"Meiji 26 (1893)" "My body... soheavy..." "Just like this, I die." "Now, finally..." "I can rest." "RuROuNI KENSHIN SEISO HEN After So Many Years Have Lapsed" "Kaoru !" "Tsubame..." "Are you going to the harbor again?" "Don't worry." "I know he'll be back." "As you know, he comes back everytime no matter what happens." "Tsubame?" "I just met Kaoru just outside there." "I see..." "I can't stop myself from worrying about her." "Kenji left and Kaoru is alone..." "I will go by her house later." "Yahiko..." "Do you think Kenshin was..." "Hey !" "But the war is over and everybody is coming back from the continent." "Even so, I know Kaoru is going to the harbor every day." "She is always waiting for" "Kenshin to come home." "The sun is sinking ." "I'm going to start preparing dinner." "Haven't you changed your mind about going back to Tokyo?" "How about him?" "What?" "He hasn't come back yet?" "Even if he comes back home," "I know that he'd go somewhere else soon." "I've been thinking since I was a kid, that's why my mother married my father." "Then why did you come here?" "It's useless for you to learn your father's swordsmanship, isn't it?" "I want to know what the strength of humans is and what true strength is !" "Himura..." "Its been fifteen years since I saw you last time, and I've come to see you to ask for a favor." "Please go to the continent." "I guess you already know that there are some disputes on the continent." "I'm pretty sure that a war will be starting soon." "We have military force." "However, there are few soldiers who understand battle." "If a person like you, who has gone through many battles, could be the soldiers' leader..." "Mr. Yamagata, I'd rather save people who were hurt in the war than put myself into the w ar." "If war can't be avoided , the more I feel so." "Himura..." "I will go to the continent to do so." "That's the only thing I can do now and probably, the last thing I can do as my atonement." "It's getting colder." "I will wait for you, as I usually do at this place." "So..." "Good luck." "Hey, Kaoru !" "What's the matter?" "Answer me !" "Kaoru !" "Kaoru !" "Recalling our past, both you and I have lived with scars which won't fade." "Scars which were carved as a cross..." "I 've cornered him." "I won't let him escape tonight." "Hitokiri Battosai !" "Is he the assassin who says he belongs to my sword school?" "Help me clean the drill hall." "Since you're staying at our house, you can do things like that, can't you?" "Miss Kaoru..." "What?" "Kamiya Kasshin swordsmanship, created by your late father, which makes people live..." "The more I think about it, the more I am impressed by his great will ." "Kamiya Kasshin ryu Etsujiro The more I think about it, the more I am impressed by his great will ." "The more I think about it, the more I am impressed by his great will ." "You too, Kenshin." "Since you have great skill, you could start a new sword school in your own way." "What kind of swordsmanship do you expect from my murdering sword?" "Kamiya Kasshin ryu Etsujiro" "Kamiya Kasshin ryu Etsujiro I guess your father must have been a gentle person, wasn't he?" "I guess your father must have been a gentle person, wasn't he?" "No, he was very strict and frightening." "After my mother died," "I cried all the ti me, but he forced me to practice swordmanship." "I thought that my father never felt pain, even when my mother died." "However, I saw him crying silently while holding her kimono once." ""Ah, an adult man can cry, " I thought." "After that, I practiced with the sword more seriously." "I wanted to make my father happy." "I'm sure that your father is still happy." "Master:" "Master:" "What are you gaping at?" "He's a man like that." "I wonder why he was able to kill people?" "Don't ask questions like that of him, Kaoru." "I still wonder why I was a pickpocket before I came here." "But I can't erase something like that." "I can't forget about it either." "Sorry." "I am so sorry." "You've got nerve walking down the street in the middle of the day with a sword." "You're under arrest for violating the law banning swords." "Wait !" "Ujiki !" "Let me handle this." "Sheathe your sword." "The Secretary of the Army?" "!" "Yes, Sir!" "Aritomo Yamagata?" "I 've been looking for you for ten years, Himura." "He came to pick Kenshin up?" "Many colleagues are looking forward to you coming back." "Let's go back together." "Mr. Yamagata, I appreciate your concern about me, however," "I don't intend to take an honorable position for murdering people." "Himura!" "Times have changed." "It's different from the last days of the Tokugawa when your sword had power." "In this Meiji era, a sword can't do anything at all." "With a sword ,I can protect people whom I can see." "Kenshin, do you need a sword no matter what?" "Won't you let it go?" "At that ti me, the sunset dyed the sky like this..." ""Don't run away after you've killed so many people." "Live w ith the sword and die with the sword ." "There is no other way for you to live. " Someone told me that." "It's been ten years since then, but I still don't understand what I can do." "Until I find the answer, I can't put down this reverse-bladed sword." "Father, do you think I can do it?" "Share his pain and the weight of his sword?" "Kenshin won't be back." "So I was told to take care of this house w hile he was gone." "Why, Sanosuke?" "Jin'e has been targeting only patriots of the Meiji Restoration." "His next target is Kenshin." "In order to avoid causing any trouble, he won't be back here for a while." "Look at me." "Jin'e is not an ordinary enemy." "Even if you go to help him, you would only be a drag on him." "Stay here quietly." "Kenshi ..." "Battosai has gotten dull at last, since he's fallen in love with a girl like this." "Don't look at me like that." "I didn't kidnap you to eat." "I know that." "You wanted to decrease his power." "You coward !" "You don't understand ." "Now that I have you as a hostage, he will go mad ." "The madness will make him revert to what he used to be as an assassin." "I have no business with him, who has lost his spirit, as he is now." "Kenshin is still strong ." "You don't know how strong he was in the last days of the Tokugawa." "Just hearing stories about him, people got goose pimples because of his cold and cruel sword." "He is indeed the strongest murderer." "He is a man who has mastered how to kill people with the sword." "To fight him knowing it might mean my death, it's the best murder to enjoy." "Well ,here comes the master of murder." "You, girl !" "Remember, Battosai !" "Remember the smell of blood , the feel of cutting flesh and bone, the fun and ecstasy of killing people." "Come." "The man who masters how to draw the sword from the sheath..." "That's the reason for his other name, "Battosai", I've heard ." "Since he is a master of the Hiten Mitsurugi style with its godlike speed, he must be the fastest at drawing his sword from the sheath." "However, I wonder how fast he can draw now since his arm is injured?" "Now, time to fight !" "No !" "Kaoru !" "Don't go back to being a murderer." "You are no longer the Battosai , so please, don't..." "Well , let's finish up." "What a nice feeling !" "The end of a murderer should be like this." "Well , my arm is now useless so it's no fun for me to live without it." "Don't look at me like that, Battosai." "Your real character is a murderer, as I thought." "A