Hellhounds for Hire (Part 2)
Mugen and Jin fight but the fight ends when Nagatomi’s men close in and separate the two men. Mugen is enraged but unable to get to Jin before he and Kawara’s son, Sousuke, escape. Jin tries to counsel Sousuke, who is angry over his inability to rescue his sister, to cool down. Sousuke doesn’t listen to Jin and soon thereafter is captured by Nagatomi’s gang and held hostage.
Heitaro Kawara, leader of the Kawara gang, proposes that the gang war be resolved by a game of dice. Nagatomi agrees to Kawara’s proposal. Fuu escapes from the Nagatomi brothel and inadvertently winds up being the one to roll the dice. Kawara loses the game and commits suicide, which wasn't part of the agreed upon terms of the bet. Chaos ensues in the aftermath of Kawara’s death. Jin kills Nagatomi. Mugen kills Ishimatsu.
There was a little too much plot packed into this two part story. The three deaths mentioned above each happened very quickly and in fairly fast succession. This episode didn’t exactly inspire me to want to watch more of Samurai Champloo.
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