Rurouni Kenshin (1996) s01e07 Episode Script
Deathmatch Under the Moon: Protect the One You Love
1
A brush against the freckles
that I hated oh so much
A small flicker, that's all,
and then I heave a little sigh.
The heavyweight love
that I once shared with you
Miraculously dissolved
with the sugar cube.
The little prick that I feel
on my bosom that has shrunken
from the little thorn
really hurts me now.
I guess I cannot trust those
silly horoscopes after all
I wonder what it would be like
if we could go further away right?
I'd be so happy
just because of that!
Memories I have are
always beautiful in my mind.
But they can't feed me:
they can't fill up my stomach.
In reality tonight was
supposed to be somber.
I really do wonder why
I just can't see how all of the tears were
streaming down his face that night.
I just can't see it anymore
Wandering Samurai
D-YFI
Rurouni Kenshin
My favorite indigo ribbon
I'll lend it to you, Kenshin.
All right, I'm just lending it to you!
You have to return it!
All right.
Miss Kaoru!
I take it that this girl is your woman!
Jinei!
Angry, get angry!
Return to the way
you were ten years ago!
Hate!
Hate me!
Return to a manslayer, Battousai!
Kenshin!
Jinei!
Deathmatch Under the Moon
Protect the Ones You Love!
Don't glare at me so much.
It's not like I'm
going to kill and eat you.
Cheater!
You kidnapped me because you
can't beat Kenshin otherwise!
You don't get it.
I can defeat the present Battousai
before finishing one cigarette.
That's boring.
If I take you hostage,
the Battousai will be angry.
Anger will return him
to the manslayer he once was.
Y-You don't know how strong Kenshin is.
You're the one who doesn't know
how he really was.
The power of Battousai the Manslayer
gave everyone
goosebumps during the Revolution.
Back then, I was in Kyoto as well
a member of the Shinsengumi.
The Shinsengumi?
Jinei!
Your bloodthirsty sword is a
disgrace to us, the Shinsengumi!
We will execute you!
I was fighting in Kyoto like him.
A deathmatch with the former
Battousai, both of us on the edge.
Sounds fun.
Is there anything as fun as that?
Kenshin isn't like that!
He's not like you,
just out for blood!
Kenshin will never
return to being a manslayer!
K-Kaoru
was abducted?
Kurogasa has stated
where he wants the battle.
If I don't return, I ask you to
rescue Miss Kaoru with the police chief.
That guy
He's gonna go rescue
the girl all by himself.
To put an end to the
battle between two manslayers
Two manslayers
B-But, Kenshin is no longer a manslayer!
That's why he might lose!
But even then, he's going to go fight
alone!
You've got to be kidding!
I'm going with him!
Wait, you idiot!
Let go!
I want to go!
I don't know what happened in his past!
But I don't care about the Revolution!
I'm going to save Kenshin
and Kaoru as they are now!
Who's stopping you?
You're forgetting this.
Let's go, punk!
Move it!
Same goes for you!
It's about that time
Now, it's time for much fun to begin.
Kenshin!
Those are good eyes.
He is angry.
Oh yes.
Angry at you for involving Miss Kaoru
and at myself, for not stopping you.
That tone of voice
No, that's not the usual Kenshin!
I sense a pleasing intention to kill.
Now, you reverse that silly sword.
Then, the legendary
manslayer will be back.
Shut up.
How conceited
T-This is Battousai the Manslayer?
Be angry.
Be more angry!
Is that all you can do?
One-handed thrust
Next, form one, side slash
Then cross form, a
straight slash down
And here
I break his stance!
Kenshin!
Hey!
Kenshin!
Shit
where is he?
If we can't find Kenshin soon,
he and Kaoru will be done for!
Not yet.
This is far from
what Battousai used to be.
Because you don't want to kill me yet.
While you have the silly thought
of defeating me without killing
I can kill you before
finishing three cigarettes.
This is boring.
Kenshin!
Kenshin!
You are completely insane!
You are a monster!
A monster!
