A GIANT SIZED Look at Rurouni Kenshin (History Context and Story)

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  @Bonsaipop · 2 years ago (edited) · pinned

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  @YusukeKnight · 2 years ago

  Hard to believe that it’s been over 20 years since I saw this awesome anime on Toonami for the first time still love it today as a adult

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  @monkey238 · 2 years ago

  These guys keep pushing and pushing their content to higher and higher levels. Truly a shonen protagonist of youtube.

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  @CamWinks · 2 years ago

  Rurouni Kenshin literally started my path at looking into Japanese history and the Bakumatsu era is still one of my favorite periods to learn.

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  @christopherbrown6523 · 2 years ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fK19QvWfUIw&amp;t=2137">35:37</a> The reason you thought Sanosuke had his sword through the whole show is because he is seen practicing with it in the shows intro sequence.

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  @nont18411 · 2 years ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fK19QvWfUIw&amp;t=6107">1:41:47</a> That’s why Shishio and Heath Ledger’s Joker are my favorite kind of villain.<br><br>Both of them have ZERO personal connection to the heroes but managed to get under the skin of the heroes the most because their ideologies are a complete opposite of the heroes and their actions are meant to challenge the heroes’ moral code.<br><br>Just look at this scene, this is identical to Tomoe’s death (even Watsuki himself admitted this). A love interest getting into a middle of the fight to protect a man she loves from an enemy just to get killed anyway by said man while at the same time, the enemy also suffered from the killing blow as well. Tomoe died in a snow. Yumi died in a fiery mountain. A perfect visual of Kenshin and Shishio being the two sides of the same coin. And the best part is, Shishio knows nothing about Tomoe, let alone Kenshin’s past. What he did was just his instinct.

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  @thedarkside0fmars · 2 months ago

  This video was a synopsis. I was hoping for an analysis but it was entertaining to relive the highlights of one of my favorite series

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  @789pp41 · 2 years ago

  I know tons of people have reservations about the series after the author&apos;s crimes were exposed. But nonetheless, the Trust and Betrayal OVAs are some of the best pieces of animation period in my opinion. <br><br>When it comes to the anime, I always think of the director (Furuhashi), or the composer (Iwasaki), or the screen play writer (Masashi). Or any of the others who worked on the series. None of them had part in the original author&apos;s crimes all they did was make a masterpiece in animated form and a masterpiece it shall remain.

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  @THEFRISKIESTDINGO · 2 years ago

  I always chuckle a little when I remember Japan needed &quot;legendary skilled swordsmiths&quot; because they had shit steel

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  @52Tele · 3 months ago

  Hiko and Saito are the most badass and coolest characters in anime.

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  @scottbell1414 · 2 years ago

  I don&apos;t remember whether this is a detail from the show or manga, but at one point Karou is shown leaving to teach at another dojo. The implication is that she&apos;s been either a guest instructor or a private tutor, which might explain how she pays to maintain the Kamiya dojo, especially after all of Kenshin and Saito&apos;s shenanigans.

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  @beacarrilloc · 2 years ago (edited)

  In Latin America it’s a cult classic. It was shown in regular channels so everyone could watch and in the late 90’s before toonami even existed. Personally is one of my all time favorite, it was the first manga I read and collected. I remember having to wait for the vol to be translated into Spanish to buy since we couldn’t get them in English or online in the early ‘00.

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