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Dec 6, 2009 9:22 AM
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lol, this is for the first time when i am seeing christian religion in the anime )))

a few episodes more to go..
Feb 13, 2010 5:56 PM
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That guy was weird. Serves him right to suffer!
Such junk...
Apr 21, 2010 10:05 AM
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For a Japanese guy, he did a pretty job at faking a Westerner accent while speaking Japanese... I suppose no one suspected him when he spoke with perfect grammar and such since they thought he was some emissary sent by God and just naturally able to speak all languages perfectly?

Enjoyable episode. Expected that the Sunflower Samurai was Fuu's dad, of course. XD Wouldn't have expected that he was mixed up in the Christian religion though! Interesting twist~
May 18, 2010 10:07 AM
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Another pretty pointless episode. Funny and original in some sort of way.
May 31, 2010 4:58 PM
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Awesome episode. Didn't expect to hear so much about the samurai who smells of sunflowers, considering they sort of manage to get off track ^_^' Not that, that's a bad thing of course. xD

Jun 14, 2010 9:30 AM
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gawd episode ^_^.
Sep 8, 2010 10:46 AM
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Finaly we got some more clues of the sunflower samurai. I would never have guessed there was a cross hidden in that skull.
Oct 22, 2010 8:39 PM
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I kinda guessed that the sunflower samurai was Fu's father, but I liked this episode anyway.
Nov 5, 2010 7:47 PM
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Using God's name for money
I knew it, the sunflower samurai was her father - well it's been 19th episode and just this time she told them who he was it's not something out of the blue but someone who's dear to her. But either way, I don't find the plot to be the real one, it's more on Mugen and Jin
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Jan 7, 2011 5:06 AM

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God sent that priest to his domain instead...hahaha, *clears throat* Amen

I knew from two episode ago Fuu's father was this Samurai who smells of sunflower.
Jun 12, 2011 6:39 AM

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I hate the way they use that stupid accent when they're pretending to be westerners speaking Japanese. Fairly pointless episode again, this anime hasn't really lived up to expectations so far.
Jun 15, 2011 7:12 PM

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Zell182 said:
I hate the way they use that stupid accent when they're pretending to be westerners speaking Japanese.


Awww. I thought it was hilarious! Like when Jiraiya's seiyuu did the gay dutch guy a few episodes back! And if you've every seen Ika Musume, the three MIT scientists have the same accent going on, and it 's so funny!

Well, nice episode, and they finally got round to confirming the connection between the sunflower samurai and Fuu. Well, this series is more about eating while traveling then it is about any one overriding plot. It's not Cowboy Beebop where the emphasis is the other way round!
Jan 25, 2012 5:58 AM
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Quite cool
May 12, 2012 4:16 PM

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Great episode even though I knew the sunflower samurai was Fuu's father. Serves the fake priest right. Would have been ironic justice if he was crushed by the cross.
Jun 2, 2012 3:24 PM

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Oh, My God!


LOL, priceless when that cross was about to hit.
Aug 20, 2012 3:43 PM

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Well, it didn't really come as a surprise that the samurai is Fuu's father. They could have revealed it earlier and quit beating around the bush when it was fairly clear.


Nov 7, 2012 12:26 PM

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I knew it that the samurai they're looking after was Fuu's dad! Just knew it!

The episode it self was quite interesting that being with the influence of Christianity and weapon trades...

Maybe they've got a lead now lets see where their path will lead next!
Nov 29, 2012 4:04 PM
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Aright episode.
Finally we know more of the sunflower man.
That japanase guy is really ugly.
3/5
Mar 6, 2013 1:37 PM
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Sunflower samurai is Fuu's dad. I know it!
Mar 13, 2013 8:42 AM
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Damn this is the first time that there is actual plot progression in this anime! I don't count the advise given by the dutchmen because he didn't actually know anything about the sunflower samurai.
May 3, 2013 10:36 PM

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Symbolic episode.

Once again the trio's involvement was great, especially Fuu.

Also the Sunflower Samurai is officially confirmed as Fuu's dad, really looking forward to the real plot episodes/climax (though I still absolutely love how it's been up to now).
Jun 2, 2013 6:08 PM

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Very allegorical episode.

Referenced religious persecution particularly against Christians and how religion can be manipulated to control people.

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Jul 4, 2013 6:39 AM

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Religion is the most profitable venture..
Oct 20, 2013 12:02 PM

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The first episode I didn't like.
I don't care about all the religious crap and nothing interesting happened in this episode.
Jan 11, 2014 10:53 AM
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Well, it wasn't the biggest secret anyway.