I want you to be even more angry
Ken
shin
Miss Kaoru!
You bastard!
What did you do to Miss Kaoru?
I gave her an extra
strong version of Shin-no-ippou.
So strong that her lungs are paralyzed.
At most, she will last 5
minutes before dying of suffocation.
What!
There are only two ways to undo it.
One is for the target to
overcome it on her own
But only if her swordsman's
spirit is stronger than mine
It is utterly impossible for that girl.
The other way
is for me, the user, to die.
In other words, unless
you kill me, that girl dies.
What's wrong?
There's no time left.
Are you going to do
nothing and let this girl die?
Jinei
What's wrong?
There's no time left.
Are you going to do
nothing and let this girl die?
Death from suffocation
is ugly and disgusting
Jinei
You have no time for chit-chat.
If you have anything to
say, say it with the sword.
With that silly sword of yours.
T-That attack
Not only couldn't I see the sword's
path, but I couldn't see his body move!
This is the Hiten Mitsurugi Style!
This is Battousai the Manslayer!
Good, this is a good feeling!
There is no time to talk.
I'll kill you
so why don't you hurry over?
K-Ken
shin
I'll kill you, huh
This is good.
A phrase appropriate for a manslayer!
You finally came back.
Back to the Revolution!
Back to Battousai the Manslayer!
No
Ken
shin
No
The true battle begins now.
Here I come, Battousai!
What's wrong?
Nothing less from
the legendary manslayer
You really are different
when you intend to kill.
I guess it is time for
me to take this seriously.
To defeat the strongest man.
Shin-no-ippou uses hypnosis to
make a target stand in his tracks
I will now use it on myself!
In other words, I will use hypnosis
to bring out all of my potential!
I am undefeatable!
I am invincible!
I
am the strongest!
The hidden usage for Shin-no-ippou
The Hyouki technique
I haven't used this
since I left the
Shinsengumi 15 years ago.
You can all the skills you like.
However
Now that I've said I will kill
your death is inevitable.
This is the stance for Battoujutsu
Attacks that accelerate the
blade by pulling it from the sheath
and slay the
opponent in an instant
His unsheathing is at god-like speed
A speed that matches the gods!
Come!
I will give you a taste of
where the name Battousai came from.
However, Battoujutsu
are all one-shot attacks
leaving the user
momentarily defenseless
If I can evade that
one moment of unsheathing
But, can I do it?
I can!
I can evade it!
It's a reverse-blade sword,
so the drawing slows for an instant!
I can win!
I challenge you, Battousai!
So fast!
I win, Battousa
Wha
A double Battoujutsu using
the sword and its sheath
Hiten Mitsurugi Style Battoujutsu.
Sou-ryu-sen.
I am fully that the reverse-blade
sword is not suited for Battoujutsu.
I have perfected
Battoujutsu in every way
so I was named Battousai.
I crushed your elbow
joint, and tore the ligaments.
Your life as a swordsman is over.
And now
the end of your life as a human.
K-Ken
What's wrong?
Why are you hesitating?
To get rid of the Shin-no-ippou I
put upon that girl, you have to kill me.
K-Kenshin
To protect Miss Kaoru
I will become a manslayer once again
That's right!
Let me, Jinei, enjoy the
blade of the legendary manslayer!
Die.
A sword is a weapon.
Swordsmanship is learning how to kill.
That is the truth, no matter how
much you try to give excuses for it.
However, I prefer Miss Kaoru's play-talk
over than the truth, that I do.
K-Ken
shin
Kenshin
Kenshin
I prefer it, that I do.
Don't!
Don't go back to a manslayer
Don't use swordsmanship
to kill
Miss Kaoru!
Miss Kaoru, you all right?
You have to hold steady, that you do!
Hold steady, that I do?
Are you all right, that is?
I am all right, that is.
I'm all right
I'm all right, so
To think that my Shin-no-ippou
would be defeated by a girl like her.
Stop, Jinei.
You have no chance
with only a short-sword and
your left arm, that you don't.
Everything is over now.
