Depressing!
I thought it was completely out of character first of all! The whole thing practically oozed depression. Also, it totally disregarded the essence of Rurouni Kenshin. You'd think that Kenshin and Kaoru would be a bit more happier after getting married and having a child together. Its hard to judge if they really were but the impression it gave off was horrible! It was utterly sad.No doubt the ending was beautiful despite the fact that he died. But regardless, he died in her arms and without the cross shaped scar. So, I suppose we could say he was somewhat at peace? .. Like Nabuhiro Watsuki said, Kenshin did go through a lot of crap and the least he deserved was a happy ending. It was disappointing.
Plus the fact that Kenji totally despised him. As if, Kenshin really needed that burden among all his other sadness. Did Kenshin even know that Kenji hated him? ...
It did have its sweet moments though, such as Kaoru wanting to share the pain of Kenshin. Thats something Kaoru even in the Anime would've done, even though it was through sexual intercourse.
Kenshin is a little hard to figure out in both so its difficult to say whether or not he would've left Kaoru and Kenji to wander and fight in the war if he had been the same as in the Anime. But both times he had people to return to so who knows.
It definitely could've been much much happier. I could feel every aspect of it except happiness even if it seemed like they were!
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apollo_panther 10 September 2011
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