Your earlier post was PERFECT. I've often thought that exact thing to myself about the Christian imagery and thought oh, my, that's so powerful. But never wanted to speak it aloud for fear of having someone tell me "Baakay, you're too obsessed with this character." You said it perfectly and I knew EXACTLY what you meant.irmgaard wrote:Re my earlier post:
I want to clarify that I am not suggesting that Kenshin himself is Christian. I think he is depicted as a rather desultory Buddhist. I merely am lauding the proper literary usage of religious symbols (of whatever faith), with their powerful concomitant allusions.
Yes! In the introduction to what was going to be my dissertation, I used the scene in which Kenshin stops the young boy (oh geez, his name just fled - the one whose brother has just been killed by another 'get Battousai' fanatic). Here's this young boy holding the chipped and rusting sword - a great symbol of the dying remnants of the samurai age all by itself - and he's going to run out and defend his brother's honor by killing the killer.irmgaard wrote: The artwork is of very high caliber. The hands of the characters are particularly well drawn,
And Kenshin's hand - rendered in the most delicate way - comes down over his and stops him. The most-feared assassin's hand, drawn as beautifully as a woman's hand...
I'll tell you, it took my breath away then, and it still does. Throughout every version of Kenshin those hands are important.
And beautifully, beautifully drawn. CamDawg -- watch out, your wife has a big sword
