Rurouni Kenshin: Trust & Betrayal

📊 Series Specifications

Network Network Broadcast
Episode Runtime ~29 min
Total Seasons 1
Total Episodes 4
Original Language JA
Creator Nobuhiro Watsuki

Rurouni Kenshin: Trust & Betrayal (1999)

Created by Nobuhiro Watsuki
⭐ 4.0 / 5 (10 votes) 🎬 1 Seasons 📼 4 Episodes 🏷️ Animation, Action & Adventure, Drama 📡 Ended
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Synopsis

Rurouni Kenshin: Trust & Betrayal details the origins of the man who would bear the name of Hitokiri Battosai long before he swore his oath not to kill and before he earned his reputation as an assassin. The young man's heart is divided between justice and corruption, while the fate of a nation rests on his actions.

Seasons & Episodes

E1 The Man of the Slashing Sword

Kenshin Himura survives a vicious bandit raid to be taken under the tutelage of master swordsman, Soujiro Hiko the 13th. Forged to be a weapon for justice, Kenshin becomes a tool for revolutionary interests as a hired assassin whose fate will become bound to Tomoe, the widow of man he has slain.

E2 The Lost Cat

Kenshin's role in the revolution is detailed. Tomoe is recruited to offer companionship to Kenshin. Shogunate soldiers attack the Choshu Clan.

E3 The Previous Night at the Mountain Home

Kenshin and Tomoe live in hiding as husband and wife. A traitor is revealed.

E4 The Cross-Shaped Wound

Kenshin is betrayed. Tomoe makes a choice. The Hitokiri Battosai is born.