Rate this anime day 31: Rurouni kenshin
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Never got around to seeing this 
so I won't vote.
so I won't vote.
RareHunter
All Star
One of the goat opening songsfight me.
I gave it a 9.
I brush against the freckles that I hated and my life’s goes on and heave a little sigh for you
I brush against the freckles that I hated and my life’s goes on and heave a little sigh for you
Goes hard in Japanese or English
Probably the greatest samurai story in anime. So much to like here and nothing to really hate until the canon material runs out.
Almost every character in RK is a practitioner of some martial art or weapon - no transformation cop outs or laser beams. The cast is full of adults with real trauma that warriors are bound to struggle with (Lots of PTSD, injuries, manic depression). There are very few kids and none of them are directing any action, which in turn helps make the fights and the story feel relatively grounded. The setting takes place in the middle of a turning point in Japanese history, and a lot of major characters have real life parallels from the period, so it can feel like you're watching a historical event take place right in front of your eyes.
There is no one way to really describe Kenshin. He is both a killer and gentle. Both lonely and surrounded by companions. He shifts in between various moods depending on the environment that either forces him to be violent or allows him the comfort of being at peace. It's that exact conflict between what he appears to be and what he actually is that drives the viewer's attachment towards him. Very human character with an inhuman ability that he struggles to suppress just like Guts and Vash. There are at least a dozen other characters I can remember that were well developed and would receive their own personal arcs throughout the story. Even the villains like Shishio had complex motivations that were justified in some way.
So long as the TV series stays canon Kenshin is an easy 10/10. It does branch away from the manga around episode 62, but the two great OVA series (Reflections, Trust & Betrayal) more than make up for that. So I'll give it a 10 overall.
I'd have to rewatch DBZ again to do so like I did for Kenshin, Trigun and Hakusho in recent years. I'm pretty sure I'd still enjoy it and have a lot of positive things to say about it.
waiting for the Broly movie thread to have an excuse to watch that and then post about it
It’s real good breh, did you ever like GT?
I liked the SS4 designs a lot. Didn't like how Goku got turned back into a kid again. Other than that I don't remember much about it in the 10+ years since I last watched it, have to rewatch that too
I remember being a fan of Broly so the film should be good
Drip Bayless
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I’d give it a 10 if they animated the last part of the manga
9 only cause of the samurai x movies
9 only cause of the samurai x movies
Strong 9. Aku Soku Zan
GOAT Characters
That fight between Saitou and Kenshin still gives me chills to this very day.
When Saitou sword broke and I thought that nikka was a dead man, homeboy hit Kenshin with the belt buckle lawd!
Hiko being so superpowered the creator didn’t even know what to do wit his ass....
Dope story
GOAT Characters
That fight between Saitou and Kenshin still gives me chills to this very day.
When Saitou sword broke and I thought that nikka was a dead man, homeboy hit Kenshin with the belt buckle lawd!
Hiko being so superpowered the creator didn’t even know what to do wit his ass....
Dope story
which broly one? I was thinking the newer one.
Black Haven
We will find another road to glory!!!
I will say this even though I love the storyline, battles and the historical aspect of it I really couldn’t stand the low key European worship it had going on in regards to European colonization.