subtitles by myobi using Japanese script from DVD boxed set
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About 140 years ago, during the time of upheaval and riots of the "Bakumatsu" (end of Edo era)
There was an assassin called “Hitokiri Battousai” [Manslayer Perfectly Drawn Sword]
Under the order of the Imperialists, he moved secretly through Kyoto.
In the natural carnage of such heated fighting, his strength and cool headed nature terrified people.
The decisive battle of the Boshin War ---
January, 1868
January, 1868 Kyoto - Toba-Fushimi - In the Mountains
They're here! It's the Shinsengumi!
Battousai the Manslayer…
Where? Where are you?
Third Squad Leader of the Shinsengumi Saito Hajime! Prepare yourself!
Fight me, Battousai!
We won! The glory's ours! We've won!
We rebels have won!
The Satcho alliance is victorious!
It's here?
The new era...
At last.
Himura Battousai!
Don't think this is over.
Even if change comes to the world…
We live by the sword…
and die by the sword. There is no other path for us.
Why?
Why was I left alive?
What's with this sword?
This is Battousai the Manslayer's…
1878 (11th year of the Meji era)
Tokyo 1878 (11th year of the Meji era)
We will now hear from Aritomo Yamagata, The War Minister!
Salute!
At ease!
It's been 10 years since the Meiji era began.
We have become a united country.
Using the examples of Western European nations, we continue along a new path.
Now the prestige of the new government prevails,
providing our nation with blessings and stability.
The era dominated by fear and violence is over.
Salute!
Humans are weak creatures.
Although they want to talk about ideals…
in the end, there are three things that make humans just like wild animals.
For themselves…
For money…
And for pleasure.
Excuse us.
This is it. Excellent work, Megumi.
Thank you very much.
This new type of Opium…
returns people to wild beasts.
Run along.
We only need one person who knows how to make the formula.
Which-one-of-you
shall-we-say-it-as-God-would-have always-put-it-shall-it…
…be?
Thank you so much.
Damn!
-You're! -Don't
Hey, let's go.
Leave him!
That man…
Leave him to the “Battousai.”
Heave ho! Heave ho! (Banzai! Banzai!)
Now, now! How about some delicious grilled dango?
-I will have one, that I will. -Ah, welcome
Don't you understand? I asked if you understand?!
Did I not tell you to stay back?
Do you not understand how to stay back?
He was an undercover police officer.
...an example, hm?
Battousai the Manslayer again… Why is he always leaving these zankanjou?
It’s a fake.
Huh?
A zankanjou note has the sins for which a person was killed written on it.
What does that…
It isn't the way Battousai does it.
Oro?
Wanted Person Poster Hitokiri Battousai
Battousai the Manslayer?
Kamiya Kasshin Style?
You there! (lit: That man there)
You're carrying around a sword when there's a law against doing that.
Are you the Battousai that everyone is talking about?
Oro?
Your crimes end today. Prepare yourself!
Wait just a minute, that you should.
Be quiet!
This is a misunderstanding, it is.
Ororo…
I am a wanderer.
I am merely a wandering swordsman, that I am.
Have you realized it?
Well then… Why do you have that?
This is a reverse-blade sword, it is.
A reverse-blade sword?
It’s like this…
The cutting edge is on the opposite side.
Opposite of a normal sword, isn't it?
You can’t cut a person with that, huh?
Right?
You have my gratitude.
Anyway, that wanted poster description…
For about half a year now,
He's been using our Dojo's name to kill and leaves behind zankanjou notes.
Even though times have changed.
Oro?
Lord Kanryu.
A visitor has arrived to see you.
I thought for a police officer of your stature, you would have brought a whole troop with you.
Would you like one of these?
What is that about?
An undercover police officer was murdered by a man who claims to be the Battousai.
So what you're saying is that a samurai ghost from ten years ago has come back as a murderer, right?
What are you doing in the Shinbashi warehouse?
Warehouse?
That. We aren't using it for anything now.
