List of Samurai Champloo episodes 13-26

Ramming the larger ship, the pirates barraged their victim boat with fire and arrows. Armed with swords, the pirates boarded and mercilessly killed almost everyone standing in their way, with the exception of one man who they tied to the deck of the ship. As the pirates hefted the crates of gold onto their ship, Mukuro, armed with a grenade, shoves the explosive into the man's mouth and walks away. As the pirate ship sails away, the explosive goes off, giving Mukuro a satisfied smile.

Mugen, Jin and Fuu have decided on taking a shortcut to the ocean. Fuu claims to be exhausted from the trip, but the moment Mugen says that they're close, Fuu is renewed with energy and dashes past them. Brushing past some overgrown bushes, Fuu is amazed by the sight before her. Like a child, she runs out into the sea and plays in the small waves. Mugen and Jin are not far behind, however as Mugen looks around the beach, he sees a familiar face.

Kohza rises from the sand in shock and breaks down crying in front of Mugen and the others. Despite Jin and Fuu's curiosity of the stranger who is crying over Mugen, a net descends upon the trio but only manages to capture Fuu. The band of pirates from earlier make an attempt to capture the others, but they are struck down quickly. Kohza attempts to stop them, but she is pushed away. But the fight is stopped by gunfire, as Mukuro himself steps down from the cliffs. Armed with an old western style revolver, Mukuro heads straight to Mugen and reminds him of their past together as pirates. But Mugen is disturbed by his words and leaves, closely followed by Fuu and Kohza.

Fuu and Jin listen as Kohza explains her past, that she grew up with Mugen and her brother Mukuro on the Ryukyu Islands. She describes the islands as hell, mostly because only criminals lived there. Her surprise that Mugen is alive is illustrated in a flashback, remembering that Mugen had been captured and sentenced to death but he chose to take a dive off of a cliff than face a firing squad. Mukuro challenges Mugen to a type of game of chicken on this cliff and wins, forcing Mugen to help him on his raid.

Mugen then finds himself again in Nirai Kanai, a mythical realm in Ryūkyūan religion. After protesting that he doesn't want to go yet, he is "rejected" and brought back to life. As Mugen begins to rise to the surface of the ocean, he experiences another flashback: this time with Mukuro. Mukuro attempts to convince Mugen to team up with him to hijack a cargo ship carrying sugar, and thus escape from the island, but as usual Mugen refuses to join forces with anyone. Eventually, however, Mukuro prevails upon him to join in the raid. Just as in the previous episode, Mukuro ends up betraying Mugen, leaving him to be captured by the government to face the firing squad, as seen in the previous episode.

Meanwhile, Jin, Kohza, and Fuu are searching frantically for Mugen. Kohza announces her intention to avenge Mugen by killing Mukuro to Jin. A fisherman finds Mugen's body; to Fuu's immense relief he is still alive. Meanwhile, Mukuro and his accomplice—a rather mercenary Shogunate official named Shiren—have hidden the gold from the ship in a location known only to themselves.

Fuu is tending to Mugen; as she is about to leave, Mugen catches her hand and indicates that he is hungry. No sooner has Fuu left to get food than Mugen opens his eyes.

Kohza finds Mukuro sitting on the steps to an abandoned temple. Mukuro tells her that Shiren is waiting inside for her, and she goes in quietly. Mukuro turns back to the path and finds Jin waiting for him. Jin says that he was supposed to be the one to kill Mugen, and attacks Mukuro, dodging the bullets fired at him. Mukuro finally realizes Kohza's treachery and dies, telling Jin that she has fooled them both. Jin suddenly understands and opens the door to the temple. Sure enough, Kohza and Shiren have made off, secure in the knowledge that Jin would kill Mukuro, the only other person to know the location of the gold. Meanwhile, Fuu arrives back at the cabin with food for Mugen, only to find him missing.

On his way back, Jin meets Mugen, who is slowly limping on his way to kill Mukuro. Jin explains (to Mugen's disappointment) that he has already killed Mukuro, and (to Mugen's shock) that Kohza has betrayed them all. Jin implies that he can't kill Kohza, due to the proscriptions of bushido.

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.

In 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.

Uhori of Andouya has made it into Hiroshima and is captivated by the multi colored graffiti art left behind by the Niwa Brothers raids. Fuu also rushes Jin off on his trip to find Niwa Juunosuke, and attempts to teach Mugen how to read the scribbles that Uohori was staring at. However, her lesson is cut short when Bundai catches sight of Mugen and kidnaps him without Fuu noticing. Bundai proceeds to put Mugen through a humorously hardcore bootcamp-like reading course.

