E1 - Kenshin - Himura Battosai

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    BAKUMATSU ERA
    KYOTO
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    There is no need to worry.
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    After all, I am the Captain
    of the First Unit of the Shinsengumi.
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    But your lungs are ailing now,
    aren't they?
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    I will slay him.
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    Captain of the Third Unit
    of the Shinsengumi, Hajime Saito...
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    Here I come...
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    Hitokiri Battosai.
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    EPISODE 1: KENSHIN – HIMURA BATTOSAI
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    11th YEAR OF MEIJI
    DOWNTOWN TOKYO
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    Hitokiri Battosai!
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    I finally found you!
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    Your killing spree ends tonight!
    Prepare yourself!
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    Oro?
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    Don't play dumb!
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    Nobody else would walk around
    with a sword late at night,
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    completely ignoring
    the Sword Abolishment Act!
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    Ouch.
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    Well, that was easy.
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    Is this the rumored Hitokiri Battosai?
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    Rurouni.
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    I am nothing more than a rurouni,
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    a swordsman on a journey
    with no destination, that I am.
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    I have just arrived in this town.
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    You say, "Killing spree,"
    but I have no clue—
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    Then what is that at your hip?
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    Even if you're a swordsman,
    you're not allowed to carry a blade!
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    What is this?
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    A Sakabato?
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    Can you kill someone with this blade,
    that you can?
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    You can't.
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    In the first place, there are
    no nicks at all on this reverse blade,
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    nor any smell of blood
    or clouding from oil.
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    It's as good as new.
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    You really are just a...
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    Rurouni, I am.
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    But why do you carry such a useless sword?
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    The police!
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    This time, for sure!
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    It seems something is going on,
    that it is.
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    Weak!
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    Weak, weak, weak!
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    You all are too weak!
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    H-He's too strong!
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    This strength is indeed...
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    that of the rumored Battosai!
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    Stop right, there, Battosai!
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    Oh, no—
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    You are a reckless one, that you are.
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    Rurouni.
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    Over here! The bandit is over here!
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    I am the Battosai!
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    Himura Battosai of the Kamiya Kasshin-ryu,
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    people call me Hitokiri Battosai!
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    Wait!
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    Wait, what are you doing? Let me down!
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    Pursuing too long while injured
    may be fatal, that it may be.
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    He's already claimed
    to be of a certain sword style,
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    so don't fret—
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    Kamiya Kasshin-ryu is our sword style!
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    He's using our name
    to commit crossroad killings!
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    Let me down!
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    I'm gonna go catch him right now—
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    You won't catch up if you go now,
    that you can't.
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    Before the police
    start investigating us,
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    we should depart, that we should.
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    Let me down!
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    KAMIYA KASSHIN-RYU
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    Kamiya Kasshin-ryu...
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    ACTING MASTER
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    KAORU KAMIYA
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    STUDENT
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    Acting Master, Kaoru Kamiya.
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    Students...
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    STUDENT
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    Oro?
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    We were
    a very small sword style to begin with.
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    But we used to have about ten students
    and were working together really hard.
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    But two months ago, that guy
    suddenly started crossroad killings,
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    and look how it is now.
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    All the students left,
    fearing the name "Battosai,"
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    and nobody in town
    wants to even come close to our dojo.
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    Hitokiri Battosai,
    even now in the Meiji Era,
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    is still feared by people.
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    Why does he claim to be
    of the Kamiya Kasshin-ryu?
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    Is he really the Battosai? I have no idea.
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    But I have to end his atrocity
    as soon as possible.
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    I see.
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    But it's better if you didn't walk around
    at night anymore, that it is.
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    Huh?
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    That man is far stronger than you are,
    Miss Kaoru.
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    What?
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    Being able to acknowledge
    when others are stronger than yourself
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    is part of being a swordsman.
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    It should be obvious
    how your next clash will end?
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    The pride of a sword style
    is not important enough
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    as to risk your life to protect it,
    that it isn't.
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    The Kamiya Kasshin-ryu...
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    The Kamiya Kasshin-ryu is a sword style
    my father created in the Meiji Era
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    after surviving
    the turbulence of the Bakumatsu Era.
