![]() Meanwhile, when Gintoki drunkenly staggers home one night, an alien spaceship crashes nearby. ![]() Does Gin-chan really spend all that cash playing pachinko? However, Shinpachi and Kagura still haven't been paid. Gintoki, Shinpachi, and Kagura return as the fun-loving but broke members of the Yorozuya team! Living in an alternate-reality Edo, where swords are prohibited and alien overlords have conquered Japan, they try to thrive on doing whatever work they can get their hands on. As the founder of Yorozuya, a small business for odd jobs, Gintoki often embarks on endeavors to help other people-though usually in rather strange and unforeseen ways.Īssisted by Shinpachi Shimura, a boy with glasses supposedly learning the way of the samurai Kagura, a tomboyish girl with superhuman strength and an endless appetite and Sadaharu, their giant pet dog who loves biting on people's heads, the Yorozuya encounter anything from alien royalty to scuffles with local gangs in the ever-changing world of Edo. With the once-influential shogunate rebuilt as a puppet government, a new law is passed that promptly prohibits all swords in public.Įnter Gintoki Sakata, an eccentric silver-haired man who always carries around a wooden sword and maintains his stature as a samurai despite the ban. However, following feudal Japan's surrender to powerful aliens known as the "Amanto," those aspirations now seem unachievable. The unlikely pair of castaways now fight for their survival and humanity in an unforgiving, demon-infested world.Įdo is a city that was home to the vigor and ambition of samurai across the country. For many years he wanders alone, until one day an orphan boy, Dororo, befriends him. ![]() With the death of each one, he regains a part of himself that is rightfully his. The boy lives and grows, and although he cannot see, hear, or feel anything, he must defeat the demons that took him as sacrifice. But as luck would have it, he is saved by a medicine man who provides him with prosthetics and weapons, allowing for him to survive and fend for himself. This child is disposed of in a river and forgotten. When Kagemitsu's first son is born, the boy has no limbs, no nose, no eyes, no ears, nor even skin-yet still, he lives. His prayers are answered by 12 demons who grant him the power he desires by aiding his prefecture's growth, but at a price. The greedy samurai lord Daigo Kagemitsu's land is dying, and he would do anything for power, even renounce Buddha and make a pact with demons. Set in an alternate Edo Period of Japan, Samurai Champloo follows the journey of these three eccentric individuals in an epic quest full of action, comedy, and dynamic sword fighting, all set to the beat of a unique hip-hop infused soundtrack. Despite initially disapproving of this idea, the two eventually agree to assist the girl in her quest thus, the trio embark upon an adventure to find this mysterious warrior-that is, if Fuu can keep Mugen and Jin from killing each other. Though she no longer has a place to return to, the former waitress wishes to find a certain samurai who smells of sunflowers and enlists the help of the now exonerated pair to do so. However, they are rescued by Fuu, who hires the duo as her bodyguards. The only problem is, they end up destroying the entire shop as well as accidentally killing the local magistrate's son.įor their crime, the two samurai are captured and set to be executed. Unfortunately, Mugen decides to pick a fight with the unwilling ronin Jin, who wields a more precise and traditional style of swordfighting, and the latter proves to be a formidable opponent. That is, until she accidentally spills a drink all over one of her customers! With a group of samurai now incessantly harassing her, Fuu desperately calls upon another samurai in the shop, Mugen, who quickly defeats them with his wild fighting technique, utilizing movements reminiscent to that of breakdancing. Fuu Kasumi is a young and clumsy waitress who spends her days peacefully working in a small teahouse.
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