Rurouni Kenshin [Archive]

Musukuni

02-10-2005, 06:48 PM

Yeah, I think Rurouni Kenshin is one of the greatest anime and mangas out there. I get my Rurouni Kenshin manga from Barnes and Noble which is a pretty big bookstore chain. There's a good chance you could find it in you local book store if they sell manga at all. If your looking to buy it online I'm not sure of a good place to get it but you could always use google and try to find a place.

USDF

02-10-2005, 08:28 PM

I love Kenshin! I always watch it on Cartoon Network, and yes, I have seen several of the graphic novels at Barnes and Nobles but I had no money T_T

Omote Renge

02-11-2005, 04:32 PM

Buy it, the translation is quite possibly the best translation Viz has ever done. There are 10 volumes out the last time I checked, but they come out on a monthly basis so volume 11 might have come out already.

blue fox

02-11-2005, 04:41 PM

Procyon

02-11-2005, 04:56 PM

You can like get RK anywhere...Like most internet stores like amazon sell it and stuff...
But I usually get my manga at Walden Books...Got quite the selection there...

korican04

02-11-2005, 05:11 PM

I know where to get it, but it'd be against the rules to post it, since it's illegal to download....
so is naruto, doesn't stop anyone here.

Logpile

02-13-2005, 11:33 PM

Kenshin is one of my favorite mangas. I get it at Barnes & Noble's. It has 1-20 at my store. But they only have 1 and 5 of Naruto. Which freakin' sucks...

Cinnabon

02-13-2005, 11:34 PM

so is naruto, doesn't stop anyone here.

Yah I was wondering what the hell he was talking about, this site is the main distributor of illegal naruto manga downloads in the US lol.

Lo Gah Lok

02-13-2005, 11:36 PM

Not only that, but the anime for all practical porpouses (i.e. besides filler arcs) ends after the Shishio arc.

The manga has another arc past the shishio arc called the jinchu arc (revenge arc). This is without a dought the best part of the whole series. Extremely passionate. Even more amazing fights. Not to spoil, but the arc focus is on battosai the manslayer's deepest and darkest secret, his cross shaped scar...

...ya didnt think it was just any ol' wound...did ya? ^_^
really? which episodes??? i just finished watchin the shishio arc, and i'm up to the like, christian sword fighter arc thingy... it's borin, so i stopped watching. maybe i should just skip it and watch the other one... TELL ME!

BattousaiMS

02-14-2005, 12:11 AM

erm the Jinchuu arc insnt in the Anime... IT olny appears for like a few minutes in RK Seisouhen also, so only the Manga tells the story. However, The Samurai X OVAs (the first 4), reveals the cause of that arc.

If you want the real anime get the subbed ones or the original, CN are noot good with blood scenes if you know what i mean :blink .

blue fox

02-14-2005, 01:51 AM

No yeah everything after the shishio arc in the anime blows.

Go d/l the manga. Dunno where, but find a bittorrent. Cant be that hard. and for the love of god, BUY THE TRUST AND BETRAYAL OVA. Best OVA ever for any series. Dark, gruesome, and powerful.

Oeilvert

02-14-2005, 07:46 AM

one question: does the part where kenshin meets the christians exist in the manga or is it a filler? as far as I know there are huge differences between the manga and the anime.
Be sure to watch the first 4 OVAs, they are just awesome.

Shishou

02-14-2005, 08:05 AM

Here is the story of how the last arc of Kenshin wasn't animated.

The anime had caught up to the Jinchuu arc, but the Jinchuu arc was not completed yet. There was high demand for more Kenshin, and they didn't want to wait for Jinchuu to be finished in the manga. So the anime decides to make up a bunch of bullshit for like 30+ episodes. By the time Jinchuu Arc was finished, Kenshin anime had lost alot of it's popularity and they never bothered to animate the final arc, that takes place after Shishio.

This arc is by far the best arc, and ties many things together. Here are some things found throughout this arc.

