Reviews

Rurouni Kenshin #2 by Nobuhiro Watsuki

clowdywings's review against another edition

4.0

4.25 -

Much better than the last one. This one held the consistency for 97% of the volume, which is quite good. My major complaints have to be the timing of events and the paneling.

The paneling is most often fine. But in quite a few instances the story builds up for something amazing and.... it isn’t shown. It’s just told to the reader in some form. Kind of sad.

***Spoilers for this next point.

The timing of events is so drawn out. Kaorudono is choking/suffocating in one scene and it’s super climatic. There’s this long battle (or so it seems) just so she could be saved from the bad guy. But she should have been dead by then? I don’t know how she survived but she did.

***end of spoilers.

I don’t know why this one was so much better than the first but it was. I’m interested in reading the next few volumes for the main story.

berry_9029's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

ynbushehri's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

saaraa96's review against another edition

4.0

تا اونجا که راجع به ساناسوکه بود رو خونده بودم ولی این تیکه آخرش دیگه جدید شد و آخ جون!

جالبه تو یه دوره ای اینهمه تریاک مشکل ساز بوده برا ژاپن که تو داستان های سامورایی ها هست.
باید چیز غیر مانگا انیمه ای راجع بهش برم بخونم.

andreavisbal240's review against another edition

adventurous challenging informative lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

masonriley's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious relaxing tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

The Jin e fight and art is so good

rhukii's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

ntembeast's review against another edition

5.0

If you want an overall opinion of my thoughts on this manga, feel free to look for my review of Volume One here.


This manga only gets better and better as you read it. Another character that becomes a focal point of our group joins in this one, and then we get the biggest challenge that Kenshin has yet faced: Jin-e, a man who was also a monster of the revolutionary war ten years ago. Everything from the story we left off in the last volume with involving Sagara Sanosuke is well worth the read, and his power and backstory is one that'll affect a great many people. But the one that takes the cake is undoubtedly Jin-e. He presents the first real threat to Kenshin and to those around him, and while his reputation alone is formidable, the way he meets Kenshin at the crossroads is even more intense and frightening.

The levels of corruption that we had seen in the previous volume only increase with Jin-e's appearance as well. It is through him that the extent of the crude, merciless era that Japan has now fallen into is truly starting to unfold before our eyes, and it manifests itself in Jin-e's appearance like a prodigy. Though things get worse here, it's why this volume becomes so much the better to read. It reveals a new, darker side of Kenshin we didn't get to know before, and it makes who he is that much more shocking.

Keep reading this one, guys. It's fantastic!

memita's review against another edition

3.0

3,5*

Gostei menos deste segundo volume, a culpa foi da primeira parte do livro que achei que poderia ser melhor desenvolvida. Depois disso, veio o novo vilão que é ligeiramente assustador, do qual gostei muito. A história do Kenshin com a Kaoru está a ser muito fofa. Diveti-me imenso e só tenho pena destes cliffhanger's, matam-me e eu ainda não tenho o terceiro para ler.

imandanial's review against another edition

4.0

Saya sedang dalam marathon menghabiskan siri manga Samurai ini. Dulu pernah disiarkan di tv3 (ke NTV7) sewaktu saya kecil.

Mujurlah bang Perewa membenarkan komik sebagai salah satu bacaan untuk Cabaran Bacaan 32 Buku. Banyak juga, ada dekat 28 naskhah yang menghimpunkan kesemua siri Rurouni Kenshin.