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Summary: Only Watch if You're A True Kenshin Fan
Review: The Reflection DVD is one of the best and saddest OVAs that I've ever seen. Many things, such as Kamiya Kaoru's boldness to share Kenshin's pain of his disease to Kenshin not being able to catch a fish three feet away from Sagara Sanosuke made me feel bad about his condition because it feels so real. The ending (before the credits) made me cry for a while... because it's sad to see such a wonderful anime end. Things you need to know before purchase: -Buy this ONLY if you are a true Kenshin fan and have seen the other parts to the series. I say this because, if you only like this as a series to see a few episodes and skip a bunch and watch some more you will be confused throughout the whole thing. - The animation is extremly beautiful, but it's unappriciated by a lot of people, and looks completly different from the Rurouni Kenshin anime TV series. - Most of the DVD is flashbacks to other times during the anime, and has been re-animated to fit that style. (From the meeting of Kamiya and Himura to the fight with Enishi, all is a flashback.)
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Summary: Bittersweet & sad ending to a wonderful series....
Review: 'Reflection' is a fitting title to the last chapter of the life of our favorite wandering swordsman, Kenshin Himura. Ruroni Kenshin is my FAVORITE anime/manga of all and while this OVA is one of the saddest movie I've seen, anime or live-action, I feel it's an appropriate ending to the series. Gorgeously animated, it's identical in style and spirit to the first OVAs Trust & Betrayal. While the first OVAs had dark and somber colors, 'Reflection' is full of bright and vivid colors that's mesmerizing to watch. Unlike the TV show & first OVAs, this story (goes beyond the manga) is told from Kaoru's point of view, from when she first meets Kenshin to their life together 15-18 years later. You get to see Yahiko, Sano, Megumi, even Hiko once again and meet Kenji, Kenshin & Kaoru's son (the manga only shows him as a toddler). You will see reenactments of familiar battles in the TV show, but the animation here is far superior, the battle in the moonlight with Jinei and the Jinchuu battle with Enishi are just AWESOME! The instrumental sountrack is haunting and beautiful, composed by Taku Iwasaki who also did Trust & Betrayal. Buy this if you are true Kenshin fan and have an open heart and mind.
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Summary: You should really see this...
Review: This is the final installment of the Rurouni Kenshin saga, taking place 15 years after the anime. Both Kenshin and Kaoru have fallen ill, Kenshin was in China fighting a war while Kaoru stayed at home. While Kaoru dips in and out of conciousness, she reflects on all the important moments between her and Kenshin. It is Kaoru 's point of view. The theme most definatley is love. You see Kenji, their son, Yahiko, Tsubame, Megumi, and Sanosuke and many other characters through out this 60 or more minute movie. 2/3rds of it is flash backs, so be aware of that. It leaves you with a heavy feeling on your chest, but not once do you really find yourself regretting it is the end. Best of all, they animated some of the Jinchuu arc. A must see!
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Summary: I deny the existence of Reflection
Review: (...) The first half is quite confusing and very unexplainable, and weird. All of the tension is built up for the second half. The second half. Apparently the producers felt they didn't need to animate the Jinchuu arc, why instead condense it to 10 minutes (maybe) and butcher the hell out of it. All the readers who either can read japanese (which i am sadly not one of them, getting there though) or found dedicated fans who translated them and scanned them all, will see how wrong and incorrect the entire 'mini jinchuu' is. And the thing about Kenshin ignoring his family to help people? (I can see how people would get that the written jinchuu arc (which should be animated), but in the animated series it never happened! So why ruin Kenshin?!) Kenshin would NEVER neglate Kaoru and Kenji, what universe is this from? I just can't say enough of how bad it truly is. And the end? I mean come on, (alright i will give in to the disease, as it was hinted at throughout the series) but how could you end the famous Kenshin series, how could you honestly believe in such a sad, ending to such a great character? That is what put tears in my eyes, what they let happen to him, not the actually plot, fake 'reality' they tried to pull. In conclusion, i totally deny the existence of such horrible ending (Sano and Megumi didn't end together? What's w/ that?!). I think the collective group of Kenshin fans should protest and get those lazy producers off (...) and animated the Jinchuu, a trully fitting end to the great Kenshin series. If you are a die-hard kenshin, you probably have to see this, put take it with a grain of salt and join the few who totally deny its existence and the probablity that it could actually happen. Long live the Jinchuu Arc!!
