Episode
Rurouni Kenshin: Birth of a Boy Swordsman: The Battle of First Apprentice Yahiko
Overview
When a criminal gang threatens a young girl he loves, Yahiko seeks Kenshin's advice on how to defend her in a lopsided fight.
Details
- Series
- Rurouni Kenshin
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 12
- Air date
- 1996-05-01
- Runtime
- 25 min
Episode context
Birth of a Boy Swordsman: The Battle of First Apprentice Yahiko is Episode 12 in Wandering Samurai of Rurouni Kenshin. It aired on 1996-05-01. The runtime is 25 min.
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Kenshin defeats a local mob's most powerful fighter, only to then face a gang leader who's determined to spread powerful new guns across Japan.
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