Rurouni Kenshin episode 07

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Kaoru:
This is my favorite indigo ribbon. I’ll lend it to you, Kenshin. Listen! I’m only lending it to you, Kenshin! You have to return it!

Kenshin:
Uh…

Kaoru:
Okay…

[Jine kidnapped Kaoru]

Jine:
Hahahahahahaha!

Kenshin:
Miss Kaoru!

Jine:
I assume this girl is your woman, Battousai!

Kenshin:
Jine!

Jine:
Show me your anger! So you can bring back the manslayer you were ten years ago! Hate me as you’ve never hated before! Hahahahahaha!

Kaoru:
Kenshin… ugh…

Jine:
Hahahahahaha…

Kenshin:
Jine!!!


Deathmatch under the Moon! Protect the One You Love



Jine:
Quit glaring at me. It’s not like I’m going to kill you and eat you.

Kaoru:
Coward! You kidnapped me because you couldn’t win against Kenshin otherwise!

Jine:
Huh! You don’t get it, do you? Hehehehe… I can defeat the Battousai as he is now in unless I takes to finish a cigarette. That’s no fun. If I take you as hostage, the Battousai will be angry. And the legendary manslayer that he was will return because of that anger.

Kaoru:
No! No way! You have no idea how strong Kenshin really is!

Jine:
I think you’re the one who has no idea who he really was…

Kaoru:
Huh?

Jine:
During the revolution, the power of Battousai the Manslayer made even the strongest man tremble in fear. I was in Kyoto as well. As a member of the Shinsengumi.

Kaoru:
The Shinsengumi?

Jine:
Huh…

[Past]

Shinsengumi soldier:
That sword of yours which hungers for the blood of man is disgraced in Shinsengumi, Jine!

Shinsengumi soldier:
You shall be pay with your life!

[Jine killed Shinsengumi soldiers]

Jine:
Like the Battousai, I was fighting in Kyoto. A death match with the Battousai from then, both of us on the edge. That’s what I want. I don’t think anything else in the world could be enjoyable than that.

Kaoru:
Kenshin is not like that! He is not like you a man who just want to shed blood. Kenshin will never return to the ways of the manslayer. Never!

Jine:
Hahahahahaha…

[At Kamiya Dojo]

Yahiko:
Kaoru was kidnapped?!

Kenshin[letter]:
Kurogasa has informed me where he wants the battle. If I do not return, I ask you to please rescue Miss Kaoru with the help of police chief.

Yahiko:
Uh!

Sanosuke:
That guy… he is gonna so rescue her all by himself! He is gonna try to put an end to this, manslayer to manslayer…

Yahiko:
Manslayer to manslayer? But I thought that Kenshin said he wasn’t a manslayer anymore!

Sanosuke:
That’s why he might lose.

Yahiko:
Hagh…

Sanosuke:
But despite that… he is going to fight… all by himself.

Yahiko:
You got to be kidding! I’m going! Oh! Let go off me!

Sanosuke:
Wait, Yahiko.

Yahiko:
I don’t know what happened in the past! I don’t care about the revolution! I only care about Kenshin and Kaoru! I’m gonna save them! So don’t try and stop me!

Sanosuke:
Who says I’m trying to stop you?

Yahiko:
Huh?

Sanoskue:
Aren’t you forgetting to take something with you?

Yahiko:
Ah…

Yahiko:
Let’s go, punk! Don’t go behind!

Sanosuke:
Same goes for you!

[At mid night]

Jine:
It’s just about the time…

[Kenshin appears]

Jine:
All right, now it’s time for the fun really begin…

Kaoru:
Kenshin… Uh?

Jine:
Ha! I like those eyes. It means you’re angry.

Kenshin:
Yeah, angry at you for putting Miss Kaoru in the middle of this… and angry at myself for not being able to stop you!

Kaoru:
Hagh?! That tone of voice… that’s not the usual Kenshin…

Jine:
Hahahahaha… I sense a pleasing desire to kill from you. Now, you only have to flip the blade on that silly sword. And the legendary manslayer will be born again into this world.

Kenshin:
Shut up…

[Kenshin vs. Jine]

Jine:
Huhuhuhuhu…

[Jine casts Shin-no-Ippou at Kenshin]

Kenshin:
I don’t think so! Ah!

Kaoru:
This is… the Battousai the Manslayer?

Jine:
Get angry! Get angry, Battousai! Come on, is that all you can do?!

Kenshin:
One handed thrust… next, form one side slash… from there, cross form, a strait slash down… and here, break a stance!

Jine:
Ugh!

Kenshin:
Hagh!

[Jine countered Kenshin’s attack]

Kaoru:
Kenshin! No!


Sanosuke:
Hey!

Yahiko:
Kenshin!

Sanosuke:
Where could he be?

Yahiko:
If we don’t find them soon, Kenshin and Kaoru are gonna be done for!


