Rurouni Kenshin OVA: Trust & Betrayal (Tsuioku-hen)
© Studio DEEN
Genres
- Action
- Drama
- Romance
Themes & Elements
- Samurai
- Tragedy
- Historical
- Philosophy
- Male Protagonist
- Swordplay
- Heterosexual
- Gore
Broadcast Info
Synopsis
In the days before the Japanese Revolution, Hiko Seiijuro, a wandering master swordsman and hermit, encounters a bandit raid on a slave wagon. Hiko kills the raiding bandits in hopes of saving as many lives as possible, but only manages to spare one life from the massacre. Hiko leaves the child, advising him to go to the nearby village and have them take care of him.
A few days later, as Hiko comes back to check upon the child he saved, he is shocked to see the child had created graves, both for the slaves he befriended and the bandits who killed them. Seeing potential in the young one, Hiko takes the child under his wing, names him Kenshin, meaning "heart of sword," and teaches him about the art of swordsmanship under the Hiten Mitsuruugi Ryu.
Struggling in a constant challenge with his ideal beliefs reflecting against the harshness of reality, Tsuiokuhen tells the melancholic and dark story of Himura Kenshin as one of the most feared assassins of the Japanese Revolution: the Hitokiri Battousai.
Cast
- Kenshin Himura Mayo Suzukaze
- Tomoe Yukishiro Junko Iwao
- Kogoro Katsura Tomokazu Seki
- Souji Okita Akari Hibino
- Isami Kondo Hiroshi Takahashi
- Toshizo Hijikata Rikiya Koyama
- Tatsumi Minoru Uchida
- Shinsaku Takasugi Wataru Takagi
Staff
In this series
Entry 3 of 8 in the recommended watch order for Rurouni Kenshin.
- Rurouni Kenshin (2023)
- Rurouni Kenshin -Kyoto Disturbance-
- Rurouni Kenshin OVA: Trust & Betrayal (Tsuioku-hen)
- Rurouni Kenshin
- Rurouni Kenshin The Movie
- Samurai X Special
- Rurouni Kenshin: New Kyoto Arc
- Rurouni Kenshin OVA: Reflection (Seiso-hen)