Rurouni Kenshin (るろうに剣心) is a  manga series created by artist Nobuhiro Watsuki, set during the early years of the Meiji Era in Japan.

The series tells the story of Himura Kenshin, who ten years prior was known as the Battousai, an assassin who helped bring about the downfall of the Tokugawa shogunate which ushered in the Meiji Era. As a result, he is highly prized by people who want to either hire him for his skills, or kill him for toppling the old power structure. Kenshin himself grieves for the lives he ended, and has vowed that he will never kill again.

The manga originally appeared in the Japanese Shonen Jump Weekly Anthology, and the completed work consists of 28 tank0bon volumes.

The series was and first appeared as a pair of separate short stories (both are titled Rurouni: Meiji Swordsman Romantic Story) published in 1992 and 1993 in the manga magazine Weekly Shonen Jump Special. In 1994, Watsuki created a final ongoing version that was published in Shonen Jump until its conclusion in 1999, which the various anime series are based from. In 2000, it was followed up by Yahiko no Sakabato ("Yahiko's Reversed-Edge Sword"). The manga consists of 28 tankobon volumes (Yahiko no Sakabato was never compiled). The storyline of Kenshin is divided into three storyline arcs: Tokyo, Kyoto, and the Jincho (Revenge) arc.

Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Historical, Shounen

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