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NEWS: Rurouni Kenshin Gets New TV Anime by Liden Films

And like I said - it's most likely because of Tokyo Revengers, cause it become that big major hit in Japan - literally on the same level as JJK.

I'm just not going to be surprised if this is another rushed production that rushes through like a dozen chapters in one episode with a ton of limited animation shortcuts and I think fans expecting this to be on the level of FMA Brotherhood are probably going to be disappointed.

As far as im concerned, Ken Watsuki's ties to Kenshin are over, this is an anime adaptation by a studio, they should not have the blame pointed towards them. They are only providing what we want as a long time coming new anime series.

I'm just not going to be surprised if this is another rushed production that rushes through like a dozen chapters in one episode with a ton of limited animation shortcuts and I think fans expecting this to be on the level of FMA Brotherhood are probably going to be disappointed.

Artemis X wrote:

As far as im concerned, Ken Watsuki's ties to Kenshin are over, this is an anime adaptation by a studio, they should not have the blame pointed towards them. They are only providing what we want as a long time coming new anime series.

That is literally not how this works. While Watsuki is not personally creating this new anime entirely on his own, as the original creator he not only gets money from its very creation, but gets a take from everything involving it. That means licensing fees, merchandise sales, sales of the various Kenshin manga/novels that result from this show promoting the franchise. Even if he's not *making* it, he is *making money* off of it. What you're saying is that you're actively rejecting reality in order to be ok with this.

I understand how it works. But I don't really care to be honest.

There are so many people in the world who sin and commit atrocious acts but are you going to completly hate something and not support it just because that creator in real life commited some sort of sinful act?

Artemis X wrote:

I understand how it works. But I don't really care to be honest.

Well at least you're honest about it.

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There are so many people in the world who sin and commit atrocious acts but are you going to completly hate something and not support it just because that creator in real life commited some sort of sinful act?

Not really sure where "sin" came in here but yes, I think it's entirely reasonable to not want to support an artist after finding out they purchased child porn. I'm under no obligation, moral or otherwise, to ever give my money to Watsuki for anything. And I say that as somebody who loves the RK manga. Because ultimately my disgust at what Watsuki did outweighs any attachment to this franchise. If that's not the same for you, that's your business.

But what so many of these discussions constantly come down to is the insistence that we all just need to forgive Watsuki for what he did, when this isn't about forgiveness at all. There's nothing for me to forgive Watsuki for, because he didn't do anything to me. What these discussions are actually about is whether not we should like Watsuki and be comfortable supporting him as an artist, but framing that as an act of benevolence or grace by saying it's "forgiveness." Neither you nor I are obligated to like any given person, so I don't know why Watsuki would be an exception.

Also to be honset, I think people are interperting his actions inujusty. First of all. He is not a convicted pedophile. .

He was simple caught with possession of CP. That could happen to 70% of the anime community.

That hardly makes him some one that actually acted on impulse and commited a sexual assualt against an underage child. So in terms of him being an actual convicted pedophile, that is stretching it a bit far. Possession of CP can be alot of things, it can obvously phycological problems, or a troubled unhealthy sex life due to isolation and not having a healthy relationship with some one. But again, it could be compeltly a personal thing to with out having to actually commit a crime against an underage child

And my definition of Death Of The Author is similar to yours, only that you copied the wikipedia definition, and from that you automatically thought that I was wrong.

Either this isn't a remake and I'm crazy cause I'm pretty sure the manga was fully adapted.

The whole point of the justice system is to ensure that fair punishment is given. Whether that's jail time, community service, a fine, or whatever, once the sentence is served, then in principle, that should be the end of it. You can argue about whether or not the original sentence was just or not (and that's why the appeal process exists), but ignoring it altogether and insisting that a convicted criminal continue to face perpetual ongoing judgment goes against the ethical foundations of the rule of law and is effectively a form of vigilantism.

One of the other goals of the justice system is rehabilitation. Since there's no indication that Watsuki has "relapsed", so to speak, or that he presents any current danger to children, I am led to believe that this goal has been met in this case.

Also this whole "supporting the work means supporting the artist which means supporting the crime" mindset is entirely disingenuous. His work is not child porn and he is not profiting off child porn. He is making a living. Supporting the work means supporting that living, and that's all there is to it. Are criminals not entitled to earn a living? Should we never hire criminals as bakers, or as builders, or as gardeners, or as mangaka? Failure to find stable employment after release from prison is statistically one of the biggest contributors to recidivism.