We thought about using it for imported goods…
But it didn't work out so well…
If you want to search the premises…
Please take appropriate steps.
Even a god can’t do just anything they want, because this is…
… the new era.
Don't get full of yourself.
I guess the ghost of that samurai doesn't realize that the times have changed.
There's food!
Look at those men…
With the Meiji era, all of the surviving samurai became nothing more than ronin after.
And out of pity…
I have hired them as guards
It would have created a huge problem just to let those skilled men run around freely.
Don't you know that hungry dogs will take a bite out of anything?
Speaking of, you were once a samurai yourself, no?
I still am.
That explains why we don't get along together.
Be careful.
The police may need evidence as proof. I don't.
Lord Kanryu, Megumi has run away.
Right…
What did you say? Megumi ran away?
This information comes from a police officer that we bribed.
He said she went by herself to the police station.
Damn Megumi! Damn!
Don't worry about it.
She damn well knows she will be in trouble also if she talks about the opium.
You're an idiot, big brother.
Don’t you know women will do stupid shit when they’re desperate?
You know anything about women?
-What the f*@# did you just say? -Only in your dreams!
Silence!
Just bring that woman back here immediately!
Don’t touch me.
What's up with you?
I'll take care of it.
Hey, don't kill her, Jin'ei.
That woman's head holds the only knowledge of how to do the Spider's Web purification method.
Well, afterwards, you're free to do what you want...
"Battousai"
You were the one looking for our protection, right?
Hurry up and tell us details about what's happening, already.
Well, there's nothing I can do…
What's wrong?
Hey!
That way! That way!
Hey what's wrong over there?
Move it! Move it!
You're the Battousai!?
Stay still! You're the Battousai!?
Stay still!
W-What the hell…
D-Don't move.
Stop!
This is not sorcery.
This is the Nikaido Heiho Style: Shin no Ippou.
Humans are weak against fear.
By striking this weakness, it heightens the sword's aura, shutting down an enemy's movement.
Do you suffer?
The weaker your mind is, the better it works.
It's a kitty!
Hey…
Kitty! meow!
Hey…
Hold it right there!
Are you the Battousai?
What's the reason…
That you're using the name of the Kamiya Kasshin Style to orchestrate and commit crimes?
Because bastards like you exist, my father…
The Kamiya Kashin Style my father left us is-!
What would your father have done?
He taught that a sword is used to revitalize people.
He taught us never to cut, never to kill,
but… but to use the sword to revitalize people.
You have some nerve, a woman challenging me with just a wooden sword.
Shut up!
And just what can you do with this wooden stick?
Swords are revitalized only when they taste blood.
Reflect on this in the afterlife.
You forgot this, that you did.
And who are you?
Nobody, really.
It is you? The man using the name of Battousai.
That scar…
That speed…
You're the legendary…
It doesn't seem to work on you, does it.
We have to run, that we do.
Over here, over here!
Stay where you are, Battousai!
Living through this boring life has finally been worthwhile.
Turn yourself in!
Are you okay?
There he is, the Battousai is here!
Catch him!
Over there.
This way! -Oro!
I would say thanks.
But I would have been okay without your help.
You should treat that wound as soon as possible, that you should.
(Master ~blank~) Assistant Master - Kaoru Kamiya…
We are a small Dojo to begin with.
Even after my father had passed away,
many people still have practiced here.
But six months ago, when the commotion with the Battousai started,
all we have left is what you see here now.
If I don't stop his rampage as soon as possible...
You shouldn't get yourself involved in this, that you shouldn't.
huh?
That man is far stronger than you Miss Kaoru, he is.
It is an important quality for a sword bearer to acknowledge their own strength as well as others.
You ought to know what will happen next if you fight with him, right.
To honor to the style…
isn't worth something that you should risk your life for, that it isn't.
Swords are not a tool to slay people.
It's hurts to know that the Kamiya Kasshin Style ideals of revitalizing others with the sword…
are being tarnished by a killing sword.
A mere wanderer such as yourself,
could never understand this frustration!
