"Act 3:" "The Previous Night at the Mountain Home" "I'm sorry to have kept you waiting." "It's such a beautiful day." "The firewood will dry out well ." "Rurouni Kenshin :" "Tsuioku-hen" "I apologize." "I have no daikon radish to season the food." "I don't mind." "Without it, the food tastes flat." "We should plant some crops." "Eh?" "I don't know about daikon radishes, but we could grow something." "I helped my father farm when I was a boy." "I should be able to do it myself." "Is that so?" "Hey!" "You're pretty good at that!" "What is it?" "I think the two of you can really pass for an actual married couple." "I'm going to finish planting the remaining seedlings." "Did I say something offensive?" "No." "Do you have news?" "Yes." "Our situation is looking bleak." "Because of the disaster in Kyoto, our compatriots are being purged from the capital in Hagi." "Purged?" "Conservatives in the Choshu clan are trying to save face with the Tokugawa." "They're forcing the radicals to perform seppuku as a sign of good faith." "Ritual suicide is a daily occurrence in Hagi." "It's horrible." "However, we have prevented the Shogunate from declaring all out war on the clan." "Both sides have suffered great losses, but the battle is far from over." "Anyway, we are currently trying to get Takasugi out of prison." "Hopefully, he will be able to revive the Kihei-tai." "If so, Hagi will soon turn into a battlefield." "How is Katsura?" "We don't know where he is." "People in Hagi says he has turned coward, and run away." "That's impossible." "The world is a sad and surprising place." "All we can do for now is wait." "I have some money for you from Katagai." "That package is for you, also." "It's full of medicines to sell." "Sell medicines?" "You need a visible source of income so you won't arouse suspicion." "But there's no one around here for miles." "You may find it necessary to travel some day." "This will provide you with a good cover to do so." "You are still only one day's walk from Kyoto, but don't even think about going there yet." "The conservatives and the Shinsengumi are on the lookout for our men." "They have killed more men than even you were able to dispatch." "I'll check back to make sure you're all right and take you back when it is time." "Farewell, Tomoe." "I hope you enjoy being a druggist's wife." "I forgot how beautiful the harvest moon is." "I saw red dragonflies this evening." "I can't help wondering what will happen to us?" "How long will we be able to stay here?" "For a while." "That's all I can say." "We need to get back here by sunset." "Are you ready, yet?" "Yes, I'm coming." "Medicine" "The villagers seemed to believe that we are husband and wife." "Yes, and we sold more medicine than I expected." "I'm relieved." "You didn't bring your knife today." "That's right." "Because the wife of a druggist doesn't need to be armed." "It's getting cold." "Let's hurry up." "It tastes good." "Really?" "I haven't tasted sake this good in a long time." "I suppose." "What's wrong?" "It's nothing." "Here." "I understand." "Well, take care." "I hope you're not getting bored living the life of a peddler." "Not at all ." "I didn't kill people for amusement." "Besides, I don't get restless living here." "I've discovered many things here that make me happy and content." "Very good." "But I hope your skills don't whither out here." "Farewell." "Good luck, boy." "I'm sorry, but I'm not good at dealing with that man." "Forgive me for not seeing him off." "Oh, no." "We worked so hard." "There's been too much rain lately." "It'll be fine." "At least half of these will survive." "It's part of the risk of farming." "But..." "You never ask me about my past." "About anything personal ." "I should apologize to your father, because we are living like this even though I know it's only a ruse to hide our true identities." "I could ask you about your life, but it would serve no purpose." "So I don't." "You are..." "Never mind." "Take this, Tomoe." "His parents want you to have it as a keepsake." "Thank you." "Thank you so much." "You know the only reason he went to Kyoto was because he wanted to be promoted and become a proper man for Tomoe." "He wanted to help the Shogunate, His ambition was great, but because he became a bodyguard, he ended up like that." "Don't talk like that!" "This calamity has wounded Tomoe more than anyone else!" "Sister!" "What's wrong with you?" "Talk to me!" "Sister!" "What's wrong with you?" "Sister..." "When you aren't killing people, you are too gentle." "Katsura escaped, but the boy is still within our grasp." "The time will come, and he will be defenseless." "I should have guessed." "His energy has waned over the last few months." "More importantly, something in his eyes has changed dramatically." "He will be no match for your terrifying preparation." "Katagai." "It was only a matter of time, but we better get this job done quickly." "Hey, Enishi !" "I'm sorry to keep you waiting." "The rain will soon cease, and it will then be your turn," "Enishi Yukishiro." "Sister!" "Enishi?" "I've finally found you !" "This is my little brother." "His name is Enishi." "Little brother?" "Yes, I sent him some letters from Kyoto." "He tracked me down somehow." "I see." "You probably have many things to talk about." "I'll go check on the crops." "I'm so surprised to see you." "How is Father?" "He's fine, I guess." "When did you leave Edo?" "Right after you left six months ago." "Who has been taking care of you, and how did you know I was here?" "It was easy." "I'm an envoy for the Shogunate." "His fate is sealed." "You should be happy, Sister!" "Finally!" "Finally, the time has