# E7 - The Two Hitokiri
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**[00:00] ---**
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.
**[00:22] ---**
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
**[02:15] ---**
EPISODE 7: THE TWO HITOKIRI
**[02:28] ---**
Don't glare so much.
**[02:30] ---**
It's not like I abducted you
with plans to eat you or anything.
**[02:34] ---**
I know that.
**[02:36] ---**
You did this to whittle off
some of Kenshin's power.
**[02:38] ---**
Kurogasa turned out
to be quite the chicken.
**[02:41] ---**
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.
**[03:03] ---**
Not only are you a coward,
but a liar, too?
**[03:05] ---**
You can't possibly be unaware
of Kenshin's strength, right?
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You're the one that doesn't know...
**[03:13] ---**
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.
**[04:05] ---**
Hey.
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Tell your comrades.
**[04:09] ---**
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.
**[04:59] ---**
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.
**[05:25] ---**
The beginning of a very fun moment.
**[05:28] ---**
Right, Battosai?
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Kenshin!
**[05:39] ---**
I like that glare.
**[05:41] ---**
You are indeed angry.
**[05:43] ---**
Yeah.
**[05:44] ---**
Against you
for roping Miss Kaoru into this
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and against myself
for not being able to stop it.
**[05:51] ---**
*"Myself."*
**[05:53] ---**
Wonderful. Splendid.
**[05:55] ---**
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!
**[06:34] ---**
*He's different.*
**[06:36] ---**
*This isn't the usual Kenshin after all.*
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I told you that Shin No Ippo won't work!
**[06:43] ---**
*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!*
**[07:13] ---**
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.
**[07:21] ---**
I can kill your current self
in the time I smoke three cigarettes.
**[07:25] ---**
Kenshin!
**[07:28] ---**
This is boring.
**[07:30] ---**
I need you to feel more anger.
**[07:44] ---**
Miss Kaoru!
**[07:45] ---**
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.
**[07:55] ---**
This can't be undone
as easily as last night.
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Suffocation is an ugly death.
**[08:01] ---**
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.
**[08:10] ---**
Everything you want to say,
do so with that sword.
**[08:19] ---**
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.
**[08:25] ---**
So this is Hiten Mitsurugi-ryu.
**[08:28] ---**
This is the Hitokiri Battosai!
**[08:33] ---**
No time to chat.
**[08:37] ---**
I will kill you,
so hurry up, and get on with it.
**[08:44] ---**
*Kenshin.*
**[08:46] ---**
"I will kill you," eh?
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Wonderful.
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A line fit for a hitokiri.
**[08:57] ---**
*Kenshin!*
**[09:00] ---**
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?
**[09:14] ---**
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.
**[09:23] ---**
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.
**[09:48] ---**
Shin No Ippo
takes advantage of that weakness
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and uses the heightened sword aura
to cower and paralyze the enemy.
**[09:55] ---**
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!
**[10:14] ---**
*I see.*
**[10:15] ---**
*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!
**[10:35] ---**
Shin No Ippo:
Shadow Skill, Hyoki Technique!
**[10:39] ---**
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.*
**[11:55] ---**
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!
**[12:35] ---**
*Battosai, you aren't aware
of your fatal flaw!*
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*And that's your sword.*
**[12:42] ---**
*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!
**[13:13] ---**
*Wha— This is—*
**[13:17] ---**
*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.
**[13:43] ---**
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.
**[13:59] ---**
Die.
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Kenshin!
**[14:11] ---**
What's wrong, Battosai?
**[14:13] ---**
What are you hesitating for?
**[14:16] ---**
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.
**[14:26] ---**
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.
**[14:35] ---**
But in order to protect Miss Kaoru,
I must once again revert to a hitokiri.
**[14:43] ---**
That's how it should be!
**[14:44] ---**
Let me, Jine, taste your evil blade!
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Die.
