The November issue of Shueisha's Jump Square magazine is announcing a new Rurouni Kenshin spinoff manga by Nobuhiro Watsuki and his wife Kaoru Kurosaki on Tuesday titled "Rurouni Kenshin Ibun: Ashitarō Zenka Ari" (Rurouni Kenshin Variant Story: The Criminal Ashitarō). The manga will have two chapters, and Jump Square will publish the first chapter in the December issue on November 4 with a center color page.