When people's cruelty overpowers their fear of death, there is little hope for those who wish to live righteously. Under the light of a full moon, a young boy witnesses the murder of the bandits who had enslaved him and is later given a new name by the man who saved him. This boy becomes known as Kenshin Himura, destined to become a swordsman. Despite his soft heart, he is determined to protect the innocent. The story of Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan - Tsuioku-hen explores the origins of the man who would later be called Hitokiri Battousai before he took an oath not to kill and gained his reputation as an assassin. His heart is torn between justice and corruption, while the fate of a nation hangs in the balance because of his actions.
Yukishiro Tomoe was an eldest daughter born to a samurai who worked as a low-level bureaucrat for the Tokugawa Shogunate in Edo. She had one sibling, her younger brother Enishi, whom she considered li...
In Rurouni Kenshin, the main character is named Kenshin Himura, also known as Battousai or Himura the Battousai. His original name was Shinta, but when he was young, his parents died of cholera and he...
The Shinsengumi was a military police unit in Japan during the Meiji Restoration. Okita was one of its most skilled members, known for mastering the Tennen-rishin ryu sword style. He served as captain...
The young leader of Chōshū Ishin-Shishi was named Katsura Kogoro, who, along with Ōkubo Toshimichi and Saigō Takamori, played a crucial role in the Meiji Restoration after they formed an alliance betw...
A member of an old gold mining clan. Family tradition led them to enlongate the limbs of the family members using gold rings to help them mine better. As a result, Yatsumes limbs are about 1.5 times a...
In the anime and manga series "Kenshin Kyoshin no Rinne," Tatsumi is a leader of the ninja clan that Kenshin encounters while searching for Tomoe. He is depicted as an old, physically fit man with a n...
Iizuka was responsible for overseeing executions within the Choshu Clan during the Bakumatsu period. When one of their clan members committed an act of violence, such as killing Kenshin, Iizuka would ...
The thirteenth successor to the sword art of Hiten Mitsurugi-Ryuu, Hiko Seijuurou saved young Shinta from marauding bandits who killed his companions. Hiko then took care of Shinta, and renamed him Ke...
Takasugi originated the revolutionary idea of auxiliary irregular militia (shotai). Under the feudal system, only the samurai class was allowed to own weapons. Takasugi promoted the recruitment of com...
As an infant, Enishi lost his mother and was raised by his older sister, Tomoe. She took on both roles of sister and mother to him and he grew to love her deeply. When Tomoe got engaged to Kiyosato Ak...
In the anime and manga series "Rurouni Kenshin," Hajime Saitou is portrayed as an enemy and rival to the protagonist, Kenjiro Kenshin. While he is loosely based on a real-life figure from Japan's Meij...
After the death of Yukishiro Tomoe, Himura Kenshin became a free wielding swordsman to protect members of the Ishin Shishi. Shishio Makoto became his successor as the shadow hitokiri (assassin) and wa...