A sword used to revitalize people…
Well then…
At any rate, with that wound of yours, it will be impossible to patrol at night, that it will.
I'm sure your late father also…
would not have wished his daughter's life to be risked,
just for the sake of defending his way of the sword, that he wouldn't.
Excuse me. (lit: It was rude of me.)
This is horrible…
Is this a challenge against us or something?
Wanderer?
Geeze.
What do you mean, "Geeze?"
It's not enough the Great Yahiko Myojin is here?
You’re energetic.
Hey, feed me breakfast.
Please provide this hungry orphan with a hot meal…
Noisy.
Here, you have to practice first, don't you?
- Hurry and clean up. - What the heck…
What do you guys want?
We're here to take this Dojo.
What are you talking about?
I'll give you a good price for it.
Someone wants to pay a lot of money for this place.
For you, especially…
It’s not so bad of a deal.
What in the world are you talking about?
There is no way I will so easily let my father's Dojo go like that…
Hey, Assistant Master!
You’re a woman with a lot of nerve, huh.
Especially for producin' a f-ing murderer from your Dojo.
The Battousai has nothing to do with our Dojo!
Don't bother.
A murderer-tainted Dojo such as this one,
surely can't get any apprentices lately.
Go for it guys!
Hey, stop!
Stop!
What are you doing?!
Yahiko!
Hey, I said stop!
Who the hell is this little punk?
I'm Yahiko Myojin, a samurai of Tokyo. I will not allow you to bully the weak!
Let the boy go, please!
What are you doing?
That kinda high and mighty talk's fine when you're strong.
That's right!
The sword that revitalizes people. That's this Dojo's motto.
Will we see you save yourselves with that sword?
Don't go up there with your dirty shoes on!
The sword that revitalizes people. Sappy!
Do not go in there with your dirty shoes!
The purpose is for violence, the art of it is to butcher lives.
That's the true nature of swordsmanship.
^ (This is the dojo's nameplate) (Breaking it is really insulting and Bad)
Unforgivable…
What the!?
The Wanderer.
Move!
What’s up with you?
Indeed…
What she was saying about swords,
are the words of someone who has never even once dirtied their hands.
It is candy-coated talk, that it is.
A sword is a weapon.
Swordsmanship is learning how to kill.
Whatever pretty words you use to describe it, this is its truth.
However, more than the truth,
I rather like Miss Kaoru's sugary talk, I do.
Garbage!
Don't run away, you guys! Go on, get him.
Get him.
Don't run away, idiot!
I told you to go get him!
The form that Battousai the Manslayer uses is the Hiten Mitsurugi Style.
It is an old sword style which allows one person to be able to slay many at the same time.
If it weren't for this type of sword…
it would slaughter with deadly accuracy.
You!
You are …
Kaoru!
What happened! What's wrong? Be careful!
They're all dead!
Wait!
W-What on earth happened here?
-Is he the murderer? -He isn't. W-What on earth happened here?
-Is he the murderer? -He isn't.
They attacked us out of the blue.
But it's okay now.
Nobody's dead, just unconscious.
Over here, over here.
What is this?
Don't you all know it's against the law to carry swords?
Take them away!
Yes sir!
What happened?
It is my fault, that it is.
Everything happened because of this lowly wanderer, that it did.
None of this has anything to do with this Dojo.
Let's go.
Wait!
Um… Mr. Wanderer…
What is it?
Could you at least tell me your name?
Ororo…
Just wait a second!
Kenshin Himura, that it is.
Move!
Kenshin…
Heart of the sword?
Be quiet!
We got a newbie!
Walk, hurry up!
Open it.
The man with the cross-shaped scar.
As I thought, it was you.
Long time no see…
Battousai the Manslayer.
Since the battle at Toba-Fushimi,
has it already been ten years.
We need to chat.
Get out.
That's Battousai the Manslayer, he said?
It's been a long time. Where have you been hiding?
Mr. Yamagata.
