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140 years ago, Japan entered the bakumatsu, a period marked by chaos.

During this time, an assassin known as "hitokiri battousai" emerged in kyoto.

This man, who paved the way for the new meiji era with his bloody battles,

was feared by everyone for his strength and composure.

It was during the critical time of the boshin war.

The shingemumi are here!

Hitokiri battousai!

Where? Where are you?

Third division captain, saito hajime! Prepare yourself!

Show yourself battousai!

We won! It's our brocaded banner!

You guys from the imperialist forces!

The satchō army won!

It has begun...

A new era will come.

Finally...

Himura battousai!

Do you think it ends here?

Although the world is about to change...

We live by the sword...

And we also die by the sword! This will never change for us.

Why?

Why am I the only one that survived...

*( Shock )*

what's with this katakana?

*( Grudge and hatred of those who died by the sword comes through )*

this was hitokiri battousai's...

Year 1878 11th period of meiji Tokyo.

A few words from admiral yamagata aritomo!

Salute!

To your original position!

It has been 10 years since the restoration!

This country is now a model to the Western European countries!

Continue the new step to progress!

We shall make this new government last and thrive!

Our country has achieved happiness and stability.

The era dominated by fear and violence is now over!

Salute!

Humans are weak.

They speak of their ideals…

…but they all turn into foul creatures for three things.

For themselves...

For the money...

And for pleasure...

*( Knocking on door )*

excuse me.

A success. You have done a good, megumi.

Thank you very much.

This new kind of opium…

…can turn humans into foul creatures.

You may go now.

*( Screaming is heard outside the door )*

I know how to use humans. We only need one person for now.

Translator note: A Japanese version of the children's counting rhyme "eenie meenie mini moe".

Dochira ni (Which one)

- Shi yo - u - ka - na kamisama no. - I - u -to u...

… Ri.

Thank you very much!

Damn it!

Let's go!

Just leave him be!

That man...

Battousai will take care of him.

Translator note: "Wasshoi" is chanted at festivals when carrying portable shrines - wasshoi! Wasshoi!

Come, come! How about some delicious grilled dumplings?

I'll have one.

You heard me?!

Step back!

Step back! Quick!

He was an undercover police officer.

A serial killer?

Hitokiri battousai again... Why now, all of a sudden?

A fake.

What?

There is something wrong with the way this man was killed.

What do you...?

That was no battousai.

- Children festival. - *( Cry of the cicadas )*

huh?

"Wanted."

"Hitokiri battousai"?

- Translator note: The sword that protects life. - "Kamiya kasshin-ryū"?

You there!

Oh!

Ignoring the law that bans the carrying of swords.

You! Aren't you the rumored hitokiri battousai?

Huh?

They found a murder victim today. Come quietly!

Wait! Wait a second! Wait a second please!

Shut up!

This is a misunderstanding!

I'm a wanderer...

I'm merely a wandering swordsman that means no harm.

Do you understand now?

Right... then how do you explain that?

This is a reverse-edge sword.

Reverse-edge sword?

A sword…

…with its blade and flat edge like this.

Normally they should be the other way around, right?

I guess you can't kill anyone with that.

You see now?

Thank you.

In any case, that description...

It started six months ago...

Every time he kills... he leaves a letter claiming responsibility.

Even though times have changed...

Huh?

Kanryu-sama!

We have a guest.

I thought a police office would pay me a visit soon.

Would you like to have some?

What is this about?

An undercover police has been killed last night.

The murderer calls himself "battousai".

You mean, the spirit of that samurai…

…after these 10 years, just came back and now killing people?

What are you storing in the warehouse at shinbashi?

Warehouse?

Ah, no need to worry about that one.

We just keep all our imported goods in that warehouse.

Nothing illegal.

If you insist on carrying out an investigation,

please go through official procedures.

In other words, you can't do it without permission.

Because it is the new era.

Quit joking around.

Seems like that samurai ghost,

hasn't realized the times have changed.

*( Bell ringing )*

there's food!

Look at this hapless bunch.

Those are the ones from a samurai family who can't earn anything to feed themselves during this meiji era.

Well, I was unable to let it pass unnoticed...

So I hired them as my bodyguards, and fed them like pets…

if they are let loose, it will be a big problem.

