| | |  | ACTION / ADVENTURE | Home » » » Rurouni Kenshin, Vol. 5 (VIZBIG Edition) | | | | | | | Description: | | One of the most popular manga series in the world now in an omnibus format. Packed with action, romance and historical intrigue, Rurouni Kenshin is one of the most beloved and popular manga series worldwide. | | | Product Details: | | | Author:
| Nobuhiro Watsuki | | Paperback:
| 210 pages | | Publisher:
| VIZ Media LLC | | Publication Date:
| March 17, 2009 | | Language:
| English | | ISBN:
| 142152077X | | Product Length:
| 8.64 inches | | Product Width:
| 5.78 inches | | Product Height:
| 1.49 inches | | Product Weight:
| 2.09 pounds | | Package Length:
| 8.4 inches | | Package Width:
| 5.8 inches | | Package Height:
| 1.6 inches | | Package Weight:
| 2.1 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 2 reviews |
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Great, affordable new re-releaseApr 04, 2009
By amazonstinks
NOTE: *I'm not actually reviewing the series, just the VizBig re-releases*
I've been buying every volume of this new re-release of the great manga series Rurouni Kenshin. Buying several volumes for $12-$18 each is much cheaper than almost 30 volumes for $8 or so each!
That being said, this is a very nice release. The "fake slipcover" is a nice touch, and the paper is printed on very good, heavy stock, which is quite a surprise judging from most collected manga (Del Rey's Tsubasa and xxxHolic Omnibuses being prime examples.) It's not simply just three volumes stacked on top of each other and rebound (again, like the Tsubasa and xxxHolic ones,) it actually puts a combined cast of characters in the front, all the chapters in the middle, and full-color textless covers (a great, great feature) and author's comments at the end. In addition, it contains one (or occasionally 2) full-colored chapters. These look simply glorious. It's almost kinda mean, because after experiencing one of the full-color chapters, all of the other black and white ones feel so dull.
Overall, I highly reccomend the entire VizBig series of re-releases (which only include Rurouni Kenshin, DragonBall, DragonBall Z, Fushigi Yugi, and Hot Gimmick at the moment.)
The battle beginsApr 17, 2012
By Pandra Selivanov
Warning: SPOILERS!!!!
This is the volume that opens the battle with Shishio on Mount Hiei and takes the reader up to Kenshin's fight with Seta Sojiro. There's some comedy in the beginning when the people at the Aoiya see Sanosuke for the first time and don't believe he's Kenshin's friend, and a nice interlude the night before Sanosuke, Kenshin, and Saito leave for Mount Hiei. Kenshin tries to spend some quiet time on the roof of the inn, only to be joined by all his friends, and it's good to see all the people, both present and in his memory, who are behind him. The volume covers Sanosuke's battle with Anji, Saito's sword fight with Usui, and Kenshin's challenge to Aoshi. There's a light touch when Shishio's girlfriend refuses to guide Kenshin's group farther into the maze and Sanosuke picks her up and carries her, and a really funny moment when Kenshin thinks he hears Kaoru's voice and Sanosuke and Yumi both feel his forehead to check for a fever. The volume ends in the middle of the fight between Kenshin and Sojiro.
As always, the edition is big, with lots of room for the beautiful artwork, a complete cast of characters in the beginning, and a full table of contents. There are two full-color chapters. The first is in the beginning of the book and is just a few pages dealing with Kenshin's return to the Aoiya. The second details the ultimate confrontation between Saito and Usui, and it is spectacular. Lots of secret life of characters and musings by Watsuki, a glossary at the end with more terms of the Meiji Restoration, and a section on religious belief in Japan.
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