File:Kenshin.bmp-1.jpg. Today's post is on Rurouni Kenshin volume 15 by Nobuhiro Watsuki. 228] Fudōsawa hires Sanosuke to fight the farmer, but Sanosuke realizes that Kamishimoemon is his father and that his family is being forced into poverty by Fudōsawa. [19] She is portrayed by Maryjun Takahashi in the live-action films. As the series continues, Kaoru develops strong romantic feelings for Kenshin, who is constantly haunted by his past deeds and believes he does not deserve happiness. 90] He abandoned his position in the government and eventually met Shishio. Gohei hires Sanosuke to defeat Kenshin, but this fails. 216] Gein just wants to test out his creations and needs to be around men of battle to do it since, according to him, the forefront of technology is always in battle.[ch. 93] Usui and Shishio made a deal upon him joining the Juppongatana; Usui can try to kill Shishio anytime he gets the chance.[ch. Watsuki intended for Raijūta to be the opposite of Kenshin, "intelligently macho and a believer of satsujin-ken." Shishio was Kenshin's successor as hitokiri for the Ishin Shishi. 12] Yahiko defeats Henya by gliding on a shōji door blown up by Henya's dynamite and attacking him from above.[ch. When Hiko was placed in Rurouni Kenshin, the author simplified the design, such as changing the hair to make it easier to draw. "Ten Swords") are a group of ten elite assassins founded and commanded by Shishio Makoto for the purpose of assassinating Meiji government officials upon their planned revolution.[ch. 160] The third is a jar of iron powder, Bishamon's Powder (毘沙門粉), used in conjunction with his magnetic Bishamon's Sword (毘沙門剣).[ch. Watsuki said that while he was careful to not make Okina look too similar to his influence, his assistants guessed the design model right away. Watsuki said that a lot of the changes he made to Jin-e in Restoration did not work out, proving that the original version is perfect. "The Secret Life of Characters (18) Sekihara Tae,", Watsuki, Nobuhiro. [11][5][6], The Arai Family consists of the blacksmith Arai Seikū (新井 青空), his wife Azusa (梓), and their infant son Iori (伊織). He had witnessed Shishio brutally killing policemen, but instead of killing him, Shishio ordered him to keep him in a safe house and to provide for him. 76] He used to be an official in the Meiji government but lost faith in it when he saw no one in the government worthy of leading the country.[ch. Version Three's full body tattoo was added to give him the look of a "battling tribe" from an undeveloped world, but Watsuki said it does not look that good. Reflection was released in the United States by ADV Films on DVD on March 25, 2003, while a Director's Cut edition was later released. 45] For the past ten years he has cursed the Meiji government and created a cache of grenades to blow up the department of internal affairs.[ch. [11][5] He also ranked seventh in the "Who is Kenshin's Biggest Rival?" [57], Voiced by: Hidehiro Kikuchi (Japanese); Steve Cannon (English). This reticence left Kiyosato unaware of her thoughts, and—thinking that he needed to please her with greater accomplishments—made him join the Kyoto Mimawarigumi.[ch. The Meiji government could not keep the promise and so used the Sekihō Army as scapegoats, denouncing them as a "false army."[ch. Gein originated from serial killer Ed Gein, who made lampshades and chairs out of corpses, combined with the puppet master required by the story. He gave Yutarō the traits of admiring Kaoru, an older woman, and Kenshin's strength but made him unable to "be honest" about it because they were Raijūta's enemies, as aspects of his youth. Although originally not interested in the idea, Watsuki decided to go with it after discussing the Shingan ability that read people's emotions by listening to their heartbeat and pulse. He is gunned down by Kanryū's Gatling gun trying to help save Aoshi.[ch. Shura fought with a three-section staff that can disconnect into a chain-staff, and has great agility and reflexes. The author felt regret about Senkaku; what he regretted most was how he was unable to use Senkaku's special technique "Piercing Head-Butt" in the storyline.[18]. Gein (外印), the "Artist of Karakuri" (機巧芸術家), is a member of the Six Comrades and the puppeteer behind Juppongatana member Iwanbō.[ch. 72] Although Anji is a master of the technique, his later fight with Sanosuke ends when Sanosuke creates the "Mastery of Three Layers" and Anji drops to his knees when Sanosuke points out that the orphans' souls do not care about his mission to save the world, they only want him to be happy.