Story (8): I loved how the story as a whole was solely about Kenshin's redemption and personal struggle about his past. It also gave enough time to give shining moments and backgrounds to other characters but did not get lost in it. I do wish that there could've been more time dedicated to character interactions outside of high tension plot events or in the midst of battle. This was one reason that I felt some romance was really forced and not natural at all.

Art(7): Action scenes were drawn so fluidly and over-all the art was good. A very large portion of characters had spiky hair though, just saying. Honestly there is nothing bad that stands out to be but it just wasn't my favorite art, especially with the faces and this is my personal opinion so I give it a 7.

Character (8): There is only one character I had an issue with and that was Kaoru. All the other characters had character growth and strong morals behind them that set them on their chosen courses but Kaoru was just annoying with no redeeming traits. I would've scored this as a 10 if she wasn't the main female. But aside from her everyone had an amazing aura about them and I really enjoyed that!

Enjoyment (7): I was able to binge through this but it did take me a little time. I definitely enjoyed it but I feel like the 2nd half was when I really got invested so it personally took me a little while to become fully invested.

Overall (7): I really enjoyed this and for my ratings a 7 is actually really good. I didn't exactly dislike anything about the manga outright, except for Kaoru's character, it is just a personal preference of liking to see a little more character interaction and not almost all of the plot being fighting or planning to fight. I really mainly say this because since we didn't have much time with character interactions it just made some stuff seem super unnatural, like the romance bits. But this is a classic shounen and the fighting was epic so if you like that then I bet it is a 10 for you!