For the past 10 years, whenever I heard that a skillful wanderer
rescued someone, I sent my men out to investigate.
Oh, him?
In that era back then, we were on different paths, but
we each hoped for a better country.
He is now known as Goro Fujita. He works for me now and has been assisting us.
What do you want from me?
There are people openly trading these.
It's also known as The Spider's Web.
It might look like ordinary opium, but Inside is a completely different type.
This is a lot more addictive than the ones we have seen before.
Opium destroys nations.
Even that great Qing Dynasty was unable stop opium.
A part of that country eventually became an English colony.
I'm just a lowly wanderer.
Why are you telling me about this?
The people who have created this awful thing…
They must be thinking about something much more horrendous.
Lend me your strength.
I will get you a key position in the army…
With these arms of yours, once again-
I have no plans to land an important position in the army by being a manslayer, that I do not.
A manslayer?
That was all done for completing the revolution!
Have you become a coward?
What the hell is this joke of a sword?
How is a manslayer supposed to protect those without slaying?
Even with this sort of sword…
I can still protect those people around me.
You want to give it a try?
Before talking nonsense like that, first show me how you will protect yourself.
Please put away your sword, if you would.
Nonsense!
That sword's edge that points at you,
will only make you suffer.
Like this.
Do you remember those days?
As one who has thrown away his past,
I will never kill people again.
Enough!
My apologies.
It's nothing.
Let him go.
Yes sir!
Hey, Karou?
Kaoru!
Are you okay?
Please help me!
I'm being chased.
Please…
Miss Karou…
You don't have a place to go, do you?
Come home with me.
Because you helped me.
Now you understand though, don't you?
That once I was a manslayer…
That's not the person I know. That once I was a manslayer…
That's not the person I know.
The one I met…
Was a wanderer named Kenshin.
Everybody has one or two things in the past they would rather not share.
Right?
Here.
Take it.
Let's go.
Hurry up!
Let’s go!
Come inside.
Excuse me, if you will.
Yahiko.
This is Yahiko Myojin. I teach him swordsmanship sometimes.
And he's sort of my housemate.
I come here for you since you don't have any apprentices. None! Zip!
He has a bad mouth but he's got potential.
Shut up. I want to be strong.
I know, I know.
Kenshin will also be our housemate starting today.
That means I'm your senior.
What?
It is nice to meet you, that it is.
R- Right.
Heeey,
introduce him to me, too.
Who are you?
A pretty lady was walking around soaking wet. So I thought I should give her a hot bath.
You, making decisions on your own!
Hey, hey, hey, Who is the gentleman over there?
W-Wait a minute.
The wanderer, Kenshin.
So it's you!
The boy told me all about you.
I am Megumi Takani. Pleasure to meet you.
Nice to meet you, it is.
It's better to wear a fresh change of clothes, isn't it?
I'm indebted.
My father was a big man.
So the only ones that might still fit you are his stuff from when he was younger.
It's a little…
The color might be too flashy?
Color? No, this is fine, that it is.
The sword that revitalizes people.
Welcome!
By the way, you.
I wonder why you are you here?
Oh! It seems like she feels like I'm a bother~
You are not from around here, are you?
Where is your home? Where are you from?
That's a secret.
A mysterious beauty sounds nice, don't you agree?
That looks done.
There you go.
Oh, I’m grateful.
This is for you because you helped me. Eat as much as you like.
Well, then…
Delicious.
Isn't it?
Hot!
Be careful eating!
I know.
Kaoru
I heard you had a trouble at the Dojo.
Miss Tae.
You can't give up.
All the folks around here,
also decided they won't sell their properties no matter what.
Welcome!
… Takeda Kanryu .
He is a businessman who has a huge mansion on the outskirts of town.
-Where is the washroom? -That way
Lord Kanryu.
Excuse me for interrupting your dinner.
It's you right?
The hero who protected a nearby Dojo from ten thugs by himself?
I am in the foreign trade business.
Hey.
Let us talk frankly.
We want to hire you with this money.
