"This land is our kingdom." "Let there be blessings for this kingdom of ambition!" "Wait, Sister!" "I see... rather amazing." "Izu is a good place for relaxing fun." "I'm getting excited!" "...to be able to run around and play in a place like this!" "Right, Kaoru?" "W-Wait a minute..." "Miss Kaoru!" "Someone should be coming to pick us up very soon." "Doctor Gensai's little sister..." "Hey!" "Oh, wow!" "It's nice of you to come!" "My big brother is always telling me about all of you!" "She looks so much like her brother that it's scary." "Yeah..." "Now, Miss Kaoru..." "Wait..." "Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang!" "Thanks for agreeing to take care of us!" "It's been a while since my last vacation..." "Yeah, Izu is a wonderful place." "Take your time to rest or play, whether it be one week or two." "Then, it would be nice to stay half a month!" "Just kidding..." "Not enough!" "A whole month!" "Is the clinic gonna be okay with that?" "I can just leave it up to Doctor Gensai!" "I'm getting so restless..." "I wonder what reaction our young master will have!" "Young master?" "I would like everyone to meet him before I take you to my place." "Our young master, Yutaro, lost his parents without ever knowing them." "He became master of the estate when he was five years old." "When he was five?" "All the land you can see around us is also owned by our young master." "I see..." "Not to shabby!" "It's everything that you'd never associate with, right?" "Same goes for you." "Hush!" "So everything is owned by that little master..." "Please, forgive me." "How many times do I have to say this?" "I want to start learning swordsmanship as soon as possible!" "When will you be able to find me a teacher?" "That's the little master, Yutaro?" "Yes!" "Go find one!" "Find a swordmaster as powerful as my late father was!" "Y-Your late father was a master, known as the Thunder God of Izu..." "To find an instructor as skilled as he was..." "The teacher must be someone just like my father." "I want to become strong, just like father was!" "Go find one before tomorrow!" "He seems like an arrogant guy..." "Your relatives?" "Have them stay for a little while." "You always make me tasty meals." "No, this is the swordsman who I mentioned before." "According to my elder brother he is so strong that your eyes might pop out." "He looks as frail as a woman!" "Well, if he is as skilled as you say let's have a demonstration." "I want you to drop the chandelier up there with your sword." "My father..." "My father was called a Thunder God because of his swordsmanship." "He could drop the chandelier at the age of fifteen." "If you can't do it, you're not worthy of becoming my teacher!" "Try it!" "Unfortunately..." "I have no intention of becoming your swordsmanship instructor." "What?" "I'll give you your own house, and assign you maids!" "Or is it a horse?" "Do you want a horse as well?" "You!" "I don't know if you're a young master or what!" "I just can't keep quiet anymore!" "Yahiko!" "You try and insult Kenshin any more and I, Yahiko Myojin, will never forgive you!" "W-Who do you think you are?" "Anyone who looks down on Kenshin shouldn't have the right to learn swordsmanship for the next 100 years!" "What are you doing to the Master?" "What?" "What are you doing to the Master?" "What are you doing to the Master?" "You big idiot!" "I'm sorry." "But what Yahiko said isn't completely wrong." "You seem a little young, both in body and in spirit." "What?" "If you think you can dictate to your instructor, you won't learn anything." "To learn swordsmanship, you must learn of your own heart..." "No matter who your instructor is, you won't become strong at all if you keep acting that way." "Who do you think you're talking to?" "This is my mansion!" "I'm the master!" "Young Master, your horse is ready..." "It's time for your exercise." "Get out!" "Even if you didn't ask Young Master." "He's the worst guy!" "You think so?" "Don't you think he's a little like someone we know?" "How he doesn't like to lose, and how thick-headed he is..." "Y-You've got to be joking!" "...and how he's so immature you'd think he's still potty-training." "Because he grew up with adults bowing down to him he has become a little too arrogant." "Deep down, he is an honest little boy, that he is." "If a good instructor leads him..." "I'm sure that Yutaro will become very strong, that he will..." "Young Master, that is dangerous!" "Shut up!" "Dammit!" "I've never met anyone like them before..." "Y-Y-Young Master!" "Don't kill him yet!" "We gotta get tons of ransom from that huge mansion first!" "What's wrong?" "We have a problem!" "Our young master..." "H-How rude!" "Who do you think I am?" "Now, let's get outta here!" "My late father was a sword master known as the Thunder God..." "His sword was like thunder that could split anything on Earth..." "Just like thunder thunder..." "W-Why?" "Why?" "Who are you?" "Kenshin Himura." "I don't like meaningless slaughter..." "Please tell me your name!" "Raijuta..." "Isugumi." "Raijuta Isugumi..." "You must be my father reborn!" "My teacher will be you!" "Instructor Raijuta will live in this mansion for the rest of his life." "He is a rare master of the sword and he saved my life." "Everyone keep that in mind, and treat him with respect!" "Respect him as you would my father!" "I will not allow any disrespect!" "Instructor Raijuta..." "Instructor Raijuta..." "Instructor!" "Instructor!" "Instructor Raijuta!" "When will we start the lessons?" "My heart is racing even now." "I..." "Stop chirping!" "So you want to become stronger..." "Y-Yes?" "Yutaro..." "Y-Yes!" "Swordsmanship is making the choice between killing and being killed." "Wooden swords are only children's toys." "Never put your hands on one again!" "Now, you are one of my students." "You are