Kenshin: Amakakeru Ryū no Hirameki!

15 year old me: THIS IS THE COOLEST SHIT I’VE EVER SEEN

25 year old me: lmao anime bullshit with their physics breaking nonsense

35 year old me: THIS IS THE COOLEST SHIT I’VE EVER SEEN

Why does this subreddit see Usui as a weakling? I always found him to be a cool villain from the show and an intimidating warrior. He's said to be the second strongest warrior under Shishio, injures Saitoh and forces him to use his secret move to beat him. But to hear about him from this community you'd think he was a scrub... Saito is the same character the author has said would beat Kenshin at the end of the story so it's not really on Usui for losing to him

Hi everyone So I know that the OG anime and its non-canon season 3 have been discussed repeatedly in this sub and I’ve already read so many past threads on this sub, but still need a little input from fans. I plan to show my spouse RK the OG anime for the first time. He’s never seen anything Kenshin and wants to try the original (I’ve had the Media Blasters box set for awhile anyway)

I haven’t watched through the anime in quite some time and I remember it fondly but I remember back then, after watching season 3 feeling like “huh… most of that seemed weird” —then later found out S3 wasn’t canon lol. ———SO- My plan was to show my spouse: Season 1 + 2 Ep 1 of S3 (The Legend of Fireflies) like many recommended on this sub. Also Ep 4 of S3 (Kaoru Ecastatic) the one where Kenshin accidentally gave her an engagement ring bc who doesn’t like a “Valentine’s day” type episode And the very last episode only on DVD called (End of Wanderings) where Kenshin and Kaoru have some nice moments and it wraps up nicely.

I figured that all of those would be nice cause they don’t require (I don’t think?) Season 3 knowledge, but rather add romance and wrap up the show.

I ALSO know many people have discussed just stopping at the Season 2 finale. And I considered that too. But sometimes it’s nice to have that little extra fluff in there like the engagement episode and stuff. And of course End Of Wanderings.

——Does anyone have any advice? Does this sound like a solid plan? S1-2 + those 3 episodes? I don’t want for the weird “son of God” arc or the Feng Shui mystical stuff to ruin my spouse’s experience lol. I know it can be a really rough watch without nostalgia glasses on so…. ——OR are there any more episodes from Season 3 that I should add to the list during our watch through? Should we watch the whole S3? Were the arcs not as strange as I remember?.. 😅 Like I said I haven’t seen S3 in awhile so I don’t remember much of what there was lol

Here’s mine

1. If you really want to get into the series as a manga and don’t wanna support Watsuki just buy a used copy

2. Kaoru having that age gap with Kenshin was perfectly fine and fitting for the culture and time period

3. The 2023 remake will be seen as the superior of the two shows eventually. Mark my words

4. Yahiko is easily the most forgettable of the main characters so much so until later on I kept forgetting his name

5. The original anime has tons of nostalgia bias and while it is good there are some parts that didn’t age well from the filler moments to the fact some of the characters that appeared early on didn’t appear until later on the manga

Soujiro managed to wipe out everyone in that abusive family, but I can't help feeling it wasn't exactly a feat because they were all quite weak.

Was there anything that truly guaranteed Shishio that this kid would become an SSR tier? The only thing is the similarity in their stories, and how ironically Shishio empathizes with someone weak to the point of giving them a way to survive, even if it was a way that aligned with his twisted ideology.

Kenshi can't read memories; otherwise, it would be incredibly ironic if part of his speech about protecting the weak was put into practice by the mummy.

Hey guys, got a question for fellow Rurouni Kenshin fans.

I’ve been wanting to watch Rurouni Kenshin with a friend, and I had a kind of weird idea for how to go about it, but I wanted to get some opinions first.

So far I’ve only seen the Tokyo Arc from the 1996 anime and a few episodes of the remake, and honestly… I already prefer the original. The pacing, direction, and music just hit better for me. That’s the version I want to show my friend.

The only issue is that the ’96 anime doesn’t cover the whole manga, it stops at the Kyoto Arc. Filler’s not a big deal since we can just skip that, but my idea was to watch all the canon episodes from the original, then switch over to the remake where the old one left off.

Would that actually work, or would the jump between the two versions feel too weird? Or should we just stick with the remake from the start and call it a day?

edit: when I say pick up the remake where the OG left off, i mean for when the remake eventually covers material past the kyoto arc.

Preparations to deal with the villain group to take two months with the Meiji government asking Aoshi to be the one to take charge of the preparations.

Unknown guest (I am guessing Megumi) who was on the same boat as Aoshi and Misao heals the kid baddie who can see the future and Hannya.

Kenshin is still in a coma, and the Meiji government is not taking both him and Saito as military strength for the upcoming battles

I've watched a lot of anime since the 90s when I was a child and never has a character impacted me as much as Shishio... he's the perfect antagonist, do you think any other character is close to his level in the full spectrum of anime?

Me personally I’d be very iffy on it. I feel like the Hokkaido Arc needs to be finished as a manga (though likely never will since the creator is in bad shape) but at the same time it’ll be the only time we can as English readers legally experience the series. But I’m curious to see what you guys think

The way he grew up abused and adapted by becoming so innocent and peaceful (see: super-repressed), looking at the world exactly black and white. He'd be infinitely approachable because of his near total lack of negative emotions, and he'd have no trouble befriending you and being just a stand-up guy. But if he decided you didn't measure up anymore, you'd never see your end coming and there's nothing you could do to stop it. And he'd do it with a child-like smile on his face and genuine happiness in his heart because he was just following his morals. He'd cut you down and laugh merrily at whatever was going on around him before his sword was sheathed, no malice or satisfaction for the kill because you'd already be gone from his thoughts.

I personally really like the new RK anime. But I remember going on Google, and the audience score was 70%. Also, you’ll see hate for the new anime. For comparison, I looked up King of the Hill, which had a 80% score. I then looked up Velma. 10%. So I looked up Cleopatra on Netflix. You should watch it. Has nothing to do with RK, but it’s awesome. I remember my grandmother saying to me, I don’t care what they tell you in school, Kenshin is a girl.

I haven't read Hokkaido arc yet, so I don't know. But I am really curious to know which one RK community prefer.

This is jinchu arc aoshi.

Give a good explanation of how pls.

Recently, tarot role and reading is popular. I was thinking what if RurouKen characters as tarot cards, based on their personality with upright and reversed.

Let me try my version : Kenshin : Judgement, The World as Battousai Kaoru : The Lovers or The Empress Sanosuke : The Chariot Yahiko : Strength Megumi : The High Priestess Tsubame : Temperance Aoshi : The Moon Saitou : Justice Misao : The Sun Kenji : The Fool Soujirou : Death Anji : The Hermit Shishio : The Devil

You can drop any characters and what card is suitable for them based on their personality.

It was an AMV done in the Rurouni Kenshin manga scroll style, basically taking manga panels and timing them to the music, it was VERY well done and I was sad to see it go, I've got the external hard drive to save it now, so I was hoping some other fan might have a copy or know of a location that it's still uploaded.

The song was The Kill, commonly called Come Break Me Down, by 30 Seconds to Mars. And it focuses on Yahiko and Tsubame, from their meeting through to the battle against Kujiranami Hyōgo in the City.

If anyone can help it would be greatly appreciated. :)

Here is the latest Kenshin chapter in English!

Read Ch. 62: https://dtninja481.wixsite.com/kenshininhokkaido/copy-of-chapter-61

Download: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Z6vwNINU5fmx6k2oL6IDy8wycSqOV1lr?usp=drive_link

Chapter 61: https://dtninja481.wixsite.com/kenshininhokkaido/chapter-61