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Samurai! Anonymous
I'm in the mood fo some blades and blood. Anything Samurai related.
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Kenshin is not a Samurai tards.
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>>183740
>Kenshin was a former anti-Shogunate assassin that went by the name "Hitokiri Batt?sai"
>The title implies he has mastered the technique of Battojutsu and can draw his sword with lightning speed.
>Hitokiri was the title given to samurai assassins.
Note the word sa-mu-rai
>> Anonymous
real historical samurai > your pure fictional made up samurai
>> Anonymous
>>183826
Why, how many of those have you met, real historical anonymous?
>> Anonymous
Kenshin is the best Samurai of all time.
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>> Anonymous
real historical samurai cannot cut trees in half. Therefore, they suck.
>> Anonymous
kenshin is a pussy
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>>183933
go troll another thread
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>>183772
You think that might mean he, I don't know, assassinated samurai? Duh hurrr.
>> Anonymous
kenshin was bad ass in Trust & Betrayal. the rest he was a pussy
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it's true, he was a pussy, but his backstory was super badass.

someone shop op's picture to make the swords a little longer.
>> Anonymous
>>184074
OK, obviously you don't know the meaning behind the word Hitokiri or anything about the Four Hitokiri of the Bakumatsu...
>> Anonymous
>>184083
Why should I?
>> Anonymous
>>184085
I didn't say you should...
I said it's obvious that you don't.
My point is, Kenshin was a former Hitokiri of the Bakumatsu. Hence, he was a samurai.
>> Anonymous
>>184086
And, as you can see, I didn't say you said, or implied, that I should. I was asking a question. And I'm asking again. Why should I know about the history of a country that is not my own?
>> Anonymous
>>184087
Why shouldn't you. wtf, if you're interested good, else gtfo

>>184086
You said "Hitokiri was the title given to samurai assassins". It could mean that he was a samurai turned an assasin or that he assasinated samurais. Hence I've never heard of samurais being assasins I'd go for the later, Meaning a
Hitokiri isn't a samurai
>> Anonymous
Wapanese - serious business.
>> Anonymous
>>184087
Well, there's no reason or need for you to know about a history of a country that isn't your own, but you seemed pretty confident that he wasn't a samurai with your "Duh hurrr" remark. So I assumed you at least had some idea of what you were talking about.
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>>184088
OK, I see what you're saying, but a Hitokiri was actually a samurai that worked for the shogunate.
>> Anonymous
>>184092

K, thanks for clarifying
>> Anonymous
All of that said, Kenshin wasn't actually a samurai. For most practical purposes he may as well have been one, but to actually be a samurai one needs to have been born into a samurai family, and I'm pretty sure Kenshin wasn't.
>> Anonymous
lol, does it really matter? post more pics :P
>> Anonymous
>>184092
The Four Hitokiri of the Bakumatsu (???????) was a term given to four samurai during the Bakumatsu era in Japanese history. They were against the Tokugawa shogunate (and later, in support of the Meiji Emperor.) Hitokiri, literally meaning "Human Slayer", is a superlative name for this particular caliber of samurai. These four samurai were warrior elite and widely considered undefeatable by normal people. Along with the title of Hitokiri, the four men were also referred to as "The Four Butchers" or "Heaven's Revenge against the enemies of Imperial restoration". Most of them came from the Ch?sh?-Satsuma provinces, which were largely anti-Bakufu at the time. These notable men were Kawakami Gensai, Nakamura Hanjiro (also known as Kirino Toshiaki), Tanaka Shimbe, and Izo Okada.
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>>184121
The character Himura Kenshin from the anime and manga Rurouni Kenshin/Samurai X was loosely based on Kawakami.
>> GundamBoy
>>184102

Just to further a pointless thread:

The question of what was a "real samurai" was hotly contested when Kenshin would have lived. Many believed that following Bushido made you a samurai. Also, many "proper" samurai didn't follow Bushido any more.

It's a bit like using the term "father" for a man who raised you. Is he flat-out not your father because he's not your biological ancestor?
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Bottom line Kenshin kicks ass in every way. Maybe you want him to be spike or guts but he's not and I wouldn't want him to be. If you don't like the show that's fine just stop annoying the people that do. And one last thing the TV series is better then the OVA.
>> Anonymous
>>184188
In the literal sense, no he isn't. But for most practical purposes, he may as well be.
>> Anonymous
>>184226
You were until before the sentence "And one last thing the TV series is better then the OVA." Then you fucked up.
>> nadir
I would hardly call the imperialists samurai. Although by strict definition during the OVA it is possible that he could be considered a samurai.... maybe. But in the series I would say that he is not a samurai by any stretch of the imagination.
>> Anonymous
>>183541Anything Samurai related.

Anybody with a japanese sword is fine.
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>>183772
win
>> Anonymous
>>183740
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>>183933
all dumbasses

>>184075
has a point about Kenshin being uber-badass in Trust & Betrayal, but, Kenshin's still awesome in the series, just, instead of a killing machine he dishes out hellish ass whoopings
>> Anonymous
>>183541
More Ninja Scroll (movie, not newer TV series)
Preferrably of Jubei and Utsutsu, as in pic.
>> Anonymous
>>184414
In other words;

"I'm not gonna kill you, but I'm gonna fuck you up real bad."
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>>184490
Yeah, apparently severe life-altering injuries are ok, but killing outright isn't.
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>>184535
In the context of that show, yes
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>>184226

Hey, what the hell? The scar's on the wrong side.
>> Anonymous
Is the Wii version.