The first episode introduces us to the 11th year of the Meiji era (1878), a time of radical transition as Japan shifts away from the age of the samurai toward modernization.
Kenshin Himura appears as a gentle, somewhat clumsy wanderer carrying a sakabato (reverse-blade sword), a weapon designed to incapacitate rather than kill. Watch [Team X-P] Rurouni Kenshin 01
He meets Kaoru Kamiya, a fiery kendo instructor struggling to defend her dojo’s reputation against a criminal claiming to be the legendary assassin "Hitokiri Battousai". The first episode introduces us to the 11th