Rurouni Kenshin Vol. 15
- ISBN
- 9781591168102
- Publisher
- VIZ
- English release
- Pages
- 192
Rurouni Kenshin 15 contains Acts 121–129 and opens with the fight at Aoiya still unresolved. Kenshin’s confrontation with Aoshi has left a warning about the physical demands of his swordsmanship, while the defenders elsewhere must keep holding their ground. The book moves between fronts within the same larger conflict. It therefore needs the preceding fights for context, especially the division between the party inside Shishio’s headquarters and the people left to defend Aoiya. This is continuation, not another introductory volume.
Spoilers — why this volume matters. Tap to reveal.
Okina tells the defenders to hold on until the police arrive. The cut to the police makes that encouragement precarious: the expected rescuers are themselves facing Fuji and the man directing him. His confidence is not evidence that help is on its way, but neither is it a deliberate deception. The reader has information that the defense cannot use. That separation makes the extended battle about more than which combatant has the stronger attack. A plan can be reasonable with the information available and still depend on people who are no longer free to fulfill it. The opening keeps two fronts active because waiting at one has consequences determined at the other. Holding out and being rescued are separate achievements.
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