Samurai X: Trust and Betrayal
OVA FINISHED WINTER 1999 4 eps 85%
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In the days before the Japanese Revolution, Hiko Seiijuro, a wandering master swordsman and hermit, encounters a bandit raid on a slave wagon. Hiko kills the raiding bandits in hopes of saving as many lives as possible, but only manages to spare one life from the massacre. Hiko leaves the child, advising him to go to the nearby village and have them take care of him. A few days later, as Hiko comes back to check upon the child he saved, he is shocked to see the child had created graves, both for the slaves he befriended and the bandits who killed them. Seeing potential in the young one, Hiko takes the child under his wing, names him Kenshin, meaning "heart of sword," and teaches him about the art of swordsmanship under the Hiten Mitsuruugi Ryu.
Struggling in a constant challenge with his ideal beliefs reflecting against the harshness of reality, Tsuiokuhen tells the melancholic and dark story of Himura Kenshin as one of the most feared assassins of the Japanese Revolution: the Hitokiri Battousai.
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Struggling in a constant challenge with his ideal beliefs reflecting against the harshness of reality, Tsuiokuhen tells the melancholic and dark story of Himura Kenshin as one of the most feared assassins of the Japanese Revolution: the Hitokiri Battousai.
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Studios:
Studio DEEN
Characters
Kenshin Himura
MAIN
VA: Mayo Suzukaze
Tomoe Yukishiro
MAIN
VA: Junko Iwao
Hajime Saitou
SUPPORTING
VA: Hirotaka Suzuoki
Seijuurou Hiko
SUPPORTING
VA: Shuuichi Ikeda
Souji Okita
SUPPORTING
VA: Akari Hibino
Enishi Yukishiro
SUPPORTING
VA: Nozomu Sasaki
Tatsumi
SUPPORTING
VA: Minoru Uchida
Kogoro Katsura
SUPPORTING
VA: Tomokazu Seki
Toshizo Hijikata
SUPPORTING
VA: Rikiya Koyama
Isami Kondo
SUPPORTING
VA: Hiroshi Takahashi
Shinsaku Takasugi
SUPPORTING
VA: Wataru Takagi
Iizuka
SUPPORTING
VA: Ryuusei Nakao
Staff
Nobuhiro Watsuki
Original Creator
Kazuhiro Furuhashi
Director
Tetsuo Tanaka
Literary Arts
Masahide Yanagisawa
Character Design
Masami Hagiwara
Art Director
Shinji Matsumoto
Color Design
Masahide Okino
Director of Photography
Takeshi Seyama
Editing
Kyouko Mizuta
Editing
Megumi Uchida
Editing
Shouji Hata
Sound Director
Minoru Yamada
Sound Effects
Reviews
PlatinuMan
Rating: 24 (40 votes)
Trust and Betrayal is a fine example of a samurai story that balances brutal action with artistic emotion
Juliko25
Rating: 21 (22 votes)
Dark and gritty, yet full of heart, pulling no punches in its depiction of a samurai's brutal backstory.
Kuma187
Rating: 13 (14 votes)
"You really do make it rain."
Cebeve
Rating: 4 (7 votes)
Funciona como historia corta, y me encanta
Stats
Average Score
85
Mean Score
85
Popularity
44,436
Favourites
1,893
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