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Rurouni Kenshin: A New Battle

 

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9.4 Superb
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Air Date

Wednesday March 26, 2003

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Episode Summary

While gambling with friends, Sano and Kenshin learn that one of Sano's friends died when tricked into using opium. As Sano takes in the news, a young woman named Takani Megumi rushes in on Sano and Kenshin begging for their help. Kenshin and Sano learn that Megumi is being hunted by a cruel businessman named Takeda Kanryu and a group called the Oniwabanshu.
When Kenshin and Sano take Megumi to Kamiya Dojo, they are attacked by a couple of the Oniwabanshu, resulting in Yahiko being poisoned by a poison dart. Megumi takes over the treatment of Yahiko, and reveals that she is a skilled doctor, especially in creating medicine. This revelation makes Sano even more suspicous after finding Megumi with some opium....

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    10 Perfect

    I say ten out of ten. hide show

    I give this episode a ten out of ten. It had everything I like in an anime! The thing with Kaoru getting so jealous was hilarious! At the beggining it was funny, and when she was spying and stuff. Her eyes look so kawaii and stuff. She is so jealous! Anyway, the whole battle thing was really cool, and Sano withstood all those burns... (wait, he wasn't really breathing fire, so was it real fire or not? Hmm...) Anyway, nice battle. Very cliff hanger ending-ish with the whole poison dart and everything but then Sano finding the opium which his friend died of with Megumi. So, interesting, can't wait to watch the next episode.

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    9.1 Superb

    Whether friend or foe it has come in the shape of the seductive Megumi Takani. hide show

    During a friendly game of dice, Sanosuke learns of the death of a good friend of his due to opium. Now Sanosuke wants to avenge his friend’s death. It is not until Ms. Takani runs into the arms of Himura that the story hits a new level. Beshimi, a member of the Oniwaban group, has been set to recapture Ms. Takani and bring her back to his leader. His leader is none another than Aoshi Shinomori. Shinomori was the youngest person to ever become leader of the Oniwaban, the greatest group of ninjas. Hyottoko, the fire breath, causes some damage and a couple of bruises on Sanosuke, but there is nothing that Sanosuke cannot go up against. Sadly Myojin falls ill after being hit by an opium dart. Himura is filled with rage but before he is able to render Beshimi unconscious Hannya appears. It looks like now the Himura group have more to handle than usual, can they win without losing anyone else?

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  • Aoshi Shinomori is based on Toshizo Hijikata, real life commander of the Shinsengumi. Hijikata was considered to be a remarkably handsome man, but was a pretty ruthless leader who demanded intense adherence to the laws of the Shinsengumi. []
  • Kanryu Takeda is based on Kanryuusai Takeda, real life captain of the fifth squad of the Shinsengumi. In real life, Takeda betrayed the Shinsengumi to the Imperialists and was assassinated for it. []
  • Nobuhiro Watsuki's interest in American comics rears its head again. Aoshi Shinomori wears a trenchcoat much like Gambit's from the X-Men. []
More Notes
  • Sanosuke: Piece of cake.
    Kenshin: You got hurt pretty badly for a piece of cake. []
  • Yahiko: Were you gonna try to leave me out of it? I don't think so. I'm a member of Kenshin's group too, I'll have you know.
    Sanosuke: One of Kenshin's group? What do you mean?
    Yahiko: Heh. They can bring bows and arrows and knives and even guns with them. Just let me at those creeps. I, Yahiko Miogi will personally defeat them all.
    Sanosuke: (sticking foot in Yahiko's face) You're pretty arrogant for a kid, you know that?
    Yahiko: What'd you call me? I'll get you for that!
    (jumps on Sanosuke and bites his head.)
    Kaoru: Yahiko, stop that right now!
    Kenshin: Oh boy. If they're fighting themselves already, Kenshin's group is in for a lot of problems. []
  • Megumi: My, I'm surprised. She is such a violent girl. []
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