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Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan - Tsuioku-hen
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Shigurui
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Both feature an extensively researched historical setting (though they are set in different historical periods) and capture the mood of some of the more contemplative, subtle and philosophical chanbara films. Both also feature intense, thrilling swordplay with a touch of gritty (and oftentimes grisly) realism, and dark, violent storylines that deconstruct in some ways the romanticism surrounding historical Japan in the time of the samurai. Shigurui goes much further in this regard, however; the themes of redemption and love present in Kenshin are nowhere to be found here, as Shigurui instead adopts an exceptionally bleak and cynical tone as it lends a more distinct "horror"
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Both anime are both samurai action films with fairly dark undertones at a slow pace. While Kenshin tends to lean toward more of a romantic drama, Shigurui has quite a bit more action and gore.
Going back to those days where the samurai was everything. Stories of love and revenge, personality development, with well-established schemes of the time.
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