"Rurouni Kenshin". Well… There is no simple way to describe this absolutely wonderful series, except to admit that it is one of the most amazing, touching, not to mention beautifully drawn series I’ve ever seen.

It is the story of a wandering samurai (rurouni) named Himura Kenshin, otherwise known as Hitokiri Battosai. His legendary name Hitokiri Battosai ("Killing Sword Assassin"?) strikes fear into people's hearts… And it is well-deserved, for Kenshin had been exactly what the name Hitokiri Battosai means – a cold, heartless, merciless killer. But perhaps he did have a heart after all
– for after a tragic and scarring event in his life, he had disappeared, had become a rurouni – a wanderer, who had taken an oath never to kill anyone again, trying to atone for all the lives he had taken. The special sword he carries, the Sakabatou – reversed blade, was part of the non-killing vow, now meant to protect the people Kenshin had come to love. On his travels Kenshin met a young woman named Kamiya Kaoru, who invited him to live in her dojo. They quickly got to know young Myoujin Yahiko, a proud son of a Samurai family, Sagara Sanosuke, an ex-gangster, and Takani Megumi, a woman doctor running away from a bitter past. They all had lost their families, but together they formed a new one…

(this description is almost non-spoiler on purpose.)

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