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Hiko
Well, you know.
My genius shows in whatever I do.
-Hiko to Kenshin
I'm sure I taught you this. A sword is a weapon.
Kenjutsu is the art of killing. Whatever pretty
words you use, this is its true nature. Your own
foolish ideals, or today's harsh realities--whatever
you're trying to protect, it's complete selfishness.
-Hiko to Kenshin
Violence begets violence in a vicious circle. You
played a role indirectly in raising the ghost with
the Hiten Mitsurugi school. You were right; the
original purpose of school was to protect others
from the sufferings of the ages. But as a free
sword, not under anyone's control! If such strength
is not free, this is the kind of disaster that will
be born!
-Hiko to Kenshin
It's like Grand Central Station in here today.
People should know when they're not wanted.
-Hiko to Yahiko, Misao, and Kaoru
If you master this final technique, you'll probably
gain strength equal to mine. No, wait, you couldn't
be that good. At your very best you might be able to
just touch my level. But don't get too sure of
yourself.
-Hiko to Kenshin
No matter how much you hate or how much you suffer,
you can't bring the dead back to life.
-Hiko to Kenshin
The day hasn't dawned when I'd be happy to hug a
man. Don't jump around like that.
-Hiko to Kenshin
What's wrong, kid. Paralyzed with fear now that
you're safe?
-Hiko to Yahiko
The Amakakeru Ryuu no Hirameki I taught him can't
fail. When you avoid the fangs of the dragon that
soars the heavens, a fierce wind steals the freedom
of your body and it pierces you with its claws. That
is, if you do it exactly right. (I didn't bother to
tell him that much!)
-Hiko to Kaoru
In spring, cherry blossoms by night. In summer, the
stars. In autumn, the full moon. In winter, the
snow. These are always enough to make sake
delicious. If it tastes bad, that's proof that
there's something sick inside you.
-Hiko to Kenshin
Saitou
In Kyoto during
the Bakumatsu, a punch like that would mean nothing!
-Saitou to Sano
It was my nature when I drank to want to kill
excessively.
-Saitou to Shibumi
Killing is my specialty, so this work is all I could
desire as a sideline.
-Saitou to Shibumi
It's unfortunate, but I have no interest in being
the best of the "frogs in the well," who know
nothing of the great ocean.
-Saitou
Ten years... it's only two words. But to live it is
a long time.
-Saitou to Kenshin
The first principle of the Shinsengumi is that it is
unworthy to deviate from the warrior's path. A
warrior does not know how to flee before the enemy!!
-Saitou to Kenshin
You tame a dog with food. You tame a man with money.
But there is nothing that can tame a Miburo.
-Saitou
For Battousai, your existence is nothing but a weak
point.
-Saitou to Sano
Hey, who is this-- (quick: if Megumi = fox, and
Kaoru = tanuki, then she must be a--) weasel girl?
-Saitou's thoughts of Misao's apperance
The village, the police, the army, the government;
they're all helpless before Shishio Makoto. That's
why people like you and I are necessary.
-Saitou to Kenshin
You've killed ninety-nine people, but the hundredth
was yourself.
-Saitou to Senkaku
The dead are at peace. When I enter their world, I
may think that my duty is unfulfilled, but I'll have
no thoughts of revenge. If you can't see it with
your mind's eye, I'll tell you. Only one thing stirs
my emotions. Kill. Evil. Instantly. For the sake of
my own justice alone!
-Saitou to Usui
A whipped dog shouldn't bark so loud.
-Saitou to Usui
A man who can't uphold his beliefs is pathetic dead
or alive.
-Saitou to Usui
A human being uses his intellect to know when it's
time to quit. Animals rely on their instincts. But
you blame your failures on the victors, never
realizing that your time was up. You're worse than
an animal, freak!
-Saitou to Mumyouni
Someone who lost sight of reality and lived only for
his own personal grudge doesn't deserve my Aku Soku
Zan, but since you said you'd rather die, I'll grant
your wish. Die.
-Saitou to Mumyouni
You were always a good talker. You think you can
sweet-talk the general in the sky like that?
-Saitou to Kenshin
Essentially, you're here out of spite for Yukishiro
Enishi. You may be smart, but at heart you're a
child. A child with a hand-me-down organization . .
. Today's going to be more boring than I thought.
-Saitou to Heishin (Enishi's #2 man)
Height and speed... that's what sealed the Hiten
Mitsurugi school.
