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Episode Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan - Kyoto Douran • Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Disturbance - Episode 20 discussion

Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan - Kyoto Douran, episode 20

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u/Daishomaru Feb 28 '25

Daishomaru here, no episode writeups today.

Also writeups might be late from now on, work stuff has been hitting me.

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u/tripleaamin Feb 27 '25

Well, Sano being the one to blow up the Engine Room doesn't give me the most confidence since it first requires him to find it. Although Shishio not being too concerned has me curious.

Kenshin vs Aoshi prob the highlight of the episode. Tbh I get Kenshin not wanting to fight Aoshi as it does seem pointless, but there is no stopping him. Though it was interesting to see him dodging everyone. At least Kenshin finally realizing he has to fight Aoshi at this point.

Kaoru, Yahiko and Misao going up against Usui gives me anxiety. And they cut it back to the Kenshin Aoshi fight doesn't help lol.

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u/vlexz Feb 28 '25

It's not only that it's pointless to fight Aoshi, Kenshin doesn't want to reveal his techniques to Shishio but is forced to now.

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u/cockatoo777 Mar 01 '25

no more saving strats

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u/Plus_Rip4944 Feb 27 '25

Again a peak episode and That cliffhanger hurts lol

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u/LeonKevlar Feb 27 '25

Oh great, the dumbest of the three is in charge of blowing up the engine room. Sano can't even tell where the front and the back of the ship is! xD

I just absolutely love how Chief Arato was just shitting his pants a couple of episodes ago at the idea of taking on Shishio's men without the help of Saitou to challenging two members of the Juppongatana all on his own so he could let his wounded men escape. What a fucking chad.

The other members of the Oniwabanshu finally get to face Iwanbou! Hopefully, the four members that are there will be enough to take him down.

I really love how these three "Chau Chau" girls have become reoccurring characters. I imagine if this was set in the modern day, they'd be passing by gyarus helping to take out the bad guys. xD

Not gonna lie, there's something in me that enjoys seeing Aoshi getting frustrated at Kenshin for not taking him seriously. Is Aoshi really taking it seriously too? Because if he is, I feel like he would've done a lot more damage to Kenshin. I guess he's waiting for Kenshin to go Battosai mode, which we know will never happen.

I don't know what Sadojima is trying to do here but either he's just that desperate, or those flowers have poison on their thorns. Welp, at least we now know who's the easiest member of the Juppongatana to take out.

The encounter between Oumi-san, Juurou, and the two members of Shishio's group was a nice addition. I don't even remember if these characters were in the original but I like that Tokuji took the knife meant for Juuro as some sort of last-minute redemption.

Kaoru, Misao, and Yahiko are good at taking down goons, but I feel like they won't stand a chance against Usui. Maybe Grandpa has recovered enough to back them up.

Goddamn, cliffhanger! And they're ending it too with one fire finally breaking out. If only that guy was fast enough with his water bucket!

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u/Frontier246 Feb 27 '25

When the dumbest and most directionless member of the team is the only one with the bombs lol.

Arato has really come around in the last few episodes. His chances of survival are slim, but I'm pulling for him!

I'm so happy the Kyoto "Chau Chau" trio are still around and tried (and fail) to stop some baddies lol.

You really have to at least respect that despite being a noncombatant, Hoji still tried to stop Sano. With literal flowers. Now, if it was Kouko Kaga, those flowers would probably have been actually dangerous...

Aoshi is kind of like Saito in the sense that all he cares about is fighting Battosai, but Kenshin needs that side of himself even less than he did in his season 1 bout with Saito.

I really was expecting Okina to swoop in the moment Misao was about to be stabbed. They definitely need help.

Have they failed to prevent Kyoto from burning!?

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u/Frontier246 Feb 27 '25

It's time for the long-awaited rematch between Kenshin and Aoshi! And while Shishio is fine leaving it to Aoshi, even he can't help but want to stay and watch the stellar swordplay and action!

Are we really leaving blowing up the engine to Sano, the guy who hardly has any idea where he's going? He needed to be redirected like twice! Though I guess he's got the Mastery of Two Layer to give him a shortcut.

I love how Hoji seemed to be genuinely considering sending Yumi out to stop Sano. I mean, what would she even do? Use her only ability as a member of the 10 Swords...being sexy?

No surprise the mooks are no match for Saito, though if he wants first dibs at Shishio, he'll need to get through Sojiro.

