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RUROUNI KENSHIN
 (credit) Rurouni Kenshin is a set of manga and anime series created by mangaka Nobuhiro Watsuki, set during the early years of the early Meiji period in Japan. The English versions of the OVAs as well as the movie are sold under the Samurai X name. In other countries, the TV series itself is known as "Samurai X". The series tells the story of an assassin named Himura Kenshin, who was known as the Hitokiri Battosai (Translated as Man killer of the sheath. Kenshin later grieves for all the lives he's taken, and has vowed that he will never kill again). The manga originally appeared in the Japanese Shonen Jump Weekly Anthology, and the completed work consists of 28 tankobon volumes. The United States release of the manga is being handled by VIZ Media. Rurouni Kenshin is subtitled Wandering Samurai in some English releases. A writer named Kaoru Shizuka wrote an official Rurouni Kenshin novel. VIZ Media will translate the novel and sell copies in the United States and Canada.
plot story
(credit) A young woman named Kamiya Kaoru mistakes Kenshin for a murderer known as "Hitokiri Battosai". However, when she notices Kenshin's reverse-bladed sword, or sakabato, she comes to the conclusion that he could not be the murderer. Kenshin saves her from certain death in battle against the real murderer, who claims to be a practitioner of Kamiya Kasshin Ryu, Kaoru's own style, while using the name "Hitokiri Battosai". Kenshin takes her back to her dojo and Kaoru tells him of recent events while a man named Hiruma Kihei patches up her arm. Later, it turns out that Kihei and the murderer, whose real name is Hiruma Gohei, were working together to compel Kaoru to sell the dojo. The brothers Hiruma take Kaoru hostage and send their henchmen to attack Kenshin, who takes them all on with his superior speed and sword skill. Before destroying Kaoru's dojo floor with Gohei's face, Kenshin tells everyone that "Hitokiri Battosai" doesn't use Kamiya Kasshin Ryu, but an ancient style of the Sengoku era that pits one against many: Hiten Mitsurugi-Ryu. If not for such a sword, the body count would increase tenfold". Thus having revealed his identity, Kenshin makes ready to leave -- until Kaoru asks for his name and for him to stay.
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