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Rurouni Kenshin, Volume 2 by Nobuhiro Watsuki
3.0

Still enjoyable, but half of the volume is essentially one fight and afterward there’s even less time between fights. The asides where it talks about the time period are still my favourite, those seem to be getting less frequent. The humour still works, there isn’t the weird shonen incel & sexualization, and the stories are rooted in trying to be a good person in changing, turbulent, and impoverished times, so it resonates more with me. Plus, the anime may have been my first introduction to the medium, so there’s some nostalgia. I do hope it goes into more character building and less X reason to have a fight, but I imagine the audience wanted lots of fights. Is what it is.