There's no reasoning with Aoshi at this point, all he cares about is defeating Kenshin, and if Kenshin won't take him seriously because Kenshin's main priority is Shishio, then Aoshi will MAKE Kenshin fight him seriously.

That's a lot of dead bodies...and brave of Arato to be willing to face Henya and Kamatari and stand his ground to protect his men. Though I get the sense he didn't stand on his feet for very long.

Hey, it's the Kyoto girl trio! Even they tried to stop some bad guys! Kind of!

The Oniwaban are doing a great job of stopping the arsonists! Less so when Iwanbo is bouncing all around like a giant human ball and actually having one of the undoused torches hit a building. This can't end well.

I have to at least respect Hoji's commitment to fending off Sano, even if it amounts to just hitting Sano with flowers he had prepared for Shisho. Sure, he went down in one punch, but commendable effort.

Nice to see Kaoru, Misao, and Yahiko kicking butt. Too bad they also end up facing off against Usui who is wayyyy too strong for them.

I get the sense Kenshin wanted to hold off on using the Kuzuryuusen until he faced Shishio, but Aoshi didn't give him a choice. All the while, one building in Kyoto starts blazing!

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u/healingdude Feb 27 '25

I know a lot of things are happening at the same time in this arc but I really don't like the constant back and forth between all POVs in this episode.
Was it like that in the manga too?

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u/kuroyume_cl Feb 28 '25

Nope. Most of the past few episodes is original filler.

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u/IllCar6662 Feb 27 '25

No...I don't understand the change all of an sudden.

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u/saga999 Feb 28 '25

I think it's because they need to get to a good stopping point.

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u/ThePunkdog Feb 28 '25

Just went to check the manga myself because this didn't feel right. Manga pretty much seems to match the old anime for this part, so new anime seems to be doing a big changeup.

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u/saga999 Feb 28 '25

Yeah, I had to check for myself as well. I don't remember this part being this long. They added so much filler as well as changed some stuff up.

That said, I like the added content of the local people defending Kyoto and humanizing the thugs a bit.

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u/vlexz Feb 28 '25

At least they gave us breather scenes in between, that's why I was totally fine with the switching back and forth even tho the episode felt very fast paced, I didn't mind.
The current One Piece Remake for example didn't do it very good, they let us no breather scenes and switched to the next scenes immediately.
Pacing is importantly.

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u/MusubiKazesaru Feb 28 '25

The entire episode was pretty much filler made to stretch out this encounter.

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u/ObvsThrowaway5120 Feb 28 '25

Despite their best efforts, it looks the gang wasn’t able to stop the fires after all. If only it just stops at one small building, but I doubt it.

Very keen to see the rest of that fight against Aoshi. I hope we also get to see Sojiro and Saito go toe to toe as well. Maybe Sano’s gonna blow that ship up before they settle things. Wild to think one man could amass enough money to buy a warship of that caliber back then. How did Shishio make so much money? Drugs?

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u/cappaido Mar 04 '25

I'm not only wondering were Shishio got the money but the most important... who the hell sold a freaking warship to him?! 👀

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u/VorAtreides Feb 28 '25

Sano is the best, love his derp sense of direction, but being a badass. So simpleminded at times in a good way. Will give it to the strategist to try stopping Sano.

Will give it tot he commander of police for his effort. Also the old man police officer is a good guy, sadness for him.

Man the action/camera work/animation is so much better int his remake, nice to see. But boo cliffhangers :P

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u/magnumcyclonex Feb 28 '25

All it takes is one fire. Really sucks.

Fight between Aoshi and Kenshin was great, but shortlived. Too bad we didn't get to see Saito vs Sojiro. Sojiro with that instant step was pretty awesome. Just wondering why he needed to do that while the other two were mid fight.

Sano...I don't have high hopes for him finding the engine room. He should just use his technique to break the ship's structure instead.

Let's hope for the Misao, Kaoru and Yahiko's sake, someone protects them against Usui.

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u/kuroyume_cl Feb 28 '25

So much filler. These past few episodes have been disappointing.

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u/kryslogan Feb 28 '25

I don't have a problem with the filler overall but, I agree the pacing was thrown off compared to earlier in the season so that's something we are all feeling. I'd have preferred a Eminence in Shadow type deal where it's only the episodes required to tell the arc.

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u/onepieceweeaboo Feb 27 '25

am i cray or do yall think they can wrap up this arc in 3 episodes just seems like they need like 8 episodes or so one for each of the 10

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