Is Kenshin based on true story?
It's a very romantic story, which of course all ends happily ever after, but what fans of the shonen anime genre may not know is that Kenshin
was based on a real-life samurai assassin — a man by the name of Kawakami Gensai, who lived during a very tumultuous time of Japanese history.
What battousai means?
Battousai ~ this is a lot harder to translate, but basically Battou-jitsu means
Sword Drawing Technique. Kenshin is known for his quick sword drawing techniques and thus the Battousai on the end. It's kind of like a title that describes his specialty.
What does Rurouni Kenshin translate to?
Rurouni Kenshin is subtitled "
Wandering Samurai" in some English versions.
What does Battousai mean in Rurouni Kenshin?
The manga and anime series Rurouni Kenshin is about a former hitokiri named Himura Kenshin, who is based loosely on Kawakami Gensai. Kenshin is also known as Hitokiri Battousai (人斬り抜刀斎), or
"Sword-drawing Manslayer".