"Is that all?" "Kid!" "Hey Kid!" "I'm talking here!" "Even if you stay alive all alone, it's gonna be a tough life." "Right?" "So, I'll make it easy for ya." "Who the hell are you?" "Giving one's name to someone about to die is meaningless." "You've got some luck, Kid." "It's quite a coincidence for me to pass by..." "For starters, I took care of your revenge..." "Whether you hate them or regret their loss, the dead will never come back." "Tell the villagers in the valley what happened." "I'm sure they can do something about one kid like you." "Even if only you still live, it's still a good thing." "I was remembering something from the far past..." "Hey, how long are you going to sleep?" "Get up already!" "If you're not going to get up, I'll keep remembering things of the past." "For instance..." "The last time you wet your bed was in the autumn of your eighth year..." "Or when you were so hungry you ate a laughing mushroom and you almost laughed yourself to death..." "That brings back memories..." "Master!" "That brings back memories..." "That brings back memories..." "Oh, you're up?" "You can rest a bit more if you want." "I've had enough!" "Successor of the Hiten Mitsurugi Style..." "Seijuro Hiko the Thirteenth." "His skill is without a doubt the best." "But his personality is twisted..." "Hey!" "Brusque..." "Hey!" "Misanthropic..." "Hey!" "So bad-mannered that he brings up embarrassing things about people that even the person concerned has forgotten..." "What are you saying?" "For days now I've been re-training my stupid apprentice who argued himself out of his apprenticeship in the first place!" "There isn't another master anywhere who is so nice!" "But, I'm rather bored of it now." "If you can't land a single blow with the next attack forget about the final secret." "Little tricks don't work at all against the Master." "If this is indeed the last chance, I will risk my entire heart and soul on it!" "Here I go..." "Yeah." "Don't watch!" "Don't watch!" "Please, spare just this child!" "Akane!" "Save this child." "Save this child." "Save this child." "Save..." "Hey, how long are you going to be sleeping?" "Wake up already!" "Because you concentrated on attacking with all your heart and soul you didn't plan out your landing, and so you got a concussion." "That hurt, you idiot!" "But, if you didn't do that, you never would have hit me." "Not even if you had tried for ten years." "As promised, I'll start teaching you the final attack." "All right." "Don't you move even a tiny bit." "If you move the wrong way, you'll die and that will be it." "First, a review." "The types of cuts in swordsmanship..." "Kara Take." "Kesa Giri." "Saka Gesa." "Hidari Nagi." "Migi Nagi." "Hidari Kiriage." "Migi Kiriage." "Saka Kaze." "And Tsuki..." "No matter what attack of what style the actual cut is none other than one of these nine." "The natural defensive stance is designed based on these nine cuts." "But..." "Using the god-like speed of the Hiten Mitsurugi Style to its full advantage you can punch in all nine attacks simultaneously." "This makes parrying or dodging it impossible!" "This is the Hiten Mitsurugi Style attack..." "Kuzu Ryu Sen." "This is the attack that I am best at." "It is true that parrying or dodging it is impossible..." "I couldn't move at all..." "This is..." "The final attack!" "Hey..." "Hey!" "Don't space out, and try it now." "Wha..." "To suddenly try it out..." "Sheesh, are you daydreaming?" "But, Master..." "Techniques you've only been instructed about don't sink in." "But if you get hit by it once, and you learn from that you'll be able to pull it off under pressure." "That's how we've always been training." "I'm surprised I lived through it..." "Well, that's all because of my expert control!" "If you understand, hurry up and hit me with it..." "Full strength..." "It is true..." "That I couldn't move at all but it wasn't that I couldn't see it." "I was able to see how all nine were carried out..." "Here I go..." "Hiten Mitsurugi Style..." "Kuzu Ryu Sen!" "I hit all the points..." "It was the same Kuzu Ryu Sen..." "Yet I lost the match..." "Is my Kuzu Ryu Sen..." "Imperfect?" "No, it was perfect..." "But even though the attack is the same, the power changes if the user changes." "A multiple-hit attack requires arm strength." "A charging attack requires weight." "However, compared to me, you seriously lack both!" "In other words, your Kuzu Ryu Sen doesn't work against my Kuzu Ryu Sen!" "Then..." "I can't use the final attack?" "If an attack could win against my Kuzu Ryu Sen, it would have to be the final attack of the Hiten Mitsurugi Style..." "Amakakeru Ryu no Hirameki." "Final attack?" "What's that dumfounded look for?" "B-But..." "This is the Hiten Mitsurugi Style attack..." "Kuzu Ryu Sen." "This is the attack that I am best at." "I couldn't move at all..." "This is..." "The final attack!" "Kuzu Ryu Sen." "This is the attack that I am best at." "See?" "I never said that Kuzu Ryu Sen was the final attack, did I?" "I was tricked..." "Kuzu Ryu Sen was born during the process of teaching the final attack." "In other words, this attack is only used as a test..." "Teaching the final attack has always started with Kuzu Ryu Sen." "Next, if the apprentice can strike through the master's Kuzu Ryu Sen the teaching of the final secret is complete." "However..." "Think about the nature of Kuzu Ryu Sen closely." "That way, the form of Amakakeru Ryu no Hirameki should become apparent." "The nature of Kuzu Ryu Sen?" "Kuzu Ryu Sen cannot be parried or dodged..." "Then, the only way is to land a slash before it happens..." "Good answer." "A Battoujutsu that surpasses god-like speed that is Amakakeru Ryu no Hirameki..." "Can you surpass