Watsuki and his wife Kaoru Kurosaki published a two-chapter prequel manga to the new arc, titled “Rurouni Kenshin Side Story: The Ex-Con AshitarÅ” (Rurouni Kenshin Ibun: AshitarÅ Zenka Ari).
The official Twitter account of Shueisha’s Jump SQ. magazine revealed on Monday that Nobuhiro Watsuki’s Rurouni Kenshin manga is inspiring a smartphone game titled Rurouni Kenshin, Meiji Kenkaku Romantan: Kengeki Kenran.
Watsuki previously published a Rurouni Kenshin spinoff manga in 2014 titled “HonÅ wo Suberu -Rurouni Kenshin: Uramaku-” (Controlling Flame -Rurouni Kenshin: Hidden Chapter-) that focused on how Shishio Makoto and Yumi Komagata met.
Watsuki first launched his Rurouni Kenshin manga in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump magazine in 1994.