Rurouni Kenshin, Volume 15Packed with action, romance and historical intrigue, Rurouni Kenshin is one of the most beloved and popular manga series worldwide. Set against the backdrop of the Meiji Restoration, it tells the saga of Himura Kenshin, once an assassin of ferocious power, now a humble rurouni, a wandering swordsman fighting to protect the honor of those in need. A hundred and fifty years ago in Kyoto, amid the flames of revolution, there arose a warrior, an assassin of such ferocious power he was given the title Hitokiri: Manslayer. With his bloodstained blade, Hitokiri Battosai helped close the turbulent Bakumatsu period and end the reign of the shoguns, slashing open the way toward the progressive Meiji Era. Then he vanished, and with the flow of years became legend. In the 11th year of Meiji, in the middle of Tokyo, the tale begins. Himura Kenshin, a humble rurouni, or wandering swordsman, comes to the aid of Kamiya Kaoru, a young woman struggling to defend her father's school of swordsmanship against attacks by the infamous Hitokiri Battosai. But neither Kenshin nor Battosai are quite what they seem... |
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User Review - watertiger - LibraryThingFor American readers it may help to know that RuRouni Kenshin takes place in about the same time frame as the post Civil War era in the United States. If you have ever seen the movie The Last Samurai ... Read full review
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User Review - Otaku Cutie - BordersThis manga exceeds at having a good plot for a long time and a long series but fails at being entertaining and exciting the reader even with violent sword fights. The art is beautiful, crisp and clean ... Read full review
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| Title | Rurouni Kenshin, Volume 15 Rurouni Kenshin |
| Author | Nobuhiro Watsuki |
| Illustrated by | Nobuhiro Watsuki |
| Publisher | VIZ Media LLC, 2005 |
| ISBN | 1591168104, 9781591168102 |
| Length | 192 pages |
| Subjects | › › Comics & Graphic Novels / Manga / General Comics & Graphic Novels / Manga / Historical Fiction Comics & Graphic Novels / Manga / Media Tie-In |
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