The main trio is completed by Fuu. Its usefulness in the story is to be the heart of the group, that means, prevent her two bodyguards kill each other. Determined and brave (or at least, all the brave you can be when you are a fifteen years old girl with no martial training or combat ability), her main role in SC is to be the link with the new characters, or being victim of kidnapping or abuse by the antagonists. Fun fact: in this manga, Fuu doesn't have her pet, a flying squirrel named Momo. To compensate for the absence rodent, in a chapter appears Mr. Samurai, a hamster that's more powerful than Jin and Mugen (word of god confirm that). Samurai Champloo Volume 1". Tokyopop. Archived from the original on June 21, 2007 . Retrieved December 11, 2021.

Benzon, William (2008). Postmodern is Old Hat: Samurai Champloo. Vol.3. pp.271–274. doi: 10.1353/mec.0.0031. ISBN 9781452914176. S2CID 121332321. {{ cite book}}: |journal= ignored ( help) So, to finish this review... this manga is a good side project of its anime. If you didn't understand it already, this is not an adaptation, but rather an expansion. Don't expect an ending for this manga. The story of Samurai Champloo is one, and it begins and ends in the anime. The chapters of the manga could be intercalated with the anime ones, given the episodic nature of both creations. So, if you liked the anime, you should try this one. Not as ambitious as the main product, but pretty solid by itself. The word champloo comes from the Okinawan word " chanpurū" (as in gōyā chanpurū, the Okinawan stir-fry dish containing bitter melon). Chanpurū, alone, simply means "to mix" or "to hash." a b Macdonald, Christopher (August 20, 2004). "Japanese TV News". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on November 21, 2021 . Retrieved January 22, 2021.Jin ( ジン) is Mugen's antithesis, a calm and stoic ronin wandering Japan after being forced to kill his master and consequently wearing glasses to disguise himself. He is the best at sensing danger, and prone to risking his life to prove his worth. [24] He is a master of mujushinken, a style of kenjutsu created in the early Edo period by Harigaya Sekiun. [24] [26] Jin was created as a foil for Mugen to stop the story from becoming one-dimensional. [18] A scrapped idea of Watanabe's was for Jin to be an anarchist, but otherwise his personality and design changed little during production. [8] He is voiced in Japanese by Ginpei Sato, at the time a stage actor who had not done voice roles previously after failing auditions for two other projects; his failed audition for Wolf's Rain prompted a staff member to recommend him to Watanabe. [5] [23] He had to learn about voice acting on the job, including timing and getting into character, and during recording for later episodes got into trouble due to wanting to shift his portrayal of the character. [23] In English, Jin is voiced by Kirk Thornton. [25]

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Background

Samurai Champloo ( Japanese: サムライチャンプルー, Hepburn: Samurai Chanpurū) is a 2004 Japanese historical adventure anime television series. The debut television production of studio Manglobe, the 26-episode series aired from May 2004 to March 2005. It was first partially broadcast on Fuji TV, then had a complete airing on Fuji Network System. It was licensed for North American broadcast on Adult Swim, and for commercial release first by Geneon Entertainment and later by Crunchyroll. It was also licensed for English releases in the United Kingdom by MVM Films, and in Australia and New Zealand by Madman Entertainment. A manga adaptation was serialized in Monthly Shōnen Ace during 2004, later released in North America by Tokyopop the following year.