Rurouni Kenshin
The 2023 reboot of Rurouni Kenshin streams on Crunchyroll, Netflix, and Hulu, and it's the most accessible way into one of anime's great redemption stories. A legendary assassin turned wandering swordsman vows never to kill again, carrying a reverse-blade sword through the early Meiji era as his violent past keeps catching up to him.
About
Once he was Battosai, the most feared killer of a brutal revolution. Now he is Kenshin Himura, a soft-spoken wanderer with a crossed scar on his cheek and a sword forged to spare lives rather than take them. When he stumbles into the life of a young dojo instructor and the makeshift family that forms around her, Kenshin finds a home worth protecting, but old enemies and the ghosts of the man he used to be won't let him rest. It's a story about atonement, and whether a person who has done terrible things can ever truly change.
Information
- Japanese
- るろうに剣心 －明治剣客浪漫譚－(2023)
- Premiered
- July 7, 2023
- Episodes
- 24
- Duration
- 23 min per ep.
- Status
- Finished Airing
- Studio
- liden films inc., lidenfilms
- Source
- Manga
- Themes
- drama, japanese production, comedy, asia, earth, japan
Seasons & Watch Order
This is the 2023 reboot, a fresh retelling of the story from the beginning, so it's a perfect entry point. It continues into a Kyoto-arc season, and there's also a beloved original 1990s anime if you want to compare.
FAQ
The modern Rurouni Kenshin series streams on Crunchyroll, Netflix, and Hulu, in subbed and dubbed versions.
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