E12 - Okashira - Aoshi Shinomori
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I would like to avoid
unnecessary battle, that I would.
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Can you step aside and let me know
where Kanryu and Miss Megumi are?
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You need to ask me the whereabouts
of those two with that sakabato.
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I will answer... with this.
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EPISODE 12:
OKASHIRA -
AOSHI SHINOMORI
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The length of that blade...
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You're trying to fight
with just one wakizashi?
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Don't mock us!
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Kids should stay back.
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Damn you!
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I wish the same, that I do.
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Oh, um...
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Damn it, each and every one of you.
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Listen up! You better not have
a hard time against one little wakizashi!
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Hurry up, and get this over with!
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If that really was a wakizashi,
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I wouldn't have a hard time,
that I wouldn't.
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You seem to know
of the characteristics of a kodachi.
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Kodachi?
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Simply put, a sword that is between
a katana and a wakizashi, that it is.
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As it is shorter than a katana,
it lacks in offensive power.
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But as it is light and very adaptable,
it has high defensive power.
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To be on the offensive against that
would be highly disadvantageous.
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I see.
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Then I shall be the one to attack.
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So quick!
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Kenshin!
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A kick? Can this man be...
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just like Han'nya...
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a kenpo master!
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I see.
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You lay out an impenetrable defense
with the kodachi,
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but attack with the same kenpo as Han'nya.
That's your style.
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I was the one
that taught kenpo to Han'nya.
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The speed and weight of a master's fist
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is greatly different
than that of an apprentice.
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Battosai,
I have nothing personal against you.
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But as the most powerful Imperialist,
I will have you die right here.
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It seems like you are not fighting
for Kanryu's sake, that it doesn't.
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Of course not.
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Is it for the Tokugawa Shogunate
that fell with the revolution?
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If you are an Imperialist,
you should know
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how Yoshinobu Tokugawa acted
in the Battle of Toba-Fushimi.
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As soon as Yoshinobu,
the final Shogun of Tokugawa,
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found out the Shogunate army was inferior,
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he and his top retainers
left Osaka Castle by themselves,
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returning to Edo by battleship.
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He abandoned over 10,000 soldiers
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risking their lives
fighting on the battlefield.
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After he fled back to Edo,
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he decided on absolute compliance
at Kanei Temple in Ueno.
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After talks between Kaishu Katsu,
who was given full authority,
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and Takamori Saigo,
the imperial Edo Castle
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ended up being surrendered
with no bloodshed.
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And the Oniwaban Group ended
the Bakumatsu Era without fighting.
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We don't care
about the coward Tokugawa anymore.
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Our only regret is the fact
that we could not fight.
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There are no ifs in the flow of history,
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but had we fought back then...
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the victory in the revolution
would have belonged to the Shogunate.
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We would create a huge fire in Edo,
and then we, the Oniwaban Group,
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would kill the Imperial officers
at the heart of the army in the chaos.
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After that,
what remains is an unorderly mob.
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The Shogunate Army, superior in numbers,
can crush them all...
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and that's the end.
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No way you'd be able to do that!
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We can.
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Shall we replicate the incident here?
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Right here in Tokyo?
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Damn this guy.
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But doing something like that
at this point is completely meaningless.
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What has meaning right now is proof.
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Proof that superiority
in the Bakumatsu Revolution
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was embodied by us, the Oniwaban Group.
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Back in those days...
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many threw themselves into battle...
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whether Revolutionary warrior
or Shogunate samurai.
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We antagonized each other.
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But neither was righteous,
and neither was mistaken.
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We were simply concerned
for the future of this country
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and risked our lives for the peace
and happiness of the people.
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But you have none of that!
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What you have,
calmly saying you would raze a town,
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is nothing more than bloody,
ice-cold competitiveness!
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Both as a Revolutionary warrior
and a rurouni...
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I cannot sit quietly
and let you get away with it!
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Say what you want.
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Even if you became serious about this,
you have no chance of winning.
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Come on.
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Going from Hiten Mitsurugi-ryu Ryuutsuisen
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straight into a battojutsu
without landing.
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That's quite an attack,
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but you can't break my kodachi
with anything of that level.
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Damn it!
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Aoshi is merely a hired hand,
and yet he makes a fool out of me!
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First Megumi, now him.
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Each and every one. Each and every one!
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But now I figured it out!
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That man, like Battosai, is the type
that I can't control with money.
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He's a dangerous man that can
turn into a foe at any point in time!
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Battosai and Aoshi...
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is there a way for me
to get rid of both of them?
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Think, Kanryu. Some way? Some way?
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Something, something,
something, something!
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Um, Mr. Kanryu, what should we do
about the test of you-know-what?
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That's it!
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No matter how many times you attack,
it's useless.
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When concentrating on defense, my kodachi
will even protect me from rifle bullets.
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Not even Kenshin can land one blow on him.
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That, and, no matter how much
of an advantage he gains,
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he doesn't show one smile.
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That's truly
an ice-cold competitiveness.
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Damn it. My knees feel so weak.
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Kenshin!
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It's all right, that it is.