-Sano uses his Zanbatsu again.
-Kaoru shows her succession technique.
-The story of how Kenshin received his scar is revealed. (there are 4 OVAs aboot this, but this arc revolves around someone in the OVAs)
-Someone is shown to be alive. (anime showed it as well)
-It tells how Shishio got his battleship.
-Iwanbou (fat pink guy) is explained.
-People with extreme hate for Kenshin team up.
-Aoshi makes a fighting appearance again.
-Sano's Father/Sister/Brother are shown.
-Sano shows his alternate/superior Futae No Kiwami.
-Kenshin faces off against someone of his past... Someone who is insane... Someone who lives only to get revenge on Hitokiri Battousai... Someone who has spent the last 15 years, plotting this revenge... SPOILER, HIGHLIGHT-Brother-in-law, Yukishiro Enishi.-

Simply put, this arc is something anyone who likes the Kenshin series, SHOULD NOT MISS OUT ON. I remember when I first read it, I read the entire arc in one sitting. Took me many many hours, but I couldn't stop.

Shishio arc, has nothing on Jinchuu arc.

GreatTeacherOnizuka

03-17-2005, 09:04 AM

i heard that there was going to be samurai x 2...is this true?????
something about kenshins son learning his sword technique or something

LemonTehPing

03-17-2005, 10:55 AM

I dunt think so coz that has been already mentioned in the OVA's! go watch it and u'll know! :wink

Violence Fight

03-17-2005, 11:35 AM

yeah, its a shame we can't tell you where to find the manga online.

On a completely unrelated note: I think http://www.boxtorrents.com is really super.they have lots of hentai and collections of manga there. But like I said, this is a completely unrelated plug of a torrent site.

the Jincu arc is definately the best. It would've been nice to see it animated, but..alas.

Kiba-kun

03-17-2005, 01:20 PM

Listen, no-one is going to stop you from posting links to downloads. Like the guy above hinted, www.boxtorrents.com has it.

However, if you consider yourself even a casual Kenshin fan, then DEFINATELY buy the viz translations. The scanslations, for once, have nothing on them. Probably the best official translation I've ever seen.

On a side note, if they can do so well on Kenshin why did they screw up Naruto so much? Such a shame.

kirab

03-18-2005, 01:35 PM

Yeah, since Viz/Shonen Jump translates them, you can get all the RK volumes that have been released so far off of Viz's website. The direct link to the Rurouni Kenshin manga is http://store.viz.com/browse/RUROUNIKENP/GRNOV/s.OF03GryX They really are worth the (cheap) price. It's a very well made manga that I would recommened.

Inconspicuous_lurker

03-22-2005, 12:55 AM

NO. i am also with you... IT IS THE BEST anime/manga out there. As for manga....sorry. i got hook ups with relatives in asia. don't know where else you can get it.

Danger cart

05-09-2005, 02:43 AM

Okay, so I just finished the Rurouni Kenshin manga and I need more damnit! Anyway, I know that there are two chapters after the last one.
I think ones about Yahiko, and another about Kenshin and Kaoru. I'm not too sure. I've also heard that they were called the "Kenshin Kaden".

I've looked all around, and I can't seem to find a place to download them. Directmanga.com doesn't have it, and even if they did, thier servers would probably be down anyway -_-. So can anyone help me out here?

P.S.
Btw, I know there's another Kenshin thread up, but it's seems like it's more about the anime, so I started my own. Mods are free to do with this thread as they like.

Vodrake

05-09-2005, 03:38 AM

I've found something under the name Kenshin Kaden. However the artwork looks slightly different so i'm not too sure if it's fan art or real. And it's only six pages long...
Anyway, you can find it here:
http://www.united-kenshin.de/v2/index.php?uk=infosector/kaden.php

Danger cart

05-09-2005, 03:46 AM

Yeah, that's one of them. Thank you! They're real btw.

I'll keep looking for the Yahiko one.

Vodrake

05-09-2005, 03:52 AM

Yay. Found it!:
http://kenshin.gamesurf.it/index.php?lan=en&pg=63

Danger cart

05-09-2005, 12:47 PM

W00t!
Thanks Vodrake, I'll rep you again once I spread some more around. Thanks again!

