Rurouni Kenshin
Rurouni Kenshin Episode Ratings Heatmap
| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | E6 | E7 | E8 | E9 | E10 | E11 | E12 | E13 | E14 | E15 | E16 | E17 | E18 | E19 | E20 | E21 | E22 | E23 | E24 | E25 | E26 | E27 | E28 | E29 | E30 | E31 | E32 | E33 | E34 | E35 | ||
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| S1 | 7.5 | 7.7 | 7.2 | 7.4 | 7.5 | 7.8 | 7.6 | 8.1 | 7.6 | 7.7 | 7.9 | 8.3 | 7.3 | 6.4 | 7.1 | 7.2 | 7.5 | 6.5 | 7.2 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.6 | 7.0 | 7.4 | 8.2 | 7.3 | 7.5 | 7.6 | |||||||||
| S2 | 8.3 | 8.4 | 8.8 | 9.1 | 8.7 | 8.0 | 7.7 | 7.6 | 8.0 | 8.3 | 8.2 | 8.1 | 7.8 | 8.3 | 8.1 | 8.1 | 9.0 | 8.0 | 7.7 | 8.0 | 8.2 | 8.6 | 8.4 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 7.7 | 8.1 | 8.3 | 8.5 | 8.3 | 8.0 | 8.7 | 8.4 | 8.8 | 7.8 | 8.2 | |
| S3 | 7.2 | 7.6 | 6.6 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.4 | 7.3 | 7.2 | 7.5 | 7.3 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 7.8 | 7.6 | 7.3 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 7.0 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 7.3 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.2 | 7.4 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.1 | 7.2 |
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"A killer's quiet, bloody path to redemption"
In Meiji-era Japan, a former assassin known as the Battousai now wanders as Kenshin Himura, wielding a reverse-blade sword and swearing never to kill again. He settles into a found family while past enemies and old sins keep resurfacing. The show balances gentle domestic comedy with genuinely tense, beautifully choreographed swordfights, and its best arc (Kyoto) is regarded as a genre highlight. It's earnest, a little melodramatic, and clearly a product of its era, but the central question of atonement through nonviolence gives it real weight beneath the action.
the Kyoto arc's tense, elegantly choreographed swordfights and its surprisingly thoughtful take on violence.
you dislike mid-90s pacing, obvious filler arcs, and melodrama that occasionally overstays its welcome.
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