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The chapters of the Rurouni Kenshin were written and illustrated by Nobuhiro Watsuki. The first chapter of Rurouni Kenshin premiered in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump in 1994 and the series ran in the magazine until 1999. The story takes place during the early Meiji period in Japan and follows a fictional assassin named Himura Kenshin, formerly known as the "Hitokiri Battōsai (人斬り抜刀斎?), who becomes a wanderer to protect the people of Japan.
The 255 individual chapters known as "Acts", as well as a few one-shots authored by Watsuki were collected and published in 28 tankōbon volumes by Shueisha. You can read these tankōbon volumes in order by following the list below.
(剣心·緋村抜刀斎?)
(流浪人·街へ行く "Rurōni Machi e Iku"?)
(東京府士族·明神弥彦 "Tōkyō-fu Shizoku: Myōjin Yahiko"?)
(活心流·再始動 "Kasshin-ryū: Saishidō"?)
(喧嘩の男 "Kenka no Otoko"?)
(対決·相楽左之助 "Taiketsu: Sagara Sanosuke"?)
(特別編① るろうに-明治剣客浪漫譚- Tokubetsuhen 1: "Rurōni -Meiji Kenkaku Romantan-"?)
Tankōbon - No.2
The Two Hitokiri Hitokiri Futari (人斬りふたり)
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Tankōbon - No.3
A Reason to Act Ugoku Wake (動く理由)
(恵、観柳そして･･･ "Megumi, Kanryū soshite..."?)
(御庭番強襲 "O-niwaban Kyōshū"?)
(剣心組奮迅 "Kenshin-gumi Funjin"?)
(会津の娘 "Aidzu no Musume"?)
(動く理由 "Ugoku Wake"?)
(疾風怒濤 "Shippū Dotō"?)
(観柳邸突入 "Kanryūtei Totsunyū"?)
(特別編② るろうに-明治剣客浪漫譚- Tokubetsuhen 2: "Rurōni -Meiji Kenkaku Romantan-"?)
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Vol 1-10 mangadownloads.cjb.net, |
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Volumes: |
28 |
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Chapters: |
255 |
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Vol 1-10 and 16-28 high quality, |
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Year: |
1994-1999 |
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Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Historical, Romance, Shounen, Swordplay |
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Mangaka: |
Nobuhiro Watsuki |
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Shounen Jump |
During the violent era known as the Bakumatsu, there was an Ishin assassin known only as the Hitokiri Battousai, whose skill and brutality became near legendary in the age of Restoration he helped to build. However, as the time of fighting drew to a close, he vanished without a trace, only to resurface eleven years later as a wandering swordsman, Himura Kenshin.
Now staying at a kenjutsu dojo maintained by a fiery-tempered woman named Kamiya Kaoru, and surrounded by newfound friends like the streetfighter Sagara Sanosuke, ex-samurai's son Myoujin Yahiko, and the shrewd doctor Takani Megumi, he seeks to carry out his vow to protect the weak without killing in order to atone for the lives he's taken. It's not long, though, before this vow is put to the test, and the shadows of his past return to haunt him and everyone he holds dear.
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Three Manga Specials
The e-book below contains 3 manga special releases related to the Rurouni Kenshin series; 'Meteor-Strike, HARU NI SAKURA (Cherry Blossoms in the Spring), Yahiko no Sakabatō (弥彦の逆刃刀, "Yahiko's Reversed-Edge Sword")
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(Cherry Blossoms in the Spring) is a six-page full colored story that takes place in the spring of the 16th year of Meiji Era (1883). It is published in Kenshin Kaden art book (Shueisha 1999, ISBN 4-08-782037-8, 160 pages).
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Meteor Strike (メテオ ストライク Meteo Sutoraiku?) is a one-shot written for a Shōnen Jump artist competition. It chronicles the what-if adventures of a young boy who is struck in the head by a meteor and gains superhuman powers, eventually saving his town from a nuclear disaster. It is enclosed in the twenty-eighth volume of Rurouni Kenshin.
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Yahiko no Sakabatō (弥彦の逆刃刀, "Yahiko's Reversed-Edge Sword") is also set in the Rurouni Kenshin universe, five years after the conclusion of the main story. Myōjin Yahiko must save the daughter of a dojo master from an old foe. It was included in the twenty second Rurouni Kenshin kanzenban volume, in the twenty eighth volume of the European release of Rurouni Kenshin and in the ninth volume of North American's wide-ban edition of Rurouni Kenshin.
The rest of the Rurouni Kenshin series can be read to the left of the e-book. ^-^
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The Rurouni Kenshin anime is the adaptation of the manga series with the same name by Nobuhiro Watsuki. Situated during the early Meiji period in Japan, the story tells about a fictional assassin named Kenshin Himura, who becomes a wanderer to protect the people of Japan.
The anime, directed by Kazuhiro Furuhashi, began airing on Japan's Fuji TV on January 10, 1996 and ended on September 8, 1998. It was produced by Aniplex and Fuji TV, and was animated from episode 1 to 70 by Studio Gallop, whereas the episodes from 70 onwards were animated by Studio Deen. The final episode, episode 95, did not air in Japan, but was a bonus episode for the VHS and DVD releases. The TV series was later licensed in North America by Media Blasters, who split it up into "seasons", and released on DVD. It started airing in the US on Cartoon Network as a part of the Toonami block on March 17, 2003, but ended at the completion of the "Season 2" (episode 62). Episodes 63-95 did not air, but were included in the DVD release. The twenty-two English DVDs from the series were released from July 18, 2000 to September 24, 2002. Each of them contain four episodes except for the volume 22 which contains five episodes. The "seasons" were later released in three premium "Bento box" DVD boxes on November 18, 2003, March 30, 2004 and July 27, 2004. They were released again, but in new packaging as "economy box" sets on November 15, 2005, January 17, 2006 and February 14, 2006.
There were 95 episodes in the Rurouni Kenshin's TV series, but there are also two original video animation (OVA) series which have respectively four and two episodes. The first of them, Rurouni Kenshin: Trust & Betrayal was released in 1999 in Japan and in 2003 was collected into a two hour feature-length motion picture with new animated sequences and released in North America as a Director's Cut DVD. The second OVA is Rurouni Kenshin: Reflection, composed of two episodes that were originally released on December 12, 2001 in Japan. It was later released in the United States by ADV Films in DVD on March 25, 2003, while a Director's Cut edition was later released. Both OVAs were eventually released on Blu-ray Disc by Aniplex of America in 2011.
A series of two theatrical movies, retelling the story of the second arc/season, was announced in April 2011. Part 1 titled Rurouni Kenshin: Shin Kyoto-Hen Zenpen Homura no Ori ("Rurouni Kenshin: New Kyoto Arc Part I: Cage of Flames") premiered on December 17, 2011 and ran at Tokyo's Cinema Sunshine Ikebukuro theater and Osaka's Cine-Libre Umeda theater for one week only. It was released on DVD and Blu-ray on March 21, 2012.