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

[arafel.livejournal.com]

Niea Under 7 is cute and silly, and there's no plot to speak of. It's one of Yoshitoshi ABe's earlier works, timewise after Lain and before Haibane Renmei and Texhnolyze.

Gungrave seems to be to be a renter, or else a Hong Kong bootleg - it's almost impossible not to play "Spot the Trigun, though fireceremony says it gets less Trigunny later in the series. Geneon gave out the first ep at Otakon this year. Nice animation, though.

I just read that the VA for Brandon Heat of Gungrave is going to be Jin in the dub of Champloo. Might be worth another listen...

[tiggymalvern.livejournal.com]

I'm not having much luck finding Niea Under 7 downloadable. It seems to have got some pretty mixed reviews. I probably won't hand over my money on spec.

Yeah, some of the character designs for Naito's other work look a bit familiar, don't they? *g* But then that's true for practically every mangaka too.

[arafel.livejournal.com]

Niea_7 was not my style - too silly. It's sort of ABe's cult classic, either you love it or you don't. It's an older series and wasn't that popular, so it's not surprising that you can't find it.

Gungrave... what got me was that there was a miniskirted, short-haired supporting female character who looked like her destiny was going to be entwined with Grave's somehow. If you colored her hair in black, I swear it was Meryl. But, to be fair, the first pass isn't always the best representation of the series as a whole.