by Nobuhiro Watsuki, 187 pages This penultimate volume in the series takes the characters (and the reader) into the dramatic homestretch as Kenshin, having at last regained his true compass, faces off against the embodiment of his guilt-ridden past--and hopes to bring that same peace of mind and enlightenment to his grieving, vengeance-bent adversary.
The character of Kenshin is a classic model of contradictions. He is frighteningly skilled in the killing arts yet sworn never to take another life; wise beyond his years yet childlike in his sweetness; dignified yet an object of laughter. He and his companions at the dojo come together as disparate individuals, but by the time this final arc kicks into full gear, they are a family bound by mutual trust. If you like ad-hoc family stories, your giggles balanced with melodrama, and don't mind a lot of grand-standing (never from Kenshin--he's much too modest for that), speechifying, and move-announcing action on the battlefield, then Rurouni Kenshin might be just the thing for you.
Only one volume left! As Kenshin would say, "Oro!"
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