moonwise | Samurai Champloo 20

DAMN IT SAMURAI CHAMPLOO

I'm getting all sniffledy over the end of ep 20, and then you go and FUCK WITH MY HEAD AGAIN.

donna_c_punk talked about this ep getting mildly shippy for Mugen/Fuu, and I can see where that impression is coming from, but I still think Fuu's hung up on Jin. My take on the reason Fuu picked Jin to go with Sara at the end of the ep is that she wants everyone to be unhappy, in the vein of misery loves company. Mugen will be upset that he doesn't go with Sara, and then Fuu wants Jin to be upset that he doesn't go with her, but it doesn't work that way. Fuu really needs to grow up, but that's part of what makes her engaging as a character - she's human and she's behaving like the adolescent she is.

And on a related side note: Jin, I love love love you as a character. You prove yourself to be the Perfect Guy where Shino is concerned, then you're the one who takes off after Fuu when she gets upset. I heart you in so many ways, and it really helps that you are very easy on the eyes.