And yet, when the dogs are hungry, they get to eat.

Do you still think that you're a samurai?

I still am.

The government mule does not fit.

Better be on your guard.

The police may need proof and evidence, but not me.

Kanryu-sama, megumi ran away.

Yeah...

Wait, what? Megumi ran away?!

We bribed some police officer and got that information.

He said she came to the police by herself.

That bitch megumi!

Don't you worry!

If she spills the beans about opium, she would get the punishment herself.

You're a fool, brother!

When women become desperate, you won't know what they will do!

You think you got women figured out?

What did you say punk?

You looking for a fight?!

Shut up!

Return that woman to me immediately.

Don't touch me.

What did you say?

I'll do it.

Huh?

Don't kill her, Jin'e.

That woman holds the secret to the spider's web purification method.

After that, do as you like... Battousai.

It was you who asked us for protection, right?

You have to explain your situation.

Well, I guess there's nothing we can do.

*( Screaming )*

*( Officer calls and whistles )*

oi!

Over there! Over there!

What's going on here?

Move aside! Move aside!

Are you "battousai"?!

What the-?!

Don't move!

Stop!

Be quiet!

This is not sorcery.

Nikaido heiho - shin no ippou (Uses fear to paralyze opponents)

Human fear is fragile.

Taking advantage of that fear and using the spirit of the sword to confine the target.

Is it painful?

Those with a fearful heart are the most vulnerable.

Translator note: "Neko" is the Japanese word for "cat".

Neko-chan!

Neko~ nyaa~

*( Sound of an object being dragged )*

wait...

Hold it right there!

Are you "battousai"?

Why do you…

use the name of Kamiya kasshin-ryū to commit atrocious crimes?

Because of people like you, my father…

the Kamiya kasshin-ryū was left to me by my father!

What about your father?

He taught me that the sword protects life.

It's not to cut, not to kill people.

The sword… the sword protects life!

A woman with a wooden sword expects to stand up to me?

Shut up!

What you can do with this stick?

What does a sword bathed in blood live for?

You will find out in the afterlife.

You forgot something behind.

Huh?

Who are you?

It doesn't matter who I am.

Are you the one calling himself "battousai"?

That scar...

That agility of yours...

So you must be the legendary...

*( Police officer calls and whistles )* it doesn't work on you...

We're running away.

This way! This way!

Surrender, battousai!

Living through this dreadful world finally has meaning.

You can't get away!

*( Police officer whistle )*

are you alright?

*( Police officer whistle )*

battousai went this way!

Get him!

This way.

No, this way!

Huh?

*( Rooster crowing )*

I would say thank you

but I was fine. I can take care of myself. I didn't need your help.

Do you normally look for trouble this early?

Assistant instructor Kamiya kaoru.

It was originally a school.

Until my father died.

People loved my deceased father and we had many students.

But half a year ago when battousai started his murders,

the school fell into this state.

I need to stop that man as soon as possible.

Why must you do this?

Huh?

That man is much stronger than you, kaoru-dono.

Knowing one's own strength and accepting the strength of others are important qualities of swordsman.

It is something you will come to discover naturally through technique.

The reputation of one's sword-style.

Is it worth risking your life to protect such a thing?

"The sword is not for killing people."

The Kamiya kasshin-ryū school always embraces its ideal of "the sword that protects life".

The name of my school is being degraded by a murderer bearing a sword.

A mere wanderer

would not understand my frustration!

A sword that protects life...

Well...

Your wounds are still fresh, so you won't be able to fight tonight.

Also, I don't think your father

would want his daughter's life to be spent

so that the family sword-style would be protected.

If you will excuse me.

What happened here...

This is a challenge to all of us!

*( Sound )*

rurouni?

Oh it's you...

What do you mean "oh it's you"?

It is myojin yahiko-sama, isn't it?

Quiet down.

Is there any breakfast?

Please give an orphan a hot meal, so he can practice...

Shut up!

You have to practice first.

Kaouru: Clean up! Yahiko: Come on...

*( Intense sound )*

what do you guys want?

We're here to take over this dojo.

What did you say?

I'll give you a good amount.

A very wealthy man wants to buy this dojo.

For you...

