Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan
Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Swordsman Romantic Story • るろうに剣心 -明治剣客浪漫譚- • Samurai X • Sengoku no Mikazuki • Crescent Moon in the Warring States • Crescent Moon Over a Country At War • Meteor Strike • Rurouni Kenshin
Watsuki, Nobuhiro
Manga
Completed
1994
Description
Ten years have passed since the end of Bakumatsu, an era of war that saw the uprising of citizens against the Tokugawa shogunate. The revolutionaries wanted to create a time of peace, and a thriving country free from oppression. The new age of Meiji has come, but peace has not yet been achieved. Swords are banned but people are still murdered in the streets. Orphans of war veterans are left with nowhere to go, while the government seems content to just line their pockets with money.
One wandering samurai, Kenshin Himura, still works to make sure the values he fought for are worth the lives spent to bring about the new era. Once known as Hitokiri Battousai, he was feared as the most ruthless killer of all the revolutionaries. Now haunted by guilt, Kenshin has sworn never to kill again in atonement for the lives he took, and he may never know peace until killing is a thing of the past.
Now in the 11th year of Meiji, Kenshin stumbles upon Kaoru Kamiya, owner and head instructor of a small dojo being threatened to close its doors. The police force is powerless to stop the string of murders done in the name of her dojo by a man claiming to be the famous Battousai. Kenshin’s wanderings pause for now as he joins Kaoru to clear both their names. But how long can he stay before his past catches up to him?
[Written by MAL Rewrite]
Included one-shot:
Volume 28: Meteor Strike
Chapters
Toward a New Era
Years
Early Spring Sunshine
Autumn Wind
Hurry Go Round
Smile Once More
A New Step
Fury
Kyōkeimyaku (Frenzied Nerves)
The Answer
Hiten Mitsurugi-ryū Defeated
Sword Strikes
The Dragon and the Tiger Meet Again
Sū-shin Battle — Yahiko vs. Genbu
Sū-shin Battle — Sanosuke vs. Byakko
Sū-shin Battle — Aoshi vs. Suzaku
Sū-shin Battle — Saitō vs. Seiryū
Sū-shin Transformation
Quarrel
Landing
White as the Snow Seen That Day
A Man's Back 7: The Back Tells Tales
A Man's Back 6: Cry of the Mountain
A Man's Back 5: Character of Evil
A Man's Back 4: Explosion
A Man's Back 3: Portrait of a Family
A Man's Back 2: Two Alike
A Man's Back 1: Fight Merchant Reestablished
Four More Days, One More Person
From a Samurai to the Shizoku
That Moment, a Gust of Wind
The Truth
Dream, Reality and Illusions
Yahiko's True Battle (Part 4)
Yahiko's True Battle (Part 3)
Yahiko's True Battle (Part 2)
Yahiko's True Battle (Part 1)
Madness Released
The Two in Black (Part 2)
The Two in Black (Part 1)
Three Days Later
Change in Enishi
Exchange Offer
Begin Acting
It's Not Impossible
Geezer — Identity Unknown
See Ya
The End of Dreams
Plunge into Darkness
The Clouded Darkness
The True Intent of the Jinchū
Sin, Judgement, Acceptance
A Pure and Simple End to a 15-Year Duel
Tales of the Past
Another Strength
The Destined Duel
Inadequate Strategy
I Can't See Him Losing
The Wolf Returns
Smoke of the Wolf
Battle on Three Fronts: Round 3, Part 2
Battle on Three Fronts: Round 3, Part 1
Battle on Three Fronts: Round 2, Part 3
Battle on Three Fronts: Round 2, Part 2
Battle on Three Fronts: Round 2, Part 1
Battle on Three Fronts: Round 1, Part 2
Battle on Three Fronts: Round 1, Part 1
Artist of Karakuri
The Tides of Battle
Neo-Invulnerable Gauntlets
Vs. the Armstrong Cannon
Fireworks
Confession (Part 2)
Confession (Part 1)
A Strand of Hope
Night Fell...
Remembrance 14: And So, Time Passed
Remembrance 13: Cross-shaped Scar
Remembrance 12: Fierce Battle
Remembrance 11: Shadow Warriors
Remembrance 10: The Binding Forest
Remembrance 9: White Snow
Remembrance 8: Arrival of Enishi
Remembrance 7: By the Farmlands
Brief Intermission
Remembrance 6: Chaos: Genji
Remembrance 5: Madness
Remembrance 4: Yukishiro Tomoe
Remembrance 3: In the Rain of Blood
Remembrance 2: The Birth of Battōsai
Remembrance 1: Hitokiri
Shades of Reality
Drawing to a Close
Dawn Thoughts
Hard Questioning
Instrument of Shadows
The Invulnerable Gauntlets
Twin Storms Blow!