Kepa

05-09-2005, 01:02 PM

yup....ckmoney's IRC bot had it ;)...
but those are the ones

but even after reading those, I craved for more :(

Yak

05-09-2005, 01:13 PM

yeah, I have the Kenshin Kaden at home and it`s sooo sad we don`t get more Kenshin stuff. *sniff*

ghostgal

05-09-2005, 05:12 PM

Kenshin sure was great, thousands of fan sites with lotsa mp3... oh memories....

Rk was the first manga I read, A loooong time agoo.. So cool people still read it ** loved it... Yeah....

ItachiUchihaAnbu

06-23-2005, 11:17 PM

Self-explanatory. Ruroken/SAmurai X

ninjutsumaster101

06-24-2005, 05:00 AM

Great manga. Love the character design and story. also...is this post's purpose to talk about it or what?

CABLE

06-24-2005, 11:51 AM

Rurouni Kenshin is truly a masterpiece i really would have liked to see one more arc though. Yes it is amazing with only 2 but at least 3. It would probably have to be somewhere between the Jinchuu and Kyoto arc tho.

TenshiOni

06-24-2005, 11:58 AM

Merged two threads.

On topic: Rurouni Kenshin is one of my favorite mangas of all time. I haven't even finished it (I follow Viz's translations which are very good) and I love it. It's in my top 5.

CABLE

06-24-2005, 12:02 PM

Lately, i've been watching rurouni kenshin from Cartoon Network.. I realized that it originated from the manga and tried to look for it online. Anybody know where i can get rurouni kenshin manga?

P.S. - am i the only person who say Rurouni Kenshin is one the THE BEST MANGAS out there?

write what you think about this manga please

GET THE MANGA HERE,in my sig, click on CLICK ME, the Click On My Rurouni Kenshin Fanclub Banner!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Geji Mayu

07-08-2005, 02:09 PM

Download it online. That is the only way to enjoy Kenshin. DO NOT watch it on Cartoon Network. DO NOT read Shonen Jump. If you do, you will NEVER enjoy the awesomeness that is Enishi and the Jinchuu Arc.

Kucheeky Badkuya

07-08-2005, 02:14 PM

Enishi pwns. All said.

Code

07-08-2005, 02:36 PM

Arcanis

07-08-2005, 05:17 PM

I just finished reading the manga about two weeks ago... Took me a few months to read the first 9 volumes then read the last 19 in a day ...

Manga was good. Ending was alright, wasn't too into the arc after the Kyoto one (the best arc in Kenshin IMO) aside from Sanosuke's little side story thing (which is better than Kyoto part IMO but it wasn't long enough...).
I think everyone thinks the Kyoto Arc is the best, then the Jinchuu Arc and then the Tokyo Arc...

What I like most about the last arc was that we got to see everyone go all out finally and we saw Kenshin's flashback and stuff. Definately better than the anime filler part...

Code

07-08-2005, 05:43 PM

Well not a big fan of Kenshin's character... Saitou, Sanosuke, Aoishi, etc... are much better characters... I prefer Shisio to Kenshin.... who is the best Rurouni Kenshin villian so far... I'm sure he would've killed Kenshin had the fight continiued....

And Enishi... I disliked him... he was a bit...

endgame

07-12-2005, 12:40 PM

And Enishi... I disliked him... he was a bit...

Psychotic? Pathetic? I disliked him too.

Rurouni Kenshin is one of my all-time favourite mangas, and the artist (Watsuki) is amazing.

Arcanis

07-12-2005, 11:41 PM

Who do you think are the top 10? To me...

1. Hiko (god)
2. Shishio
3. Enishi
4. Kenshin
5. Aoshi
6. Seta
7. Saitou
8. Sanosuke
9. The 4 Saint guys (Genbu, Suzaku...)
10. The blind guy

Chopstickx

07-13-2005, 01:54 AM

lol i just d/led the manga a couple of weeks ago. and i must say, manga>anime

//EDIT
i feel stupid now =\ i misunderstood him :oh

hjkou

07-14-2005, 04:49 AM

watch the subbed anime, the dubbing is sorta crap.
takes away kenshins characteristics :\

Deathblade

07-14-2005, 08:34 AM

Why do so many people hate Enishi? The way I see it, he's just devastated after his sister's death and therefore, seeks revenge.

