List of Rurouni Kenshin chapters
The Rurouni Kenshin chapters were written and drawn by Nobuhiro Watsuki. The manga began in Weekly Shōnen Jump in 1994 and ran until 1999. It is set in the early Meiji period in Japan and follows Himura Kenshin, a former assassin known as Hitokiri Battōsai, who becomes a wandering protector of people.
There are 255 chapters, called Acts, plus a few one-shot stories. These were collected into 28 tankōbon volumes by Shueisha, with volume 1 released on September 2, 1994 and the last volume on November 4, 1999. A 22-volume kanzenban edition was released between July 4, 2006 and May 2, 2007. A 14-volume bunkoban edition followed between January 18 and July 18, 2012.
After the series ended, a follow-up chapter called Yahiko no Sakabatō (Yahiko’s Reversed-Edge Sword) was published in Weekly Shōnen Jump. It focuses on Yahiko some time after the main story and was included as an extra in the final kanzenban edition.
The first eighteen volumes were adapted into an anime by Studio Deen, which aired in Japan from January 10, 1996 to September 8, 1998. Parts of later volumes were adapted into two OVAs.
In North America, Viz Media licensed the manga. The first volume was released on October 7, 2003. At first the releases came irregularly, but a monthly schedule was set after volume seven due to strong sales. The last volume appeared on July 5, 2006. Yahiko no Sakabatō was serialized in Shonen Jump in 2006.
From January 29, 2008 to March 16, 2010, Viz released a nine-volume omnibus called the Viz Big Edition, which collected three volumes in one. The ninth and final volume includes Yahiko no Sakabato and Cherry Blossoms in Spring. A similar 3-in-1 Edition was released in nine volumes from January 3, 2017 to January 1, 2019.
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