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Samurai Champloo #7 - #9; Darker than Black ryuusei no gemini #02
Darker than Black Ryuusei no Gemini #02:

Suou managed to escape from Hei with help from some contactors. At a point of time, she witnessed Shion walking on his own from afar and she was shocked for Shion had lost his ability to walk since the fall of a star. Everyone around her had forgotten her identity except Nicke who managed to escape from a confinement in a medical centre. Together, they put up posters to lure out Hei. Hei confronted Suou wanting to take a medalion and realised 'Shion' was Suou - Shion's elder sister. A contactor named Magician attacked them and Hei was being ambushed by his people's attacks. Other place, a bespectacled woman stated the fall of BK201.

Samurai Champloo #07:

Fuu, Jin and Mugen managed to win some money with help of Fuu's pet in a gambling den and they were ordering some food at a noodles stall when a young man pickpocketed the money from Fuu. Angered, the trio went to search. Other place, the same young man pickpocketed some opinium from a group of gangsters. Fuu soon located the pick pocket's home and had a talk with his mother who mistook her for her son's girl friend. Later, she confronted the pick pocket again but they were both surrounded by the gangsters who demanded return of opinium. The pick pocket held Fuu as hostage and hid in a house. Mugen and the gangsters broke in. The pick pocket who was touched by Fuu's words not to hurt his mother's feeling, promised to be better next time they met in future and escaped from the house. At a corner, he was confronted by the gangsters and stabbed to death. Fuu witnessed his death and visited his mother for the last time before leaving with Jin and Mugen.

Samurai Champloo #08:

A man and his underlying were showing off in the street. Other place, forced by hunger, Jin pawned his spectacles so that he, Mugen and Fuu could have some food in a stall. Inside the stall, the leader of a gang tried to impress Fuu while a woman lured Jin and Mugen for western wine in a bar. Angered, Fuu accepted the man's invitation. On a hill, the man told Fuu about a bespectacled samurai who killed his own teacher and stated that he inspired to defeat him. Fuu suspected the samurai he was talking about was Jin. In the bar, Jin and Mugen were drugged by the woman.

Next day, Fuu found Jin and Mugen lying on the street, their money gone. Left without choice, they did street performance and earned money to pawn back Jin's spectacles. In the pawn shop, they ran into the man and his gang and another man duelled Jin who confirmed that he was the one who killed his own sensei. However, Jin stated his sensei was the one who betrayed him first. The woman appeared and it turned out that she and the gang were working together to earn money. The man told Jin that many people were after his life and he did not care. Jin, Fuu and Mugen left.

Samurai Champloo #09:

An old government official was thinking back an event 30 years ago. Flashback to 30 years ago... Mugen, Fuu and Jin were resting at the boundary of a town and a man sold them fake passes to the next town. The trio were arrested by the government officials and Mugen was forced to infiltrate into an organisation's lair in the forest using Fuu and Jin as hostages. Mugen set off and the then young official stalked him. Mugen was captured by tengou faced samurais who turned out to be rebellious monks against the government. The official who tried to save him was also captured as well. He managed to escape from his bound and rescued Mugen. Mugen attacked the monks and burned the opinium field and the smoke emitted from it affected everyone's mental ability. Fuu and Jin were allowed to investigate and found Mugen and the other people having illusions on the burned field. They were bemused.