Editing Rōnin (section)

===Television===
* In the manga and anime ''[[Rurouni Kenshin]]'', the ''hitokiri'' [[Himura Kenshin]] becomes a ''rōnin'' after the end of the Edo period, wandering for ten years in order to mend his sins and to complete the restoration.
* [[Samurai Jack (character)|Samurai Jack]], the protagonist of [[Samurai Jack|the eponymous animated television series]], is technically a ''rōnin'' because he serves no master and is mostly seen wandering the land, searching for a resolution to his quest to defeat his nemesis, the shapeshifting master of darkness, Aku, after the latter opens a [[time travel|time portal]] that sends Jack into a future where Aku reigns supreme.{{fact|date=January 2023}}
* In the 2004 anime series ''[[Samurai Champloo]]'', one of the protagonists is the ''rōnin'' Jin. Along with the vagrant swordsman Mugen, he accompanies a young girl named Fuu on a quest to find the "samurai who smells of sunflowers".
* In the 2023 anime series ''[[Revenger (TV series)|Revenger]]'', the protagonist becomes a ''rōnin'' after a meeting with a shadowy organization following an assassination attempt.