Kenshin yearns for peace and redemption while Shishio is hungry for power and chaos. These two guys were highly skilled (and notorious) sword fighters who slaughtered many people, but the MC and the main villain of Kyoto Arc have taken different paths since their early years of murder. I recommend all duels in the arc, but Rurouni vs Kenshin takes the cake. The local TV network probably showed this anime’s Kyoto Arc many times when I was a kid, and I’m glad they did. Hitting bone and muscle, seeing copious amounts of blood, and taking the life of another isn’t a walk in the park. When you’re actually the one trying to kill (and not get killed), then killing suddenly doesn’t seem so easy or glorious. Sometimes it’s just a goblin that simply wants to survive no matter what - and it’s the same for people.
Their movement and attack speed will depend on their weapon, they can actually miss their attacks, and that the monsters they slay aren’t always going to be dumb, inherently evil creatures. In this goblin encounter, they realize that it’s not a mere game: Instead of making the MCs immediately overpowered in their new strange fantasy world, the young group here are undoubtedly anxious and inexperienced in combat. I included the goblin fight from EP 02 because of its different take on isekai. Out of all the fights on my list, this is perhaps the one with the least spectacle and sakuga animation - because that’s not its focus.
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