10(20 votes)

   #9 - Elegy of Entrapment (1)

   S1:E202/5/2005

   Mugen defends the honor of beautiful blind songstress, but when the when the trio of wanderers becomes a quartet, Fuu will be faced with an impossible decision.

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10. 

    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #10 - Ghost Passenger Ship Murder Case

    S3:E17/14/2001

    Part 1

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11. 

    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #11 - Ghost Passenger Ship Murder Case

    S3:E27/21/2001

    Part 2

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