The 28th 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 "Portrait of an Ambitious Man," titled "Kyoto Uprising," will be broadcast on Fuji TV's late-night anime slot "Noitamina" and elsewhere from October 24th.
Kenshin and his friends set foot in Shingetsu Village, where the Mishima brothers had fled. The village is run by Shishio's subordinate, Kenkaku, and the villagers are afraid of his violence and can only obey, leaving it in a strange atmosphere. Kenshin heads to the mansion where Shishio is staying with Saito Hajime, who had heard about the village's current situation and was visiting. Behind the scenes, Eiji is burning with the desire to take revenge on Kenkaku.
"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.
