Rurouni Kenshin Sequel?

A couple of years ago in an interview, Mr. Watsuki said that if fan support was there, he might consider a sequel/spinoff of Rurouni Kenshin featuring Yahiko's adventures. It's been a couple of years; has there been any word at all about the possibility of that? I hope so - Yahiko is my favorite character...

Billy277

 

there was the extra story Yahiko No Sakabatou but im not sure about a sequel...

 

hmmmmm what did you mean by "something about Yahiko is comming up"?

 

are you series? that would be awesome. yahiko, yes, for me too, is my favorite character and if there was a spinoff yahiko adventure type deal...it would be amazing. hopefully sumthing is coming up.

 

hmmmmm well like i said there was "Yahiko No Sakabatou"

 

In the meantime, there are plenty of fanfics about his adventures. ^_~

 

if there was a sequal I would want it to be the adventures of Kenshin before he turned wanderer. I'v always wondered what exactly made him give up his ways.

 

OVAs

Dark_Dreams, you're prayers have been answered. Seriously, they did a four-part OVA of Rurouni Kenshin chronicling what happened to him as a Hitokiri, and why he gave it up.

 

It would be interesting to see what happens after Seisou Hen or around then because Japan is developing, though there were still several wars near the end of the Meiji Era, such as the Sino-Japanese war in 1895. If anyone has a summary of Yahiko no Sakabatou can you share it? ^_^x I hope that they make an animated version of it soon too.

I've always wanted to write a fanfic of one of Kenshin's great great grandchildren trying to stop the Emperor from invading the surrounding countries before and during WW2... I should work on that ^^;;;


Here's the manga cover for Yahiko no Sakabatou:

 

i wanna know more about why kenshin changed his ways,too, but i also want to know what happens to yahiko. i loved yahiko, he was so cute!!

 

Hey, that guy! ^^ Your prayers have been answered, too:

Bangaihen - Extra Story: "Yahiko's Sakabatou"

(a yell scares the birds away)

Voice: REPORT THE SITUATION!!

(several policemen are running)

Policemen: Yes, sir! Those who have escaped are the most dangerous criminal, Mutou Kaname, plus two others!

(the police officers draw their weapons)

Policemen: While they were escaping, they robbed one odachi (large Japanese sword) and two uchigatana (standard Japanese sword) from a store!

(more policemen are getting ready)

Policemen: Moreover, they have wounded eleven officers and are still running away!

Police Officer Kitaki (gritting his teeth): DAMN!

(The scene shifts to a house surrounded by policemen)

Policemen: At the present moment, they have taken hostages and have entrenched themselves in this kenjutsu dojo! The hostages are: the daughter of this dojo's owner, three students and one mysterious young man!

Kitaki (holding a rifle): That goddamn Mutou, is it possible that he knows the secret of this dojo...

Policeman: Are we going to break into the house, Officer Kitaki?!

Kitaki: No way! Our priority is to save the hostage! We have to save the daughter of this dojo's owner, no matter what it takes!

(the daughter of the dojo is standing inside the dojo, seemingly indifferent to all the fuss. Around her, there are three young students, completely scared, and Yahiko. Two men are guarding them, their swords drawn and pointing to them.)

Kitaki's voice: Listen well, I don't give a damn to the other hostages! If they pose as a nuisance, you may as well as kill them! But the daughter is to be kept untouched!

Student 1 (trembling) : Oh no...

Student 2 (shaking) : God save us...

Yahiko (definetely not pleased with Kitaki's instruction): That idiot, doesn't he realize that we can hear everything he says?! (sighing) After all, he's on our side or on their side?

Student 1: Ohmygod... why has this mayhem happened...

Yahiko (thinking a bit in an annoyed mood): Indeed... I wonder why...


-- begin flashback --


"GIVE LESSONS AT ANOTHER DOJO?!"

(Yahiko is indignant at the Kamiya dojo. He's holding a shinai, seemingly teaching Kenji the basics of kenjutsu (how cute ^_^). Kenshin is watching as Kaoru begs Yahiko this favor)

Yahiko: AND I'LL HAVE TO STAY THERE FOR A MONTH?!

Kaoru (in a pleading voice): Yes, I know this is too sudden, but could you please go to Echigo for me?

Yahiko: AND IN ECHIGO?!

(note from Serizawa: Echigo (now Niigata prefecture) is one of the northernest prefectures of Japan. Just too far from Tokyo ^_^)

Kaoru: Kikuhara sensei learned kenjutsu in the same school of my father, and in the old times (Bakumatsu), he was the kenjutsu teacher of a certain fief. And this time he will be away from his dojo for a whole month, doing a tour of gekiken (one of many ways that kenjutsu was called by then) exhibition. So ---

Yahiko (annoyed): So why doesn't he close the dojo for a month?

