Reviews

This was the first anime series that I really got into. Great characters and great stories make this the greatest anime series I’ve seen so far. The only part I didn’t enjoy so much was the last arc because we are at this point so used to see Kenshin as this unbeatable force and here he has difficulty defeating people that look less formidable that his past opponents. But nevertheless the rest of the series is great if not a masterpiece. The animation doesn’t look outdated at all and the soundtrack is in my opinion the best anime soundtrack of all time. But the best things in this series are the characters and their respective stories. The villains remind me a lot of Batman’s villains in a lot of ways but mostly because of their tragic backgrounds. Something bad has happen to these characters to make them the way they are and sometimes you might even think the villain’s ideals are right and that their brand of justice is correct. I believe that good villains make a series and in this series there are a lot of them including Makoto Shishio, Saito, Shinomori Aoshi, Soujiro and Shogo Amakusa. Every single one of them is as interesting as Kenshin. The English dub is one of the better ones I’ve heard and the dialog is one of the smarter ones I’ve also seen. In conclusion you should really give this series a try, it doesn’t matter if this is not your style it still will move you!!! I swear it will.