as much as i love
Rurouni Kenshin, this retelling of the kyoto arc is a disappointment
visually, its stunning. the action is a lot more fast paced, and usually thats a positive in modern anime, but not in this one.
this version fails to capture the strong points of the what makes this series so great.
they basically cut off the martial arts aspect of rurouni kenshin. kenjutsu is nonexistent. hiten mitsurugi ryu is nowhere to be found.
hiko seijuro's character was there so kenshin can finish his training. if they wanted to get rid off the intricacies of that, then having hiko is pointless.
saitoh's fight scene vs. *****io was the only entertaining part that was the closest to capture watsuki's original work.
kenshin's fight against *****io was comical to say the least... *****io's head splitting with open then hes tries to put it back together with his own hands? really?
what's even more embarrassing was how shin kyoto hen is supposed to be from misao perspective... aoshi lasted less than a minute in the whole anime. his fight took even less than that, 5 seconds.
horrible writing.
well at least this wasnt as bad as seisohen.
good thing the live action movie is good.
anyone who hasnt watched rurouni kenshin at all. read the manga. watch the anime tv series and tsuiokuhen.
whoever is in charge of this series need to faithfully animate the jinhcu arc. that's what we really want.