It's not such a bad deal.

What are you talking about.

I will never sell my father's dojo…

miss assistant instructor!

You're quite the brazen woman aren't you?

From a school that trained a murderer.

My school has nothing to do with battousai!

That's impossible!

This is the famous "hitokiri" dojo!

No one's been coming to this dojo, right?

Go on guys!

Wait! Stop it!

Stop that!

What the heck are you doing?!

Yahiko!

What's wrong with this kid?

Samurai myojin yahiko of Tokyo. Bullying is unforgivable!

Let the child go!

What are you doing?!

Don't be so full of yourself! Say that when you are stronger!

Exactly!

The motto of this school is "the sword that protects life", huh?

Why don't you try protecting yourself with that sword?

Don't you dare come in with your dirty shoes on!

Sword that protects life? How naive!

Remove your shoes!

A sword is not a tool for killing.

That is the essence of swordsmanship.

Unforgivable...

What the-?

Rurouni...

Out of the way!

Who are you?!

Certainly,

it has been said that the katana,

is merely a tool, and the person kills.

That makes sense, does it not?

The sword is a weapon.

Swordsmanship is the art of killing.

Whatever pretty words you use to speak of it, this is its true nature.

I believe that is the truth...

But what kaoru-dono is saying...

I kind of like that idea better.

Meaningless!

Don't fall back! You go!

Go!

Don't step back, you fool!

I told you to go!

- Translator note: Flying heaven govern sword-style. - The sword-style of hitokiri battousai is hiten mitsurugi-ryū. (Flying heaven govern sword-style)

It's an old style of technique designed to kill many opponents at the same time.

If it's not for this sword,

it would slaughter with deadly accuracy.

You!

So you are...

Kaoru-chan!

What's wrong? What happened?

Uwah! He's dead!

What happened?! They're dead!

Wait a minute!

What happened... was that?

Is he the killer?

You're mistaken!

These people were vandals.

But everything is fine.

No one was killed. Just unconscious.

Over here! Over here!

*( Police officer whistle )*

what happened here?!

Don't you rascals know that it's forbidden to wear swords!

Arrest them!

Yes sir!

What happened?

Don't blame them.

Everything was caused by me.

This dojo has nothing to do with any of this.

Let's go!

Hold it!

Ano~ rurouni-San...

What's the matter?

Tell me your name.

Wait a minute!

My name is himura kenshin.

Move aside!

Kenshin...

"Heart of the sword"?

Keep it down!

A newbie!

Walk quickly!

*( Sound of heavy rain )*

*( Noticed the leak )*

open the door!

*( Sound of prison door opening )*

*( Footsteps approaching )*

the man with the cross-shaped scar.

It was you.

It's been awhile.

Hitokiri battousai.

It has been 10 years since the battle at toba fushimi.

I have something to tell you.

Let's get you out.

"Hitokiri battousai" …?

It's been a long time. Where have you been?

Yamagata-San

I suppose your disappearance in the last decade

is testament to your devotion to "never killing again."

This man?

That time, we took a different road,

but both were for the sake of a better country.

He's now working under me with the name of fujita goro. Ct.

What do you want with me?

These things are being purchased openly.

Known as "spider's web."

Looks, ordinary, but its contents are completely different.

It's several times more addictive than all the other kinds.

Opium will destroy a nation.

Even the kano dynasty was unable to stop opium.

Some of the land became colonies of england.

I am only wanderer.

Why are you telling me this?

If those guys can make this,

no doubt that they are definitely planning something bigger.

Lend me your strength.

In return, you will have a key position in the army.

Use the strength in these arms once more...

I have no intention of becoming "hitokiri" again.

"Hitokiri"... huh?

That was for sake of the restoration!

Have you become a fool?

What is this joke of a katakana?

How does one protect people without killing?

With this sword...

I am able to protect those who are around me.

Show me.

Because those words are just words unless you can protect yourself.

I won't draw my sword.

Screw you!

Reverse your sword,

or I will make you suffer.

It was like this.

Do you remember those days?

Killing is in my past,

the past which I have abandoned.

Forget it!

I'm sorry.

It's okay.

Let him go.

Hey, kaoru?

Kaoru!

Hey! Sorry! Are you okay?

Please help me!

