Rurouni Kenshin #19

(September 2005)

The Invulnerable Gauntlets (Table of Contents: 1)

Rurouni Kenshin / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script

Nobuhiro Watsuki; Kenichiro Yagi (translation); Gerard Jones (English Adaptation)

Pencils

Nobuhiro Watsuki

Inks

Nobuhiro Watsuki; Shinga Gin; Shinya Suzuki

Letters

Steve Dutro

Genre

adventure; historical

Characters

Battosai Himura [as Kenshin Himura]; Sanosuke Sagara; Inui Banjin; Hyoko Otowo

Synopsis

Sano confronts Banjin at the police precinct, while Kenshin confronts Hyoko at the home of the police chief.

Reprints

• from Weekly Shonen Jump (Shueisha, 1968 series) #?

Instrument of Shadows (Table of Contents: 2)

Rurouni Kenshin / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script

Nobuhiro Watsuki; Kenichiro Yagi (translation); Gerard Jones (English Adaptation)

Pencils

Nobuhiro Watsuki

Inks

Nobuhiro Watsuki; Shinga Gin; Shinya Suzuki

Letters

Steve Dutro

Genre

adventure; historical

Characters

Battosai Himura [as Kenshin Himura]; Sanosuke Sagara; Inui Banjin; Hyoko Otowo; Gein

Synopsis

While Kenshin discovers Otowo's secret attacks, Sano manages to damage one of Banjin's gauntlets, at the cost of his own hand.

Reprints

• from Weekly Shonen Jump (Shueisha, 1968 series) #?

Hard Questioning (Table of Contents: 3)

Rurouni Kenshin / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script

Nobuhiro Watsuki; Kenichiro Yagi (translation); Gerard Jones (English Adaptation)

Pencils

Nobuhiro Watsuki

Inks

Nobuhiro Watsuki; Shinga Gin; Shinya Suzuki

Letters

Steve Dutro

Genre

adventure; historical

Characters

Battosai Himura [as Kenshin Himura]; Sanosuke Sagara; Inui Banjin; Hyoko Otowo; Gein; Hyogo Kujiranami

Synopsis

Otowo tries to paralyze Kenshin with a poison mist, hoping he'll die when Kujiranami shells the police chief's home.

Reprints

• from Weekly Shonen Jump (Shueisha, 1968 series) #?

Dawn Thoughts (Table of Contents: 4)

Rurouni Kenshin / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script

Nobuhiro Watsuki; Kenichiro Yagi (translation); Gerard Jones (English Adaptation)

Pencils

Nobuhiro Watsuki

Inks

Nobuhiro Watsuki; Shinga Gin; Shinya Suzuki

Letters

Steve Dutro

Genre

adventure; historical

Characters

Battosai Himura [as Kenshin Himura]; Kaoru Kamiya; Yahiko Myojin; Tsubame Sanjo; Enishi Yukishiro

Synopsis

Searching for the Six Comrades, Kenshin is confronted by Enishi and recognizes him as Tomoe's brother.

Reprints

• from Weekly Shonen Jump (Shueisha, 1968 series) #?

Drawing to a Close (Table of Contents: 5)

Rurouni Kenshin / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script

Nobuhiro Watsuki; Kenichiro Yagi (translation); Gerard Jones (English Adaptation)

Pencils

Nobuhiro Watsuki

Inks

Nobuhiro Watsuki; Shinga Gin; Shinya Suzuki

Letters

Steve Dutro

Genre

adventure; historical

Characters

Battosai Himura [as Kenshin Himura]; Enishi Yukishiro

Synopsis

Enishi relates his rise as a Shanghai arms dealer and outlines his plan to destroy Kenshin and everyone close to him.

Reprints

• from Weekly Shonen Jump (Shueisha, 1968 series) #?

Shades of Reality (Table of Contents: 6)

Rurouni Kenshin / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script

Nobuhiro Watsuki; Kenichiro Yagi (translation); Gerard Jones (English Adaptation)

Pencils

Nobuhiro Watsuki

Inks

Nobuhiro Watsuki; Shinga Gin; Shinya Suzuki

Letters

Steve Dutro

Genre

adventure; historical

Characters

Battosai Himura [as Kenshin Himura]; Kaoru Kamiya; Sanosuke Sagara; Yahiko Myojin; Tsubame Sanjo; Megumi Takani; Enishi Yukishiro; Gein

Synopsis

Choked by guilt, Kenshin breaks down and agrees to tell the others about the coming storm and its origins.

Reprints

• from Weekly Shonen Jump (Shueisha, 1968 series) #?

Rememberance 1: Hitokiri (Table of Contents: 7)

Rurouni Kenshin / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script

Nobuhiro Watsuki; Kenichiro Yagi (translation); Gerard Jones (English Adaptation)

Pencils

Nobuhiro Watsuki

Inks

Nobuhiro Watsuki; Shinga Gin; Shinya Suzuki

Letters

Steve Dutro

Genre

adventure; historical

Characters

Battosai Himura [as Kenshin Himura]

Synopsis

Kenshin flashes back to 1864, when he was the chief assassin for the revolutionaries trying to overthrow the Shogunate.

Reprints

• from Weekly Shonen Jump (Shueisha, 1968 series) #?

Rememberance 2: The Birth of Battosai (Table of Contents: 8)

Rurouni Kenshin / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script

Nobuhiro Watsuki; Kenichiro Yagi (translation); Gerard Jones (English Adaptation)

Pencils

Nobuhiro Watsuki

Inks

Nobuhiro Watsuki; Shinga Gin; Shinya Suzuki

Letters

Steve Dutro

Genre

adventure; historical

Characters

Battosai Himura [as Kenshin Himura]; Kogoro Katsura; Shinsaku Takasugi; Tomoe Yukishiro

Synopsis

The flashback continues, with fourteen year old Kenshin recruited to the revolution and his meeting years later with Tomoe Yukishiro.

Reprints

• from Weekly Shonen Jump (Shueisha, 1968 series) #?

Indexer Notes

Kogoro Katsura and Shinsaku Takasugi were actual people, two of the leaders of the Ishin Shishi revolutionary group and later key figures in the Meiji Government which replaced the Shogunate.

Rememberance 3: In the Rain of Blood (Table of Contents: 9)

Rurouni Kenshin / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script

Nobuhiro Watsuki; Kenichiro Yagi (translation); Gerard Jones (English Adaptation)

Pencils

Nobuhiro Watsuki

Inks

Nobuhiro Watsuki; Shinga Gin; Shinya Suzuki

Letters

Steve Dutro

Genre

adventure; historical

Characters

Battosai Himura [as Kenshin Himura]; Tomoe Yukishiro

Synopsis

After rescuing Tomoe from two braggarts in an inn, Kenshin is confronted by a Shogunate assassin and Tomoe witnesses the battle.

Reprints

• from Weekly Shonen Jump (Shueisha, 1968 series) #?

Glossary of the Restoration (Table of Contents: 10)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction

Synopsis

Definitions of words and phrases unique to Japanese culture or to the Meiji Restoration era of Japanese history.