Rurouni Kenshin Storytime #9: Sano punches rocks

Previously:
Chapter 1 to Sanosuke arc: Jin-E Arc + bonus chapters: Oniwabanshu arc: Oniwabanshu arc end + filler: Raijuta and Tsunan arcs: Saito arc: The road to Kyoto: Shingetsu Village: Thanks to the user who gave me a pass so I can do this faster.
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Today, Sano attempts to reach heaven through violence.

Please comment, so the thread doesn't die before its time.

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Im finally up to date with this storytime and I have come to say this
Kaoru a cute

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Kaoru is an obnoxious twat, the violent tsundere outbursts on Kenshin sometimes for no good reason, combined with her getting pissy or depressed any time Kenshin leaves her presence is so annoying. Head of a Kenjutsu Dojo, yet still a shitty damsel in distress or bath warmer that gets no fights. She makes the whole series worse just being it.

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Well, let's not get carried away. "Violent tsundere" typically brings to mind characters like Louise and Taiga, and Kaoru is nowhere near as abhorrent as them.

Anji, is that when you somehow manage not to do lineart on the sketch layer?

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yeah, but she cute

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I'll go ahead and say right now that Sano and Anji's fight in volume 13 is probably my favorite in the whole series.

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She literally attacked Kenshin for getting blood on her ribbon, which happened because he got stabbed trying to save her life.

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That's very obviously played for comedy, Sanosuke, Yahiko, and Misao all do the exact same thing. It's not mean-spirited or abusive.

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