This DVD-R collects the first half of the legendary four-part OVA, adapting Nobuhiro Watsuki’s flashback arc into something far more sober, poetic, and devastating than its television counterpart. Directed by Kazuhiro Furuhashi, scored by Taku Iwasaki, and brought to brutal, painterly life by Studio Deen, Trust & Betrayal strips away shōnen spectacle in favor of silence, rain, rust, and the slow horror of becoming a tool.

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Episodes 1 & 2 of Tsuiokuhen (Trust • Betrayal) Liner Notes / Release Summary: A ghost wanders through Kyoto’s burning twilight, carrying a reverse-blade sword and a debt of blood he can never repay. Tsuiokuhen is not the Kenshin Himura of smiling apologies and gentle camaraderie. It is the origin—the bone-deep frost of the assassin Hitokiri Battōsai .

Here’s a custom piece written for a fan release or preservation entry for Rurouni Kenshin: Tsuiokuhen (Trust & Betrayal) OVA episodes 1–2 on DVD-R. Rurouni Kenshin: Tsuiokuhen – OVA 1–2 (DVD-R Fan Preservation Edition)