Review of Samurai Champloo

I'm not gonna lie, this is one of the best shows I've watched. Great music, awesome art style, all these short stories with its own meaning... And then the eyes we're looking through all the time, those three travelers which we can see as the main characters of the show, are still the same no matter what. I know, the main purpose of this show is storytelling and it isn't exactly necessary to do any character development because of that... But for me, it's just ain't right. Like all the stories are passing through them with no impact at all (except for maybe one time whereMugen learned how to read).
For me, it was kinda dealbreaking...