The BEST episodes of Samurai Champloo

Every episode of Samurai Champloo ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Samurai Champloo!

From the makers of Cowboy Bebop comes Samurai Champloo! Sometime during the 17th-19th century, during the Japanese "Edo era", two Samurai Warriors known as Mugen and Jin, have a chance meeting with a 15 year old girl named Fuu. Through a series of events, Fuu leads the warriors on a quest into several differant Japanese locations to find the samurai who smells of sunflowers. Little do the 3 unique characters realize just where fate will take them through situations of sex, violence, and drugs.

Last Updated: 3/9/2024Network: Fuji TVStatus: Ended
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Elegy of Entrapment, Verse 2
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8.93
221 votes

#1 - Elegy of Entrapment, Verse 2

Season 1 - Episode 21 - Aired 2/12/2005

Jin learns the Way of Water, a woman's sorrow comes to an end, and Mugen both gives and receives an assassin's last gift.

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Misguided Miscreants, Part 2
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8.80
274 votes

#2 - Misguided Miscreants, Part 2

Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired 9/2/2004

When Mugen finds out what the pirate was planning to do, he gets his revenge.

Writer: Shinji Obara
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Evanescent Encounter (Part 2)
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8.72
241 votes

#3 - Evanescent Encounter (Part 2)

Season 1 - Episode 25 - Aired 3/12/2005

As Jin duels Kagetoki Kariya, the most powerful man in the shogunate, Mugen has to contend with three brothers who want his head. Will they survive?

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Evanescent Encounter (Part 3)
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8.61
310 votes

#4 - Evanescent Encounter (Part 3)

Season 1 - Episode 26 - Aired 3/19/2005

As Fuu finally confronts the Sunflower Samurai, Mugen and Jin face their ultimate tests. While Mugen must face one of the three insane brothers, Jin continues his battle with Kagetoki Kariya. And there's the small matter of their own duel...

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Gamblers and Gallantry
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8.39
304 votes

#5 - Gamblers and Gallantry

Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 8/5/2004

Jin comes to the rescue of a lady in distress. He falls in love and tries to rescue his women from the hard life she has come to face. Will he save her and himself?

Writer: Shinji Obara
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Bogus Booty
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8.35
245 votes

#6 - Bogus Booty

Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 9/9/2004

The shogun's prettiest ninja ends up giving Mugen and Jin an evening that they will never forget. Meanwhile, Fuu gets large.

Writer: Shinji Obara
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Evanescent Encounter (Part 1)
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8.31
264 votes

#7 - Evanescent Encounter (Part 1)

Season 1 - Episode 24 - Aired 3/5/2005

Fuu, Mugen and Jin have finally arrived in Nagasaki to find Ikitsuki island in search of the Sunflower Samurai. There seems to be one small problem that might keep them from getting there though. A group of assassins are following closely behind.

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Elegy of Entrapment, Verse 1
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8.30
239 votes

#8 - Elegy of Entrapment, Verse 1

Season 1 - Episode 20 - Aired 2/5/2005

Fuu, Mugen and Jin meet up with a blind girl who is a traveling musician. Because of her blindness, she is able to sense the emotions of the group. Is this girl more than just a musician?

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Tempestuous Temperaments
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8.26
640 votes

#9 - Tempestuous Temperaments

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 5/20/2004

Fuu is a young waitress in search of a Samurai who smells of sunflowers, but she has some unexpected company with her. Mugen and Jin are two samurai who want to kill each other and are always getting arrested. Can these three learn to work with each other?

Writer: Shinji Obara
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Hellhounds for Hire (Part 2)
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8.16
428 votes

#10 - Hellhounds for Hire (Part 2)

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 6/17/2004

A dice rolling contest will decide the fate of the gang warfare. Who will end up dying as a result?

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A Risky Racket
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8.13
311 votes

#11 - A Risky Racket

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 7/8/2004

A thief was running around town, while Fuu, Jin, and Mugen were going to get some soup. Fuu was daydreaming and the thief ""accidently"" bumped into Fuu. When Fuu was paying for the soup, she noticed that her purse was gone and said that the man she bumped into took the money. Will Fuu ever get her money back?