murderer is a murderer until he dies." "You can't be anything else..." "Kenshin..." "We need to stop the bleeding as soon as possible." "Kenshin, thank you for coming here to rescue me." "No, I have to say thanks, not you." "I was almost..." "Don't say it." "This is the record of this man's life;" "one more scar on his small body." "A new scar..." "I amsorry." "Cherry blossoms are beautiful while they are out, but it's also beautiful when they are falling." "Blossoms when they are falling ..." "Somehow I can't like them." "Sorry." "Oh, no." "You don't need to force yourself to smile in front of me." "I had a dream this morning." "At that ti me..." "During the last days of the Tokugawa?" "Blood was falling just like cherry petals." "Kenshin..." "But a cherry tree is a cherry tree, not blood ." "Right, matters of the past are the same as a dream, and they will fade out in time and disappear someday." "I agree with you." "Someday he will show me his smile from the bottom of his heart." "I believe so." "Kenshin?" "!" "Extra!" "Extra!" "The Secretary of the Interior has been assassinated !" "Secretary Ookubo was assassinated !" "I knew that the times needed him, and I couldn't change his way of life." "I know that." "I knew that, but..." "Thank you so very much for everything until now." "Good bye, Kaoru." "I couldn't chase him at that time... again." "On that night, the night when Kenshin left for Kyoto," "I wanted to hold Kenshin tight." "Kenshin told me," ""A crazy murderer is still living deep inside of my heart. "" "But I ..." "I accepthimasheis ." "Don't tell me things like that." "You need to tell that to him face to face." "Idiot !" "I can't do that, so I'm telling you." "What the hell is that?" "Think about how I feel about it." "Was that too stimulating for a kid like you?" "I can't believe women nowadays." "Sorry." "It's okay." "Miss Kaoru?" "Guest for you?" "I will take care of her for now, so hurry up and get some water." "Kenshin !" "I chased you to Kyoto." "Are you mad at me?" "Half." "Half?" "My stupid student must be feeling that he was burnt alive by the flame, the flame of the lives which he erased ." "And it will continue into the future." "Even though I want to be with him." "If we can go home safely together with him, forever..." "When the pottery is done, I will give it to you." "It's a tea cup." "When you go back to Tokyo, use it to serve good tea to my stupid student." "Sure." "Kenshin?" "I won't take my eyes off of you and your battle, ever." "I won't leave you ever again." "Someday, when you can really rest..." "Untilthen..." "Father..." "Father, I was not able to take you home." "However..." "Kenshin..." "Welcome home." "I'm home." "His body is torn." "His athletic skills are extremely outstanding." "However, other than that, he's the same as any ordinary person." "If something happens next time, it will be no surprise if he dies." "Therefore, in order to make him feel strongly about coming back to you alive, you have to be stronger." "I wish I could , but I can't." "Only you can do so." "The only person he said good bye to in Tokyo was you." "Thank you, Ms. Megumi." "From now on, probably the world will become calmer and more peaceful." "And I hope that everybody can live together forever." "That's impossible." "Time goes by and swordsmanship is changing." "There is no way that humans won't change." "Someday everybody will part ways and live their own life." "It sounds lonely, but it's a fact." "But I ..." "I want to be with you forever, Kenshin." "So please come back." "Promise me." "No matter what happens to you, you'll come back to me alive." "When I came back here from Kyoto, when I heard you saying "welcome home, "" "I was really happy from the bottom of my heart." "There is a person who welcomes a man like me, and I have a place to come back to." "This is the only place for me to come back to." "Jinchu (punishment by a human )" "Jinchu..." "I have to go." "Kenshin !" "Don't worry." "Welcome home..." "Kenshin..." "You haven't eaten dinner yet, have you?" "I don't need it." "I'm going to go to bed today." "No !" "I can't ask him what happened ." "I've never seen him as pitiful as that." "Jinchu (punishment by a human)" "Kenshin..." "Please eat something, even one bite, please." "What is this?" "Mr. Hiko made it for me." "I have something to talk to you about, Miss Kaoru." "The story about the grudge buried in this cross-shaped scar and the meaning of "Jinchu" which connects to the story." "I murdered my wife, Tomoe Himura, with my own hands." "I thought he had finally come back to me, but Kenshin's mind is still wandering around somewhere." "Kenshin..." "Your hand feels gentle" "You said so" "Tears come out" "Very quietly" "Seashore in spring" "Your head on my knees and fell asleep" "Your hair, gently" "When I combed with my fingers" "Suddenly, I felt like I understood everything" "All the pain in the heart goes home to the sky" "On your cheek" "The drops of the tears" "I told you it's spray from the sea" "I put my hands over your eyes to blind" "Please be here with me, I am here with you" "Rurouni Kenshin Seiso Hen After So Many Years Have Lapsed" "I'm alive." "No injury, nothing." "Why?" "It's a waste of time trying to escape from here." "This place is a natural fortress that nobody can access or get out of." "Answer me." "Why don't you kill me?" "I ask you back." "How valuable is your existence to him?" "Heki I led my sister." "He is the man who murdered his own wife with his own hands." "Would it put him into a living hell to lose you, or not?" "Until I find it out, I will let you live." "That's the reason why I brought you here." "If you're the most important person to him, he'll find this place and come here soon." "Then, I'll kill you in front of him, and make him feel the same as I have." "After that, I'll torture and kill him slowly." "However..." "If he doesn't show up, I have nothing to do with you." "I will let you go home alive, so for a while, stay here and be quiet." "I wonder how valuable I am to Kenshin?" "Tomoe has continued to exist at the bottom of Kenshin's heart with the cross-shaped scar, a deep, sad existence which won't disappear until he dies." "She gained her spot to stay in exchange for her life." "What and how I can do as she did?" "I have no idea." "I envy Tomoe." "If I die, will you remember me forever, Kenshin?" "I swore I'd punish the person who once was called the strongest murderer in the last days of the Tokugawa." "I can match him in swordsmanship skill." "I've investigated the Hiten sword technique, including its secrets." "I don't need any help." "I will punish him myself, with my own hands." "I wonder whether Kenshin, who has been tormented by his guilt, will lose against this person who is willing to punish him?" "Sister..." "Sister..." "Why?" "Why did you die?" "!" "Sister..." "He is also in a deep loneliness." "I'm sure that he's lived alone with his grudge and hate." "What the hell is this?" "I'm a woman and of course I can cook." "It's no different making breakfast for one, or for two, so I made extra." "I don't care if you eat or not." "Sister..." "You are waiting for him, aren't you?" "If he comes, I'll kill you, but even so, you're hoping he'll come?" "Sometimes, people feel more pain living than dying." "That's what you told me, a "living hell."" "For me, a "living hell" means to lose Kenshin." "I don't know if he really needs me