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Summary: Kenshin and Kaoru's love for eachother
Review: Before you decide to buy or watch this DVD I suggest seeing Samurai X: Trust and Betrayal first, you'll have a better understanding of the second part of this DVD...there are two parts to this movie. Warning: This review contains spoilers.Being the ending to the whole Rurouni Kenshin and Samurai X series, the first part consists of what is basically a clip show, showing important events that happened in the TV show. They have been changed a bit, where there is violence, it is more graphic, but this makes it more realistic. You should probably check out the Rurouni Kenshin TV series if you already havn't, before watching this. The second part is the actual movie. If you saw Samurai X: Trust and Betrayal you will have an understanding of what happened before, and why Enishi came back to kidnap Kaoru. Enishi want revenge, and he wants to kill Kaoru right in front of Kenshin to get it. When Kenshin comes, Enishi and Kenshin have a fight, and in the end Kenshin is willing to sacrifice himself, if it will truely make Enishi happy. Enishi can't bring himself to do it, and they never see him again. The rest will make you ball your eyes out if you are a hardcore Kenshin fan. Kenshin developes a disease, leperacy I believe, and is slowly dieing, losing all strength and skill. Kaoru cannot live with out him, so she chooses to get the disease too. In the end Kenshin dies with his head in Kaorus's lap, as Kaoru thinks of future cherry blossom parties they'll have...inviting everyone...then she sees that he has died, she takes his head in her hands, and cries. There are a couple more surprises, you'll learn what happened to Yahiko, Sano, and Megumi.....and Kaoru and Kenshin's only son, Kenji. This is definatly a movie worth buying if you are a Kenshin fan. But be prepared to have your emotions shaken, it has an ending you'll never forget. Parental Concern: This movie is rated suggested 17+, there is violence and blood, and one scene where Kaoru and Kenshin are laying down nude, kissing, you can't see anything, since the screen ends at about the neckline.
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Summary: CLOSURE
Review: The real ending of the best anime series. I know that this movie was sad, but it has to be. It takes a good movie to make you cry. The entire flim was great. The story, fight scenes, and music were terific!A true ending to a timeless anime I will never forget.
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Summary: A depressing thing...
Review: this movie was pretty sad and pretty cool. I think that most of you real great kenshin fan's should have a tissue box ready in the last half and be ready to cry for a while. After you watch this movie you feel empty and sad but it is amazing to watch it. MAJOR SPOILER: DO NOT READ IF YOU DON'T WANT TO RUIN SOMETHING SMALL. Kenshin dies at the end. That's really it. I think it should have ended with the etire kenshin gumi and hiko and everybody waving and a scene with grassy hills and a bright sun, but reflection is just different... If you aren't strict to having kenshin always being da best, then watch it. I just cried for a long time. SPOILER OVER If this movie didn't have the great fight with Enishi, i'd givie it negative stars for depressing and disturbingly touching. I also think that Kenji is a little too picky and should give his dad some credit. I like Evil Bottosai-mode kenshin better, though.
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Summary: The death of my hero (Archangel)
Review: How could they have shown his death so patetic. Now that I know his death I feel sad and now my Kenshinmania is over
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Summary: Not Sure What To Think
Review: I enjoyed the Kenshin series, so naturally I picked this one up. Like Trust and Betrayal, the series has a darker mood. I didnt mind the OAV character designs or the music, both were actually nicely done. I do feel this should have been a longer OAV, focusing more on original content and the background of the characters. I don't the flashbacks supply enough about the respevtive character's development. While I felt the ending was well done and liked it, I'm hoping more it figurative then literal.
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Summary: Have your tissues ready....
Review: Here's the low down...Does this follow the Manga to the 'T'? No. Is it still good? Yes. It does touch upon the Jin Chuu arc a little, but not much. This is just as the title suggests, it is a 'Reflection' back on the life of Karou and Kenshin mostly. You do get to see where the other characters ended up a little also. It's sometimes hard to remember that Rourni Kenshin was a light hearted series, but underneath it all was the wish for Kenshin to atone for all his sins from his youth. His happiness always came second to the pain of others. This takes us into the future, where his wish for atonement has ended with a ultimate sacrafice. (No swordsmanship invovled. It does explain why.) It's basically the love story between Karou and Kenshin all in all, they're journey. Trying to put it in the same catagory as Rurouni Kenshin just won't work, trust me. (My only complaint is that it makes Karou seem a little more weak backboned than in the series.) If you want a love story, this is it. It's beautiful. And in the end, like I said have your tissues ready...
