Rurouni Kenshin, Vol. 4, Vizbig Edition

Warning: SPOILERS!!!! This is the volume where Kenshin and company gear up for the final battle with Shishio. There's still plenty of action, but there's also quite a bit of exposition. To begin with, Kenshin's sword is broken. The famous reverse-blade sword was forged by Arai Shakku, a legendary swordsmith who went from making exceptional swords to twisted weapons designed principally to cause suffering and death. He created the reverse-blade sword as a holy sword, giving Kenshin the secondary forge and donating the master sword to a temple in atonement for making weapons of destruction. His son, Seiku Shakku, although a capable swordsmith, is ashamed of his father's legacy and refuses to make a new sword for Kenshin. Kenshin does wind up with the holy sword from the temple, and with it goes to see his master Hiko Seijûrô XIII. Kenshin had left Hiko before his training was complete and now wishes to learn the final secrets of the Hiten Mitsurugi style to defeat Shishio. Sanosuke runs into Saito and helps him question Cho, one of the Ten Swords, or Juppongatana, of Shishio. After learning Shishio's plans, Sanosuke, Kenshin, and Saito head out to defeat him, warning the Oniwaban group to be on the lookout for trouble. As always, the artwork is fabulous. There are two full-color chapters. One is very short and details Kenshin and Hiko's reunion. The other is split between Kenshin's training and an attack on the Aoiya orchestrated by Aoshi. The usual cast of characters is present in the beginning, with a few new faces, along with musings by Watsuki and more on the secret lives of the characters. More terms from the restoration are in a glossary in the back. This volume concludes with an article on kenjutsu, titled Kenjutsu Through the Ages. The headings are: The Art of the Sword, The Dawn of the Samurai, The Birth of Kenjutsu, Enter the Katana, An Age of War, New Weapons, New Schools, The Soul of the Samurai, Kenjutsu in Peacetime, and Farewell to the Sword.

Great storytelling through plot and character development. Rich, thought-provoking narrative. Beautiful illustrations.

Rurouni Kenshin is one of my favorite mangas ever. Action and drama with a little bit of romance. The manga surpasses the anime. As a fan of both anime and fans, I would highly recommend this manga series. The quality of story and artistry surpasses most others I have come across. While it’s a series that’s been finished for over a decade, it’s amazing by any standards.

I got this for a friend and shoe absolutely loved it! Where we are it's hard to find the giant volumes that aren't in the rebooted style, so I was excited to find them at such a reasonable price online. Got in time for her birthday and it's safe to say my ears are still ringing from the high-pitched screams that emitted from her vocal chords the minute she opened the package..

Rurouni Kenshin is arguably one of the best pieces of fiction ever written. It's a damn shame that it's held back by both it's genre (shonen) and it's medium (manga), both of which keep it from reaching scholarly acclaim.

VIZBIG edition gives you more bang for your buck. sturdier book with better paper quality.

If you are this far into the series, then keep on reading. You know already how good this series is

All the books have real bad spines meaning once you read it long enough or your half way in the book the spine will come lose and the book will start falling apart i exchanged 2 of them already but they still fall apart i think thats why they stopped making them avoid these get the 3 in 1 manga ones.

I bought it knowing it was used, but for my surprise it was like brand new! Well conserved and accordingly with the seller's description. This volume goes from Oniwabanshuu internal fight till Kenshin complete training with his master.

Amazing series, well worth your time. Close to 600 pages, this 3in1 omnibus of one of the most beloved manga and animes of all time is a must have. Great characters, action and drama with a nice touch of humor to go along with it all.

Si te gusta el manga shonen pero en un contexto relativamente realista, con un buen desarrollo de personajes, buen arte, buena historia del género romántico y una pisquita de romance (ojo, romance y romántico no son la misma cosa en literatura), está es la historia para ustedes. La maravilloso de formato Big Viz es que es una edición más grande y que compila tres tankobun en uno, por lo tanto lo vuelve más barato a la larga Si es que hay un pero, es que está en inglés y, que ha diferencia de las ediciones omnibus de Dark Horse, no contiene las portadas de los volúmenes originales ni ilustraciones extra a color.

Rurouni Kenshin ist ein Manga, welches von jedem Genre ein bisschen was dabei hat (Action, Drama, Romance, Comedy, etc.). Der Manga wurde von Nobuhiro Watsuki gezeichnet. Das Taschenbuch hat knapp 600 Seiten. In dem Manga befinden sich ebenso bunte Seiten. Das Buch ist für ein Manga relativ dick und schwer, man kann es trotz dessen gut lesen.