You know you've been watching (or reading) too much Rurouni Kenshin when...

created by Selene of ZERO STANCE

 

 

Your brain switch language to Japanese, when it's not even your native language. 

You learn how to write "Aku. Soku. Zan." when you're not even familiar with Chinese or Japanese. 

You write a 100-page paper on "Aku. Soku. Zan." and all its properties and implications along with a complete, detailed paper on Shinsengumi and the roles they played (oh um, yeah, that's the topic of my history paper...) 

You Hiten-Mitsurugi-Ryuu your steak. 

You dye your hair red. 

You make an X scar on your left cheek. 

You always use the knife upside down, pretending it's a Sakaba. 

You can re-enact every single Kenshin battle. 

You pretend you're a son of god. 

You can sing all the opening and ending songs. 

You memorize all the lyrics of the opening and ending songs, when you don't even know the meaning of the words. 

You pratice singing 1/2 10 times a day. 

You master 1/2. 

You instinctively reach for an imaginary sword when you hear someone yells "Hiten Mitsurugi Ryuu...!" 

You Gatotsu-ed your text books. 

You buy all Kenshin mangas, especially to see Saitou sliced Usui into two and Jinchuu Arc. 

You start calling yourself "sessha". 

You start going "Oro?" 

You can go Battousai. 

You wear golden color contact lenses. 

You scribble the kanji "Aku" everywhere. 

You have the "Aku" character on the back of your shirt. 

You wear a red bandanna (or purple, pick your choice). 

You wear bandages on your fists and abs. 

You wear bandages all over your body. 

You master DDR so you can move your legs as fast as Soujirou. 

You can chant the names of the four dead Oniwa Banshuus with the exact tone, intonation, pause and tempo as Aoshi. 

You suspect the owner of your favourite Japanese restaurant a closet RK otaku by looking at the Udon/Soba list. 

You only eat Kakke Soba. 

You only eat Tanuki Udon or Kitsune Udon. 

You have a raccoon, a fox, a weasel, a wolf, and a chicken as your pets. 

You write RK fan fics. 

You make an RK-inspired website. 

You know how to say "The strong survives, the weak dies." in at least 3 different languages.

You visit many different Japanese restaurants in hope to find old Jump Weekly with RK in it among their collection of reading materials. 

You find the Jump Weeklys and steal the coloured RK pages. 

You have all RK songs in CDs, tapes, midis, and MP3s. 

You keep hearing Kyoto Arc background music playing in your head. 

You keep hearing Kyoto Arc backgorund music playing outside your head. 

You know every single RK episode in details and can tell the episode number precisely. 

You smile all the time. 

You smoke all the time. 

Your hairstyle is modeled after one of RK characters. 

You notice Tomoe twice on the "1/3 no Junjou na Kanjou" ending although you have no clue who she is. 

You cry everytime you hear "Departure". 

You instinctively go in a battle mode when you hear "Warriors Suite". 

You chew fishbones all the time. 

You meditate everyday. 

You sing "It's Gonna Rain" when the sky is cloudy. 

You turn at least 20 other people into die-hard RK otakus. 

You can point all the inconsistencies and loopholes in Shimabara Arc. 

You become a crossdresser. 

You end every sentence with "de gozaru", never mind you're not even talking in Japanese. 

You know every blow exchanged complete with the order it's done during the last battle of Kyoto Arc by heart. 

Every song you hear reminds you of one of the couples in RK. 

You visit all RK websites. 

You join a dojo and learn kenjutsu. 

You turn your house into a dojo. 

You believe in Feng Shui/Fusui. 

You suspect every Feng Shui person a member of the Wind clan. 

Your house is in a traditional Japanese style, Feng Shui-applied. 

You absolutely hate dubbed versions of RK. 

You become a Shinsengumi fan. 

You major in Japanese History. 

You know how to make your own pineapple bombs. 

You hate your country's government. 

You publish an anti-government newspaper. 

You bomb a goverment building. 

You dream of achieving your own Kunitori. 

You have a tattoo of a popular phrase from RK, in Japanese (i.e. "Aku. Soku. Zan.") 

You use a name from RK as your nickname. 

You legally change your name to one of the character's name. 

You buy all RK merchandise and related thingies you can lay your hands on. 

You get RK-related dreams, in Japanese. 

You cosplay, everyday.