Samurai Champloo, Volume 1 Book

As an avid manga reader I've read many manga in many different styles but I've never come across one manga that is as entertaining, as hilarious, as wonderful as Samurai Champloo.

The first thing that caught my attention was the art-style. They're not the usual big-eyed, bishounen male characters that we find in some manga but rather rough around the edges characters that are somehow attractive in their own way.

As for the characters themselves, there is Fuu, the little, dumb waitress that somehow manages to snag two very different men to look for a Samurai that smells like Sunflowers through a guilt-trip and sheer stubbornness. Then comes Mugen, never-do-well, irresponsible, criminal, always looking for a fight thrown in together with a crude, vulgar personality. Finally there's Jin, refined, composed, elegant Samurai with no Lord searching for a reason to keep drawing his blade.

This is their story mixed with leading the life of a criminal, A wayward Shogun, A Ninja's untimely love story, a playboy magistrate and... well lots more.

An enjoyable read and recommended specially for those who watched the Anime and fell in love with it.