Rurouni Kenshin: Master of Flame explained

Ja Kanji:炎を統べる -るろうに剣心・裏幕-
Ja Romaji:Honō o Suberu -Rurouni Kenshin: Uramaku-
Type:manga
Author:Nobuhiro Watsuki
Publisher:Shueisha
Demographic:Shōnen
Imprint:Jump Comics SQ.
Magazine:Jump Square
First:July 4, 2014
Last:September 4, 2014
Volumes:1

is a two-chapter Japanese manga written and illustrated by Nobuhiro Watsuki. It is a spin-off of the main series Rurouni Kenshin. It tells the story about how Shishio Makoto met Komagata Yumi and formed the Juppongatana.

The chapters were published in Shueisha's Jump Square in July and September 2014. Shueisha collected the chapters in a single tankōbon volume. In North America, Viz Media published the chapters in their Weekly Shonen Jump digital magazine.

Publication

In January 2014, Nobuhiro Watsuki's novelist wife Kaworu Kurosaki revealed at her Otakon Vegas panel that Watsuki was preparing a spin-off manga centered about Rurouni Kenshin enemy characters. Kurosaki invited the panel's audience to suggest which characters should get the spotlight, and she would give the suggestions to Watsuki.[1] The June 2014 issue of Shueisha's Jump Square, launched in April, reveled that the spin-off manga would be about Shishio Makoto.[2] The July 2014 issue of Jump Square, launched in June, revealed that the manga would be about how Shishio met Komagata Yumi and formed the Juppongatana.[3] The first part debuted in the August 2014 issue of Jump Square, released on July 4, 2014.[3] [4] The second part was published in the October 2014 issue of Jump Square, released on September 4, 2014.[5] Shueisha collected the chapters in a single tankōbon volume, under the Jump Comics SQ. imprint, released on October 3, 2014. The volume also includes the story, written by Kaworu Kurosaki.[6]

In North America, Viz Media published the chapters in English in their Weekly Shonen Jump digital magazine.[7] [8] [9]

Notes and References

  1. News: Loo. Egan. New Rurouni Kenshin Manga Spinoff to Be About Enemy Characters. January 6, 2014. Anime News Network. January 7, 2014. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20140108004042/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-01-06/new-rurouni-kenshin-manga-spinoff-to-be-about-enemy-characters. January 8, 2014.
  2. Web site: Hodgkins. Crystalyn. Rurouni Kenshin Spinoff Manga About Shishio to Launch. Anime News Network. October 17, 2020. April 26, 2014. September 27, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220927103450/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-04-26/rurouni-kenshin-spinoff-manga-about-shishio-to-launch. live.
  3. Web site: Hodgkins. Crystalyn. New Rurouni Kenshin Manga to Tell Story of How Shishio, Yumi Met. Anime News Network. October 17, 2020. June 3, 2014. November 3, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201103000045/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-06-03/new-rurouni-kenshin-manga-to-tell-story-of-how-shishio-yumi-met/.75178. live.
  4. Web site: ja:「るろ剣」志々雄一派描く読切がSQ.に、竹村洋平の新連載も. https://natalie.mu/comic/news/120496. Comic Natalie. Natasha, Inc.. October 17, 2020. ja. July 4, 2014. December 8, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221208223553/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/120496. live.
  5. Web site: ja:SQ.で妄想少女の読切、次号CLAYMORE完結. https://natalie.mu/comic/news/125259. Comic Natalie. Natasha, Inc.. October 17, 2020. ja. September 4, 2014. September 3, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220903020748/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/125259. live.
  6. Web site: http://natalie.mu/comic/news/127731. ja:「るろ剣」志々雄一派の読切と小説が1冊に. October 3, 2014. Japanese. Comic Natalie. Natasha, Inc.. November 19, 2014. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20141129173923/http://natalie.mu/comic/news/127731. November 29, 2014.
  7. News: Loveridge. Lynzee. Viz's Shonen Jump to Publish Rurouni Kenshin's Shishio Spinoff. July 7, 2014. Anime News Network. July 7, 2014. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20140713125451/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-07-07/viz-shonen-jump-to-publish-rurouni-kenshin-shishio-spinoff/.76416. July 13, 2014.
  8. Web site: Brown. Urian. This Week's Issue! – Jul 14, 2014. Viz Media. October 17, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201017172142/https://www.viz.com/blog/posts/this-week-s-issue-2214. October 17, 2020. July 14, 2014. live.
  9. Web site: Brown. Urian. This Week's Issue! – Sep 15, 2014. Viz Media. October 17, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201017172142/https://www.viz.com/blog/posts/this-week-s-issue-2304. October 17, 2020. September 15, 2014. live.

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