From college to work, re-watching Rurouni Kenshin, it took me ten years to understand the intention of Nobuhiro Hezuki

Marlee 2022-03-19 08:01:02

Leaving aside the originality of the animated version, just look at the main line of this anime - the growth of Kenshin and the confrontation with Zhi Zhixiong. This drama is not about sacrifice or death, but survival.

As Kiyojuro Bigu said when he taught the ultimate meaning of Kenshin, this world is not so light that you can save it by sacrificing you alone, everyone's happiness is equally important, you are just a mortal, you don't need a reason to become a ghost, no If you have the will to live, you will not be able to learn how to fly.

As Jianxin was a child, those sisters who were killed to protect him said, Xintai, live.

Jian Xin is naturally kind, and even more so when her older sister, whom she only knew for a day, was killed in order to protect her, or perhaps she learned the Feitian Yujian Liu, which aims to protect suffering. Jian Xin, ten years ago, resolutely became the executioner of the reformist school, Pulling the Sword. , but he was immature in his heart and swordsmanship, hesitating between beheading people and not killing people, and finally realized that being an assassin could not save the world, he sealed the sword and wandered, and started a new self-search and redemption.

In the past ten years, he may have helped many people, just as he helped Zuanosuke and Megumi to find the meaning of life, he was saving people, and he wanted to save himself, but after all, he couldn't give up the past, so he always felt that for the sake of life. To save others, you can give up yourself.

But the encounter with Kaoru made him find his life and self again. Shengu Huoxinliu is a living sword and a living "heart" flow. He fits the profound meaning of Jianxin swordsmanship and allows him to find a way to live. meaning. Kaoru's tolerance, firmness, kindness, and bravery made Kenshin see the hope of surviving. Coupled with the concern of all the friends in Kamiya Dojo, Kenshin finally realized what Master really wanted to teach him at this moment.

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Rurouni Kenshin quotes

  • Misao Makimachi: Come on, Himura, why are you trying to push us away? Is it because we found out you're battousai the manslayer? That doesn't matter at all! I don't care what you were! When we first met, I met you as a wanderer, not as a manslayer!

  • Soujiro Seta: In the end, only the fittest survive in this world. If you're strong you live, if you're weak you die.