Kenshin and his Incarnations

jyun1226 · Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2006 11:24 pm Post subject:

The two OVA's = Trust and Betryal
Movie = Samurai X:Requiem of the Patriots (i think it was horrible. total crap)
Series
End OVA= Reflections.
personally, the OVA's all three of em kicked the series butt.

there should be one about Kenji though. that would be nice.
stupid losers making weird drawings.
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fresh_no_concept · Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 1:10 am Post subject:

nv117 · Heimin (Commoner) Joined: Feb 12, 2006 Posts: 51

Im pretty much the standard fan..the way i saw the series was the anime then the the two OVAs then samurai x then the end OVA. i only read a little manga but i really stopped watching the series after the kyoto arc

Destiny81 · Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2006 11:58 am Post subject:

hmm, i have watched all the series except for the movies and the OVA's, can someone tell me what the OVA's is all about? i am pretty blur about this though i like to watch the series but i am very confused about Kaoru relationship with Kenshin and did kenshin pass down his skill to Ayoshi?

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7senses · newbie! Joined: Nov 03, 2005 Posts: 46

Destiny - the OVA's are pretty much a re-cap of Kenshin's past and the ending. The storyline that's covered is pretty much where the anime series left off, albeit, with a much more serious and emotional overtone.
I have to say, I'm disappointed that the OVA pretty much skimps over the more interesting battles between Kenshin's old enemies, Aoshi's and Saito's involvement, and the last battles.

However, the OVA Reflections goes beyond where the manga ends. The story pretty much ends happily, where you see everyone in a reunion, and Kenshin and Kaoru have Kenji.

Reflections goes as far as to cover the last moment's of Kenshin's and Kaoru's life, making the whole story more of a tragedy.

Either way, Hiten Mitsuruugi Ryu's lineage ends at Seijuro Hiko and Kenshin; Kenji nor Yahiko learned a lick. But it's entertaining to watch Kenji and Yahiko battle it out in the last OVA.

Kyadytim · Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2006 9:39 pm Post subject:

katsushiro · Posted: Thu May 18, 2006 7:39 am Post subject: Rurouni Kenshin

My personal favorite in the Rurouni Kenshin saga is the Trust and Betrayal OVAs. Kenshin is portrayed here in an excellent way. He's a Hitokiri serving the Ishinshishi during the Bakumatsu. You can see his ups and downs as a normal person and as Hitokiri Battousai. He is not the dorky rounin portrayed in the series. He is the young and powerful Hitokiri responsible for cutting down officials of the Tokugawa Bakufu. BTW, trivia , Kenshin Himura is based on a true Hitokiri named Kawakami Gensai. Both Kenshin and Gensai served the Ishinshishi and are commonly mistaken for a girl. Both of them has a cold disposition and mo mercy for their targets.