**[14:53] ---**
*Swords are weapons.*
**[14:55] ---**
*Swordsmanship is a means of murder.*
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*No matter how you sugarcoat it
or have lofty ideals, that is the truth.*
**[15:02] ---**
*But in the face of such awful truth...*
**[15:07] ---**
*I much prefer
Miss Kaoru's naïve lies, that I do.*
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Ken... shin.
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Kenshin!
**[15:20] ---**
You can't!
**[15:26] ---**
Don't return to being a hitokiri.
**[15:30] ---**
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?
**[15:47] ---**
Your speech pattern is back to normal.
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Oh.
**[15:52] ---**
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,
**[16:02] ---**
but this little girl
broke my Shin No Ippo, too?
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It seems I myself have lost my touch.
**[16:11] ---**
Stop it, Jine.
**[16:12] ---**
You only have one wakizashi,
and you can only use your left arm.
**[16:16] ---**
You have no chance of winning,
that you don't. It's all over now.
**[16:21] ---**
You should calmly wait for your arrest,
that you should.
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No, it's not over yet.
**[16:27] ---**
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
**[17:06] ---**
that requested a Hitokiri.
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What?
**[17:11] ---**
You couldn't have possibly believed
**[17:13] ---**
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
**[17:23] ---**
about the Revolution, Meiji Era,
and new government.
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But on the inside,
**[17:28] ---**
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,
**[17:50] ---**
nor do I want to leave it.
**[17:52] ---**
So the politician and the hitokiri
had common interests,
**[17:56] ---**
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,
**[18:12] ---**
and that's why I have met
such a pathetic death.
**[18:16] ---**
But, oh, well.
**[18:18] ---**
Now that my right arm is busted,
staying alive only brings boredom.
**[18:23] ---**
Jine...
**[18:25] ---**
Stop looking at me like that, Battosai.
**[18:28] ---**
Your eyes looked so much better
when you said you would kill me.
**[18:35] ---**
Your true nature
is still that of a hitokiri.
**[18:38] ---**
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
**[18:51] ---**
on how long you can still
spout off about being a rurouni.
**[19:08] ---**
*"A hitokiri is only that until he dies."*
**[19:17] ---**
*"Until he dies."*
**[19:20] ---**
Kenshin.
**[19:23] ---**
Let's go home, Miss Kaoru, that we should.
**[19:26] ---**
From here,
this is a problem for the officials.
**[19:29] ---**
Let's leave this for the police.
**[19:39] ---**
Kenshin.
**[19:42] ---**
Kenshin.
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Oh. What is it, that is?
**[19:46] ---**
Thank you for saving me.
I'll give you my thanks for now.
**[19:52] ---**
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.
**[19:59] ---**
No problem.
**[20:02] ---**
If you didn't stop me back there,
**[20:06] ---**
I would have completely returned
to being Hitokiri Battosai.
**[20:12] ---**
Oh, that's right.
**[20:13] ---**
I have to return
your indigo ribbon to you, that I do.
**[20:16] ---**
Oh!
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Oro?
**[20:20] ---**
What's with this? It's covered in blood!
**[20:22] ---**
I see. The blood from the wound
on my left shoulder
**[20:26] ---**
trickled down to the breast pocket,
that it did.
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What are you going to do about this?
**[20:30] ---**
It was unavoidable, that it was.
**[20:32] ---**
So horrible!
You're not getting away with it!
**[20:35] ---**
Kenshin!
**[20:36] ---**
Hold up!
**[20:42] ---**
*Jine, you can at least watch
from the edges of hell, that you can.*
**[20:48] ---**
*Even if my true nature
is that of a hitokiri...*
**[20:51] ---**
*I will hold it back
for the rest of my life.*
**[20:54] ---**
*I will never, ever return
to being Hitokiri Battosai.*
**[21:05] ---**
*Until I die, I am a rurouni
who refuses to kill, that I am.*
**[21:11] ---**
We're home.
**[21:12] ---**
That we are.
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NEXT EPISODE
BEAUTY ON THE RUN
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*Next episode, "Beauty on the Run."*