Writer: Shinji Obara
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The Art of Altercation
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8.11
328 votes

#12 - The Art of Altercation

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 7/15/2004

A man hunting for Jin has been challenging any samurai wearing glasses he can find, accompanied by a beat-boxing duo of underlings. The question arises as to whether or not he will recognize Jin when he becomes infatuated with Fuu, for Jin has had to pawn his glasses.

Writer: Shinji Obara
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Lullabies of the Lost, Verse 2
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8.10
268 votes

#13 - Lullabies of the Lost, Verse 2

Season 1 - Episode 17 - Aired 9/23/2004

Jin ends a life he hoped to spare. Continuation of the last episode.

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Stranger Searching
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8.08
322 votes

#14 - Stranger Searching

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 7/1/2004

The gang enters into an eating competition with Mugen and Jin's swords on the line. After a mysterious man wins the eating competition, they must find a way to get their swords back and save the mysterious man. Will they succeed?

Writer: Shinji Obara
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Lullabies of the Lost, Verse 1
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8.06
218 votes

#15 - Lullabies of the Lost, Verse 1

Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired 9/16/2004

Mugen, Jin and Fuu get into a quarrel and separate, and have unexpected encounters; new opponents appear, old grievances return, and Mugen and Fuu meet a mysterious archer.

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Lethal Lunacy
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8.06
322 votes

#16 - Lethal Lunacy

Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 7/29/2004

Mugen faces the lethal challenge of a Shaolin-trained swordsman and proves equal to the test, while Jin gets stuck doing all the housework. Can Mugen defeat this trained swordsman or will he suffer from his mistakes?

Writer: Shinji Obara
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Beatbox Bandits
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8.03
353 votes

#17 - Beatbox Bandits

Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 7/22/2004

Mugen, Jin, and Fuu need to cross a border so they purchase Travel Passes since they dont have any.The Travel Passes turn out to be fake. Mugen, Jin, and Fuu are sentenced to death. The guards were going to have them killed until they found out about a errand they needed to run. So they send Mugen to run the errand for them. He must travel past a forest full of bandits and trouble to deliver an object. If Mugen does not make the delivery and come back in time, Jin and Fuu will die!

Writer: Shinji Obara
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Misguided Miscreants, Part 1
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7.96
352 votes

#18 - Misguided Miscreants, Part 1

Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 8/26/2004

Mugens past memories lure himback into his violent past; A pirate makes secret plans. And the lust for gold brings betrayal.

Writer: Shinji Obara
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Artistic Anarchy
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7.91
388 votes

#19 - Artistic Anarchy

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 6/24/2004

Fuu is targeted as a kidnapper groups next victum. Will the others be able to save her in time?

Writer: Shinji Obara
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Hellhounds for Hire (Part 1)
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7.83
415 votes

#20 - Hellhounds for Hire (Part 1)

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 6/10/2004

Mugen and Jin decide to ditch Fuu, but they end up joining opposite sides in a basica gang warfare with Fuu in the middle reminding them of their promise.

Writer: Shinji Obara
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Redeye Reprisal
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7.74
506 votes

#21 - Redeye Reprisal

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 6/3/2004

Mugen's armless rival retuns with some new hired help: Oniwakamaru.

Writer: Shinji Obara
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Baseball Blues
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7.71
244 votes

#22 - Baseball Blues

Season 1 - Episode 23 - Aired 2/26/2005

An anachronistic batch of American belligerents sail into town and a canny ninja-turned-team manager enlists our heroes to do battle with them on the field of honor...which in this case is a baseball diamond. Behold Mugen's pitching skills and tremble!

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Unholy Union
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7.58
266 votes

#23 - Unholy Union

Season 1 - Episode 19 - Aired 1/29/2005

A cynical charlatan fleeces the Hidden Christian flock, Fuu gets closer to the Sunflower Samurai, and a truth is finally revealed.

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War of the Words
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7.43
233 votes

#24 - War of the Words

Season 1 - Episode 18 - Aired 1/22/2005

Fuu gets a facelift when kids trade in the sword for the graffiti brush; Jin keeps a promise to a long-lost friend and confronts the shock of the new, while Mugen learns to read and conquers a castle.

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The Disorder Diaries
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7.07
279 votes

#25 - The Disorder Diaries

Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 8/12/2004

Jin and Mugen read through Fuu's diary and find out that she hasn't been telling them what they need to know.

Writer: Shinji Obara
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