Rurouni Kenshin: Complete Edition, Volume 12

Rurouni Kenshin: Complete Edition is the complete edition that author Nobuhiro Watsuki re-edited and reorganized from the original Rurouni Kenshin, running to 22 volumes and including color pages and some supplementary content from the serialization. The story is set in the early Meiji era: the swordsman Himura Kenshin, known during the late shogunate as the "Hitokiri Battōsai," vows never to kill again, takes up a reversed-blade sword, and settles at the Kamiya Dōjō in Tokyo, where he meets Kamiya Kaoru, Myōjin Yahiko, Sagara Sanosuke, and others. The Kyoto arc is the largest-scale conflict in the original work: the forces led by Shishio Makoto gather subordinates such as the Juppongatana in Kyoto and plot to overthrow the Meiji government. This volume is the 12th in the series, and the story has advanced to the stage of direct confrontation between Shishio's group and the protagonist's side, with the fighting around Kyoto escalating step by step, duels unfolding around the swordsmen's respective motives and techniques, and foreshadowing from earlier chapters paid off. Each volume of the complete edition also includes the author's afterword and adjustments to the chapter structure, making it suitable for readers who want to reread this story from the perspective of the original work or fill in gaps in the old single-volume editions. This is Volume 12 of the complete edition and should be read continuously with the volumes before and after it.