It is mid nineteenth century and Japan is entering the modern age, leaving behind its barbaric way of the samurai. About ten years ago, the samurai were strong and numerous. But the government saw this as a sign of weakness, a useless piece of tradition. And so, The Government used the Hitokiri (a powerful race of swordsmen with immense power and skill) to fight the masses. Now the great warriors that still remain are few and trying to regain the samurai way. Fighting back on the other hand is none other than the legendary Hitokiri, known as death by many, the Hitokiri Battousai. Surpassingly this fun-loving once dangerous man has become a rurouni, protecting others from surviving samurai bent on killing and accepting the world for what it is. After abandoning his past can rurouni Himura Kenshin wipe the blood clean from his blade while keeping his oath not to kill?<br />