come to punish Battosai !" "That's what you wanted, isn't it?" "That's why you set out from Edo all by yourself, right?" "That's why you are in this lonely place, living with that man." "Go back to Edo right now." "What are you talking about?" "You are the eldest male child of the Yukishiro family." "You shouldn't have left home to seek revenge." "I don't care about my family name!" "I want to help you, Sister!" "That's why..." "You must go back, Enishi." "Do you understand me?" "What's wrong with you?" "Why do you want to protect that terrible man?" "!" "He deserves whatever he gets." "Don't you think so, Sister?" "He destroyed your happiness!" "He's your mortal enemy, isn't he?" "Give this to Father, please." "Tell him to keep it as a remembrance of me." "Please?" "Do you understand?" "Sister..." "Do you?" "I've told you where we will be waiting for you." "That bastard !" "If only he would disappear from this world." "I am glad that we gathered enough harvest before winter." "Yes." "I thought this was an impetuous idea with no chance of success, but the crops grew faster than I expected." "Sorry." "You look so happy when you eat." "Do I?" "If your life had taken another route, you could have been happy living like this." "Working your field." "Eating the food you raised with your own hands." "I've been thinking since we arrived here." "I thought I was following the theory of Mitsurugi swordsmanship..." "to protect powerless people and protect the happiness of as many people as I could to create a new world." "But now I realize this was just my conceit." "All I could do is to protect a humble life here, and this is the best I could manage." "I don't think I've ever known what a peaceful life is like." "But I've come to realize what it's like now." "Living with you in this village made me realize it so clearly." "And I found the answer to why I have fought and what I will fight for." "It's you." "You are the one who showed me this new way to live." "May I tell you something?" "Please." "My father is an employee of the Shogunate in Edo." "He is neither a skilled swordsman nor a statesman, but he is a kind man." "My mother died while she was giving birth to Enishi." "For him I am both his sister and his mother." "I love him dearly." "We were never wealthy, but we always lived happily." "I was engaged to be married." "I'd known my fiance since we were children, and he was now an envoy for the Shogunate." "When we got engaged officially, my brother was very jealous and unreasonable." "But everything else was fine, and we were supposed to be married as scheduled." "But my fiance went to Kyoto and got involved in the disturbance there." "Right before the wedding day, he died and was never able to return to me." "After I learned the news, I could not help coming to Kyoto." "That's when I met you." "That is the kind of woman I am." "I am sorry." "I am so sorry." "I've been deceiving you." "Enishi, tomorrow you will return to Edo with your sister." "I will ." "If Battosai is dead, she will want to come home." "Won't she?" "Certainly." "Everything will be complete." "The mission will be over for you and for me." "Oh, heavens." "I'm risking my life on this gamble." "But I can't lose!" "We're almost home." "Yes." "This is the last trip to the village this year." "Next trip will be after the snow melts." "I mean, only if we can keep living like this next year." "We should hurry." "It's too cold to tarry." "I..." "Will..." "I will protect you." "He died in an unfamiliar place, and my happiness vanished with him." "I could not even keep him close so that my happiness would never leave." "It was my fault." "It was my fault, because I never told him how much I loved him as he was." "If I'd only had the courage then..." "The more I thought about it ..." "the more I felt I had to hate someone anyone... orIwouldgoinsane." "So I plotted with others to bring about your destruction." "I am that kind of woman." "And yet, you say..." "you say you will protect me." "He was the son of a Shogunate employee, and I had known him since we were little." "Just my father, he was neither a skilled swordsman, nor a clever statesman." "But he was such a kind man, and he tried so hard at everything he did." "I loved that quality in him." "Then he asked me to marry him, and I was so happy I thought my heart would burst." "But in my bliss, I could not speak the words that would keep him near me." "I couldn't let him know how happy I was." "Maybe it was my fate." "Maybe I am unworthy to be happy." ""You cause the bloody rain to fall . "" "You said that to me on the night we met." "Yes." "You also told me that I could never be happy living an assassin's life." "Yes, I did." "You were right." "However, I will keep killing..." "until the new world comes." "Once it has arrived," "I will seek ways to protect people that will not involve taking lives." "I will also look for a way to atone for the terrible things I have done." "If you are with me, I will be able to abandon the sword." "Tomoe?" "Yes." "I will protect you, and make sure that you are happy." "Yes." "This man destroyed my happiness." "Then, he gave me a new happiness." "Farewell ." "Farewell to you, my second love." "Tomoe!" "Iizuka?" "!" "I found the spy." "It's Tomoe." "There is a cottage on the mountain." "She's meeting with her conspirators." "Kill her!" "She can't be." "I have evidence." "Her journal." "Her journal?" "Remember the man who cut you?" "She knew him." "He was her fiance." ""Right before the wedding day, he died and was never able to return to me. "" "Next Rurouni Kenshin, Act 4:" "The Cross-shaped Wound" "Please look forward to it."