I hate the dubbed version too.

Code

07-14-2005, 10:44 AM

Well he was annoying even before his sister's death... Looked like a rat I'd love to squish. Afterwards he just became even more annoying... he should tone down on his craziness even a little bit. And also pick less annoying people to carry out his little "jinchuu."

CABLE

07-15-2005, 02:01 AM

Arcanis, you mean the strongest characters right? for me its

1. Hiko(would i make my username based on him if he wasn't?)
2. Kenshin
3. Enishi
4. Shishio
5. Soujiro
6. Saitou
7. Aoshi
8. Usui
9. Sanosuke w/ Zanbatou(its hard to rank Sano since 90% of the time he fought bare fisted so we got to see little of his skill with the Zanbatou)
10. Fuji

Code

07-15-2005, 02:46 AM

I'd probably rank him like this maybe with a little bit of bias.

1. Hiko
2. Shishio
3. Kenshin / Saitou
4. Soujiro / Usui
5. Aoshi (not sure I might put him possibly higher but well...)
6. Sanosuke

I don't want to bother ranking Enishi... but I guess if I would I'd put him right below Kenshin.... There was the "no way this guy can be as strong as Shishio" comments about Enishi but then someone made a comment like "He has something different than Shishio"(I think) so he could possibly be mroe so especially in veiny mode... The fact is the Shishio fight was never concluded and well he fought against people one after another without any signs of wearing down(well maybe a little...) till well... but then they all came at him while injured. Though kenshin had his revival thing...

Kamendex

07-15-2005, 03:04 AM

Hiko Seijiro is a freakin beast.

Shishou

07-15-2005, 03:19 AM

Top 10...

1. Hiko (GOD)
2. Enishi
3. Kenshin
4. Shishio
5. Aoshi
6. Seta
7. Saitoh
8. Anji
9. Yahiko (older)
10. Fuji

How can someone hate Yukishiro Enishi? He is awesomeness. And he was definently stronger than Shishio. Can anyone here say, Nerves of Insanity?

BakaKage

07-15-2005, 03:30 AM

my favorite manga :D
the anime could've been way better if they did the Jinchuu arc instead of all the crap they put after. still one of my favorite anime though

CABLE

07-15-2005, 11:15 AM

I just reread Volume 14 and i realized how Saitou actually ripped off Usui's torso when he used the Zeroshiki and impaled him on the wall. damn that is awsome. If the Zeroshiki had enough power to rip Usui's torso off, if he had used it on Shishio, Shishio's helmet wouldn't do much good since something of that power would rip right through it. Too bad they censored that part in the RK anime by just having Usui's whole body impaled on the wall. another thing i didn't like about the censorship in the anime, is that alot of the blood was like seethrough so it didn't look like blood.

hjkou

07-18-2005, 12:38 AM

CABLE

07-18-2005, 02:04 AM

why is shishio being ranked above kenshin?
if kenshin wasnt using a reverse sword, his succession wouldve ripped him up when it hit his stomach :\?
not to mention before they fought kenshin had to get through aoshi and soujiro

if kenshin wasn't using the reverse blade, the first attack he landed on Shishio, the Ryu Tsui Sen he pulled would have cut down through his shoulder and cut him in half. Kenshin is a far superior swordsman to Shishio. Also Shishio uses gimmicky fire techniques and gloves with gunpowder, it isn't even his swordsman ship that makes him strong.

Kucheeky Badkuya

07-18-2005, 01:52 PM

if kenshin wasn't using the reverse blade, the first attack he landed on Shishio, the Ryu Tsui Sen he pulled would have cut down through his shoulder and cut him in half. Kenshin is a far superior swordsman to Shishio. Also Shishio uses gimmicky fire techniques and gloves with gunpowder, it isn't even his swordsman ship that makes him strong.

Shishio still owns though.

http://www.ayanamichan.com/humor/anime/shishio_disco.jpg

CABLE

07-18-2005, 09:05 PM

Shishio still owns though.

http://www.ayanamichan.com/humor/anime/shishio_disco.jpg

I can't doubt that.

http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/1139/rurounikenshinv17ch143page0986.jpg

Not getting to see that move connect was probably the biggest tragedy in all of RK.

