The January issue of Jump SQ. is also publishing the second chapter of Watsuki and his wife Kaoru Kurosaki’s two-chapter spinoff manga “Rurouni Kenshin Ibun: Ashitarō Zenka Ari” (Rurouni Kenshin Variant Story: The Criminal Ashitarō).
Watsuki previously published a Rurouni Kenshin spinoff manga in 2014 titled “Honō wo Suberu -Rurouni Kenshin: Uramaku-” (Controlling Flame -Rurouni Kenshin: Hidden Chapter-) that focused on how Shishio Makoto and Yumi Komagata met.
The January 2017 issue of Shueisha’s Jump SQ. magazine is revealing on Friday that Nobuhiro Watsuki will draw a new arc in his Rurouni Kenshin manga that will take place in Hokkaido.
The second chapter reveals the spinoff manga’s true name: “Rurouni Kenshin Hokkaido-hen Jomaku: Ashitarō Zenka Ari” (Rurouni Kenshin Hokkaido Arc Prologue: The Criminal Ashitaro).