| In the 11th year of Meiji, on the day marked in the Western calendar as May 14th, time once again began to flow. The shocking mid-day murder of Department of Internal Affairs Chief kubo a fait accompli, Kenshin leaves for Kyoto, scene of chaos and bloodshed-against the wishes of nearly everyone who knows him as the gentle 'rurouni.' Awaiting him there is Shishio Makoto, the hitokiri who replaced the cold-eyed assassin Himura Battsai once he forswore further killing and took up the reversed-blade sakabat. But does Kenshin go to Kyoto for a duel...or for a death-match?! |