If you work 10 people's worth, you will get that much more.
10 times.
How about it? Don't you want to be our bodyguard?
I decline, that I do.
Isn't this enough for you?
I see.
Warriors don’t work for their food? You’re that kind of stuck up ass.
Well, I guess that's fine too.
But as you know, Meiji is the era where the money does all the talking.
Sorry to say this, but that pride of yours won't amount to anything.
Just the opposite, because the pride that the Samurai are trying so hard to keep…
is deteriorating fast.
And as a result, if you peek into any of the brothels around here…
You find former Samurai's wives and daughters in abundance.
And when you arrest thieves now, they all turn out to be former Samurai.
Why don't you forget that you used to be a Samurai.
Just…
…have fun living…
…is what you should remember.
You are being rude, that you are.
If you don’t have money, you don’t have Beef-Pot.
Well then, I will take the money.
Mr. Sanosuke!
Wai-ack! -Hey~
Why don't you hire me.
And who're you?
A fighter. Sagara Sanosuke.
I can use money since I'm fresh out of the cage.
Do you have the skill…
That matches with the money?
Shall we have a go at it? Legendary manslayer…
Mister Himura Battousai.
What-!
How about you hire me if I beat him?
This is a shop and it would be a bother, that it would.
Could you please step outside?
I’ve been waiting for this!
Everyone come on out and watch!
It’s a fight! They're fighting!
This here…
…is a sword used for killing horses, called the Zanbatou.
It's an antique from the Onin War.
Since I haven't taken good care of it, you can't slice anything.
However…
It's possible to smash something with it.
Get over here!
Himura Battousai!
A young patriot from the Imperialist’s Choshu clan.
Worked as an assassin for 5 years, from the age of 14 to 19.
But for these past 10 years nobody has seen you.
That’s good!
Move over!
Get out of the way!
Put your sword away, if you would.
Why don't you draw your sword and fight me!
I don't want to fight with you.
Why not?!
I have no reason to fight you with a sword.
For that kind man…
You would wield that skill, would you?
What's going on? What's happening?
What happened?
What are you doing, fighter?
Smash him already!
Shut up!
I don't want to hear you tell me how I should fight!
Is that it?
Oh well…
I guess I wouldn't wanna get busted again by the cops for another fight…
Sorry for all the commotion.
Go back to the restaurant, everyone!
It was a show.
It's over, over!
Let's go home!
That was a bit noisy.
Hey, let's eat now.
We shouldn't waste the food.
He is the real thing.
You will have to make this work.
And don't bring Battousai's wrath upon us.
As you wish!
Not enough blood…
Not yet Not enough blood…
This is how I do it.
I am the one! I am also Battousai the Manslayer!
It's the work of the fake Battousai again.
He killed these guys. He also killed the police
Just which side is he on?
Once you start to kill, you can never go back.
That's how it's like to be a Manslayer, that it is.
Go on ahead of me please, if you would.
Let's go.
Hang on…
I know already!
It seems they were the ones attacked Dojo.
The result would have been the same if you had killed them.
Actually, if you have done it…
Those police officers wouldn't have had to die.
That reverse-blade sword of yours…
It sure is really useful.
Move!
Get out of the way.
For the sake of a new era… Can you work as an assassin?
14 years ago Kyoto
Beyond those lives sacrificed…
If there is a new era where…
people can live in peace…
What were you thinking getting married…
when the world is in a complete mess!
I am sorry.
Well isn't it nice?
You lucky bastard.
I envy you.
Who is that? Identify yourself!
Are you the Battousai?!
Satchou interloper!
Why you!
Die… I don't want to die…
I can't die…
I have someone important to me. There's no way I can just die!
I can't die, I can't die!
Someone important to me…
I cannot die…
I can't die, I can't die…
Killing the young who have their future ahead of them.
Assassinations to bring a new era. I have my doubts.
Am I doing the right thing…?
You are nothing more than a murderer.
Kenshin!
Miss Kaoru.