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    My father didn't approve
    of murderous swords.
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    With an ambition
    for swords that give life,
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    he was giving it everything he had
    for ten years.
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    But even he was sent out to the Seinan War
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    as part of the Metropolitan Police's
    swordsman squad,
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    and in a place that was so distant
    from his own ideals, he left this world.
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    That man claiming to be Hitokiri Battosai
    uses that name of Kamiya Kasshin-ryu
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    and has already caused
    over ten injuries and fatalities.
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    My father's heirloom sword style,
    the Kamiya Kasshin-ryu,
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    idealizes a life-giving sword.
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    But it has been tarnished
    by a murderous sword!
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    You're merely a rurouni!
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    You wouldn't understand
    the frustration I'm feeling!
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    However, in either case, with that arm,
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    you can't make the rounds at night,
    that you can't.
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    It's best if you stay on the safe side.
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    In the first place,
    someone seeking a life-giving sword
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    being unable to live her own life
    is no joke, that it isn't.
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    Besides, your late father
    wouldn't wish his sword style
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    to be protected at the cost
    of his daughter's life, that he doesn't.
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    Excuse me.
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    Now we're all done.
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    Thank you, Kihei.
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    Kaoru, you shouldn't open up
    to someone like that.
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    A rurouni is nothing more
    than a failure in life.
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    Yeah.
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    You are too nice for your own good.
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    I know.
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    I know that.
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    RUROUNI KENSHIN
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    A FEW DAYS LATER
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    Hey, don't thrash about!
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    Behave!
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    Oh? Did someone get caught?
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    Ororo...
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    Rurouni!
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    What did this man do?
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    As you can see,
    he's disobeying the Sword Abolishment Act!
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    Hmm? If I recall, you're...
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    from the dojo with Hitokiri Battosai—
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    I'm telling you that's a false accusation!
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    What, are you going to fight back
    against an officer?
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    "Officer" this! "Officer" that!
    Don't act so big!
[09:58] ---
    - What?
    - Now, now. Please don't get so angry.
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    Let's peacefully settle this.
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    Hey.
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    Out of respect for the geezer,
    we'll tolerate him.
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    You won't get away next time.
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    I have been spared thanks to you,
    that I have.
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    You're welcome.
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    You're still in this town?
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    Do you have something to do here?
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    No, not really.
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    Anyway, what happened
    to that crossroad killer's case?
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    Yes. I have leads
    on who the perpetrator might be.
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    There is another swordsmanship dojo
    in the neighboring town.
[10:38] ---
    Oh?
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    To be precise, it's a former dojo.
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    Nowadays it's a hangout
    for gamblers and thugs.
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    And apparently a has-been samurai
    swordsman took control two months ago.
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    That guy is said to be huge,
    close to six and a half feet.
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    See? Doesn't that sound fishy?
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    The crossroad killings started
    around two months ago, too.
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    By an adept swordsman
    who is about that tall.
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    Huge guys like that aren't that common!
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    Miss Kaoru, I have to prepare dinner,
    so I will get going now.
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    Oh, right. Thanks.
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    See you.
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    And how is that man related—
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    Kihei? He's like a live-in servant.
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    It was right after my father passed away.
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    I found him lying on the street
    in front of our dojo
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    and nursed him back to health.
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    He gets worried about me
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    and tells me I should sell off the dojo
    and live in peace.
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    His background?
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    I don't know, because I never asked.
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    You are too carefree, that you are.
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    Oh, is that so?
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    It's all right.
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    It's not surprising for anyone
    to have one or two tales of the past
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    that they don't want to tell anyone about.
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    I can say the same for you, right?
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    Isn't that why you are a rurouni?
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    You are correct, that you are.
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    Hey, rurouni, you don't have
    enough money for an inn, right?
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    Then why don't you stay at our place?
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    I have errands to run,
    so I will be back another day.
[12:04] ---
    Oh, wait.
[12:06] ---
    Is there something else?
[12:08] ---
    Um, well...
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    the other day, well...
