Rurouni Kenshin - Son of God (Episodes 67-70)

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Summary: ok so this might not be the best
Review: Rurouni Kenshin, a series which in my opinion is the best anime, even though I've only recently gotten into it, I still have all the dvds available at this time, and I do intend on buying the rest, this "Tales of the Meiji" arc will probably not be as good as kyoto, but I'm sure most of you already have heard that they have released two new OAV's in japan which will finish off the kenshin series, and also put in the final arc in the manga which features Enishi, I don't know if it will come to the US....but I certainly hope so, if not, I'm gonna have to buy a region 2 dvd player, HA. Ama Kakeru Ryu No Hirameki.

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Summary: The worst Kenshin arc.
Review: Rurouni Kenshin: Shimabara Arc. The beginning of the worst Kenshin arc ever. Its not based on the manga, and its terrible. For some reason they decided not to make the Jinchu arc which is just AWESOME and create this one themselves. Its about a man who beleives he is the son of god etc etc, he also knows hiten mitsurugi ryu, has many followers, etc etc, stuff happens, horrible fighting, boring story. The only way you should watch this arc is by downloading it. It is NOT worth the money to buy it or even rent it, if you can manage doing that. Please do not waste your money.

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Summary: Great episodes
Review: The Kyoto episodes are great but if you love Kenshin this is a must buy. I own the whole serie plus the OVAs and I have enjoyed every single episode of the series it is true that some episodes are better than others but they are all great. This is a must buy if you are a Himura fan.

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Summary: Do Not Waste Your Time Or Money
Review: The Shimabara Arc is, by far, the worst part of Rurouni Kenshin. The other person who has written a review of this covered pretty much everything there is to say. The dub is sure to be terrible. Simply because the first two Arc's were. The bottom line ... Do Not Waste Your Time Or Money. If you need some good Anime viewing look towards Dragonball or Vandread.

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Summary: New beginning for a new tale in Kenshins life
Review: The visual effects in this DVD as well as the plot make it a very good beginning of the "Tales from the Meiji"... (considering that the previous DVD, "Fireflies wish" was not that cool). Kenshin has a new mission, defeat another student from the Hiten Mitsurugi Ryu (the Son of God) that should not have ever learned the "God like Speed" Style. Sanosuke falls in love and is seen in a fighting sequence doing much more that just taking a beating. You laugh, you smile, you enjoy the plot as Kenshin takes a piece of Japan's history once again. In the last episode of this DVD kenshin is attacked by the Son of God with a combination known as Rai Ryu Sen and recieves an unpleasant surprise. You will see that this DVD is packed with a lot of detailed and interesting history. Leaves you wanting to see the Holy War DVD which I will RUN to buy ASAP!!!!

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Summary: Not as good as Kyoto, but still good
Review: This DVD presumably begins the Shimabara arc of Kenshin. It isn't nearly as good as the Kyoto arc (vol. 7 - 14 of the DVDs) which it follows. This isn't to say it's _bad_, however. It was made for TV, and so suffers by comparison with the episodes which came from the manga. It's still far better, in my opinion, than some of filler from the end of the 1st season (vol. 4-6 of the DVDs). Sano, in particular, is fleshed out in some more detail. It would have been better if the producers had waited for the manga so they could have animated the real ending. If you want to see the best of Kenshin, then check out the Kyoto arc. If you already have, and want to see more of Kenshin, Kaoru, Sano, and Misao-chan, you might consider getting this disc.

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Summary: Horrible story
Review: This is a ok story. If you are a Kenshin junkie, you probably just get this to quench your thirst for more Kenshin. But a note of caution from me is that this was never written by Watsuki himself. These were filler episodes written by Sony to fill in the anime while the poor manga artist was contemplating what to write about for the third arc. INHM, this story lacks the continuation from the main Kenshin story and the style has changed for the worse. The previous arcs is comparable to those written by the famous Hongkong writer of swordsman novels, Jing Yong, but after the Second Arc this style just died off. Needless to say, it's because it's no longer Watsuki's story.

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Summary: Watsuki never wrote this...
Review: This is a ok story. If you are a Kenshin junkie, you probably just get this to quench your thirst for more Kenshin. But a note of caution from me is that this was never written by Watsuki himself. These were filler episodes written by Sony to fill in the anime while the poor manga artist was contemplating what to write about for the third arc. INHM, this story lacks the continuation from the main Kenshin story and the style has changed for the worse. The previous arcs is comparable to those written by the famous Hongkong writer of swordsman novels, Jing Yong, but after the Second Arc this style just died off. Needless to say, it's because it's no longer Watsuki's story.

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Summary: its not as good as kyoto but...
Review: this series is not as good as the legend of Kyoto but it still holds it own against other anime. granted it is a bit slow in starting but once you get into the story line its hard to turn off, i would recomend this dvd especially to those who like myself love Kenshin :) and first time watchers i feel would enjoy it but not without watching the first 2 series first, the only reaon this gets a bad review is the change of sytyle from kyoto to this, kyoto is much darker and most people i now were expecting a continuation of this and thus were disapointed. but personally its rurouni kenshin how can you not love it?

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Summary: Awesome!!
Review: This tape was excellent!! Why is everyone else saying it's a waste of money!? Don't listen to them. Just because Watsuki didn't write it, doesn't mean its not good. I thought that the Shimbara Arc was very exciting, and the new characters and story line was interesting. I can't wait to get the next one to see what happens!! If you love RK, then this is definetaly one your going to want to see and own. The music is also another thing I love about the RK series and makes it so great, the theme music and the background. I suggest that you also check out the Rurouni Kenshin Best Theme Collection, and Rurouni Kenshin Original Soundtrack cd's.