Samurai Champloo 15

[moonwise]

Nice change of pace from 13 and 14 - definitely some funny antics from Jin and Mugen were in order after the Mugen!Angst. Which is far less pretty than Vash!Angst, but Mugen doesn't have much of a problem with killing people.

Highlight of the ep: Jin tries to catch a fish.

One of the things I'm really liking about this series is that it laughs at itself. Jin isn't Mr. Super-Serious Zen Samurai all the time (like when he catches a fish.) Mugen's a vicious stray dog, but not all the time. Sometimes he's just an idiot, and a womanizing idiot at that. Very, very distracted at the thought of nekkid ladies.

It's also highly amusing to see that Mugen and Jin have reached this gentleman's agreement of "ok, we're going to kill one another, but that means no one else gets to do it instead of me, so I'll save your ass for now. And while we're at it, let's ditch Fuu and go to the brothel."

In the brothel (what is it with this series and brothels anyway?):

Mugen wants teh sexx0r.

Jin wants a backrub.

BWAH.

Oh, and Mugen X Yatsuha OTP.

(Anyone else want in on the fansubs? Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?)

Comments

[notowned.livejournal.com]

is it something simple like a pair of wandering ronin aren't exactly best marriage material so the only women who are going to sleep with them, are going to be whores or sluts or widows?

What tickled me was Fuu saying 'why are they going to a brothel when I'm right here?' I have to say, Mugen must have more brains than I give him credit for when Fuu comes out with stuff like that. She'd be easy pickings - and he never goes there. But it's so sweet the way Jin and Fuu are quietly building up a friendship based on mutual admiration, while skirting nicely around her little crush. Jin and women is just the cutest thing, really.

[tiggymalvern.livejournal.com]

Jin and women is absolutely lovely. The way he handles Fuu shows so much sense and understanding, and he manages never to make her feel bad about that crush of hers. He has way more sensitivity than I have!

[arafel.livejournal.com]

Is Jin aware that Fuu is crushing on him? Probably - he seems more mature than either Mugen or Fuu (though in anime, no one's ever allowed to be out of their teens, practically.) I'm inclined to see Fuu's crush as more hero-worship than anything else, since that's how 15-year-olds behave, after all. Rarely is the high school crowd accused of having depth.

[tiggymalvern.livejournal.com]

Oh, I think Jin knows. Fuu's just young, yeah. Mugen, OTOH, seems to have made a deliberate decision never to develop any sense of responsibility and to just go through life doing whatever the hell he wants. Just like a teenager, only way more dangerous.

[arafel.livejournal.com]

Mugen VS Spike Spiegel: OMG WHO WOULD WIN

I wonder whether Mugen's decision to avoid responsibility stems from responsibility never panning out. He might as well do what he wants - I get the sense that, like Spike, he considers himself already dead, so it doesn't matter. Maybe that he's already been through hell, so who cares?

[tiggymalvern.livejournal.com]

Yeah. Neither Mugen nor Jin seem to overly-concerned about preserving their own lives. More not giving anyone else the satisfaction of killing them.