Issue: #8
In the 11th year of Meiji, on the day marked in the Western calendar as May 14th, time once again begins to flow. The Shocking midday murder of Department of Internal Affairs Chief Ôkubo a fait accompli, Kenshin leaves for Kyoto, scene of chaos and bloodshed -- against the wishes of nearly everyone who knows him as the gentle "rurouni." Awaiting him there is Shishio Makoto, the hitokiri who replac...
First appearances: Misao, Hajime Saito
Creators: Steve Dutro, Kit Fox, Yumi Hoashi, Liza Coppola, Sean Lee, Avery Gotoh, Nobuhiro Watsuki, Alvin Lu, Rika Inouye, Elizabeth Kawasaki, Gerard Jones, Seiji Horibuchi, Kenichiro Yagi, Hyoe Narita, Noboru Watanabe
Characters: Katsuhiro Tsukioka, Misao, Sanosuke Sagara, Hajime Saito, Kenshin, Yahiko Myojin, Megumi, Kaoru