Because you didn't return, I thought something happened.
I thought you might have gone.
I'm hungry, that I am.
Wonderful!
I never thought such a thing really existed.
And how is the plan going?
It's all been arranged.
We just need to demolish the entire area over there and build a port…
We can then use the ships to pump out the opium!
To where?
All over Japan!
No.
All over the world!
The money we milk from those opium addicted savages…
will turn into weapons.
Kanryu's Empire!
I am going to overthrow this new government.
It's beginning.
Open your eyes, Battousai.
Megumi.
Who would have thought you'd be here.
It's true that you were involved in the opium manufacturing process.
Your destiny intertwines forever with us …or rather…
with the opium.
Since we are comrades I will tell you…
Be careful.
The rice was Megumi.
The miso soup was Kenshin.
And the fish...
And the fish… was Karou, huh?
You had better learn to cook.
Everyone wants to marry a woman who cooks well.
Shut it, you!
Good heavens…
I wonder if I should look for a different pupil.
My skill is going to get rusty with this brat.
That's my line!
Now, now, Miss Kaoru and Yahiko…
Let's just eat, shall we?
Hey Kaoru!
Someone! Is anyone there?
Kaoru!
Help us! Kaoru!
Help us!
S- suddenly her body b-became numb.
She was breathing fast and then…
Have you seen a doctor?
Doctors around here have all disappeared since the day before yesterday.
We just didn't know what to do.
Hey!
Be careful.
We can take this Dojo.
Kaoru! Kaoru!
Help!
Kaoru!
Kaoru help!
What's wrong?
Tsubame!
She was complaining about her stomach hurting since this morning.
Then she passed out…
Go inside.
Over here?
What's going on?
Is this pandemic disease or what?
Hey!
Somebody call a doctor quick!
There’s a doctor here.
Please…!
High fever and comatose…
Could it be rat poison?
What?
Poison? Are you sure?
I have to get the poison out of her fast and I need some water.
Ah! But not the water in the well!
It's possible the well was also poisoned. Ah! But not the water in the well!
It's possible the well was also poisoned.
What?!
Go to a pharmacy and buy some castor oil.
A cloth and a kettle too.
You!
You go to water shop and get me as much water as you can carry.
Sure.
Miss Kaoru, is there a Chinese Medicine doctor in a nearby town?
There is.
Please go there and get what I need from him.
Detoxification is battle against time! Hurry!
- Understood, that I do. - Okay!
The water is here. Who needs water?
Keep going.
It's going to be fine.
Totally unforgivable.
What do they think human lives are?
Miss Megumi.
Don't you think it's time you told me the truth, that it is.
You said her name was Takani?
Megumi, you mean?
Do you know her?
Of course I do.
A doctor of any measure would know the name Takani.
The Takani family…
have been doctors for many generations with a distinguished history.
But I heard that during the Aizu War…
the whole family joined the army and every one of them died.
I see though…
The daughter was safe.
You were a manslayer, weren't you?
Before asking someone…
Why don't you tell your story first? Isn't that the way?
Those hands of yours .... I bet have taken countless lives.
What about that scar?
Are you proud of it?
Like some sort of decoration?
This scar…
I got from a young samurai, that I did.
And the other one…
Is a wound from the woman he was supposed to marry.
I lost count…
of just how many lives-
I am different from you.
I had no parents… No relatives to rely on.
Kanryu took me in.
And I became his woman.
We just used each other.
He used me to make money with the opium. And I…
I used him to continue surviving.
To survive…
[slurred]Please give me opium! Please!
No way!
Shut up, be quiet!
About two hundred and fifty men make up Kanryu's private army…
Among them, there are skilled samurai
who lost their jobs because of the revolution.
I'm also coming with you.
Kenshin!
Kenshin, here.
Megumi's left.
No way…
I'm coming along with you too.
Stay here, Miss Kaoru.
I could not forgive myself if anything were to happen to the master of Kamiya Kasshin style, that I could not.
But…
This is probably going to take all night.
