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    <body><![CDATA[i must say, i loved the anime even though i only ever saw the same ten episodes over and over again.  the author seems to out great effort in drawing historical connections to this series, which is fine by me.   <br/><br/>the comments throughout the book were a little confusing.  well, only in the...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66713940">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/18100.Nobuhiro_Watsuki" title="Nobuhiro Watsuki">Nobuhiro Watsuki</a>'s first manga is a Meiji era story of a man trying to escape and make amends for his monstrous past. While the lead character may not be a typical Shonen manga archetype, he is very familiar to western comics readers in such characters as Wolverine and Bruce Banner.<br/><br/>Still...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65792762">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Kaoru, who runs a struggling dojo, meets up with Kenshi, a strange “vagabond” who winds up helping her more than she first thinks possible. Japanese manga can be a bit of a challenge to read; not only do you have to read from right to left, but it helps to understand some of the culture. I found...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11677991">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I love this stuff! Kenshin will always have a special place in my heart. Having watched everything there is to see (and bought the t-shirt) I decided that it was time for me to get down to the source material. Now, usually, I prefer to read matter before seeing it in motion, but this is a strange ex...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/30769347">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[ชุดนี้อ่านไม่จบแฮะ ชอบมากๆจากอนิเมะ (ที่ได้ดูแค่ภาคเดียวเอง)<br/>การ์ตูนก็ชอบ แต่อ่านหลายๆเล่มแล้วรู้สึกว่...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58022071">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I've read all 28 volumes but to save time and space I'm only posting the first volume.  This series is AMAZING.  If you don't have to money to spend on 28 volumes, check it out at your local library. It's totally worth the time.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[<br/>This manga was fine, but I felt like I'd read it before-- I thought the main female character was bland. And Rurouni wasn't interesting enough as a character.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Oooh, the story's pretty interesting, and Nobuhiro Watsuki's drawings are very good and detailed indeed.  n_n  ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is my favorite manga series. The TV anime series is great and the movie Samurai X is the best animated film I've ever seen.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Wow! I really liked this book! It's way better than the anime, it let me get a deeper look into just how sweet of a person Kenshin is! I would definitely reccommend this series to any anime/manga lover.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Kenshin is my ideal man and this series is my very favorite of all the graphic novels!]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This Is th 1st manga I got into. Yes this is where we got the name for are son.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Even after all these years, I still love that sweet rurouni.]]></body>
    
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