Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Swordsman Romantic Story

Ten years have passed since the end of Bakumatsu, an era of war that saw the uprising of citizens against the Tokugawa shogunate. The revolutionaries wanted to create a time of peace, and a thriving country free from oppression. The new age of Meiji has come, but peace has not yet been achieved. Swords are banned but people are still murdered in the streets. Orphans of war veterans are left with nowhere to go, while the government seems content to just line their pockets with money. One wanderi...

As of December 2019, over 72 million copies of Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan are in circulation. The series was published in English as Rurouni Kenshin by VIZ Media under the Shonen Jump imprint from December 23, 2003, to July 5, 2006, and again in 3-in-1 omnibus volumes under the Shonen J...