| | |  | ACTION / ADVENTURE | Home » » » Rurouni Kenshin, Vol. 19 | | | | | | | Product Promotions: | | | | | Description: | | Packed with action, romance and historical intrigue, Rurouni Kenshin is one of the most beloved and popular manga series worldwide. Set against the backdrop of the Meiji Restoration, it tells the saga of Himura Kenshin, once an assassin of ferocious power, now a humble rurouni, a wandering swordsman fighting to protect the honor of those in need. A hundred and fifty years ago in Kyoto, amid the flames of revolution, there arose a warrior, an assassin of such ferocious power he was given the title Hitokiri: Manslayer. With his bloodstained blade, Hitokiri Battosai helped close the turbulent Bakumatsu period and end the reign of the shoguns, slashing open the way toward the progressive Meiji Era. Then he vanished, and with the flow of years became legend. In the 11th year of Meiji, in the middle of Tokyo, the tale begins. Himura Kenshin, a humble rurouni, or wandering swordsman, comes to the aid of Kamiya Kaoru, a young woman struggling to defend her father's school of swordsmanship against attacks by the infamous Hitokiri Battosai. But neither Kenshin nor Battosai are quite what they seem... | | | Product Details: | | | Author:
| Nobuhiro Watsuki | | Paperback:
| 192 pages | | Publisher:
| VIZ Media LLC | | Publication Date:
| October 10, 2005 | | Language:
| English | | ISBN:
| 1591169275 | | Product Length:
| 7.5 inches | | Product Width:
| 5.2 inches | | Product Height:
| 0.63 inches | | Product Weight:
| 0.41 pounds | | Package Length:
| 7.4 inches | | Package Width:
| 5.0 inches | | Package Height:
| 0.9 inches | | Package Weight:
| 0.4 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 1 reviews |
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"Story of the Pain That Carved This Crossed Shaped Scar..."Dec 04, 2005
By C. Gordon
"Rabbitskeeper"
THE volume that highlights Kenshin when he was the infamous Hitokiri Battousai and reveals how he obtained his crossed shaped scar.
The fights from the previous volume conclude as Sano dukes it out with Banjin and Kenshin is weaken by Hyoko.Afterwards,Kenshin comes face to face with the Man behind the attacks,Enishi Yukishiro,brother to Kenshin's "Wife" and is told he and his fellow comrades will begin "Jin-Chu"(A form of personal judgement/revenge if you will) in 10 Days.Wanting to protect Kaoru and all the others at the Kamiya Dojo,Kenshin tells how he began his life as a Hitokiri(Assassin) and how he met Tomoe Yukishiro,the woman who would change his life forever.
For anyone who has seen the first Rurouni Kenshin OAV(Video Series),this is almost a complete translation of the same story,minus the moments with Kenshin's Master,Hiko Seijiro and fewer references to Saito,Okita or the Shinsengumi.However,there are still some ackward moments thanks to Nobuhiro Watsuki's writing which pervents this version from becoming too dark and moody.
This is the first part in a story arc which spans three volume and it only gets better and more personal.So, pick it up,because the real beginning of the end is coming soon.Highly Recommanded.
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