Peacefully be
arrested now, that you should.
No, it is not over yet.
There is something left.
Cleaning up!
This is a good feeling
Don't look at
me like that, Battousai
I liked your eyes when you
said you were going to kill me.
You truly are a manslayer inside.
I, another manslayer, is saying
this, so there is no mistake
A manslayer is only
that until he dies
He can never be anything else.
I'll see how long
you can stay a wanderer
from the edge of hell.
A manslayer is only
that until he dies
Kenshin
Let's leave the rest for the police.
I found something!
Footprints!
Kenshin's footprints!
R-Really?
See?
Kenshin's footprints are going this way!
Idiot!
That's a cow's hoofprints!
You're kidding!
Idiot!
Let go, dammit!
Kaoru!
Kenshin!
You're all right now.
Now that I'm here!
Where is Kurogasa?
It's so boring that there
was no need for me to save you!
You said it.
I'm hungry now that I stayed
up all night running around.
Idiot, how can you be
hungry without doing anything?
I dunno why!
Are you all right
now, Miss Kaoru, that is?
Yes
Um
Kenshin
Thanks for saving me.
I'll just give you thanks for now.
No, I am the one who should
be thanking you, that I should.
If you didn't stop
me back then, Miss Kaoru
I would have completely reverted to
my old self, Battousai the Manslayer
Thank you so much.
What?
What are you thanking me for?
Oh, nothing
That's right, I have to return
your ribbon, Miss Kaoru, that is
What is this?
Blood from my wound
This was my favorite one, too!
I can't believe you!
I shouldn't have promised!
L-I'm sorry, Miss Kaoru!
Ow!
You stepped on my foot!
What's this about a promise?
It's nothing a kid should know!
What was that?
Jinei
Even if my true self is a manslayer
I will never return
to being one, that I won't.
I will stay a wanderer
forever, that I shall
as long as I have these comrades.
When seeing those
eyes of yours with that gleam
my heart skipped a
beat that lazy afternoon.
My whole body felt nervous and very stiff
as if you were
testing my love for you.
Feeling the point from
the air and from you
I shivered all over
from my love for you.
A crunch on the sand,
I bite down the grit.
I aim at your will
as the day turns to night.
I am hoping soon you
will use your delicious lips
and let me have some of
that good wine that's over there.
When they are united
under the bright full moon
a man and a woman
will find true eternity.
Passionate lady, ah gimme your love.
Mysterious lady, I need your love.
The lonely eyes you show
once in a great little while
I can't tell if it's the truth or just a lie.
Honestly lady, ah gimme your love.
Now feel it coming lady,
I need your love.
I'm always thrown right around by
all the things you always do.
The fervor of passionate love
crazily dances within my heart.
Kenshin and Sanosuke end
up saving a mysterious beauty.
What is with them
looking all dazed like that?
There is something more
to the men who are after her
What kind of a secret does she hide?
Next episode of Rurouni Kenshin
Please look forward to it!
A brush against the freckles
that I hated oh so much
A small flicker, that's all,
and then I heave a little sigh.
The heavyweight love
that I once shared with you
Miraculously dissolved
with the sugar cube.
The little prick that I feel
on my bosom that has shrunken
from the little thorn
really hurts me now.
I guess I cannot trust those
silly horoscopes after all
I wonder what it would be like
if we could go further away right?
I'd be so happy
just because of that!
Memories I have are
always beautiful in my mind.
But they can't feed me:
they can't fill up my stomach.
In reality tonight was
supposed to be somber.
I really do wonder why
I just can't see how all of the tears were
streaming down his face that night.
I just can't see it anymore
Wandering Samurai
D-YFI
Rurouni Kenshin
My favorite indigo ribbon
I'll lend it to you, Kenshin.
All right, I'm just lending it to you!
You have to return it!
All right.
Miss Kaoru!
I take it that this girl is your woman!
Jinei!
Angry, get angry!
Return to the way
you were ten years ago!
Hate!
Hate me!
Return to a manslayer, Battousai!
