"A brush against the freckles that I hated oh so much..." "A small flicker, that's all, and then I heave a little sigh." "The heavyweight love that I once shared with you Miraculously dissolved with the sugar cube." "The little prick that I feel on my bosom that has shrunken from the little thorn really hurts me now." "I guess I cannot trust those silly horoscopes after all..." "I wonder what it would be like if we could go further away... right?" "I'd be so happy just because of that!" "Memories I have are always beautiful in my mind." "But they can't feed me:" "they can't fill up my stomach." "In reality tonight was supposed to be somber." "I really do wonder why..." "I just can't see how all of the tears were streaming down his face that night." "I just can't see it anymore..." "The Kamiya School has started the path to reconstruction." "Along with our boarder, Kenshin Himura the swordsman we've added Yahiko Myojin, my first apprentice." "So, on our third day of training, we'll start with a deep breath as usual." "Close your eyes." "It's the first step of the Kamiya Kasshin Style." "Bleah!" "Nyah!" "Yahiko!" "Wait!" "I'm sick of this Kasshin Style already." "When are you gonna teach me how to beat enemies up?" "That's the wrong way to think!" "I've told you that the Kasshin Style uses a sword to protect people!" "Protect people?" "Kenshin, I came here to get stronger, not learn a style that protects people." "I want to learn your sword style, that defeats enemies!" "I don't intend to pass my style on to future generations, that I don't." "Why?" "Your teacher is Miss Kaoru, that she is." "W-Wait!" "Here, have a rice-ball." "Rice-ball!" "Sheesh, Kenshin is so..." "He's so cruel!" "Yeah!" "After telling me to get stronger..." "He's making me deal with a brat like you!" "Why don't you eat the ones you made?" "Because the ones Kenshin made taste better!" "You know, your spirit sort of reminds me of myself." "I feel like I have a delinquent younger brother." "l-I really do think you're strong..." "But after seeing Kenshin..." "But it's strange..." "What's such a strong guy doing at a no-name school like this?" "Hey, Kaoru." "What is Kenshin anyway?" "D-Dunno." "How he fought felt like he's killed a lot of people." "I know!" "Maybe in the past, he was a gangster!" "And I'm sure the cops are still after him!" "How cool!" "That's true..." "Why is he wandering, anyway?" "He was an Imperialist who made the Meiji Revolution possible..." "It's a mystery why Kenshin disappeared in the chaos at the end of the Tokugawa regime." "Rumors say it was because he had slain someone he shouldn't have..." "Or because he knew too many secrets and is wanted by the new government officials..." "That's..." "That's Miss Kaoru's lunch, that it is!" "You'll bring it back here, that you will!" "That moron." "Why is he keeping it a secret?" "People are worried about him, too!" "Now confess the truth!" "I shouldn't pry into people's pasts..." "But..." "Um, you know." "I probably shouldn't be asking this." "But can you tell me a little..." "What is it?" "Where's Kenshin?" "He just went to buy some tofu." "Tonight will be a feast..." "He's making enough for my family as well!" "l-I see..." "W-What do you want?" "Bring us the headmaster of this school!" "You should introduce yourselves before asking for favors." "W-Why you!" "T-That's me!" "Assistant Master Kaoru Kamiya." "What is it?" "You're awfully rude!" "We are the police!" "Even a baby would know that just by looking at you!" "Chief!" "Kenshin Himura, the Battousai, has to be here." "Battousai?" "Do they mean Battousai the Manslayer?" "Kenshin is?" "Many suspects in the false "Battousai" case confessed that the real Manslayer is at this school." "Hiding him is considered a crime against the government." "What..." "What are you saying Kenshin has done?" "That is a government secret that only the man waiting outside knows." "Allow us to investigate!" "Wait!" "Do you want to be punished by death along with the Battousai?" "Yahiko, go tell Kenshin that he'll be caught if he comes back!" "Kaoru..." "Hurry!" "G-Got it!" "Hey, wait!" "Hey, wait!" "Stop!" "Stop!" "Freeze!" "Freeze!" "Kenshin..." "Soon..." "I found you..." "Soon, I will see you..." "Himura, the Battousai!" "Hurry!" "Hurry!" "Me