I've never really understood the fandom tendency to lump Mugen and Spike together just because they're both Watanabe creations.
I haven't either. But haven't you made jokes about it and stuff? Or maybe I'm thinking of someone else and mixing you up.
And it scares him to death, and it's starting to crack him.
Word.
Just contrast the scene at the end of 14 with the end of 21 (they use the same music!): in 14 he's expressionless, hardening like stone to keep from having to care even about being merciful; in 21 he's almost crying.
What happened in episode 14 again? I deleted the episodes and only have 17-21 right now.
I am thinking/hoping/guessing that in some ways Champloo will have a more hopeful ending (for Mugen, at least) than Bebop did for Spike.
I agree. So far Champloo has strayed away from everything typical or classic, and Bebop embraced the classic tragedy scenario. I was really worried about Jin dying because SC does have that element of realism (like FMA) that makes me think they'd be willing to kill off a major character if it's a situation where a person would realistically die, but I've never thought that SC would end in tragedy. It's never really occured to me, though I saw it coming long before hand with CB. For Samurai Champloo...it just hasn't been set up that way.
I don't think it would be a necessarily happy ending either, but probably somewhere in the middle.
Forget the essay, girl! You need to be writing us some fanfiction! And not just my smutty request-- I'd love some SC angst from you.
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Re: and one more thought
Date: 2005-02-14 02:21 am (UTC)I haven't either. But haven't you made jokes about it and stuff? Or maybe I'm thinking of someone else and mixing you up.
And it scares him to death, and it's starting to crack him.
Word.
Just contrast the scene at the end of 14 with the end of 21 (they use the same music!): in 14 he's expressionless, hardening like stone to keep from having to care even about being merciful; in 21 he's almost crying.
What happened in episode 14 again? I deleted the episodes and only have 17-21 right now.
I am thinking/hoping/guessing that in some ways Champloo will have a more hopeful ending (for Mugen, at least) than Bebop did for Spike.
I agree. So far Champloo has strayed away from everything typical or classic, and Bebop embraced the classic tragedy scenario. I was really worried about Jin dying because SC does have that element of realism (like FMA) that makes me think they'd be willing to kill off a major character if it's a situation where a person would realistically die, but I've never thought that SC would end in tragedy. It's never really occured to me, though I saw it coming long before hand with CB. For Samurai Champloo...it just hasn't been set up that way.
I don't think it would be a necessarily happy ending either, but probably somewhere in the middle.
Forget the essay, girl! You need to be writing us some fanfiction! And not just my smutty request-- I'd love some SC angst from you.