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Type
Manga
Volumes
28
Chapters
259
Status
Completed
Published
1994-04-12 to 1999-09-21
Genres
Action
Drama
Historical
Samurai
Shounen
Serializations
Shounen Jump (Weekly)
Authors
Nobuhiro Watsuki (Story & Art)
Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan
Ten years have passed since the end of Bakumatsu, an era of war that saw the uprising of citizens against the Tokugawa shogunate. The revolutionaries wanted to create a time of peace, and a thriving country free from oppression. The new age of Meiji has come, but peace has not yet been achieved. Swords are banned but people are still murdered in the streets. Orphans of war veterans are left with nowhere to go, while the government seems content to just line their pockets with money. One wandering samurai, Kenshin Himura, still works to make sure the values he fought for are worth the lives spent to bring about the new era. Once known as Hitokiri Battousai, he was feared as the most ruthless killer of all the revolutionaries. Now haunted by guilt, Kenshin has sworn never to kill again in atonement for the lives he took, and he may never know peace until killing is a thing of the past. Now in the 11th year of Meiji, Kenshin stumbles upon Kaoru Kamiya, owner and head instructor of a small dojo being threatened to close its doors. The police force is powerless to stop the string of murders done in the name of her dojo by a man claiming to be the famous Battousai. Kenshin's wanderings pause for now as he joins Kaoru to clear both their names. But how long can he stay before his past catches up to him? [Written by MAL Rewrite] Included one-shot: Volume 28: Meteor Strike
Related
Characters
Kenshin Himura
Main
Sanosuke Sagara
Main
Kaoru Kamiya
Main
Yahiko Myoujin
Main
Hajime Saitou
Supporting
Makoto Shishio
Supporting
Soujirou Seta
Supporting
Seijuurou Hiko
Supporting
Aoshi Shinomori
Supporting
Tomoe Yukishiro
Supporting
Misao Makimachi
Supporting
Megumi Takani
Supporting