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    I didn't get to say thank you
    for helping me,
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    and then saying
    you were merely a rurouni...
[12:19] ---
    well, um...
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    I'm sorry.
[12:23] ---
    Do you have a fever, that you do?
[12:25] ---
    I'm making an effort to apologize here!
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    Oh, that's what it was, I see.
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    Rurouni do not care
    about the little things.
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    You should not worry about them either,
    Miss Kaoru, that you shouldn't.
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    Thinking about it,
    what errand does he have?
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    A dojo in the neighboring town.
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    No wonder I couldn't find them
    when I searched this town.
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    Pardon me! Excuse me!
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    KIHEIKAN
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    Pardon me! Excuse me!
    Pardon me! Excuse me! Pardon—
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    Shut up! Who the hell are you?
[13:02] ---
    The leader of this place—
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    Mr. Hiruma is not here right now!
    Come back another time!
[13:08] ---
    Oh ho! So his name is Hiruma, that he is.
[13:11] ---
    You came here not knowing that, punk?
[13:13] ---
    Oh, I had totally assumed...
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    his name was Crossroad Killer Battosai.
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    It seems Miss Kaoru had a good read
    about this place, that she did.
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    What's wrong, Mr. Nishiwaki?
[13:27] ---
    Who's that shrimp?
[13:29] ---
    Oh, it's just some rat.
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    Take care of 'im.
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    Oh, no. It broke on its own.
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    Miss Kaoru.
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    Oh, it's you, Kihei.
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    What's the matter?
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    Why, yes, about this land and estate...
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    I've been telling you
    I don't plan to close this dojo.
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    But as you can see here...
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    TRANSFER OF LAND AND BUILDING DOCUMENT
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    all the paperwork
    has already been completed.
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    Kihei?
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    And all we need is one stamp from you.
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    With that,
    this land and estate will become ours!
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    Yo!
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    You're...
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    Gohei Hiruma.
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    He's my little brother.
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    If you're doing it, do it legally.
    That is my motto.
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    But since you caught on
    to my brother's true identity,
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    I couldn't keep saying that.
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    Playing the role of a good-natured old man
    to gain trust went according to plan.
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    You're a sucker for things, but really
    stubborn when it comes to swordsmanship.
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    So I had my brother cause
    a commotion with crossroad killings
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    to tarnish the name of your sword style.
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    Using the Hitokiri Battosai's name
    worked well in our favor, too,
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    despite the fact he is
    a legendary manslayer
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    whose existence is dubious at best.
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    Thanks to that,
    we got this far in just two months.
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    The value of the lands around here
    will grow five- or six-fold
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    thanks to the westernization policy.
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    It's too good for some kendo dojo
    to be standing here.
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    Kihei...
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    I heard from my bro.
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    Your mission is a life-giving sword?
[15:11] ---
    How amusing.
[15:12] ---
    Why don't you try
    saving yourself with it first?
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    As expected, the sword of a little girl
    talking in her sleep doesn't work on me.
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    Existing for violence,
    and murder is at its soul!
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    That is the true nature of swordsmanship!
[15:35] ---
    Ow.
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    And now this land and estate are ours.
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    It's all over
    for the so-called Kamiya Kasshin-ryu .
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    What's wrong, Nishiwaki?
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    H-He's strong.
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    R-Rurouni!
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    Sorry I'm late.
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    I heard the entire story.
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    You again?
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    Do you mouth off about life-giving swords
    just like this girl does?
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    No.
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    Swords are weapons.
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    Swordsmanship is a means of murder.
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    No matter how you sugarcoat it
    or have lofty ideals, that is the truth.
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    Miss Kaoru talks a sweet, naïve lie
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    spoken only by those who have never
    had blood on their hands, that she does.
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    Rurouni.
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    But in the face of such awful truth...
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    I much prefer
    Miss Kaoru's naïve lies, that I do.
[16:41] ---
    I wish that her lie could become
    the truth of this world, that I do.
[16:47] ---
    Hey, bro, you don't mind me
    killin' this guy off, do you?
[16:51] ---
    Yeah. You can torture him to death.