or not." "However, I hope so, I want to believe so." "That's why..." "He took many people's lives and happiness away from them, erased them with his own hands." "The people left behind are still in the darkness of sadness and desperation." "His guilt is unfathomably great and deep." "Even so, he hasn't been judged and lives peacefully in the Meiji era." "Why?" "How can he live?" "!" "Why do you love a person like him?" "He doesn't have any right to be happy." "He should never receive love from anyone!" "Kenshin loved Tomoe." "That's why he's been suffering over it, even now." "He has a burden; he killed the person he loved." "He has been accusing himself and he can't forgive himself." "But he had to stay alive, because that's what Tomoe wanted him to do." "Your sister, she forgave Kenshin, who killed her fiancee." "I understand how she felt, because I'm a woman who loves the same person she did." "He's been living by rescuing more people than he killed, and he has been seeking for away to atone for his guilt." "The answer of atonement..." "You said he's been seeking for a way of atonement." "I think it's time to give him an answer." "Get ready." "We will go to the seashore and wait for him." "For me, it took ten years to walk through this route of revenge." "Even if my sister forgave him, I can't." "Never." "The answer is to punish him with my own hands!" "Kenshin!" "I won't give this woman to you." "If you want to get her back, you'll have to fight me." "I will kill him by my self." "If you want to go to him, you'll have to commit suicide and follow hilm." "Miss Kaoru, don't worry." "Please wait there." "He is different than he was a little while ago." "His sword doesn't show any hesitation or confusion, and I feel he's stronger than before." "I wonder if Kenshin finally got the answer he has been seeking so long?" "You make me laugh if you're thinking about not killing me." "You are also disqualified to be a murderer." "The guilt of murder can be atoned only by your death, however, the dead don't have any way to punish you." "So, those who loved the dead person must execute it as their successor." "That's what jinchu means." "You're a criminal." "Scream, suffer the pain!" "Regret!" "Regret what you did to my sister, taking away her happiness!" "You made my life crazy and smashed it." "You'll die covered in the sadness, anger and vengeance of those who were left behind by the people you killed." "I'm not afraid of dying." "However, my life is not only mine." "For the sisters who died for me when I was little, and Tomoe..." "I was made to live by them." "In order to light more smiles and happiness in this world, as long as I live, I risk my sword and my mind for those who are alive now, and I will complete my life." "This is the answer I found as a way of atonement, led by Tomoe's smile." "Kenshin..." "What I wanted was happiness for my only sister, rather than all the people in this world." "But you ruined it, stepped on it, and erased it along with her life." "I don't have anybody to protect now." "What's left for me is only the flames and fire of anger." "That's why I'm going to kill you." "My hand started the flame of fire in you, and if anger is the only truth for you, then I have to face it." "Enishi, I am so sorry." "I don't think my guilt will be forgiven even if I win." "No matter what answer I come up with," "I know your vengeance and sadness wouldn't disappear." "However, if your smile will come back to you in exchange for my life..." "You are telling me that you will accept the punishment, aren't you?" "Sister, are you telling me not to take revenge?" "Do I need to forgive someone lik e him?" "Sister..." "How frustrating!" "If he had never existed..." "Damn..." "Damn..." "Sister..." "Your answer, your life of battle, I will watch it until the end." "That's what Enishi Yukishiro said when he left." "No matter how much heart you put into it, atonement can't be achieved without the other person's forgiveness." "You might never be forgiven, but..." "Kaoru, let's go home together." "Even so he smiles at me." "His usual smile which secretly hides his sadness behind his gentleness." "I want to reply to this smile." "I can't exchange my life and his, but at least I'd like to be at his side and support him until the day when he smiles at me from the bottom of his heart." "That's my true answer." "It's ordinary and nothing special, but it's the most important." "Tomoe..." "I might not be able to live a life of integrity and rigor lile you did." "I don't think I can be more important than you were for Kenshin." "However, I will support him as much as I can in the best way I can." "So, please." "Please leave Kenshin to me." "Tomoe..." "How are you feeling, Kaoru?" "Sorry, Yahiko, I'm giving you trouble." "It's nothing." "The doctor said you need rest." "I can take care of you at a ti me like this, so don't overdo anything." "I've been dreaming." "About the days after I met Kenshin through the day we got married." "Old story." "Yes, but I feel like it was just a short while ago." "After the world calmed down and everyone went their own way, starting their journey for their own lives." "I left here too." "So things have happened which I don't know about, but it must have been hard for you to live here after that." "Even after he got the answer, he lived in battles more than before." "He told me he would do all he could while he was able to use his sword." "His thoughts are left to you along with his reverse-bladed sword." "Passed on to you, Yahiko." "That was a good one." "Can you stand up?" "Yes..." "Yahiko, this is a gift for your coming-of-age ritual." "Take it." "Ms. Megumi told me about it, so I was prepared." "So many battles and scars... the rebounds of Mitsurugi swordsmanship have undermined his small body so he won't live much longer." "Kaoru..." "Yes..." "I've been thinking ever since I left my sword." "The times are becoming peaceful." "But unhappiness never disappears." "The scars of wars, natural disasters, illnesses and poverty..." "I think these won't disappear no matter how times change." "However, if there is anything I can do..." "Nowaday s I don't have a sword and I've lost the power to protect people, so instead of reaching out to help from above," "I can share their pain and suffering and become an encouragement for the people." "Kaoru, would you allow me to do so?" "That's what you chose." "Please be confident and go your own way." "I have already received more than enough happiness from you." "I will wait for you." "In order to welcome you with a smile." "No matter when you come back, I will wait for you with the baby." "Then he traveled allover Japan?" "But he always came back." "And while he was here, he kept smilling, but his smile contained deep sadness." "Natural disaster or epidemics take human lives mercilessly." "No matter how well you take care of your patients, they die." "The reality of being shunned and hated just for having fallen ill." "People were depressed and fought against desperation day by day." "The only thing I can do is to raise this baby safely, and let hi m leave the house with a smile." "I feel it's been very long, or sometimes, it's been very short for fifteen years." "Kenjig rew and has left me now." "The only thing left for me is to wait for him to come back." "That's why I asked him to share a little piece of his suffering." "I wanted to have something