List of chapters adapted. (+breakdown of skipped/altered content) - II

Update: Notes for Episode 02 have been added.

Happy to see that only very minimal comedy is skipped, even if that makes the 1st Season even more weird (somehow, the Kyoto Arc is partially more lighthearted than Tokyo in this iteration ?)...


Indeed. Dunno how i missed that only half of the bubble was voiced. I added the mention, and i'll try to be more focused from now on.

That rumor probably comes from the interview that was made by Watsuki and his wife for the original broadcast of Episode 01 of the 1st Season. (https://www.reddit.com/r/rurounikenshin/comments/17fwn43/translation_interview_with_watsuki_and_kurosaki/?rdt=40310)

In it, Watsuki basically said that comedy was a not so little part of the story, and that he and his wife tried to insert as much as possible of it (as well as "Oro" moments) in the screenplays. So it seems like he, indeed, was not very fond of its removal, but at the same time he was publicly acknowledging that this Anime was aiming to be a more serious re-interpretation of the original work for the new era (which they referenced as Reiwa's Rurouni Kenshin), and not simply a direct adaptation... He probably was, either conflicted about that, or just didn't want to publicly criticize the work done.

Overall, i don't really know what to think of it for now. I sure love to see the comedy back, but at the same time, it makes the tone kinda disconnected with the previous Season, and i fear that it may damage the experience, especially as this "Remake", possibly being a complete adaptation, could be recommended to newer fans over the old series. So well, we'll just see how it goes ! (Edit : Damn, i want the radish scene now.)



I haven't seen any interviews about this Season yet, and even in them, the staff are not necessarily honest, but i would have thought that they simply wanted a more talented director for a highly awaited segment of the story (which is very much worth it, for now. The general directing in these 2 Episodes is very much better than in the complete previous Season). It's indeed possible, tho.

That's only fan's assumptions for now, but that's quite probable that it is what's planned.

With 23 Episodes, they'll go very far in Kyoto, and with the current pacing, only the climax and epilogues would be left. Separating them from that Season, to put it with the start of Jinchuu (or a Movie ?) would be a terrible transition, and a bad marketing move. We know Aniplex are impatient to adapt Hokkaido, so it seems logical for them to do 3 two-cours Seasons for the Main Manga, before going into Hokkaido.

So i believe they'll speed up the pacing (which should not be too hard with all the fights incoming), but well, we'll see how it goes. For now, i'm very satisfied with this Season, aside of the music.

Update: Notes for Episode 06 have been added.
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Update: Notes for Episode 07 have been added.



At first I was absolutely convinced they were going to speed things up to end Kyoto with these 23 Episodes, but now I just don't know anymore.

This episode was one of the perfect opportunities to accelerate the pace, but instead they stay extremely close to the panels (almost 1:1 all the time), opted for slow dialogues, while also adding short transition shots to maintain that 2 chapters per episode pace. We'll need to see how they handle the numerous battles to see what'll happen, but it does seems highly unlikely for them to complete Kyoto with the 16 remaining episodes now. If they keep adding elements, maybe they can gain enough time to finish the Season with , which is something someone told me, but that I didn't believed... If so, another Season is more likely than a Movie, I think. I really don't see where else they can end this Season at, though.

And yeah, the 1996's Anime did accelerate the pace there, majoritarily with quick dialogues and intelligent small alterations. This episode 07 was basically only half an episode in the old Anime.

Update: Notes for Episode 07 have been added.



At first I was absolutely convinced they were going to speed things up to end Kyoto with these 23 Episodes, but now I just don't know anymore.

This episode was one of the perfect opportunities to accelerate the pace, but instead they stay extremely close to the panels (almost 1:1 all the time), opted for slow dialogues, while also adding short transition shots to maintain that 2 chapters per episode pace. We'll need to see how they handle the numerous battles to see what'll happen, but it does seems highly unlikely for them to complete Kyoto with the 16 remaining episodes now. If they keep adding elements, maybe they can gain enough time to finish the Season with , which is something someone told me, but that I didn't believed... If so, another Season is more likely than a Movie, I think. I really don't see where else they can end this Season at, though.

And yeah, the 1996's Anime did accelerate the pace there, majoritarily with quick dialogues and intelligent small alterations. This episode 07 was basically only half an episode in the old Anime.

After episode 7, I am almost wholly convinced they're not planning to complete the Kyoto arc this season.

I now expect this season to end after


After that, I expect the rest of Kyoto to take one more cour, i.e. 11-13 episodes, so the question is... do they do a one cour season to finish Kyoto, or do they do two cours with the first one being the end of Kyoto and the second one the beginning of Jinchu? I'm fine with either, as long as we get the best adaptation possible of both arcs.

I think they won't make new season for Kyoto they will cutt off some part or make it fast pace from next eps onwards and next episode is likely to adapt 3 chaps.

@AmarantineAzure But do you think they will need 16 episodes to reach that moment where saito, kenshin, and sagara will leave this place to reach shishio??
Because for me it needs only 7/8 episode to reach that phase

@Miraz_Un_Nabi I think it's certainly doable if they adapt the Master of Flame oneshot about Shishio and Yumi's backstory, which I am fairly confident they will do (they even adapted Chapter 0 in season 1, after all). Plus they've already introduced a bit of new material here and there this season (like Hoji greeting Shishio with those flowers in episode 7), so there's no telling how much new stuff there might be in total that could facilitate ending the season with Kenshin, Sano and Saito leaving for Shishio's base.