Rurouni Kenshin: Reflections
December 3, 2004
Last night I watched the last DVD in the Samurai X collection, titled Reflections.
All I can say is that the writing was good, it was a romance that was utterly tragic yet beautiful, and the artwork was great. One of the things I’ve really appreciated about the whole OVA/movie thing is that there’s a different artistic approach in each of them, a different style with the same characters, so a different visual exploration in each piece.
This last one was particulary neat because there are flashbacks to stories that take place in the original series (which I realized is airing Saturday nights on Cartoon Network at 10:30PM). The flashback is all reanimated using the style in Reflections, so it has a new feel, a new perspective.
Reflections is certainly more serious than the original series, as is the whole OVA collection, and I think it’s a fantastic set. The start with the history of Kenshin, and then an exploration of the final redemption of the character.