History Manga / RurouniKenshin

* WhatIf: The series serves as ''sort of'' a historical one: What if, instead of going to prison and getting executed, Himura Kenshin [[note]]AKA Kawakami Gensai[[/note]] began to wander Japan after the Bakumatsu to try and atone for all the death he caused? And what if he eventually had to face down his past, personified in [[AxCrazy Udo Jin-E]] [[note]]Okada Izo[[/note]], [[NotSoDifferent Saito Hajime]], [[MagnificentBastard Shishio Makoto]] [[note]]AKA Kirino Toshiaki[[/note]] and the brother of his wife?

''Rurouni Kenshin'' ("るろうに剣心", "Kenshin the Wanderer") is a 1994–99 manga by Creator/NobuhiroWatsuki, also known as "Samurai X" after Creator/ColumbiaPictures renamed it for their anime releases (which was later co-opted by Creator/ADVFilms for ''their'' release of the movie and [=OVAs=]). Watsuki, being a major fan of the ''ComicBook/XMen'' comics (the characters from which he based a lot of the cast's designs on), heartily endorsed this title translation.

** Fuji is the God Warior from ''Manga/NausicaaOfTheValleyOfTheWind''. (His design was also influenced by [=EVAs=] 01 and 02 from ''Evangelion'', whith [=EVAs=] themselves also based on God Wariors.

** Fuji is the God Warior from ''Manga/NausicaaOfTheValleyOfTheWind''. (His design was also influenced by EVAs 01 and 02 from ''Evangelion'', whith EVAs themselves also based on God Wariors.

** Fuji is the God Warior from ''Manga/NausicaaOfTheValleyOfTheWind''

** Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion: Tomoe (Ayanami Rei), Kamatari (Ikari Yui)
** Fuji is the God-Soldier from ''Manga/NausicaaOfTheValleyOfTheWind''

There was a revival of the franchise in the form of a new [[UsefulNotes/PlayStationPortable PSP]] [[LicensedGame game]], and a series of Japanese-produced live-action movies. The first one, entitled simply ''Film/RurouniKenshin'', was received with critical acclaim in 2012 and was distributed worldwide. Sequels immediately followed: ''Film/RurouniKenshinKyotoInferno'' and ''Film/RurouniKenshinTheLegendEnds'' adapted the Kyoto arc, and were released in 2014, to large critical and commercial acclaim all over Asia. Additionally, two more films, ''Film/RurouniKenshinTheFinal'' and ''The Beginning'', covering the Jinchū and Tsuiokuhen arcs, arrived in 2021.

There was a revival of the franchise in the form of a new [[UsefulNotes/PlayStationPortable PSP]] [[LicensedGame game]], and a series of Japanese-produced live-action movies. The first one, entitled simply ''Film/RurouniKenshin'', was received with critical acclaim in 2012 and was distributed worldwide. Sequels immediately followed: ''Film/RurouniKenshinKyotoInferno'' and ''Film/RurouniKenshinTheLegendEnds'' adapted the Kyoto arc, and were released in 2014, to large critical and commercial acclaim all over Asia. Additionally, two more films, ''Film/RurouniKenshinTheFinal]'' and ''[[Film/RurouniKenshinTheBeginning The Beginning]]'', covering the Jinchū and Tsuiokuhen arcs, arrived in 2021.

There was a revival of the franchise in the form of a new [[UsefulNotes/PlayStationPortable PSP]] [[LicensedGame game]], and a series of Japanese-produced live-action movies. The first one, entitled simply ''Film/RurouniKenshin'', was received with critical acclaim last 2012 and was distributed worldwide. The 2014 sequels, ''[[Film/RurouniKenshinKyotoInferno Kyoto Inferno]]'' and ''[[Film/RurouniKenshinTheLegendEnds The Legend Ends]]'' enjoyed large critical and commercial acclaim all over Asia. Two more films, '' [[Film/RurouniKenshinTheFinal The Final]]'' and ''[[Film/RurouniKenshinTheBeginning The Beginning]]'', were released in 2021.

The anime series was followed by two [=OVAs=] -- ''Tsuiokuhen''/''Samurai X: Trust & Betrayal'', a prequel adapting a manga arc, and ''Seisoushen''/''Reflections'', an anime-original sequel. A NonSerialMovie ''Requiem for the Ishin Patriots'', was also released. The entire Sony dub of the anime is available to watch on [[http://www.hulu.com/samurai-x Hulu]] under ''Samurai X''. [[http://www.crunchyroll.com/rurouni-kenshin Crunchyroll]] hosts both the subtitled series and the non-Sony/Animax English dub.

