The Realest: Kenshin Himura

It’s time to pay tribute to one of the realest characters to ever grace our manga pages and television screens: Kenshin Himura from the manga series “Rurouni Kenshin.” Now before we go into why he’s the realest, you need to know what “The Realest” actually means. The word has a few meanings but I’ll narrow it down to honest, respected, raw, and not following what others are doing — not trying to be someone else, just doing you. He was known as Battōsai the Manslayer and one of the most bloodthirsty killing machines to ever walk the Earth because of his participation in the Bakumatsu war. Who needs a Sharingan when you have Manslayer Eyes?[divider type=”space_thin”]After the war, Kenshin Himura is now a wandering swordsman with a scar on his cheek, easy going, cheerful, and an all around nice guy. He carries a reverse-blade sword, which is a sword, but reversed, and not made for killing since he did enough of that already. He wanders around helping people in need because he feels like it’s a way to atone for the sins he committed in the war. Along his wandering Kenshin comes across multiple people, and he never wants to settle down to try to find happiness because he feels like he doesn’t deserve it. But one day Kenshin finds himself settled with the same group of people day by day and he ends up caring for them. People who each have their own goals and reasons for wanting to be stronger. Kenshin, without realizing it at first, becomes the one who shows them their inner stren…