Rurouni Kenshin(るろうに剣心)

Rurouni Kenshin(るろうに剣心)originally appeared in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump from September 2, 1994 to November 4, 1999, and the completed work consists of 28 tankōbon(単行本)volumes. Rurouni Kenshin, is a manga and anime series created by mangaka (漫画家, comic artist) - Watsuki Nobuhiro(和月伸宏),. The story is set during the early Meiji period in Japan.( 明治時代,, Meiji-jidai), or Meiji era, denotes the 45-year reign of Emperor Meiji, running, in the Gregorian calendar, from 23 October 1868 to 30 July 1912. During this time, Japan started its modernization and rose to world power status.

This set of 5 figurines is a long awaited prized collection since…I don't even remember when. Fans of Kenshin, this is a must have. The characters being included in this set are, Himura Kenshin (緋村 剣心), Kamiya Kaoru (神谷 薫), Sagara Sanosuke (相楽 佐之助), Shinomori Aoshi (四乃森 蒼紫), Makoto Shishio(志々雄真実). The detailed facial carve works and the rich colours are the plus points for this set to raise it above normal collection. I do hope my lousy photograhphy skill is able to do justic to them.

For our first presentation, we've chosen Kenshin to be our first model. Hit…it..Kenshin…Smile…?

Himura Kenshin (緋村 剣心)

The story tells of an assassin named Himura Kenshin (緋村 剣心), who was known as the Hitokiri Battōsai ("Man killer - Master of the Sword"). The title implies he has mastered the technique of Battōjutsu (sword drawing technique, studied in modern times as Iaijutsu) and can draw his sword with lightning speed. Hitokiri was the title given to samurai assassins ("man slayers" in the English anime).

After the Revolution, Kenshin grieves for all the lives he had taken, and vows that he will never kill again. He picked up a reverse-blade sword, Sakabato, given to him by a master swordsmith and assumed the life of a "rurouni". This word was created by Watsuki as a fusion of the words "Ronin" (masterless samurai) and "wanderer"). Kenshin becomes a technical master of the Hiten Mitsurugi-Ryū swordstyle after completing his previously abandoned training with his master, but declines the official mastership and title of "Hiko Seijūrō",given to each disciple who masters Hiten Mitsurugi-Ryu swordsmanship along with a traditional cape that is passed down to each "Hiko Seijūrō". Kenshin's master, Hiko Seijūrō XIII, has always find it hard to pass the cape to Kenshin, because Kenshin is not comfortable with the cape. Plus being a small built guy, both master and disciple agrees that Kenshin look awful with the huge cape dragging alongside.

To be con't...

Next character coming up….. Kamiya Kaoru (神谷 薫)….

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