A_Different_Drummer First of all the story is iconic and timeless. The notion of a champion warrior who has killed many in the name of a cause, yet, when that cause is won, chooses to lay down his weapon and swears never to kill again is ... brilliant. It could easily be turned into an action story anywhere in the world, or even an American western, but at time of writing I cannot think of a US analog. This animated series based on the manga is wonderful. It is well written and the English voice actors do a great job. There are also a number of moral lessons buried in the stories but you would expect that. Interestingly I enjoyed this so much that I made an effort to find the live action feature based on the tale and was thoroughly disappointed. The animation is better. Entertaining for all ages.

blink-fanlife There is one word to describe Rurouni Kenshin, Superb. It really is the best of the best. It deserves to be at the top of the top list for animes. Season one one really great, it was mainly about Kenshin saving the day, he fight people with great streghths, pirates, And his own friends. Season two got better, not that 1 was to good to be true. But kenshin was sent to Kyoto to stop Shishio from destroying the meiji government. Shishio kills innocent people and believes the weak die and the strong live. Kenshin fights through juppengatana, Aoshi, Saito and Sishio. He meets Misao on the way. Even kenshin friends help. Season 3 was good, but not the best. I've only seen parts. I need to order it like right now. But its starts off the same as season 1. Fighting off bad guys. Then this dude appears to be the son of god and uses the hiten mitsrugi sonic sword techniqes(If you didn't know that what kenshin uses). Also it's a lot more of a romance.

nikhil11301983 The anime is about a wandering samurai in the 11th year of the Meiji era (around 1878)who stumbles upon a dojo in Tokyo and decides to stay there, helping in and around it. He protects the weak against the strong with his sword (even when they are banned) and in the process, runs into some friends and enemies from the past. The series also has some characters who really existed in the history of Japan which makes it all the more interesting. The best episodes to watch are 28 through 62, but you will need to go through the earlier ones which are sometimes silly to really understand them. The soundtrack alone is exceptional and is worth listening to. In my opinion it is better than most animes in its class.

white-tancho The television series of Kenshin is supposed to depict his redemption. It would have been inappropriately tragic and hard to understand if the two OAVs were actually put as part of the series. Kenshin's redemption comes by helping the few that he might. Everyone that Kenshin meets has some sort of problem and has a tragic past with a lesson to learn from it. Even minor characters such as Kaoru's father depict this fact. All of the "bad guys" have a reason for what they are doing and have some sort of tragedy attached to them. Kenshin would have been in Shishio's position had he not quit being the assassin for the Choshu clan. Like Kenshin said, they might have been allies had they met at another time and under different conditions. Emotion dominates the majority of the series if one looks very closely.In the Jinchuu Arc (bad sum-up of it is the seisouhen-2ndOAV). This shows the attempt at revenge by Enishi who also appeared in the firstOAV. Enishi begins to realize what Kenshin did. Kenshin is known to be really sorry for his sins when he just let Enishi try to kill him. Tomoe's spirit appeared which might tell you that she really did love Kenshin. The best/worst part of this is when Sano brings Kenshin home. Kenshin's such a mess. He worked so hard to redeem himself. Was he able to do it? This is questionable since he was able to help many people, but his son turned out to be a mess because Kenshin was never home to bring him up in the same way that he was a true father to Yahiko. Kenshin gets home and is really content being with Kaoru. We see his scar has faded and gone… he died (the legend of the scar created in great hate…). Kaoru smiles through her tears – Kenshin accomplished his task and she finally got to see a smile from the bottom of his heart as she always wished (she told Kenshin that he didn't have to smile just to look happy when he really wasn't… anyone remember?). How ironic that it was in death that Kenshin could finally be happy!! Okie… so that was a pretty bad sum-up of what I wanted to say. It's just that there's too much to say, so I kinda left most of it out… it's the really basic parts of the story and stuff that I see in it. I love the music from the series. My cousin actually played one of the background songs (the one played in the back when Kenshin leaves Kaoru to go to Kyoto with all of the fireflies around them and stuff…) at his wedding!! I really love the song 1/3 junjou na kanjou. It's by Siam Shade. (Actually, Kenshin was the starting point for many bands – they took small ones like Siam Shade, Bonnie Pink, Judy and Mary… plus, L'arc en Ciel did what's supposed to be their best song – Niji – L'arc en Ciel means "arch of the sky" in French and Niji is rainbow in Japanese)It's how one third of your heart will never be put into your love – you'll always live in memories. It's really sad. Kenshin's really an emo series… They should make that an anime genre.