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===(Now featuring translations from my invaluable friends in the champloo-doujin fandom; credit given as due.)==
16 pages, black and white with gloss full-color cover.
G-rated, no sexual or violent content.
This is fine for all ages with no objectionable content of any kind, and is drawn by one of the best Champloo fan-artists. Absolutely three stars: get it any way you can find it.
Enjoy her website:
Saimin
(absolutely the most beautiful fan art of Jin you will see anywhere)
16 pages, black and white with full color cover.
G-rated, no sexual or violent content.
Again, Saimin's contact info:
website: Saimin
(--it's well worth checking her site daily, there's almost always something new)
Many, MANY thanks for this translation by the seemingly tireless aruarian_dancer.
You can't help but love a doujin that starts with the following sequence: Mugen, sword drawn, faces off against four opposing samurai. Judging by his smirk he thinks his chances are pretty good, but Jin apparently doesn't agree. He reaches into his sleeve, pulls out a grenade (yup, a grenade) and tosses it into the fray (which is drawn like a cartoon brawl with fists, swords and shoes emerging from a dust cloud). And a moment later, Mugen emerges from the dust to yell at him... and did I mention that Jin is wearing what seems to be a high-tech surveillance or listening headset while this happens (as he is on the cover)?
Mugen complains about Jin's interference, and Jin replies "You're my master; if you don't need me, you should just turn me off."--Right, it gets stranger:
it turns out that in this story Jin is a battle-android, owned by Mugen. In flashback, a store owner despairingly tells M that though the mechanical doll's swordsmanship is superb,
everyone who's bought him has returned him to the store, and the man's thinking of having him destroyed. Back in the now, Mugen firmly tells Jin-X that
even though he's troublesome, disrespectful and and hard to like,
"I've never said a word about not needing you, ever." He'll keep looking after Jin as long as he remains a good fighter, he says, and the android thinks, my least desired feature,
the thing no one else needed--you need me for that? Fight me, says Mugen, and as the android draws his blade and says "I'm the one looking after you," what he's thinking is,
"this man still needs me".
==totally strange, unique and quite unexpectedly sweet. It deserves fanfic. A lot of it.
(By our old friend Akatsuki of Akiba Circle, who gets mad points from me for creative use of anachronism very much in the spirit of the series.)
Dated 2005-08-12.
Website: Akiba.
2 volumes, each 16 pages,black and white with full color covers.
G-rated, no sexual or violent content.
The Mugen volume also has two stories: the first one has Jin sitting by the sleeping Mugen while he recovers from his injuries of the "Misguided Miscreants" arc. Jin slaps a mosquito off his face, waking him, and when Mugen returns to his dream of that story's events Jin is involved in a slightly different way than in reality. Again, the art is simple and a bit rough but gets its story told effectively. The second story is another Jin/Mugen fight vignette.
Nothing brilliant, but a good part of any collection.
Artist (or art circle) is given as "Numbers"; no contact info. (See Yaoi Doujinshi page for review of their more recent "Gongojoudo".)
Many thanks to aruarian_dancer for the translation.
In the first story, Fuu complains that they've all gotten pretty rank from going so long without a bath, but adds that it's natural for families to stink together =)
--prompting Mugen to decide that he's the man of the house and Jin is the wife!==In the second, Fuu decides to ask Kokkuri-san (the fox spirit
of Inari shrines--'asking Kokkuri-san' is the Japanese equivalent of using an Ouija board) where the Sunflower Samurai is, but when the
session is improperly ended, Jin sprouts fox ears and tail. Fuu thinks this is great--possession by a fox spirit will give him a keen sense of smell
that'll make their tracking much easier!--but it does give him a craving for kitsune udon in restaurants. ==A short piece has Mugen chowing down on a bag of hamster food,
prompting Jin to ask if he's the samurai who smells of sunflowers. =); in another, Yukimaru displays the "trophies" of Jin he's collected in his search--used towels,
chopsticks--and Fuu dryly tells Jin "I can see why you'd want to run away from him...are there going to be more like this"?==
The most interesting and serious
story here has a battered Yukimaru--black eye, cut lip, bruises, looks like he lost a fight--being cared for by Jin, who bathes his face and counsels
him "if you don't want to be insulted, become stronger". Yuki's surprised by his nursing skill;
he asks if that advice comes from Jin's own experience,
as Jin's never without his sword though none of the dojo's students will challenge him. And--he reaches
for Jin's hand--is there any truth to the rumor that you were seen leaving Master's room
early in the morning...? Jin pulls away and says he'll bring fresh water; Yuki looks speculative...
