The Manga That Shaped Me - Rurouni Kenshin

[@samgourhan207]

I had a female co-worker who loved Kenshin. I hated shonen @ the time 2018. I was 20. When i turned 21 i was unemployed & depressed & felt lost with no purpose. I found this series on Netflix it changed me. One day i worked in the woods doing landscaping. I made $20. I spent the last 6 on the first 3 in 1 volume of Kenshin. Changed my life & i felt that i knew the kind of man i wanted to be. 2 years later i feel more like early Gintoki. But i still hold kenshin close to my heart.

[@roeypervo3688]

thanks for the inspiration

[@jasonmcwhirter7093]

Great review! The only thing missing is just how well Watsuki subtly portrayed PTSD within Kenshin. The author never comes out and bluntly says it, but he shows Kenshin going through it. One of the strengths of comic/manga story telling versus novel story telling. You did talk about the ultiment moral of the whole story, the fact that you are more valuable to the world by staying alive and try to do good than to let yourself die in remorse. I would recommend this menga to anyone dealing with PTSD.

[@thewanderingsamurai1150]

My all time favorite fictional work. I hope this video will lead more people to this story that has impacted me so much.

[@k.Angela]

I know this was posted a year ago already, but the trailer for the new RK series just made me come back to this masterpiece. When I first encountered the Jinchuu arc, it totally left a mark on me and in my life from then on. I just want to appreciate how this series dealt with depression, and how Kenshin conquered it in his own time, and the importance of his will to live. Also, it's necessary to point out that the very same answer Kenshin found was the exact one he taught and saved Megumi with in the 1st arc. The way he told her that in the anime left an impact on me as a kid, and it made me love this series more when they revisited that moral. It's just very realistic in my part because sometimes, you already know the answer in words, but your heart doesn't yet. I realized the same thing when I myself experienced depression. I was too optimistic so much on things I don't understand yet, and only then I truly understood their meaning, when I finally learned how put those words into action. " "You can't bring back the people you've killed at your own deathbed. Rather than that, a single person wielding a sword for many... that is the true meaning of atonement" - Rurouni Kenshin Chapter 29. Kenshin taught me to have courage no matter how hard life is. We all make mistakes, but it doesn't mean we can't change and make this world a better place. When I finished the manga, I just cried and all I can say is "wow." It made me realize that life is like a tunnel, there would be a time where it really is dark, but if we keep moving forward like Kenshin does no matter what, we can see the light that is waiting for us. Thank you for pointing this out. Rurouni Kenshin is just often dismissed as simply just a classic and people didn't actually know how amazing and motivating this series truly is. Thank you.

[@nikaxojashvili1781]

I watched 1ep and didn't like it

[@nastjapank4564]

I love your comment

[@rocky20192]

Rurouni Kenshin was and still is my absolute favorite anime and manga series of all time. All the things you said about growing up and not having friends and people to look up to so Kenshin Himura became someone to look up to and a friend was the same thing for me. In fact I fell in love with Kenshin and Japan and its culture and history and especially the samurai history through Rurouni Kenshin. I also have been writing my own samurai manga series as a thank you to Watsuki sensei and especially to Kenshin, Kaoru, Yahiko and Sanosuke and all the other great characters. I hope my story can live up all the feelings Kenshin gave me.

[@ichaukan]

Cowboy Bebop and the Full Metal Alchemist anime were the ones that did it for me.

[@jamesbaggett7223]

I was a dumbass teenager when I discovered this series. Couldn't figure out why it resonated with me....now I'm a divorced 35yr old former cartoonist who picked up and moved halfway across the country and find myself trying to move forward despite the regrets I carry with me.

[@acaldwell64]

Hajime Saito is the best Samurai style anime character ever conceived. Fun fact, he is in fact based on a real person.

[@7shinta7]

"Living on even when it hurts so much, because you can only do good/better when you're alive" That's probably the most striking message this series has. Kenshin could've gone the easy way and ended himself when realizing all the suffering he had caused. But instead he lived on in a lifelong attempt to atone for his sins. THAT was the real strenght of his character.

[@osvaldocortes4598]

Oh, man, I LOVED Kenshin back when I was a teenager as well. My personal favorite was the Jinchuu arc (which is the only one I physically own). I loved the exploration into Kenshin's backstory and fell pretty hard for Tomoe. Every time I reread the manda, or rewatch the OVA I keep hopin that this time Kenshin will make it in time.

