“Misguided Miscreants (Part 1)” “Dark Night’s Road 1 / An’ya Kōro sono ichi” (暗夜行路 其之壱)

Mugen’s past memories lure him back into his violent past; a pirate makes secret plans. And the lust for gold brings betrayal.

“The Disorder Diaries” “Learning from the Past / Onkochishin” (温故知新)

Mugen steals Fuu’s diary that she has been keeping since they first started on their journey to find the sunflower samurai. The episode is a humorous recap on what has happened so far in ‘Samurai Champloo’ as seen through Fuu’s viewpoint, which is in turn criticised by Jin and Mugen. In the end, they find a note written by Fuu herself saying that she knew they would try and snoop into her diary, which enrages Mugen.

“Gamblers and Gallantry” “Fallen Angel / Daraku Tenshi” (堕落天使)

Jin comes to the rescue of a lady in distress. He falls in love and tries to rescue this woman from the hard life she has come to face. Will he save her and himself? In the meantime, Mugen trains a rhinoceros beetle for a bug fighting tournament in which he expects to win money.

“Lethal Lunacy” “Fighting Fire With Fire / Idoku Seidoku)” (以毒制毒)

Mugen faces the lethal challenge of a Shaolin-trained swordsman and proves equal to the test, while Jin gets stuck doing all the housework. Can Mugen defeat this trained swordsman or will he suffer from his mistakes?

“Beatbox Bandits” “Evil Spirits of Mountain and Stream / Chimimōryō” (魑魅魍魎)

Mugen, Jin, and Fuu need to cross a border so they purchase travel passes since they don’t have any. When their passes turn out to be fake, the trio are sentenced to death. However, when the guards offer Mugen a chance to save his friends; if he can deliver an object through a forest full of bandits and return in time, Jin and Fuu will be spared.

“The Art of Altercation” “Self-Conceit / Yuigadokuson” (唯我独尊)

A singing swordsman hunts for Jin has been challenging any samurai wearing glasses he can find, accompanied by a beat-boxing duo of thugs. The question arises as to whether or not he will recognize Jin when he becomes infatuated with Fuu, for Jin has had to pawn his glasses.

“A Risky Racket” “Surrounded on all Sides / Shimensoka” (四面楚歌)

While Fuu, Jin, and Mugen are going to get some soup, Fuu’s purse is stolen by a thief in the town.

“Stranger Searching” “Redheaded Foreigner / Akage Ijin” (赤毛異人)

The trio enters into an eating competition with Mugen and Jin’s swords on the line. After a mysterious man wins the eating competition, they must find a way to get their swords back and save the mysterious man. Will they succeed?

“Artistic Anarchy” “Utter Indifference / Bajitōfū” (馬耳東風)

Fuu is targeted as a kidnapper group’s next victim. Will the others be able to save her in time?

“Hellhounds for Hire (Part 2)” “Tacit Understanding 2 / Ishindenshin sono ni” (以心伝心 其之弐)

A dice rolling contest will decide the fate of the gang warfare. Who will end up dying as a result?

“Hellhounds for Hire (Part 1)” “Tacit Understanding 1 / Ishindenshin sono ichi” (以心伝心 其之壱)

Mugen and Jin, annoyed with Fuu’s demands, disband the group at a fork in the road, each taking separate paths, unknowingly joining the ranks of two gangs involved in a conflict. Fuu is captured by yakuza and turned into a harlot and dice dealer, supervising the dice game between Mugen and Jin that ultimately reminds them of their promise and duty.

“Redeye Reprisal” “Veritable Pandemonium / Hyakkiyakō” (百鬼夜行)

Following the previous episode, a bodyguard of prefect’s son plots revenge against Mugen after he sliced off his arm in the restaurant. To do so, he convinces his large, ogre-like companion from his remote hut in the woods to kidnap Fuu.

“Tempestuous Temperaments” “Storm and Stress / Shippū Dotō” (疾風怒涛)

Fuu, a waitress falls in bad situation of being intimidated by the village prefect’s son and his guards, begs the rakish warrior Mugen to help her. Across town, skilled ronin Jin kills the prefect’s bodyguards as they prepare to kill a peasant. Jin enters the restaurant, where Mugen mistakes him for the prefect’s elite bodyguards and seeking a worthy adversary, engages him in combat. One of the prefect’s son guards sets the restaurant on fire and it burns to the ground. The local authorities capture both Mugen and Jin, who were knocked unconscious by coal gas, and sentence them to death. After escaping their execution with some help from Fuu, she asks them to join her on a quest to find a mysterious man who smells of sunflowers.