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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.