[@justinalexander5959]

The characters, the story, the soundtrack this series carries tremendous weight for me

[@muder0989]

Makoto shishio is One of my favorite antagonists of all time. I like his philosophy even if I do not agree with it.

[@Elena26]

I love RK! Since the first moment I laid eyes on the series back when I was a 9-year-old girl, I just felt completely in love with the story, and as I grew older, I came to really understand and appreciate all the complex thematics and morals that lay underneath. I'm now 31 years old and I reread the manga every year! It is my favorite story and every time I read it I find some new little detail about it. Jinchuu is my favorite Arc, as it is more character-driven and we get to see for ourselves Kenshin's true struggle, feelings, and fears.

[@chimeravespidae]

I share a similar view on fictional characters of fiction overall and never understood people who downgrade the importance of such role models. On emotional level, our brains don't see much difference anyway. We may understand that stories which we read about/watch did not happen and our favourite characters never existed, but on emotional level we can't differentiate. Which is why people cry on movies, get heavily engaged into the plot etc. It's like experiencing a life of someone else and thus gaining emotional experience from it.

[@Greyshadow_17]

I absolutely love Rurouni Kenshin so much that he was a major inspiration for a story I’m writing (I’m an aspiring comic book/manga artist and writer). I actually watched Trust & Betrayal first thanks to an AMV with one of my favorite songs. Then I went from there.

[@7shinta7]

Was it the "Wait and bleed" AMV? It's old as dirt (just like me) but damn did it leave an impact on me back in the day. I knew that one even before I was at that point of the manga. It was therefore a bit spoilery but I loved it nonetheless.

[@Greyshadow_17]

@@7shinta7 it was actually the “I Stand Alone” by Godsmack AMV

[@Blackswordsman315]

This video is beautiful man. I don't think i ever realized how much kenshin affected me growing up, but i found myself getting kind of emotional watching this. Thank you🙌

[@himboronin2573]

I actually finished Rurouni Kenshin last month. Now my second favourite manga. My favourite character from Rurouni Kenshin is Saito.

[@pandalady5964]

Saito Hajime was a real life person. 3rd squad Captain of the Shinsengumi. He worked for the Meiji Government under the Alias Fujita Goro. Look it up, it's awesome.

[@nastjapank4564]

What is your first favourite manga?

[@himboronin2573]

Vagabond or One Piece@@nastjapank4564

[@iantaran2843]

Kenshin from Rurouni Kenshin, Vash from Trigun, and Gintoki from Gintama will always be the most influential and close to my heart.

[@justbny9278]

That does it, I'm reading it at once finally I have been interested in the series since forever now, it's gotten deeper when an idea for a series with a character of mine ended up on a similar concept to RK, then even more hearing about it a bit more, then more knowing it's place in 90s Shonen Jump, then more knowing Oda from One Piece started working on it as an assistant, but seeing the series here is just too much of a final push

[@RealLifeRyan]

Yesssss

[@kidrenegade8525]

Can I join?

[@billykotsos4642]

My personal unforgetable stories: Tokyo Ghoul Re Bleach Attack on Titan Death Note

[@overlookers]

Bleach raised me. It was my gateway drug.

[@rkz_4677]

Aot and Code geass did it for me

[@js6131979]

I have whole series on DVD! Used to watch on TOONAMI. But that's gone now. Shishio Saga is my favorite. Also DEPARTURE MUSIC with SAITO.

[@ghosttimm420]

Rurouni Kenshin, Berserk, and Yu Yu Hakusho are hands down my top 3 most loved manga/anime series!

[@himboronin2573]

Enishi vs Kenshin is one of the best fights I’ve ever seen. Especially considering the thematic, storytelling, fight choreography, hype, and ending.

[@1stPersonTutor]

This one did it for me as well. Trust me. I was 14 years old when I first saw this as "Samurai X" then later finding out it was "Rurouni Kenshin"

[@iangreenwood5954]

God damn Ryan, every time you release a video about a manga/anime that was influential and acted as a milestone for you, I swear it feels like you’re speaking about my life and my journey through this amazing medium. Let me find out you also had your mind blown by the Gunsmith Cats or the BioHunter animes somewhere around the time you were 10-13 years old.

