Shishio
Shishio: Call me Shishio, my rude predecessor.
Kenshin: Don't let it bother you. The rudeness is on both
sides.
-Shishio and Kenshin first meet
I'm kidding, I'm kidding. Learn how to take a joke. You're as
serious as the rumors say you are.
-Shishio to Kenshin
If you trust, you will be betrayed. If you are careless, you will
die. Kill, or be killed. And, A good man is never far from a woman.
-Shishio to Kenshin and Saitou
Shishio: I was almost assassinated; when my wounds had
finally healed and I tried coming out, the Meiji government had
succeeded in ending the violence. Now they who tried to eliminate me
won't send a single troop against me for fear of looking weak before
the Western powers. This weak government. I cannot leave this
country to such a weak government. If the violence was ended, I'll
awaken it! I'll seize control! I'll make this country strong.
Justice will be served when the country is mine.
Kenshin: But for this justice, blood will flow. The blood of
those who now live in peace...
Shishio: Well, after all, in this world the flesh of the weak
is the food of the strong. But I never could persuade you of that.
Man's true nature is violence, and this world is Hell.
-Shishio to Houji
Shishio: The government is the real bad guy. They used me and
then tried to burn me to death.
Soujirou: So you're a good guy then!
Shishio: No. I'm a fiend from hell.
-Shishio to Soujirou
No. It doesn't matter where you're born. It's because you're weak.
In this world, the flesh of the weak is the food of the strong. The
strong live, the weak die. No matter how hard you smile, you can't
run from the truth.
-Shishio to Soujirou
You are shit.
-Shishio to Sano
I've made up my mind. I'm going to overthrow the king of hell.
-Shishio to Yumi and Houji
You fool. Who do you think you are? I'm just here to laugh at you.
But I might take you with me all the same. You just have to realize
that you were a failure. Your sword, your beliefs, your life,
everything... admit it was all one big mistake you can never take
back.
-Shishio to Kenshin
10 Swords
The dead don't need to worry about the future of the country.
-Soujirou to Okubo
That's nice. But next time you make a mistake, I won't be so
forgiving.
-Soujirou to Shishio (boy he's brave to say that..)
I have thrown away my faith, but not my desire to save this world.
And this cannot be done with the Buddha's hands. To be able to save
this world with human hands and a human heart. I am training to gain
that power. For this I need strength that surpasses that of the
Buddha.
-Anji to Sano
Good men and evil man are made of the same flesh. In the end, they
both rot and return to earth.
-Houji to Shishio
Well, I'm certainly not going to lose to a guy. (Cross-dressing
scythe-wielder.)
-Yumi to Kamatari
From the nether world assure yourself of the world's salvation!
-Anji to Sano
Lord Shishio's the only man allowed to touch me!
-Yumi to Sano
Look, look, the Ten Swords have come all this way just to fight you!
So get yourselves ready and come on out! (singing happily) We're
gonna cut off all your heads, and give them to Lord Shishio as a
pres-ent!
-Kamatari
Kamatari: Scythe girl? (He giggles.) There seems to be a
slight mistake. (He lifts the front of his kimono.) I'm not a
scythe-girl. I'm a scythe boy.
(Misao screams.)
Kaoru: What's WRONG with you, Misao?
Misao (weakly): El--elephant...it's a freakin' elephant...
Kamatari (primly rearranging his kimono): (Actually, that was
a little embarrassing.) How cute, she's blushing. Could it be the
first time you've seen one?
Misao: No! When I was little I saw Gramps in the bath once!
It's just that that was a little bigger than his, so I was just
kinda startled!
-Kamatari and his "manhood"
You can't be a transvestite half-heartedly. No matter how hard I
wish, I can never have a woman's body, so I'll never be able to
compete with Yumi of the Night. And no matter how hard I train, I'll
never be as good as Soujirou, the best of the Ten Swords. As a man
or as a woman, I'll never be Lord Shishio's favorite.
-Kamatari to Kaoru and Misao
The young have an unfortunate tendency to believe the impossible
possible and confuse dreams with reality. I explained it for you
with great kindness and respect... Very well. You will die.
-Roujin to Kaoru, Misao and Yahiko
No matter how much it hurt, no matter how bad, if I just kept
smiling...
-Soujirou to Shishio
I have every confidence that I could defeat Mr. Himura with the
Shukuchi. But using my full strength against his wrong-headed sword
would just be too annoying.
-Soujirou to Yumi
Why didn't you protect me then? If what you say is right, why didn't
anyone protect me?
-Soujirou to Kenshin
In the rain, I smiled, but I was really crying. I was really crying.
-Soujirou to Kenshin
Your thighs are so soft.
-Soujirou to Yumi
A girl can't even show mercy to you idiots!
-Yumi to Kenshin and Sano
Ha ha ha! Die, die! Everybody dies! If everyone dies no one wins,
and Lord Shishio is invincible! Only Lord Shishio will forever be
unbeaten!
-Hoji to Kenshin, Aoshi, Sano, and Saitou
Being an undercover agent sucks!
-Chou to Saitou