manga series · Japan

1994 to 1999

Created by
Nobuhiro Watsuki

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Cover of Rurouni Kenshin

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Rurouni Kenshin.

るろうに剣心 -明治剣客浪漫譚-

Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Swordsman Romantic Story (Japanese: るろうに剣心 -明治剣客浪漫譚-, Hepburn: Rurōni Kenshin -Meiji Kenkaku Roman Tan-) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Nobuhiro Watsuki. The story begins in 1878, the 11th year of the Meiji era in Japan, and follows a former assassin of the Bakumatsu, known as Hitokiri Battosai. After his work against the bakufu, he becomes Himura Kenshin, a wandering swordsman who protects the people of Japan with a vow never to take another life.

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Type
manga series
Country
Japan
Published
1994 to 1999
Appeared in
Weekly Shōnen Jump
Language
Japanese

Run

In print
The story

Rurouni Kenshin, in three panels

  1. 1994. Rurouni Kenshin begins in Japan.

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    Cover of Rurouni Kenshin
  2. Also by Nobuhiro Watsuki

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