Rurouni Kenshin - Official Thread

[Batmansince1939]

A place to talk about one of my favorite animes of all time!

 

[Batmansince1939]

Has anyone ever seen the movies?

 

[dr venture]

No but I love the show.

 

[Batmansince1939]

me as well, Kenshin is on my top ten favrite hero's

and i advice you to look up the videos you can watch almost all of them on youtube they are great and very educational on Kenshin....

but wht would be your favorite fight in the series?

 

[YÅ«gi's BM]

I'm currently rereading the Manga publication by Viz Media (I'm on volume 23, I believe) and boy is it a great series, Watsuki's characters have always worked better in his Manga. It's a shame the Anime was canceled before it could reach the Jinchū story.

Those OVA films are poor representations of the series, in my opinion. They don't represent the authors intent and I hear he was not fond of them.

 

[Batmansince1939]

I'm currently rereading the Manga publication by Viz Media (I'm on volume 23, I believe) and boy is it a great series, Watsuki's characters have always worked better in his Manga. It's a shame the Anime was canceled before it could reach the Jinchū story.

Those OVA films are poor representations of the series, in my opinion. They don't represent the authors intent and I hear he was not fond of them.

I think all the movies were good I think they showed alot of his past to be honest

 

[YÅ«gi's BM]

I think all the movies were good I think they showed alot of his past to be honest

His past was explained in the comic, too.


One thing I have a big problem with is how 'Reflections' makes no sense at all. Why, after all that he had been through, would Kenshin feel guilty for living a happy life? He had found his answer, he had made his peace. After Enishi was defeated Kenshin's developement was finished. He was maxed out. He got the happy ending he deserved.

Another thing I dislike about those OVAs are how their tone is totally different from what RuroKen is. It's a Shônen comic and in the imortal words of Nobuhiro Watsuki: "Shônen Manga are all about smilies and happy endings" (or something to that effect).

 

[Arkady Rossovich]

The Kenshin dub was done very good in my say.So much so i actually bought it.

 

[Batmansince1939]

His past was explained in the comic, too.


One thing I have a big problem with is how 'Reflections' makes no sense at all. Why, after all that he had been through, would Kenshin feel guilty for living a happy life? He had found his answer, he had made his peace. After Enishi was defeated Kenshin's developement was finished. He was maxed out. He got the happy ending he deserved.

Another thing I dislike about those OVAs are how their tone is totally different from what RuroKen is. It's a Shônen comic and in the imortal words of Nobuhiro Watsuki: "Shônen Manga are all about smilies and happy endings" (or something to that effect).

I think I understand what your saying to a certain degree, but it is referred that Kenshin will die at the end of it with the disease correct?

 

[YÅ«gi's BM]

I think I understand what your saying to a certain degree, but it is referred that Kenshin will die at the end of it with the disease correct?

In the comic he was never sick. Megumi said that in four or five years he could never use Hiten again, due to the strain it puts on his body.

But for whatever reason, while traveling around in the OVA the writers had him get sick (probably brought on by his depression), share the sickness with Kaoru (on her request), leaves to go fight some war, returns to home, and then dies with Kaoru.

Like I said, it makes no sense because it just throws out the Manga's actual ending to put poor Kenshin through more bull.

 

[Batmansince1939]

In the comic he was never sick. Megumi said that in four or five years he could never use Hiten again, due to the strain it puts on his body.

But for whatever reason, while traveling around in the OVA the writers had him get sick (probably brought on by his depression), share the sickness with Kaoru (on her request), leaves to go fight some war, returns to home, and then dies with Kaoru.

Like I said, it makes no sense because it just throws out the Manga's actual ending to put poor Kenshin through more bull.

hmmm to be honest i never read the mangas i just watched all the shows and the movies, but for some reason i thought that the movies were based upon cannon events, but guess not

and yea i think the disease was soem kind of blood disease that he got from killing all those people

 

[dr venture]

but wht would be your favorite fight in the series?

Kenshin vs Shishio

 

[YÅ«gi's BM]

While I do love Shishio v. Kenshin I think I'll go ahead and call Kenshin v. Yukishiro round two my favorite. So personal, so brutal.

 

[mano012sg]

His past was explained in the comic, too.


One thing I have a big problem with is how 'Reflections' makes no sense at all. Why, after all that he had been through, would Kenshin feel guilty for living a happy life? He had found his answer, he had made his peace. After Enishi was defeated Kenshin's developement was finished. He was maxed out. He got the happy ending he deserved.

Another thing I dislike about those OVAs are how their tone is totally different from what RuroKen is. It's a Shônen comic and in the imortal words of Nobuhiro Watsuki: "Shônen Manga are all about smilies and happy endings" (or something to that effect).

true especially...
after he Mastered the Hiten mitsurugi ryu's Amakakeru Ryu no Hirameki in the first season and 'defeated' his Battousai side in the last season of the series. He should be content...just like a real warrior would be.!!!

 

[mano012sg]

In the comic he was never sick. Megumi said that in four or five years he could never use Hiten again, due to the strain it puts on his body.

But for whatever reason, while traveling around in the OVA the writers had him get sick (probably brought on by his depression), share the sickness with Kaoru (on her request), leaves to go fight some war, returns to home, and then dies with Kaoru.

Like I said, it makes no sense because it just throws out the Manga's actual ending to put poor Kenshin through more bull.

probably the only way they could have done it was remarking that he had completely worn his body down to practice his sword style and hence passed it to Yahiko. another reason could have been that he had to sacrifice that for the sake of being a family person.

That said, he could have gone on diplomatic missions, contracted a serious disease (not related to his swordsmanship) and then finally died as in the OVA.

To be honest, seeing kenshin passing away, lonely was heart wrenching. but well it was just a character.

 

[animexcel]

Rurouni Kenshin was awesome when I first saw it fansubbed, but I can never get myself to watch the 90+ episode series twice.
The movie was alright, ADVs DVD cover of it sucked though.
I liked the first OVA, I watched it numerous times; though when I bought the domestic video subtitled; I was annoyed when Kenshin killed Tomoe and the badguy, the badguy says "I don't know what a woman is.", rather than "I don't understand women.". ADV sucks ass.
The Reflection OVA, I just watched a couple times. I did buy the soundtracks which were awesome.