Rurouni Kenshin: Master of Flame

Rurouni Kenshin: Master of Flame
Cover of the tankōbon volume, featuring Shishio Makoto
炎を統べる -るろうに剣心・裏幕-
(Honō o Suberu Rurōni Kenshin Uramaku)
Genre
Manga
Written byNobuhiro Watsuki
Published byShueisha
English publisher
ImprintJump Comics SQ.
MagazineJump Square
English magazine
DemographicShōnen
Original runJuly 4, 2014 – September 4, 2014
Volumes1

Rurouni Kenshin: Master of Flame (Japanese: 炎を統べる -るろうに剣心・裏幕-, Hepburn: Honō o Suberu Rurōni Kenshin Uramaku, lit. 'Controlling Flame -Rurouni Kenshin: Hidden Chapter-') is a two-chapter Japanese manga written and illustrated by Nobuhiro Watsuki. It is a spin-off of the main series Rurouni Kenshin. It tells the story about how Shishio Makoto met Komagata Yumi and formed the Juppongatana.

The chapters were published in Shueisha's Jump Square in July and September 2014. Shueisha collected the chapters in a single tankōbon volume. In North America, Viz Media published the chapters in their Weekly Shonen Jump digital magazine.

Plot

Publication

In January 2014, Nobuhiro Watsuki's novelist wife, Kaworu Kurosaki, revealed at her Otakon Vegas panel that Watsuki was preparing a spin-off manga centered on Rurouni Kenshin enemy characters. Kurosaki invited the panel's audience to suggest which characters should get the spotlight, and she would give the suggestions to Watsuki.[1] In April 2014, it was reveled that the spin-off manga would be about Shishio Makoto,[2] and it was later specified that it would be about how Shishio met Komagata Yumi and formed the Juppongatana.[3] The manga was published in two parts in Shueisha's Jump Square; the first was published on July 4, 2014,[3][4] and the second on September 4 of that same year.[5] Shueisha collected the chapters in a single tankōbon volume, under the Jump Comics SQ. imprint, on October 3, 2014; the volume also includes the story "Sono Kage, Hanaregataku Tsunagitomeru Mono" (その翳、離れがたく繋ぎとめるもの), written by Kaworu Kurosaki.[6][7]

In North America, Viz Media published the chapters in English in their Weekly Shonen Jump digital magazine.[8][9][10]

No. Title Japanese release date Japanese ISBN
1Rurouni Kenshin: Master of Flame
Honō wo Suberu -Rurouni Kenshin: Uramaku- (炎を統べる -るろうに剣心・裏幕-)		October 3, 2014[7]978-4-08-880259-6
  • Part 1
  • Part 2

References

  1. ^ Loo, Egan (January 6, 2014). "New Rurouni Kenshin Manga Spinoff to Be About Enemy Characters". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on January 8, 2014. Retrieved January 7, 2014.
  2. ^ Hodgkins, Crystalyn (April 26, 2014). "Rurouni Kenshin Spinoff Manga About Shishio to Launch". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on September 27, 2022. Retrieved October 17, 2020.
  3. ^ a b Hodgkins, Crystalyn (June 3, 2014). "New Rurouni Kenshin Manga to Tell Story of How Shishio, Yumi Met". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on November 3, 2020. Retrieved October 17, 2020.
  4. ^ 「るろ剣」志々雄一派描く読切がSQ.に、竹村洋平の新連載も. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. July 4, 2014. Archived from the original on December 8, 2022. Retrieved October 17, 2020.
  5. ^ SQ.で妄想少女の読切、次号CLAYMORE完結. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. September 4, 2014. Archived from the original on September 3, 2022. Retrieved October 17, 2020.
  6. ^ 「るろ剣」志々雄一派の読切と小説が1冊に. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. October 3, 2014. Archived from the original on November 29, 2014. Retrieved November 19, 2014.
  7. ^ a b るろうに剣心 裏幕─炎を統べる─ (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on February 1, 2018. Retrieved November 19, 2014.
  8. ^ Loveridge, Lynzee (July 7, 2014). "Viz's Shonen Jump to Publish Rurouni Kenshin's Shishio Spinoff". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on July 13, 2014. Retrieved July 7, 2014.
  9. ^ Brown, Urian (July 14, 2014). "This Week's Issue! – Jul 14, 2014". Viz Media. Archived from the original on October 17, 2020. Retrieved October 17, 2020.
  10. ^ Brown, Urian (September 15, 2014). "This Week's Issue! – Sep 15, 2014". Viz Media. Archived from the original on October 17, 2020. Retrieved October 17, 2020.