Rurouni Kenshin: Trust & Betrayal (1999)
Trust & Betrayal chronicles the story of Kenshin Himura as the Hitokiri Battōsai during the final years of the Bakumatsu era, while also revealing the origins of his cross-shaped scar and exploring his relationship with a woman named Tomoe Yukishiro. It is a prequel to the anime television series adaptation of the same name.
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When a raid of murderous bandits ambushes a caravan of travelers in 1850's Japan, a passing swordsman possessing the most powerful of all sword techniques -- Hiten Mitsurugi-ryū -- swiftly dispatches the threat, but sadly not in time to spare the caretakers of a young red-haired boy named Shinta who is the sole survivor of the massacre. Taking pity on the boy, the swordsman, Soujiro Hiko the 13th, takes Shinta under his wing as an apprentice. He renames him "Kenshin", a name he considers to be more appropriate for a swordsman.
Kenshin and Tomoe hide in the remote village of Otsu posing as a married couple in order to avoid suspicion. Months later, Tomoe's brother, Enishi, comes to visit their house and secretly reveals to her that the Shogunate agents are assigned to kill Kenshin. Realizing that she has fallen in love with Kenshin, Tomoe leaves the house while he is asleep in an attempt to deceive the forces into giving up their pursuit of the Battosai.
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