Anime like The Hakkenden: Legend of the Dog Warriors Part 2

Name: The Hakkenden: Legend of the Dog Warriors Part 2
Genre: Action, Adventure
Released: 1993
Rating: 6.6

Also known as The Hakkenden: Shin Shou. Picked from what people who loved The Hakkenden went on to love and from what they share with it, like Classic Literature, Revenge, Tragedy. Show

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Rurouni Kenshin OVA: Trust & Betrayal (Tsuioku-hen)

Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan - Tsuioku-hen

1999, OVA, 4 eps, 85%, Studio DEEN

Both have Tragedy.

In the days before the Japanese Revolution, Hiko Seiijuro, a wandering master swordsman and hermit, encounters a bandit raid on a slave wagon. Hiko kills the raiding bandits in hopes of saving as many lives as possible, but only manages to spare one life from the massacre. Hiko…

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