Having recently watched (and been largely baffled by) the "New Kyoto Arc," I was a little trepidatious about the two-volume "Rurouni Kenshin: Restoration" manga that Watsuki did kind of in conjunction with the first live action movie.


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Hmm... I think that I may have figured out the reason for having Random Blond (additional?) Gein as one of the opponents in what I'm fairly sure is Kanryuu's mansion. If the RK movie is going from "You are carrying a sword! Clearly you must be Battousai!" "Sessha wa... okay, yes, fine" to Sano to Jineh to Megumi to Gatling guns to Saitou... yeah, ( Read more... )

Ok, does anybody else find it slightly odd that the hero of "Kyoukai no Rinne, Takahashi Rumiko's newest manga, looks like what would happen if you crossed Inuyasha with Gilgamesh Wulfenbach (here shown in convenient paper doll format, hee) and upped the red in his hair to somewhere between "Kenshin" and "radioactive"?

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Ok, unofficial poll/request for thoughts:

Manga scanlations: permissible or prohibited?

What, if any, is their proper/acceptable place and function?