Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan (2023) Episode 15 Discussion

It was a fun episode, at least at this point in the story, I think Raijuuta is a more interesting villain than Aoshi was.
I guess one of my biggest regrets, having come this far into the anime, is just how unremarkable this adaptation has been, from an anime standpoint. If it had gotten a production the level of Jujutsu Kaisen S2, this could have been a true classic... It really gets hurt by the fact that it airs just 1 hour after Jujutsu Kaisen finishes too, which just makes me feel worse about it lol. I wonder why such a beloved IP such as Kenshin didn't get a better production

@AurasNep whether it's better than '96 or not is debatable in my opinion, for example, it is widely agreed upon that the '96 soundtrack was better.
But I was not comparing it to '96 here, I think this production, by modern standards is average at best? Why couldn't it get a much more high quality production?

Edit: I guess watching this anime, being underwhelmed by the production, I can't help but thinking, why did they bother?

@AurasNep whether it's better than '96 or not is debatable in my opinion, for example, it is widely agreed upon that the '96 soundtrack was better.
But I was not comparing it to '96 here, I think this production, by modern standards is average at best? Why couldn't it get a much more high quality production?

Edit: I guess watching this anime, being underwhelmed by the production, I can't help but thinking, why did they bother?

@Perrin4869 I think we might have just been spoiled by big studios. To be fair Studio Linden has done a fine enough job with the adaptation so far. Perhaps it can be better, but it's still a really enjoyable adaptation.

Early on Rurouni Kenshin doesn't really have much drawn out fights, and of the fights they did adapt, they added enough fight choreography to make it interesting. It's different enough from '96 just by staying true to the manga, and also adds some minor plot or scene changes different to the manga to modernize the show, that I think it's worth a watch as a fan.

It can be a lot worse, it could have been Shaman King 2021 (god I tried to defend that show but ultimately had to agree with fans of the original Shaman King anime, not having animation for fights scenes is a big minus). That or we could have had Trigun Stampede, a show I liked but did a lot of original things different from both the original anime adaptation as well as the relatively unknown manga (the original work), and that caused some controversy among fans.

At least we can always go back to watch the OG rurouni kenshin for the awesome fight scenes in Kyoto. Right now I'm just excited to see Studio Linden's take on the rest of the manga.

Easily surpassed it. This is the definitive version for sure

Nop , it's just that the 1996s Anime had a few fillers episodes.



They cutted out quite a few dialogues , and made the duels more serious-looking , but it's still very faithful to the Manga.
You most probably remember the 1996s Anime , which had done a lot of alterations to this sub-Arc.

They bothered for the 99% that gets it and enjoys it and not the 1% like you who in every episode discussion feel the need to type the number 96 and bash the reboot. Just dont watch it and move on. Or rewatch the 96 one and join those old discussions.

@KenshinXHimura I did not bring up the number '96 here and if you cannot handle criticism, that's not my problem
If you want to claim that 99% of people agree with you, please back it up

Quite a formidable foe this time, user of an ancient sword art. This battle should be great. Also we got a bit of Kaoru fanservice wow.

@Perrin4869 Clown, you just quoted yourself saying '96 3 times in that single post. Rofl. Also the only one that needs to back down is you who thinks biased opinions is criticism of note. Every new episode your comment goes along the lines of: ''So yeah, the '96 version has better soundtrack still, and the '96 one is better overall. Actually the 96' one is better than the manga.'' Lol.

Also, learn to do basic math. From the current standings on the vote, 5, 4, and 3 stars added together / 60%+31.9%+7.1% = 99%. On average all the episodes are about the same rate. Literally just 3 people say they disliked or hated this specific episode ( which is not one of the best) , out of 295 people. Your pessimism towards this reboot is so bad that you can't even see the facts in front of your face.

The younger one's voice sounds like Boruto's VA but who voices Raijuta? Is it the same actor from the older version?

@KenshinXHimura ok, this is the last time I'll respond to you because this is really getting ridiculous.
I did not bring up the 96 anime, someone else did, and I was responding to them.
Regarding the claim that 99% of people agree with you, guess what, I was one of those who voted "It was OK", lol, in fact I was the first one to vote in this forum post in this episode haha
It doesn't mean that none of the people who voted that they like the episode don't notice the low production values, or other problems I brought up with the anime.
The biased one here is you btw, who can't appreciate valid criticism. This show does look largely rather flat, has rather stunted animation, the production values aren't very good in general, if you can't accept that, I don't know what to tell you. Yeah, some of the fights do look good, but the show by and large doesn't.
Anyways man, goodbye, have a good life, grow up

@Kanelbullar Raijuta is voiced by All might Va and yeah that's boruto voice actress for yutaro

@Perrin4869 Child, why are you projecting so much?....You really don't expect people to take you seriously when claim this show has ''low production value'', right? Oh btw you mentioned the 96' yet again. Keep at it, that is your only perk.