[ch. A biological man with a feminine appearance, he is homosexual and loves Shishio deeply. In China he taught himself the Watōjutsu (倭刀術) style, which was derived from Japanese kenjutsu.[ch. She is loyal to her friends and is always there to heal their wounds, especially Sanosuke, whom she often cautions about fighting. The storyline was created to act as a bridge to the Raijūta one and to give Yahiko the spotlight. 147], Henya was modeled after Matsubayashi Henyasai, a swordsman in the early Edo period who possessed "avoidance techniques," which would now be called acrobatics in the modern era. 71] Watsuki created Eiji between the tragedy in Shingetsu village and the concept of a new beginning, and with the main theme of revenge. Watsuki tried "very hard" to keep the body from being too similar to the Eva. 9] During the Jinchū arc, Uramura's house is attacked and destroyed by Otowa and Kujiranami as part of Enishi's plan to strike at the places in Tokyo most important to Kenshin; but Uramura and his family are saved by Kenshin.[ch. 28], Watsuki was originally going to base Han'nya off of the "Elephant Man"; intending for his face to be deformed because a person stepped on it while he was still in his mother's womb. 178] I'izuka (飯塚) was their spy in the Ishin Shishi. Following Shishio's defeat, his … 160] After receiving a pair of upgraded gauntlets from Enishi, the "Neo-Invulnerable Gauntlets", he fights Sano again during the attack on Kamiya dojo.[ch. Therefore, Kenshin arranges for Yahiko to be trained in Kamiya Kasshin-ryū by Kamiya Kaoru. Although a historical figure, Watsuki's own mental image of Sagara Sōzō ended up taking precedence; according to the author, Sōzō genuinely wanted equality for Japan's people. [7], Voiced by: Shō Ryūzanji (Japanese); Jamieson Price (English), Uonuma Usui (魚沼 宇水), also known as "Blind Sword" (盲剣, Mōken),[ch. 23] He also wears steel gauntlets beneath his gloves, which help him to block attacks from other weapons.[ch. [47] When the author first discussed the "Megumi arc" with his editor, the editor replied that "having a swordsman of Kenshin's caliber fighting a group of punk-thugs still coming into their first facial hair mi-i-ight not make for the most epic of manga. Since the organization was made simply to explain Enishi's finances, Watsuki believed that the addition of Heishin "didn't seem to change anything." 175] In the middle of Kenshin's duel with the leader of the Yaminobu, Tomoe throws herself between them. 50] Arundo ambushes Kenshin and tries to use a chain to immobilize Kenshin, but is ultimately defeated.[ch. 202] He is the head of a black market weapons smuggling organization that he runs with Woo Heishin. Watsuki intended for designs that would be drawn quickly, but found it difficult and as they evolved he decided that he needed to study images of real people. 126, 127] Pardoned for his crimes, the Meiji government assigns Fuji to Hokkaidō to develop land and act as a defending fighter during times of war.[ch. [5], Voiced by: Sukekiyo Kameyama (Japanese); Bob Papenbrook (English), Chief Uramura (浦村署長, Uramura-shochō) is the police chief.[ch. [9] The third volume of the drama CDs adapted the Jin-e story. Yutarō feels that his father's actions degrade him and wants to show him how a true samurai lives by the sword.[ch. Watsuki debated whether to include the Sekihō Army Incident due to its obscurity. The author intended for Henya to be "monster-like" since, originally none of the Juppongatana aside from Sōjirō were supposed to be "lookers." They are identical quadruplets named after the four symbols of Chinese astrology, and each versed in a different form of combat. 160, 172] In reality Otowa joined the fight just for pleasure.[ch. He wanted to "challenge a good-looking masked character like Char from Gundam." 97] is a member of the Juppongatana and a cunning elder who manipulates the giant Fuji. 29], Watsuki modeled Takeda Kanryū after Takeda Kanryūsai, the captain of the Shinsengumi's Fifth Unit. After Kaoru's father died, the elder brother Kihei (喜兵衛) collapsed in front of the dojo and Kaoru took him in; becoming a kind of a live-in apprentice and gaining Kaoru's trust, while trying to persuade her to sell the dojo.[ch. Watsuki had no model for Anji's personality, but pictured him as being similar to Shinsengumi lieutenant Shimada Kai due to the "manly air." [9] He was designed to be a "murderous ogre", the "polar opposite of Kenshin." 