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Summary: Mmm, I just don't think so.
Review: First of all, I'd like to start out by saying that the animation and the sound is excellent, hence two starts instead of one. However, the story on this one is just kind of bad. The first two OAVs were great, but I just couldn't quite stomach this one. I was willing to accept, albiet with some difficulty, Kaoru's personality in this one. She isn't the same strong boistrous woman who ran a kendo dojo by herself we saw in the anime and the manga, but maybe motherhood changed her. I was willing to accept, this time with a lot of effort, the idea of Kenshin neglecting his family like that. That one took a lot of effort, but I managed to swallow it. But by the time Sanosuke showed up, I really couldn't take it any more. My first thought was "Where on earth has this guy been during all this?" But what really got me was when Sano left Kenshin on the ship. A little background for those who are unfamiliar with the anime or manga. Sanosuke is probably Kenshin's best friend, he's willing to fight a tiger for the man. So he just leaves Kenshin with "a friend" (whom we never see and doesn't really help Kenshin that much) because he has bussiness elsewhere. What on earth could be so pressing as to make him leave his best friend, who is both suffering from amnesia and is so weak he can barely walk, practically alone? Really, I'm curious, I'd like to know. Because anything that would make Sano leave Kenshin like that should not be brushed aside lightly as "business elsewhere". In conclusion, great animation, great music, but the plot is a bit too angsty/romantic for my tastes, and requires too much character butchering.
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Summary: Long and Boring...
Review: I'm a huge Kenshin fan, but this movie was boring and sad. I felt depressed after watching it. It shows Kenshin as a sick elderly man. The only parts I enjoyed were the brief flashbacks to when he was young. Also, as a warning, the artwork is very different from Samuri X and the television series, not bad, but just a different style. I think die-hard fans will enjoy the movie so I won't discourage anyone from watching it, but just know what to expect before hand.
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Summary: BUY THIS DVD RIGHT AWAY......................
Review: As u know samurai x(rurouni kenshin) is about a man who was once a killer trying to atone his past.If you watch samurai x trust and betrayel you will learn more about kenshin as an assain. Unlike the series Reflection is more like the OVA's.This DVD shows more of kenshin and kaoru's love for each other they even had a son together KENJI.Well i am not going to ruin it for you GO BUY IT!!!!!!
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Summary: How awsome yet sad!!
Review: when I first saw this I thought it was really cool.The sowrd play is the beat that i have seen so far in an anime movie. the story is told for Karous point of veiw. She tells about her life whith kenshin.kenshin dies in his loves arms after he gets back from--- im not going to tell you that much but i will say if you are a true rk fan than you need to add this dvd to your colection!you will love it! i loved it so much it brought tears to my eyes!!
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Summary: Touching and VERY VERY SAD
Review: I hadn't seen any of the TV animes, so a lot of the flashback sequences were a big question mark for me, but I was with someone who had seen a lot of those episodes and they were able to fill me in. I had seen and loved the first 2 OVAs so this was perfectly familiar and fitting in tone. I am now totally in love with the Kenshin character and will probably watch all the TV anime episodes now because I want to learn more. I'm not a fan of the typical cutesy anime style, but since I love this character so much I want to see everything! A lot of diehard Kenshin fans were disturbed by how this ended, but it didn't bother me as much, maybe because I didn't have a preconceived notion of how it was "supposed" to end. I thought the whole thing was very beautifully done and now it's made me a Kenshin fan, and I think anyone who sees this who's unfamiliar w/RK will become a fan too. Our beautiful Kenshin will always live on in our hearts!
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Summary: I cried, and cried, and cried, and I loved it
Review: This is the saddest thing I had ever seen. This was actually the first movie that made me cry. Just Kenshin's subborness to carry the weight on his shoulders made me so sad for him. The scenes of the weak state's he was in and the final scene of Kenshin and Kaoru finally reuniting made me cry and feel depressed for the rest of the day, and most of next. However, I would not have it any other way. Kenshin dying is the best possible ending, because he was finally able to find peace.
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