Ruroni Kenshin OAV Series

The beginning and ends of Kenshin's life

I watched all of the Kenshin OAVs about a year ago. The strongest point of the OAV is the intense plot. It's really realistic and the animation is great.

The OAVs are about Kenshin's life from start to finish. In the beginning, he was an orphan named Shinta whose friends (the people who took care of him since he was an orphan) were killed so he can survive. He soon meets a powerful swordsman who teaches him his fighting style. The teacher renames Shinta to Kenshin. Afterwards, Kenshin refuses to stay with his teacher so he can go use his skills to help people. But nobody ever expected that he would become an assasin.

In the future, Kenshin is now a wanderer who helps people to atone for his sins for killing people.

I absolutely LOVED the music. I believe the music was by the composer Taku Iwasaki. The OAV is nothing close to the TV series. The OAV in my opinion is MUCH better.

I highly recommend this OAV. Its out on dvd now, hopefully you can find the Uncut DVD edition.

Overall Grade : 4 of 4 stars   ****

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