The face of the fraud guy reminded me of another anime but couldn't remember the name.

Morani90 said:
Damn this is the first time that there is actual plot progression in this anime! I don't count the advise given by the dutchmen because he didn't actually know anything about the sunflower samurai.


It is probably because you didn't get the obvious information about the location of the hidden christians and that those who had such skulls were one of those people.
Feb 9, 2014 2:19 AM

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Average episode and get a bit of new info about the sunflower samurai and it turns out, it's Fuu's father of all people! And also, GOD!!!!!

Apr 20, 2014 1:12 PM

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Another pretty pointless episode. Funny and original in some sort of way.

???how.
we learned the sunflower samurai's name and that he was Fuu's father
Aug 8, 2014 9:05 PM

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I feel like it was unsurprising to many of us that it turned out to be her father she is looking for, but at least we finally officially got a clue for the main plot.
Well this wasn't as good as last episode, just another fellow thinking he has power and such but cowers when has lost it. .
by the way, would you call that suicide? It wasn't intentional of him. . I don't know.

Aug 14, 2014 8:39 AM

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Cool episode! How on earth did people take this as a pointless episode?
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Aug 18, 2014 8:39 AM

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Pretty cool episode. I knew the sunflower samurai was Fuu's dad.
Dec 29, 2014 6:09 PM

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The fake priest got what he deserved. Amen

Feb 3, 2015 12:41 PM

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I like the topic of this episode. And finally revealed: Samurai who smells of sunflower is Fuu's father.
Mar 15, 2015 11:30 PM

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I laughed so hard when he said that heaven is full and you need the weapon as a visa to travel to heaven.
As a religious person who believes in heaven this completely cracked me up XD

It seems obvious now that I know the samurai is Fuu's father, however I didn't guess it before.
Good episode.
Jul 10, 2015 11:17 AM

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Very good episode about christian religion.

I was expecting the sunflower samurai to be related to Fuu.
Aug 14, 2015 2:44 AM

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As expected sunflower samurai is Fuu's father. Looking forward to their meeting.
Sep 22, 2015 7:12 PM

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I love it when his nose fell off and THAT was the tell he was a fake priest. Can someone spell racism?
Sep 28, 2015 11:14 AM

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I don't understand why people thought this was pointless. We learned so much about the samurai that smells of sunflowers plus this entire episode was full of historical context, this all actually happened back in the Edo period.
Oct 23, 2015 3:31 AM
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OH MY GOD.
He deserved that ahahaha.
See, I told ya it's her father.
Mar 30, 2016 12:12 PM

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It was pretty clear to me that the samurai was her father but i wonder why she want to find him so bad, what has he done
May 7, 2016 11:00 PM

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As a christian, this brought a big smile to my face watching the fake priest get his Just deserts.
Jun 13, 2016 9:31 PM

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Even samurai champloo has some hidden critiic towards religion and christianity - despite this fact the episode was okay.
Jun 30, 2016 12:54 PM

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After all this time, she finally tells them who the samurai is.

4/5
Aug 23, 2016 4:39 PM

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The fake priest was very funny, even his face was fake lol

They gave some clues before so I suspected the sunflower samurai was her father.

Also I like how they were building those tanegashima blunderbusses and selling them on the black market, considering that they were kind of antiquated at that time.
Sep 13, 2016 5:03 AM

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Heaven got overpopulated?:D
Underneath the comedy, it was really a nice episode on how religion is manipulated.

Also, glad they finally found someone who knew the samurai they're looking for.
Jan 4, 2017 1:18 PM

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The first episode I didn't like.
I don't care about all the religious crap and nothing interesting happened in this episode.

Yeah, this. But at least we know what that skull is now?
Jan 31, 2017 7:17 PM

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The fake priest with all of his accessories on reminds me a lot of Betelgeuse from Re:Zero
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Apr 22, 2017 3:56 AM

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Amen
This anime just made me believe in God xD
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Sep 14, 2017 1:43 PM

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That was an interesting episode and we learned more about the sunflower samurai, if it is that guy.

Makes sense it's her dad, I did wonder if it was, or some sort of relative like a brother.
Nov 18, 2017 9:26 AM
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I wonder if this episode was inspired by the episode about hidden christian group on Rurouni Kenshin .
May 23, 2018 4:11 PM

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"A cross is a good luck charm for Christians."

Huh, I've never heard it described that way before, but she's not wrong.

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