Jine:
You’re not there yet. You’re still far from becoming the Battousai you used to be… It’s because as angry as you are now, you still don’t want to kill me yet. As long as you keep thinking that you can defeat me without killing me. I can kill you without even breaking a sweat.

Kenshin:
Ugh…

Jine:
You’re beginning to bore me…

Kaoru:
Kenshin! Kenshin! Don’t you have shred of humanity?! Are you some kind of monster?! You’re horrible beast!

Jine:
Huhuhuhu… go on, let the anger build within you…

[Jine casts Shin-no-Ippou against Kaoru]

Kaoru:
Ken… shin…

Kenshin:
Miss Kaoru! No! You bastard! What have you done to Miss Kaoru?!

Jine:
It’s a stronger version of the Shin-no-Ippou. Yet so strong that I polarized her lungs.

Kenshin:
Huh?!

Jine:
She will last five minutes at most before she suffocates.

Kenshin:
What?!

Jine:
Hahahahahahahaha… there are only two ways to undo this. The first for the targets to overcome it by themselves. But that’s possible only for someone with the very strong swordsman spirit. Ha! It’s utterly impossible for that girl. The second way is the one who casts the Shin-no-Ippou to die. In other words, unless you kill me, the girl dies…

Kaoru:
Ugh…

Jine:
What’s wrong? There’s no time to lose. Are you going to let her die without lifting a finger?

Kenshin:
Jine…


Jine:
What’s wrong? There’s no time to lose. Are you going to let her die without lifting a finger? Death by suffocation isn’t pretty. Huhuhuhuhu…

Kenshin:
Jine…

Jine:
We don’t have enough time for a small talk. If you have something to say, then say it with the sword. With that silly sword of yours…

[Kenshin attacked Jine]

Jine:
Ugh?! Hahahahahaha… that attack just now… not only couldn’t I see the sword’s path, but I couldn’t even see his body fallow through with the attack! This is the Hiten Mitsurugi Style! This is Battousai the Manslayer! Hehehehehehe… This feels good…

Kenshin:
As you said there was no time for talk. If you want me to kill you, then please hurry up and prepare for death!

Kaoru:
Kenshin… don’t…

Jine:
“If I want you to kill me”, huh? Huhuhuhuhu… Very good. A threat worthy of a manslayer. So you’re finally back. Welcome back to the revolution! Welcome back, Battousai!

Kaoru:
Kenshin, don’t… you mustn’t…

Jine:
Hahahahaha! And so, the true battle finally begins! Here I come, Battousai!

[Kenshin glares at Jine]

Jine:
Ugh!

Kenshin:
What’s wrong?

Jine:
As expected at the legendary manslayer… you’re truly a different person when you’re ready to kill… It is time for me to take this battle seriously, Battousai. So that I can defeat the revolution’s strongest man! Shin-no-Ippou induces an illusion that paralyzes the victim. I will now use it upon myself. In other word, I will induce an illusion upon myself that will maximize my full potential…

[Jine casts Shin-no-Ippou against himself]

Jine:
I am undefeatable! I am invincible! I… am the strongest ever! The hidden usage for the Shin-no-Ippou, the “Hyouki spell”. This is the first time I have ever used within a past fifteen long years, since I left the Shinsengumi…

[Jine destroys the rock]

Kenshin:
You can use as may skills as you want. However, now that I have said “I will kill you”, your death tonight has been assured Jine.

Jine:
This is the stance for the Battou-Jutsu. Attacks that accelerate the blade’s speed by pulling it out from the sheath, and slaying the opponent in an instant. The speed which he can unsheathe his weapon, is a speed that match for the god…

Kenshin:
Come. I’ll let you taste a little sample of why they call me the Battousai.

Kaoru:
Uh… Ken…

Jine:
But the Battou-Jutsu are all one-shot attacks. Leaving the user completely defenseless afterwards. If I can evade that one moment when he unsheathe his sword… how can I do it? I can… I can evade it! It’s a reversed blade sword! So the unsheathing will be slow as light flash. But that’s all I need… Let’s begin, Battousai!

[Kenshin attacks Jine]

Jine:
It’s fast!

[Jine managed to evade the attack]

Jine:
I’ve won this bet, Battousa… AGH?!

[Kenshin attacks with the sheath]

Jine:
A double Battou-Jutsu?! Using the sword and… its sheath…

Kaoru:
Uh… Ke…

Kenshin:
Hiten Mitsurugi Style, Battou-Jutsu, “Sou-Ryu-Sen”. I’m fully aware that the reversed blade sword is not suited for Battou-Jutsu. The name “Battousai” comes from the fact that I have perfected everything concerning Battou-Jutsu. I’ve crushed your elbow joint and towed ligaments. Your life as a swordsman is now over. And so as… a life as a human being!

Kaoru:
No… Kenshin…

Jine:
What’s wrong? Why are you hesitating? In order to free the girl from Shin-no-Ippou, you have no other choice but to kill me…

Kaoru:
No… Kenshin…

Kenshin:
To protect Miss Kaoru… I will become a manslayer once again!