Very cool stuff: the art style is dramatic and the facial expressions very subtle, an
excellent J/Y character piece.
Web site: Mr. FullSwing. (Some beautiful art here.)
16 pages, black and white with textured cover
PG-rated (one nude bondage shot), no sexual or violent content.
Clean, graceful, very manga-ish art, light-hearted vibe, overall a very enjoyable piece of work. Definitely one for the Jin fangirl's collection.
By the always-enjoyable "Anoyoroshi" (Rei Itidou);
see review of sahn's NOT-all-ages-rated "Easy Come Easy Go" on the Yaoi Doujinshi page.
Many thanks to aruarian_dancer for the translation.
Surprisingly tragic for an animorphic tale, and very effective.
==Many thanks to ryu_kk009 for translating.
A touching doujin about Fuu's bad dream that both her yojimbo will leave her. Jin --also having trouble sleeping--comments how Fuu also smells of sunflower, "just like" the samurai she fears she never will be able to find. Jin also tells her that they may just happen upon the guy without much ado, probably trying to ease her anxiety. The moment passes quickly, and Jin is about to retire for the night while Fuu, interpreting Jin's gesture rightly as an attempt to comfort her, has a moment of appreciation. Jin asks "Doushite?" --"Why?/"What for?"--noticing Fuu's momentary lapse, shaking her back to reality and follow Jin back inside. (All the while, Mugen is actually awake and feeling isolated/bored but also a bit amused.) The art is extremely pretty, graceful and full of feeling--the best fanart of Fuu I have yet seen, with some wonderful face studies--and the little moment of Jin-Fuu tenderness is completely sweet and believable, While Mugen pretends to sleep through it all.
--Kinda nice to see that the doujin world isn't all about Mugen nailing Jin.=)
The art circle's name is Hideaway, and the artist, Kosanji.
==I love this translation by champloo4u.
A wonderful story in which Jin is missing and Mugen searches for him. Fuu blames him for chasing Jin out with his earlier rude behavior; he pretends he doesn't really care, but he looks until he finds him, in a gambling den, late that night. Jin is annoyed at being tracked down at work (he's a bouncer there =), and they trade some harsh words; Mugen does a "fine, whatever" shrug and walks off. Jin looks slightly troubled, reading the hurt feelings in Mugen's tone. Then he finds the portrait of him which Mugen commissioned from a street artist to help in his search, stares at it in wide surprise (it's pretty =), catches the departing Mugen and confronts him with it; he blushes; Jin gravely and gently gives him a kiss, and Mugen, still blushing, hauls him off by the arm, grumbling that Fuu must think they're both dead by now. And Fuu doesn't know what to think when they walk in holding hands.
The second and third stories are short vignettes: in one, Fuu in a schoolgirl uniform, taking off in a rush over Jin's protests (with apron and kitchen utensils!) that she shouldn't skip breakfast, which Mugen settles in his own way; in the other, Fuu trails down the hall in her nightgown, dragging a toy bunny, and finds the two of them in bed together, whereupon there is much embarrassment and throwing of toys.--To top it off there's a very nice drawing of Jin and Mugen in formal kimono and, um, Jin in a bunny suit. (--and he still looks dignified.)
I love this one. Shounen-ai at its finest. The best character writing, I'd say (allowing for the shounen-ness), and some of the best art in any Champloo doujin I've seen, fine and subtle, with such nuanced, expressive faces and body language, and an open, innocent quality in Jin's face that I haven't seen any other artist capture; you can see it on the cover. (They even get his little smile right.) --A complete gem, one of the ten best things in this whole stack; a definite buy for any Champloo doujinshi collection and a must-have for the Jin fangirl.
Credited to Tsukiru/Asakusa Alexanders.
24 pages, black and white with two-color covers.
All ages.
Stunningly beautiful art as in "Nue to Hana" above--I've never seen such intense style in any other doujin-ka's work.
28 pages, black and white with full-color covers.
All ages.
I'm sorry I don't know who drew or wrote it, because they deserve credit; I'll be looking for more work by her/him/them.
==Translation by champloo4u, thanks!
--Great, great stuff, very funny; excellent, graceful, expressive art with particularly fine faces and expressions.