[@AndréVilaFranca]

You gotta get into the Hokkaido arc. It has been great so far. You're gonna love it. xD

[@pandalady5964]

Ah man, it's a fanfiction writer's fantasy. Especially since Kaoru and Kenshin are married and have their son, Kenji. That to me is the chef's kiss on the series.

[@vicdaman]

There are not nearly enough videos about my favorite anime series. Thank you for this wonderful video and your other amazing RK vids!!

[@rzerox21xx]

Great Video, I love Rurouni Kenshin and always go back to it from time to time, its one of the manga I read multiple times and I hope that in the near future we get a anime reboot that follow the manga more closely with newer animation which nowadays with Hunter x Hunter, Shaman King, Dragonquest Dai, Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood, ect had gotten reboots now.

[@devla-il5bx]

Just finished the manga and all i can say is WOW. I've read a lot of shonen but This one is special

[@YamiNoPri]

Saitou Sama inspires me to this day. RK is my favorite anime

[@OpenThings1]

Lol hopefully he doesn’t inspire you to be a pedo like him 😂

[@carrrl]

finally good to see other fans. tired of everyone telling me that they have no clue as to what anime this is and its probably not popular.

[@misterhimura036]

This is a manga, not an anime, it sold over 70 millions of copies

[@carrrl]

@@misterhimura036 ik. but im talking but the anime overall

[@ronsampaio]

Haha. Such a coincidence. i'm brazilian, but my connection with the series is the same as you and also Saito is my favorite character.

[@erickgivigi8492]

Vc notou uma diferenca na traducao antiga pro nodeli novo? Como eu ja li umas 100p0 vezes, quando fui ler este modelo maior, compactando captulos, nao gostei da traducao que adotaram. So nao sei qual eh a mais proxima do original japones. Ainda assim, nao consigo digerir o novo modelo dos volumes

[@erickgivigi8492]

Personagem favorito: Sanosuke "Higashidani" Sagara

[@notsamoht]

i watched the anime when i was 12 years old. i feel the same as you. kenshin was a role model for how how to use the past hate to create love and understanding. thanks for the great video!

[@lonelyemily]

Before I finished the manga, I was suicidal, I felt horrible and thought I would be better off dead, Kenshin taught me that it's better to live on and to help others to pay off the stuff you have done wrong in the past than to no longer be living. I am also debating if I like ken shin or berserk more, I guess I'll have to decide once I finish

[@CloudyWolf713]

Hey. I’m glad you’re still here. ^_^

[@krishaddock9911]

Exactly I agree with what you're talking about when you say personal favorite and things in that nature Kenshin meant a lot to me when I was a little kid too a lot it sounds kind of goofy but he's right up there with Karate Kid in my eyes if not better peace

[@misterhimura036]

Still mi favorite manga, i discovered it in 2011

[@its_anime_otaku]

Men Its My Favorite Anime Series 🧡😳

[@Ghaleonh41]

My unforgettable ones are Yu-Gi-Oh! (the first manga I ever read), Mythical Detective Loki, & Rurouni Kenshin. When it comes to Kenshin, I watched the anime, then jumped to the manga for the Jinchu Arc. Great video!

[@Maikigai]

15:44 I just want to say that a story like this is pretty much timeless. People have pasts and inner demons that they deal with in any generation, and the types of stories that are told in this manga are very essential for helping somebody work out the things that torment them. Also, Sano’s past and meaning in the story was so undermined in the Live Action. It’s a lot to flesh out, but I think they did him dirty in the movies :/

[@PhantomofTheOctagon]

I feel this So much. This series undoubtedly sculpted who I am today as an adult. And I too, would rather be able to sit down at the akabeko for a beef pot with the kenshins group than anything else.

[@daytimelantern6570]

My unforgettable ones are welcome to the nhk, the uc gundam timeline, march comes in like a lion, berserk/vinlan d( especially the mangas) eva and my favoritestory in general monster

[@Ash_Wen-li]

All of those are bangers

[@JosephAland]

The fourth live action movie releases in Japan next month with the fifth and final coming out in June. So happy that’s what’s going on in the world only delayed their release and didn’t cancel it altogether. As much as I love Berserk, if this became a primarily Kenshin-based channel, I wouldn’t complain. Haha.