Kaoru (forcing a smile): Yes, that's a way, but there's a problem: the daughter of Kikuhara sensei has a frail health ---

Yahiko (puzzled AND annoyed): ? HUH? And so what?

Kenshin (realizing): I see, so she can't go with her father for the tour, so she has stayed at the dojo. But to stay alone in a dojo with lots of young men is just too insecure, so...

Kaoru (pointing to Kenshin, too happy that her husband has helped her ^_^): YES, THAT'S IT!! And that's why a trustworthy young man is needed there! It's awesome! You understand my story much more than that petty Yahiko!

Yahiko (annoyed): But anyway, her arguments are just too weak... (closing his eyes) But if that is so, then I can't go either. After all, I'm a young man too.

Kaoru: Oh, but that's not a problem. After all, Tsubame is the only one girl for you, isn't it? (and Yutarou is a playboy, so he's too dangerous for this job)

(Yahiko gets enraged and starts fighting with Kaoru in SD mode ^_^)

Yahiko: I'll smack you for a change!

Kaoru: What? Don't understimate a spouse like me!

Kenshin (sweatdropping and taking Kenji away): Ororo.

(Kenshin turns to Yahiko, who's getting Kaoru's fist on his face)

Kenshin: Yahiko, think of this as being a sword training. I'll leave this matter to you.

(so, in the end, Yahiko goes to Echigo on foot)

Yahiko: Oh great...

(he arrives at a house)

Yahiko: So, this is the Kasshin Shintou Style, Kikuhara dojo.

(Translation Note:
Kasshin = "To put a new life into the heart", in a HORRIBLE translation -_-
Shintou = "New sword"
Kiku = Chrysantemum
Hara = Field)

(Yahiko puts his hand to open the door. Suddenly he feels something and opens the door in a one strong motion. A big man with long hair, called Mutou Kaname, wielding a large sword stops a slash just before Yahiko's neck. Yahiko glares, and so does the man.)

Yahiko (looking at the man): You don't look like a student giving me his warmest welcomes.

Men: What happened, Mutou?! What's going on?!

Mutou: ... enter quietly into the dojo.

Yahiko: You mean that you will kill if I say no?

(both exchange glares)

Mutou: Yeah... I'll kill those kids...

Yahiko (pushing away the sword from his neck): Oh, great. So it seems I have no choice.

(so Yahiko stays with the daughter of the dojo plus three students. They are watched closely by two accomplices of Mutou. Mutou has a sphere of iron attached to each of his feet.)


-- end flashback --

 

Accomplice 1: Hey, Mutou.

Mutou: What?

Accomplice 1: Why didn't you take the sword from that man? The shinai of those brats mean nothing to us, but a real sword is another matter.

Mutou: There's nothing you can do if that man showed no opening for me to take the sword from him.

(Yahiko yawns loudly, much to the students's surprise)

Mutou: Don't worry. He has just proved us he's not the kind of man that will sacrifice the lives of people who are around him. If we keep him surrounded by the hostages like that, he should present no problem to us.

Accomplice 1: But, if...

Mutou (glaring): If he causes any trouble, I, who once led five hundred men against five thousand police officers, will face him!

(a student calls Yahiko's attention)

Student 2: You're the swordsman who has come to teach us, aren't you?

Yahiko: Yep.

Student 1: Teacher told us you are quite skillful.

Student 2: Please...

Student 1: Do something...

(Yahiko is surprised)

Yahiko: But aren't you swordsmen also? Then you should at least save your dojo.

Students: IMPOSSIBLE!!

Student 1: We're training kenjutsu just to improve our body and mind! And all of a sudden do we have to face a enemy wielding a real sword?!

Yahiko (serious): Think of this as part of your training.

Student 1 (desperate): DO YOU INTEND TO KILL US?!

Student 2: To begin with, you are wearing a sword! So...

Yahiko (putting his hand on the handle of the katana): I'm sorry, but this sword is an extremely heavy sword, so I can't draw it recklessly.

Student 3: He's saying all that stuff, but I bet he's just too weak actually.

(the 3 students engage in a conversation)

Student 3: He's not what he seems!

Student 1: He's got so weak a will!

Student 2: He was bluffing!

Yahiko (angry): If you are gonna talk such things about me, do it where I can't hear ya. (turning his head) But that's not good, if the students of this dojo are like that, the future of this dojo isn't as bright as...

