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sunako_yue) wrote2016-06-01 01:29 pm
sunako_yue) wrote2016-06-01 01:29 pm
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Rurouni Kenshin - my review
Former legendary assassin Kenshin Himura (Takeru Satoh) has now become a wandering samurai. Offerring aid & protecting those in need as atonement for his past deeds. During this time Kenshin Himura comes across and aides Kaoru Kamiya (Emi Takei). Her father opened the Kamiya Kasshin-ryu, a kendo school located in Tokyo and Kaoru is now an instructor there. Kaoru then invites Kenshin to stay at her dojo. Their relationship develops further, but Kenshin is still haunted by his violent past ... (asianwiki - 2012)
It was a good adaptation; they all resembled the characters somehow, and the battles were the best of the movie, just like in the manga. To be honest, I am not really a fan. I've read a couple of volumes of the manga, watched like 20 episodes of the anime, so I wasn't really looking forward for this. Anyway, I really liked the cinematography, and Sato Takeru did excellent with all his battles (really nice special effects there).
I just wish there were more about Sanosuke and Yahiko. And Kenshin and Kaoru barely have any interaction, so zero chemistry there. It was more about the bad guys and Megumi and the opium, not so much about the band (Kenshi, Kaoru, Yahiko, Sanosuke; the latter doesn't even talk to Megumi in the whole movie, meh).
**My review: 6.5/10**
It was a good adaptation; they all resembled the characters somehow, and the battles were the best of the movie, just like in the manga. To be honest, I am not really a fan. I've read a couple of volumes of the manga, watched like 20 episodes of the anime, so I wasn't really looking forward for this. Anyway, I really liked the cinematography, and Sato Takeru did excellent with all his battles (really nice special effects there).
I just wish there were more about Sanosuke and Yahiko. And Kenshin and Kaoru barely have any interaction, so zero chemistry there. It was more about the bad guys and Megumi and the opium, not so much about the band (Kenshi, Kaoru, Yahiko, Sanosuke; the latter doesn't even talk to Megumi in the whole movie, meh).
**My review: 6.5/10**