She is Kenshin’s strength and at the same time his greatest weakness. And Kaoru of course has the important role of being Kenshin’s sheath and the one who’ll always shout the “no killing” reminder in times of Kenshin’s great inner conflict. With a wooden sword, she and Yahiko were able to stand their ground against fighters with bladed swords. She was shown as a capable fighter and not just the fencing instructor who can’t fight in a real battlefield. Kaoru here was given a fair share of the stage.
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But there’s still hope for that since there’s still the second movie next month. We haven’t even seen Misao threw her ‘kunai’ between clasped fingers. It is also likeable to have the reason of Aoishi’s group’s extermination changed from a madman’s machine gun to the Shogunate’s wiping out of the Hidden Watchers of Edo Castle near the end of the Bakumatsu.īut I would have liked to see more of the Oniwaban in action during the Kyoto Inferno since they are the city’s protector. And the change of place from a shack in the forest to Aoiya is welcomed. Enough time was given for their showdown. I am glad that the movie included the action-packed fight between Aoshi and Okina. And through Kaoru’s wordless tears as she sunk to the ground looking at Kenshin’s back. It showed so much emotions through Kenshin’s hug as they were surrounded with pitch-black darkness and glittering fireflies. It is an important and pivotal moment which established Kenshin and Kaoru’s bond. That “arigatou” and “sayonara” during the night of the fireflies is a very bittersweet and romantic scene.
For me, it lacked the luster and atmosphere it had in the anime. I, however, was disappointed with Kenshin’s farewell scene to Kaoru.
Because in the anime, it felt anti-climactic. It made “Kyoto Inferno” as grand as it sounds. That I think is the greatest credit of this movie. Only now, he is fighting as a Rurouni together with his friends. And we get to see Kenshin in action just as he was when he is still Battousai. It was like Kyoto brought back to ten years ago when the bakumatsu was still on. Sanosuke street fighting and raging as he continue to support Kenshin. That back to back scene of Kaoru and Yahiko amidst villains and fire is one to bookmark. We get to see Kenshin and Kaoru fighting alongside each other. Had the fans been given a chance, I think they would love to see a lot of fighting in the streets of Kyoto the heat of the battle felt more – foreboding the great war of the era that is about to happen. It was cut short and halted before it was even executed to its fullest just like in the movie only with much battle scenes to be desired. In the manga/anime, the Kyoto Inferno plan never got to see its fruition. It was like a “what if” or an “alter ending” kind of scenario. To that I applaud the movie’s screenplay and cinematography. The climax lived up to the movie’s running title “Kyoto Inferno”.
Some happened before they should, others after, and most of the exciting fight scenes that are to take place at different time frames happened simultaneously in the movie adding to the intensity of the climax. The dialogue and the scene’s order are a little bit different. All the background story and details lost are for the true blue fans to know and for the bandwagon to find out. The film’s story is coherent and smooth nonetheless. But the essence of the original story was there altered in some ways to make it more exciting and appealing in a new form of media – as a live-action movie. The film is in some ways different than the manga/anime.
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