-Saitou
Tomoe
So bad people
carry swords, and good people don't? Then, if I had
been carrying a sword that night, would you have..
-Tomoe to Battousai
In plays they always say, "A rain of blood
fell"...But you really made it rain blood.
-Tomoe to Battousai
To go mad enough not to hate this justice, for the
sake of the new age... The vanguard of mad justice.
But.. when I look at him sleeping like that... he's
just a boy, not even of age yet...
-Tomoe thinking about Battousai
It's hard for me to smile though I do like children.
-Tomoe to Battousai
Enishi never knew her (his mother). But I always
took care of him, so he loved me as he would her. To
Enishi, I was both sister and mother. My sweet
little brother. He has a tendency to judge people
harshly, and he can get a little out of hand, but
he's a good kid. When my engagement was announced he
threw a tantrum. The worst he's ever been.
-Tomoe to Battousai
Himura Battousai's weakness is...The kindness that
doesn't match with a killer.
-Tomoe (thinking)
I see now. I couldn't stop him from dying. So I
risked everything to bring about this man's death
(Battousai). But that's when... that's when I fell
in love with him. I don't want to cause any more
death. So...
-Tomoe thinks about Battousai
Tomoe: Yes... When you smile, the me inside of you
is always smiling.
Kenshin: Really?
Tomoe: Yes. It's always been that way. Take care of
Enishi. The me inside of him probably isn't smiling
right now. And after that .... After that the girl
who's most longed to see your smile is waiting for
you. Wake up and go to her.
-Tomoe (ghost) to Kenshin
Misc.
After all,
vagabond is just another word for failure.
-Kiheh (Kaoru's housekeeper in the manga) to Kaoru
The honored patriots of the new age bathe in money
like water. Has it made you weak?
-Udou Jin'eh to Kenshin
A Hitokiri kills of his own free will, but he does
not choose his own targets.
-Udou Jin'eh
The strong don't need to fight. This is the nature
of the old kenjutsu.
-Maekawa
I wonder what will happen to kenjutsu. The Meiji era
and the age of culture and enlightenment did away
with it in one stroke.
-Maekawa
A man must grow up to be strong.
-Tsukayama (Yutarou's father)
The weak should be weeded out. This is nature's way.
Himura, I want you to join my Shinko school, and
from now on, help me in the great revival of
Japanese kenjutsu.
-Raijuuta
I forged swords that killed for countless years. For
the world of my grandson, a child who bears no one
any ill-will.
-Written beneath Kenshin's sword handle
Love and peace, yay!
-Tae
So you're going to ruin that boy's life just so you
can stay clean. If it means being driven into the
jaws of death, or leaving a name that will shame
generations to come, you should draw your own sword.
-Takasugi to Katsura
I.. no... I.. don't want to die. I was.. finally
going.. to marry her. I've always...loved her...
-Kyosato to Battousai
Even a young prodigy can be outwitted...
-Tatsumi to Battousai
Heh heh... Everyone's bad, I'm just a step ahead of
the rest.
-Iizuka (thinking)
Well, if you live long enough, you lose a lot. Just
as long as you don't throw them away. Whatever you
loose, you'll find again, but what you throw away
you never get back.
-Oibore (Enishi's dad) to Yahiko and Misao
White plum scent always brings back memories. So it
reminds you of something too? (He sets the uncorked
bottle beside him.) They say white plum has the
power to soothe the heart. Why don't you try to put
up with it for a while.
-Oibore to Kenshin
Please. I beg you. Just stand up one more time . . .
Please!
-Tsubame to Kenshin
Oibore: They call this place Rakuninmura. Saints or
sinners, we don't turn anyone away. But to live
here, you have to throw away everything you have.
Not just lose it . . . Everything you never gave up
on comes back to you in the end. Even to you . . .
Kenshin: It's no use. I can't find it. The
answer--how to atone for the crimes I committed as a
hitokiri. I can't find it!
(Oibore looks at him for a long moment.)
Oibore: Is that so. Even with your weak, confused
heart, you won't let go of what you're holding so
tight in your hand...
(Kenshin looks down at the sword.)
Oibore: You lose what's most precious to you . . .
exhaust yourself body and soul. But if you have
something you can't bring yourself to throw away,
whatever anyone says, that's your only truth.
That's not his truth. They couldn't reach his heart
that way. But if someone came asking for help, no
matter how small, they'd reach him. That's his
truth, so he had to answer. He would find a way to
break his bonds and rise....
-Oibore about Kenshin
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