A Christian, and sought revenge for Christianity, and to make the Holy Land, after his parents were killed for their beliefs, when Christians were persecuted during the Shogunate. It was so effective that Soujiro decided to travel the world and see it in his own eyes instead if of the eyes of Shishio. the fat blubbery member of the juppongatana. As a youth, Sanosuke ran away from home to join the Sekiho Army, a group of farmers and merchants who fought for the Ishin Shishi during the Meiji Revolution. After raising Gentatsu's sister Toki, he started brewing a plan to take down the Meiji government alongside a small group of ex-Samurais... Shigure's ward and a local school teacher, as well as Gentatsu's younger sister. He was his first loves younger brother, and though he was born with black hair, as he grew older it turned pale white from stress.

He is hired to attack Kenshin, a former Ishin Shishi, but when Sanosuke is defeated he becomes Kenshin's best friend and fighting partner. A fat oaf who uses his immense size, his strength, and his ability to entrap weapons in his flab. © 2020 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved. However, in a fight against Shishio Makoto, he was blinded and eventually left to die. He is a wanderer formerly known as the Hitokiri Battosai, a deadly man-slayer who slaughtered many men in the war before the Meiji era. With this dangerous sword style, he uses his sakabatou (a sword with a reversed edge) to restrain himself from killing anyone ever again, and renounces the title Hitokiri. at the Rengoku, which sinks pretty shortly afterwards. Houji's plan with the Rengoku fails when Sanosuke blows up the Purgatory with bombs provided by his friend Katsu. After a series of events, Kenshin kills Tomoe unintentionally in battle. However, I prefer Mistress Kaoru's play-talk more than the truth.

Voiced by: Mayo Suzukaze (JP, TV series). After his group's downfall, he gave up on his quest.

He is in reality a mechanical puppet, a primitive mech, controlled by Gein, the puppetmaster.

Kaoru is a teacher of the Kamiya Kasshin-ryu style, a swords style used to protect people, and not harm others. He practices Honjou-ryu, his own style of martial arts with his scythe. ),1 also known as Rurouni Kenshin and Samurai X, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Nobuhiro Watsuki. His harsh criticism and defeats of Sanosuke could either break Sano's spirit enough to stay out of the fight, or force him to become stronger and more helpful. Sagara Sanosuke also owes her a seemingly large sum of money in which interest is accounted for. He is hired to attack Kenshin, a former Ishin Shishi, but when Sanosuke is defeated he becomes Kenshin's best friend and fighting partner.

Having a long-standing rivalry with Himura Kenshin since their days on opposite sides of the Bakumatsu, Saitō nevertheless holds a begrudging respect for the rurouni and has come to his aid on assignment more than once, acting as a ruthless ally and the voice of cynical reason in the Kenshin-gumi's major battles. Voiced by: Miki Fujitani (JP - Anime), Tomo Sakurai (JP - Drama CD), Dorothy Elias-Fahn (EN - Anime), Katherine Catmull (EN - OVA).

This world is dead to me. Since her father was killed in the war, responsibility for running the family dojo fell to young Kaoru. With Kenshin and Sanosuke's support and encouragement, she becomes a doctor to atone for her past misdeeds. He suffers from tuberculosis as seen when he fought Kenshin in a flashback, though he was still able to hold his own with the Battosai. A cunning money-minded industrialist and opium dealer.

he ends up unable to fight as well as he once could at the end of the series. Gains one during the Shimabara arc of the anime, performed by swiping very quickly with claw-hand attacks to generate short ranged gusts of slicing wind. Leader of the first squad of the Shinsengumi during the revolution.

When he was younger, both of his parents died, and he was taken in by the Yakuza, who forced him to live as a pickpocket. A seventeen-year-old dojo instructor.

Tae literally turns to stone at that comment.

Some of his "miracles" were really just due to his education in Western Medicine, and other sciences.

Voiced by: Hirotaka Suzuoki (JP -Anime), Ken Narita (JP - 2011 OVA), Kirk Thornton (EN). In the original manga, Kenshin gave a sincere acknowledgment of Akira's determination to live, and prays for the latter to find peace in his next life after killing him. She is constantly concerned about Shishio's medical state. Kenshin's fighting style is Hiten Mitsurugi-ryu, now an ancient study. Plus in the anime, Aoshi takes him out in a single blow as does Shishio in the manga and anime, His loss to Shishio, while inevitable given. This edit will also create new pages on Comic Vine for: Until you earn 1000 points all your submissions need to be vetted by other Just how long will you last, in this new world of the Meiji? at the Rengoku, which sinks pretty shortly afterwards.

His fight with Usui. Voiced by: Hiroshi Takahashi (JP), David Mallow (EN). In Shishio's headquarters, he's shown operating independently and covertly, and it's implied that whether Kenshin or Shishio wins, he will strike the weakened Shishio in their fight. Voiced by: Ikuo Nishikawa (JP), Paul St. Peter (EN). So far, the Anime's English Dub used the term "Battousai the Man Slayer" which is as close a moniker as can be to the original. ),, known as Kenshin Himura in the English-language dub, is a fictional character from the Rurouni Kenshin universe created by Nobuhiro Watsuki. Voiced by: Masanori Ikeda (JP), Steve Blum (EN). Enishi wants revenge against Kenshin since Kenshin killed Tomoe.

Kenshin had gone through fights with both. When he was younger, both of his parents died, and he was taken in by the Yakuza, who forced him to live as a pickpocket. Enishi was Kenshin's ultimate opponent. He is only a mediocre opponent when not using the former (despite using a master sheathing technique), but he will still begin battles with regular swords, preferring to toy with his opponents. Tomoe when she threw herself between him and his opponent, intending to protect him. The titular and main character of the series. Voiced by: Akio Ohtsuka (JP), Dave Mallow (EN). After defending Kaoru from the fake Battōsai and his allies, Kenshin is invited to live at the dojo.

The series is written by Nobuhiro Watsuki and directed by Kazuhiro Furuhashi.

until the Jinchuu arc comes around and Sano breaks it out again to knock one of Kujiranami's cannon shells right back at him. He somehow managed to get the services of Aoshi and the Oniwabanshu with him...only to be beaten by Kenshin severely for his crimes. Megumi would've been forced to make opium for Kanryu for the rest of her life. Sadojima Hōji is Shishio's second in command who also serves as an advisor.

Shishio's second in command.