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REVENGER

2023, TV, 12 eps, 65%, Ajiado

Recommended by 22 Meiji Gekken fans on AniList. The same kind of story: blood-soaked samurai epics.

As master assassin Usui Yuen investigates a series of attacks made on the grand samurai clan, the Satsuma, he encounters survivor and clan member Kurima Raizo. Together, they unravel a conspiracy behind the murders, the true nature of which appears far grander than anyone first…

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About Meiji Gekken: 1874

2024, TV, 10 eps, 60%, Tsumugi Akita Anime Lab

By 1874, seven years have passed since the end of the samurai era. A former samurai, Shizuma Orikasa works as a rickshaw driver in Tokyo while looking for his fiancée, Sumie Kanomata, who went missing during the Boshin War. Shizuma thwarts an assassination attempt and joins the newly established police department, where he’ll fight to stop dark forces from overthrowing the government.

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