num_pages: 192
description: In the 11th year of Meiji, on the day marked in the Western calendar as May 14th, time once again begins to flow. The shocking midday murder of Department of Internal Affairs Chief Ôûkubo a fait accompli, Kenshin leaves for Kyoto, scene of chaos and bloodshed--against the wishes of nearly everyone who knows him as the gentle "rurouni." Awaiting him there is Shishio Makoto, the hitokiri who replaced the cold-eyed assassin Himura Battôsai who forswore further killing and took up the reversed-blade sakabatô. But does Kenshin go to Kyoto for a duel...or for a death-match?!
language: English
title: Rurouni Kenshin, Volume 08
titlecomplete: Rurouni Kenshin, Volume 08
characters: Kaoru Kamiya, Aoshi Shinomori, Sojiro Seta, Yahiko Myojin, Misao Makimachi, Sanosuke Sagara, Hajime Saito, Kenshin "Battosai" Himura
genres: Historical, Fantasy, Graphic Novels, Manga, Shonen, Japan, Comics, Historical Fiction, Comics Manga, Fiction
ratings_count: 3211
places: Tokaido, Tokyo
series: るろうに剣心 [Rurouni Kenshin]
publisher: VIZ Media LLC