E7 - The Two Hitokiri
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Listen up.
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I'm only lending it to you.
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You have to return it.
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All right.
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I will make sure
to return it to you,
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so rest assured and wait for me
at the dojo, that you will.
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Okay.
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Kenshin!
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VINDICATION NOTE OF ASSASSINATION
TONIGHT AT MIDNIGHT, I WILL
WAIT IN FRONT OF THE INARI
AT THE TOWN SHRINE GROVE
JINE
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EPISODE 7: THE TWO HITOKIRI
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Don't glare so much.
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It's not like I abducted you
with plans to eat you or anything.
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I know that.
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You did this to whittle off
some of Kenshin's power.
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Kurogasa turned out
to be quite the chicken.
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You really don't get it.
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If I take you hostage,
Battosai will be angered.
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Anger will return him
to the hitokiri that he once was.
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The current Battosai has lost his touch.
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I can defeat him
before I finish smoking one cigarette.
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And that would be too boring.
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Not only are you a coward,
but a liar, too?
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You can't possibly be unaware
of Kenshin's strength, right?
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You're the one that doesn't know...
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the skills of Hitokiri Battosai
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that gives you goosebumps
just by hearing about them.
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The first time I saw him was in Kyoto
back during the Bakumatsu Era.
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I had heard rumors about the Hitokiri.
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But we were the Shinsengumi.
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There was no way
we'd lose against one man.
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That's what I had thought.
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It took just one moment.
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In the moment
that moonlight filled the alleyway,
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he killed the three other men.
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Hey.
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Tell your comrades.
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If you're going to slay
any more Revolutionary warriors...
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you will have to fight me.
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If I had fought him right then,
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I would have quickly sunk into the shadows
right then and there.
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But it's different now.
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I have killed so many, friend and foe.
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I was able to become a hitokiri,
just like him.
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Two hitokiri killing each other
in a dire situation.
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That is what is most amusing.
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Kenshin is—
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You can tell
exactly what kind of man I'm looking at
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and what kind of man you're looking at.
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Now...
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it's midnight.
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The beginning of a very fun moment.
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Right, Battosai?
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Kenshin!
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I like that glare.
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You are indeed angry.
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Yeah.
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Against you
for roping Miss Kaoru into this
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and against myself
for not being able to stop it.
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"Myself."
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Wonderful. Splendid.
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Your speech pattern has reverted
to that of the Bakumatsu Era.
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And now...
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if you flip the blade
of that sword around,
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the legendary Hitokiri makes his return.
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Kenshin.
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So cheeky!
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He's different.
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This isn't the usual Kenshin after all.
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I told you that Shin No Ippo won't work!
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Nikaido Heiho starts with...
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Katate Hirazuki!
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Next...
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Letter One stance, Yokonagi.
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Letter Ten stance, Karatake-wari.
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And here...
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I disrupt!
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You seem to have been
reading my movements,
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but you couldn't predict Haishato.
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You're not quite there.
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I can kill your current self
in the time I smoke three cigarettes.
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Kenshin!
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This is boring.
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I need you to feel more anger.
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Miss Kaoru!
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I cast a slightly stronger
Shin No Ippo on her,
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to the point
where lung function is paralyzed.
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She will last no longer than two minutes.
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This can't be undone
as easily as last night.
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Suffocation is an ugly death.
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Drool, urine, and feces
will ooze out of the corpse.
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Jine.
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You don't have time to chat.
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Everything you want to say,
do so with that sword.
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Oh ho, that just now...
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not only did I miss the sword gleam,
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I didn't even see
how you carried yourself.
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So this is Hiten Mitsurugi-ryu.
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This is the Hitokiri Battosai!
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No time to chat.
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I will kill you,
so hurry up, and get on with it.
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Kenshin.
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"I will kill you," eh?
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Wonderful.
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A line fit for a hitokiri.
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Kenshin!
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Now that you have returned to the
Hitokiri Battosai of the Bakumatsu Era,
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this is where our true showdown begins!
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Here goes, Battosai!
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What's wrong?
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When you have a murderous intent,
it really is different.
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If you're fearing for your life,
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release the Shin No Ippo
that you put on Miss Kaoru.
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I can't release it anymore.
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She has to do so on her own,
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or the caster must be killed
to sever the sword aura.
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You only have two choices.
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Of course,
the former is likely impossible.
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Then I will just have to kill you.
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That's also impossible.
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Humans are creatures that are
surprisingly weak against assumptions.
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Shin No Ippo
takes advantage of that weakness
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and uses the heightened sword aura
to cower and paralyze the enemy.
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Assumptions do indeed
influence the human body.
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And I, as the caster, am no exemption!
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I... am... undefeated!
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I see.
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He's putting a strong hypnosis on himself
to unleash all of his potential.
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I... am... invincible!
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I... am... the strongest!
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Shin No Ippo:
Shadow Skill, Hyoki Technique!
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This is the first time I'm using this
since I have left the Shinsengumi,
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the first time in 15 years.
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If you call it an unfair skill,
it indeed would be.
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But I will go ahead and use it.
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I don't care.
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You can use whatever skills you want.
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However...
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now that I have said I will kill you...
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your death is absolute.
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RUROUNI KENSHIN
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This is the stance
for a battojutsu attack.
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Battojutsu...
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a technique where the blade of a sword
races within the sheath
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and the sword speed doubles,
even triples, when it is drawn out.
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A grand sure-kill attack
that slays the opponent
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without providing
an opportunity to counterattack.
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Come. I will let you have a good taste
of the street name "Battosai."