Void

07-18-2005, 10:16 PM

Nice Shishio/Travolta pic :smile-big

I laughed hard when Shishio announced that he'll take over Hell before Kenshin arrives... Shishio's madness was off-the-scale, making him a very interesting character.

Deathblade

07-19-2005, 01:23 AM

I think Shishio only owns when he's doing the Travolta moves. Great pic.

CABLE

07-19-2005, 03:27 AM

Whoa i just realized something. Eichiro Oda, mangaka of One Piece was an assistant to Watsuki on RK. And Luffy's pirate flag with the skull and the straw hat design was originally on Gein's bomb. cool. ill post a pic later.

isanon

07-22-2005, 02:40 PM

yay 38hours left till complete dl (torrent) this better be worth it

CABLE

07-24-2005, 01:03 PM

yay 38hours left till complete dl (torrent) this better be worth it

if you got it off boxtorrents, when the font starts to change(you'll know what i mean its around volume 10), stop reading those cuz the quality decreases. I'd suggest just getting it off #lurk@irchighway.net

imchemist

07-26-2005, 03:34 AM

Best characters:
1. Kenshin
2. Hiko
3. Aoshi
4. Yumi
5. Shishio
6. Sanosuke
7. Soujiro

CABLE

07-26-2005, 07:56 PM

Noex

07-26-2005, 07:57 PM

uhm well i have all the eps but i haven´t seen them yet heheheh maybe i should ahhaha anyways the manga well havn´t rea it hahahah still maybe i should my friend says its soo cool but i will see :D

TenshiOni

07-27-2005, 05:04 AM

Merged all threads dealing with the romantic swordsman manga, Rurouni Kenshin! Carry on!

Nybarius

07-27-2005, 05:08 AM

I just read Sanosuke's side story in the Jinchuu arc and man did that kick ass. Sanosuke rules with a vengence. Too bad his brother and sister never find out Sano is their brother, that was sad cuz they just think hes dead now rather.

:nod: I love the fist-fight he gets into with his dad. There's something very thrilling about how he punches his dad out in their second fight. Also, the whole concept of coming home after being out on your own and finding that, suddenly, you've got to play the part of protector and provider for your family.

The dynamic between Sanouske and his pa is sort of similar to Ichigo and Ganju, except they're closer, obviously. Come to think of it, the "quarrelsome because extremely similar hotheads" is something of a manga stereotype, but I can't think of a place where it's been done better than RRK.

CABLE

07-27-2005, 07:27 PM

:nod: I love the fist-fight he gets into with his dad. There's something very thrilling about how he punches his dad out in their second fight. Also, the whole concept of coming home after being out on your own and finding that, suddenly, you've got to play the part of protector and provider for your family.

The dynamic between Sanouske and his pa is sort of similar to Ichigo and Ganju, except they're closer, obviously. Come to think of it, the "quarrelsome because extremely similar hotheads" is something of a manga stereotype, but I can't think of a place where it's been done better than RRK.

Ya thats seen quite often in manga, but it was still sad how Outa and Sano's sister never knew it was him, so we didn't get to see any kind of reunion unforunately. Also as far as his sis and Outa knew, Sano was dead. But if you think about it their dad probably told them later. Hell they should just make a spinoff manga of Sano about him traveling the world kicking ass and helping people. With Yahiko cuz hes cool. Ya Sano comes back to the dojo like when hes 25 so Yahiko would be like 16 and they go travel the world together kicking ass. That would rule so hard.

Nybarius

07-27-2005, 09:10 PM

Haha, maybe they could do it like "Once Upon a Time in China" part three and have them travel America, kicking the crap out of cowboys, Indians, and other hokey slices of Americana. Stuck in the Alamo or what have you. Also, Sanouske should sport a five o' clock shadow throughout the whole thing as a result of becoming addicted to Western whiskey.

My only regret is that the Romantic Meiji era is a generation too late for a "What If?" story about Yahiko and Sanouske saving Santa Anna's tush at the Alamo.

