Rurouni Kenshin (manga)
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Alternative title:
Kenshin (German)
Kenshin Le Vagabond (French)
Kenshin, el Guerrero Samurai (Spanish)
Kenshin, Samurai Vagabondo (Italian)
Ruroken
Rurouni Kenshin, Meiji Kenkaku Romantan (Japanese)
Samurai X (Portuguese)
Samurai X : La vida de un espadachín en la era Meiji (Spanish)
Бродяга Кэнщин (Russian)
るろうに剣心―明治剣客浪満譚― (Japanese)
바람의 검심 (Korean)
Themes:
Historical,
Samurai
Age rating:
Teenagers (May contain bloody violence, bad language, nudity)
Plot Summary:
During the violent era known as the Bakumatsu, there was an Ishin assassin known only as the Hitokiri Battousai, whose skill and brutality became near legendary in the age of Restoration he helped to build. However, as the time of fighting drew to a close, he vanished without a trace, only to resurface eleven years later as a wandering swordsman, Himura Kenshin. Now staying at a kenjutsu dojo maintained by a fiery-tempered woman named Kamiya Kaoru, and surrounded by newfound friends like the streetfighter Sagara Sanosuke, ex-samurai's son Myoujin Yahiko, and the shrewd doctor Takani Megumi, he seeks to carry out his vow to protect the weak without killing in order to atone for the lives he's taken. It's not long, though, before this vow is put to the test, and the shadows of his past return to haunt him and everyone he holds dear.
User Ratings:
892 ratings have been given [details]
Number of tankoubon:
28
Number of pages:
180
Volumes:
#01. Kenshin - Himura Battousai
#01. The Meijin Romantic Story
#02. Two Hitokiri
#03. A Reason to Act
#04. Two Conclusions
#05. Meiji Kenjutsu Patterns
#06. No Need for Worry
#07. May 14, 1878
#08. Along the Meiji Toukaidou
#09. Arrival in Kyoto
#10. Teacher and Student of Mitsurugi
#11. Prelude to Destruction
#12. Great Kyoto Fire
#13. A Beautiful Evening
#14. The Promised Time is Now
#15. A Giant Man vs. A Super Man
#16. Divine Providence
#17. Conclusion - The One Who Decides the Era
#18. Is the Cross-Shaped Scar Still There?
#19. Illusion and Reality
#20. Reminiscence
#21. And So the Times Flowed
#22. Three-Sided Battle
#23. Consciousness of Crime and Punishment
#24. End of the Dream
#25. Truth
#26. A Man's Back
#27. An Answer
#28. Towards a New Generation
Vintage:
1994 to 1999 (Shonen Jump Japan 1994 No.19 to 1999 No.43)
2003-10-07 to 2006-07-04 (North America)
2003-12-22 to 2005-12-23 (México)
2004-07 (German "Kenshin Kaden Guidebook")
2005-11-01 (English "Profiles" Artbook)
Releases: We have 176
Official website:
Links: We have 8
Trivia: We have 3
In the news 43 times:
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