One of which that falls off though is the insertion of a more gritty tone that Ohtomo tries to prey on Kenshin's killer instincts, but it is unable to escape from the confines of the adaptation. While Ohtomo still adheres much to the source material as the building blocks to appease the fans, there are whispers of a directorial voice wanting to be heard that has disproportionate ways of sticking to the wall.
Returning with an army of dishonoured samurais and bloodthirsty mercenaries, with even larger ambitions to burn down the new Japan, Kenshin is asked to renounce his vows of never to kill again, and put an end to Shishio's mad dreams of plunging Japan into its bloodstained past. Central to the problem, as Kenshin learns, is due to one Shishio Makoto an assassin who was thought to have been killed at the turn of the revolution that paved the way for the new government. As Kenshin's past atrocities gradually fades into legend (to the point of being a theatrical parody), Kenshin receives an unsettling summon from the Home Minister of the new Meiji government, which have been having trouble to establish itself as the order of the day. Without much connection to the previous installment, the story resumes with Himura Kenshin comfortably settling into the domestic life boarding and helping out in Kaoru's dojo that has been reinvigorated with a new batch of apprentices. While director Keishi Ohtomo does win the same fan approval as he did in his first live-action adaptation, "Kyoto Inferno" does serve its own firewood to be burned as the less memorable hell it intends to raise in the two-part finale it belongs to. Do that and it is enough for the fans to give their blessings to the adapters to try whatever they want, as long as it does not step on lines they shouldn't cross.
Not all adaptations need the level of thought being put in a Marvel movie, when all they just want to see is a cast with likeness to their favourite characters and touching base with the pivotal narrative touchstones. Sometimes it's easy to please the fan of a source material being adapted. Watch this if you liked: "Rurouni Kenshin"