Rurouni Kenshin, Vol. 5

Nobuhiro Watsuki
Viz Media
9781591163206
1-59116-320-X

Isurugi Raijta, a truly old-school swordsman, comes to Kenshin and requests his aid in reforming the state of swordsmanship schools, or kenjutsu dojo, in Japan. Although Kenshin is intrigued by Raijta's.

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ideals (chiefly, that there is a need for a nation-wide, unifying school), Raijta's plan to "weed out" the schools he deems unfit is not in accordance with Kenshin's deepest-held beliefs. Given the choice of either joining Raijta's "Shinko-ry" movement or dying, Kenshin walks away, choosing neither. But Raijta isn't willing to let Kenshin off the hook so easily...