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In Samurai Champloo, how in the world did Sara realize her son was dead while
talking to the pinwheel guy?


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How did Sara from Samurai Champloo know about her son?


She had some sort of extrasensory perception, which is proven by the fact that
she was blind, but still proficient in fighting. Also, she tells Fuu that she
is able to sense things she cannot see, and she can sense Momo hidden in her
clothes. When she fights Muugen, she tells him she can sense his anger,
meaning she could somehow feel what other people feel and their states of
mind.

Given the above, and the fact that she realizes that her son is dead when a
pinwheel stops, I can only conclude that the stopping of the pinwheel made her
realize some state of mind/feeling coming from the pinwheel merchant
(something she was not aware of before), which in turn made her realize her
son was dead.

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Although this is speculation, it is the only thing that seems plausible to me.
However, the stopping of the pinwheel may have some deeper meaning that I am
not aware of.


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Though this answer is about 4 years late but I just got done rewatching
Samurai Champloo recently so here it goes! So the little shrine with the
statue in it that the pinwheel guy is sitting behind is called a Jizo statue.
Which is a shrine women who have had miscarriages, abortions, or grieving go
to pray. That being said I also believe that she realized that her son was
dead when the pinwheel stopped but that the statue somehow had something to do
with it. At the very least it was symbolic as they show the statue itself a
few times.


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She mentioned to Muugen that being blind, she adapted the ability to sense the
aura of individuals as each is significantly different. The pinwheel suggested
to the viewers the sons dead. But it was the boxes the man was travelling with
that actually gave it away. Boxes the size of a human head. Sara was able to
sense her son's aura and that is how she knew her son was dead. I guess
carrying decaying heads around wasnt as frowned upon back then. Still fucked
up tho


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I think I took it simply.

The masked guy was still making the same threat even though Sara already
failed her mission. He could have killed her son already but that wasn't the
case, so Sara in her realization thought her son was probably dead already
thus the masked guy holds no hostage (i.e her son).


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