It looks like Kenshin is finally laying down his sword: The Viz series Rurouni Kenshin is coming to an end next month with the release of volume 28. But diehard fans still have something to look forward to: The Rurouni Kenshin novel, Voyage to the Moon World, will be out in October. Can’t wait that long? Viz has picked up the license to Buso Renkin, another manga by RK creator Nobuhiro Watsuki, and will start releasing it in August. And in July Watsuki will be Viz’s guest at the San Diego Comic-Con International.
Shonen Jump magazine will be celebrating with previews of the novel and Buso Renkin, and a little something extra:
The September 2006 issue (on newsstands August 1) will contain a RUROUNI KENSHIN retrospective as well as “Yahiko no Sakabatô” (Yahiko’s reversed-edge sword), an exclusive manga one-shot from Kenshin creator Nobuhiro Watsuki, spun off from the RUROUNI KENSHIN storyline and no longer in print, even in Japan!
And there’s going to be a poster. The Viz press release notes that
Retail industry watchdog ICv2 named RUROUNI KENSHIN as the Top Manga Property of 2004 and the title was also the first graphic novel ever to make it on the USA TODAY Top 150 overall fiction list.
And just this week, volume 27—volume 27!—made the Bookscan Top Ten, so it sounds like the manga is wrapping up while it’s still strong.