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Summary: Depressing, but good.
Review: The second OVA is haunting and depressing, an unexpected end to the whole series. There are very dark tones, and they take the hint from the end of the manga that Kenji hates his father. But the plot is realistic. Kenshin, no matter what, would still go on to try and protect Japan, even to the extent of leaving his family. Bautiful brotherly moments between Sano and Kenshin, as he persuades him to go back to Japan for Kaoru's sake.
The animation is of the same calibre as the first OVA, and the Background music as good. I recommend this if you want a good cry. But beware - You must watch this at the very end of the whole series. P.S: Did anyone realise that the girl with Kenji that was seen at the end of the series, is the same girl that appeared in Volue one manga of Rurouni Kenshin? At the end of that volume, there is a little bonus story. Her name and design is unchanged - Chitsuru. Lol, I wonder why they re-used that character.
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Summary: A dishonor to its source material
Review: If you've read the "Jinchuu" arc of the Rurouni Kenshin manga, or "Cherry Blossoms in the Spring" (the _real_ final story in the Kenshin Kaden book), you'll know that creator Nobuhiro Watsuki's vision of the ending was considerably sunnier than what we are presented with here. But the style employed in the OAV series is better suited for tragedy than triumph, and so we are given an ending where all of Kenshin's struggles and achievements result in disease, dysfunction, and death. Yuck. The problems with "Seisouhen" lie squarely with the OAV style, which is emotionally muted, arty, and poorly-suited for action sequences. While this style worked for the Tsuiokuhen episodes (collected in this country as "Trust" and "Betrayal") which told the most tragic chapter in Himura Kenshin's life, it is a major shortcoming here. Indeed, the best sequence is a recreation of the climactic Jinchuu battle between Kenshin and Enishi, where director Kazuhiro Furuhashi all but abandons the OAV look for a style much closer to the original TV series (and the manga). Then there's the question of the material itself. The Kenshin/Enishi fight is fine, as are several other moments (Kaoru's visions of the past as a series of rooms, the brief flashback appearance of Saito), but why squander all these resources on a re-animation of the Jinei fight from the first TV series (which in no way improves on the original)? And why the ridiculous subplot with Kenji's hatred of his father, all of which comes from a throwaway joke at the end of the manga? Still, it's not as bad as the Kenshin feature film!
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Summary: Matthew Goodman said 1 star, I say 4
Review: In a previous review by Matthew Goodman, he said something along the lines of "this dvd will ruin the entire series for you." He's right to a certain extent. The truth is, you should watch the TV series before any of the Samurai X volumes. Why? First of all, the TV series builds up the mystery of Kenshin's past, the wandering samurai. They play with this theme causing the viewer to really want to know what happened in Kenshin's past and it almost becomes mystical. Then the Samurai X volumes, starting with Trust and Betrayal, give you the whole palooza on Kenshin's past and indeed they do it masterfully. That being said, I reiterate that you should watch the TV series first (at least episodes 1-62) then watch Samurai X - Trust then Samurai X - Betrayal, then if you can read the Manga, then watch Reflection. Samurai X - Reflection, I'm sure, will dissapoint a few people but many will be able to truly appreciate it for what it's worth...
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Summary: Awesome to a fault.
Review: Any fan of Rurouni Kenshin will enjoy this, If only to have closure to this awesome series. Some of the characters end up like you expect(Yahiko, Megumi, Sanosuke, Tsubame and Hiko), but Kenshin and Kaoru's situation isn't like it should be. It's worth the purchase, mostly because of the interview of the japanese cast. It's worth the buy, if for that reason alone, but I'm sure any fan of Rurouni Kenshin will enjoy this.
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