CABLE

07-28-2005, 07:37 PM

Code

07-28-2005, 09:25 PM

I just read Sanosuke's side story in the Jinchuu arc and man did that kick ass. Sanosuke rules with a vengence. Too bad his brother and sister never find out Sano is their brother, that was sad cuz they just think hes dead now rather.
Yeah. That was one of my favorite parts of the manga (.... Sanosuke is my favorite character by far....).

I was hoping that his sister would realize that he was her brother though. But liked the scen where his brother has the same symbol on his back after Sanosuke left(and kind of created a legend in his hometown when he left).

KunoichiTenten

11-12-2005, 11:04 PM

I like Rurouni Kenshin too ^_^ Except I haven't watched it in the longest time. My favorite characters were Misao and Kaoru....as a little girl, I liked girls who could defend themselves...they were both really cool. My brother introduced the anime to me when I was 5. But in Caracas they call it Samurai X. Sorry for not saying much ABOUT it, it's just been a long time, and I can't remember much...

Christen

11-15-2005, 03:26 AM

^^ Really brings back memories. I still love this one. Back then I had an unfinished fanfiction regarding Yahiko. Since Yahiko is now living at Sano's house, he left at one time to just discover what he can (call it a training period). It happens during the time skip ^^.

Apparently, I intended him to meet with Soujirou later. ^^

Kaki

11-16-2005, 11:45 PM

What dose Shishio have to say about himself.....
I have more than a month on downloading the anime.....

BladeofTheChad

12-28-2005, 01:16 AM

I finally read the end of RK...it was...ok in my opinion, I loved it, but it just left a bad feeling in my stomach....hard to explain...I just feel that Aoshi was supposed to smile, like promised in kyoto Arc, also, I feel that enishi got the shaft...he should have kiled kenshin, that was the only way, to me, thathe could go on with his life...meh...

Yondy

05-14-2006, 02:57 PM

Bump.

The art in this manga is truly spectactular. And the speed lines are awesome....lol.

BakaKage

05-14-2006, 04:10 PM

Watsuki is still by far my favorite Manga-ka, his art is just top notch.

Sura Uchiha

05-14-2006, 04:13 PM

I have no idea....

WARLOCK_L

05-14-2006, 04:17 PM

RK is just one of the best shonen mangas ever created, period.

Ian Altano

05-14-2006, 04:46 PM

yeah, Rurouni Kenshin is a great manga/anime!!

my fave episodes where the kenshin/aoshi and kenshin/soujiro fights

top 5 characters:

1. kenshin (duh)
2. aoshi
3. soujiro
4. hiko
5. captain sagara (sano's former captain, don't know why, just love the guy. maybe because i'm a look-alike?)

Ian

TenshiOni

05-14-2006, 04:48 PM

Rurouni Kenshin is Shounen manga perfection.

Megaharrison

05-16-2006, 06:40 PM

Rurouni Kenshin is Shounen manga perfection.

Agreed...Though I should make this post more constructive by posting my top 10 favorite characters or something.

1.)Shishio (my favorite villain of any manga or anime)
2.)Enishi
3.)Soujiro
4.)Anji
5.)Saito
6.)Aoshi
7.)Cho
8.)Sanosuke
9.)Gein
10.)Kamitari

Blood Dawn

05-16-2006, 07:08 PM

Anyway I can directly download it?

Nuriel

05-19-2006, 02:01 AM

I loved Rurouni Kenshin. It was a great series. This was one series that I liked enough to pick up the english version of the graphic novels. Volume 27 was just released this month.

orochiyagami

06-06-2006, 02:32 PM

You could go out and buy it since it is almost done but who wants to spend money.

Toboe LoneWolf

06-07-2006, 12:13 AM

You can read translations of it here:
http://www.maigo-chan.org/ruroken.htm

Anemone

06-07-2006, 12:16 AM

the Rurouni Kenshin manga is GREAT! It's my second favorite anime :nod

underdogdlx

06-07-2006, 12:22 AM

ah yes, RK is amazing. definetly up there on my fav.s list.
did you know they're making a ps2 game for RK?
http://www.banpresto-game.com/rurouni/index2.html
is the official site, and it sounds like they're using the japanese VAs as well smile-big

and here's another pic that i'm too lazy to host, so here's a link:
http://forums.megatokyo.com/index.php?showtopic=1713020

anburokudaime

06-07-2006, 01:07 AM

rurouni kenshin? what is this that you speak of?... j/k rurouken is probably THE best manga/anime series in the world.

