Samurai Champloo Episode 18
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EmailEpisode 18 - Samurai Champloo
Title: "War of the Words" | "Pen in One Hand, Sword in the Other / Bunburyodo"
Uhori of Andouya (Champloo's version of Andy Warhol), begins the episode with a short anachronistic narration, claiming that he was the one to find art of graffiti and that it actually originated during the Edo period.
A man dressed in baggy clothes and a demon mask twirls a paint brush in his hand as he sneaks along an alleyway. Giving the signal, three other men join him, all carrying paint and other utensils. The group then begins to tag one of the walls in the alleyway.
n typical fashion, Mugen, Jin and Fuu are getting ready to eat. After Fuu orders some griddle cakes, Jin decides on oysters, and after staring at the Menu, so does Mugen. But Fuu is curious, wondering aloud why Mugen keeps ordering the same thing as Jin. It turns out that Mugen can only read one letter of hiragana (Japanese alphabet), no. Mugen believes that one letter is more than enough, but Fuu and Jin begin giggling amongst themselves at Mugen's illiteracy. Mugen then says that reading isn't necessary for living, which causes a reaction from Bundai. Wrenching Mugen into a headlock, Bundai begins lecturing Mugen on the importance of letters while drowning Mugen with alcohol. Eventually, Bundai passes out, and is left to take care of the trio's tab.