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I'd feel very sorry for Miss Megumi
if something like this defeats me,
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and I'd be too ashamed
to see Miss Kaoru again.
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And who knows what Sano would say to me?
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Besides...
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I finally see a way
to get past that kodachi, that I do.
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I'd like to say that's a bluff...
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but you're not one
to say things of that nature.
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So I'll have you show me...
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this so-called way.
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Too slow!
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What? He's holding
the bottom of the blade.
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Aoshi, the secret of your power
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is completely controlling the reach
between you and your opponent.
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Reach.
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Listen up, Yahiko.
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"Reach" is the distance
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in which you can make an attack
on your opponent in one move.
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The key for combat between higher-ranked
masters is to fight inside your own reach.
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It's easy to think that I'm
at an advantage with a katana.
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You can't help but create a blind spot
at one's center with a long reach.
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And you attack right at that blind spot.
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Then I shall just switch over
to the same reach as a kodachi,
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and the blind spot
should naturally disappear.
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So I see.
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Simply gripping a Japanese sword,
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especially the bottom,
where it is most dull,
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won't dig the blade
all the way down to the bone.
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Lose a battle to win the war, huh?
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I have now seen the essence of a hitokiri.
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In return, I will take you down with
the essence of the Oniwaban Group leader.
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So slow?
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What is this slow speed?
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This is...
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a sword dance?
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This is different
from a ritualistic sword dance!
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Stop it.
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You are used to swordsmanship
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that clearly differentiates
stillness from motion.
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You cannot possibly catch the movement of
flowing water, fluctuating speed at will.
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A practical sword dance
that combines movements of kenpo
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with techniques of the kodachi...
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this is how Aoshi Shinomori
truly fights!
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Die.
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Kenshin!
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Kaiten Kenbu...
[10:44] ---
this technique has disposed of every
insurgent who snuck into Edo Castle.
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Ken...
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...shin.
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This is the end, boy.
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Himura Battosai is dead.
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Shut up!
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I'll take you on now!
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Even if it kills me,
I'll make sure to take you down!
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That's good spirit.
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It feels a bit shameful
to kill you here.
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Yahiko is Kamiya Kasshin-ryu's
precious successor, that he is.
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I won't let him die in a place like this.
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Besides, I can't allow myself
to die in a place like this, either!
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Kenshin!
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Are you immortal?
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Hardly.
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Kaiten Kenbu, eh?
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I didn't think it would slice apart
my metal sheath like it was a log.
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I see.
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You halved its effects with your sheath
in the spur of the moment.
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You are quite the man.
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I can see why they call you
the strongest ever.
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No, I will acknowledge myself as such.
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And this makes me want the title
of strongest within our ranks once again!
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Be careful, Kenshin!
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There's a Kaiten Kenbu coming!
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I told you. This movement of flowing water
is something you cannot capture.
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Furthermore, you are wounded all over,
and your movement is slowed...
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This is the end, Himura Battosai!
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Kenshin!
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Hiten Mitsurugi-ryu, Ryuukosen.
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This is the only unarmed technique
in Hiten Mitsurugi-ryu, that it is.
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Indeed, I cannot grasp
your movements similar to flowing water.
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However, if it's the moment where you
switch to attacking with Kaiten Kenbu,
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I can counter it, though barely!
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Aoshi, if you want
the title of strongest that badly,
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I can give it to you as much as you want.
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Such a title is annoying at best for me.
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For my current self,
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those that await my aid
and those that wait for my return
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are tens of thousands of times
more important, that they are!
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RUROUNI KENSHIN
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Lose? Me?
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Don't overdo it. Pull back!
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After two blows to the throat,
not even you—
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Not done yet!
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Kenshin!
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I'm all right... that I am.
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More than me, Aoshi...
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Is he... dead?
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No, he is just unconscious, that he is.
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After I hurt his throat
with two powerful blows,
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he unleashed an attack
that required a deep breath.
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It's only natural that he suffered
great pain and had difficulty breathing.
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In the end, the competitiveness
that never backed down...
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brought his own defeat, that it did.
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Your soulful words
when I fell to Kaiten Kenbu
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were really reassuring, that they were.
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All right!
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All we gotta do now
is take Kanryu down and rescue Megumi!
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That's quite the recuperative power.
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I fell unconscious?
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Well, for about 10 seconds, that you were.
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Why won't you deliver the final blow?
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I am currently a rurouni.
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I am not a hitokiri, that I am not.
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However, even without a final blow,
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someone of your caliber
should know who was victorious.
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Aoshi, answer one question.
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Though from the shadows,
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you took on the important role
of Oniwaban Group leader...
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there should have been
more than just one or two offers
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for officer positions
after the revolution.
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If you wanted a place to test your skills,
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surely there were other places
to choose from.
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There were plenty of offers
for officer positions.
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From intelligence in the Ground Troops
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to bodyguards of prolific politicians,
the entire spectrum.
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But they were all for me.
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Those that excel at one unusual power,
like Hyottoko and Beshimi,
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betrayers like Shikijo, and Han'nya's case
is obvious once you see his true face.
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Not one offer for officer positions
came in for others in the Oniwaban Group.
