ending???

The anime series ends abruptly after a series of filler arcs (the Feng Shui arc is the last arc of the series). There is a single 'wrap up' episode which ties things up a bit, but doesn't really resolve the story - Kenshin and Kaoru are still sort of dancing around each other. Unfortunately you don't get the final arc of the manga, the Revenge arc, which is really outstanding. Parts of the Revenge show up in the 3 OAVs that were released after the series. The last OAV provides another 'ending', but this deviates from the manga.
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SPOILER SPACE
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The last story of the manga, which appears in the Kenshin Kaden artbook, shows most of the cast gathered at a picnic. Kenshin has married Kaoru and they have a son. Aoshi has become a businessman, with Misao tagging along behind him. Yahiko is still training, but is grown up and is with Tsubame. From Aoshi we learn that Saito is off in Hokkaido on some mission. And Yahiko brings a letter from Sano, who is off wandering the world in search of adventures. As the story ends, everything is peaceful in the 16th year of the Meiji.

the ending was good but i perfer the fisrt story line with a yonger kenshin
Thunderbirds Aren't Slow

Isnt the ending like in the last OAV/OVA
MEGA SPOILER!!!!!!!!!!
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Where kenshin is very sick and so is kaworu. Kenji their son is a teen learning hiten mitsurugi but yahiko comes and stops him(hiko wouldve stopped teaching anyway). And then in the end kenshin is in kaworu's arms and he dies and doesnt have his x scar anymore. (This seriously touched me so baaad. i nearly cried)
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The real ending is great. Watsuki publically dismissed the OVA ending once. As I recall, they wrote the OVA without him or didn't confirm whether or not he approved of it. Or maybe they just didn't care, I don't remember. What I do know is [SPOILERS BELOW]




























Kenshin is slowly losing his ability to use the Hiten Mitsurugi due to the strain the incredible art gives to his rather small frame. He challenges Saitou to a final fight before his skill diminishes but Saitou never arrives at the designated fight area. He apparently loses the will to fight Kenshin. Sano has to flee the country to avoid a major (yet justified) crime he committed against the government. As the years pass, Kenshin is now only a fraction of what he once was with a sword and Yahiko is now an incredible swordsman. Kenshin passes the Sakabatou to him after giving him a final test of batojutsu (Kenshin won). He then retires with his wife, Kaoru and his young son Kenji. This is how Watsuki meant it to end. Happily ever after, not a tragedy.
























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