93] having met Shishio when he was a small boy. Henya's design model was a bat with a streamlined head and "a little bit" of Cyborg 002 from Cyborg 009. "The Secret Life of Characters (16) Isurugi Raijūta,", Watsuki, Nobuhiro. Juppongatana Chibi's Mar 21, 2018 - I've never drawn any of the bad guys in Rurouni Kenshin, so I thought I would give it a shot! "[10] The character is voiced by Unshō Ishizuka in the drama. 168, 169] Following the Ikeda-Ya and Kinmon incidents the Chōshū are near ruin, so Katsura Kogorō tells Kenshin to lay-low in a farm village and bring Tomoe to better blend in. She is often seen accompanied by Shozo, a childhood friend whom she and her brother saved from persecution. 66] He claims to have killed 99 people. was a member of the Juppongatana, an organization under Shishio Makoto's orders. She has suffered from consumption ever since she was a child (which she perhaps obtained from her mother, who suffered the same illness). Watsuki had no attachment towards the four bald-headed priests, but felt that the cone-shaped head design was "a waste for an unimportant character." 148] In Hell, Hōji is reunited with Shishio and vows to continue following him in his new quest to conquer Hell.[ch. 234], Voiced by: Kazue Itoh (Japanese); Mary Elizabeth McGlynn (English). a litle amv i made using makoto shishio music!It turned out prety well i think =]hope u enjoy ^^ comment plz =P With no actual historic photographs of Sōzō to use as a design, the character became popular "in the eyes (and hearts) of female readers. Watsuki created Chō's basic design when he was 20 years old; originally designed to be a space alien. 155, 195] He says he has thirteen hidden weapons all over his body, but only four are shown in the series. Watsuki concluded that the development of Raijūta taught him a lot about character design. He created him after his editor told Watsuki that he needed to put more depth into the black market weapons organization. "[20] Usui came in seventeenth place in the series' second character popularity poll. After Kenshin defeats the Yaminobu, Katsura Kogorō sends Shishio Makoto to kill I'izuka, having discovered his true affiliation.[ch. Equal to Sōjirō in strength, he is the member most feared by Shishio.[ch. She dies in Sanosuke's arms after telling him her real name. During a scuffle one of Raijūta's men accidentally hits Yutarō, causing him to fall into the ocean. 79] He possesses quite a collection of rare and unusual swords, including; a double-bladed sword known as Renbatō (連刃刀, "Repeater") and his favorite, a thin long flexible sword he keeps hidden wrapped around his waist named Hakujin (薄刃乃, "The Thin One").[ch. She wishes to learn what happened to Aoshi and his comrades and follows Kenshin on his way to Kyoto hoping to meet him again.[ch. The X-Men character does not directly fight but instead invents machines to help his team members, so Watsuki wanted a character who held a support role in the Juppongatana. [24] Although reader response to Anji's story was mostly positive, looking back on it Watsuki said he was an immature writer then. The author added Kamatari and Fuji at a later point. Jin-e's outfit originates from that of Serizawa Kamo, the main character from a Shinsengumi manga released around 14–15 years before the release of Rurouni Kenshin volume two in Japan. is a special attack force of elite warriors assembled and commanded by Shishio Makoto for the purpose of leading his revolutionary army against the Meiji government. The author added that he found it "refreshing" that Azusa is the first female character he designed who shows her entire forehead. [5][6], Voiced by: Eiji Takemoto (Japanese); Jake Martin (English), Kariwa Henya (刈羽 蝙也, Kariwa Hen'ya), known as the "Flighted" (飛翔, Hishō),[ch. Saizuchi keeps telling Fuji that he owes him for saving his life and uses that to control him.[ch. He asks her to promise to forget what she saw and leave, but instead she starts to work at the inn and the two develop feelings for one another.[ch. He said that there was no real model in terms of design, and described Takeda Kanryū as a "carryover" of Nishiwaki, a character in the first Rurouni: Meiji Swordsman Romantic Story one-shot. All of its students leave when a large number of people are killed by someone claiming to be Hitokiri Battōsai and a practitioner of Kamiya Kasshin-ryū, damaging her school's reputation. 255], Watsuki said that he always had some idea of what Sanosuke's family would be like, and therefore formed the Higashidani family along those concepts. Kenshin seeks Shakkū out in Kyoto for a replacement and learns he is dead, but that his son is still alive and learned everything he knew. The … 28], Watsuki described the addition of the Oniwabanshū as a "last minute" choice. I go to serve my lord in Hell."