Awww that was really sweet! I think it's hard to find the right balance for these characters and not take too much license. You did really well. I had a hard time finding SC fictions that caught my interest by discription- so this was a nice surprise!

I love the ending- it left me w/ a same sense of the characters we all know as well as thinking I could see it happening in the SC universe- or maybe I would just like to see it happen in the SC universe! lol Anyway I'd be very happy if you continued w/ this! Please consider it! And thanks for a good read!

woah!woa!woooaaaahhhh!

words connot describe the epicness of this storie

woah

Yay

This is a great story.

I’m a FuuJin fan, so I felt all the jealousy Fuu felt and I understood her dark feelings, probably to a larger extent even. Don’t underestimate how scary fangirls can get.
I’m also into idealism and romance, and that Fuu has to deal with the darker sides of life at last was depressing and grotesque to me. This fic started out kind of pretty much painful and difficult to read.

But it was very well-written. The characters were in character. The situations all seemed so plausible and believable. There’s something lovely in this “realistic simplicity” although I feel those words are prettying your story. I’m not saying your story is ugly, more like raw.

And it is raw but in a refined way, as I’ve said that all the characters seemed so in character. Given the darker episodes of the series, Fuu went through so major crap without getting a single hair touched, and that is some major pluck. Mostly luck though. So to see that you made her “dirty” her hands, god it was hard to accept that our pure little girl was married and widowed and now a whore. But in this context, I mean a whore is not an ugly thing. She has to fight to survive with all her available weapons after all and lets face it Fuu didn’t have many.

Back to the FuuJin and Shino jealousy thing I was going on about. So I’m into romance and having the bishounen ending up with the main girl all the time, and yeah, I personally wished that Jin forgot about Shino. But I have to face him being in character—he is a better than that, and he loved her, and love is, it’s like everything sometimes. All of Fuu’s decisions, I feel, were so right. I wouldn’t have made all the right decisions if I were in her place, but I felt that as I read the choices that she made—with the paths she took and the secrets that she kept, there was absolutely nothing to criticize. It was easy to understand.

When she decided to stay, I was like, why, Fuu, why be such a masochist? Nothing can be the same anymore. Shino is so lovely and nice but Jin’s so in love and Mugen’s so bent up and beat up perhaps he’s broken this time. Perhaps. And it’s like, Shino is having a baby and I’m like to myself, hey this is it, being any more jealous of her for Fuu is simply inhuman. She’s not even a real character. Come on. I have summer assignments I have been procrastinating on. Why bruise my own delusions any longer? So it was hard to read. Everything felt like it was messed up and slightly wrong, uncomfortable and just not “animated”. Like happy, though not quite, just … more … right. Around that time of the story where the four and a half of them were together, the feeling was like something between assurance, dejection, and content. Assurance because they were all together now and they were safe, dejection because nothing was like before, as Fuu and I have been looking forward to, and content because oh well, days are days, and there’s some pleasance in a slice of life. But mostly, it was rather boring. So why did I keep reading? I have happy happy romance/adventure/comedy stories waiting for me—and homework, more important things. Why did I keep reading?

Because this was well-written. And the writer was sane and patient, and above all, mature.

So then Shino gets sick and Fuu’s trying so hard to take care of her for Jin because Jin loves her and she is everything to him. What would happen if something happened to Shino? Fuu cares so much for Jin she doesn’t even go there. And plus Shino was so nice to Fuu and perhaps they can become sisters some day. Perhaps this story can become “animated” again. But then Shino dies, and Fuu had tried so hard, and she continues, she doesn’t have much to offer, she’ll offer what she has and I am not desensitized to it, I have understood it, I have understood how … empty Fuu is in terms of “advantages” or “weapons” or “bargaining chips”. So during Shino’s sickness, I simple couldn’t want her to die. But I did consider that this story was “offing” Shino, and then Fuu and Mugen and Jin could be a family again. Horrible. It is easier to think of “offing” someone in stories. I do not think such thoughts as easily in real life. But even if our favorite trio get together again because of Shino’s death, they won’t be “animated” like I really wanted from the beginning. I would rather have Shino alive and Jin happy and Fuu happy which would make me happy. I hope there’s a happy ending. I hope that everyone’s bent and beat up but not broken.

