Rurouni Kenshin English Quotes


Rurouni Kenshin
-- Meiji Kenkaku Romantan --
Aoshi Shinomori
Kenshin Himura

An invincible swordsman with a strong sense of justice. Used to be a killer to help usher Japan to a new era, but now a wanderor carries a special swords, allowing him to put attackers out of the weak without killing them.

from a shitajiki (AC)


RUROUNIKENSHIN

Kenshin Himura, wielder of the reverse blade,has given up killing. He was the strongest incomparable, legendary slayer "Hitokiri Battosai" who paved the way for the new Meiji Restoration. After Meiji Restoration, he has become a wandering swordsman. Solving the Case of the False Battosai at Kamiya Dojo (run by adjutant master Kaoru Kamiya) he decides to stay for a while and takes as a disciple Yahiko Myojin, a young samurai whom he has saved from the yakuza.

from a shitajiki


-- MEIJI KENKAKU ROMANTAN --
Rurouni Kenshin

He is a master of swordsman and also a humane wanderer.

Kenshin Himura, wielder of the reverse blade,has given up killing. He was the strongest incomparable,legendary slayer "Hitokiri Battosai" who paved the way for the new Meiji Restoration.

Kenshin Himura
Vagabond <Hitokiri Batto-sai>
Nicknamed "Hitokiri Batto-sai," he practices the swift and lethal swordsmanship of the Hiten Mitsurugi School.He is a great and even legendary patriot.In the war torn final days of the Tokugawa Shogunate, he made great contributions to the new era under an assumed name.

Now,however, he's a wandering vagabond who has vowed never to kill again. Crimes committed by someone posing as Batto-sai led him to the Kamiya Dojo, where he is now a hanger-on.

He usually quite gentle, but his strong sense of justice leads him to resist authority and violence.

Sanosuke Sagara
former Sekihotai member
Once a soldier-in-training with the Sekihotai (an advance detachment of the Imperial Army formed by civilians), Sagara has come to hate the Restoration government for allowing the Sekihotai to lapse into a false army.

To forget his past,he becomes a successful mercenary, fighting other people's battles in exchange for money.He loses a fight with Kenshin but then-learning of Kenshin's life as a wanderer- befriends him.

Though short-tempered and uncouth,he is also very tender-hearted.

Aoshi Shinomori
former head of ONIWABANSHU
Aoshi Shinomori former head of ONIWABANSHU(the underground guards of a general)Just before the Meiji-Restoration, Aoshi Shinomori who had been a talented 15 years-old spy was appointed to the head of ONIWABANSHU.Seemingly,ONIWABANSHU is cold-hearted and pitiless people.But they'd throw away their lives for their boss,Aoshi who has made their lives meaningful. Aoshi goes into the mysterious sea of trees to gain the title of "the strongest",and to prepare for the battle with Kenshin.

from a shitajiki (AC)


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