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One person among millions had the power to change the lives of Kenshin Himura and all of the people we know as his friends. One person could so poignantly influence Kenshin's existence that if a slight action by this person were changed, the course of Kenshin's life would be drastically altered.
This person is not Kaoru Kamiya. It isn't Seijuro Hiko. It isn't Hajime Saito. It isn't even Tomoe Yukishiro--none of them. By a simple decision, one all-but-nameless man could have changed the course of Kenshin's life--and perhaps the fate of the nation itself.
Years ago, during the Revolution, a young man named Akira Kiyosato traveled to Kyoto to protect his liege, leaving his young bride at home in Edo. He died trying vainly to do his duty, killed in action by the deadliest of assassins--Battousai the Manslayer. His bride, Tomoe, worked with the Shogunate to snare this assassin--but ended up caught in her own trap with him.
We know this story well; the story of Kenshin Himura's first love, her death, and the lesson of life she taught him. However, her involvement was all due to the fact that her beloved, Kiyosato, did not heed advice and instead journeyed away from Edo with his master.
Is it possible that this one man could have changed the course of history, unwittingly redirecting Kenshin's life? Could his involvement--or lack thereof--mean a completely different world than the one we know? Everything rides on one moment's choice...one flap of the butterfly's wing....
What if Kiyosato never went to Kyoto?
Rurouni Battousai: Wandering Samurai
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