Rurouni Kenshin: Trust & amp; Betrayal , known in Japan as Rurouni Kenshin: Tsuioku-hen ( ???? Rurouni Kenshin: Recollection or Reminiscence , is the original 1999 animated video series directed by Kazuhiro Furuhashi, screenplay - written by Masashi Sogo, printed by Taku Iwasaki, and animated by Studio Deen. Based on the manga Rurouni Kenshin written and illustrated by Nobuhiro Watsuki, Belief & amp; Betrayal tells the story of Himura Kenshin as Hitokiri Batt? Sai during the last years of the Bakumatsu era while also revealing the origin of the cross-shaped scar and exploring its relationship with a woman. named Yukishiro Tomoe.
The OVA series was first licensed by ADV Films for VHS and DVD releases in North America and the UK, and by Madman Entertainment for release in Australasia, under the title Samurai X: Trust & amp; Betrayal . Trust & amp; Betrayal then collected into a two-hour long film with new animation sequences and released theatrically in Japan. In 2003, this long-winded film was finally released in North America on DVD as a film director by ADV Films. After the closing of ADV Films, Aniplex of America began licensing the OVA series for Blu-ray Disc releases in North America with the original title: Rurouni Kenshin: Trust & amp; Betrayal . It has received universal critical acclaim from anime critics, with praise directed at Japanese sounds, animation, art, music and acting.
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Plot
While bandit attacks kill a group of tourists, a young boy named Shinta is saved from death by a passing swordsman. Swordsman, known as Hiko Seij? R, is the master of Hiten Mitsurugi, the strongest of all forms of the sword. After seeing the boy buried the body not only the travelers but also the bandits, Hiko was impressed and took Shinta as an apprentice, changing his name to "Kenshin", a name he felt was more appropriate for a swordsman.
After years of training, Kenshin leaves his master after a fight, convinced that the only way to enforce Hiten Mitsurugi's promise to help the weak and the innocent is to join the revolution that is ready to support the Tokugawa Shogunate. He joins the Choshu clan and immediately works for their leader, Katsura Kogor ?, as a murderer. Kenshin soon became a hard, dreaded and far-reaching killer like Hitokiri Batt? Sai . During the successful killing, he killed a bodyguard named Kiyosato Akira. The encounter with Kiyosato left Kenshin with the first half of a cross-shaped scar. After killing a skilled killer, Kenshin meets a woman named Yukishiro Tomoe, oblivious to the fact that she is a fiance of Kiyosato. Kenshin took him to the inn where he and the people from the Choshu clan lived. Katsura suspects the spy between Choshu after Kenshin tells him about the killer he killed.
After Ikedaya's affairs, Katsura arranges for Kenshin and Tomoe to hide in the village of Otsu as husband and wife, so that both will not be suspected. After a few months, Tomoe's brother, Enishi, came to visit and secretly revealed to his sister that the shogun agent assigned to track and kill Kenshin was nearby, and that his revenge would be complete. Tomoe sends Enishi, feeling uncomfortable. This is where Tomoe realizes that he has fallen in love with Kenshin. Kenshin also fell in love with Tomoe. The next morning, Tomoe leaves home and tries to deceive the shoguns to give up their Kenshin pursuit and fails to try to kill their leader.
After Tomoe disappears, Kenshin is visited by a friend who tells him that the spy is Tomoe and that he met at the time with his co-conspirator. She also reveals to Kenshin that she is a fiancé of Kiyosato, the one she killed. However, Kenshin does not realize that this person is the original spy. On his way to Tomoe's location, a shocked Kenshin confronts and kills three of the four shogunate agents but becomes seriously wounded by his traumatic condition. While Kenshin fought with the leader, Tomoe stepped between the two to protect Kenshin from the murder below. This allowed Kenshin to kill his opponent but, thus, accidentally stabbed Tomoe as well. Before his death, he gave him the second part of the cross-shaped wound.
Kenshin, blaming herself for Tomoe's death, vowed to fight to realize Katsura's desired age, but afterwards continued to fight to protect the innocent without killing again. Katsura tells Kenshin that he has a new assassin who kills the original spy. Since the Tokugawa Shogunate is nearing its end, Kenshin holds his first encounter with the Shinsengumi captain, Okita SÃ… ji and his future rival, Sait? Hajime. It was later revealed that after the Bakumatsu revolution ended, Hitokiri Batt? Sai has disappeared without a trace. Then Kenshin returns to the grave of the travelers whom he buried when he was little and put Tomale scarf on them. Sometime after that, Hiko Seij? R? past the site and notice the scarf, realizing Kenshin finally learning.
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Cast
Episode
Production
Daryl Letter from Otaku USA states that this series uses a more "realistic" art style than is used by the television series, and that the series has "bloody violence, bloody violence" beginning in the opening sequence.
One of the main themes of Faith is understanding the impact and after-effects killings can happen, something that Kenshin does not yet understand even though others have tried to show it to him.
Reception
Trust & amp; Japanese traitors, animations, art, music and acting sounds are all highly praised by various critics and, consequently, the series itself has been widely recognized as a masterpiece and one of the crowning achievements of anime.
THEY Anime reviews give the entire OVA series a perfect score of 5 out of 5 stars, with Tim Jones reviewers stating, "powerful, evocative, annoying, and highly charged, Rurouni Kenshin: Trust & amp; betrayal is a distant series beyond the origin of his comic book, testing the limits of not only franchising, but the original video animation media as a tool of storytelling.In addition, despite surpassing the original television series in many ways, it remains complementary and understand why Kenshin became like him.However, no one can build character as well as a thrilling tragedy.It does not become more tragic or stirring than this. "He sums up this series as" dramatic, tragic, beautiful "and" a great example of Japanese animation in its best form ".
Trust & amp; Betrayal has received significant acclaim from Anime News Network reviewers. Mike Crandol recorded it as one of the greatest OVA series of all time, celebrating the new character design as well as the fight scene which is also known as "very bloody" and beautiful at the same time. In his review, Carl Kimlinger described this series as "stirring, smashing, intelligent, redemption and pure perfection" and giving the series 'A' rating for subbed versions and rank 'A' for rank. Bamboo Dong claims that watching this series will benefit the audience with "an amazing overall experience" before completing it " Rurouni Kenshin: Tsuioku Hen is a masterpiece, with dramatic visuals and beautiful animations".
Animerica inspector Rio YaÃÆ' Â ± ez praises Believe ' s "introspection for violence" and its existence "is full of crazy samurai swords." fights and free-flying appendages "while avoiding stereotypical frozen frame animations while considering the" above "violence, he feels it is handled well, avoids being exaggerated or haphazard, and that action scenes are" well balanced by fancy background paintings and designs He criticized the English adage of the ADV Film as "kung fu dubbing style", noting that the voice actors often mispronounced Japanese names and left the sound track somewhat confusing even though a serious English script took the material.
To illustrate, DVD Talk reviewer Don Houston finds solid OVA stories and music. The director's cutting version received positive comments by how four OVAs were set up with Houston commenting "it looks more like a stand-alone movie, not just a precursor to a durable series."
Daryl Letter from Otaku USA says that, regardless of what Dave Riley says, viewers should watch the television series before watching Trust & amp; Betrayal . The letter explains that the OVA has "unusual moments" that are unusual for viewers who watch the television series "will not pay attention."
References
External links
- The Official Aniplex of America website
- Rurouni Kenshin: Trust & amp; Betrayal on IMDb
- Rurouni Kenshin: Trust & amp; Betrayal (anime) in the Anime News Network encyclopedia
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