Survive This: Kenshin Himura

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Rurouni Kenshin is one of my favorite anime series. It has an engaging story, excellent fight scenes, and conflicted hero...and sword fights! I like the hero, Kenshin Himura. Thankfully, there does exist versions of him in MUGEN and even a screenpack. The main thing I like about the series is that it has a real historical backdrop - when Japan modernized and the samurai almost all disappeared. Kenshin is based on a real person named Gensai Kawakami.

 Wikipedia - Rurouni Kenshin
Wikipedia - Himura Kenshin
A real-life analysis of the Rurouni Kenshin sword techniques (6/4/01)
Kawakami Gensai
1871: Kawakami Gensai
Rurouni Kenshin


I love using the character for MUGEN. Much  fun! Here is one version of the character in Survival mode in MUGEN.