Anime/Manga: Rurouni Kenshin (Samurai X)

Ito_^ SG

shown years ago on AXN before as Samurai X.

continue here..

has three movies, one the prelude and another one setting takes place several years down the road from the anime, and the third one is about a rebellion. (thanks to the bear for input)

manga has two specials, which one i totally unfortunately amazingly missed. one is about yahiko, the snorty brat, and the other wraps up the entire manga storyline which takes places several years down the road from the manga, i assume is before wad happens in the movie.

anime ends with a filler arc, while manga ends with the revenge arc, enishi, tomoe's younger bro being the main villain.

from what i heard before, if i remember right, the movie didn't go through the original artist's review.

from one of the commentary in the manga, watsuki, the artist, gave his thoughts on a possible sequel's storyline. kenshin's son, kenji would fight over yahiko's son over his sword and dojo. but this time, kenji would become the bad guy after kenshin gave his sword to yahiko's son instead. and i remember he mentioned shishio's sword mugenjin being used by kenji. woot.

of cuz dats juz casual words. Laughing which never came true.

Wiki's intro.

Rurouni Kenshin: Romance of a Meiji Swordsman, Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan?), a manga and anime series created by mangaka Nobuhiro Watsuki, is set during the early Meiji period in Japan. The English versions of the OVAs as well as the movie are sold under the Samurai X name. The series tells the story of an assassin named Himura Kenshin, who was known as the Hitokiri Battosai ("Man killer - Master of Battojutsu"). Kenshin later grieves for all the lives he has taken, and vows that he will never kill again.

The manga originally appeared in the Japanese Shonen Jump Weekly Anthology, and the completed work consists of 28 tankobon volumes. The United States release of the manga has been completed by VIZ Media. Rurouni Kenshin is subtitled "Wandering Samurai" in some English releases, as a rough translation of "Rurouni."

Writer Kaoru Shizuka has written an official Rurouni Kenshin novel titled Voyage to the Moon World. The novel has been translated by VIZ Media and distributed in the United States and Canada.

the Bear SG

there’s another movie where he helped put down a rebellion

FireIce SG

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o467Wg2BuHw

stellazio SG

yahiko had a son? Shocked

i thought he just grew older and was the one that pass the sword to kenji.

Ito_^ SG

ya ya.. i remember dat now. Laughing quite boring, i think.

Ito_^ SG

maybe ba, i can't be too sure. my memories are murky now, so cannot be too sure on many things.

but im juz happy shishio's sword will back with a vengence. Twisted Evil if the sequel goes as was he said. Crying or Very sad

stellazio SG

what happened to saito and aoshi?

hisoka SG

then maybe sannosuke's son come and turn the 2 swords to dust so they got nothing to fight over Laughing

Ito_^ SG

saitou continued working in the police, died according to real history i presume.

Saito was a heavy drinker. This may well have contributed to his death from a stomach ulcer at the age of 71 in 1915. As a last act of defiance, Saito died (seiza) sitting upright in the alcove of his living room.

in real life he was an alcoholic. Laughing

aoshi continued to lead oniwabanshu, the last memory i had was kenshin telling a very relaxed aoshi at kyoto, "not too kill too many people, even though they were criminals."

Ito_^ SG

Laughing i cannot imagine the look on their faces.

stellazio SG

in the anime, hiko seijuro was training kenji in the hiten misurigi style right? any stories about what happened to him? Laughing

Ito_^ SG

The Real Saitou

The Kenshin Saitou

both smokes, both drinks. the real drinks too much and died of tummy ulcer at age 71.

the kenshin saitou has a "pu sa"-like wife, adopted child. marriage was arranged.

the real saitou's marriage was arranged, has three children whom were adopted out.

whether u like it anot, both outlived kenshin. Laughing bastard.

Ito_^ SG

nope, maybe the Kenshin Gaiden might say anything for real.. the only manga i missed. Crying or Very sad

stellazio SG

btw whats the story between kenshin and tomoe? why did kenshin have to fight somebody related to tomoe i presume the father and she died trying to protect him.. den drawing the X scar to make him remember her?

Ito_^ SG

to the rest: dun mind the spoiler. its been years, so.. get over it. Laughing

it all started when kenshin was still an assassin and tomoe's husband was a lowly samurai on patrol. in one mission, kenshin killed her husband on the way to his real target.

later on, the shogunate government formed a group of assassins similar the kenshin's group and recuited tomoe to get closed to kenshin. she succeeded but also fell in love with him, her husband's killer.

at the final confrontation between the newly formed assassin group, tomoe sacrificed her life to save kenshin. the scars, one of them is cut by the assassin's leader, the other by tomoe, by accident.

just nice formed an X.

i think.

stellazio SG

if u saw the amv fi posted, u can see that tomoe that other slash is like purposely one leh.. have to see the dialogue then i'll know.. Laughing

the other slash was when he killed 2 ppl, like father and son.. the father sacrificed himself, den after kenshin killed the son, somehow the sword slash his cheek..

Gordonator SG

lets contiue discussion ocver at the official thread which mooku had OTOPEDIA-d. Smile

http://www.sgforums.com/?action=thread_display&thread_id=202991

Ito_^ SG

o ya hor! shit i totally messed up. Laughing Embarassed

the guy was tomoe's hubby. i quite sure they were on patrol or something. he was not a very good swordsman, but his strong will to see his wife made him strong enough to get closed to kenshin. this part i remember now.