which we could share, because we are husband and wife." "Kaoru..." "Yes?" "Thank you." "I've been able to live the way I chose because of you." "I have no words to express my appreciation." "Thank you very much." "But to Kaoru and Kenji, because I was not a good husband or father," "I apologize from the bottom of my heart." "I am so sorry to have made you suffer through painful days..." "I've found out how happy it is to devote yourself to someone after I met you." "If I'm successful in supporting you..." "If you think so, then there is no greater happiness." "I'm happy." "I've been happy and I will be forever." "So please come home." "Please don't leave me alone." "Please share your pain with me." "If I have it, I know I can suffer without you, because I am your wife." "I'm sorry." "Kaoru..." "Kenshin..." "The name Kenshin was given by my teacher, so as to befitas a man living by the sword." "Now that my life with the sword has ended, it's not fit for me any longer." "My parents named me Shinta." "That's my real name." "Shinta..." "When I come back, can you call me by that name?" "Kenshin!" "Kenshin!" "Ke-ken-shin..." "Kenshin, are you..." "I have to..." "I have to go home." "I'm going to bring a doctor." "Wait here, Kenshin!" "Ms. Megumi, longtime no see." "You came all the way here from Aizu?" "Of course!" "I was asked by Kenshin to take care of you." "Well, let me see." "Kenshin..." "Sanosuke..." "You don't need to force yourself to remember things." "Rather, the first priority is to recover your health." "It's done now." "Eat!" "Isn't it good?" "There is nothing left for you to do." "I will make you go back to Japan." "To the place where Kaoru is." "Kaoru..." "I don't think I will be able to go back to Aizu soon." "I will stay here for a while." "Is it okay?" "Oh, yes, but..." "I told you." "Kenshin asked me to take care of you." "I have a responsibility as a doctor." "I'm sorry." "Wind chimes?" "It was summer when Kenshin left here." "So I eep it just as it was." "Then you have to be fine until he comes home, right?" "Where is Yahiko?" "He went to Kyoto." "He told me he'd bring Kenji back." "I see." "Ms. Megumi, how is Ms. Kaoru?" "Yes, it's the same disease as Kenshin." "A serious disease which we don't have any idea how to cure." "And worse than that, there's no medicine that will stop its progress." "Oh, no!" "She accepted a disease like that intentionally." "But that's too sad." "That's her way to show her devotion." "I think she didn't hesitate to do it, nor regrets it." "Indeed, it's her way." "I mean the she wasn't in a negative attitude." "She transfers his pain, making it into a bond or into hope, and she's waiting for the person she loves to return." "That's why I can't give up on her either." "I can't lose the battle, as a doctor and as a woman." "In order to get onto a ship to Japan, we will probably have to go to Shanghai." "But I don't think he can survive a long voyage in his condition." "What shall I do?" "I don't want to kill animals, but for my friend, I have to have your liver." "Sorry." "Kenji..." "Mr. Yahiko?" "I can't go home yet." "Kenji!" "The person my mother has been waiting for isn't me." "I haven't found out what true strength is yet." "Until I see the answer with my own eyes, I..." "True strength?" "Why don't you ask this sword about it?" "That is the reverse-bladed sword." "If you can't understand, then I will teach you myself." "Sorry to keep you waiting." "I'm going to make a special meat dish for you tonight." "Is there any meaning to this sword that my father kept after he quit being an assassin?" "He was strong and became a legend, but it was in the last days of the Tokugawa." "The father I knew was not even a man who lived by the sword." "He didn't carry the sword and didn't come home for long periods." "My mother was always waiting for him." "What I wanted to be passed on was not the Kasshin swordsmanship, nor my father's swordwhich doesn't kill people, but Hiten Mitsurugi swordsmanship." "I will learn it and create a new legend superior to my father's." "I am sorry." "I came here without telling you and carried on with my business." "You don't need to worry about it." "First of all, I don't intend to give my swordsmanship to anybody." "Mitsurugi swordsmanship will die with me." "Once you have a power, sometimes you are put in a situation which makes you carry extra burdens, and live all your life with pain." "Just like me and him." "The secret of Mitsurugi swordsmanship is to protect the weak from the pain of the times." "However, the times have changed dramatically, and it's become a relic of the past." "Everything's fate is to change and disappear." "Only the moon remains unchanged." "Good morning." "This is an herb medicine which mainly contains ginseng." "It affects your vigorousness and warms your body." "It's bitter and horrible." "Don't complain." "I'm sorry." "You..." "You can smile like that in any condition, can't you?" "Because you told me, Ms. Megumi." "You said the best medicine for his cross-shaped scar is my smile." "That's why I try to smile anytime, in any condition." "So it's become a habit now." "The reason why Kenshin chose you..." "I really understand." "Indeed you are a genius at swordsmanship." "I almost envy you, Kenji." "However, I know you already know that you can't be superior to Kenshin with talent alone." "In the next attack, I'm going to include all of the feelings I've felt throug hout my battles." "Just likee me at that time." "Accept it and feel the strength of Kenshin's mind, sealed in this sword." "Heavy..." "It's a little late, but this is a gift for your coming-of-age ritual." "Accept it officially now, Kenji." "My idiot student thinks he's changed the secret of swordsmanship." "Shanghai is close." "Don't let the horse shake you off, Kenshin!" "Kenshin!" "Kenshin, the cargo ship will take you to Yokohama." "When you go back to Japan..." "When you see Kaoru..." "I'm sure your memory will come back at once." "I've already asked someone to help you." "I really want to take you home by my self, but I have things to do here." "I have to say goodbye." "Sanosuke..." "Thank you." "I'm the one to say thank you, not you." "You have changed me and changed everybody." "I will live as I am, just like you did." "Good bye, Kenshin." "Kenji..." "I'm home." "I am sorry, I..." "Don't say sorry to a son who ran away from home." "Kenji." "The cherry trees are blooming." "Let's go see the cherry blossoms like we do every year." "Yes..." "Kaoru..." "Kaoru..." "I am home..." "Kaoru..." "Welcome home..." "Shinta..." "I wonder how long the cherry blossoms will last?" "Kenji, Yahiko, Tsubame and Ms. Megumi, and Ms. Tae..." "I want to go to a cherry blossom party and invite everybody." "And next year, and the year after next." "Then Yahiko might be a father." "Shinta?" "You're tired, aren't you?" "Finally..." "It's finally disappeared." "Kenji, what's wrong?" "Oh, nothing." "What is it?" "I'll tell you later." "Anyway, Ohizuru, that ribbon looks good on you." "Really?" "We'll live happily." "Won't we?" "Yes!" "Voice of Jin'e Udo Akio Otsuka It will have been six years now." "I believe I appeared as Jin'e Udo for two or three weeks in the original show." "That set of weeks six years ago has become quite blurred in my memory." "I believe I played him to sound fairly crazed , but it's become pretty vague for me now." "So, if everyone, if people in the