[ch. The silhouette version of Yatsume, seen before his full reveal, was modeled after the "bandana mask version" of Wolverine from X-Men and Carnage from Spider-Man. Watsuki had no personality model for Otowa and made him cruel because he is a shadow instrument user, which he notes resulted in him being sort of like Kanryū. "The Secret Life of Characters (7) Udō Jin-e,", Watsuki, Nobuhiro. 56], Watsuki feels that many Japanese people have bias towards Saigō Takamori with Ōkubo being thought of as "sly" and "cunning." 229] The only obstacle preventing him from taking over the town is the farmer Higashidani Kamishimoemon.[ch. [4] Megumi came in fourteenth place in the series' second character popularity poll,[5] and fifteenth in the third. Dec 30, 2020 - The story begins during the 11th year of the Meiji period in Japan (1878) and follows a former assassin from the Bakumatsu, known as Hitokiri Battosai. Mais um volume de Rurouni Kenshin que adorei ler e que me fez rir por diversas vezes. The concept of "a young girl being a young man's motivation to act" introduced her as the heroine. The motif of the entire plotline involving Kenshin in the Fallen Village is based on that same story, with it also taking influence from the comic Silver Surfer by Moebius. 255] He also appears in Yahiko no Sakabatō, where he is about four years old and is seen training with a shinai. 196, 197] Before he can fight Kenshin however, he ends up fighting Saitō instead and is brutally maimed in defeat, despite having managed to outmaneuver the man's trademark attack once.[ch. [33] Gein ranked eighth in the "Who is Kenshin's Biggest Rival?" 148] She became reviled at the Japanese government's refusal to compensate the newly emancipated prostitutes due to it regarding them as equivalent to livestock.[ch. "The Secret Life of Characters (52) Woo Heishin,", Watsuki, Nobuhiro. 88] Okina tends to like drinking games and pretty girls. Years ago, Seijūrō rescued a young boy named Shinta from a gang of bandits, took him under his wing and gave him the name "Kenshin".[ch. Ōta is a "typical Watsuki image" of a weak child from a rural area who has cheeks with circle marks. Watsuki found that the character's triangular silhouette has influences from Rei-Rei in Vampire Hunter. The author said he did not realize that because cool beauties do not show emotion, once she revealed her true feelings in the end, she become a completely different character. His personality is that of a "very lively idiot" and is taken from Kazama Kangetsu in Samurai Spirits. 13] Though spared, Jin-e stabs himself in the heart so the police will not discover who his government employer is.[ch. Cover of the first tankōbon for Rurouni Kenshin, released by Shueisha on September 2, 1994. He said that he became fonder of the brothers as his deadlines approached. For Rurouni Kenshin: Restoration, Watsuki did not plan on making any drastic changes to Kanryū but was inspired to after seeing Kagawa's "fanatical" performance in the film. Saitō arranges for his wife, Tokio (時尾), to care for Eiji in the near future.[ch. Watch Rurouni Kenshin (Dubbed) Episode 40, A Killer Without Mercy: Fight to the Death Against the Cho of the Juppongatana, on Crunchyroll. With his senses impaired, Kenshin fights the leader Tatsumi (辰巳), a hand-to-hand fighter. The first is Baika Chūzen (梅花袖箭), a small six-barreled arrow-launcher worn on his left wrist.[ch. Watsuki planned to have more to Anji's story, but with five weeks worth of material, he had to significantly cut it down so it would not interrupt the flow of the fighting; he originally planned to have Anji's heart momentarily stop due to the "Mastery of Three Layers." Considered a freak by everyone around him, one day he was attacked and almost killed but Saizuchi found him and took him in.[ch. 87] they are the primary antagonist group of the Kyoto arc. Otowa is a sadistic individual who enjoys killing people for fun and is not above targeting women and children. "The Secret Life of Characters (44) Inui Banjin,", Watsuki, Nobuhiro. The author described Jin-e as a "complicated fellow" who is "crazy-crazy" and not merely "crazy-acting." But in "a bit more of a neutral position" since Watsuki felt it would be strange for Chō to "become friendly with Kenshin and the others. Not originally intended to be a standalone character, Beshimi became shorter than Kenshin to add variety to the Oniwabanshū. Having designed Yumi on the spot with the intention of her to be sexy, Watsuki had no specific design model. Yutarō, who had inherited a lot of money after his parents died, wishes to learn swordsmanship to become as skilled as his father. He intended to give Anji a "power-fighter" design but settled for "macho" instead. The historical Takeda Kanryūsai is well known as having been homosexual and Watsuki considered making Kanryū homosexual as well, but dropped the idea as he felt it would "unnecessarily complicate things. Watsuki admitted that the design model is all "jumbled up." 194] The last is the Rikudōko (六道蠱), six long piercing tentacle-like appendages worn on his torso.