Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan
Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Swordsman Romantic Story

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Rurouni Kenshin follows a young red haired man with a cross scar on his face named Kenshin Himura who is a "Rurouni" or a masterless samurai. He stumbles into Kaoru Kamiya who is the owner of the Kamiya Kasshin Ryu dojo after her father left. Not long after, her dojo gets attacked by former students of the dojo who has a grudge on her father only to be swiftly defeated by Kenshin who we find out used to be the Manslayer who killed many of his enemies during the revolution and is planning to change his ways.


The tale of redemption is masterfully executed with how ... the ghosts of Kenshin's past trying to haunt him and him trying his best not to be the manslayer he once was.

The supporting characters like Kaoru, Sanosuke, Yahiko, Aoshi and the rest got a reasonable amount of screentime with their own personal arcs.

The main villains of the series are remnants of the Bakumatsu era that will try whatever to break our red headed hero physically and mentally to achieve their goals with Shishio wanting to take over Japan with him hating the Meiji era government and Enishi wanting revenge on Kenshin. Both villains are perfect foils for Kenshin and represents the kind of battle that he will face: for Japan and for himself

The fights are cleverly choreographed with a good combination of sword techniques, tactics and a little sprinkle of shonen unrealism to top it off with how some characters survive life-threatening injuries.

The artstyle is what brings the story and characters together with a mix of shoujo and battle shonen which describes the tone of the series.

With 258 chapters, the series wrapped up perfectly with 0 plot holes and does not drag out or felt rushed at all

In hindsight, RuroKen is a timeless classic that stands out from its contemporaries.

My top2 because FMA is top1.

The script leads us to a personal drama of each character. They really grow during the story.

All of them.

RK introduces us to several charismatic characters, each with their own past. Each one seeking their future. And every new moment puts them in trouble, they need to think (I learned a lot about screenwriting, from this manga, including a hallway/alley fight scene)!

The design changes over time, for me Shishio's phase the design was at its peak.

With this manga, I met the Shinsengumi, in about 3 pages. After that I googled. After that I fell in love with this group. In fact, ... I'm a fan of Shinsengumi (and I've even cosplayed as Shinsengimi Soldier).

The system of techniques, well explained. Character creation is excellent and you can read about it in the extras.

I literally could write so much more, this manga changed my life, I read it in 2001

10/10 to me

I mean sure i kinda like kenshin at first but as the story progresses he becomes increasingly annoying and unrealistic as he continues his wow not to kill people. I mean you could massacre all of his friendly honoured opponents with a machine gun, laugh in his face about smuggling opium, kidnap his loved one to help him make opium and he still wouldnt kill your ass for it. I hate him for that because it makes him seem weak, there is always a line that you dont cross and if you do cross it you are supposed to get killed for it. When someone ... kills his honoured opponents without skill, tact or honour using a machine gun and
he doesnt kill them back it kinda makes ya think that hes a douchebag.

Well im going to continue reading about that ***** because i really want to know if hes going to continue placing his stupid oath above his friends.