audience think," ""What's this?" "It's different than the Jin'e Udo from before,"" "it's kind of like, please forgive me." "I think may be my impression of the character, when I first saw him, was that he's more of a flesh and blood human than before." "With the earlier design, I had a strong impression that he was a crazed being, something in between human and monster." "When I played him this time," "I didn't have as much a sense that he was a monster." "So, may be the character's feel, the character's image was not a monster in my eyes." "In the end, the span of time between appearing and dying is just so short." "How do I depict this Jin'e, who abandoned his humanity and all sorts of other things in an attempt to live solely in this world of the sword?" "Basically, the one thing Jin'e is sincere about is with regard to mastering swordsmanship." "And how that part would come across to people..." "It's such a short ti me, so I really..." "Howdo Isay it?" "I wanted people to understand that, so I gave a lot of thought on how I could do that." "That is something I remember very well." "Even with the Shinsengumi, it was formed for various purposes, but it still ceased to exist as its era came to an end." "However, I believe there is a certain, hidden beauty to ceasing to exist." "I think Jin'e might have a share of that as well." "It is a historical tale, as well as a romantic story." "And, well, I guess it's not so strong in terms of a biography." "But it's a kind of epic drama that's tangled up with this great era and flows with it." "In that sense, I think it's a masterpiece." "In it, Jin'e Udo shone brightly just for an instant." "And I feel it was an honor to have been able to play him." "And it certainly is a joy to be given the director's favorite character to play." "If someday, by some chance, this series is ever presented to the audience once more," "I would truly love to participate in this series once again in some capacity, even if it is not as the voice of Jin'e." "In the end, there are not so many opportunities to work on a period drama, and an epic tale like this one at that." "After all, when it comes to anime, there are fundamentally more stories about robots and sci-fi." "So there is a certain enjoyment to that." ""Sorry to have kept you waiting."" "That's the kind of role I play." "And so, it really is a kind of sorry to have kept you waiting." "Buying the DVDs..." "I also recently bought a DVD player." "I'm thinking that they might send me a copy too." "Well, let's all watch it on Dee-Vui-Day..." "Day-Vui-Day..." "Watchit  on Dee-Vui-Dee." "It really looks more beautiful than a videotape." "You might think you don't need one, but depending on the player, some cost less than 10,000 yen, so please take this opportunity to buy the DVD along with a player!" "Or I'll kill you." "Voice of Kaoru Kamiya M iki Fujitani I really hadn't played that role in three whole years, so the day before, I was actually pretty nervous, wondering how things would go the next day." "I was pretty apprehensive." "But it was really fun seeing everyone again after such a long time." "And Kaoru had aged and she was now in her thirties, so I was really looking forward to how she had changed ." "I really was looking forward to it." "The finished work had some nostalgic parts, but I also got to see the present-day Kaoru." "So, I think it's really become one of my favorites." "Something about her, maybe that her hair style had changed , made her seem somewhat more mature." "Before, she had a lot of row dy scenes with Yahiko where she'd yell, "H ey !" and things, but this ti me, I played a more quiet and mature aspect of her." "Previous events that happened between Kenshin and her also appear on this video, and seeing those parts all over again is fun." "What else?" "I would love for people to see the grown-up Yahiko and Kaoru." "What else is there?" "Well, switching between how I depicted the younger Kaoru and the Kaoru in her thirties was a bit difficult though." "The Kaoru in her thirties tells Kenshin that" ""I'll always be waiting here for you."" "Well, she always says that to Kenshin, but that line..." "In Kaoru and in that line, I sensed a certain strength." "That she had matured even more." "That was my favorite line in this episode." "I just think she's a very strong woman." "That's something I really like about her." "And the way she'll patiently wait for Kenshin, so that he can go on his journey without any worries..." "In the modern age, it wouId be like, "I'll go with you too,"" "but in the old days, things were different in those aspects." "So I'm always playing her, thinking how strong she is." "Like it's a part of me." "Well, it's just my voice, but I really love the people that appear in Rurouni Kenshin." "Well, this is the last time, but I do hope that I will love them forever." "I have never worked on one project over such a long time period." "So I really feel close, likee family, not only to the story and its characters, but also to the staff and other voice actors." "In "Reflection", I am in my thirties and it's a story about how every one grows into adults." "I hope that everyone was able to really enjoy it." "Well, please look forward to Part 2." "I am looking forward to it as well." "Voice of Kenshin Himura Mayo Suzu kaze Being able to perform the part of Kenshin so naturally was a surprise, even for me." "When I received the script," "I was naturally able to get into it for some reason." "So, I felt that the character Kenshin was already there in me." "I just feel like he's..." "People might get mad at me if I say this, but I feel like he's very similar to me." "When I saw the drawings of him, I felt like he was my other half." "Of course, well, it's been seventeen years and Kenshin has aged into a man, who is forty-four, forty-five years old." "But somehow, he's actually in a more natural state and it was very easy for me to play him." "And ..." "How should I say this?" "The characteristics that Kenshin has..." "The characteristics he's always had, like his kindness and warmth" "seem to come across even more than before from the way he is depicted." "This time, the tone of my voice is not asspirited." "And it's a bit on the low side of my range, of the Suzukaze range of vocal tones, and also somewhat calmer." "Those are the things I tried to accomplish and I think I was able to produce the feel of Kenshin." "So, rather than the previous, somewhat hig her-pitched "oro" and things like that," "I tried to make it more like "Kaoru", with a heavier tone that will reach out and touch people's hearts." "So, I wold be happy if you would enjoy those things along with Kenshin." "Kenshin probably loves Kaoru even more than how much he thinks Kaoru loves him, so those two are..." "They're very..." "Howdo yousay ?" "Their souls are as one, so I think it's just wonderful." "And Kenshin's way of life is..." "I'm sure every one has an emotional scar or two, but his scar is from having killed people, which is an irreversible thing." "And I think it's a burden he just has to carry forever." "That's his fate, so I think it cannot be helped , but I also feel sorry for him." "I have actually played male roles before, but even I was moved by the character of Kenshin." "And this series is something precious and unforgettable for me." "That's how I feel." "When it comes to the finale, you sometimes get strangely