Ultimate Kenshin FAQ

[chibigohan]

For some reason, my browser isn't displaying the Japanese. Could you take a screenshot of yout post so I can show it to him?

[Iyouboushi]

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Here ya go.

[chibigohan]

"Yes, it makes sense. It's a slippery business, those particles. If it was a "wa" instead of a "wo," it could probably go either way (though with a different nuance). I should have paid more attention. It probably would have helped to see the previous panel or two as well. And, like he said, if I'd known more about Shishio, that would have jumped out as well. Nevertheless, I stand corrected. "

Continue E-Mailing VIZ and telling them to fix it >_<
Sorry for the mix-up!

[Iyouboushi]

Hey, no need to appologize. As he says, it's a very "slippery" business. I've done translations that were similar to this mistake, that is I've mixed up one or two particles and gotten it way wrong. I'm just lucky enough to know a ton about Kenshin (since it's my favorite anime) and realized the mistake. Had this been another anime or someone came to me with just a page and said "hey, what's this say?" I might have not have been so lucky.


Hope you stick around. This board could use some life.

[Dead]

skimmed through the faq.. I may have missed it due to tiredness, but did you mention anywhere about Kenshin's actual history? You probably did but like I said Im tired.

also, most anime conventions offer up Sakabatou replicas for cheap prices (like mine!) that I got for $30. So you can add that to your faq. btw, I didn't see a song list in there, I'd like to know all of the opening and closing credits as well as who did them. Also, get me a pic of the Spider-man character that you talked about I'd like to see this..

lol while on that subject, are there any other characters based on comics in Kenshin? I swear that ninja guy with the stripes on his arms and the cool mask has a set of Wolverine claws..

oh hey, dont forget to add the bit about reversible covers on the American Ovas. btw, they all now come as a boxset and they also have 'directors cuts' of all of them that adds a bunch of edited stuff and extras..

anyway, enough ranting from me!

[Iyouboushi]

dead said:

skimmed through the faq.. I may have missed it due to tiredness, but did you mention anywhere about Kenshin's actual history? You probably did but like I said Im tired.

Yeah, it's there. Towards the bottom. I didn't write that part though. While I answered most of the questions, there were a few other guys who compiled all of the "true" histories. It's after the questions.

also, most anime conventions offer up Sakabatou replicas for cheap prices (like mine!) that I got for $30. So you can add that to your faq.

Er.. yeah, need to add that too whenever I do the next update.

btw, I didn't see a song list in there, I'd like to know all of the opening and closing credits as well as who did them.

That's in there. The opening and closing songs and who performed them (plus what eps they were used for) are there. I didn't do a full song list for the OSTs though (there's just too many).

Also, get me a pic of the Spider-man character that you talked about I'd like to see this..

He looks like Venom. His name is Yatsume Mumyouni. This isn't the best picture of him, but you should get the idea.



He only appears briefly in the TsuiokuHen OAV (part 4, where Kenshin is fighting all of those ninjas). He never shows his face in that though, all you see is his long arm with claws. In the manga he has a huge part.

lol while on that subject, are there any other characters based on comics in Kenshin? I swear that ninja guy with the stripes on his arms and the cool mask has a set of Wolverine claws..

Jin-e was based on Gambit. Click to see, in case you forgot who he is. I'm sure there's others. The author of Kenshin was a huge American comic fan.

oh hey, dont forget to add the bit about reversible covers on the American Ovas. btw, they all now come as a boxset and they also have 'directors cuts' of all of them that adds a bunch of edited stuff and extras..

That's all in there too.

[Dead]

YAY! All my questions have been answered! Venom guy! NEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAT!

[Iyouboushi]

Version 2.0.5 is now out and ready to download.

It includes one new question that discusses the difference between the director's cut and the original of TsuiokuHen and I've updated a few questions that a member of the [adult swim] board pointed out to me. He also made note that the real history of Sano section is filled with tons of errors. I didn't write that section myself, but I'll be going through it later to fix (probably next version).

In any case, enjoy.

[Dead]

I recently got a lot of Kenshin Manga, I think it is the last arc, (dunno what its called..) The one where he fights that guy on the island....

anyway, there are TONS of marvel looking villians in there..

One guy looks like Apocalypse (Ch 218, p 22-23 is a good pic.) He also shoots a cannonball from his arm with the One Piece logo on it. (which I found funny.) He also transforms or something, and ends up looking like one of the Perfect Series Evas from the End of Evangelion.

Of course there is your Venom guy..

and the other one I saw was a woman, who had tendril like things on her (she fights Yahiko.) anyway, those tendril like things were suspiciously similar to the ones on Mr. Sinister.

I haven't scanned through all of Kenshin to see all the similarities, but I bet there are more in there.

[Iyouboushi]

LOL Otowa Hyouko is a guy, not a girl.


And yeah, I forgot about Kujiranami Hyougo (the dude with the huge cannon).


The last arc is called the Jinchuu arc, by the way.