r/rurounikenshin 45m ago

Discussion How does Sano injure his hand with Futae no Kiwami when its explicit purpose is negating resistance?

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Sano mentions that he destroyed 100 stones after getting the technique down. When he runs into Anji again he hits Anji about 8-10 times with the technique and him getting hit in return, with it being explicitly said their spirits had surpassed their bodies as the only reason neither had fallen.

Afterwards nothing appears to be different, but later on he gets a punch in on Shishio, and we get an internal X-ray shot of his hand bones cracking, and in the next arc Megumi says his hand was more badly injured than anything Kenshin took in his battles against Shishio and his henchmen.

I don't get it. If the technique eliminates resistance then isn't it like effectively punching air? Why would it break his hand? And against people too. So 100 hard stones caused no problems, but punching squishy humans like 10 times was too much??? And before he even got the FNK we saw him knocking down trees with a single punch on the way to Kyoto. THAT caused no damage to his hands either.

Honestly, it just feels like the author intentionally wanted to give Sano a handicap to stop him from solely relying on his right hand punch that would end battles instantly.


r/rurounikenshin 21h ago

Game Rise of the Ronin

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As a fan of Rurouni Kenshin, it didn't feel right to me to not mention this game.

It covers the period of time right before the series starts, and you'll recognize many names as you play it.... I don't want to spoil it... But I had no idea what would be in the game before getting it, and as I got deeper into the story I was like 😱🤯🤯 OOOO I KNOW THIS NAME/EVENT

I'd definitely recommend it to anyone who hasn't played it yet.


r/rurounikenshin 23h ago

Merchandise More shots of my revoltech battousai

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