[@michaelhowell2809]

Thank you toonami for giving me such a great time on TV lol

[@rayterrence75]

Yu yu hakusho put a stamp on my anime card

[@QuakeGamerROTMG]

Going to have to give it a twentieth read/watch. My first anime and very, very dear to my heart Thanks for giving some more attention to this absolute gem

[@bujilou]

Great overview Ryan 👊🏼

[@bobbilly6520]

Currently re-reading jinchu arc,would love to have you do a legit review on it. I've looked on KZbin and there's like 2 reviews,1 of which just completely trashes it bc it's not Kyoto arc, smh.

[@skyrogue1977]

Just never talk about the Reflections movie.

[@RationalMonstar]

That movie broke my heart. I've only seen it once.

[@kyleisreal_tv]

Dude I was just talking about this with a friend the other day lol. I was saying how HXH saved my life in my early 20s and One Piece helped me through high school.

[@1stPersonTutor]

Quick question, what are your thoughts on the LIVE Action Films?? 🤔🤔 In some ways I feel like other characters (like Sano, Saito & Aoshi) get Nerfed, while Kenshin gets Buffed in the movies (his hand-to-hand combat skills are genuinely impressive in the movie) They're coming out with the 4th movie which will cover the Jinchuu Arc, and I want to know your thoughts or feelings towards this release.

[@RealLifeRyan]

I'd like to do a video covering the anime adaptations and the live action movies

[@1stPersonTutor]

@@RealLifeRyan I very much look forward to this. Keep up the good work

[@sonicchamploo]

When you said “I’m worth more to the world alive trying to do better than dying in the regrets of my past.” I felt that, thank you.

[@caseyhart4999]

I love this series and always will

[@nerdingout322]

"Was just a wanderer. Town to town. Running from a past I despised. Then one day I found a home and a family to protect. Well... it found me. " -Desert Exile-

[@franks7004]

It's one of my favorite Anime honestly I never read the story, but 10 out of 10 for me.

[@LocalLialec]

Nice and relaxing review was great to watch

[@milandutta1995skid]

My favourite anime was YuYu hakusho and rurouni kenshin

[@fationmuhollari9355]

Well the Amakusa part of season 3 was pretty good imo. The music was fantastic and the antagonists were interesting. It went downhill from there for sure though.

[@jotarokujo5305]

Yoooooo rouro ken is the first manga I ever got into and read the full series of

[@jotarokujo5305]

Gangbusters, definitely one of my favorites. They sell a sakabato On kult of athena took me forever to find one

[@anthonycrayne2835]

Gotta pick it up sometime.

[@hardcoore_gyt9254]

Naruto did it for me I know I’m uncultured

[@D2attemp]

Nah yo

[@denisn8336]

Naruto is great no shame bro

[@ofthecaribbean]

Yeah, all the way up to the 5 Kage summit

[@iangreenwood5954]

Gotta start somewhere. Many people started with Naruto, some started with one of the many versions of Pokémon, some with some version of Dragon ball, or a Gundam series. I would watch old school Speed Racer with my parents, and, to get real, what got me first into anime was Sailor Moon way back before Toonamie ever existed, and that was even before my folks ever got cable tv. We all start somewhere, and there’s room enough for everyone to find something they like!

[@clmx6574]

@@ofthecaribbean I loved the whole series even the war arc its one of my favorites lol :)

[@ofthecaribbean]

Ruroni Kenshin was my first exposure to Japanese culture. I didn't even realize what I was watching, all I wanted to know was why they wore socks with their sandals

[@krishaddock9911]

😎 please don't consider this disrespect however I am curious if you might know where I could order mangas in English so I could understand it when I read it Ronan Kenshin just happened to be my favorite anime and then when I was I wanted to find it the comic but I can't read it cuz I really really suck in kitchen's language my bad but this is an epic story and I really would like to read it

[@arsenygenadev6888]

Cool. Now make "The game that gave me deprssions: Dark Souls". Waiting for it.

[@sammidul4080]

review blade of immortal manga please.

[@kamalali2413]

Guys, is the anime adaptation from mange is very good ? or there is distortion ??