This was really how I felt as I read the story—good stories tend to make a delusional me, eh, but now that I’m typing this I’m embarrassed how emotional I got over fictional characters …

So yeah. I actually have way more things than that … *weakly points above at huge slab of text* on my mind, (because I didn’t even talk about your Mugen that much D: OMG there was so much to say about him…) but I feel I have to say *points at slab* that to you. Sorry if this was too incoherent ... euhh I wrote this review late at night.

You did a great job on this. Great story, great characters, great writing, and easy on the eyes grammar/spelling (I don't really notice grammar/spelling mistakes that much).

Thanks for writing.

This is the best story i read in a long time. Good work
i wont critise your story because i am no author or have higher knowledge about this stuff and my actual languadge is german so i might have missed some puns or errors.

All i can say is that i had the feeling this was a good story and i think i would want to read more of your stories because i think you have a feeling for it
so gone on with your work

AWESOME STORY, AND BEST ENDING EVER."A threeway?"No a family!
Hahaha, splendid!

I'm quite fond of this story. As I'm not overly familiar with the anime I'm not sure how in character it is, however I found it tasteful and well written.

This was the perfect ending to Samurai Champloo. Thank you so much for writing it until the end, and I'm so glad that there is such an absolutely wonderful, in-character, thought-provoking, and true-to-the-spirit fanfiction in the Samurai Champloo category. The ending left me feeling totally in LOVE because that is exactly the way I pictured Samurai Champloo to end. I'd love to stress on your layout, your punctuation, your plotline, your USE OF SHINO! and heck, even having Mugen in jail; but the whole story was just SO AWESOME.

Thank you, really, truly. This really ended the Samurai Champloo series perfectly for me. And I was so happy when Fuu finally got a family of her own

Lux,

Dreamz

I really loved this story. The way you captured the personalities of all of them-Mugen, Jin, and Fuu-was spectacularly done. Shino played her part and I'm kind of happy she didn't stick around, because without her they worked so much better.
I loved the subtle transformation of Fuu from naive 15-year-old of the anime to slightly jaded yet still innocent-seeming Fuu of your story. I really liked how you did that, and what lengths she was willing to go to for Jin and Mugen.
The camaraderie between Jin and Mugen was really well done, too, and some of the lines were positively laugh inducing. I especially like Mugen's last line-that had me giggling aloud.
Overall, a really well-done piece. I loved it.)

THis was really good...and odd, but nice job, the writing and story was truly unique in itself.

though, I'm finding it hard to beleivc that Fuu would become borderline swinger x3

ANYWAY good work.

aww this was an awesome story. I love the characterizations of Jin Mugen and Fun they were all dead on. It was great so thanks. I'm happy i stumbled upon it. You're a great writer.

Man, this story is classic. Characterizations were awesome, though I was wondering why Fuu didn't grieve more over her lost husband...did she not really love him that much? The story seemed low on emotion on her part, but I liked the narration and the simplicity of your style. Jin was portrayed very well; I especially liked the chapter where Mugen had to drag him out of his grief, their conversation was spot on. I also enjoy reading about Mugen becoming more responsible and helpful, even if he never wants to admit that he cares about anyone. Shino was written very well also, and I could see clearly how Fuu was intimidated by her.

Hope you write more SC fanfics!

This was cute. Good story!

Oh gosh, its hard to see Affinity end... I absolutely loved beta-ing (That's ironic, 'beta-ing' isn't even a friggen word!) this story. I mean, you couldn't have made my job any easier. A fun story by a great writer? Could I be any more spoiled?
And I loved the ending! I'm so glad you were able to wrap everything up in a way that was both open and satisfying. It's seriously difficult to write a good epilogue, and you've done fantastically! If you ever feel the need to run anything by my radar, feel free. Though, honestly, you never really needed much help.

Awesome story and a nice ending! Thanks for brightening my day!)