Is RuroKen confirmed to be the comfiest shounen ever?
Also, ruroken thread
Rurouni Kenshin
Aiden Taylor
Jason Diaz
The first arc was extremely good
The Shishio saga was generic shonenshit
The 3rd arc was complete utter garbage
Carson Brooks
I tried watching a couple of episodes of this after watching and loving Trust and Betrayal.
I'm not really fond of how goofy this series is by comparison. Is it worthwhile continuing?
Nolan Jenkins
I watched seven episodes (I think) and haven't touched this in about two months. Seemed like Meiji-period Inuyasha but worse and not worth continuing just to understand an OVA that's probably overrated MALshit anyway
Ayden Cooper
>dat episode after the Shioshio Arc where Kenshin visit Tomoe's unmarked grave and brings her irises
Fug
Angel Foster
It was good. I liked the historical setting, though not a much as Taisho baseball girls. They kinda went overboard with the emphasis on the Bakumatsu/Meiji transition.
The best bit was the fight between Kenshin and Saito. There's something brutally honest about how it comes down to a belt being used to almost snap Kenshin's neck.
Christian Bailey
The OVA is a prequel, so you can just watch that.
Charles Long
He used his belt to disarm Kenshin, the necksnapping was done with his vest.
Charles Brown
Up until and including the Shishio arc it just follows the manga, which also had some of the more lighthearted moments. It's the OVAs that are a lot more serious. The anime and manga do become more involved later, especially once Hajime Saito gets introduced. It's shounen, but one of the better ones, I find. It doesn't get dragged out to infinity like some other shows. Drop it after the Shishio saga, they stray from the manga and God after that.
Jackson Bell
>shitting on a manga which ended 18 years ago
You never fail to dissappoint me Sup Forums
Ian Phillips
I want to FUCK Kenshin
Nathan Thompson
>manga ends with Kenshin not being able to fight again because of the strain of Hiten Mitsurugi on his body
>author attempts a revival starring some kid who found Shishio's sword
>Kenshin appears, borrows the sakabatou from Yahiko and uses his techniques with no problem
Jayden Morgan
animenewsnetwork.com
Reminder that the manga is starting again this spring
Easton Diaz
The soundtrack's definitely comfy tier, that's for sure.
>Tfw I have this as a ringtone
Fucking love that baseball organ.
My brothers have a great fondness over the anime series too, since we all grew up with it. My eldest one really fucking digs Sanosuke since he thinks he's the strongest one. I think he's got fenomenal taste.
Logan Hall
What the fuck were they thinking with that live action movie? If you're not going to even try, don't.
Mason Anderson
>spring
How much more specific can these nips be? When exactly is that going to be?
Dylan Walker
Spring
Charles Cruz
Nice try user, here's your (You).
I mean when as in which month? Least they could do is to specify the month.
Ryder Ward
What's wrong with the live movie? I thought it was ok.
Lincoln White
This. Of course it wasn't perfect, but I admire the effort behind it, even if the adaptation isn't exactly 1:1, what with the alterations here and there, but still pretty faithful to certain bits. There are far worse adaptations out there. The casting was pretty impressive too, to say the least so kudos to that. Some acting felt a bit "flanderized" from time to time (I namely only felt like this mostly with the one who played as Sanosuke).
what I'd expect from any live action movie adaptation except not as let down/10
Live action movies of animated series are almost always a benefit/risk since there are people smart enough to care about the little things and to just how much the movie is actually faithful to the source itself
Brandon Wood
>tfw live action Kuzu Ryu Sen
They actually managed to make it work without looking too anime. Too bad they got the stabbing part wrong
Jace Gomez
I imagine Kenshin can still do it to an extent, but too much would be breaking now. He could probably come out for one or two cool fights but I don't think he could push himself further then that.
Anthony Ortiz
>Rurouni Kenshin is coming back
What? Why?
Chase Foster
Because money
Christian Cooper
Money. Kenshin was the only thing he did that got him some.
Mason Carter
I recently read the manga; it surprised me how even half of the anime stories before the Kyoto arc were filler.
I like the manga, the Trust OVAs and the anime up to Shishio the same. The last OVAs and the post-Kyoto filler are fucking garbage.
Aiden Allen
Is there a more badass character?
Luke Clark
agreed
John Turner
>The Jinchu arc keeps getting skipped
Why, though.
I know the anime was canceled before it got to that part, but the recent action movies decided to do a two-part Kyoto film in its place.
Easton Johnson
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Loved Kenshin's soundtrack.
Adam Thomas
Because it was terrible
Alexander White
Maybe the Kyoto arc was better recieved.
Aaron Howard
Enishi is a better villain than Shishio.
Jonathan James
I don't know if I would go that far, but I really liked the arc. It was a good way to close Kenshin's story.