too!" "If you fret, the tofu will crumble, it will." "Look, he's still got a sword!" "You have some nerve." "To break the sword prohibition in broad daylight." "In front of police swordsmen, no less." "How about a match?" "We'll let you go if you win." "There are children here..." "So I rather would not." "Besides, this is a reverse-blade sword." "A reverse-blade sword?" "You couldn't slay a mouse with that thing!" "Wimp!" "Not even worth mentioning." "Ken." "It's all right now, that it is." "They're bad people!" "You have to say you're sorry when you spill something!" "You have to!" "You are right, you are." "Out of the way!" "Make way for the police swordsmen who keep kids from crying in fear!" "Police swordsmen..." "You shoplifter, you've got this coming!" "Please forgive me." "It was all spur of the moment..." "Shut up!" "P-Please forgive him..." "He did shoplift, but it was only one hand-towel..." "The police swordsmen do not have to take part in a small affair like this." "We can handle it now." "Is a small town cop trying to tell us what to do?" "Are you saying this knowing that we are officers from Satsuma?" "N-No, I..." "Get lost." "Are you all right?" "Hey, you look like you want to say something..." "We are an elite group, the police swordsmen..." "Unlike you wimps, we are allowed to carry swords." "Thus, we are authorized by the government to slay people!" "Come on, fight us..." "We're sure to chop you up." "Kenshin!" "Kenshin!" "Kenshin, where are you?" "P-Please wait!" "Why my father too?" "He sided with a criminal." "Father!" "Dammit, you're in the way!" "Someone someone, please, help us!" "My father is innocent!" "Please!" "Arrest the girl too." "Stop it!" "I dunno what's going on, but you guys are messed up!" "Are you all right?" "Teach them a lesson!" "Execute them all!" "We have to kill occasionally so we don't dull our instincts as swordsmen." "Dammit." "Let go of me!" "An execution?" "Impossible..." "They're all innocent people..." "This is for the public peace!" "By picking out evil in its infancy, we prevent crimes from happening!" "You are the ones who are evil!" "Stop, they'll kill you too!" "So where is that spirit from earlier?" "Dammit..." "Do it." "Right." "S-Stop!" "Hey, stop it!" "Stop!" "Wait!" "Kenshin..." "Don't!" "Kenshin, run!" "There's a bunch of people out to get you..." "Who are you?" "Name yourself." "Kenshin Himura." "All those who are restrained here." "If they truly have committed crimes, I will repent for all of them." "Oh?" "So you are dissatisfied with us?" "In this area of Tokyo, you must be very sure of yourself to carry a sword..." "This guy is just a wimp!" "No..." "Are you sure?" "I smell blood from him." "There he is..." "I found him!" "Red hair and a cross shaped scar on his cheek!" "Someone that looks like Himura is fighting the police swordsmen!" "Ow!" "Wait!" "Get her!" "This may hurt!" "I won't let the likes of you have Kenshin!" "W-Wait!" "Now, draw your sword." "I decline." "Kill them off one by one." "Right!" "This is oppression!" "We can't stay quiet anymore!" "Even if you are the authorities, don't let it go to your head!" "You all have guts, insulting the police swordsmen..." "I invoke the Government Opposition Crime Law!" "Arrest every last one of them!" "I authorize the use of swords!" "I don't care about people who resist arrest." "Slay them!" "Don't even scratch these innocent people with your blades!" "If you need an opponent, I will fight you." "If you want to be forced to crawl on the ground, attack." "Self-defense has now been established." "Kill him." "Then there was one..." "You will swear to these townsfolk never to be oppressive again, you will." "Afterwards, you can arrest me using the sword law or for assault..." "Stop kidding!" "Do you think I'd ever do that!" "?" "Kenshin..." "Out of the way!" "Out of the way!" "Just get out of the way!" "Oh, this is..." "That man!" "Himura, the Battousai!" "That stance!" "The strongest style in Satsuma the Jigen Style which is said to never need a second strike!" "The Jigen Style is a strong style that is truly unique." "However..." "Chest!" "Facing Himura's Hiten Mitsurugi Style, it is completely useless." "That was great, man!" "I can't believe it!" "You defeated all of them without