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Thoughts of a RK Fan
I love Watsukiâs character development. Especially Kaoru. During the Tokyo arc, her emotions are much more volatile. Sheâs very much a 17 year-old. Shishio comes along, and Kaoru begins to grow up. Sheâs a very different person in the Jinchuu arc.Â
When Sano and Kenshin decide to keep things from her, she knows theyâre hiding it from her, but she doesntâ react like she would in the beginning of the story. She looks suspicious, but is wise enough now to realize they are doing it for own good, even if she doesnât like it.Â
She also doesnât make Kenshin explain everything heâs thinking. Which was her character from the beginning but she tries to eavesdrop and find out on her own. In Jinchuu, she knows to leave things alone and if she needs to know she trusts her friends and Kenshin to tell if necessary when feel like it.Â
Iâm excited to see more of this âgrown-upâ Kaoru in this new arc. Sheâs always been there, but her life experiences pulled it out of her. Watsukiâs writing is amazing.Â
And this is why Kenshin loves her. She said right off the bat she didnât care about his past, and that made him stop and stay. He saw who she really was from the very beginning.Â
Kenshinâs character has changed a little bit too, and it flows so naturally. HEâS GENUINELY HAPPY!!Â
Heâs had five years to live happily with Kaoru, have Kenji, and his face shows it. He doesnât have that fake smile which doesnât reach his eyes. He is very happy. And Iâm so happy about this fact, I want to cry!!! Our Kenshin got his happy ending, and I canât take the feels!!!
I love Kaoru and I love Kenshin. And seeing them in this new arc has my feelings bursting with happiness!! Watsuki thank you so much!!Â
RuroKen Hokkaido Arc 1 Spoilers
Warning: As usual, please note that my level of Japanese is basic at most, and this is just a rough translation - in this case, of the few pages available in the official Jump SQ site as a preview. As such, note that while the content is accurate, my translation might not be so. Feel free to share the link, but please DO NOT REPOST, and donât forget to support the official releases!! If you want to buy the magazine (in Japanese), CDJapan has it available here.
In which an old story continues⊠what year is it.Â
UPDATE #1: Full summary done!
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Kaoru: Remember when you said you werenât going to interfere with my love life? Tae: No. That doesnât sound like me at all.
studiesss :D
FYI Iâm not on hiatus again or simply running off to elope with Twitter in Paris (I think Iâd go with Florence for the sake of familiarity) or, surprisingly the siren song of having Ÿ Cu Chulainns + Heracles (WOOT!  đđđ) to play with now that Fate/Grand Order English has been released. Â
Serious, real life adult obligations expanded exponentially out of nowhere a little over a week ago, and they wonât be letting up anytime soon. My Tumblr availability kinda did a one year fast-forward thing to what I was expecting once I return to grad school. Uh, suffice it to say I had a very different plan in mind for keeping my tumblr blogs going as a hobby when that time came. đ¶
Iâll probably need at least another week to get weekly features like Miura Monday back up to snuff (especially since they were limping along with minimal content before life got so busy in a hurry.)Â
But I am dead serious about the 30 Days of Nothing Challenge being properly completed by July 20th.  Bear in mind there are no lightning round catch-up posts allowed (for me) this time around, and I already have at least one that i said I was going to revise becuase I had to write it in a hurry. I hope @miyamangaâ followers like seeing several Kara no Kyoukai posts a day on your dash, because thatâs what youâre gonna get! á( á )á
In any case, I wanted to check in but not in a âsorry for the inactivityâ kinda way. Iâm sorry there arenât 30 hours in a day and magic teleportation devices that would really help me out.
In sum, none of my blogging priorities have changed. Iâll open up the ask boxes once I have some level of confidence that I have enough spare time to respond in a timely manner.Â
Along those lines, if you do have a quick question or want to chat, Tumblr chat is a terrible way to do it right now. Sorry not sorry, but Twitterâs the most convenient way for me to stay in touch with people right now, so unless you send a DM to miya_manga, your message is probably going to go unnoticed for many days if not weeks.Â
Sagara Sanosuke     rough by shinki
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Megumi: How many drinks of alcohol do you consume a week? Hiko: One. Megumi: Thatâs it, one drink? Hiko: One shelf.
thatâs why she must keep herself strong
[ ruroken girls + quotes from a book iâll never write ]
Partial translation of an interview on Watsuki Nobuhiro, author of Rurouni Kenshin.Â
Disclaimer: The following translation is by someone who learned little Japanese from a few books and watching anime. Please proceed cautiously. Corrections are gladly welcome :)
On 2 Dec 2016, it was announced that Rurouni Kenshin â Meiji Kenkaku Romantan manga, which first serialized 17 years ago, would have a come back. It would contain Hokkaido Arc â which involves not only Kenshin and Yahiko, but also Shishio Makotoâs trusted subordinate Seta Sojiro, and the remnants of Shinsengumi. This would be a RurouKen sequel, authored by Watsuki Nobuhiro.
(tr notes: Nagakuraaaaaaaa!!! It should be safe to assume Nagakura will make an appearance right? :3)
The January issue that comes out on December includes Watsuki Nobuhiroâs Rurouni Kenshin: Ex-Con Ashitaro. After this, around April of next year Jump Square will have RurouKen Hokkaido Arc.
