BAHAHAHA

[moonwise]

Samurai Champloo 6 is:

--A good-natured poke at Westerners' conception of Japanese homosexuality

--Surprisingly pervy

--Surprisingly out-front about homosexuality for an anime that doesn't have "bishie" written all over it (e.g. Gravitation, Yami no Matsuei)

--REALLY FUCKING HILARIOUS

Don't ask me how I knew the nationality of the visitor. It was probably the shoes, but I still laughed my ass off.

CONCLUSION: SAMURAI CHAMPLOO KICKS MIGHTY ASS

(oh, and discs are on the way for the ppl who asked for them. Woohoo!)

Comments

[fourish.livejournal.com]

...Is it too late to humbly beg for a disc? I am very curious now...

[arafel.livejournal.com]

Nope, I still have your address and owe you the Last Exile soundtrack too.

But if I send this to you, you're on your honor to return Kenshin. ^_^

[fourish.livejournal.com]

Ohhh! You are so right. :committs seppuku out of shame!:

[uiggu.livejournal.com]

Sorry, that just reminded me of one of my favourite Simpsons quotes, on the Japanese version of 'Friends': 'Your comeback shames me.' XD Sorry.

[uiggu.livejournal.com]

OMFG, the legendary ep with the legendary quote about Japan: 'A wonderful, gay country'! Apparently in another ep (?) Mugen wonders out loud if he's gay. Can this series get any better? You found moments of surreal comedy in Cowboy Bebop, too, like that episode where Spike has problems with a frog and climbs the stairs to infinity...

CONCLUSION: SAMURAI CHAMPLOO KICKS MIGHTY ASS

::raises fist:: Tell it!

If not for your merciful sending of subs, I'd have to wait four weeks to see that SC ep. Honestly, I can't wait to watch it with the AnimeSoc anyway, because the homophobic dudes will be so utterly horrified! Samurai Camploo all the way! XD See what I did there? Yep? OK.

[arafel.livejournal.com]

Heeeeeeee, yes, that's the one. I howled. It's so funny both in an outlandish way and in a subtle snarky way.

Mugen and Spike are related. I'm firmly convinced of that. They both have that laid-back, kick-your-ass-in-a-heartbeat personality. AND the same hair. Spike's nicer than Mugen, but they're both grudgingly fond of their female tagalong in an "awshit, guess I have to help you" type way. (let me say for the record that Faye and Spike don't work for me as a pairing, so.)

[uiggu.livejournal.com]

Faye and Spike never really gelled as a pairing for me, either. In terms of UST, they had nowhere near as much as oh, say, MUGEN AND JIN! I always thought Spike treated Faye exactly as you said, with this weary little-sister affection, while she was the one with the big throbbing crush.

Spike and Mugen: they could be twins. The moment I saw Mugen do his whole 'I can't be arsed fighting you but I will simply because you're pissing me off' thing (and when I saw the hair omg!!) I thought: 'Spike'. Someone was a bit lazy with their character designs, weren't they, Mr. Watanabe?

[arafel.livejournal.com]

You know what CB pairing I could totally see? Faye and Jet. She needs somewhere to be, he needs someone to be there for, they have a job in common, what else do you need? Spike's hung up on Julia the pigfucker anyway (nb: calling Julia a pigfucker is something of an inside joke.)

Anyway.

Spike's a bit nicer than Mugen is - not quite as bloodthirsty, at least before the end of the series - but the part about "can't be arsed to fight you" attitude is spot-on. Now THAT would be a match to watch, Mugen vs. Spike.

Yes. Mugen and Jin are very slashable. I'm not sure if I'd ever venture into that territory, but any pairing with Fuu would provoke a loud sigh from me.

[jaina.livejournal.com]

Dude, I'm glad someone else likes Faye and Jet. Yeah, I'm a member of the Faye/Spike community, but that's more a "hmm, could maybe possibly have worked" thing, and my favorite CB fics have portrayed them as a brother/sister dynamic. But Faye and Jet? Yeah, I like that. Jet needs some sex anyway.

I've only seen one episode of SC now and I totally see the slash, as well as the Spike resemblance.

[fireceremony.livejournal.com]

LOL! Now this makes me really looking forward to seeing the other episodes. :)))

The scene in ep 2 when Mugen puts his arm around Jin's shoulder to suggest they get away and Fuu's comment "What ARE you two guys doing? That's nasty!" made me crack up.

And the "You were in the bath butt naked" comment in ep 1 from Mugen. :D

SC is much obviously a series for adults. Oh man, ep 5 has many ecchi (visual) jokes but is so funny!

I agree on the Faye and Jet thing. It seems to me they hint about a deeper connection at the end of the last ep.

[donna-c-punk.livejournal.com]

--REALLY FUCKING HILARIOUS

Wait'll you get to the marijuana episode.

[arafel.livejournal.com]

Muh-marijooana's bad... you shouldn't smoke marijooana...

[scathachdhu.livejournal.com]

There's a time and a place for everything, and it's called college.

Man, I'm so excited now! I feel like I should be scrounging my house for stuff to send you in return.

[arafel.livejournal.com]

Don't worry about it! The thought of us all squeeing in unison is more than enough reward. :D

[memlu.livejournal.com]

If at any point you wish to collect an immortal soul or a twenty dollar gift card to Target, I'm available!

[arafel.livejournal.com]

Tee hee. Between the postage and the DVD, it comes to about $4, so you don't owe me anything.

[tiggymalvern.livejournal.com]

Are you only on ep six because you don't have time or because you're following the Anime-Kraze releases? You know that Anime Forever are way ahead on fansubs?

But me and my SO nearly killed ourselves laughing over that ep, yeah :-)

[arafel.livejournal.com]

I don't have time - it's an effort to watch one ep a day, and it was my fourth anniversary yesterday. Was a bit preoccupied last night. *grin*

But yes, I have up to ep. 15! Thank you for the tip. You were the one who told me that Anime Forever was the most up-to-date on subs.

[tiggymalvern.livejournal.com]

Happy Anniversary! Damn, I'm hopeless, I can never keep track of what I said where....

[mistressrenet.livejournal.com]

Happy anniversary! And did I think to ask you for a disc?

[arafel.livejournal.com]

Nope. *grins* But you can ask now. Email your addy to arafel at oceandreaming dot com for your copy.

And then someday I will ask you for... a favor. :)

[mistressrenet.livejournal.com]

Uh-oh.

[tiggymalvern.livejournal.com]

Don't forget you're supposed to be watching Mirage of Blaze first!

[mistressrenet.livejournal.com]

How could I? (Up to the second disc of WK now, does that count?)