[16:55] ---
    Hey, boys!
[16:56] ---
    - Yeah!
    - Yeah!
[16:57] ---
    Rurouni, make a run for it!
[16:58] ---
    I don't want to recklessly increase
    the number of injured.
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    If you don't want to go see a doctor,
    be quick and retreat, that you will.
[17:05] ---
    Nobody here will be injured!
[17:07] ---
    The only injury will be a fatality, yours!
[17:15] ---
    Impossible! One swing, and he
    takes down four, even five at once!
[17:18] ---
    I-Is this some sort of sorcery?
[17:20] ---
    No, it's not sorcery. This is...
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    speed!
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    Sword speed, speed of posture,
    and speed of reading opponent movements.
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    Making full use of every type of speed
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    to simultaneously take down
    multiple opponents with minimal movement!
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    I forgot to mention one thing.
[17:44] ---
    The sword of Hitokiri Battosai
    is not that of Kamiya Kasshin-ryu.
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    It is an ancient sword art
    with its roots in the Sengoku Era.
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    The sword style name
    is Hiten Mitsurugi-ryu.
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    It excels in one-versus-many combat.
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    If it weren't for me
    having a sword like this,
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    it is surely lethal.
[18:04] ---
    It is a murderous sword at godly speed,
    that it is.
[18:07] ---
    No way. Then you are the Hitokiri Bat—
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    Interesting!
    I didn't take you on the other day,
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    but I didn't think you were this strong!
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    You were holding back against me!
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    Unlike you,
    I don't like to be violent all that much.
[18:26] ---
    But now I'm thinking
    I should have slammed you down back then.
[18:30] ---
    That's quite the confidence.
[18:32] ---
    But that's what people
    call being conceited!
[18:35] ---
    This world doesn't need two Battosais!
[18:41] ---
    Over here.
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    I have no remorse nor attachment
    to the name "Battosai."
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    Even then, I cannot
    hand it down to someone like you.
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    You were the mastermind,
    so you're not getting off so easy.
[19:13] ---
    Good grief.
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    TRANSFER OF LAND AND BUILDING DOCUMENT
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    The more someone schemes,
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    the more cowardly
    their true nature is, that they are.
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    Miss Kaoru, I am sorry, that I am.
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    I had no intention of fooling you
    or hiding anything.
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    But if I could help it, I would have liked
    to not talk about this, that I would.
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    Pardon me. Fare you well.
[19:38] ---
    H-H-Hold it right there!
[19:41] ---
    You expect me to bring the sword style
    back up and running all by myself?
[19:44] ---
    You could at least give me
    a bit of a helping hand!
[19:47] ---
    I'm not particular about people's pasts!
[19:52] ---
    I advise against it.
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    This is your chance to clear your name.
[19:56] ---
    If the real Battosai were to linger,
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    it would make everything for naught,
    that it will.
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    I'm not saying I want the Battosai
    to stay here with me.
[20:02] ---
    I want you, a rurouni, to be here—
[20:05] ---
    F-Fine! If you want to go, just go!
[20:09] ---
    But at the least,
    you can tell me your name before you go!
[20:14] ---
    Battosai is your past warrior name,
    isn't it?
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    Or do you not even want
    to tell me your true name?
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    Kenshin.
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    Kenshin Himura.
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    That is my current name, that it is.
[20:38] ---
    I am a bit tired of traveling.
[20:41] ---
    As a rurouni, I don't know
    when I will wander to the next place.
[20:45] ---
    But if that's fine with you...
[20:47] ---
    I will stay here for the time being,
    that I will.
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    The beginning of the heroic tale...
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    is in the 11th year of Meiji
    in downtown Tokyo.
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    It began with the arrival of a rurouni,
    Kenshin Himura.
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    Hold on just a minute.
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    If you were a warrior
    back in the Bakumatsu Era,
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    exactly how old are you?
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    You can't possibly be over 30
    with that face, can you?
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    Oro?
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    NEXT EPISODE
    TOKYO SAMURAI –
    YAHIKO MYOJIN
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    Next episode:
    "Tokyo Samurai Yahiko Myojin."