Website: Kabochau.
24 pages, black and white with gloss full-color, gold-stamped cover.
By Marita Yuzo/AM7:30 (Jet Jesso), 2005-05-04.
credited to Momo Udari.
"Anoyoroshi" is as always Rei Itidou.
By "Jesus Master" (Mari Sakaki)
--Go to Yaoi Doujinshi.
Sweet, low-key Mugen story, in which he apparently thinks a lot about Fuu and how she reminds him of Kohza, back when those two were still close; Jin looks on, with a sort of affectionate thoughtfulness. I haven't seen anything like this before, almost a Mugen romance,
very gentle and nostalgic. It's nice to see people consider these established relationships in a different light. The art is clean and straightforward: some proportions are a bit odd, but the faces are nicely expressive, and it's overall a very likeable piece of work.
G-rated, no sexual or violent content.
By Akitsugu Fujino, 2005-06-26; I would buy any Champloo work by this circle in a heartbeat, and hope there is more.
[FLAT] and [monari]
G-rated, no sexual or violent content whatever.
(Subtitle: "Fanarts and Short Comic Book"). --OK, now here we have cuteness, and I mean kawaii-to-the-max. If you're a person who thinks the terms "Samurai Champloo" and "cute" should never occur in the same sentence, you won't
like this at all, but I think it's pretty much adorable. Some full-page portraits--including one of the three as modern schoolkids, and one of Jin sitting in formal costume that I just love--and several short, humorous stories,
including the only appearance of episode 5's Isaac in any doujin I've seen so far (and he seems to have said something interesting about Jin...). All drawn in a smooth, accomplished, wide-eyed-shoujo style. Anyone who likes the Anoyoroshi
doujinshi should definitely check this one out.
PG-rated, one kiss, no sexual or violent content.
Two stories, of which the second one is really interesting: set during episodes 13/14, it subtly suggests that Mugen was sexually abused by Mukuro in his youth, and then
brings him back to the cabin the three are sharing with a bleeding gash in his leg (all we see of the cause is him running along the ridge of a rooftop, clutching a
probably-stolen-something, while men yell at him from the street). Jin notes the wound; Mugen dismisses it, but Jin won't be dismissed, and insists on washing and bandaging the leg.
(Mugen pretends indifference, but flinches and sweats in silence.) I'm not sure what happens at the end--Jin seems very amused by something which makes Mugen yell at him and crack him
in the back of the head as he leaves--but after Jin is gone, Mugen runs his fingers over the bandage, looking at it thoughtfully. A nice, quiet little moment between them.
(Bit of micro-trivia: this is the first time I've seen Mugen's earrings drawn with modern-style French hooks. Anachronistic, of course, but gee, it's nice to see them actually
attached to his ears by SOMEthing.)
G-rated, no sexual or violent content.
A nice, simple little pair of stories, one of which has Fuu and Mugen apparently arguing about Jin's absence, and then uncomfortable about
the argument; and one of which is an Episode 13/14 sequence with a little Jin/Mugen twist (using the "tear of rain" frame...). The art is clear and simple,
a little rough, but with good storytelling sense. Also has a great pencil portrait of Jin and Mugen, and you have to love these covers of J&M in modern dress.
G-rated, no sexual or violent content.
A series of Jin vignettes (as you probably guessed from the title =), the featured one involving a challenge from a bespectacled blonde stranger, and one in which Fuu & Mugen conspire to
break Jin's glasses just to see, it seems, what'll happen... There's also a very cute page involving Jin, Mugen and a sunflower that has the nicest art in here; but the art of the
primary story is also excellent, very clean and stylish, a nice comic-book style. The cover alone puts it in any Jin lover's collection.
G-rated, no sexual or violent content.
Anoyoroshi takes on the popular animal style in which all the characters are drawn as nekos (cat-people) and kitsune (fox-people).
As usual Mugen pursues Jin while Jin looks sad and distant; Jin and Yukimaru (w00t! more Yuki-chan!) also re-enact their cliff duel from #16 with Jin
in fox-form and Yuki as an angry catboy, which looks remarkably apt on him. Simple and cute.
G-rated, no sexual or violent content.
The fancy covers and unusually realistic art style make this one stand out. It's really striking, and the art has great energy and character,
particularly in the main story when something untoward happens because Jin took off his glasses...something different, worth a look.
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