(tr notes: the Hokkaido arc was pushed summer 2017)
Q: So that means, by the time this interview is published, the talk about Hokkaido arc has already spread out. Then again, after all this time, why RurouKen?
WN: The truth is I had chances to look over RurouKen again and again. Specifically, the movie was a big opportunity. Honestly, I never thought it would go until three parts, because when the talk about making movie came out, I was thinking âah, it would be nice if this wonât be a losing movieâ. But old fans and new people ended up liking the movies, I was surprised.
Q: I actually have an acquaintance whose grade school daughter was a big fan of RurouKen. Itâs a work that is still actively popular.
WN: I have a manga-ka friend also whose child likes RurouKen (laugh). Thanks to the movie, generations of grandpas and grandmas watched it, fathers would take their children (to watch). It has spread out in a way that was not possible before.
Q: From our RurouKen interview with you today, it seems for Watsuki-sensei, this work is that one big work that influences in a manga-kaâs career. Afterall, you havenât written any historical manga after RurouKen.
WN: Well, I thought if I would write another historical manga, people would tell me âwhy not write more RurouKen instead?â (laughs)
Q: Which leads me to the question, why RurouKen again, after all this time? I was under the impression that you do not want write sequels to itâŠ
WN: Itâs not that I donât want to write sequels. Itâs just, for me, RurouKen has always been a wall.
Q: A wall?
WN: Because of RurouKen, I was able to continue being a manga-ka, and I was able to build a wall of stability from there. Whatever happens, this security wall would help me keep my career as manga-ka. Â However, looking at it the other way, it has been difficult to get out of that security zone. As a manga-ka there has always been the expectation of âcan I write something other than RurouKenâ. Of course, itâs nice that people are kind of looking forward to my next work, but it was still difficult.
But after seeing how the people has enjoyed the movie and the Takarazuka production, I thought, âwhy not give it another shot?â
Q: Then again, at the end of RurouKen, the doctor has advised that Kenshin cannot use Hitenmitsurugi-ryu anymore, and Kaoru gave him a shoulder tap and said ârestâ. I thought it meant that Kenshin has done everything that he could already⊠(*Kaoru said âotsukaresamaâ, translated as ârestâ in English scanlations of the manga)
WN: No, not really. At that time, I already have the draft of the Hokkaido arc, that Iâll be doing now, in my head. But that time I cannot see the conclusion of RurouKen as a shounen manga.
RurouKen is a story of atonement. If I continued the story at that time, Kenshin is bound to die because of the sin of killing so many people. Even if he does not die, he will not lead a happy life. With those thoughts somewhere in my mind, I thought I had to end RurouKen as a shounen manga at just the right timing.
Q: So that was how it was⊠It brings a passionate imageâŠ
WN: That was the general feel, but I avoided putting it into actual drawing. Actually, if I continued writing it as a battle manga at that time, Kenshin would become like âAshita no Joeâ. I mean, he canât use Hitenmitsurugi-ryu anymore but he would still have to protect his vow of not killing. Because of that, he would end up being killed in battle. That was why I had Kaoru say, âfor the time being, restâ
Q: So Kaoruâs âfor the time beingâ has that kind of meaning tooâŠ
WN: Also, because it was Kaoru who said those words, she perfectly understood that that is what would happen to Kenshin. It was precisely because she understood that she said âfor the time beingâ.
At that time, the end of Kenshin that I was thinking was, in a way, as a man, idealistic, and cool, kind of. I mean, I like âAshita no Joeâ too. But at the very least, for Kenshin, it was not the case, I thought.
Q: What could have brought about the change in thought?
WN: When youâre in your 20s, you usually think very serious, straight forward, and intense. But as you grow older, youâd think you could chill out a bit. From there, the field of vision widens (laugh).
Now that Iâm over 40, when I looked over again at Kenshin with a third person point of view, I thought âis this really the last of it?â I kept thinking, would that âfor the time beingâ on ârestâ, really be a ârestâ or notâŠ
But for me to be able to write the future, I need the image of something that goes beyond the finale of Kenshin. In a way, a finale where Kenshin becomes happy is necessary. That was something I could not see for a while.
But after being involved in the movie and the Takarazuka productions, for about a year and a half, I had been thinking about it in the corner of my head, and now I see a path opening.
Q: I seeâŠ
WN: Now Iâm in my 40s. I can see myself doing manga for roughly around 10 more years. After that I donât know what will happen. I might be at my strength limits. I still have a lot of ideas. But I know I might not get to write all of them. So when I think in all the ideas among my manga works, while I can still write as a manga-ka which is that that I want to write about â that is Kenshinâs Hokkaido Arc.
Q: What kind of story would it beâŠ
WN: As a hint, it was something that happened in the Takarazuka production, that much, I can tell you.
Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Inferno (2014)
a child of the new meiji era⊠(bg)
colored this manga cap while enjoying the takarazuka stream last night as always, thanks @animaniacal!
Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends (2014)
âCherry blossoms in Spring. Stars cover the sky in Summer. Full moon shines in Autumn and in Winter, the snow covers the ground⊠All these things make sake taste good. If it tastes bad, itâs because there is something wrong with you.â
Megumi: See? Unisex. Sanosuke: Maybe you need sex. I just had it a few days ago. Megumi: No, Sanosuke, U-N-I-sex. Sanosuke: I wouldnât say no to that.