Kaoru:
Uh!

Jine:
Hahaha… that’s the way! Let me die enjoying the taste of the blade of the Battousai the Manslayer!

Kenshin:
Die…

Kenshin[Past]:
A sword is a weapon, the art of swordsmanship is learning how to kill. What Miss Kaoru says is sweet and innocent talk that only those whose hands have never been stained with the blood of man can believe. But to tell you the truth, I much prefer Miss Kaoru’s sweet and innocent talk. Yes indeed I do…

Kaoru:
Kenshin… Kenshin… Kenshin…

Kenshin[Past]:
That is the truth…

Kaoru:
DON’T!!!

[Kaoru breaks Jine’s spell]

Kaoru:
Kenshin, don’t go back to being a manslayer. You can’t cure swordsmanship… to kill…

Kenshin:
Miss Kaoru!

Jine:
Huh…

Kenshin:
Miss Kaoru, hold on… you got to hold on that you do…

Kaoru:
I’ve got to hold on… that I do…

Kenshin:
You’ll be all right that you will.

Kaoru:
Yes, I’m all right… that I am…

Kenshin:
Huh?

Kaoru:
I’m fine now. Don’t worry Kenshin. I’m all right now… Hagh?!

Jine:
To think that my Shin-no-Ippou could be defeated by a girl like her…

Kenshin:
Stop it Jine. You have no chance of winning that you don’t. Especially with only a short sword and your left arm. It’s over now. I recommend that you let the police take you peacefully that you should.

Jine:
No, it’s not over yet… one last thing… that I must do!

[Jine stabbed himself]

Jine:
Ugh… What a nice feeling…

[Jine collapsed]

Jine:
Don’t look at me like that, Battousai. I much prefer the look in your eyes when you said you were going to kill me. Within every fiber of your being, you’re truly a manslayer. I am also a manslayer, so I know of what I speak. A manslayer is a manslayer until the day he dies… he can never be anything else. Ugh… I’ll be watching you from the edge of hell… to see how long you can keep saying… you’re a wonderer…

[Jine dies]

Kenshin:
A manslayer is a manslayer… until the day he dies…

Kaoru:
Kenshin?

Kenshin:
We’ll let the police take care of the rest…

Yahiko:
I’ve found something! Footprints! Kenshin’s footprints!

Sanosuke:
Really?

Yahiko:
See? Kenshin’s footprints! And they headed this way!

Sanosuke:
Yahiko, that’s a cow’s footprints!

Yahiko:
No way!

Sanosuke:
Let go off me!

Sanosuke & Yahiko:
Ugh!

Yahiko:
Hey, Kaoru! Kenshin! You’ll be all right now! we’ve come here to rescue you!

Sanosuke:
What happened to Kurogasa?

Kenshin & Kaoru:
[Laghing]

Sanosuke & Yahiko:
Hagh?

[Morning]

Yahiko:
That was so boring. They didn’t even need us to save them…

Sanosuke:
You said it…

Yahiko:
I’m hungry for staying up all night…

Sanosuke:
C’mon… you’ll be hungry no matter what anyway…

Yahiko:
I guess that’s true…

Kenshin:
So tell me, you really all right now, Miss Kaoru aren’t you?

Kaoru:
I’m all right… um… Kenshin… Thank you very much for saving me. I just wanted to tell you that. That’s all.

Kenshin:
No, I am the one who should be thanking you, Miss Kaoru.

Kaoru:
Huh?

Kenshin:
If you didn’t stop me back then, Miss Kaoru, the old Battousai the Manslayer would have returned… thank you so much.

Kaoru:
Huh? What are you thanking me for?

Kenshin:
Oh, nothing… oh yeah, that’s right… I should probably return your ribbon to you shouldn’t I, Miss kaoru?

[Kaoru’s ribbon was stained with blood]

Kenshin:
Ugh?

Kaoru:
What’s this…

Kenshin:
It must be my blood from my wound…

Kaoru:
That was my favorite ribbon, Kenshin! I can’t believe this! I should have never lent it to you!

Kenshin:
I’m sorry, Miss Kaoru!

Sanosuke:
Hey, watch it! You’ve stepped on my foot!

Yahiko:
What were you guys talking about!

Kaoru:
Nothing that concerns kid!

Yahiko:
What was that?!

Kenshin:
Jine… even if my true self is a manslayer, I will never return to being one that I won’t… I can stay a wonderer until the day I die… as long as I have these friends…


<Preview>
Kaoru:
One thing leaves to another, Kenshin and Sanosuke rescue a mysterious beauty in distress. What’s with these guys looking all days and confused? And once some men come looking for her, it seems more to her than meets the eye. What kind of secret is she hiding? Next time on Rurouni Kenshin, “A New Battle! The Mysterious Beauty From Nowhere”. You won’t wanna miss it!