tense, so I was very mindful of avoiding that..." "... whenwewererecording." "In the end, it's just really very good." "So I would love to have all sorts of people to see it." "And I hear that it's actually quite popular overseas as well." "So I do hope people will see it with Suzukaze's voice for Kenshin and keep that in their hearts as something unforgettable." "And rather than think, "It's over!"" "I hope that Kenshin will live on in every one's hearts forever." "Well ..." "Rather than say, please don't forget him, it's more like, please always think of him." "And I belive the fans and the staff members who were involved in creating this show know far better than I just how good this series is," "so it would be such a waste to put this show behind us forever." "I wish it would keep going." "That is how I honestly feel." "This episode is yet another wonderful piece of work." "And as for me..." "Whatis it ?" "I was able to play Kenshin very naturally, so I would like a really wide audience to see it, but I also hope that you, personally, will watch it and treasure it." "There is also a Part 2 to this, so please cheer us on." "Voice of Sanosuke Sagara Yuji Ueda so I wondered if I could reconnect..." "The timeline is continuous, so I wondered if I could get back to that time." "Or rather, I wondered if I would be able to go straight into playing that role again from where we left off." "I was very worried about that right up to the day before recording." "Well, in the first episode, I only appear in one scene, which is a flashback from Kaoru's perspective." "But it was also, well..." "The tone of the film is different from that of the TV series, so I hoped that I would be able to interact with the others on a more humanly neutral, or rather, natural plane." "I was very interested in seeing how that kind of character would turn out visually when he was given a more natural look." "And in that regard, they kept a lot of the old design, but gave him a very realistic look and proportions." "So I thought, "Wow, so this is how he turns out, how interesting !"" "And I'm thinking that I'd like to sort of match the nuance of my performance in accordance with those things." "Getting a glimpse of everyone after all that time had passed, like Kaoru, Yahiko, and Kenshin..." "Learning what would have happened to them if the story had just kept going was one of a sort of..." "It felt like it was one of many turning points." "But well, as for scenes..." "Something that really interested me was seeing Yahiko grown up." "Sort of how he had grown a little independent of Kenshin was fun to watch." "Well, the Kenshin project was a key turning point for me in all sorts of ways." "That's the kind of project it was for me." "Rurouni Kenshin the comic was a very realistic fiction in itself, but the show added lots of nuance to it, such as the gentler and more permeating aspects of it." "And I think it conveyed a breadth to the audience." "Sort of the breadth in the quality of the show." "In that, well, in other words, it isn't just for the people in the anime-lovers age groups." "In terms of response..." "I heard from someone that it's an interesting show for people who like period dramas, but are getting a little tired of them." "So, it seems there is quite a breadth to the audience watching it as well." "That kind of response really made me happy." "I've heard that in Part 2," "I'll get to see Sanosuke Sagara well past his mid-30s, so I'm kind of looking forward to how I'll play him then." "I also hope he'll get to fight a lot of things." "Now, we are finally on the last chapter." "The Rurouni Kenshin here is depicted in a rather super-realistic way." "There's a real sense of the passage of ti me..." "Or rather, if you think back to the very beginning of Rurouni Kenshin," "I think you'll be able to watch this as just one possible timeline." "Please take your time to really savor it as you watch it." "Voice of Seijuro Hiko Shuichi Ikeda I met Mr. Hiko again after all this time" "Well, it has always been the same since we first met, but how should I say this?" "He's a very composed and mature person." "I met him again today after all that time and I was able to do the recording feeling very relaxed ." "I played him without thinking too much about his age." "Though, well, it was sort of there in my thoughts." "Essentially, I think that even though time passed and the era changed in various ways," "I felt that his stance in life would not have shifted so much." "So that's how I played him." "Well, at sixty years of age..." "I've still got a bit to go, but it's actually getting closer to my real age now." "Yes, so well, yes, everything went fine without having to be too conscious of his age." "This show has a kind of distinctive rhythm." "Well, there are all sorts of anime out there, but even among them, I think it has a distinctive rhythm, I suppose." "Well, rhythm... maybe atmosphere." "I did give some thought to trying to maintain that sort of thing ." "I was conscious of those things as I played him." "I did not really think too much about how this is the last time." "I'd like to continue at the same pace as before and play him calmly and coolly." "And that's how I'd like to play him in Part 2 as well." "The weather will be growing colder, so I think watching this show at home, especially on a snowy day, would be a fine way to pass the time." "Please sit back and relax and enjoy the show to the fullest." "Thank you for your support." "Voice of Yahiko Myojin Mina Tominaga Honestly, I was happy to see him again after such a long time." "Also, he has grown into an adult, which was not exactly a surprise, but something that made me happy as well." "Generally speaking, I thought it was so elegantly tasteful and so mature." "And in terms of Yahiko himself..." "Well, it's sort of a given, but I thought, "Oh, so this is the kind of man he's become."" ""He's so sober and cool."" "For this project..." "If we succeeded in conveying the atmosphere..." "Kaoru's beauty and kindness, Kenshin's strength, and the rest is everyone else's sentiments." "I think this compilation depicts their emotions, so I felt I wanted to take extra care in maintaining that atmosphere while playing Yahiko." "And I hope that we succeeded in conveying that atmosphere." "As for Yahiko, there's a scene where he says, "Hey !"" "and a monishes Kaoru for something she said." "And for that part, if it was the boy Yahiko, he would have said "Hey !" like that." "But he's not and he doesn't, and I sort of thought that "Hey"" "represents a more mature relationship between Kaoru and him." "So, I'd like it if you would watch for that." "Also, one of the lines I love over all is Kaoru's one word of "Welcome home."" "A feel for the depth and strength of their bond ." "But, something Yuri Shiratori and I talked about a bit was that Kaoru suffers being lonely sometimes" "all because she fell in love with Kenshin." "I felt that I wanted to play the part of Yahiko while carefully maintaining the show's atmosphere." "I was able to tackle the challenge of playing the role of a boy, so this is an important project for me, personally." "And this time, I don't mean to get hung up on age, but the challenge was to play a grown up, 2 7-year-old man." "So, yet again, an important project for me." "In terms of things other than actually performing in the show," "I think it's a masterpiece." "It's