The anime series was followed by two [=OVAs=] -- ''Tsuiokuhen''/''Samurai X: Trust & Betrayal'', a prequel adapting a manga arc, and ''Seisoushen''/''Reflections'', an anime-original sequel. The entire Sony dub of the anime is available to watch on [[http://www.hulu.com/samurai-x Hulu]] under ''Samurai X''. [[http://www.crunchyroll.com/rurouni-kenshin Crunchyroll]] hosts both the subtitled series and the non-Sony/Animax English dub.

The series was followed by two [=OVAs=] -- ''Tsuiokuhen''/''Samurai X: Trust & Betrayal'', a prequel, and ''Seisoushen''/''Reflections'', a sequel. The entire Sony dub of the anime is available to watch on [[http://www.hulu.com/samurai-x Hulu]] under ''Samurai X''. [[http://www.crunchyroll.com/rurouni-kenshin Crunchyroll]] hosts both the subtitled series and the non-Sony/Animax English dub.

There was a revival of the franchise in the form of a new [[UsefulNotes/PlayStationPortable PSP]] [[LicensedGame game]], and a series of Japanese-produced live-action movies. The first one, entitled simply ''Film/RurouniKenshin'', was received with critical acclaim last 2012 and was distributed worldwide. The 2014 sequels, ''[[Film/RurouniKenshinKyotoInferno Kyoto Inferno]]'' and ''[[Film/RurouniKenshinTheLegendEnds The Legend Ends]]'' enjoyed large critical and commercial acclaim all over Asia. Two more films, '' [[Film/RurouniKenshinTheFinal The Final]]'' and ''[[Film/RurouniKenshinTheBeginning The Beginning]]'' were released in 2021.

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There was a revival of the franchise in the form of a new [[UsefulNotes/PlayStationPortable PSP]] [[LicensedGame game]], and a series of Japanese-produced live-action movies. The first one, entitled simply ''Film/RurouniKenshin'', was received with critical acclaim last 2012 and was distributed worldwide. The 2014 sequels, ''[[Film/RurouniKenshinKyotoInferno Kyoto Inferno]]'' and ''[[Film/RurouniKenshinTheLegendEnds The Legend Ends]]'' enjoyed large critical and commercial acclaim all over Asia. Two more films, ''Film/RurouniKenshinTheFinal'' and ''Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning'' covering Tsuiyokuhen and the Jinchuu arc were released in 2021.

There was a revival of the franchise in the form of a new [[UsefulNotes/PlayStationPortable PSP]] [[LicensedGame game]], and a series of Japanese-produced live-action movies. The first one, entitled simply ''Film/RurouniKenshin'', was received with critical acclaim last 2012 and was distributed worldwide. The 2014 sequels, ''[[Film/RurouniKenshinKyotoInferno Kyoto Inferno]]'' and ''[[Film/RurouniKenshinTheLegendEnds The Legend Ends]]'' enjoyed large critical and commercial acclaim all over Asia. Two more films, ''Film/RurouniKenshinTheFinal'' and ''Rurouni Kenshun: The Beginning'' covering Tsuiyokuhen and the Jinchuu arc were released in 2021.

* TheWorfEffect: Sanosuke often suffers from this to show how tough the bad guys are.

** Uonuma Usui was a bastard, but the nature of his death is both pathetic and strangely sad. It's hard not to feel at least some sympathy for him as he says his FamousLastWords (see character sheet). Moreso taken by his backstory in which the very government he risked his life to serve and fight for (and got blinded permanently as a result) banished him into the wilderness to die because they felt he became useless.

** For a ten year old, Yahiko has a '''ridiculous''' amount of leeway that allows him to wield a sword, go on adventures, overshadow his teacher, and kick a buttload of giant mook ass in near-death battles. But when he goes off in the middle of the night with a bunch of rebels in the motion picture? Yahiko not only gets slapped by a very distressed and teary-eyed Kaoru who was worried sick to death where he was or what could have happened to him, but even pacifist Kenshin, who wouldn't raise a hand to ''anybody'' unless it was [[TechnicalPacifist absolutely necessary]], comes out and says that if Kaoru hadn't done it, he would have slapped Yahiko upside the head himself. You ought to be ashamed of yourself for worrying your surrogate parents like that, young samurai. [[spoiler: It also doesn't help that without one of the leaders of that rebel group intervening to knock him out to spare him the horrors that will likely unfold, ''he would have likely ended up truly dead'' or as a youth convict captured by the police. Later on, that said rebel group loses a majority of its forces in what is essentially a terrorist act coup de tate gone horribly wrong, and among one the dead is one of his friends he made earlier in the story. Much like Kenshin, you really are a stupid apprentice, aren't you Yahiko?]]

