Ultimately, the real battle here is not between the Battousai and the Shinsengumi captain, but between the Battousai and the Rurouni.  Read more

In many ways, this is the moment when Rurouni Kenshin really begins. Read more

Apparently Western imports through Yokohama didn’t include the Hippocratic Oath. Read more

Yes, it’s canon. Read more

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