[ch. Although he delivers a lot of blows, Sanosuke defeats Byakko as his attacks are too weak to do any damage.[ch. The design models for Version One (and Two) were the characters Blob and Mojo from X-Men. 31] The former samurai her family worked for forces her to help him rob the Akabeko until he is defeated by Yahiko.[ch. She was the most famous oiran in Yoshiwara and took pride in it, until the María Luz Incident.[ch. But felt that this alone did not give Tsunan "interesting" qualities, so he added the "fake artist" trait. Saizuchi's talents lie not in battle-abilities, but his proficient use of words. He lets himself be hit by Saitō's Gatotsu and correctly identifies its weakness as the blind spot created by extending the right hand as a counterweight. She traveled to Tokyo in search of Shinomori Aoshi whom she is in love with. Watsuki said that Beshimi's shortness and timidness gave him a group of fans who wrote to him calling the character "cute. 24] After the Bakumatsu, Han'nya received no prosperous government job offers because of his appearance.[ch. The design was inspired by the first Eva in Neon Genesis Evangelion. He goes by the name of Fujita Gorō (藤田 五郎) and works as a Meiji police officer. The author said that he is not "twisted enough" to place "negative elements in the ideal family." Yahiko is the only one around to fight Kujiranami at the time and manages to hold him off until Kenshin arrives and cuts off his grenade launcher, which returns his sanity.[ch. Watsuki used no design model for Geezer. But a friend of Watsuki's suggested to make Kamatari "just a 'pretty girl' type," leading to the solidification of the character. 211] Gein is actually an old man, yet he is very strong due to controlling his heavy puppets for so long. 19] She became the assistant to a Tokyo physician who had created a deadly new form of opium, and when the doctor was killed she was forced to make the new opium for corrupt industrialist Takeda Kanryū for the past three years.[ch. Despite defeating four members of the Kyoto Oniwabanshū by himself, Iwanbō flees when Henya and Kamatari are defeated.[ch. 29] She has a wicked sense of humor and enjoys flirting with Kenshin to make Kaoru jealous (both Kaoru and Sanosuke refer to her as a "vixen" and in the manga vixen ears appear whenever she indulges in her sense of humor), but helps Kaoru come to terms with her feelings towards Kenshin. [48][49], Voiced by: Taiki Matsuno (Japanese); Derek Stephen Prince (English), Beshimi (癋見) is the smallest of the Oniwabanshū and uses his stealth to compensate for his lack of strength. Aoshi gave Shikijō a chance to join the Oniwabanshū and gain strength using their training methods and medicines.[ch. After the Bakumatsu, of all of the Oniwabanshū members, only Aoshi received job offers from government agencies, such as army intelligence and protection services of political leaders; Aoshi instead chose not to abandon his men.[ch. Watch Rurouni Kenshin (Subbed) Episode 61, The Juppongatana Who Remain (aka The Choice for Life), on Crunchyroll. The design model for Kujiranami is Apocalypse from X-Men, one of Watsuki's favorite villains. You have to have read the first fourteen in the series to understand the story. Watsuki revealed that he and his editor both had doubts about actually doing it because Fuji was so big, but friends and assistants told him it would be fun and he was pleased that it seemed to have paid off. 70] He has been with Shishio the longest and is the most trusted member of the Juppongatana,[ch. 177] he later joins Enishi in the Six Comrades. Lady Magdalia (マグダリア, Magudaria), real name Mutō Sayo (武藤 小夜), is Shogo Amakusa's younger sister. [5][6], Voiced by: Junko Iwao (Japanese); Rebecca Davis (English), Yukishiro Tomoe (雪代 巴) was the wife of Himura Kenshin and biological sister of Yukishiro Enishi.[ch. And never miss a beat, Tsukayama Yuzaemon ( 塚山 由左衛門 ), [ ch a teacher to the.... 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