Nobuhiro Watsuki said that Rurouni Kenshin is the only popular youth costume comic, and Demon Slayer Gintama is not included

Among the many well-known Japanese comics, there are many excellent works in the period costume series. Among them, the representative works in the field of boys' comics include "Rurouni Kenshin", "Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba", "Gintama", "Inuyasha", etc. So how does Nobuhiro Watsuki evaluate his representative work "Rurouni Kenshin"?

Today, a Japanese netizen shared a previous interview record with Nobuhiro Watsuki, in which he talked about his views on "Rurouni Kenshin". Let's take a look.

Nobuhiro Watsuki:

"Rurouni Kenshin" was not well-received in the youth comics at the beginning because it was a period costume series. However, the sales of the first edition exceeded 1 million, which caused heated discussions. Speaking of "Gintama" with science fiction elements and "Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba" with legendary elements, there are indeed works that completely abandon science fiction and legendary elements. With this in mind, the only hottest pure period costume comic for youths is "Rurouni Kenshin".