Rurouni Kenshin

About 140 years before the story, the arrival of American “Black Ships” ushers in a turbulent time in Kyoto. A warrior known as Hitokiri—the man-slayer—uses his bloodstained blade to help bring the Bakumatsu era to an end and open the way to the progressive Meiji age. Afterward, the warrior vanishes, and the passing years turn him into a legend. The story begins with the legacy of this feared swordsman and the upheaval that marks Japan’s transition into a new era.