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When Kenshin Himura arrives ten years ago after the Revolution, Basically,
[Okita Sōji](http://kenshin.wikia.com/wiki/Okita_S%C5%8Dji) suffered from
tuberculosis, as seen when he fought Kenshin in a flashback as well as in
Trust and Betrayal, though he was still able to hold his own with the
Battōsai. After that, Okita Sōji didn't appeared his character both Manga and
Anime, is he already died before kenshin arrives in tokyo 10 years ago?

![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/phRh0.jpg)


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Why does Okita Souji did not appear?


Okita Souji is an extremely well-known and well-liked historical figure in the
minds of Japanese people, who generally know that he died of tuberculosis at
about age 25.  
He died on [July 19, 1868](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okita_S%C5%8Dji). The
Meiji era started on [September 8,
1868](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meiji_period). In _Rurouni Kenshin_ ,
Kenshin arrives in Tokyo in
[1878](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rurouni_Kenshin#Plot).

In the same way that a historical fiction about Abraham Lincoln doesn't need
to explicitly include the fact that Lincoln was assassinated since everyone
already knows that, Watsuki-sensei did not need to give this detail about the
timing of Okita's death within the series itself because the average Japanese
person knows he was already dead long before Kenshin arrives in Tokyo.


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