Jin has made it to the dojo that he was trying to tell Fuu about, but finds it littered with graffiti and in ruins. As he sits to rest, he is quickly met by a group of taggers that claim the dojo to be their hideout. He quickly disarms the group and has them take him to the Niwa's.

Believing that Mugen simply took off, Fuu manages to wander into an argument between Kazunosuke and Tatsunoshin. The twins have seemingly come into conflict over who is the leader of their tagging gang, but upon sight of Fuu, they start fighting over her. Throwing her all kinds of compliments that make her blush. Their frustration with each other escalates, but eventually the two are interrupted by Jin who look up to him like an older brother.

Jin doesn't understand why the two are fighting. He tells them to work together and help each other, but the brothers don't want any part of that. Jin see's it as hopeless and tells them to settle their dispute with a duel, but the brother's have no intention of killing each other. Apparently the sword has been replaced by graffiti for the Niwa's, and Fuu helps them plan out a competition, with the winner being the one who paints in the most dangerous location. The Niwa's both agree that the prize should be Fuu, making her blush again, and they both ask Jin to be their observer for this competition.

Fuu comments that it is unusual for Jin to just up and intervene in a simple conflict between siblings, but Jin explains that they are really his responsibility. In a flashback, Juunosuke had entrusted Jin with the responsibility of looking after his two son's if anything was to happen to him. Visiting Juunosuke's grave, Jin finds out that Juunosuke had been forced by the fuedal lord to either take down the signboard of his dojo or cut off his own arm. Juunosuke committed suicide in order to keep the dojo for his son's as well as to preserve the honor of the dojo. But the Niwa's were too young and didn't keep the dojo up.

After his reading lessons, Mugen returns to the trio's apartment, where he catches Fuu checking her face in a mirror. Fuu brags that two men are going to fight over her using letters, but the idea catches Mugen's interest.

Police are running through the streets as well as masked taggers. Each place the police run to is covered in graffiti, even the ground they stand on (a bridge) is covered in the scribbles. Even Itsukushima Shrine is covered in graffiti. The police are baffled so much, that they turn to find that they even have graffiti on them. Still, the competition is at a stand still, with each brother claiming victory. But the tie-breaker is announced to be Hiroshima Castle.

Chased across the five floors of Hiroshima Castle and scrambling to the top, the Niwa's are beaten by Mugen, who tags the castle with the infinity symbol, which Mugen has chosen as the written form of his name. The Niwas are actually humbled by Mugen's act, saying that the world is a big place and that there is always someone better. Jin is relieved that they at least learned that much from this experience. After this realization, Uhori of Andouya appears with his enterage stating that he'll buy the graffiti art. But before that, Bundai has stolen the Niwa's away to study, as their letters were written incorrectly. And although they lost to Mugen, the Niwa brothers get their price which wasn't Fuu, but to hold and play with Fuu's squirrel.

Then it shows Fuu and Mugen in town they talk about waiting for Jin too come backbut Mugen says he is already gone. A man comes running into town and shouts that the bridge has gone out. Mugen and Fuu run to check the bridge and arrive just in time to see Sara pulled from the water.

Sara and Mugen sit in the hut and Mugen talks about Jin. Sara leaves and tells Mugen to find her at the riverbank. Mugen goes to meet at the riverbank and Mugen and Sara get into a feirce battle.

Sara quickly gains the upper hand and wounds Mugen. Mugen is beaten and falls into the water. Sara being merciful walks away from the battle letting Mugen live.

It then Flashes to Jin who is in the house of a local fisherman. he tests Jin several times and then when he asks his name tells him he is the famous swordsman Miyamato Musashi.

Fuu manages to see a shooting star as Mugen finds a mushroom, the mushrooms are apparently worth a lot of money, but Jin and Mugen don't care and gorge themselves. As Fuu tells them that they should have been warry of mushrooms, the ground beneath Fuu collapses as she drags Mugen and Jin with her into a mine shaft. In the mine, Fuu runs into two strange people and is startled by their appearance, Mugen cuts the arm off of one of them as they run away.

Emerging from the mine shaft, the trio finds themselves in the middle of a massive excavation. Apologizing and handing back the man's arm, Mugen brushes off the fact that he reattaches his arm as if it was normal. Atop a nearby rock mound, the trio is introduced to Shige, who is believed to be a descendant of the Heike. Shige tells them that they have been digging for five years to find the lost treasure of the Heike, and offers the trio a part of the massive fortune that they are trying to excavate if they lend their help in trying to find the incredible treasure.

