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Character Spotlight 9: Kenshin Himura |
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Kenshin Humura WINS!
Thats right everyone! Give a hand to neokenshin_x and Kyaro for there vote! And now on to the Spotlight!
Don't forget to add your comments, pictures, and thoughts to the page!
Oh--before we get to the good stuff--something I bumped into. it shows his speed, reflexes and lack of reasoning:
The basic stuff:
Name: Kenshin Himura, Shinta Himura
Alias: Battousai the Manslayer (Hitokiri Battousai)
Gender: Male
Age: 28 years
Hair: Red
Eyes: Lavender
Height: About 5'2" (158 cm)
Weight: About 106 lbs (48 kg)
Blood: Type AB
Quote: "Huh..." "Oro..."
Voice: J. Shanon Weaver and Suzukaze Mayo. Engl. By Richard Hayworth
Anime: Rurouni Kenshi, Samurai X
A little about the series:
In 1994, Watsuki created an ongoing version that was published in Shonen Jump until its conclusion in 1999. The manga consists of 28 tankōbon volumes. The storyline of Kenshin is divided into three storyline arcs: Tokyo, Kyoto, and the Jinchū. The Jinchū arc (also known as the "Ending Arc", "Revenge Arc", and sometimes spelled "Jinchuu Arc" wink was not animated, except for the parts about Kenshin's background which formed one of the OVAs released.
The Jinchū arc contains a large amount of Himura Kenshin's backstory including the meeting of his first wife, (Yukishiro Tomoe), and the events that resulted in his infamous cross-shaped scar. The story arc is primarily focused on characters from Kenshin's years spent as the Hitokiri Battōsai, who seek revenge against him for his past actions. The Jinchū arc also has a stronger romantic theme to it.
(I did say LITTLE)
Absolute Anime says this about Kenshin:
“Kenshin is a gentle, polite man who lives at the Kamiya Dojo with Kaoru and Yahiko. He fought during the revolution as "Battousai the Manslayer", but vowed to Tomoe that he wouldn't be a manslayer after the Revolution, and so he became a wanderer. After 10 years, he met Kaoru and started to live at her place.
Kenshin has a peculiar style of speech in which he uses "gozaru," an obsolete form of the verb "to be." He also uses the "samurai" pronoun "sessha," which is supposed to be polite. He also prefers doing the laundry, cooking, and playing with Ayame and Suzume to fighting. However, when he needs to protect someone, he will fight, and well. He uses the Hiten Mitsurugi style, which revolves around predicting an opponent's moves. Pushed too far, however, and Kenshin will revert back to his former self, Battousai. It is easy to tell when this happens. First, his eyes glow amber. Then, his speech changes. He no longer uses the cute "de gozaru" or the polite "sessha," but the more masculine, vulgar "ore" instead.
Many people are after Kenshin, either for revenge or because he's "in the way." Many have tried to force him to become Battousai again, but only a couple of people have actually succeeded.
Kenshin Himura was born a peasant under the name Shinta, with no family name. Kogoro Katsura, the leader of the division he fought in during the Boshin War that gave him the family name of Himura, and Shinta was renamed to Kenshin by Seijuro Hiko after Hiko saved his life and took him as an apprentice.
Kenshin got the scar on his face from two different sources. The vertical portion he received first while fighting Tomoe's fiance, Kiyosato Akira. Then the horizontal scar was made by his betrothed. He was fighting someone, and as he was dealing the death stoke, she got in the way, and as she was dying in his arms, she picked up her dagger and added the line to make the cross. In the manga, the dagger was knocked from her hand and coincidentally made the cut.”
Cherub adds:
I really don’t know what to say about him. I never got the chance to see the whole series and regret that. I am renting it now. My first impressing of this daring character was a little mixed. I didn’t know what to think. He was polite and in ways ditzy and innocent. Continuing on the episodes I saw him as this amazingly skilled fighter with the most piercing eyes. He was almost frightening in the switch from innocent to killer. It was almost instant, yet you saw it coming long before that.
Kenshin shed some much needing light on the world. He is a deep character with much to offer the new generation, if only they could get their heads out of the wii long enough. I look forward to seeing more of this unique, fascinating and fun character in my journey through the realms of Anime,
PICTURES!
 cherub_Shagami · Thu Jul 12, 2007 @ 06:15pm · 2 Comments |
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