been a while, so how did you like this episode of Rurouni Kenshin?" "Well, Part 2 apparently has an even more grown-up Yahiko, so please look forward to that as well." "Having finished recording Part 2 of the final chapter "Reflection..." Nozomu Sasaki but when I received the offer, I thought, "Oh, finally Enishi gets to..."" "Having finished recording Part 2 of the final chapter "Reflection..." Nozomu Sasaki but when I received the offer, I thought, "Oh, finally Enishi gets to..."" "Having finished recording Part 2 of the final chapter "Reflection..." I had personally felt that you couldn't just end it like that," "I had personally felt that you couldn't just end it like that, so it's weird to say that Enishi finally got to settle things." "But we got to see Enishi finish things out, so I was happy." "That was my initial response, to feel happy about that." "Performing the part of "Enishi Yukishiro?" Ever since the incident with Tomoe happened when he was young," "Performing the part of "Enishi Yukishiro?" he'd been nurturing his feelings for Kenshin and his older sister, he'd been nurturing his feelings for Kenshin and his older sister," "envisioning all sorts of things and waiting for a chance for revenge." "And at long last, in this chapter, he has his final battle, where everything is settled." "The thing is, it was a long recording session and rather than splitting it into several chapters, it was all in Part 2 in a very concentrated format." "And his lines were somewhat fast as well, so the recording was sort of difficult." "On top of that, each and every word is heavy... is laden with meaning, so I had to focus a lot to play him." "How do you feel about "Rurouni Kenshin?" Enishi in particular..." "How do you feel about "Rurouni Kenshin?"" "How do you feel about "Rurouni Kenshin?" It's been a couple of years since the last time he appeared," "It's been a couple of years since the last time he appeared, so my memory of him..." "Even diring the two or three years in between," "I'd suddenly recall him every so often and wonder what had happened to the boy in glasses from Rurouni Kenshin." "I'm grateful for this series, it's very important to me." "How did you like the "Reflection" chapters?" "A Message to the Fans How did you like the "Reflection" chapters?" "A Message to the Fans" "A Message to the Fans Once again, Enishi Yukishiro was..." "Once again, Enishi Yukishiro was..." "I was so happy to be able to play Enishi Yukishiro again." "Did everyone enjoy it?" "Unfortunately, this is supposed to be the end for Rurouni Kenshin, but I'm sure it will live on in everyone's hearts." "I also love this character, so even though I'll play various other characters in the future," "I will always remember Enishi." "Thank you very much for your support all this time." "Miki Fujitani" "Miki Fujitani Kaoru is always by Kenshin's side" "Having finished recording Part 2 of the final chapter "Reflection..." Miki Fujitani Kaoru is always by Kenshin's side" "Having finished recording Part 2 of the final chapter "Reflection..." Miki Fujitani and she will follow him in the decisions he makes" "Having finished recording Part 2 of the final chapter "Reflection..." and she will follow him in the decisions he makes and she will follow him in the decisions he makes and his way of life." "I played Kaoru hoping that I could convey those feelings of hers." "She's very positive and it's a role that cheers you up as you pay her." "Also, her feelings for Kenshin are really strong ." "I had never played a role like that before, so I was very uncertain at the beginning ." "And there were fight scenes and things too." "But now, I truly feel glad that I played her." "I really feel fortunate that I encountered a role like Kaoru's." "How do you feel about "Rurouni Kenshin?"" "How do you feel about "Rurouni Kenshin?" Up until now, in the series, there were some romantic scenes," "How do you feel about "Rurouni Kenshin?" but it was mostly just a small part of the story." "but it was mostly just a small part of the story." "But this time, the entire thing is sort of like the story of Kenshin and Kaoru's love." "The question of what happened to her and Kenshin had loomed large in me as well, so when I received the script," "I was like, "So THIS is what happened!"" "And that's how I felt throug hout the whole thing." "Performing the part of "Kaoru Kamiya?" In these chapters, there really are a lot of dramatic highlights and I can't play her unless I am emotionally involved ." "So I think you'll get to see a different kind of Kaoru than what you saw in the TV series." "I sort of miss the fact that there aren't any silly scenes, but I really think" "it's been turned into something worth watching ." "A Message to the Fans" "A Message to the Fans Thank you for your support for the last six years." "A Message to the Fans" "A Message to the Fans I'm sure there were many aspects of my Kaoru that were not perfect," "I'm sure there were many aspects of my Kaoru that were not perfect, but I did the best I knew how." "Well, this is now the end, but I think we have been able to bring this to a conclusion with a truly good piece of work." "So, please keep cheering for me outside of this work as well." "Thank you." "Yuki Kaida" "Yuki Kaida This show has been carefully crafted over the last six years" "Having finished recording Part 2 of the final chapter "Reflection..." Yuki Kaida This show has been carefully crafted over the last six years" "Having finished recording Part 2 of the final chapter "Reflection..." Yuki Kaida and it's a show that the audience has loved the entire time," "Having finished recording Part 2 of the final chapter "Reflection..." and it's a show that the audience has loved the entire time," "Having finished recording Part 2 of the final chapter "Reflection..." even with the gaps between the different parts." "even with the gaps between the different parts." "So, above all else, I felt that I had a g reat responsibility." "It was an honor, but I was also daunted when I accepted ." "At least, up untill walked into the studio." "But rather than the role of Kenji, the site itself was..." "I'm sure the staff and cast have worked together for a long time, so there was a clear, mutual understanding and they had a clear vision of what they wanted ." "So, in that sense, I think it was a very easy situation to work with for someone joining in just for the last part." "Performing the part of "Kenji Himura?"" "Performing the part of "Kenji Himura?" Ithought he was very healthy..." "Performing the part of "Kenji Himura?"" "Performing the part of "Kenji Himura?" Only the era was slightly different." "Performing the part of "Kenji Himura?" I thought he was such a normal, healthy boy." "I thought he was such a normal, healthy boy." "And he had a Iittle bit of both his parents in him." "Personally, I had imagined that he would be a little softer, but among the direction I received on site, the first was a request to show how strong-willed he is." "That was in Part 1, I think." "So I continued to keep that in mind for Part 2." "A Message to the Fans Every one watching the Rurouni Kenshin "Reflection" DVD," "A Message to the Fans how are you doing?" "A Message to the Fans" "You have loved and nurtured this show for so long, and this time, I had the chance to play Kenji, whom Kenshin and Kaoru had nurtured." "It really has been an honor for me." "I