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Battosai, user of the divine-speed
sword style Hiten Mitsurugi-ryu.
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Indeed the fastest ever!
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But if I can dodge that, I can win!
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Battojutsu are sure-kill attacks,
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which means a misfire
leads to his own death.
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A dangerous double-edged attack.
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Can I dodge it?
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I can! I can dodge this!
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Showdown time, Himura Battosai!
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Battosai, you aren't aware
of your fatal flaw!
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And that's your sword.
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A sakabato is disadvantageous
for battojutsu!
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As the back
is on the convex side of the arc,
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you can't get the blade
to race enough within the sheath,
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slightly slowing down
the sword-draw speed.
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And that difference is
my perfect opportunity for victory!
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So fast!
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But if I can dodge this...
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I dodged it!
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Victory is mine!
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Battosai!
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Wha— This is—
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A double battojutsu
using both sword and sheath!
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Hiten Mitsurugi-ryu Battojutsu:
Soryuusen.
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I am fully aware that battojutsu
are double-edged attacks
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and that a sakabato
is unfit for battojutsu.
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The man who mastered
the most powerful battojutsu...
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that is the origin
of my street name, Battosai.
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I shattered your elbow joint
and severed your tendon.
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Your life as a swordsman is over.
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And this...
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is the end of your life.
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Die.
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Kenshin!
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What's wrong, Battosai?
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What are you hesitating for?
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To release the Shin No Ippo,
you have to kill me.
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This is too easy a choice.
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The evil blade of the legendary Hitokiri.
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Give me a blow right here
to take to the afterlife.
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Right. I don't want to give you
anything to take with you.
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But in order to protect Miss Kaoru,
I must once again revert to a hitokiri.
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That's how it should be!
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Let me, Jine, taste your evil blade!
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Die.
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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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But in the face of such awful truth...
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I much prefer
Miss Kaoru's naïve lies, that I do.
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Ken... shin.
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Kenshin!
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You can't!
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Don't return to being a hitokiri.
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You can't use... a murderous sword.
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Miss Kaoru!
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Miss Kaoru, get a hold of yourself!
Are you all right, that you are?
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Miss Kaoru!
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I am all right, Kenshin, that I am.
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Oro?
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Your speech pattern is back to normal.
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Oh.
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I'm fine.
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I'm all right,
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so please—
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I can understand
that bird head from last night,
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but this little girl
broke my Shin No Ippo, too?
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It seems I myself have lost my touch.
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Stop it, Jine.
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You only have one wakizashi,
and you can only use your left arm.
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You have no chance of winning,
that you don't. It's all over now.
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You should calmly wait for your arrest,
that you should.
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No, it's not over yet.
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I still have to deal with the aftermath.
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This sensation... so good.
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Y-You look like you don't get it.
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I told you.
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This is the aftermath.
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I-If I get caught
and the investigation goes on...
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they're sure to track back
to the Imperialist government official
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that requested a Hitokiri.
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What?
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You couldn't have possibly believed
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that hitokiri were no longer needed
in the Meiji Era.
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That's why I said you lost your touch.
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They're all worked up
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about the Revolution, Meiji Era,
and new government.
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But on the inside,
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a power struggle similar
to the Bakumatsu Era still continues.
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They want to get rid
of those that stand in the way,
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but with modernization of the system
and the police force developing,
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they can't simply slay men like before.
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On the other hand, I can't
easily escape the bloody path I entered,
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nor do I want to leave it.
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So the politician and the hitokiri
had common interests,
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and the evil-bladed hooligan Kurogasa
was born.
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A hitokiri slays men on his own will.
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However, he doesn't choose his own target.
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I ignored that and challenged you,
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and that's why I have met
such a pathetic death.
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But, oh, well.
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Now that my right arm is busted,
staying alive only brings boredom.
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Jine...
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Stop looking at me like that, Battosai.
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Your eyes looked so much better
when you said you would kill me.
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Your true nature
is still that of a hitokiri.
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A fellow hitokiri is telling you,
so you can be sure of it.
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A hitokiri is only that until he dies.
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He can't become anything else.
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I'll be watching from the edges of hell
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on how long you can still
spout off about being a rurouni.
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"A hitokiri is only that until he dies."
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"Until he dies."
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Kenshin.
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Let's go home, Miss Kaoru, that we should.
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From here,
this is a problem for the officials.
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Let's leave this for the police.
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Kenshin.
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Kenshin.
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Oh. What is it, that is?
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Thank you for saving me.
I'll give you my thanks for now.
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No, I am the one
that should be thanking you, that I am.
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I give you my gratitude.
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Huh? Oh.
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No problem.
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If you didn't stop me back there,
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I would have completely returned
to being Hitokiri Battosai.
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Oh, that's right.
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I have to return
your indigo ribbon to you, that I do.
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Oh!
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Oro?
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What's with this? It's covered in blood!
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I see. The blood from the wound
on my left shoulder
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trickled down to the breast pocket,
that it did.
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What are you going to do about this?
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It was unavoidable, that it was.
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So horrible!
You're not getting away with it!
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Kenshin!
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Hold up!
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Jine, you can at least watch
from the edges of hell, that you can.
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Even if my true nature
is that of a hitokiri...
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I will hold it back
for the rest of my life.
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I will never, ever return
to being Hitokiri Battosai.
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Until I die, I am a rurouni
who refuses to kill, that I am.
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We're home.
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That we are.
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NEXT EPISODE
BEAUTY ON THE RUN
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Next episode, "Beauty on the Run."
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