Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins
The journey begins.
AdventureActionFantasyWarHistoryjapanassassinsamuraibased on mangajidaigekishinsengumi19th centurymeiji periodbakumatsuamusedishin shishiboshin war
A period action-adventure about a reformed assassin seeking redemption in post-war Japan, balancing martial spectacle with philosophical questions about violence and atonement.
In 1868, after the Bakumatsu war ends, the ex-assassin Kenshin Himura traverses Japan with an inverted sword, to defend the needy without killing.
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