Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan (2023) – 06
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「黒笠」 (Kurogasa)
“Black Hat”
Kenshin has chosen to make things very difficult for himself.
AI no Idenshi – 05
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「調律」 (Chouritsu)
“Tuning”
Just because we can do something, doesn’t mean we necessarily should.
Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan (2023) – 05
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「そして仲間がまた一人」 (Soshite Nakama ga Mata Ichi-nin)
“And Then, Another”
“The revolution is still ongoing” indeed.
AI no Idenshi – 04
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「4つのケース」 (4-Tsu no keesu)
“4 Cases”
I don’t think AI no Idenshi is so much interested in offering answers as it is in prompting the audience to think about the questions in a different way.
Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan (2023) – 04
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「喧嘩の男・相楽左之助」 (Kenka no Otoko・Sagara Sanosuke)
“The Fighter for Hire – Sanosuke Sagara”
We’ve now checked off the casting for the main quartet without, in my view, any misfires.
AI no Idenshi – 03
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「心の在処」 (Kokoro no arika)
“Where the Heart Is”
The homage here is not exactly subtle.
Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan (2023) – 03
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“Kasshin-Ryu – Reborn””
Kenshin’s arc is often driven by the disillusionment theme, but Yahiko is the poster boy for pride.
AI no Idenshi – 02
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「成長限界」 (Seichou genkai)
“Growth Limit”
In truth there’s probably no theme more elemental to traditional science fiction than artificial intelligence.
Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan (2023) – 02
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“Tokyo Samurai・Yahiko Myojin”
To understand Himura, you have to understand his disillusionment with the revolution in whose name he killed so many.
Shinigami Bochan to Kuro Maid Season 2 – 01
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「坊ちゃんとアリスと魔法のプール」 (Botchan to Arisu to mahō no pūru)
“The Duke, Alice, and the Magic Pool”
For me, this adaptation is always a tug of war between appreciating what it is and lamenting what it could be.