Yahiko's Desperation
Comrades
Jinchū
The Signal Fire of Revenge
The One-Handed Man
Cross-Shaped Scar
Kyoto Epilogue: In The Blue Sky
Kyoto Epilogue: Early Summer Day
Kyoto Epilogue: Early Summer Morning
Kyoto Epilogue: Fate of the Juppongatana (Part II)
Kyoto Epilogue: Fate of the Juppongatana (Part I)
The Passion of Hōji
Duel of an Era
Shape of Love
The Third Secret
Final Encounter
Double-Edged Flame
Thread of Life
Howling Laugh
Providence
Fuel
When Did the Battle Begin?
Those Who Gather, Those Who Part
The Second Secret
Destruction of the Soul
Sōjirō's Story: Smile in the Frozen Rain
Sōjirō's Story: Feast of Thunder
Sōjirō's Story: Moonlight Encounter
Shukuchi (Reduced Earth)
Sōjirō Strikes
The Great Man vs. The Giant (Part II)
The Great Man vs. The Giant (Part I)
Descending!
The Shadow of Despair
Put to the Test (Girl)
Put to the Test (Boy)
The Battle of Aoi-Ya
The First Amakakeru Ryuu No Hirameki
The Time to Awaken is Now
By a Hair's Breadth
Aoshi's Fierce Attack
The Final Battle Begins
The Promised Time is Now
The Stabbing Fang
Usui's Mind's Eye, Saitou's Mind's Eye
Progress
Fists can't Tell
A World Hard to Save
Fists of Conviction
A Difference of Strength
Enlightened One
Like Snakes and Scorpions
A Beautiful Night
Tears
One Dawn
The Great Kyoto Fire (End)
The Great Kyoto Fire (Middle)
The Great Kyoto Fire (Start)
Fly like the Wind
One More Target
The Ten Swords Summoned
Between Life and Death
Even if I Throw Away my Life
The Beginning of the Instruction
The Man Named Usui
A Bird and a Broom
Misao's Decision
Finale of Fresh Blood
Aoshi vs. Okina
Overture to Destruction
Meeting of the Warlords
Aoshi & Okina
Half Feelings
Master and Student of the Sword
Hiko Seijuurou
The Threads That Lead Me to You
Shakkuu's Thoughts
The Katana Forbidden to Draw
The Thin-Bladed Katana
Juppongatana Chou
The Curtain Rises on a Brush with Death
The Juppongatana Acts
Search for a Sakabatou (Reversed Blade)
Arrival in Kyoto
Meeting in the Forest (End)
Meeting in the Forest (Beginning)
Once Again to Kyoto
Soujirou the Prodigy
Battle Tatics
Portrait of an Ambitious Man
The Budding of Violence
An Abandoned Village
Each on Their Own Ways
Playing Tag
Makimachi Misao
On the Meiji Toukai Way
A Cruel Man
Megumi's Fellings, Kaoru's Feelings
To Kyoto (Part 002)
To Kyoto (Part 001)
Meiji 011, May 014th — Afternoon
Meiji 011, May 014th — Morning
The Request of Okubo Toshimichi
The One Who Stopped Them
A Call and an Answer
The Wolf Bares its Fangs
Confrontation
Maneuvers of a Plan
The Cruelty of a Wolf
The Wolf Revived
Cresent Moon over a Country at War
Extra Story Sanosuke and Nishiki-e (The End)
Extra Story Sanosuke and Nishiki-e (The Middle)
Extra Story Sanosuke and Nishiki-e (The Beginning)
No Need for Worries
Conclusion
You Don't Know
Another Secret Sword
A Man of Ideals
Collision
Yutarou's Skill
Conversation at the Tsukayama Estate
The Secret Sword
This Man, Raijuuta
Patterns of Meiji Swordsmanship
Yahiko's Fight (The End)
Yahiko's Fight (The Middle Part)
Extra Story - Yahiko's Fight (The Beginning)
Two Destinies - Aoshi
Two Destinies - Megumi
The End of a Duel to the Death
Fierce Fight
The Okashira, Shinomori Aoshi
A Showdown of Strength
Hanya's Costume, Shikijou's Scars
Spy and Kempoist, Hanya
Assault on Kanryuu's Estate
A Wind of Rage
A Reason to Act
A Girl from Aizu
Kenshin Gumi Charges
Attack of the Oniwaban
Megumi, Kanryuu, and
A Runaway Beauty
A Final Act Under the Moon
The Origin of a Patriot's Name
The Two Hitokiri
The Ribbon That Binds
One Side of the Soul
Kurogasa
Special
And Then, Another
Mark of Evil
Face Off Sagara Sanosuke
The Fight Merchant
The Revival of the Kasshin School
Tokyo Samurai
Rurouni in the City
Kenshin-Himura Battousai