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As the leader,
how can I serve as an officer
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after abandoning all my subordinates?
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I don't want to perform a betrayal
as ugly as that of Yoshinobu Tokugawa.
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Yoshinobu was—
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I know that.
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Yoshinobu's absolute compliance,
that was a powerful political decision
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in order to not lessen
our power as a nation.
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But even then, I want none of it.
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It's been 10 years
since I've been herding the Oniwaban Group
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after being tossed out into Tokyo,
the new capital in Meiji.
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I have seen off
those that found new lives.
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I only have four subordinates left.
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Four miserable souls that only know
of battle and can do nothing but fight.
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Then at the least,
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I could add the brilliant flower
of "strongest" to the Oniwaban Group
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and turn it into their pride.
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Give me the final blow.
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If you don't,
I will come after you countless times.
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How pitiful you are, Aoshi Shinomori!
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I came out,
as I just couldn't wait anymore!
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Kanryu.
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That saves us the effort
of searching for you, that it does.
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That's quite the confidence.
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However...
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can you keep that confidence
even after seeing this?
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That is—
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It can't be...
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a Gatling gun?
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Indeed!
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Developed in 1861 by Gatling,
an American doctor,
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the ultimate weapon
that brought the Northern army
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the victory in the Civil War!
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In Japan,
the Echigo-Nagaoka Domain purchased it.
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In the Boshin War, the Third War,
and the Battle of Hokuetsu,
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this became a great threat
in the Imperial Army!
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A destructive force that can move history,
a great ability that creates a generation.
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Let's take our time to try this out!
[17:50] ---
Wh-What was that just now?
[17:53] ---
Ken-san...
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That was loud.
[17:57] ---
What the hell was that?
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There seems to be some anomaly upstairs.
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Han'nya!
[18:03] ---
Don't be so alarmed.
[18:06] ---
Both Shikijo and I
had fair fights and lost.
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I have no intent on being the victor now
by attacking someone off their guard.
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Anyway, I am worried about Lord Aoshi.
[18:18] ---
I will head up with Shikijo,
but what will you do?
[18:21] ---
You know, you're a pretty good guy.
[18:25] ---
I only hear that as sarcasm.
[18:28] ---
No doubt.
[18:30] ---
Wake up, Shikijo.
[18:35] ---
Oh, it's you, Han'nya.
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Your face right when I wake up
really gets me going.
[18:40] ---
Sheesh. Each and every one of you...
[18:44] ---
Hey, shrimp.
[18:45] ---
What is it, fatso?
[18:47] ---
Did you hear that booming sound just now?
[18:49] ---
If you heard it as well,
that means I wasn't imagining it.
[18:54] ---
Looks like this ain't the time
to be takin' naps.
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How's that? Isn't it wonderful?
[19:03] ---
I can fire
an amazing 200 bullets in one minute!
[19:07] ---
That guy is not hitting us on purpose,
because he wants to torture us to death!
[19:12] ---
Gat! Gat! Gat! Gat! Gat! Gat! Gat!
[19:14] ---
If you stay still, I'll hit you with this!
[19:17] ---
Kanryu! Why the hell
do you have something like that?
[19:19] ---
That's Lord Kanryu, you insolent fool!
[19:24] ---
Aoshi!
[19:26] ---
Really.
[19:27] ---
But, oh, well.
[19:29] ---
I will let you know
as part of my smoke break.
[19:34] ---
My ultimate ambition is to become
the most profitable dealer in the world.
[19:40] ---
And that is a dealer of death...
[19:42] ---
an arms dealer!
[19:46] ---
Gathering funds through the new opium and
with this Gatling gun as the main product,
[19:50] ---
I will make an assault on my competitors!
[19:53] ---
That is the scenario for the birth
of the great merchant, Kanryu Takeda!
[19:57] ---
You're going to go that far?
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You will ravage human lives and souls
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in order to get your hands on money,
that you will?
[20:07] ---
Himura Battosai.
[20:09] ---
How many years and sacrifices did it take
for you to gain that incredible strength?
[20:15] ---
That surely was not gained
through extraordinary effort, was it?
[20:19] ---
But still, if you have money,
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you can easily gain power
that surpasses even that!
[20:24] ---
In an instant!
Without paying any sacrifices!
[20:27] ---
Money! This is truly the proof of power!
[20:30] ---
What was that about the Oniwaban Group
or the legendary manslayer?
[20:35] ---
The true strongest is yours truly!
[20:37] ---
There is nothing more wonderful
in this world than money!
[20:41] ---
And I will prove that right now!
[20:44] ---
Die!
[20:46] ---
What the hell is that?
[20:51] ---
Shikijo!
[20:52] ---
- Wha—
- Now!
[20:53] ---
Run, Battosai!
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Which... Which one should be the target?
[20:59] ---
Damn it, I'll start off
with the immobile Aoshi!
[21:02] ---
I won't let you do that!
[21:04] ---
Gat! Gat! Gat! Gat! Gat! Gat! Gat!
[21:10] ---
Shikijo!
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NEXT EPISODE
BATTLE'S END
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Next episode, "Battle's End."
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