There are many different paths Kenshin could have chosen to express his dismay over the state of the world and his role in it. Read more

Most of the events depicted in the series were instigated be people scarred in one way or another by the Boshin War.  Read more

There are so many things that make Kenshin exceptional, but the hard truth is that the most exceptional thing is the number of people he’s killed. Read more

Damn five minute episodes… Read more

This was the first episode where I’d say the ’23 version flat-out thrashed the ’96. Read more

He may decline to teach Yahiko (or anyone else) Hiten Mitsurugi-ryuu, but Kenshin is quite serious about teaching him how to be an honorable man. Read more

Megumi frankly gets a better deal than she deserves here, but that just puts the onus on her to do the right thing with it. Read more

I can’t but think of Dylan Thomas as I watch these two rage against the dying of the light. Read more

One thing that can be said about Rurouni Kenshin is that it gets increasingly unconventional as it progresses. Read more

Structurally speaking, it’s with the Oniwabanshuu that the series starts to take on its final form. Read more