Should you watch Rurouni Kenshin?
Who it’s good for, who it isn’t, and what’s in it. No ratings, no scores.
Rurouni Kenshin
Anime · 1996
The Meiji Era was one of great renewal for Japan, where swords and killing were outlawed. However, many survivors from the time of Revolution still live, lurking in the shadows and waiting for a chance to use their killing blades again. Only Kenshin Himura, formerly one of the most brutal of killers, hopes to keep his swordsman's honor and still live in the new era.
The sides of Rurouni Kenshin
- A wanderer with a reverse-blade sword
- A dojo in early Meiji Tokyo
- Killers from the revolution still at large
Rurouni Kenshin is good for you if…
- you like sword duels fought by a man who refuses to kill.
- you like Japan just after swords and killing were outlawed.
- you like a man trying to outlive who he used to be.
Rurouni Kenshin is bad for you if…
- you don't watch anime.
- three seasons is more than you want to give a wandering swordsman.
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