Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Swordsman Romantic Story — The Hokkaido Arc (るろうに剣心 ─明治剣客浪漫譚・北海道編─ Rurōni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Roman Tan Hokkaidō-hen) is a sequel manga of Rurouni Kenshin written and illustrated by Nobuhiro Watsuki and Kaoru Kurosaki and published Jump SQ.
The series starts with two-parts prologue Rurouni Kenshin Side Story: The Ex-Con Ashitaro which were published on November 4 and December 2, 2016, in Jump SQ. The Hokkaido Arc began monthly publication in the same magazine on September 4, 2017.
Plot[]
In 1883, Himura Kenshin, having married Kamiya Kaoru, became a father to Himura Kenji and, with his body deteriorating, still fights for those in need. Former criminals Inoue Aran and Hasegawa Ashitaro, the latter a former member of Shishio Makoto's faction, have become live-in students at the Kamiya Dojo in Tokyo. Kubota Asahi, a member of the Yaminobu, also starts living at the dojo. The Yaminobu accidentally left behind a recent photograph taken in Hokkaido of Kaoru's father, Kamiya Koshijiro, who was thought to have died in the Seinan War. After reacquiring his sakabato or reversed-edge sword from Myojin Yahiko, Kenshin, his family, and the new residents of Kamiya Dojo head to Hokkaido to find Koshijiro.
There they reunite with Sagara Sanosuke and team up with Saitō Hajime when they get involved in stopping the mysterious group named Kenkaku Heiki, who create havoc throughout Japan in order to gain battle experience to protect the country from foreign threats. Saito recruits his former comrade Nagakura Shinpachi and former Juppongatana members Seta Sojiro, Yukyuzan Anji, Sawagejo Cho, Honjo Kamatari and Kariwa Henya to aid them.
Gallery[]
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