We're going to need breakfast and bath for five people.
I’m going, too.
Just wait!
If you go... you'll just get in their way.
Shut up! If you go... you'll just get in their way.
Shut up!
Yahiko. Shut up!
Yahiko.
You will remain at the Dojo.
What?
I'm leaving Miss Kaoru and the Dojo in your hands.
I knew…
…you would come back to me.
Because this...
is the only place you can return to, isn't it?
Now you are gonna work hard starting tomorrow-
The reason I returned…
is not to make opium.
What?
I came here to kill you!
But don't worry.
You and I belong with each other…
I will kill myself right after you!
Hey you guys! What are you spacing out for!!
Then stop monkeying around.
This is how I will pay for my sins!
You stupid bitch!
Taking advantage of our kindness.
It seems they’ve arrived…
It's him.
Takeda Kanryu!
Yo! I'll give ya free pounding!
So come on out here right now!
Himura the Battousai!
Miss Megumi.
Invading my property without permission…
Don’t you have any manners?
What the heck are you talking about?!
No need to hesitate.
Kill them!
C'mon do them!
Kill them! I'll give you all the money you want!
Take the money!
I'll give you any amount if you kill them!
Kill them!
I don't get it. Why?
What's the Battousai's reason? What's in it for him?
If he moved just for himself, he would have an elite post in the army by now.
The Imperialists were these types of selfless people.
So he thinks he's so smart?
Hey!
Prepare that thing.
You mean that? But-
Don't talk back!
Better safe than sorry, that's the golden rule of business.
Yes sir…
Hey, bring her.
I’ve one thing to ask you.
Where the heck is that crazy four eyes?
He must be upstairs, that he must.
Which one of you am I fighting with?
I'm the one.
Fist to fist, this is my job as a fighter, right?
Go on, quick!
Appreciated.
So you are the Battousai?
Where is Miss Megumi?
That sort of woman… Is she really worth helping?
There is no person who is not worth helping.
Excellent logic.
And you?
Why did you sell your soul to Kanryu?
Soul?
You must have been a samurai with a belief once, I am sure.
What stupid words.
You can't live without eating.
Because men like you have created this halfhearted and peaceful era.
Hey! Hey…!
Kenshin, you okay?!
Die.
What's with that sword?
A representation of my oath never to kill again:
A reverse-blade sword.
Hey! Where are you going?
Hang on a second! Wait! Wait…
Wait for what?
You want a bite? It’s good.
Here.
Chicken
I'm a vegetarian. Poor thing.
Want a drink?
Give it.
You've killed countless enemies. But now you use a reverse-blade sword.
Stop fooling around!
To fight a fight…
…you have to use your head!
Your Head!
It was fun.
You are finally getting serious, aren't you?
What oath never to kill.
You think you can finish this fight without killing?
I will show you the end.
Then show me!
Look at the huge mess you guys made!
Let's go, shall we?
Wait…
It's not over yet.
Fight.
The fight is over, that it is.
It goes straight through!
Yes sir.
Light it. -yes,sir
Sanosuke!
At least let me slowly enjoy my cigar.
Look what you've done to my mansion, you punks!
You’re the one who's blasting the place!
Where is the legendary manslayer?
Quit screwing around!
If you want to slay him, I will lend you a hand.
You! why?
The young boy from your Dojo came to the police.
Yahiko?
What happened?!
Hey, look…
Get out here, I ain't got all night, you bastards!
If you point that monstrous gun in a certain direction…
the opposite side will have a blind spot.
Come on in! Come on in! Come on in!
What are you doing!?
I give up!
I surrender.
Hey now, don't shoot! Don't shoot!
There's no way we can win against that.
Don't you think, Kenshin?
Come out, you too. There's no freaking way. Geeze.
I surrender, that I do.
Put your sword down.
And apologize to me.
Bow down to me.
Actually, take them off. Take all of your clothes off!
Take them all off and bow down to me!
Don’t get cocky!
Shit!
Shoot over here!