(Yahiko stops, realizing the daughter by his side)

Yahiko: So, you're the daughter of this dojo's sensei. I see, you're not scared at all.

(the daughter talks in a completely absent-minded way)

Daughter: Not at all... I'm really scared... can't you see?

Yahiko (thinking amazed and sweatdropping): Oh, so this is the so-called "naturality". First time I've ever seen it.

(a loud voice comes from the outside of the dojo)

Kitaki: MUTOU! DON'T TRY TO RESIST AND SURRENDER PEACEFULLY!!

(there's an awful lot of police behind Kitaki)

Kitaki: See the number of policemen gathered here! There's no way out for you! If you surrender now, I promise I'll treat you in a more decent fashion!

Mutou (shouting back): SHUT UP! I know your petty dirty tricks! That's the way you've arrested and executed several of my former comrades! That's the way you've acted for five years!

(the students are shaking with fear)

Mutou: I WON'T GIVE UP! No matter if my lord is already dead! No matter if the ten of the elite and the five hundred comrades are now completely scattered! (gritting his teeth) Until I build the true era of freedom and equality, I will never give up! Never, even if I am the only one to stand!

(Yahiko is silent)

Mutou: You goddamn government dogs who find joy in this false freedom and equality! One day I'll kill you all!!

(Kitaki grits his teeth so hard that one tooth breaks)

Kitaki: ... you scoundrel...

(the police around him step back in fear)

Kitaki: YOU TALK TOO BIG FOR A WORTHLESS SCOUNDREL!!

(Mutou's accomplices are frightened)

Accomplice 1: H... hey, what are we going to do, Mutou?

Accomplice 2: We helped your escape because you've told us we would get out for sure! This mess is quite the contrary!

Mutou: Shut up. All you have to do is to watch over the hostages. They won't lay their hands on us while we've got the daughter of this dojo's owner. This is a trustworthy information, gotten from the Information responsibles of the group I belonged to five years ago... although the group has been completely extinguished and this information ended up without being used...

(the hostages are silent)

Yahiko (turning to the daughter): Er...

Daughter: Oh, my name? I'm Kikuhara Midori.

Yahiko: No, it's not that (jeez, such naturality...) Judging from the police maneuvers and the talks of those guys, it looks like you're the most important hostage here, but being a daughter of an kenjutsu dojo owner isn't important enough. Don't you have any ideas?

(Midori thinks a bit and suddenly she snaps)

Midori: Oh, yes. Now I understand. I believe it has to do with my father.

(on the dojo wall, it's written, "Ken (sword) and Zen are the same and one thing")

Yahiko: Your father. You mean the owner of this dojo?

Midori: No, not the father who brought me up, but my true father. I wasn't told much, so I don't know much, but... it seems that I'm an illegitimate child of the lord my father served before the Meiji Era. I was told that my real father cared a lot about me, but some affairs obliged him to leave me under the care of my present father, or something like that.

Students (surprised): Whaaaaat?!

Midori: What, haven't I told you this before? Oh, yes, they had forbidden me to talk about this. I'm sorry.

(the students are speechless)

Yahiko: Wait a sec, I think Kaoru had said...


"Kikuhara sensei learned kenjutsu in the same school of my father,
and in the old times (Bakumatsu), he was the kenjutsu teacher of a certain fief ---"


Yahiko: So, that means that you're the daughter of a former daimyo (feudal lord) and thus now you're a member of the nobility.

Midori: Yes. I've heard that my true father is a important man inside the Keishichou (Japanese FBI ^_^ where Saitou works). Even today, he still covers the expenses of my education and food. I respect him a lot, but to tell the truth, he's too vague a person for me.

Yahiko (thinking): She's just the perfect choice for a hostage!

Midori: .... ah, so that means that I'm involving everybody here, right?

Student 3: ! Midori-san!

(Midori walks calmly)

Midori: So that means that I'm the only person who needs to be here. I'll talk to those guys and ask them to let you go, okay?

Student 3: What?! NO, THAT'S TOO DANGEROUS! IT WON'T DO ANY GOOD TO YOU!

Midori (calmly ignoring the cries): Nah, don't worry. I'm sure they'll understand.

(the students grit their teeth)

Student 2: But... it's true that one hostage is easier to handle than three hostages. Not only that, in a worst scenario, we would be killed like worthless worms, but...

Student 1: ... Midori-san is a precious hostage, so they won't kill her for sure. Perhaps that's the bes...

(suddenly Yahiko put his hands on the students's mouths)

Yahiko: Okay, that's enough.

