Kenshin le Vagabond #5

Volume 5 of Nobuhiro Watsuki's Kenshin le Vagabond, subtitled L'Avenir du Kenjutsu ("The Future of Kenjutsu"), arrives in this 1999 Glénat edition with a cover that brings together three of the series' central figures — the red-haired wanderer Kenshin and two other young swordsmen — set against a warm, ornate backdrop of cherry blossoms and traditional Japanese patterning. The subtitle hints at weighty questions about the path of the sword, making this a chapter where the art of kenjutsu itself seems to be on trial. Watsuki's clean, expressive linework shines here, capturing both the tension and the humanity that make this series so compelling.