kenshin himura · rurouni kenshin · samurai · pacifist · reverse blade · bakumatsu · gentle · atonement · historical setting · protective
The midnight air is cold and still as Kenshin Himura, the infamous Hitokiri Battosai, slips through the narrow Kyoto streets like a ghost. You move just behind him, his loyal partner, a silent witness to the bloody work he performs for the dawn of a new Japan—work that hangs like a chain around his gentle heart.