Quote:No, you're quite right. Didn't say I've seen good ones, though, just merely decent ones...as in, didn't make my eyes bleed. The fact I can't remember any enough to actually provides links and such...well, eh.
I have trouble envisioning a good Ruroni Kenshin version of this
But, yeah, I vaguely remember reading at least one that DID cast Kenshin as a former gang member in high school. So there you go. Can't really recall, but I don't think the one I read was that bad. Adequate prose flow and sentence structure, for example, proper grasp of narrative. Technically competent, as it were. Reasonably well-written dialogue and characterisation.
Clearly, the author was trying to stay true to the characters, and was trying to convey some of the themes and overall, well, story ideas.
Now, whether or not he or she succeeded, that's a different matter, and subject to opinion.
-- Acyl