Rurouni Kenshin: The Hokkaido Arc
| Rurouni Kenshin: The Hokkaido Arc | |
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Himura Kenshin (front) and Hasegawa Ashitaro (back) | |
| るろうに剣心 ─明治剣客浪漫譚・北海道編─ (Rurōni Kenshin -Meiji Kenkaku Roman Tan Hokkaidō-hen-) | |
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| Rurouni Kenshin Side Story: The Ex-Con Ashitaro | |
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| Illustrated by | Nobuhiro Watsuki |
| Published by | Shueisha |
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| Magazine | Jump Square |
| English magazine | (rescinded) |
| Original run | November 4, 2016 – December 2, 2016 |
| Manga | |
| Written by |
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| Illustrated by | Nobuhiro Watsuki |
| Published by | Shueisha |
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| Imprint | Jump Comics SQ. |
| Magazine | Jump Square |
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| Original run | September 4, 2017 – present |
| Volumes | 10 |
Rurouni Kenshin: The Hokkaido Arc (Japanese: るろうに剣心 ─明治剣客浪漫譚・北海道編─, Hepburn: Rurōni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Roman Tan Hokkaidō-hen) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Nobuhiro Watsuki. His wife, Kaworu Kurosaki, is credited as a story consultant. It is a direct sequel to Rurouni Kenshin and follows Himura Kenshin and his friends in 1883 Japan as they traverse Hokkaido in search of his father-in-law.
It has been serialized monthly in Shueisha's shōnen manga magazine Jump Square since September 2017, with the chapters collected in ten tankōbon volumes as of January 2026. North American publisher Viz Media released the series digitally in Weekly Shonen Jump simultaneously as it ran in Japan until November 2017.