It's worth pointing out that despite the fact Jin won this fight by being "unpredictable" like Mugen, it was his master who taught him this technique to do so. Jin and Mugen were both lacking training/skill the other one had. And it was the encounter with Kariya that made them *both* realize this.
The irony. Even though it seemed like he blew him off, Mugen did follow Kariya's advice about using his head in battle. That's how he set up the brother with the scythe for a decapitation. Mugen used his head to take his head.
I just realized that was his secondary blade he used to stick into Kariya, a Mugen Special, so he used a move that his favorite rival would use. I love this series!
Seems like mugen was more of a unconventional Fighter. Meaning he makes his own style of sword fighting without taking advice from masters. It was easier for the samurai and Sarah to outmatch him because he hardly knew any fundamentals, but his unpredictable fighting style made a slight difference. However Jin is a Ronin, meaning he was trained in dojo once before, and mastered the art of Kenjitsu as he moved on. So he knew the fundamentals quite well. All the samurais and assassin's that Jin had faced in the series were good matchups compared to them vs mugen, which Mugen would just get toppled down everytime. Although mugen is used to fight adaptation, meaning he always finds a way to think outside the box and win by being unpredictable. Mugen was matching up against crazy guys, who fight dirty and more brutal than Jin. So if Jin were to go up against them, chances are he would get annihilated because he's not used to fighting anyone who was never trained in dojo. Kinda like a martial artist in a street fight, which is Jin, and A street fighter in a martial Arts match, which is Mugen. Different but equal.
@@Zxtydabwepiuy Why do I like this more? Each episode was rather different. the music was top notch, fitting the mode. While I like the ending a Rurouni more, Champloo was more unpredictable. so the package was better I would say.
RIP Nujabes. His work on samurai champloo's soundtrack would inspire musicians for years. The godfather of Lofi. Although the genre was created before him, Nujabes contributions helped drive its growth.
that was a dumb use of that technique tho: he didn't need to use it on a stab like that. he easily could've dodged it while doing his own stab, like a counter punch in boxing.
Something amazing to point out. By the end of the series, Mugen and Jin kinda combine each others philosphies in fighting for these last fights. Jin, the calculated warrior who uses the basics, direct and calculated attacks, vs Mugen who uses erratic and wild movements to throw off his opponent, opting instead of using his head, he uses his reflexes and outwits his opponents through sheer confusion, he leaves himself wide open intentionally to encourage openings from his opponents that he takes advantage of with his erratic fighting style. At the end here, Mugen defeats the assassins sent after him, by using his head for once, tricking the guy into lobbing off his own head in their fight with his chain blade by actually enacting a plan instead of just hoping his Ryukyu style would bring him through. And here, we see Jin relys on Mugen's ideology in this or combines it with his own, he leaves himself wide open, and relies on a strange technique that is super risky for him but also Kamiya, killing his opponent. Really great stuff!
yes a lot of people did not notice that, that mugen use his head vs his final enemies and jin used a surprise attack vs kariya who was like jin too book-form in his style.
It makes ya wonder how good a person had to be with a sword that they were literally called “sword saints”. A dedication it’s hard to replicate in modern times, but to be called the best in a time of many great sword mans says something. This show perfectly encapsulates the unification period and how many swordmans found themselves becoming obsolete, the last of a dying breed but still wanting to prove themselves like the samurai of legend. Much like today men a generation of men suddenly had no greater purpose than purely living for the now. It’s the same drive that got our species out of the caves 1000s of years ago, the drive to overcome the impossible and become the hand of god. No wonder when it’s taken away there would be problems particularly with men who only know how to fight.
something i learned today is they did a lot of hand-wavey swordplay in this show. normally wouldn't be a bad thing in anime, but there's no fantastical elements in this show. its swordplay and music are pretty much all it has going for it.
@@Yorikoification Go back and watch the anime and you'll see he leaves the opening to get stabbed in order to land a hit on characters multiple times. I think you mean wakizashi?
@@3EyeWand3r3r Ah, he does have a sword style where he narrowly dodges his opponent's sword with minimal movement and then attacks with a strike on his own. It's not so much "letting his opponent hit him" as it is reading his opponent and countering them. This is in contrast to Mugen who is always on the move and strikes first And yes, I meant Wakizashi
Jin's the better samurai, but Mugen's the better fighter in general. The second Jin and ole sunhat have to fight without katanas or roughly katana shaped objects(Musashi you sly bastard), it's GOTTA be a different story.
TOTOONG CHARACTER MORAL SI JIN ON BASIS OF JAPANESE AND UKRAINE BASE SA HISTORY THEY SAY JIN IS HYPOCRITES WHO DONT UNDERSTAND DEFEAT AND USED ONE KATANA SOME SAY JIN WAS ACCEPT DEFEAT ON ONE HIS KATANA BUT NOT A PREPARED ENLIGHTEN ON BEST SAMURAI OPPONENT HE USED HARAKIRI THATS SAD TRUTH ON SAMURAI HE WAS NOT ENLIGHTEN IF U ENLIGHTEN U SAVED UR OWN LIFE TO FIGHT BAD EVIL GUYS THATS THE PATH OF WARRIOR A PACIFICATION OF TRUE ENLIGHTENMENT...
I remember when I watched this as a kid for the first time -- before I knew who he was, I wanted him to be Fuu's father. He seemed like a fitting end to Mugen and Jin, almost biblical.
