Team Kenshin is the eighteenth chapter of the Rurouni Kenshin manga.
Synopsis[]
The fight between Hyottoko and Sanosuke continues, while Beshimi plans what to do next about Megumi. Meanwhile Yahiko tries to help somehow in the battlefield. Sanosuke manages to defeat Hyottoko after outsmarting his fire breathing technique. When Beshimi decides to target Megumi, what can the fighters do to save her? Is Kenshin going to stop the Oniwabanshū before more people gets hurt?
Summary[]
Hyottoko quickly resupplies his oil fuelage with the keg on his back. But an injured Sanosuke stands before him, ready the take the fire-breathing giant head on. An inescapable wave of fire is hurled out by Hyottoko, but Sanosuke darts straight through the flames and manages to pull the bag of oil that was hidden, literally inside of his opponent, through his mouth. With just one swift kick following, Sanosuke is declared the victor.
Beshimi, the scrawny man who had encountered Kenshin and Sanosuke at the gambling, cannot believe their strength. For him, it is unrealistic to defeat Hyottoko so easily. The defeat of his fellow Oniwabanshū comrade is blamed upon Megumi. Without concern of the intended goal, Beshimi flicks a rasenbyou at the direction of Takeda Kanryū's golden goose. Just in the nick of time, Yahiko jumps in to take the hit of the poisoned spiral dart. Shortly thereafter, he collapses with dilated eyes.
Kenshin goes up into the trees and intends to strike Beshimi, but the target was evaded by the Kawarimi no Jutsu, a deceiving skill which replaces an object with another object. The person who had rescued the runt of the Oniwabanshū group, wearing a frightening oni mask, stands face-to-face with Kenshin. The aura the masked man gives off is so fierce that even the greatest hitokiri of them all has to acknowledge his strength.
Characters in order of Appearance[]
Chapter Notes[]
This chapter has several differences with other portrayals of the events of the story in different iterations of the franchise:
Differences with the 1996 anime[]
- There are basically no differences between the events of this manga chapter and its anime episode adaptation.
Differences with Rurouni Kenshin: Origins[]
- The events of this manga chapter were not adapted in the live action film due to significant changes in the plot of the movie.
Differences with Rurouni Kenshin: Restoration[]
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Differences with the 2023 anime[]
- There are basically no differences between the events of this manga chapter and its anime episode adaptation.
Trivia[]
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Gallery[]
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