(he glares)

Yahiko: The words that were coming out from your mouths... won't be forgiven once you mouth them. Aren't those words regrettable to a man and practitioner of the sword?

(both students realize how true Yahiko's words are)

Yahiko: Swallow your words!

(the students swallow with a great noise)

Yahiko: That's it! (turning to Student 3) I'll borrow a shinai.

Accomplices: Feh... damn... (suddenly becoming aware of a shinai before them) What?

(Mutou is surprised to hear some cracking noises and the cry of his accomplices. He turns and sees Yahiko walking past the accomplices, who are falling to the ground. The students are surprised.)

Yahiko (to Mutou): I've just beat'em up slightly with the shinai. They aren't even wounded.

Mutou: ... I didn't expect them to be able to stand against you, but it looks like they weren't ****.

Yahiko: Stop with all this affair. Your despicable attitudes aren't good for children.

Mutou (in a fierce manner, as he wields his sword): I thought I've already told you. I won't give up... even if I am the only one to stand... I WILL STAND UNTIL I BUILD A REAL ERA OF EQUALITY AND FREEDOM!!

 

(the nick of his sword touch the wooden wall)

Yahiko: About that, I'm sorry, but your lord wasn't fighting for equality and freedom at all.

(Mutou's sword stops)

Mutou: ... what?

Yahiko: You were deceived, to tell you the truth.

Mutou: DON'T SAY BULLSHIT, YOU BRAT!!

Yahiko: IT'S NOT BULLSHIT!!

(Mutou is taken aback with Yahiko's words)

Yahiko: The place you fought five years ago, leading five hundred men, was Kyoto! The name of your lord was Shishio Makoto! And the ten of the elite is the "Ten Swords", or the "Juppon Gatana"!

(Mutou is surprised)

Yahiko: I know all that... after all, I took part in that battle too...

(Mutou's eyes glare. Yahiko's not pleased at all)

Yahiko (between his teeth): Damn.

Mutou (gripping his sword): No matter what you say, I won't change my ideals! For the true freedom and equality, I will ---

Yahiko (throwing his shinai away): Such words aren't to be spoken with eyes full of bloodlust like yours.

Student 2: !!

Student 3: He threw his shinai away!

Student 1: Is he going to draw his sword!?

Mutou: --- FIGHT!

(Mutou's sword run upwards the wooden wall and descends violently upon Yahiko, who glares and extends his hand. Mutou's sword doesn't connect, but Yahiko's sword is still sheathed. Mutou and the students are surprised.)

Mutou: !!!

Students: !!!

Midori: Oh.

(Yahiko had broken the sword with his right hand.)


-- KAMIYA KASSHIN STYLE --

-- THE MASTERY OF THE OUGI --

-- HADACHI !!! --


(Translation Note: "Hadachi" = "The Severing of the Blade")

Mutou (gritting his teeth): GAAAAAH!

(he raises his sword, but he stops, surprised, as Yahiko extends his right hand and releases the edge of the sword Yahiko had broken.)

Yahiko: And so, in your mouth you have pretty words like freedom and equality, but in your hand you have a deadly sword... and you involve little kids and entrench yourself with hostages, trying to use to your advantage the social class of a hostage who, although belonging to nobility, does no show off of her status.

(Yahiko clenches his right fist)

Yahiko: AND WHERE THE HECK IS YOUR DEAR FREEDOM AND EQUALITY HERE IN THIS AFFAIR THAT YOU YOURSELF HAVE CREATED?!

(Mutou stops. The students, trembling, stand between him and Midori.)

Student 3: If he wants to come...

Student 1: ... he will get some.

(Mutou glares at Midori, who looks serene, but serious. Mutou grips the hilt of his sword. Outside, the police are puzzled by the sudden silence.)

Policemen: ....... now it's gone quiet... what's going on in there?

(the door opens. The police, alarmed, are ready to shoot. But it's Yahiko, Midori and the students.)

Yahiko: Hey, hey, don't shoot us.

(the police are surprised.)

Yahiko: That guy Mutou is inside the house. He won't fight you anymore...

(inside the house, Mutou is standing, with his sword lying on the floor in front of him.)

Kitaki (followed by several police officers): GREAT, LET'S BREAK INTO THE HOUSE!!!

Midori (to Yahiko): In the end, you didn't draw your sword at all...

Yahiko: True... but the best place for a sword is still inside its scabbard.

(Yahiko is surprised to hear a shooting noise. He turns and sees Kitaki with a rifle, and Mutou falling onto the floor.)