I'm being chased!

Please...

Kaoru-dono...

You have nowhere to go, right?

Come with me.

Because you helped me.

You must have figured it out.

I'm the "hitokiri"-

I don't know who that is.

The person I met,

was a wanderer named kenshin.

Everyone has a past that they wish to erase.

Right?

Here.

Take it!

Let's go!

Hurry!

Let's go!

Come inside.

Excuse me.

Yahiko.

Myojin yahiko, I teach him fencing sometimes.

He kind of stays here.

Only because you have no other students.

He has a bad mouth, but he has a good heart.

Shut up! I'm going to be strong!

I know, I know.

Kenshin will be staying with us from today.

Well, I'm the senpai then!

Nice to meet you.

Hey! Introduce me too!

Who are you?!

She was soaking wet so I let her take a bath.

Without asking me?!

Hey, who's the gentlemen over there?

Wait! Wait-!

A wanderer, kenshin.

I heard it from this child.

Nice to meet you, I am takani megumi.

Nice to meet you.

*( Sound of wind chimes )*

I brought you a change of clothes.

You didn't have to.

These were my fathers,

they are all I have left from when I was a child, but they should fit.

But...

Is the color too much?

No... it's fine.

*( Sound of cicadas )*

a sword that protects...

Welcome!

By the way...

Why are you here?

Oh? She seems to be bothered by me.

You're not from this area, right?

Where's your home? Where are you from?

Secret!

"A mysterious beauty" sounds nice, right?

Anyway.

Here you go.

Oh, thanks.

I want to thank you for helping me. Eat as much as you want.

Okay.

Delicious.

Isn't it?

Hot! Hot!

Eat carefully!

I know!

Kaoru-chan.

Things are tough at the dojo, huh?

Tae-San...

Let me know if we can help.

Everyone around here

will help you no matter what happens.

Welcome!

Welcome!

Ah... takeda kanryu!

He's the wealthy merchant who owns a mansion at the edge of town.

Where is the kitchen?

Over there.

Kanryu-sama!

Please excuse me for interrupting your meal.

Aren't you the person who beat up the 10 thugs at the nearby dojo?

I am a businessman.

Here.

We'll be straight to the point.

We want to hire you with this money.

We can hire 10 people with that. That's 10 times the amount for one.

What do you think? Want to be our body guard?

I must refuse.

Is this not enough?

I see.

You're "the samurai who hasn't eaten, yet picks his teeth".

I'm fine with that.

But in the meiji era, money is everything!

Unfortunately, your pride isn't worth a cent!

Those from a samurai family

who cling on to that pride

are thrown away ever so quickly!

All it takes is one walk down the red-light district,

and you could lose your wife or even your daughters!

Catch those thieves and you see they are all from samurai families. That is the world now!

That life may be fine for a samurai.

To have fun,

and live,

remember this.

You're being very rude.

You would throw away my money?!

Then give me the money.

Sanosuke-San?

Wa-wait!

You can hire me.

What are you?

Sagara sanosuke of the brawlers.

Fishing for money straight out of jail?

Are you worth this much money?

Do you have the skills?

I'll give it a shot, against the legendary "hitokiri."

Himura battousai-San.

Eh?!

How about a fight so they can hire me?

This is not the place.

Meet me outside.

Oh! I've been waiting for this!

Come out and watch everyone!

They are going to fight!

This guy here,

is a horse-killing sword called zanbato.

It's an antique from the onin wars.

Well, I haven't been maintaining it.

However...

It can still crush you.

Get over here!

Himura battousai!

Assassin for the ishin shishi faction,

a killer from the age of 14 to 19.

And yet no one's seen you these past 10 years.

That's good!

You're in!

Out of the way! Move!

I will not draw my sword.

You'll need your sword to fight me!

You will not touch me with that huge sword.

Why is that?!

Because there is no reason to.

That man...

You would fight for a man like him?

Kanryu: What is it?! What's going on!

What's happening over there?!

What are you doing, brawler?

Hurry up and finish him!

Shut up!

You don't tell me how to fight from where you are!

Is it over?

Oh well.

I'd probably end up back at the police station.

The trouble is over folks!

Hey everyone back to the store!

The show is over!

It's over, it's over!

