This is my standard for manga. This is my favorite and first i actually loved. i remeber when I first saw the preview on toonami, I was about 8 or 9 when i was sitting back watching Dragon ball Z and YuYu Hakusho when i saw a 5 minute preview for Rurouni Kenshin i was BLOWN AWAY. I saw the first episode on Toonami I fell in love for the first time in my life. the show was then cancelled and than fell through the corridors of my memory not to be seen again for about 4 years

Wen i was in 6th grade I had recently gotten back into manga and anime when i saw Rurouni Kenshin Volume 1. My brain exploded with nostalgia to the point that a begged my mom until she bought me the first 3 volumes.

The story is about the Meiji Restoration Period after the Japanese Revolution when the samurai were abolished the mian Character is Himura Kenshin who was formerly the dreaded Hitokiri Battouai (Battosai the manslayer in the Dub)
after the revolution he vowed never to take another life and recieved a sakabato (Reverse Blade Sword) Which cannot cut anything. Kenshin saves a young dojo owner name Karou who he eventually ends up living with. other characters include Myojin Yahiko an orphan who is Karou's only student. Sagara Sanosuke a street brawler who hates the government. Shinimori Aoshi a former ninja turned mercenary. Saito hajime a real person who was a former shinsengumi captain turned cop. and finally Takani Megumi a doctor and former opium maker.

RK is the only manga i know of that balances 4 genres perfectly
Action
Romance
Comedy and
Historical fiction

I now want to adress the ending if you don't want spoilers skip this part:

The ending is amazing for me, everyone goes their seperate ways and lives hapily which usually brings a tear to my eye to see these characters that have gone through so much together just leave...

SPOILER END

ok! so the manga is FAR superior to the Anime and well this is the messiah of modern manga.

I will now review Samurai X Trust and Betrayal