[@bruninhamrso]

It is also my second favourite after berserk

[@OpenThings1]

Lol does everyone act like the creator didn’t have tons of cp on his work computer so much they thought he was a distributor

[@wolfking6760]

this is my favorite manga

[@daytimelantern6570]

I have only wacthed 3 episodes of the anime and didn't realy like it too light hearted but then again I only wacthed 3 episodes should try it out again?

[@misterhimura036]

Try the manga, not the anime

[@daytimelantern6570]

@@misterhimura036 ight

[@nikolasspade2700]

Sito forever

[@obsidianwing]

I own the Manga up to book 21 , after this i had no money anymore to buy them

[@nostalgiaoverload9323]

You can get them 7.95 a piece in Amazon, in great shape too, volume by volume

[@krishaddock9911]

So did I I love kitchen that way I looked up to tension cartoon characters Dragon Ball Z cartoon characters when I was a kid don't let those other guys pick on you or say anything funny about your decisions of who your favorite characters are to each their own anyway but I agree kitchen was something that I learned from I loved that cartoon and would have really loved the manga and I'm probably butchering the name manga too

[@nikolasspade2700]

Realliferyan watch samuraix it actually covers where the anime deviated! Otherwise good stuff

[@RealLifeRyan]

It only covers the Battousai backstory, not the entire arc

[@nikolasspade2700]

Well nvm he mentioned samurai x

[@nikolasspade2700]

@@RealLifeRyan trust and betrayal do but scars which is the 3rd dvd dose though very very briefly. Still i posted saying that you did mention it. And appologized

[@Boxmediaphile]

I think Oda-Sensei was a background artist for the mangaka b4 working on One Piece

[@theepicduck6922]

He was. The creator of Roroni Kenshin even ended up doing a little tribute at the end of one of his works to wish him luck.

[@j1n3]

also, sobakasu

[@Hoshionifumo]

kenshins new manga, is wonky to me. might be worth hearing your take on it.

[@MegaMijit]

mine was code geass and naruto

[@kingwoomy8781]

15:52

[@percinator7203]

MY DAD NAMED ME AFTER HIMMM!!

[@nader_sw3862]

Berserk did it for me

[@jrpgqueen3772]

The manga that shaped me too (Always hated Dragon Ball). But... Excuse me ... Season 3 is way better in the anime. Enishi arc seems very lacking to me... The ennemies are nor strong, nor interesting past Shishio....

[@user-lw6wx6om4p]

based

[@needlesdurden8331]

That filler season was more effective than my sleeping pills...

[@grantmartinez6972]

What timing, I literally just started watching the anime

[@erickgivigi8492]

Dont. Read the manga. Really, the quality is incomperable

[@shadowofbosstown]

Taking a risk.

[@browning1245]

Gantz Nge Punpun Flcl

[@clmx6574]

naruto for me:)

[@ragnhildknezevic8564]

The anime makes me cringe. The only redeemable part of the anime is the Kyoto-arc.

[@DnVFMVs]

The anime and movie destroyed me as a kid and remaked me

[@tobitobi2493]

Thanks for not bringing up the Thing, the series is special

[@madmouse4400]

The story is very good , if only the guy who created it was as good.

[@LuisRodriguez-kz7nt]

Yeah....f*ck sake...

[@abrahamlupis9354]

yes, he's good now

[@Jassine]

I've always wanted to read it, but after the author and the whole CP drama, I just can't.

[@anxhelovucinaj1576]

That's understandable,I will always love this series but the stain of a sicko author will always be there😥

[@RedClouds2196]

Yeah and knowing how he made some of the characters be like, now considering what the author did...yeesh

[@anxhelovucinaj1576]

@@RedClouds2196 what do you mean by"how he made some of the characters"?

[@MontySlython]

​@@RedClouds2196the characters don't have even a single stain from him, at most a few gags with the old man who was Aoshi's competition to become leader of the oniwabanshu could be seen that way but they are quick and light-hearted enough.

[@tobiasarevalo9929]

It doesn't sound stupid to resonate with this series and you downplay shonens in general, they're great

[@chiroptera3376]

As someone whose entire personality and philosophy was shaped by Kenshin Himura and Vash The Stampede, I get it

[@jonas2258]

the draw in the manga is trash.

[@abrahamlupis9354]

but it worked

[@kingwoomy8781]

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