killing anyone!" "You're our hero!" "Kenshin!" "You don't have time to loiter!" "Run!" "The cops are coming for you!" "You!" "You're a fugitive from the government, and you even fought police swordsmen!" "Arrest him!" "Yes!" "Stop!" "Wait!" "Y-Your Excellency!" "Judging by the crowd's reaction, it is obvious who was serving justice!" "Release those people!" "And severely punish those men for their oppressive acts." "Yes!" "Yes!" "Himura, we finally meet again." "I've been searching for you for ten years now..." "You grew a mustache, Mr. Yamagata." "B-Be respectful!" "Who do you think this..." "Do you still not understand?" "Himura is a hero who saved the lives of many Imperialists with his sword!" "Behave accordingly!" "Yamagata..." "Aritomo Yamagata?" "What?" "So, you mean that..." "He's important or something?" "You mean you don't know?" "Aritomo Yamagata, Lord of the Imperial Meiji Army!" "The politician that stands at the top of Japan!" "I have a carriage waiting over there." "I have something that I must speak with you about." "Can't you tell me here?" "It's just like you to say that." "Himura..." "Without you, the Revolution probably would not have happened." "As one who helped form this country..." "I want to welcome you as a key officer in the Imperial Army." "Your comrades from the Revolution are waiting for you." "Please, lend your powers to the Meiji government, Himura!" "Unfortunately, I have no wish whatsoever to be given a key position as a reward for manslaughter." "As I thought..." "Your disappearance was a show of determination to never kill again..." "You say you killed people, but it was a noble aspect of the Revolution." "For those who cannot admit this, I will use my authority to put them down." "That train of thought is what creates conceited men like them." "We once fought with our swords." "Not for power or glory, but for a world where people could live in happiness." "And if you forget that you're just an usurper." "But, Himura..." "Times have changed." "It is the Meiji era now!" "There is a sword prohibition, and the samurai have died out!" "You can't do anything in this Meiji era with just one sword... without power!" "Even if it's just the people that I see as I walk by I can protect them with one sword, that I can!" "I won't give up, Himura..." "Even if it's just the people that I see as I walk by I can protect them with one sword, that I can!" "A sword which protects others, huh?" "What's wrong, Yahiko?" "Kenshin..." "What you are going to learn is not the sword style of a manslayer..." "It is a sword that protects other people." "Become stronger..." "using the Kasshin Style." "To protect... other people?" "Oh, all right!" "I'll be one of Kaoru's students!" "Where'd that come from?" "You've been my student from the beginning." "Don't treat me like a kid!" "You are a kid!" "Why, you!" "Today I found out a little bit about why Kenshin is a wanderer." "To not be trapped in anything, to live life as it flows by..." "To protect others freely with his sword." "That's the Kenshin that we know." "When seeing those eyes of yours with that gleam my heart skipped a beat that lazy afternoon." "My whole body felt nervous and verv stiff as if you were testing my love for you." "Feeling the point from the air and from you I shivered all over from my love for you." "A crunch on the sand, I bite down the grit." "I aim at your will as the day turns to night." "I am hoping soon you will use your delicious lips and let me have some of that good wine that's over there." "When they are united under the bright full moon a man and a woman will find true eternity." "Passionate lady, ah gimme your love." "Mysterious lady, I need your love." "The lonely eyes you show once in a great little while..." "I can't tell if it's the truth or just a lie." "Honestly lady, ah gimme your love." "Now feel it coming lady, I need your love." "I'm always thrown right around by all the things you always do." "The fervor of passionate love crazily dances within my heart." "Life has been anything but calm since Kenshin started living here." "This time, the rough Sanosuke challenges Kenshin and stirs things up!" "He really doesn't look like such a bad guy..." "Next episode of Rurouni Kenshin..." "Please look forward to it!"