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76. Rurouni Kenshin (1996)
WhiteLens (3/5)


This is the story of Kenshin, a once notorious assassin who embarked on a journey of repentance by helping out the weak in need. It's a classic tale of love and war in the age of samurai, one of the most influential and important works in the medium, and inspiring many shounen to this day.

That's probably my biggest issue, though. I didn't see Kenshin until after seeing quite a few other shounen that were a lot shinier in the action department. That's not to say Kenshin doesn't have a lot of really cool battles, since it does, but few really stuck with me and I have trouble recalling how any of them fully went. I do think it tells a story better than a lot of other shounen, but when i watched it, I wasn't super into the storytelling aspect of the medium. Plus, the best part of the story by far is hidden in a separate OVA relegated to 4 episodes among nearly 100 others. I was all about that integrity back then, so I did watch all the ending filler, and man, I don't remember any of it.

Of course, you can't talk about Kenshin without talking about the creator, who likes child pornography. Kinda put a damper on my feelings about the show nd had to drop it 75 places. 'Tis a crying shame, I do say.
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