Rurouni Kenshin 2-Chapter Spinoff Manga Features New Main Character

Nobuhiro Watsuki published the first chapter of his and his wife Kaoru Kurosaki’s planned two-chapter spinoff of Watsuki’s Rurouni Kenshin manga on Friday in the December issue of Shueisha’s Jump Square magazine.

The spinoff is titled “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.