Rurouni Kenshin: The Art of Redemption

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  @Bonsaipop · 7 years ago · pinned

  WHOOO! Pinned Comment time!<br>Hi everyone, thanks for showing up and giving this video a chance. Its been a really wild summer. Since June I&apos;ve been to San Diego, LA, Philadelphia, New Jersey, Maine, NH, and San Jose, San Fransisco, and Santa Cruz. Much of that was for conventions but trying to keep up with our work schedule on both channels while doing all that travelling has been very intense. Ryan and Grant went to hawaii and Tyler moved as well... But you gotta keep on trucking don&apos;t you? I was conflicted on covering another classic this time, i love Kenshin, i wanted to talk about it&apos;s history and Watsuki san as well, but I&apos;ve been nervous about how many classics we&apos;ve done in a row at this point. <br>We want to make sure we cover more current anime and movies as well, and that you guys will show up for that. When you&apos;re creating a show you&apos;re also building an audience. An audience is like a lego set, you want to have every piece fit your final product, if you mix uo your lego pieces you&apos;ll have a bunch left over when you&apos;re done. Those would be the people who aren&apos;t interested in modern anime, or you know, whatever else we&apos;ll cover as time goes on. The problem with youtube, is that youre building your lego set blindfolded next to a huge pile of random legos and just hoping you&apos;re grabbing the right pieces, ^¬^ sorry for the extended metaphor lol. <br>Regardless, all of you make putting out these videos and thoughts so amazing, i love reading your comments so much and hope to hear from you all again next week when Grant takes on Dr. Stone!<br>Don&apos;t forget<br>9/28-29 Hartford CT, Retro World Expo<br>And 11/2-3 Atlantic City NJ, J1Con!<br>See you next week!<br>-Mike

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  @FlippyFloopster · 7 years ago

  “No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it&apos;s not the same river and he&apos;s not the same man.” ~Heraclitus

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  @sakurap95 · 5 years ago

  I think, even bigger symbolism for Kenshin are the women he loves. Tomoe represents the man he once was, and is the embodiment of the unrest, inner turmoil, and slaughter happening in Japan. She is the catalyst that pushes Kenshin forward. Her death is symbolic of Battosai’s death. Kaoru represents the man he is now, and is the embodiment of a bright, unsullied, peaceful future for Japan that Kenshin hoped for. Her life is symbolic of his faith in the importance of peace. She is his desire to truly live.

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  @islandbeast848 · 7 years ago

  Something about 90s Anime style that is so Dynamic and Beautiful love it

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  @SwankyKitteh82 · 7 years ago (edited)

  Killing, like any skill, only gets easier with time and experience.<br><br>The question of &quot;does a killer of men deserve redemption, deserve a normal life?&quot; is one both my spouse and I ask ourselves daily. We&apos;re both ex- US Marine Corp, and were active between 2001 and 2008. The majority of the Second Gulf War in Iraq and the War on Terror in Afghanistan. Fighting two separate wars we fought simultaneously. We changed toward the end of those conflicts. We were lied to, in short. There were no so-called &quot;weapons of mass destruction,&quot; and some of the first stops we made in Iraq were the oil and poppy fields, which we then proceeded guard. It was all over resources. <br><br>My spouse and I got married, and started a life. We have a daughter and a nice home now. Do we deserve any of it? That&apos;s subjective.

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  @譚宇廷 · 7 years ago

  &quot; I don&apos;t &nbsp;know there is a heaven or not. What I do know is that good men always go to hell in the end. Why? Cause a good men will never forgive themself. &quot; <br>Read it from a crappy chinese light novel once. I think it fits here quite well.

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  @NelsonStJames · 6 years ago

  America is a pretty hypocritical society when it comes to certain things. &nbsp;We love a good redemption story, yet we are very selectively near-sighted as to who we allow to be redeemed.

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  @MaxP_88 · 7 years ago

  The manga is a battle shonen masterpiece. Too bad the anime never adapted the final arc, which in my opinion is even better and much more emotional than Kyoto.

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  @RisingFist · 7 years ago (edited)

  As someone who grew up watching the show, Rurouni Kenshin has really made a profound impact on my storytelling. Loved the video, and I have absolutely subscribed!

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  @mrtegs · 7 years ago (edited)

  This was my first anime. Before I knew what anime was. And I watched it in english dub. So i thought it was a cartoon. The bloody fights said otherwise. I could never understand what Shogunate and Daimiyo meant. I couldn&apos;t understand what the war was about. But I cried and laughed alongside the characters. This video answered all my childhood questions about it.<br><br>And for that I thank you.

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  @Jebbtube · 7 years ago

  I consider Rurouni Kenshin to be a masterpiece, and one of the greatest manga ever made.<br>I agree that culture plays a big role in how you perceive the degree of immorality in Watsuki&apos;s actions, but some things are a bit more universal, and I find his &apos;tastes&apos; to be something I can&apos;t overlook.

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  @arbitrarychannel · 6 years ago

  Possessing CP is not merely being complicit with it&apos;s existence, it&apos;s creating a motive for it&apos;s <b>creation.</b> Nobuhiro Watsuki didn&apos;t realise he was doing wrong, stop and seek redemption, he <b>got caught</b> and lightly punished and now expects to return to his life as normal. There&apos;s no comparison.

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