Rurouni Kenshin, Vol. 1: Meiji Swordsman Romantic Story
<p>One hundred and forty years ago in Kyoto, with he coming of the American "Black Ships," there arose a warrior who, felling men with his bloodstained blade, gained the name <em>Hitokiri</em>, manslayer! His killer blade helped close the turbulent <em>Bakumatsu</em> era and slashed open the progressive age known as <em>Meiji</em>. Then he vanished, and with the flow of years, became legend.</p>