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Rurouni Kenshin

Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan · るろうに剣心 -明治剣客浪漫譚-

Manga · 1994 · 259 chapters · finished

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By Nobuhiro Watsuki

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Synopsis

One hundred and forty years ago in Kyoto, with the coming of the American "Black Ships," there arose a warrior who, felling men with his bloodstained blade, gained the name Hitokiri, manslayer! His killer blade helped close the turbulent Bakumatsu era and slashed open the progressive age known as Meiji. Then he vanished, and with the flow of years, became legend.

(Source: VIZ Media)

Included one-shots:

Volume 1: Rurōni -Meiji Kenkaku Romantan- (second one-shot for the series, which Watsuki calls a "side-story")

Volume 3: Rurōni -Meiji Kenkaku Romantan- (first one-shot for the series, which Watsuki calls the "pilot")

Volume 6: Sengoku no Mikazuki (Nobuhiro Watsuki's debut one-shot)

Volume 28: Meteor Strike

Characters

Kenshin HimuraKenshin HimuraMain
Sanosuke SagaraSanosuke SagaraMain
Kaoru KamiyaKaoru KamiyaMain
Yahiko MyojinYahiko MyojinMain
Makoto ShishioMakoto ShishioSupporting
Hajime SaitoHajime SaitoSupporting
Aoshi ShinomoriAoshi ShinomoriSupporting
Tomoe YukishiroTomoe YukishiroSupporting
Sojiro SetaSojiro SetaSupporting
Seijuro HikoSeijuro HikoSupporting
Megumi TakaniMegumi TakaniSupporting
Misao MakimachiMisao MakimachiSupporting

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SwordplayHistoricalSamuraiShounenHeterosexualMale ProtagonistMartial ArtsNinja