Format:
Book
Title:
Rurouni Kenshin
Author:
ISBN:
9781435219809
9781435219816
9781591162209
9781591162490
9781591162506
9781591162513
9781591163206
9781591163565
9781591163572
9781591165637
9781591166696
9781591167037
9781591167099
9781591167129
9781591167136
9781591167679
9781591168102
9781591168546
9781591168768
9781591169598
9781591169277
9781421500645
9781421500829
9781421501963
9781421502762
9781421503387
9781421504070
9781421506739
9781421506746
9781421506753
9781421520735
9781421520742
9781421520759
9781421520766
9781421520773
9781421520780
Edition:
Shonen Jump graphic novel ed.
Publication Information:
San Francisco, CA : VIZ, 2003-
Physical Description:
volumes : chiefly illustrations ; 19 cm
Series title(s):
General Note:
Translated from the Japanese.
In keeping with the original Japanese format, this book reads from back to front and from right to left.
Contents:
v. 1. Meiji swordsman romantic story -- v. 2. The two hitokiri -- v. 3. A reason to act -- v. 4. Dual conclusions -- v. 5. The state of Meiji swordsmanship -- v. 6. No worries -- v. 7. In the 11th year og Maiji -- v. 8. On the east sea road -- v. 9. Arrival in Kyoto -- v. 10. Mitsurugi, master and student -- v. 11. Overture to destruction -- v. 12. Great Kyoto fire -- v. 13. A beautiful night -- v. 14. The time is now -- v. 15. The great man vs. the giant -- v. 16. Providence -- v. 17. The age decides the man -- v. 18. Do you still bear the scar? -- v. 19. Shades of reality -- v. 20. Rememberance -- v. 21. And so, time passed -- v. 22. Battle on three fronts -- v. 23. Sin, judgement, acceptance -- v. 24. The end of dreams -- v. 25. The truth -- v. 26. A man's back -- v. 27. The answer -- v. 28. Toward a New Era.
Summary:
A warrior arose 140 years ago in Kyoto, with the coming of the American "black ships," who helped introduce the progressive age known as Meiji and then vanished. This tale begins in the 11th year of Meiji, in Tokyo. With his killer blade, legend-warrior Hitokiri Battosai once helped close the turbulent Bakumatsu era and slashed open the progressive age known as Meiji. It's now 1878, ten years after the bloody Meiji Revolution that marked the end of the rule of the Shogun and the Samurai in Japan. In Tokyo, where swords have been banned, Kaoru bumps into the wandering Kenshin while looking for the Battosai, who is ruining the name of her fencing school by killing people in the streets using her signature style. Thus begins an extraordinary relationship between Kaoru, a master swordswoman with a heart of gold; Kenshin, a past master who has vowed never to fight again; and the seemingly invincible would-be Battosai