BandanaDan

06-07-2006, 08:53 AM

What's the mangaka doing these day since Rurouni Kenshin? Any good manga that lives up to it? :\

Yak

06-07-2006, 09:22 AM

What's the mangaka doing these day since Rurouni Kenshin? Any good manga that lives up to it? :\

The last thing I heared about Watsuki was doing a manga called Gun Blaze West. But it sucked terribly and they stopped publishing it after the third volume. But that's a while ago already, I don't know what he is doing now.

Freija

06-07-2006, 09:47 AM

The last thing I heared about Watsuki was doing a manga called Gun Blaze West. But it sucked terribly and they stopped publishing it after the third volume. But that's a while ago already, I don't know what he is doing now.
last i heard of him he did some character designs for a game....

Bisuke

06-07-2006, 09:59 AM

underdogdlx

06-07-2006, 03:12 PM

Scorpio3.14

06-07-2006, 09:29 PM

What's the mangaka doing these day since Rurouni Kenshin? Any good manga that lives up to it? :\

Last manga he did that I know of is Buso Renkin which just finished last year and is being adapted into an anime that is supose to start airing in August of this year or something. Ive read the first volume or so of the manga so far and while its pretty good, its no Rurouni Kenshin IMO. I will definatly be checking out the anime when it comes out though :amuse

Hat Hair

06-07-2006, 09:57 PM

RK is one of the best anime series (oh and the manga series) I've seen.

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just too bad the artist seems to be idle these days. but as U_I_ said...he's really making character designs??:omg

but for what game??

Samurai Showdown/Spirits V, though that was about three years ago. There's also a Shinsengumi video game that came out two years ago... While nothing he's done post-Kenshin quite compares, I actually like Buso Renkin (and Meteor Strike Kid before); Gun Blaze West I really tried to like, but I can see why it was cancelled.

Athrum

06-08-2006, 10:37 AM

Buso Renkin will be released by Viz i thik.

JediJaina

07-05-2006, 07:34 PM

I asked this in another RK thread, but is anyone going to San Diego Comic Con the last weekend of this month? There's a contest to get Watsuki's autograph:

http://www.shonenjump.com/watsukiautograph/

Oh is anyone going to get the novel? The story is actually in the Tales of the Meiji arc of the anime.

http://www.akadot.com/article.php?a=580

kakashirules

07-24-2006, 11:13 AM

:mad
I got in trouble for looking at rurouken manga yesterday. who agrees that it shouldn't be t+?!!?

DeepThought

07-24-2006, 11:18 AM

Who did you get in trouble with? A Librarian? Your parents? Either way... I find myself indifferent to your plight.

kakashirules

07-24-2006, 11:26 AM

my dad. he is waaaaayyyy too strict at times.

Hokage Naruto

07-24-2006, 11:30 AM

There is blood/mild language in Rurouni Kenshin that fits a teen rating. The world isn't revolving around you in that they'll lower the rating for the manga to fit you. If you knew you'd be caught, you should've been much safer.

sephirous

12-16-2006, 08:18 PM

Oh, man, the Anime/Manga of Rurouni Kenshin is uber. I'm on Volume13 (I think, I haven't read it in ages). I bought the first season of the Anime as well.

The Manga is exeptionally well-written, and it never seems to get dull. The Anime is also good, but I do have one negative thing to say about the first season of the Anime:

(Remember FIRST season). In the first season, about the last half of the episodes are PURE fillers, which really disappointed me. The first half basically did justice to the Manga, but the last half was a sloppily, thrown-together, mess of an Anime. The dubbing was alright (Especially Sano, squee!). Yahiko does kind of sound like a girl, :lmao but aside from that, the Anime is pretty good.

By any chance, is this Thread a FanClub, because I am looking to join a Rurouni Kenshin FanClub, but I searched and didn't see any earlier. Nice talking with you guys, and take care. ^^

sephirous

12-16-2006, 08:26 PM

I got in trouble for looking at rurouken manga yesterday. who agrees that it shouldn't be t+?!!?

