Resurrection of the Wolf is the forty-eighth chapter of the Rurouni Kenshin manga.
Synopsis[]
The chapter starts with a flashback of Kenshin's past, when he was fighting with his last enemy, Saitō Hajime of the Shinsengumi. Kaoru calls Kenshin, waking him up from his dream. The rurouni then proceeds to tell Kaoru and Yahiko about his past encounters with the Shinsengumi. Meanwhile, Sanosuke meets a mysterious man introducing himself as Fujita Gorō.
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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[]
- In the manga, Kenshin is woken up from a nap whilst accompanying Kaoru and Yahiko to a Dōjō visit, before mentioning of his flashbacks on the way home. In the anime Kenshin begins to have his flashbacks in the middle of the night, before being woken by a thunderstorm, and discusses his reemerging memories to Kaoru along the walk to the Akabeko the following day.
- In the manga, the period of absence from the Kamiya Dōjō from everyone but Sanosuke was shown to be merely a long distance walk from the Dōjō visit. In the anime it was a celebration at the Akabeko of Oguni Gensai's successful delivery of a childbirth.
Differences with Rurouni Kenshin: Kyōto Inferno[]
- This chapter was not adapted in the live action film, since Saitō Hajime was present from the first movie.
Differences with the 2023 anime[]
- In the original manga there are panels showing Saitō's attack onto Sanosuke, the wound it makes and the fact that Saitō's katana breaks. In the anime that scene is cut (it cuts from before the attack to the next scene of Kenshin returning to the Dōjō).
Trivia[]
- This chapter marks the beginning of the Kyōto Arc of the manga.
- The title page of this chapter has the same image that was used as cover for Volume 5 of the 28-volume tankōbon manga.
- On page 13, members of the Shinsengumi are shown to look just like the characters in the series that were based on them, with the exception of Saitō, the only character who wasn't renamed from the Shinsengumi character he was based on.
- Toshizo Hijikata looks like Shinomori Aoshi.
- Harada Sanosuke looks like Sagara Sanosuke.
- Okita Sōji looks like Seta Sōjirō.
- Every page of this manga chapter was originally released in color.
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