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runouni kenshin manga
PostPosted: Fri Sep 24, 2004 8:50 pm
by sunet
hi.
i've been wondering about this manga for a while now.
how clean is it? (my mom tends to really be all protective & stuff & around her i have to be really careful about what i read. just to give you a little more info: she's one of those people who think pokémon, yu-gi-oh & cardcaptors are from the devil.
not that i'm at all like her, but anywayz.)
there seem to be soooo many threads about kenshin & everything & i'd really like to try the manga out.
p.s. also, is it cleaner than inu yasha?
PostPosted: Fri Sep 24, 2004 9:03 pm
by Mangafanatic
I once inquired about this same manga. Mave gave a pretty brief little review which I will now repost.
Mave, the wonderful wrote:Nudity = Nothing explicit, right until the end of the story. Unless you count a half naked Kenshin bandaging his wounds as nude.....
Sexuality = No sex scenes at all (read spoiler for more)
[spoiler=about About later RKenshin manga volumes, major spoilers abound - click and drag the area below to reveal]
1) Only one kiss scene, clean, nothing to worry about
2) One future character is a homosexual and somewhat exposes himself during a battle. This is "censored" by the mangaka himself in a comical way. I found it more humorous than offensive.
[/spoiler]
Violence = In general, do expect slash/gun wounds, a bleeding Kenshin every now and then, and assasinations.
[Spoiler= about About later RKenshin manga volumes, major spoilers abound - click and drag the area below to reveal ]
During the Kenshin/Battousai flashback, ~ Vol 20-21, you will see more violent killings. Hands, heads, legs will be chopped off. ^^]
Occultic = None. No significant references to any religion.
Well, I'm gonna go to bed now. Cause I'm tired. And cause Mave is gonna figure out I'm quoting her pretty soon, and *cringe* it won't be pretty when that happens.
PostPosted: Sat Sep 25, 2004 8:48 am
by Mave
LOL hey I don't mind being quoted at all.
I can't really compare between Kenshin and Inuyasha since I haven't read Inuyasha at all. So I can't help any further here, sorry. ^^;
PostPosted: Sun Sep 26, 2004 6:39 pm
by That Dude
I have the first six Kenshin mangas... There is quite a bit of violence. Nothing really explicet but just enough to earn it a T+ rating. Theres a little bit of cussing I can only remember reading the D word though...I might warn you that if you look close there are about three instances of people flipping others off. I haven't seen any nudity at all and there is almost no dirty jokes from what I remember. I haven't seen much of the anime yet so this is based off the manga volumes one through six only. Hope that helps you some.
PostPosted: Sun Sep 26, 2004 7:10 pm
by Heart of Sword
*tackles Sunet's avatar*
MINE! MINE MINE MINE mine mine mine.........! (Finding Nemo seagull impression
)
Okay, Kenshin is so far a very clean manga, Mave has all of them.
PostPosted: Sun Sep 26, 2004 9:42 pm
by Mave
Oh wait...
I just realized one thing: I tolerate cussing and I admit that I couldn't really understand every single word in the Kenshin manga. My whole set of Kenshin is in Chinese and my Chinese is...kinda weak.
Point is: You might have to watch out for cussing. I won't be responsible for any grief caused by that. I can't imagine ppl not swearing when they're being cut down or having to fight for their lives with swords.
PostPosted: Sun Sep 26, 2004 10:02 pm
by Ingemar
I have had the privelige of reading both mangae. Here's my conclusion:
1. Violence. I would say IY has more of it, but RK's is much more intense.
2. Sexual Content. IY has a bit of nudity. RK has virtually none.
PostPosted: Mon Sep 27, 2004 4:07 am
by Kisa
I got the first manga for it the other day, I think its pretty good! So far . . . lol
Hope it doesnt get too bad, I liked the show. . .
PostPosted: Mon Sep 27, 2004 4:14 pm
by oro!
Rurouni Kenshin is a pretty good manga, if I don't say so myself. I am 13 and my parents allow me to read it so I am almost sure your parents will allow it. The only problem is that some of the scenes where he was battosai are pretty gross.
PostPosted: Mon Sep 27, 2004 4:33 pm
by Heart of Sword
Yes, but Battousai's cute...
Oh, crud, Oro!Girl, you just saw me tackle Sunet's avatar...oh no...o_O *prepares for torment, then runs*
PostPosted: Mon Sep 27, 2004 4:55 pm
by sunet
*tackles Sunet's avatar*
MINE! MINE MINE MINE mine mine mine.........! (Finding Nemo seagull impression
)
Yes, but Battousai's cute...
Oh, crud, Oro!Girl, you just saw me tackle Sunet's avatar...oh no...o_O *prepares for torment, then runs*
thanx for the comment everyone.
i'm definetaly gonna try it.
PostPosted: Thu Oct 07, 2004 11:56 am
by Noheajack
I've read all the numbers of Kenshin manga, it's fantastic, it's one of my favorite series. But I've never seen the tv anime because in Italy didn't arrive yet
PostPosted: Thu Oct 07, 2004 3:03 pm
by oro!
Noheajack, you could maybe go on ebay and order the anime if you have any money.