Rurouni Kenshin, Vol. 1: Meiji Swordsman Romantic Story

by Nobuhiro Watsuki, Nobuhiro Watsuki (Illustrator)

Overview

One hundred and forty years ago in Kyoto, with he coming of the American "Black Ships," there arose a warrior who, felling men with his bloodstained blade, gained the name Hitokiri, manslayer! His killer blade helped close the turbulent Bakumatsu era and slashed open the progressive age known as Meiji. Then he vanished, and with the flow of years, became legend.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781421546094
Publisher:	VIZ Media LLC
Publication date:	07/09/2011
Series:	Rurouni Kenshin Series
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	201
Sales rank:	391,550
File size:	111 MB
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About the Author

Rurouni Kenshin, which has found fans not only in Japan but around the world, first made its appearance in 1992 as an original short story in Weekly Shonen Jump Special. Later rewritten and published as a regular, continuing Jump series in 1994, Rurouni Kenshin ended serialization in 1999 but continued in popularity, as evidenced by the 2000 publication of Yahiko no Sakabatô (Yahiko’s Reversed-Edge Sword) and the 2015 publication of Rurouni Kenshin: Restoration in Weekly Shonen Jump. The series has also inspired novels, anime and films. Watsuki is also the author of the popular series Buso Renkin, published by VIZ Media.