Rurouni Kenshin: Master of Flame
Rurouni Kenshin: Master of Flame (Japanese: 炎を統べる -るろうに剣心・裏幕-, Hepburn: Honō o Suberu -Rurouni Kenshin: Uramaku-, lit. 'Controlling Flame -Rurouni Kenshin: Hidden Chapter-') 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.
| Rurouni Kenshin: Master of Flame | |
Volume cover featuring Shishio Makoto | |
| 炎を統べる -るろうに剣心・裏幕- (Honō o Suberu -Rurouni Kenshin: Uramaku-) | |
|---|---|
| Manga | |
| Written by | Nobuhiro Watsuki |
| Published by | Shueisha |
| English publisher | |
| Imprint | Jump Comics SQ. |
| Magazine | Jump Square |
| English magazine | |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Original run | July 4, 2014 – September 4, 2014 |
| Volumes | 1 |
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.
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Publication edit
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 "Sono Kage, Hanaregataku Tsunagitomeru Mono" (その翳、離れがたく繋ぎとめるもの), written by Kaworu Kurosaki.[6][7]
In North America, Viz Media published the chapters in English in their Weekly Shonen Jump digital magazine.[8][9][10]
| No. | Title | Japanese release date | Japanese ISBN | |
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| 1 | Rurouni Kenshin: Master of Flame Honō wo Suberu -Rurouni Kenshin: Uramaku- (炎を統べる -るろうに剣心・裏幕-) | October 3, 2014[7] | 978-4-08-880259-6 | |
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References edit
- ^ Loo, Egan (January 6, 2014). "New Rurouni Kenshin Manga Spinoff to Be About Enemy Characters". Anime News Network. from the original on January 8, 2014. Retrieved January 7, 2014.
- ^ Hodgkins, Crystalyn (April 26, 2014). "Rurouni Kenshin Spinoff Manga About Shishio to Launch". Anime News Network. from the original on September 27, 2022. Retrieved October 17, 2020.
- ^ a b Hodgkins, Crystalyn (June 3, 2014). "New Rurouni Kenshin Manga to Tell Story of How Shishio, Yumi Met". Anime News Network. from the original on November 3, 2020. Retrieved October 17, 2020.
- ^ 「るろ剣」志々雄一派描く読切がSQ.に、竹村洋平の新連載も. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. July 4, 2014. from the original on December 8, 2022. Retrieved October 17, 2020.
- ^ SQ.で妄想少女の読切、次号CLAYMORE完結. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. September 4, 2014. from the original on September 3, 2022. Retrieved October 17, 2020.
- ^ 「るろ剣」志々雄一派の読切と小説が1冊に. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. October 3, 2014. from the original on November 29, 2014. Retrieved November 19, 2014.
- ^ a b るろうに剣心 裏幕─炎を統べる─ (in Japanese). Shueisha. from the original on February 1, 2018. Retrieved November 19, 2014.
- ^ Loveridge, Lynzee (July 7, 2014). "Viz's Shonen Jump to Publish Rurouni Kenshin's Shishio Spinoff". Anime News Network. from the original on July 13, 2014. Retrieved July 7, 2014.
- ^ Brown, Urian (July 14, 2014). "This Week's Issue! – Jul 14, 2014". Viz Media. from the original on October 17, 2020. Retrieved October 17, 2020.
- ^ Brown, Urian (September 15, 2014). "This Week's Issue! – Sep 15, 2014". Viz Media. from the original on October 17, 2020. Retrieved October 17, 2020.