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merylsilverburg · Mar 22nd, 2002, 04:02 PM

Aaaahhh! Rurouni Kenshin is my favorite anime!! This series is so good. The reason why I think this series is so incredibly popular is because of the whole conflict with the main character, Himura, Kenshin and his Hitokiri Battousai as well as the adventures and fights that takes place. Well, I don't want to spoil anything for you if you haven't read it or seen it, but basically Kenshin is a wanderer who is a pacifist; he doesn't want to kill in order to atone for his sins that he caused in his past. He is the legendary "manslayer" and people recognize him for the cross scar he has on his left cheek. He carries a sakabato, which is a reverse-bladed sword so he won't kill anyone if he has to be in a fight. His fighting style consists of the Hiten Mitsurugi-ryu and later on in the series, he learns new moves from his master, Hiko. This series has tons of action, humor, and even drama sometimes. Plus, Kenshin is such a well designed character, who can go from being ultra cute and calm and say his "Oro" to being serious and powerful. This series is separated into three arcs: The Tokyo Arc, the Kyoto Arc, and the "Peaceful" Arc. The Tokyo Arc gives a basic introduction to the characters and the past, the Kyoto Arc is the best, however, because that's with the most fight scenes and it's actually Kenshin going back to Kyoto where he "left" his past, in order to fight against Shishio-sama. The "Peaceful" Arc is, to me, quite dull and boring, but by then, you've already seen the entire series, so you have to see the last arc. This arc is more peaceful with slight confrontations against some enemies and so on. There are 94 episodes, but there's a secret last episode which makes it 95. The last episode you'll have to get on your own because it doesn't come with the series. The OVA is terrific too, but I have to warn you: It's incredibly dramatic because this tells about Kenshin's past and why he became a wanderer. Even though the TV Series came out first, I suggest you see the OVA then the TV, so that way, you know about Kenshin's past and won't be wondering why he became a rurouni. Now, if you get the entire manga set, there is an extra Arc in the manga that never made it to the TV. I won't spoil it for you, but the extra Arc is supposed to come after the "Peaceful" Arc, but since during that time, when the TV Series came out, no one knew about the OVA, so they planned not to put it in. Plus, Watsuki, Nobuhiro, the mangaka, finally finished this series in 2000, so he added the extra Arc along with the OVA story in the manga. I hope this didn't confuse you, it's really quite confusing, but it makes more sense if you've seen the anime. Also, right now, just released, there is a new OVA 2! It's the continuation of the previous OVA "Tsuikoku-hen". This new OVA is called "Seisou-hen" and it's the finalization of the ENTIRE series. This is the absolute ending of Rurouni Kenshin, because by now, everyone should've read the manga, seen the series and OVA, so that's why they made it. Whew.....that should be it. I highly suggest you get the SUBTITLED or get the DVD with billingual languages. That way, it feels more "authentic". Any other questions, you can ask me, or anyone else on here who's a fan.

Oro?

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Mar 22nd, 2002, 04:02 PM	#2
merylsilverburg Enemy or Ally? Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 4,023	Aaaahhh! Rurouni Kenshin is my favorite anime!! This series is so good. The reason why I think this series is so incredibly popular is because of the whole conflict with the main character, Himura, Kenshin and his Hitokiri Battousai as well as the adventures and fights that takes place. Well, I don't want to spoil anything for you if you haven't read it or seen it, but basically Kenshin is a wanderer who is a pacifist; he doesn't want to kill in order to atone for his sins that he caused in his past. He is the legendary "manslayer" and people recognize him for the cross scar he has on his left cheek. He carries a sakabato, which is a reverse-bladed sword so he won't kill anyone if he has to be in a fight. His fighting style consists of the Hiten Mitsurugi-ryu and later on in the series, he learns new moves from his master, Hiko. This series has tons of action, humor, and even drama sometimes. Plus, Kenshin is such a well designed character, who can go from being ultra cute and calm and say his "Oro" to being serious and powerful. This series is separated into three arcs: The Tokyo Arc, the Kyoto Arc, and the "Peaceful" Arc. The Tokyo Arc gives a basic introduction to the characters and the past, the Kyoto Arc is the best, however, because that's with the most fight scenes and it's actually Kenshin going back to Kyoto where he "left" his past, in order to fight against Shishio-sama. The "Peaceful" Arc is, to me, quite dull and boring, but by then, you've already seen the entire series, so you have to see the last arc. This arc is more peaceful with slight confrontations against some enemies and so on. There are 94 episodes, but there's a secret last episode which makes it 95. The last episode you'll have to get on your own because it doesn't come with the series. The OVA is terrific too, but I have to warn you: It's incredibly dramatic because this tells about Kenshin's past and why he became a wanderer. Even though the TV Series came out first, I suggest you see the OVA then the TV, so that way, you know about Kenshin's past and won't be wondering why he became a rurouni. Now, if you get the entire manga set, there is an extra Arc in the manga that never made it to the TV. I won't spoil it for you, but the extra Arc is supposed to come after the "Peaceful" Arc, but since during that time, when the TV Series came out, no one knew about the OVA, so they planned not to put it in. Plus, Watsuki, Nobuhiro, the mangaka, finally finished this series in 2000, so he added the extra Arc along with the OVA story in the manga. I hope this didn't confuse you, it's really quite confusing, but it makes more sense if you've seen the anime. Also, right now, just released, there is a new OVA 2! It's the continuation of the previous OVA "Tsuikoku-hen". This new OVA is called "Seisou-hen" and it's the finalization of the ENTIRE series. This is the absolute ending of Rurouni Kenshin, because by now, everyone should've read the manga, seen the series and OVA, so that's why they made it. Whew.....that should be it. I highly suggest you get the SUBTITLED or get the DVD with billingual languages. That way, it feels more "authentic". Any other questions, you can ask me, or anyone else on here who's a fan. Oro?