Uh-uh, no way. It's rated T+ for a reason. If you get caught and get in trouble for reading it, you are probably too young to read it in the first place. Nobuhiro Watsuki (w/e his name is xD) isn't going to change the rating for one person. Okay, fine, there are probably about... hmm... 400 people in the world who agree with you, but that's still an insignificant amount for him to change the entire rating. Oh, and he doesn't set the rating; Viz (or whoever publishes the Manga) sets the rating. THEY judge it by its content, not the writer. In other words, unless he, Nobuhiro Watsuki, totally rewrites the story, the rating isn't going to change. ;P

Rori

12-16-2006, 08:51 PM

Gahhh, I love this manga to death. I always wandered what the hype was about, and after I finished reading/watching it, it sky rocketed to one of my top faves ever.

At first, I watched the anime to ep 63, where fillers start, and well the anime got cancelled around the 90s and there was no way for the canon eps to pick up, so I started to read the manga.

Honestly, the Enishi arc is beautiful.

I didn't quite like the characters much; the 6? that were on Enishis side. But the battles were brilliant. Yahikos, Sanos, and when Saito just suddenly returned. Well you were ready for it, but wow.

But after that, Kaorus 'death' brought me to tears. I truly didn't think she'd die, and Kenshin would get to her in time. So it was a huge shock. And after that, Kenshin just giving up all hope, to wallow away for the rest of his life. He even chained up his sword.

And then, thanks to Aoshi we found out that she wasn't actually dead; that also had me crying, and I was fucking ecstatic at the time because it mean Kaoru was alive.

Then it took, probably, most of everyones combined efforts to bring Kenshin back from his living hell; if you could word it. Even Sano punched him in the face as his bye because he was fucked off that Kenshin wasn't doing anything. But thanks to Yahikos fight and Tsubame running into -Icantrememberwhattheplaceiscalled- all by herself to shout in Kenshins face to go and help Yahiko fight.

But it was mostly, and I can't remember again, the scent of that perfume or whatever it was, which is supposed to do something to the heart, and he finally decided that he shouldn't just give up.

And it was the best ever when they went to get Kaoru back, and Enishi didn't kill Kenshin in the end, also protecting Kaoru, everybody's goodbye, and little Kenji. XD

The ending was absolutely brilliant itself. I swear this manga will always be a fave.

TheBreakingWheel

01-01-2007, 08:19 PM

Rurouni Kenshin is so far a great manga/anime in my opinion, but it's sad they don't write the Jinchuu Arc in the animes.

TheBreakingWheel

01-01-2007, 08:20 PM

Rurouni Kenshin is so far a great manga/anime in my opinion, but it's sad they don't write the Jinchuu Arc in the animes.

WhiteCherryBlossom

01-03-2007, 07:12 PM

Rurouni Kenshin is a great manga!
The anime is also very well done, except for around the ending, but I can live with that.

The thing that gets me is how historically accurate this manga is.

Let me tell you a few things...

-The revolution everyone speaks of is actually the period right before the decline of the tokugawa era.
-The Meiji government did in fact exist, and the ideals it had were the same.
-Sanosuke is a fictional character, however, the group he belonged to in the revolution (Sekihoutai), was in fact real. And the things they did, which spread the word of the government they did in fact do. However, the government no longer needed them, and killed them all off, just like it was portrayed in the manga.
-The Shinsengumi was a real squad.
-Saito, the leader of the 3rd squad, in a real character that existed. That he was. And the Gatotsu, although not the same, resembles a similar thrust attack that was unique to the shinsengumi.
-The burning of Kyoto was planned, but failed, just as shown in the manga.
-The Oniwaban group did exist, but mainly for the purpose of spying in countries such as the USA.
-The Ishin government exsisted in the tokugawa period, thats the government Kenshin worked for.
-The christian religion was persecuted and wiped out back in the tokugawa era, which they show in the manga as well, by shown in the past.

So, as you can see, this manga is quite well done! That it is. And I find it quite interesting that the events that occured actually did happen!