The 27th episode of the second season of "Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Swordsman Romantic Story," a new TV anime based on the popular manga by Nobuhiro Watsuki, titled "The Abandoned Village," will air on Fuji TV's late-night anime slot "Noitamina" and elsewhere from October 17th.
Makimachi Misao, a young girl whom Kenshin meets in the forest, says she has come from Kyoto in search of Soji and the other Oniwabanshu. Kenshin is surprised to hear the names of Soji and the others. Seeing his reaction, Misao asks Kenshin where Soji is, but Kenshin stubbornly keeps his mouth shut. However, he gradually becomes touched by Misao's feelings for Soji, and they finally decide to travel together to Kyoto.
Rurouni Kenshin is a popular manga that was serialized in "Weekly Shonen Jump" (Shueisha) from 1994 to 1999. The story follows Himura Kenshin, who was feared as a Battousai assassin during the late Edo period, as he seeks a way of life in a new era after the Meiji Restoration as a wanderer who has sworn not to kill again. The new chapter, "Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Swordsman Romantic Story Hokkaido Arc," has been serialized in the monthly manga magazine Jump SQ. (Square) since 2017. The new anime will be fully supervised by the original author Watsuki, from character design to the scenario, and will reconstruct the original work from the first episode onwards. The first season aired from July to December 2023.
