Samurai Champloo Concepts

A person who was paid to preform the extermination of a specific person.

Baseball is a field sport played between two teams. The sport is very popular in the United States, Japan, and elsewhere throughout the world. It has also been a popular theme in anime and manga for more than 50 years.

Betrayal is the act of treachery or a violation of a trust or allegiance. This can be to one's friends, country, or God.

A handicap where a person has severely poor eyesight. It may range from very poor eyesight in one eye to being unable to see anything with both eyes.

Used frequently in Anime to either recap past events or provide a back story for a character, either their origin story or their off-screen training of new attack. Sometime and entire episode/chapter would be a entire flashback.

Traditional, female Japanese entertainers whose skills include performing various Japanese arts such as classical music and dance.

A ninja is a (typically Japanese) warrior, trained in martial arts fighting styles, and whom typically specializes in stealthy tactics and unorthodox arts of war.

A Pirate is one who steal at sea or and plunders at land. It can also be a term used for adventurers who don't follow the laws of the land.

In addition to being just weather, the rain can symbolize many things. It can represent life, foreshadowing, sadness, and many things.

A theme in some animes.

When someone returns an cruel favor to another after what has been done to them or an loved one.

Samurais were warriors of feudal japan

A common theme in many mangas and animes.

Woodblock carvings depicting scenes, usually from famous Japanese legends or other stories. Often considered a fore-runner to manga.

The Yakuza are crime syndicates of Japan. Members are often marked with elaborate tattoos.

Zombies are an undead rotting corpse that is alive yet dead and have voracious appetites for living flesh.