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| I waited about 7 years to rewatch this episode, it is one of my favourites so far. It made feel sad, angry, desperate at the same time. I loved Sara, and when she died it made feel so sorry for her, I'll never forget her, she was a great singer, good mother and a f*ing assassin. The episode was very intense, one of the best in all anime history, I'never seen any other anime with an episode like this one, it was just perfect. |
| hory sheet this ep is so perfect. |
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| Blind girl can beat both Mugen and Jin. They need a timeskeep to develop haki. |
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| I never thought that I'd regard this show as shounen trash... Made it this far, might as well finish it |
Anon1409 said: I never thought that I'd regard this show as shounen trash... Made it this far, might as well finish it How is this shounen trash? Good joke bro. Naruto isn't good for you. |
| Best episode ever! She owned both - Jin and Mugen - but she recognized that her son is dead and gave up. Absolutely perfect in every way. |
| My oh my... It's one of the best episodes ever... Animation, fights, story.. It has everything! |
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| So I guess Mugen forgot all about that chi technique stuff he learned from the China dude? |
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| holy fuck that was amazing! |
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Sickly_Grin said: For some reason, the animation was really bad in this otherwise absolutely wonderful episode. Animation was fine but the character drawing were really inconsistent. |
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| Greatest arc so far.The woman was a beast,Mugen and Jin were no match for her. |
| The animation for the fight under the rain, just beautiful ! |
| Great episode going to be raising my rating to an 8. Didn't expect blind woman to destroy both Jin and Mugen. |
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| Wow ! Im absolutely speechless about this episode right now. I felt like Mugen was caring for Jin as a friend for the first time and not just as a rival when he was searching for him in the water. Mugen was in beast mode when he thought Jin was dead and he wanted to take revenge on Sara for that. Damn and that fight between Mugen and Sara was so intense and beautiful at the same time. I was worrying about Mugen in that fight because i thought he wouldnt survive it. Sara was so strong and interesting i felt really sad after she died though. I was totally blown away by everything the music the animation and atmosphere. 5/5 and im also adding Samurai Champloo to my favourite anime list for sure. |
SilentSword114May 12, 2016 5:07 PM
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| I gotta say sometimes there are some really funny face expressions especially by mugen. Jin felt somehow different in this episode. He was more open than usual. That saying with the fish is really well known even I do from our class. The animation during that slow motion when mugen fights her towards the end was rather smooth. |
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| That's kind of bullshit, but great episode. 5/5 |
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| My only tiny complain with this ohterwise perfect episode is Sara's extremely sudden realization. I guess it makes sense considering what someone above said but it still felt weird. Disregarding that, this had me in awe the entire time <3 |
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| Episode 20 and 21 were simply amazing. This arc is my favourite so far. Got goosebumps watching it. Sara's story and strength, Fuu's feelings, Mugen's frustration and Jin's caring easily just made Samurai Champloo much more worthwhile. |
| Didn't even sign the permission slip for this feels trip :'( |
| “I love heroes, but I don't want to be one. Do you even know what a hero is!? For example, you have some meat. Pirates will feast on the meat, but the hero will distribute it among the people! I want to eat the meat!” - Monkey D. Luffy |
| I also thought Jin needed his glasses! Wow, a really great episode and the blind assassin was a really interesting character. |
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| Finally I get to watch this anime again after two weeks hiatus. As always the episode is really great. I really like sara character. |
kikiabdullDec 9, 2017 11:27 AM
| wow.. best episode? probably. |
| Great episode poor Sara Mugen really liked her, and he killed her while she could have killed him that's worse than death for Mugen, but why the government hires a great assassin like her? |
| This episode will be one of my favourites of this anime. Re-watching this anime cause of this. |
| The ending was really striking. I think Sara's realization wasn't sudden, but rather she was admitting what she thought was the truth all along. (And used "my son is dead" as something she tells others as part of her cover.) I think she wanted to tell Mugen before she died in case they worried about finding him since she really did care for her son and knew that the three of them also cared for her. |
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| my favorite episode of the serie :) |
| i wanted to see how the fishing method and how sara connected. “don’t fight the current. let your body flow with it then you might catch it.” sara was the one to realize this. she realized that it was pointless to fight the current (government) and she couldn’t catch her son because he was dead. but i do see the fucking plot hole here. why was it a sudden realization? was she blinded to her emotions? was it this passionate desire that was scaring the fish away? this one seems a lot more reasonable if you take into consideration what she has gone through throughout her life. that abstract entity that tells her “oh you know what your fate is” represents her subconscious. it had a ominous vibe that foreshadowed death for her. it was also a mask to hide the truth that her son was dead. |
p0ckyyOct 13, 2018 9:41 PM
| Good episode, one of the better ones from this series. |
| They never fought someone that strong. |
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| this episode had such an amazing plot but is it just me or is the animation a bit off this episode? |
| Would have liked the episode a lot more if the art style hadn't gotten so ugly all of a sudden. Seriously, all the characters looked so off-model in this one it was really distracting, even though the battle animation was great. |
| Wow, Mugen got spared... Sara is SUCH a badass. Tearing up the ground and slinging it is so cool, and it was animated so well |
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| Can't help but think there's some lore about Johnny |
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| Very nice two episodes. Wish Sara could have survived and made an addition to their team but I don't think she wanted to live anymore. |
| I like Johnny he's a fun guy. I love how the advice given by him directly ties in with Sara's fighting style. After realising her son had died and that she was being used by the government she just lost the will to live. The music played at the end matches Mugen's anger so well. |
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