Talk:Himura Kenji

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[edit] Will the real Kenji please stand up?

Almost everything I read about Kenji is based on the false ending Seisouhen. In the manga, it's strongly inferred that Kenshin does not leave Kaoru and Kenji to go wandering again and does in fact, stay to raise his son. It also says that Kenji grows up to be "more twisted than Saitou and more conceited than Shishiou". So what's everyone's take on Kenji from the manga timeline? What kind of relationship do he and Kenshin have? I picture a close relationship when Kenji is younger (after he gets over the terrible twos where he didn't like his father much), but then the relationship might deteriorate as he gets older and wants to learn Hiten Mitsurugi-Ryu, which Kenshin is against. Things would get dicier when it's found that Kenji is able to pick it up just by hearing stories about it. Perhaps Kenshin forbids him to use it, which of course, will make Kenji want to use it all the more. One can only hope father and son make it through the hell that is adolescence.

Jinchuu Crusader 06:24, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

-- While the movie is supposedly false in story, that does not mean Kenshin and Kenji will get a long. I suppose the idea is "The apple falling too far from the tree" or something like that. Perhaps part of the idea is to play on Kenshin's fear for his son or something like that having first hand experienced what kind of fate those traits bring. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.27.191.54 (talk) 22:43, August 24, 2007 (UTC)

Or falling close to the tree... then rolling down a hill. --Tyrfing 20:01, 5 September 2007 (UTC)


I agree they have their differences as Kenji gets older. Kenji doesn't seem to value life the way Kenshin does. I'm certain this causes a rift eventually.

ScarredSwordHeart (talk) 23:53, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Kenji and Hiko

Kenji, a student of Hiko Seijuro XIII? raised mostly by Hiko? No way! In Seisouhen, even though a teenage Kenji would like to learn Mitsurugi-Ryu from Hiko, Hiko would NOT teach him. Seven 09:54, 29 March 2006 (UTC)


(Note: It was incorrectly assumed here before that Chizuru was the inspiration for Kaoru as that the one-shot with her involved is released in the first volume of the manga, while instead it was the second one-shot and Watsuki just published them out of order, causing Kaoru to have been created first.) 12.4.149.134

In the OVA, it looked like Hiko taught Kenji a few moves such as the So Ryu Sen and the Ryu Tsui Sen, but not the advanced stuff. The cool thing is, Kenji doesn't need to be taught anything. He knows Hiten by instinct!

ScarredSwordHeart (talk) 23:55, 7 January 2008 (UTC)