Fire, fire, fire, fire!
Fire more, fire more!
Shit!
Do you know what your money can't buy?
Right now you are like a piglet
Your life.
Stop it!
Finally, we get to kick your ass.
What are you doing?
It's my job to take care of this from here on. Get going!
Appreciated.
Miss Megumi.
My apologies for the wait, that I am.
You'll be okay now.
I'm glad to see you are safe, that I am.
You have to hurry, Miss Kaoru has been…!
It looks like you're awake.
Come on, don't glare like that.
If I take you hostage, the Battousai will become furious.
That fury is what I need to get him back to the manslayer he used to be.
It seems he’s coming along quietly.
Kenshin!
Aren't you angry?
I'm angry with you for involving Miss Kaoru in this…
and at myself for not being able to stop you.
Kenshin?
That's good, Battousai.
Get angry, get angry!
Miss Kaoru!
Can you kill me with that sword?
Kenshin!
You're not good enough to predict the Haishatou?
Kenshin!
Not yet.
You still are far cry from the Battousai you once were.
Miss Kaoru!
It's a stronger version of Shin no Ippou. It's enough to paralyze her lungs.
She will last 2 minutes tops.
Jinei…
There's no time to waste.
Whatever you want to say, let your sword-
Impressive.
If you want your life,
Undo the Shin No Ippou you cast on Miss Kaoru!
I can't remove it.
Choose one of two ways:
Either she manages to break out of it,
Or you kill the caster
and cast off the evil spirit.
In that case...
It’s a fight, Himura Battousai.
Playtime is over.
I’ll give you death, so hurry up and get over here.
Is this the stance of the Battou jutsu?
Hiten Mitsurugi Style, Battou jutsu: Sou Ryu Sen.
Your elbow is smashed and your tendons are severed.
Your life with a sword is over.
And now…
So is your life. too.
To protect Miss Kaoru…
I will become a manslayer once again.
Kill me.
Die.
Kenshin stop!
Ah, she broke it.
Miss Kaoru.
Please don't go back to being a manslayer.
You can’t… If you kill...
You can’t kill!
Kenshin…
For the people…
…you have killed,
For those
...up to now...
you have tried to help...
Even without killing people,
you can save someone.
That is…
…the new world that you…
…that you were searching for, right Kenshin?
Miss Kaoru.
Let us decide who wins, Battousai…
Enough.
You can only use your left hand. There's no chance for you to win, there isn’t.
It's not over yet.
You are also a manslayer by nature.
I know this because I am a manslayer, too. so there’s no mistake.
The nature of a manslayer is to kill.
Just how long you can stay being a mere wanderer?
I will watch from the door of the hell…
Have you realized it?
when you speak nonsense like, "I'm a wanderer and I don't kill"
what future awaits you.
When you slay a man, there a grudge emerges.
That grudge makes another man to kill.
To cut that vicious cycle,
is the purpose that this sword cannot kill, that it is.
Enough with your usual pretty talk.
Are you going off to wander again?
"Wandering" is just an escape for the weak.
Live by the sword and die by the sword.
For us, there is no other path.
This is a huge amount of illegal substance.
Don't let anyone escape!
Do you want to take me to the harbor?
I'll pay you a lot, if you let me escape.
I have money in my pocket over here.
There's money there!
Can I at least grab my shoe that fell off?
-Be quiet! -I can't walk with one shoe.
I'll be back. I'll be back for sure!
Kenshin!
Oh, you woke up?
Kenshin!
Where's Kenshin?
Well he is…
No way, he couldn't have…!
W-Wait a second!
Oro?
Kenshin.
You're finally awake, are you, Miss Kaoru?
That's why you should listen until I'm finished!
Kenshin will be making dinner today.
I'm so hungry.
Welcome home, Kenshin.
I'm home, that I am.
~I used the "that it is" thing from the official English translations where I could.
~"De gozarou" is just a formality thing. Kenshin over uses it. ^.^;
~Thanks for watching! ~myobi