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| now this is how you do an episode completely unrelated to the main story arc and make it freaking AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!(needs more exclamation marks) Knew something big was gonna go down when I realized the "Saw" was narrating. Couldn't stop laughing throughout the whole episode. XD Some selected howlarious moments- Saw disguising himself as an American. "Amen" and what came after that. Jin's 'death'. The village leader's death(?) in retrospect. Mugen's canon(It looked liked Furuya's pitch upped to 100.) Finally much better than the "Madara Ver-0" in the previous episode. |
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| Mugen's running start for the eat and run |
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| Those English lines made my day. 'Fucking Japs!', 'Friggin kamikaze' xD Great comedy-wise, meh overall. Still a better episode than the previous one. |
| Another stupid episode...wtf I want to see the sunflower samurai... |
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| Funniest episode so far. I loved every second of it. Mugen breaking not only the whole american team, but also the 4th wall! |
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xxjanism said: Mashima said: Oh ? As for me, I loved this episode, the sensation not to be taken seriously. I think in any case that it is one of the funniest of the series ! =P The end is great ! ^^ agree. way much better than 22 filler. mugen was hilarious xD this whole episode was hilarious x3 Agreed, best episode until now. I laughed so much. xD |
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| My god, Fuu is absolutely useless O.O |
| It was funny but i still didn't like it, it need to be serious only three episode left... |
| Okay episode don't really give a fuck about baseball though. |
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CrossfitJesus said: Okay episode don't really give a fuck about baseball though. I love baseball, and this is the 2nd worst episode to me so far (better than the previous zombie ep) |
| Really laughed my ass off because of those expressions once again. Episode itself was completely pointless if it's not been for the comedy though. |
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| Enjoyed the episode. 5/5 |
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| This episode was pure gold XD |
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| RIP old man and pretty much everyone else. xD Mugen is MVP. |
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| So that's how Japanese thoughts about 'Muricans xD Their engrish is pretty good! |
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| This was easily the best episode, cmon. |
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| Pretty good episode, definitely way better than 22, it feels so out of place at this point tho. Mugen finds a way. |
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| It was very pointless, baseball ... although weirdly the episode seemed to go by fast. So maybe it wasn't so bad. |
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| So this is the episode where the infamous "Aruarian Dance" is featured, it's too short!! I was expecting it to be played in the finale. |
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| I laughed so hard at the Americans swears, fucking kamikaze, fucking JAPS lol. |
| I'm an American! Yankee-doodle! |
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| Another dumb episode that made no sense |
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| Damn. This made up for ep. 22. One of the funniest episodes I've seen in a while xD Btw that ending song was beautiful. |
| I wish they would hurry up and wrap it up with the plot, so far this show has been pretty mediocre. |
| Lool, dunno if this or the previous one was weirder but this one was funny. |
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| Really, now. Only 4 episodes left to wrap up the series, and we're wasting time on a comic relief baseball episode... I seriously don't get how some people unironically place this show in the same league as Cowboy Bebop. Disappointing. |
| love the american portrayal and the engrish was hilarious |
| Amazing episode. My favorite among traditional "baseball filler" episodes in other anime. |
| Well that was some rather brutal baseball that was quite enjoyable. It's usually Turing to see tropey baseball eps but this one had a twist to it. Loved Mugen in this episode. That was so badass! The rap ED was great too! |
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Beatnik said: Yeah even I was a little bored in the beginning bacuse the episodes felt disconnected but the main narrative doesn't really matter. Each episode involves mixing Edo Japan with other pop cultures in history.Sutiivu said: When rewatching Samurai Champloo I always omit episodes 22 and 23. Total filler that takes away from a great series. Its hard to find non-'filler' in the first place with Champloo. You should just accept every episode really, infact, in a weird way this is more 'canon' if you will, than other episodes, because the whole hook behind Champloo is the melding of modern and historic and you cant get more juxtoposition than Americans playing baseball against Japanese. Champloo was never about a narrative we're meant to follow, and its almost not even like Bebop with characters driving the show. Champloo is just a random remix of Japan itself; past and present. Watanabe has the sense to end the show with character interactions and conflict but we as viewers shouldnt feel bored when they're not on their flimsy 'mission', we're just observers of a unique representation of Japan really. |
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| This funny baseball match was as satisfying as watching the usa basketball team repeatedly beaten by different other nationals before and during the Athens Olympics from 2004, which is by coincidence the exact year when Samurai Champloo was released. Also a good choice for a last "light" episode before returning to the main plot for real. Also, where they passing through Saga? Was a certain Yuugiri already around? |
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| They managed to make a filler episode about baseball fun and not boring. That's something lol. |
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| It was a really funny episode, however I would like them to focus more on the story itself. A bad point of this anime that I noticed, is that many episodes, like this one, have nothing to do with the main story or have very few related points. |
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| We just went from the worst episode of the series to the best one |
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| Another art experiment, I don't mind, especially because this one was much more engaging than the zombie episode. Yet, I'm by this point dead tired by Jin getting done dirty. It's not that I dislike Mugen getting the spotlight more often, but are the writers really not convinced that Jin's character can support a few episodes on his own? Too late now as we are entering the endgame anyway. |
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