I'll be back!

I ran into trouble.

Let's eat.

We should not be wasteful.

He's the real deal.

You have done well.

Battousai is not someone that can be bought.

Yes!

I need blood!

I need more blood...

I still thirst for more...

I thirst for hitokiri battousai!

The work of the fake battousai again...

He kills people, policemen, which side is he on?

Once you become a murderer, there's no turning back.

That is the life of a "hitokiri."

Please, go ahead of me.

Eh?

Let's go.

Hold on...

I got it!

Those are the men who attacked the dojo,

you should have killed them back then.

If you had killed them,

those officers wouldn't have got mixed up in all this.

I wonder if that reverse-edge sword,

really does protect people!

Out of the way!

Out of the way! Out of the way!

*( Collapses and cries )*

would you become an assassin for the sake of a new era?

Beyond the life that was sacrificed.

14 years ago kyoto.

There was life sacrificed,

so that everyone can live in peace

when the dawn of a new era comes.

At a time like this, there are still people like you getting married.

Do not mention it shugen!

Sorry.

Well, good for you.

Such a happy person!

He's just jealous!

Huh?

Who goes there? Identify yourself!

Are you "battousai"?

You damn spy!

I... I don't want to die...

I can't die!

I have someone important to me. I mustn't die!

*( Screams )*

I can't die yet!

Someone important to me…

I cannot die…

I must not die… I must not die.

To kill the young man who carries the future,

what does it even mean to be "an assassin for the new era"?

Is what I'm doing correct?

"You're just a murderer."

*( Collapses and cries )*

kenshin!

Kaoru-dono?

You didn't come back, I thought something happened.

I didn't know if you had gone somewhere.

I'm hungry all of a sudden.

Wonderful!

I didn't think such a thing existed.

And, what of our plans?

Everything has been arranged.

We will tear this whole region down, make our own harbor...

…And smuggle opium using boats. Where?

All over Japan!

No!

All over the world!

We will suck the money from those opium addicts...

And siphon that money into weapons.

A kanryu empire!

I will start a new government!

It's time...

To awaken the battousai.

Megumi.

I didn't think you would be in such a place...

You're the one who has the method of purifying opium.

Together with us, you are… no.

You exist with opium.

Since I consider you my friend, I'll tell you this.

Be careful.

Megumi cooked rice.

Kenshin is making soup. And the fish...

The fish made by kaoru.

You should have some training.

It's good to marry a woman who can cook.

He'll be taken...

Hey you!

Honestly...

I wonder if any other disciples would come practice here.

Practicing with this kid will only make my skills degrade.

I should be the one saying that!

Now, now kaoru-dono, you too yahiko.

Come get some food.

*( Knocking on door )*

hey! Kaoru-chan!

Someone! Is anyone there?

Kaoru-chan!

Help!

Her body suddenly began to shiver!

She has a hard time breathing, and then…

did you get a doctor?

All the doctors around here have gone missing since yesterday.

I don't know what to do…

oi...

Be careful.

This dojo will suffer!

Kaoru-chan! Kaoru-chan!

Help!

Kaoru-chan!

Help! Kaoru-chan!

What's wrong?

Tsubame!

She said her stomach has been burning since this morning, and then collapsed…

one of the servants fell too.

Where?

What's going on?!

A contagious disease?

Hey!

Someone call a doctor quick!

I'm a doctor.

I beg you.

She has a high fever.

Could it be rat poison?

What?

Poison? Are you certain?

Hurry! We have to extract the poison out! Get me some water!

But the well water is no good!

It's potentially toxic as well!

What?!

Go to the herbal shop, and buy some castor oil!

Kettle! Also some towels!

You!

Go to the water vendor and buy as much water as you can!

Right away!

Kaoru-San! Is there an herbalist in the next town?

There is!

Bring me the medicine I need.

Detoxification treatment is a fight against time! Hurry!

Kenshin: Understood! Kaoru: Right!

I've got some water! Anyone need water?

Hang in there! Do your best!

You will be cured.

This is unforgivable.

What do they think human life is…

megumi-dono.

I think it's time for you to tell me the truth.

Did you say takani-San?

Do you know megumi-San?

You know her?

I don't know her,

but any practitioners of medicine would know the name takani.