There was a revival of the franchise in the form of a new [[UsefulNotes/PlayStationPortable PSP]] [[LicensedGame game]], and a series of Japanese-produced live-action movies. The first one, entitled simply ''Film/RurouniKenshin'', was received with critical acclaim last 2012 and was distributed worldwide. The 2014 sequels, ''[[Film/RurouniKenshinKyotoInferno Kyoto Inferno]]'' and ''[[Film/RurouniKenshinTheLegendEnds The Legend Ends]]'' enjoyed large critical and commercial acclaim all over Asia. Two more films, ''Rurouni Kenshin: The Final'' and ''Rurouni Kenshun: The Beginning'' covering Tsuiyokuhen and the Jinchuu arc were released in 2021.

There is also an anime OVA series, ''New Kyoto Arc'', remaking the Kyoto arc and a spinoff manga ''Master of Flame'' focusing on the villains from it. Another one-shot for the series debuted in 2017 called ''Ruroni Kenshin Ibun: The Criminal Ashitaro'', and introduces the titular boy as an ex-criminal and budding "11th sword" of Shishio who is, by the end of it, trained and mentored by Kenshin along with another ex-criminal named Alan Inoue. The spinoff sets itself up as a prelude to a new "Hokkaido Arc" starring the remaining ''Kenshin'' cast, which started its run in late 2017.

[[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-04-18/new-rurouni-kenshin-anime-green-lit There is also an]] [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-08-20/new-rurouni-kenshin-to-be-2-part-shin-kyoto-video-anime OVA series]] remaking the Kyoto arc and a [[http://www.japanator.com/rurouni-kenshin-enemy-manga-spinoff-31080.phtml spinoff manga]] focusing on the villains. Another one-shot for the series debuted in 2017 called ''Ruroni Kenshin Ibun: The Criminal Ashitaro'', and introduces the titular boy as an ex-criminal and budding "11th sword" of Shishio who is, by the end of it, trained and mentored by Kenshin along with another ex-criminal named Alan Inoue. The spinoff sets itself up as a prelude to a new "Hokkaido Arc" starring the remaining ''Kenshin'' cast, which started its run in late 2017.

Watsuki announced that he would be working on the series again on May 2, 2012 -- ''Rurouni Kenshin Cinema-ban'' is a loose adaption of the live-action movie; it was a short monthly run at ''Jump Square'' magazine.

There was a revival of the franchise in the form of a new [[UsefulNotes/PlayStationPortable PSP]] [[LicensedGame game]], and a series of Japanese-produced live-action movies. The first one, entitled simply ''Film/RurouniKenshin'', was received with critical acclaim last 2012 and was distributed worldwide. The 2014 sequels, ''[[Film/RurouniKenshinKyotoInferno Kyoto Inferno]]'' and ''[[Film/RurouniKenshinTheLegendEnds The Legend Ends]]'' enjoyed large critical and commercial acclaim all over Asia. Two more films, ''Rurouni Kenshin Saishūshō: The Final'' and ''Rurouni Kenshun Saishūshō: The Beginning'' covering Tsuiyokuhen and the Jinchuu arc were released in 2021.

There was a revival of the franchise in the form of a new [[UsefulNotes/PlayStationPortable PSP]] [[LicensedGame game]], and a series of Japanese-produced live-action movies. The first one, entitled simply ''Film/RurouniKenshin'', was received with critical acclaim last 2012 and was distributed worldwide. The 2014 sequels, ''[[Film/RurouniKenshinKyotoInferno Kyoto Inferno]]'' and ''[[Film/RurouniKenshinTheLegendEnds The Legend Ends]]'' enjoyed large critical and commercial acclaim all over Asia. The last two sequels adapting the Jinchu Arc and thus wrapping the main story have been released in 2021.

There was a revival of the franchise in the form of a new [[UsefulNotes/PlayStationPortable PSP]] [[LicensedGame game]], and a series of Japanese-produced live-action movies. The first one, entitled simply ''Film/RurouniKenshin'', was received with critical acclaim last 2012 and was distributed worldwide. The 2014 sequels, ''[[Film/RurouniKenshinKyotoInferno Kyoto Inferno]]'' and ''[[Film/RurouniKenshinTheLegendEnds The Legend Ends]]'' enjoyed large critical and commercial acclaim all over Asia. The last two sequels adapting the Jinchu Arc and thus wrapping the main story have also been confirmed and finished filming, slated for 2021 release dates.

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* AgeGapRomance: With Kenshin being 28, and Kaoru being 17 it's almost JailBait for Kenshin in a modern sense. However since this based in the late 1870s when older men married younger women more commonly it's a normal relationship for that time period. Also, [[spoiler: they don't get married until she's at least 18 and wait for her to be about 19 or 20 before she has their son.]]