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Apr 22, 2013
Samurai Champloo is a series that takes place in the Edo period of Japan and focuses on the story of three characters; Fuu: A tomboyish 15 year old girl with a knack for complaining, Jin: a silent super talented samurai that wears glasses with no reason and Mugen: A complete nutbag.

Anyways, after Fuu helps the other 2 to escape their execution she convinces them to help her find "The Samurai that smells like the sunflowers" and so with the vaguest clue in the world, our heroes journey through feudal Japan to find this guy and kill a bunch of people in the way.

While most episodes are unrelated to the central plot, they're still entertaining to watch by having the right mixture of humor, comedy and drama; and referencing some other mature stuff along the way, including religion. However it's not perfect, in early episodes some things happen without explanation and there is this episode relating a mushroom which doesn't make any freaking kind of sense! But in the end it's still an enjoyable journey and the characters have quite the chemistry that makes them very likeable.

I also love the action in this anime, it's stylish but realistic and very exciting without feeling exaggerated (except for a couple occasions) and the Hip-Hop soundtrack always feels pitch-perfect even for being a series that takes place around the 19th Century when Hip-Hop wasn't even invented yet.

Overall I liked this series a lot, and I can recommend it to anyone whether they like anime or not, it has a very "Kill Bill-esque" feeling to it!
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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