It was somewhat disappointing. Although, I enjoyed every live action that came out.
I felt some of the characters were not shown that well. I can get why they made Sanosuke like they did, but it was so bad in my opinion. His clothes and face were always dirty. His fights were just lacking. The monk fight was so much more than that! They made him appear to be a bit dumb and obnoxious, but the guy is pretty badass and fairly smart.
Although it was cool seeing all of them fight together, I think it would have been better to just have that huge one on one. There was so much going on and I think it really took away from the original fight.
Kenshin and his master's relationship was a bit more conflicted than what was shown. Their ideology collided when he went to learn that final form. I don't think they even showed his actual past on why he met his master in the first place and why he was making graves. I think that was a major mistake on leaving that out. Although, the message was the same..I felt that it went past that portion too quickly. Probably one of the most memorable parts of the anime.
I guess you can't expect such a long series to be exactly portrayed, but I wish they could have kept some of the parts from the original. Although, on it's own and to the people who haven't seen the anime or read the manga, I think you'll enjoy it. The fight scenes are pretty neat and at least some of the characters are okay.
I felt some of the characters were not shown that well. I can get why they made Sanosuke like they did, but it was so bad in my opinion. His clothes and face were always dirty. His fights were just lacking. The monk fight was so much more than that! They made him appear to be a bit dumb and obnoxious, but the guy is pretty badass and fairly smart.
Although it was cool seeing all of them fight together, I think it would have been better to just have that huge one on one. There was so much going on and I think it really took away from the original fight.
Kenshin and his master's relationship was a bit more conflicted than what was shown. Their ideology collided when he went to learn that final form. I don't think they even showed his actual past on why he met his master in the first place and why he was making graves. I think that was a major mistake on leaving that out. Although, the message was the same..I felt that it went past that portion too quickly. Probably one of the most memorable parts of the anime.
I guess you can't expect such a long series to be exactly portrayed, but I wish they could have kept some of the parts from the original. Although, on it's own and to the people who haven't seen the anime or read the manga, I think you'll enjoy it. The fight scenes are pretty neat and at least some of the characters are okay.