god-like speed with a reverse-blade sword that isn't made for quick draw techniques?" "Come on..." "The Mugyou stance, with sword sheathed..." "Is that your answer?" "How reckless..." "I am aware of that..." "However..." "These eyes!" "You think I fear death, facing mastery of the final attack?" "Master!" "You can't master Amakakeru Ryu no Hirameki in your present form." "You really are a foolish apprentice." "I'll give you one night." "Search your soul, and figure out what you are missing." "If you can't find it, not only not only will you throw away the final secret but I'll throw my life away, right?" "What I'm missing..." "He's not here?" "Yeah." "No boy like that has come down here." "In this past week, not even a cat has come to this village." "I guess he lost faith in the world and killed himself on the spot..." "But, it's not like that doesn't happen often." "Even if I use my sword according to the teachings of the Hiten Mitsurugi Style in the end, I cannot rescue one person." "What I can do is at least bury the corpses of the victims..." "You made graves not only for your parents, but also for those thugs?" "They were slave drivers, not my parents." "My parents died from cholera last year." "But, thug or slave driver, they're the same when they die." "So you made them graves..." "Those three stones are..." "Miss Kasumi, Miss Akane, and Miss Sakura." "All three of them were sold off to pay for some debt." "I only met them the day before." "But I was the only boy, and since there were no parents around they felt that they had to sacrifice their lives to save me." "But..." "That's why I tried to look for good stones, but these were all I could find." "And there're no flowers..." "It's unfortunate to pass on without knowing the taste of good sake." "My tribute to them." "Kid, what's your name?" "Shinta..." "That's too gentle, it's not fit to be a swordsman's name." "From today on, your name will be "Kenshin."" "I'll give you the best that I've got." "It's been nineteen years since." "And, tomorrow will be our eternal parting..." "When is Brother Ken coming back?" "Let's see, I'm sure he's coming back tomorrow." "You said tomorrow yesterday, too." "You said it, you said it!" "Oh, is that so?" "No, I'm sure he'll be back tomorrow." "Really?" "Of course, really!" "Brother Ken, please, hurry back!" "Hurry back..." "Yahiko, come inside already." "Yeah." "You'll catch a cold." "Yeah." "The rain's not stopping..." "Yeah." "I'm sure Himura will master the final attack and come back soon." "Yes, but..." "But?" "Kenshin always tries to put everything on his own back..." "I'm afraid that he would even sacrifice himself..." "If he masters a stronger attack it's true that the fight against Shishio might come out much better." "But, what about the war between the manslayer and the pacifist in Kenshin's heart?" "Oh, I'm sorry." "You're having a tough time with your own affairs right now, Misao..." "Oh, no, I'm fine now." "I'm sure Himura will be all right." "After all, he's someone Gramps trusted." "I believe that when Himura comes back, Gramps will wake up." "Himura won't do anything that would betray your feelings, Miss Kaoru." "He's not like that." "Thank you." "Well, I'll go look after Gramps now." "Okay..." "Thanks for taking the long journey." "You got here much later than expected." "I had a small mountain to go over en route..." "So Chief, what about this swordsman named Chou from Shishio's group?" "Oh yeah, he's back here." "What's wrong?" "It's you..." "Yo!" "Sanosuke Sagara makes his bold appearance in Kyoto!" "So, were you able to find what you were missing?" "No..." "Then, it looks like you've finally reached your limit." "Such an incomplete man can never win against Shishio." "He can't win against the manslayer living inside his heart, either." "Even if you were to live, you'd be in agony for the rest of your life." "You'd be tormented, eaten alive by loneliness, and you would slay men." "Because of that instead of the final attack, ending your life is my last job as your master..." "Are you prepared for your fate..." "Kenshin?" "Am I afraid of Seijuro Hiko?" "Of the absolute death that lies behind him?" "Am I afraid of death?" "The chaos of the Revolution stripped me of any desire for life..." "But..." "Why do I fear death?" "Do not be afraid!" "You fool!" "But I was the only boy, and since there were no parents around they felt that they had to sacrifice their lives to save me." "Shinta..." "Shinta..." "You just think about living on..." "You're still little, so you couldn't choose your way of life like we did..." "So, at least until you can choose how to live your own life you must stay alive!" "I still..." "Yes..." "That's it..." "Because you have slain many people you don't even value your own life." "That is what allows the manslayer nesting deep in your heart to take over your soul." "Even using the power of a manslayer who sacrifices himself to protect those that you love or the weak it is only a moment in the long, continuous strands of time." "Live on, Kenshin." "Then, you'll be able to use Amakakeru Ryu no Hirameki as you please." "And, you will never again lose to the manslayer hidden inside you..." "Don't worry..." "This the fate between a master and an apprentice of the Mitsurugi style." "I mastered of Amakakeru Ryu no Hirameki at the cost of my master's life." "Think of this event as removed from your vow to never kill anyone again..." "Master!" "Kenshin has finally mastered the final attack." "However, the price he had to pay was too immense." "Meanwhile, Hajime Saito has arrived in Kyoto." "He acquired Shishio's horrible plans from Chou, one of the Juppongatana..." "Next time..." "Look forward to it, please!"