Police: Officer Kitaki?!

Kitaki (readying his rifle): DIE!

(Yahiko dashes towards Kitaki)

Yahiko: What the heck are you doing?!

Kitaki (pointing the rifle to Yahiko): What, do you intend to stand against me, brat?! Criminals like him will only do the same again once they are set free! The best thing to do is to wipe out all the worthless scum that live in this Meiji Era!!

Yahiko: YOU ---

(Yahiko draws his sword. The handle of the katana hits the rifle, making the shot miss Yahiko and with a movement of his arm, Yahiko hits Kitaki)

Yahiko: --- BIG IDIOT!!!!

(The students drop their jaws. Midori is indifferent. Kitaki falls onto the floor.)

Police: Officer Kitaki!! (to Yahiko) YOU ---

Midori: Oh.

(Yahiko's sword is a sakabatou.)

Police: A sword with... reversed edges...

(Yahiko is panting)

(Later, outside of the dojo, the police are carrying Kitaki and Mutou in stretchers. Yahiko approaches Mutou.)

Yahiko: Hey, don't tell me you're going to give it up.

Mutou (panting heavily): No, I won't... after all, if I die, I can't redeem my mistakes...

Yahiko (sheathing his sword): So, in the end, two heavily wounded... I'm still imature...

Midori (smiling): I don't think so. A big fuss like this, and you found a way out of it without one single casualty. I believe this was a remarkable deed of yours.

Students: MISTER SWORDSMAN!!!

(Yahiko turns his head)

Student 2: I'm sorry I doubted you!

Student 3: You were really strong!

Student 1: Please teach us!

Yahiko (annoyed): .... yeah, to begin with, if you were better than this, this whole thing wouldn't have happened.

(the students are terrified)

Yahiko: I will teach you VERY HARD WITHOUT ANY ALLOWANCES for an entire month!

Students (thinking): We're dead!

Midori (smiling): ?


-- so, during one month, screams were heard ceaselessly from the dojo --

-- And... --


(back at the Kamiya dojo, Kaoru is holding Kenji's hand. Kenji's carrying a shinai. Yahiko arrives and dumps a sack)

Kaoru: Welcome back. Good job!

Yahiko: Yeah, this was one hell of a trip...

Kenshin: So, was the trip useful to your training or not?

Yahiko: Nah, not that much.

(Kenshin sighs and smiles)

Kaoru: Hey, where are you going?

Yahiko: To the Akabeko.

Kaoru (watching Yahiko leave): Oh, good... I was thinking about praising him on the dojo affair, but no, he had to say that it wasn't that much... if Kenshin hadn't known the affair from Chief Uramura, he would have been questioned a lot harsher!

Kenshin: Calm down, calm down, Yahiko did a good job. If he keeps on like that, he will be able to use the sakabatou in its entirety much faster than I've expected.

Kaoru: But ---

Kenshin: Oro?

(At the Akabeko, Tsubame is brooming the floor. Her face brightens up as she sees Yahiko)

Tsubame: Yahiko-kun! Welcome back!

Yahiko: Anything interesting during my absence?

Tsubame: No...oh yes, now that you say it, it looked like Yuta-kun showed up here everyday.

Yahiko: HOW INTERESTING... (thinking) I'll kill him later.

(Yahiko regains his composure)

Yahiko: (putting that matters aside) Anyway, I'm hungry. Get me something to eat.

Tsubame (giggling): Yes, sir, right now.


-- But to go right to the Akabeko after the trip --


Tsubame: What would you like to eat?

Yahiko (scratching his head): Anything.


-- No matter what he says, Tsubame is the only one girl for him, isn't that so? --




Side text: The reliable back of yesterday is the goal of the next generation now!



(end of "Yahiko's sakabatou")

 

Well Dark Dreams, he killed his wife (big spoiler) thats what made him give up his manslayer ways...And back to the topic, I think/hope there is a sequel, I love that anime (2nd best to yu yu hakusho)

 

wow

cool i hope the seqaul comes out

 

Yeah I know about Yahiko no Sakabatou and I also heard Watsuki sensei produce another manga based on Kenshin, about what I'm not sure. Anyway, I wonder if anyone here have the manga I can download? I mean the manga on kenshin. There rest plus yahiko no sakabatou, I have already.

 

As far as I know, the only thing Watsuki did after Yahiko no Sakabatou was a 6-page, final, once-and-for-all closer to the series that was in the last Kenshin artbook published.

Christabel, if you'd still like it, I'd be glad to send it to you.

 

yes yes Billy277. That'll be really nice of you if you could send them to me.