Rurouni Kenshi Shin Kyoto Hen Part 2 - Plot

After seeing the fight of Okina and Aoshi Misao stops her search for Aoshi and becomes the new head of the Oniwaban. She asks Kenshin to fight Aoshi in her place. While Misao prepares to protect Kyoto from Shishio’s men Kenshin sets out to Osaka’s port…

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That’s official info. Will Kenshin be learning succession technique from Hiko remains unclear but marine battle seems to be present in the OVA. Will the second part share the fate of the first one and rewrite iconic moment giving nothing interesting in exchange? We’ll see.

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Rurouni Kenshi Shin Kyoto Hen Part 2 Plot?

Me: I wonder what they will make out of second half of Kyoto arc? Oh, my! The plot is written here but it’s in Japanese! Never mind - I’ll use google translator!

Google Translator: Ao thinks people will crowd your head and turn your garden in Kyoto.

Me: WTF?

*sob

True story.

Jump SQ 7 With The New Chapter Of Ruroken Manga Cinema Edition Will Be Out On June 4!

And it will include this poster! Which gives us first clear look of Saito Hajime and Sanosuke Sagara in the new Watsuki-sensei’s style!

BTW do you remember this picture?

My suspisions were right - it is new Saito!

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ONE OK ROCK Wrote Theme Song For Upcoming Rurouni Kenshin Movie Starring Sato Takeru.

Official twitter account of the Ruroken movie announced today that Japanese rock band ONE OK ROCK wrote the theme song called The Beginning for the movie. The song was written especially for the movie after details of the story were revealed to the band.

Sato Takeru who plays Kenshin in the movie is a good friend of the band’s members and their frienship helped to create further depth for the character with this song. Takeru also confessed that they were listening to the ONE OK ROCK’s music during shooting.

Press-release (Japanese) with further information and comments of the movie director and the band’s leader: http://wwws.warnerbros.co.jp/rurouni-kenshin/news/

UPD: I’ve changed the head-image according to requests.