The work is back breaking and tough, combined with a gloomy and run down atmosphere and the only food being wasabi, it would be intolerable if not for the promise of fortune. Fuu also suspects the strange people helping Shige, almost like they're dead or rotting. Even overhearing a conversation between two workers about the Genji, however they are in the Tokugawa era. Fuu becomes even more suspicious as she sees two men who were crushed to death, walking around as if nothing had happened.

As the massive asteroid approaches the atmosphere of earth, Mugen and Jin have collapsed behind a shed from sickness and hunger. Fuu runs away from them in paranoia and finds herself in a graveyard, as Jin decides to further examine the lineage of Shige. While Jin and Mugen are puzzling over the family tree of the Heike, Fuu's suspicions come to life with horror as the dead rise from their graves. Mugen is also surprised as he starts hacking the zombies apart only to have them rise up again. Even Shige takes Mugen's best, being decapitated with the exception of a flap of skin and still pulling his head back on.

Mugen is overwhelmed by the dead as Fuu tries to get Shige to listen to reason. That the Genji and Heike have been dead for centuries, that they are living in the Edo period and that they haven't been digging for just 5 years, that it has been more like 500 years. However Shige laughs it off, until Jin comes forth with the family tree of the Heike. Jin shows Shige that he really isn't a descendant of the Heike, and that he has wasted his and everyone else's time with this dig.

Feeling the angry group of zombies closing in on him, Shige uses the hidden power of his biwa and drops a meteor on the excavation site, creating a large mushroom cloud of destruction.

Sakami Manzou starts up this episode with another futuristic narration, this time about the sport of baseball. Currently, Japanese players have enjoyed a lot of success in the American Major League but the first Japanese players weren't just playing to succeed. They were playing for the sake of the whole country.

The trio has stopped in a restaurant for some food. Fuu looks over a map as Jin tells her that they are currently in Saga, and that it won't be much longer till they reach Ikitsuki Island. As they look over the map a little more, there order comes but it is much more food than they can pay for. However Mugen stresses that it'll all be fine, and that he's got it covered. At first, Fuu is skeptical of Mugen's confidence, but Jin is already chowing down.

After their meal, Jin asks Mugen if he's sure everything is alright. Mugen replies, "Sure!" But soon after saying this, Mugen jump's into his geta, sets himself up like an Olympic runner and dashes away as fast as he can. The cooks give chase and surround the shocked Jin and bloated Fuu. As Mugen appears to be out of reach, Kagemaru drops out of a tree and throws a baseball at Mugen's head, knocking him to the ground. Mugen burst's up from the ground enraged and throws the ball with all his might, although his throw is inaccurate, the ball destroys a nearby pagoda. This impresses Kagemaru, and he asks Mugen if he wants to play baseball.

Back at the restaurant, Kagemaru makes the trio a deal. Play a game of baseball with him, or work in the restaurant for a month to pay off the bill. Explaining the basic idea of the game, he tells them of the circumstances behind this event, that he challenged a group of American's to a game of baseball:

He gives a slightly negetive yet humorous account of an American ship docking in a Japanese port. Hoping to establish a trading agreement, the American's fire off cannons to demand who is in charge. The Americans introduce themselves as Admiral Joy Cartwright, the commander of the US East Fleet, and the translator as Abner Doubleday. An elderly man steps forward, asking them to leave. To which Cartwright replies, "F@$& that!" and fires off cannons in the background. The Americans demand a trading relationship, or else there may be a war; however upon sight of Kagemaru's baseball, the Americans seem to forget about the trading relationship and become more focused on Kagemaru's challenge.

Mugen and the others agree to participate in the baseball game. The narrator decides to skip past most of trio learning how to play baseball as it wasn't particularly interesting. However, Manzou the Saw does try to sneak his way onto the American ship.

Game day. The Game itself only lasts one inning, but it is packed with humorous moments and a guest appearance from Manzou, who acts as if he is the classic homerun hitter Babe Ruth. However, most of the players on the Japanese team are "killed" before the bottom of the first. Leaving only Kagemaru and Mugen standing. After the "death" of Kagemaru, Mugen destroys the American team with his fastball, and leaves homeplate in a wreck. With the victory of the Japanese team, as there is no one left to play for the Americans, they are forced to leave.