The takani family,

is a venerable family of doctors that span for several generations.

But ever during the aizu war,

I heard that everyone in the family was involved in the campaign and got killed.

So that's her...

Their daughter was saved.

You, you're the man-slayer right?

Before asking other people about themselves,

I wonder if there is another here who should speak.

I am sure those hands have deprived many of their lives.

And that scar?

Are you proud of it?

Perhaps it's some kind of medal.

This scar...

Belongs to a young samurai.

And the other scar,

belongs to the wife of the man I killed.

I have taken so many lives…

…that it's impossible to count.

I'm different from you.

I have no family or relatives.

I worked for kanryu.

Became his woman.

We both took advantage of each other.

He sells opium for the money, and I...

I do it to survive.

To survive...

Please give me opium! Please!

No way!

Pipe down!

Kanryu is holed up in his mansion with 250 guards.

Most came from samurai families and haven't fought since the restoration.

You have my fists.

I'll go with you.

Kaoru: Kenshin!

Kenshin, look at this!

Megumi-San left!

Don't tell me...

I'm going too!

Kaoru-dono must stay here.

It would be a big problem if something happens to the head of Kamiya kasshin-ryū.

But...

We'll be fighting all night.

Make sure to have breakfast ready for us.

I'm also going!

Wait!

You'll only be a nuisance.

Shut up!

Yahiko!

You will remain in the dojo.

Protect the dojo with kaoru-dono.

Of course...

I knew you'd come back.

Because this is the only place,

you can return to.

Now, tomorrow-

I didn't come back,

to make more opium.

Huh?

I came to kill you!

Don't worry!

We will do down together!

I'll die soon enough!

What are you guys waiting for?!

Stop this at once.

I will atone for my sins!

This bitch!

In return for my favors, this is how you treat me?!

*( Sound of iron gates opening )*

they seem to have arrived.

It's him.

*( Battle cry )*

takeda kanryu!

Oi! I'm here to kick some ass.

Come out here now!

Himura battousai!

Megumi-dono!

I'm paying you all to kill anyone who enters the premises!

What's wrong with you idiots?!

What're you talking about?!

There's no need to hesitate!

Do it!

Kill them!

Kill him! There's plenty of money to go around!

There, get your money!

I'll pay the man who defeats them with any amount of money!

Kill them!

I don't get it!

Why?! What reason does the battousai have for coming after me?

He needs no reason. This is who he has become.

As a fellow patriot of the isshin shishi faction.

Is that so?

It's time for that thing!

For "that"? But...

No more questions!

Always be prepared more than you need. That is one golden rule of doing business!

Oi! Grab the woman!

He's doing this for you.

Where's that squid with glasses?

He should be upstairs.

Which one of you is my opponent?

I'm your opponent!

Fist to fist? It's the brawler's turn!

Hurry, go!

Thank you.

So you're the battousai?

Where is megumi-dono?

Is that woman worth your help?

There's no human who's not worth helping.

Such a worthy reason.

And you?

Why sell your soul to kanryu?

Soul?

I believe you also used to be samurai who have their own belief.

What a stupid notion.

To not eat,

because men like us have no place in times of peace.

( *intense gunfire from the upper floor* )

Hey there! Hey!

Kenshin! Are you okay?!

Die!

What's that katana?

My oath to never kill,

is represented by my sakabatō (Reverse-blade sword).

Hey! Where you going?!

Hold on! Wait!

Wait for what?

You want to eat some too?

Here!

I'm a vegetarian, poor thing.

Do you drink?

Give me.

You have to kill people to survive and you can't do that with a sakabatō!

Don't give me that bullshit!

Let me teach you how to fight!

You have to use your head! Your head!

It was fun!

You're finally getting serious.

What is this vow not to kill?

Do you think you can end this fight without killing me?

I'll show you.

Just try!

Looks like it was a flashy fight.

Let us go.

Wait...

This duel isn't over!

Fight!

This duel is over.

*( Screaming )*

this is great!

Yes.

Light!

Yes.

Sanosuke!

At least, let me slowly enjoy this cigarette.

What? Coming to other's house and messing it up?

You bastard!

The one who messed up other people's house first is you, you baldie!