sincerely hope that he is living a good life in that world." "Honestly speaking, I believe there are not many shows these days that are crafted with this level of attention to detail." "And I think these chapters have been made into something worthy of being the final episodes, so I hope that you will watch it over and over again." "Thank you so much." "Mayo Suzukaze" "Mayo Suzukaze It really brought home to me" "Mayo Suzukaze just how hard it is express yourself with only your voice." "Having finished recording Part 2 of the final chapter "Reflection..." Mayo Suzukaze just how hard it is express yourself with only your voice." "Having finished recording Part 2 of the final chapter "Reflection..." Mayo Suzukaze" "Having finished recording Part 2 of the final chapter "Reflection..." Mayo Suzukaze Also, I don't really feel like this is the end." "Having finished recording Part 2 of the final chapter "Reflection..." Also, I don't really feel like this is the end ." "Also, I don't really feel like this is the end." "Those are my candid thoughts right now." "And because I was lucky enough to work on this great project," "I feel like I may have grown as an individual through Kenshin." "That is another new feeling I have about this." "He's someone who can keep living while carrying all this burden." "I thought that it might be because he's married and has a wife and a child ..." "I thought a lot about it from a normal perspective, but I think even beyond all that, he's a person with meaning in his life." "That's how I really felt." "How do you feel about "Rurouni Kenshin?"" "How do you feel about "Rurouni Kenshin?" Kenshin will be alive within me forever." "How do you feel about "Rurouni Kenshin?"" "How do you feel about "Rurouni Kenshin?" And there is a part of me that can become Kenshin at anytime." "And there is a part of me that can become Kenshin at anytime." "Even though this is the end, if someone, somewhere asks me to play Kenshin," "I feel like he will come back to life." "I met all sorts of people while working on this project, and, well..." "I also learned there are so many people who love Kenshin Himura." "From children, of course, al the way to adults." "How do I say this?" "One more piece of treasure has been added to my actress "drawer"" "and that made me happy as well." "I feel that though this is the end , that it isn't realy over." "Everyone, thank you so very much for your longstanding support." "A Message to the Fans Every one, thank you so very much for your longstanding support." "A Message to the Fans" "A Message to the Fans Well, I don't feel like it has ended at all," "Well, I don't feel like it has ended at all, but this is the end ." "I hope that Kenshin Himura will live on forever in my heart and in your hearts." "And well..." "Please love Kenshin forever." "Thank you very much for al this time." "Mika Doi" "Mika Doi I think her character was already an adult from the beginning," "Having finished recording Part 2 of the final chapter "Reflection..." Mika Doi I think her character was already an adult from the beginning," "Having finished recording Part 2 of the final chapter "Reflection..." I think her character was already an adult from the beginning," "Having finished recording Part 2 of the final chapter "Reflection..." but I felt like she was carrying all these burdens but I felt like she was carrying all these burdens about her family, regarding the era, and other things," "and was really straining herself so much that she might break at any time." "That's the kind of woman I saw her as, with all these things bottled up inside her." "So, even with the people around her, she acts strong and tends to behave aggressively towards them." "I suppose you could say that she is single-minded, but there was a side to her like that." "But as the months and years went by, she went from being a woman who needed someone to a person who could support others." "Not with strength, but through acceptance." "She grew into someone with such a large heart and I thought she turned into a wonderful woman." "Performing the part of "Megumi Takani?" Well, the two women who loved Kenshin" "Performing the part of "Megumi Takani?" lived completely different lives." "Performing the part of "Megumi Takani?" But Megumi's way of life is not like theirs." "But Megumi's way of life is not like theirs." "Perhaps you could say it's work." "In some sense, you could say her way of life is like a man's." "She stands tall, knowing who she is and she walks through life on her own two feet." "I think both ways are great, but I feel they were all influenced by Kenshin and went their separate ways." "A Message to the Fans The staff has done such careful work on this show" "A Message to the Fans and I believe we, the actors, feel it has turned into a wonderful show and I believe we, the actors, feel it has turned into a wonderful show and have nothing but admiration and appreciation for them." "I think the realistic artwork and the very careful, sincere work really comes across to the viewer." "Thank you very much for loving and watching this show all this time." "Yuri Shiratori" "Yuri Shiratori I was really looking forward to playing" "Having finished recording Part 2 of the final chapter "Reflection..." Yuri Shiratori I was really looking forward to playing" "Having finished recording Part 2 of the final chapter "Reflection..." Yuri Shiratori the grown-up version of a character I had played before." "Having finished recording Part 2 of the final chapter ""Reflection..." the grown-up version of a character I had played before." "Having finished recording Part 2 of the final chapter "Reflection..."" "And I really love projects like that." "So, frankly, I was happy to be able to play an older version of her." "Performing the part of "Tsubame Sanjo?" In these chapters," "Performing the part of "Tsubame Sanjo?"" "Performing the part of "Tsubame Sanjo?" Yahiko has grown up and Ms. Miina continues to do his voice." "Yahiko has grown up and Ms. Miina continues to do his voice." "When I heard her voice, I thought, "Wow, Yahiko sounds so cool!"" "And I felt a thrill in my heart for the Yahiko that Ms. Miina was depicting." "So, I thought, "Oh, I feel a little excitement."" "And I felt inside that I could just play Tsubame." "In that sense, I think it was easy for me to step into the shoes of the older Tsubame." "How do you feel about "Rurouni Kenshin?" I was asked all along to speak in a non-anime way." "I was asked all along to speak in a non-anime way." "I was told to speak naturally." "I thought long and hard about what speaking naturally meant." "Like the way you exhale..." "I really agonized over it." "Every time I came to work on Rurouni Kenshin," "I would be thinking, "What the heck is natural?"" "I struggled over this within my self, even to just say one phrase." "A Message to the Fans" "A Message to the Fans Thank you for supporting Rurouni Kenshin over such a long time." "Thank you for supporti ng Rurouni Kenshin over such a long time." "This video is an original video and shows you one possible conclusion." "What did you think of it?" "Like the art is really beautiful, almost like live footage." "It also has a sober and really cool feel to it." "It felt almost like a live period drama." "I'm sure every person will have a different opinion, but I would be very happy" "if everyone really enjoyed it as just one story."