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Rurouni Kenshin

るろうに剣心 -明治剣客浪漫譚-

anime
Finished
1996
Action
Adventure
Comedy

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Status: Finished
Episodes: 94
Studio: Studio Gallop
First released: 1996
Country: Japan
Format: anime
Author: Nobuhiro Watsuki
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What it is about

Himura Kenshin is a vagabond with a dark past and sunny disposition. Not a ronin but a rurouni, he was never a samurai, but an assassin of utmost skill in the Meiji restoration, who in the turning point of the war simply walked away. His travels lead him to Tokyo in the 11th year of the Meiji era, where he befriends a female Kendo master, a former thief, a brawler and a doctor all with their own secrets. Together they fight off the enemies surfacing from the dark past that Kenshin cannot escape. (Source: Anime News Network)