140 years ago in Kyoto, with the coming of the American "Black Ships," there arose a warrior who, felling men with his bloodstained blade, gained the name Hitokiri, man slayer! His killer blade helped close the turbulent Bakumatsu era and slashed open the progressive age known as Meiji . Then he vanished, and with the flow of years, became legend.
Ten years later, a young woman's life is saved when she happens upon a strange wandering swordsman named Kenshin. The young woman accepts the wanderer into her dojo, despite his secretive past, and the two become fast friends. As their relationship grows, they meet and make more friends (as well as enemies), and they grow accustomed to their life together.
However, one man can only run from his past for so long, and it isn't long before Kenshin is forced to face the life he thought he'd left behind. Now, together with his friends, he must fight the ghosts of his past if he wants the people he loves to have any kind of future.
English translation of the Japanese manga Rurōni Kenshin Meiji Kenkaku Rōmantan (るろうに剣心 -明治剣客浪漫譚-).
Rurouni Kenshin was the long running best selling series by Nobuhiro Watsuki about a wondering samurai who had given up the way of the hitokiri, or killing, to find a peaceful life in japan. Needless to say, Kenshin Himura, our hero, had a bit more bad blood with people than he figured he would, and ended up having to fight to save the people he got involved with, such as Kaoru Kamiya, a teacher of kamiya kasshin ryu, a sword style that promoted protection, and Myojin Yahiko, a spunky kid with aspiring dreams.
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