title: Rurouni Kenshin: Restoration, Vol. 2
author:  Nobuhiro Watsuki 
description: Nobuhiro Watsuki earned international accolades for his first major manga series, Rurouni Kenshin, about a wandering swordsman in Meiji Era Japan. Serialized in Japan's Weekly Shonen Jump from 1994 to 1999, Rurouni Kenshin quickly became a worldwide sensation, inspiring a spin-off short story ("Yahiko no Sakabato"), an animated TV series, and several animated movies. Watsuki's latest series, Buso Renkin, also available in English from VIZ Media, began publication in Weekly Shonen Jump in June 2003.
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  WATSUKI l^IBS FOK 
  THB THIKP TIMB! 
  I AM eo, 60 60RRY. THE 
  PROMISE MARE TO YOU IN 
  VOLUME 2 HAS BEEN FORSAKEN. 
  WATSUKI IS A BAP; BAP A/IAN 
  CyOU MAY STONE ME; IF YOU 
  WISH). WHAT I SHOULP PO IS; PO 
  LIKE YOU SEE ABOVE ANP COMMIT 
  SEPPUKU; BUT NOT BEFORE 
  FINISHING RUROKEN ANP NOT 
  BEFORE FINISHING SHIN CNEW) 
  SAMURAI SPIRITS. INSTEAP I'LL 
  SUCK IT UP; TIGHTEN THE KNOT 
  ON MY HACHIAAAKI; ANP RESOLVE 
  TO PO MY BEST. PLEASE PON'T 
  ABANPON ME...PLEASE.... 
  Rurouni Kenshin, which has found 
  fans not only in Japan but around 
  the world, first made its appearance 
  in 1992, as an original short story in 
  Weekly Shonen Jump Special. 
  Later rewritten and published as a 
  regular, continuing Jump series in 
  1994, RUROUNI KENSHIN ended 
  serialization in 1999 but continued 
  in popularity, as evidenced by the 
  2000 publication of Yahiko no 
  Sakabato {"Yahiko's Reversed-Edge 
  Sword") in Weekly Shonen Jump. 
  His most current work, Buso- 
  renkin ("Armored Alchemist"), 
  began publ