Where is the legendary "hitokiri"?!

Don't take me so lightly!

If it's to bring him in, I'll lend a hand.

You - why?

One of your friends rushed to the police.

Yahiko?

Over here!

Look...

A gun like that only works in one direction.

The other side is the blind spot.

Hey! Come out!

Welcome! Welcome!

What're you doing?!

You've got me!

I surrender!

Hey hey! Don't shoot!

You've already won.

Right, kenshin?

Just get out here, we can't win.

I surrender.

Put the katana down.

Now apologize,

and bow down to me.

Take them off! Take off all your clothes!

And bow down to me!

Not in this lifetime!

Damn you!

Shoot me!

Fire! Fire! Fire!

Shoot! Shoot more and more!

Damn you!

Do you know what money can't buy?

What you have now...

Life.

Stop it!

So finally we get to kick your ass!

I'll take it from here. Go!

Apologies!

Megumi-dono!

Sorry we're late.

It's all right now.

Are you okay?

You must hurry! Kaoru-San is-!

You're finally awake.

You won't break free.

I will use you as a hostage and it'll make battousai angry.

He'll return to his man-slaying self once we get him enraged.

He should be arriving any moment now.

Kenshin...

Are you angry?

To involve kaoru-dono in such matters,

I could not stop myself.

Kenshin?

Excellent, battousai!

Get angry! Even more!

Kaoru-dono!

Are you going to kill me with that katana?

Kenshin!

Did you not predict that move?

Kenshin!

Not yet!

You still haven't reverted to the old battousai.

Kaoru-dono!

A stronger version of shin no ippou. I've paralyzed her lungs.

She has about 2 minutes.

あ…あっ…

Jin'e!

There's no time.

If you have something to say, say it with your sword-!

As expected...

If you still value your life,

don't involve kaoru-dono in this, let her go!

It's impossible.

There's only two ways...

Kill her,

or kill the user of the jutsu...

Will you break your vow?

In that case!

It's time to fight, himura battousai!

The game ends here.

You want me to kill, come at me!

Is this the infamous battou-jutsu stance?

Hiten mitsurugi-ryū battou-jutsu sou ryu sen

I broke your elbow joint and the muscles around it.

You life with the sword is over.

And...

So does your life.

For the sake of protecting kaoru-dono,

I will be the hitokiri once again.

Kill me...

Die!

Stop! Kenshin!

She overcame it.

Kaoru-dono.

Please don't go back to being the "hitokiri"!

Don't kill him!

You're not supposed to kill!

Kenshin...

For those…

…who died under your sword,

and those…

whom…

you have helped up until now,

even if you don't kill people,

there will still be someone whom you can help.

Isn't that...

What...

Aimed for in the new world?

Kaoru-dono...

Let's end this, battousai...

That's enough.

You have no chance of winning using only your left hand.

That won't stop me.

It is in human nature to kill.

I may not be talking to the same person as before...

Murder is murder after all.

Can you be a wanderer forever?

I'll see you in the depths of hell.

*( Police officer whistle )*

have you realized...

That you can't bring about peace and justice...

If you insist on not killing?

When one person kills, resentment is born.

Resentment will only bring about more killing.

To stop that vicious cycle...

Is the purpose of my sword.

Until when do you plan on saying those pretty words?

Going to wander off again?

The path of rurouni is an escape for the weak!

Live by the sword and die by the sword.

There is no other way for us.

Commisioner: This is a large-scale drug trafficking organization!

Do not miss anyone of them!

Don't let anyone of this leave the harbor!

If you could help me run away, I'll thank you with a generous sum.

I've got money in my pocket!

Money in the pocket!

Here in my pocket.

Money in the pocket!

Can you at least grab my shoe?! It fell off!

Shut your mouth!

It's not difficult to walk!

I'll be back, just you wait! I'll be back!

*( Crying of the cicadas )*

*( Snoring sanosuke )*

kenshin!

Oh, you're awake?

Kenshin!

Where's kenshin?

Oh no, could it be...

H-hold on!

Kenshin

I see that you're already up, kaoru-dono.

Hear us out until the end!

A new menu today! Kenshin was getting groceries.

Ah~ I'm hungry!

Welcome home, kenshin...

I'm home...

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