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Rurouni Kenshin: Trust & Betrayal, known in Japan as Rurōni Kenshin -Meiji Kenkaku Rōman Tan- Tsuioku-hen (Japanese: るろうに剣心 -明治剣客浪漫譚- 追憶編, "Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Swordsman Romantic Story – Recollection (or Reminiscence) Chapter"), is an original video animation (OVA) series, based on the Rurouni Kenshin manga series by Nobuhiro Watsuki, and a prequel to the ...
Tomie (Japanese: 富江) is a Japanese horror manga series written and illustrated by Junji Ito.It centers on a mysterious, beautiful woman named Tomie Kawakami.The manga was Ito's first published work that he originally submitted to Monthly Halloween, a shōjo magazine in 1987, which led to him winning the Kazuo Umezu award.
Yukishiro Tomoe (雪代 巴) was the wife of Himura Kenshin and biological sister of Yukishiro Enishi. The daughter of an Edo retainer to the Shōgun, Tomoe was engaged to Kiyosato Akira (voiced by Tetsuya Iwanaga; portrayed by Masataka Kubota in the live-action films), the second son of another similarly ranked family.
One day, when Himura is out, Tomoe's brother, Enishi, comes to meet his sister, revealing both as spies working for the Yaminobu who are pro-shogunate and have been planning to entrap and kill Battosai this whole time. Tomoe refuses to continue working with them and asks Enishi to return home to Edo, causing Enishi to run off in anger.
When Tomoe became engaged to Kiyosato Akira, Kiyosato is killed by Hitokiri Battōsai (Himura Kenshin). Tomoe left her brother behind to seek revenge, working with the Yaminobu to do so. When he was about ten, he discovered the location of Tomoe through the Yaminobu and appeared before her, revealing that he was the contact sent to Tomoe.
The manga, as well as the first light novel and guidebook, have received a complete North American release by Viz Media. The Rurouni Kenshin manga has over 72 million copies in circulation as of 2019, making it one of the best-selling manga series of all time. The series has received praise from various publications for manga, anime, and other ...
The first chapter premiered in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump in 1994 and the series ran in the magazine until 1999. [1] The story takes place during the early Meiji period in Japan and follows a fictional assassin named Himura Kenshin , formerly known as the " Hitokiri Battōsai ( 人斬り抜刀斎 ) , [ n 1 ] who becomes a wanderer to ...
Entering the human village posing as merchants they register at an Adventurers Guild. Tomoe and Mio break records by being four times as powerful as the next strongest adventurer, while Makoto, due to his suppressed aura, ranks Level One, weaker than a child. Tomoe learns a dragon she knew, Lancer, has been killed by an adventurer named Sofia ...