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| Another good remake introducing Sanosuke and his background. Really sucks that he had to see the beheaded Captain Sagara like that. How he was able to push on in life with good morals carrying such trauma weighing on his psyche is a huge feat. |
JulianneinJapan said: I will say that I feel that something is missing from making this version great. I can’t completely put my finger on it, but something is lacking. I believe you are thinking about the general tone , and the dynamic of the characters. This Remake greatly reduced the comedy , and it impacted both the overall feeling of the story , and the dynamics of characters , especially Kenshin and Kaoru. Without it , it feels... pending and slow/empty at times. |
 "Genius lives only one storey above madness." – Arthur Schopenhauer. "Stupidity is a talent for misconception." – Edgar Allan Poe. "I'm tired... and hungry." – Alexioos95. |
Silvator said: well i liked the old version cz it was dramatic and dark The Original Anime was not more "dramatic and dark" than this one. Actually , it's even the opposite... This adaptation greatly reduced the comedy , and they added several dialogues and scenes to add a more dramatical tone. However , the Tsuioku-hen and Seisou-hen OVAs did majoritarily altered the content they adapted to make it way more mature. Silvator said: it's a shonen not kids anime Yes , but a Shounen Anime is not a Seinen either ! What we have seen in those 6 Episodes of Rurouni Kenshin is extremely typical for a Shounen Nekketsu story. (Aside from the older and former assassin protagonist.) Edit : I see that you have Fairy Tail , Fullmetal Alchemist , Nanatsu no Taizai , and Naruto in your favorites. Those are also standard Shounen Nekketsu. They are not any more mature than Rurouni Kenshin. So you should be able to understand... ? |
"Genius lives only one storey above madness." – Arthur Schopenhauer. "Stupidity is a talent for misconception." – Edgar Allan Poe. "I'm tired... and hungry." – Alexioos95. |
Quanda1eDing1e said: Zanza's past and motivations for fighting Kenshin are more deep-seated than one could imagine based on their initial interactions. I respect his character if anything else, even though he was opposing our main character, we know he isn't a bad guy, quite ironic as it is. While on the topic of his past, I wonder what became of the other kid who journeyed with him in the army? They don't travel together anymore but Zanza didn't say he died either. Definitely a future plot point As for those other 2 schemers, I'm guessing they are like the team rocket of this show. Never learning their lesson and always cookin up new schemes for our main cast Lol. Next episode looks like it'll be interesting too. 4.5/5 I loved this episode. The flashback was actually done very well (cough KNY Swordsmith Arc) and the flashback told us everything we needed to know about this character's background and motivation. Despite knowing he has actually "lost" his past and motivations helped him garner enough strength to keep fighting, yay fighting spirit! Ultimately, it wasn't enough. Your Team Rocket analogy made me chuckle. All they're missing is a talking Meowth. |
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Alexioos95 said: JulianneinJapan said: I will say that I feel that something is missing from making this version great. I can’t completely put my finger on it, but something is lacking. I believe you are thinking about the general tone , and the dynamic of the characters. This Remake greatly reduced the comedy , and it impacted both the overall feeling of the story , and the dynamics of characters , especially Kenshin and Kaoru. Without it , it feels... pending and slow/empty at times. It's definitely the more serious tone. This was the same thing "missing" in the new Trigun, those of us who watched the original just wanted that old comedy "baka" friend vibe. This being said, I vastly prefer this version as I wasn't really into some of the more juvenile comedy. The story is already tricking us into learning about dark times in history, so the more serious tone is apt. |
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| I'm pretty sure that Sano's backstory wasn't as detailed in the OG. Gruesome end for Sagara. Hella amused that Sugita plays Jin-e, that's oddly fitting and quite scary lol |
PurpleMario said: Sure, production team could have asked for a later broadcast schedule so the show could be more faithfull to the original source. They did. The Anime already airs at night , and they even delayed some episodes by a few minutes/hours. They can't do better about the broadcast's time. Maybe the actual censorship is the best they can do with the TV ? |
"Genius lives only one storey above madness." – Arthur Schopenhauer. "Stupidity is a talent for misconception." – Edgar Allan Poe. "I'm tired... and hungry." – Alexioos95. |
bigblackchuakz said: what kind of censorship you two talk about? Some blood has been removed in Episode 02 & 03. A scarf has been around the beheaded head of Captain Sagara in this episode , to hide the cut. And a beheaded head with blood dripping from it has been completely removed from a scene in Episode 06. (The way the frame is makes me think it'll be added in the Blu-ray) |
"Genius lives only one storey above madness." – Arthur Schopenhauer. "Stupidity is a talent for misconception." – Edgar Allan Poe. "I'm tired... and hungry." – Alexioos95. |
| When you dedicate your whole life to get rid of a caste system only for it to be replaced by a wealth system and then you get the permanent boot too? That's beyond rough. |
| Sanosuke is really an amazing person, he's also very strong too, no wonder they became friends and partners in battles. |
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| Both Kenshin and Sanosuke had dark pasts. However, they took what happened differently. One took the courage to leave the past and started over in his own simple ways, while the other one remained trapped and took all of his anger to meaningless fights...until that fateful meeting happened. Now they have been reborn, but one thing remains the same.. Sanosuke still never pays his bills :D |
| Sanosuke's backstory will always be sad to me :( ... The government did them dirty |
Alexioos95 said: That's very tastefully done though, got across the brutality of Sagara's demise without showing too much. Wish it wasn't exactly like this but that's good, too. bigblackchuakz said: what kind of censorship you two talk about? Some blood has been removed in Episode 02 & 03. A scarf has been around the beheaded head of Captain Sagara in this episode , to hide the cut. And a beheaded head with blood dripping from it has been completely removed from a scene in Episode 06. (The way the frame is makes me think it'll be added in the Blu-ray) |
| The fight went about as expected, Sagara took his L. Welp, tis a shame that he couldn't do anything to Kenshin's speed but what can we do. At the very least, he's living up to his Commander's wishes. Putting the past behind him, he truly did become a friendly side character who just likes his fights. I'm sure there will be a time where the members of the dojo are glad to have him on friendly terms. But really though, one look at Kenshin and you would know that this guy isn't like all the other Imperialists lol. Would a bad Imperialist be the type of guy to take a hit to the head for a girl? Or be generally peace-loving? Sounds like the Imperialists this guy hated were more like the crooks.. so pushing that on Kenshin isn't fair. |
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| Sad the Sanosuke flashbacks!!!! kekeke |
| Interesting, not surprised that Sanosuke hated Kenshin for being a patriot because of what happened to his master in the backstory, seeing him beheaded must have been really rough :S No the issue is solved between them, great |
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| Ichigo from Bleach vs Sagara vs Guts, battle of the huge swords! |
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