no longer a child..." "We four are the lieutenants of the Shinko School..." "The Shinko..." "School?" "Allies of Lord Raijuta..." "As of today, you are a member of the Shinko School." "You are a proud ally of Lord Raijuta." "What's that?" "Medicine." "I see..." "There!" "I'm so happy!" "We just had to go to a hot spring!" "Especially because we're in Izu!" "It's good for the body." "All the built up fatigue will fade away." "Right, Dear Ken?" "You sound as though you've been working or something!" "Oh?" "I did go and collect medicinal herbs!" "My, how wonderful!" "You guys, don't come peeking over here!" "I think not!" "If I'm going to peek, I'd rather peek at someone worth the effort..." "Well, let's go!" "I'm looking forward to this!" "This hot spring is good for making your skin silky smooth!" "Despite what we just said..." "Being told not to makes us want to!" "Fools!" "Did you think we would get naked with you guys so close by?" "That's unfair!" "Who is being unfair?" "Oh my!" "What are you doing?" "We must dry your clothes soon, before the sun sets!" "Now, come on!" "Wow!" "Thanks, I'll have some!" "That blade it held an unfathomable darkness..." "Raijuta Isurugi..." "Who is he?" "So, since then Yutaro has been..." "He does everything Mr. Raijuta says." "That's not all." "Strange men of all sorts are appearing around the mansion..." "Strange men?" "They walk around as if it was their own home." "They have even been secretly selling off the Tsukayama family treasures..." "Oh my!" "Using the money, they keep buying mountains of swords and spears..." "And then they say the weapons are necessary for the Shinko School." "The Shinko School!" "So that's what's going on..." "Miss Kaoru..." "Mr. Yutaro is involved in an unusual situation." "We must pull him away from Raijuta as soon as possible." "If possible, I would like him to be kept at Miss Hana's that I would..." "Kenshin, you idiot!" "Excuse me, that you should..." "Not bad..." "Dear Ken, you are so well-built that Hiten Mitsurugi Swordsmanship." "Dear Ken, you are so well-built that Hiten Mitsurugi Swordsmanship." "Only little girls shouldn't look, right?" "A reverse-blade sword..." "Only little girls shouldn't look, right?" "Only little girls shouldn't look, right?" "We will capture this cliff last." "Then, our kingdom will be complete..." "Do you think that he will hold the key, Lord Raijuta?" "But, is that man really..." "I have no doubt about it." "He is the legendary manslayer the Battousai." "Yutaro." "I told you to stay away from here." "Y-Yes..." "That sword..." "It doesn't suit you, Mr. Yutaro, that it does not." "It seems you have practiced much on your own, that you have." "Raijuta gave you this?" "You don't even compare to my teacher!" "I'm going to be just like Instructor Raijuta!" "So you took the effort to come all the way out here Battousai." "Instructor!" "Return to the mansion." "B-But..." "Now..." "I have something to ask you." "Something to ask me?" "What do you think of the Meiji Era?" "Where swordsmanship has become playing around with wooden sticks..." "An era that has fallen from grace." "Under the slogan "all citizens are equal" the warrior's spirit is dying..." "However..." "Our lives are tied forever to our swords!" "I would like to invite you into our Shinko School." "We would like the assistance of the legendary manslayer." "We all used to be warriors." "We slaughtered our enemies!" "But now that it's the Meiji Era, we must drop our swords?" "Telling us to throw away our swords is like telling us to die!" "This age is telling us to throw away our pride." "How can we turn back now, and become domesticated citizens?" "Which means..." "We will create our own kingdom." "Kingdom?" "Under me, those who have polished their skills pushed their killing swords to the limit, and purified their souls..." "The strongest, the Shinko Style, will create an independent nation in Izu!" "That's ridiculous..." "Even if the government were to strike against us..." "The high cliffs of Izu will create the perfect fortress walls..." "We have acquired swordsmanship better than Western guns." "We'll show the Western-crazy government that the traditional Japanese martial arts are the strongest!" "However, the innocent people who live here will become involved and they'll be the real victims!" "That can't be avoided!" "Hasn't the history of this nation taught us this?" "The strong rule based on the sacrifices of the weak!" "You were the Battousai because you lived by a killing sword." "Use your ultimate swordsmanship and help to create this kingdom!" "I decline the offer." "What?" "My sword is one that protects the weak from hardship." "It is not something which can create a kingdom of vanity, that it is not!" "I suggest you wake up and consider living peacefully with your countrymen..." "Shut up!" "If we don't fight, our lives will be destroyed." "You will also be destroyed because you were a manslayer Battousai." "I have prepared myself for that fate already..." "I decided to honor my ideal of not killing anyone and die with the times, that I will!" "Then now that you know about our secret..." "Slay him!" "He's very skilled!" "The best of those that were selected from all over the country..." "My allies, the four lieutenants of the Shinko School." "Even the Battousai cannot possibly hold out against all of them!" "H-He's amazing." "Yutaro!" "Mr. Yutaro!" "You're helpless if you can't use your god-like speed." "Die, Battousai." "It's finally time for Raijuta's plan to spring into action." "The swordsmen arrive from all over the country, one after another." "The Meiji government has realized what is going on and they sent in a troop of gunmen." "Kenshin..." "It's impossible now to stop this battle without bloodshed!" "Next episode of Rurouni Kenshin..." "Please look forward to it!"