Kenshin!
Jinei!
Deathmatch Under the Moon
Protect the Ones You Love!
Don't glare at me so much.
It's not like I'm
going to kill and eat you.
Cheater!
You kidnapped me because you
can't beat Kenshin otherwise!
You don't get it.
I can defeat the present Battousai
before finishing one cigarette.
That's boring.
If I take you hostage,
the Battousai will be angry.
Anger will return him
to the manslayer he once was.
Y-You don't know how strong Kenshin is.
You're the one who doesn't know
how he really was.
The power of Battousai the Manslayer
gave everyone
goosebumps during the Revolution.
Back then, I was in Kyoto as well
a member of the Shinsengumi.
The Shinsengumi?
Jinei!
Your bloodthirsty sword is a
disgrace to us, the Shinsengumi!
We will execute you!
I was fighting in Kyoto like him.
A deathmatch with the former
Battousai, both of us on the edge.
Sounds fun.
Is there anything as fun as that?
Kenshin isn't like that!
He's not like you,
just out for blood!
Kenshin will never
return to being a manslayer!
K-Kaoru
was abducted?
Kurogasa has stated
where he wants the battle.
If I don't return, I ask you to
rescue Miss Kaoru with the police chief.
That guy
He's gonna go rescue
the girl all by himself.
To put an end to the
battle between two manslayers
Two manslayers
B-But, Kenshin is no longer a manslayer!
That's why he might lose!
But even then, he's going to go fight
alone!
You've got to be kidding!
I'm going with him!
Wait, you idiot!
Let go!
I want to go!
I don't know what happened in his past!
But I don't care about the Revolution!
I'm going to save Kenshin
and Kaoru as they are now!
Who's stopping you?
You're forgetting this.
Let's go, punk!
Move it!
Same goes for you!
It's about that time
Now, it's time for much fun to begin.
Kenshin!
Those are good eyes.
He is angry.
Oh yes.
Angry at you for involving Miss Kaoru
and at myself, for not stopping you.
That tone of voice
No, that's not the usual Kenshin!
I sense a pleasing intention to kill.
Now, you reverse that silly sword.
Then, the legendary
manslayer will be back.
Shut up.
How conceited
T-This is Battousai the Manslayer?
Be angry.
Be more angry!
Is that all you can do?
One-handed thrust
Next, form one, side slash
Then cross form, a
straight slash down
And here
I break his stance!
Kenshin!
Hey!
Kenshin!
Shit
where is he?
If we can't find Kenshin soon,
he and Kaoru will be done for!
Not yet.
This is far from
what Battousai used to be.
Because you don't want to kill me yet.
While you have the silly thought
of defeating me without killing
I can kill you before
finishing three cigarettes.
This is boring.
Kenshin!
Kenshin!
You are completely insane!
You are a monster!
A monster!
I want you to be even more angry
Ken
shin
Miss Kaoru!
You bastard!
What did you do to Miss Kaoru?
I gave her an extra
strong version of Shin-no-ippou.
So strong that her lungs are paralyzed.
At most, she will last 5
minutes before dying of suffocation.
What!
There are only two ways to undo it.
One is for the target to
overcome it on her own
But only if her swordsman's
spirit is stronger than mine
It is utterly impossible for that girl.
The other way
is for me, the user, to die.
In other words, unless
you kill me, that girl dies.
What's wrong?
There's no time left.
Are you going to do
nothing and let this girl die?
Jinei
What's wrong?
There's no time left.
Are you going to do
nothing and let this girl die?
Death from suffocation
is ugly and disgusting
Jinei
You have no time for chit-chat.
If you have anything to
say, say it with the sword.
With that silly sword of yours.
T-That attack
Not only couldn't I see the sword's
path, but I couldn't see his body move!
This is the Hiten Mitsurugi Style!
This is Battousai the Manslayer!
Good, this is a good feeling!
There is no time to talk.
I'll kill you
so why don't you hurry over?
K-Ken
shin
I'll kill you, huh
This is good.
A phrase appropriate for a manslayer!
You finally came back.
Back to the Revolution!
Back to Battousai the Manslayer!
No
Ken
shin
No
The true battle begins now.
Here I come, Battousai!
What's wrong?
Nothing less from
the legendary manslayer
You really are different
when you intend to kill.
I guess it is time for
me to take this seriously.
To defeat the strongest man.
Shin-no-ippou uses hypnosis to
make a target stand in his tracks
I will now use it on myself!
In other words, I will use hypnosis
to bring out all of my potential!
I am undefeatable!
I am invincible!
I
am the strongest!
The hidden usage for Shin-no-ippou
The Hyouki technique
I haven't used this
since I left the
Shinsengumi 15 years ago.
You can all the skills you like.
However
Now that I've said I will kill
your death is inevitable.
This is the stance for Battoujutsu
Attacks that accelerate the
blade by pulling it from the sheath
and slay the
opponent in an instant
His unsheathing is at god-like speed
A speed that matches the gods!
Come!
I will give you a taste of
where the name Battousai came from.
However, Battoujutsu
are all one-shot attacks
leaving the user
momentarily defenseless
If I can evade that
one moment of unsheathing
But, can I do it?
I can!
I can evade it!
It's a reverse-blade sword,
so the drawing slows for an instant!
I can win!
I challenge you, Battousai!
So fast!
I win, Battousa
Wha
A double Battoujutsu using
the sword and its sheath
Hiten Mitsurugi Style Battoujutsu.
Sou-ryu-sen.
I am fully that the reverse-blade
sword is not suited for Battoujutsu.
I have perfected
Battoujutsu in every way
so I was named Battousai.
I crushed your elbow
joint, and tore the ligaments.
Your life as a swordsman is over.
And now
the end of your life as a human.
K-Ken
What's wrong?
Why are you hesitating?
To get rid of the Shin-no-ippou I
put upon that girl, you have to kill me.
K-Kenshin
To protect Miss Kaoru
I will become a manslayer once again
That's right!
Let me, Jinei, enjoy the
blade of the legendary manslayer!
Die.
A sword is a weapon.
Swordsmanship is learning how to kill.
That is the truth, no matter how
much you try to give excuses for it.
However, I prefer Miss Kaoru's play-talk
over than the truth, that I do.
K-Ken
shin
Kenshin
Kenshin
I prefer it, that I do.
Don't!
Don't go back to a manslayer
Don't use swordsmanship
to kill
Miss Kaoru!
Miss Kaoru, you all right?
You have to hold steady, that you do!
Hold steady, that I do?
Are you all right, that is?
I am all right, that is.
I'm all right
I'm all right, so
To think that my Shin-no-ippou
would be defeated by a girl like her.
Stop, Jinei.
You have no chance
with only a short-sword and
your left arm, that you don't.
Everything is over now.
Peacefully be
arrested now, that you should.
No, it is not over yet.
There is something left.
Cleaning up!
This is a good feeling
Don't look at
me like that, Battousai
I liked your eyes when you
said you were going to kill me.
You truly are a manslayer inside.
I, another manslayer, is saying
this, so there is no mistake
A manslayer is only
that until he dies
He can never be anything else.
I'll see how long
you can stay a wanderer
from the edge of hell.
A manslayer is only
that until he dies
Kenshin
Let's leave the rest for the police.
I found something!
Footprints!
Kenshin's footprints!
R-Really?
See?
Kenshin's footprints are going this way!
Idiot!
That's a cow's hoofprints!
You're kidding!
Idiot!
Let go, dammit!
Kaoru!
Kenshin!
You're all right now.
Now that I'm here!
Where is Kurogasa?
It's so boring that there
was no need for me to save you!
You said it.
I'm hungry now that I stayed
up all night running around.
Idiot, how can you be
hungry without doing anything?
I dunno why!
Are you all right
now, Miss Kaoru, that is?
Yes
Um
Kenshin
Thanks for saving me.
I'll just give you thanks for now.
No, I am the one who should
be thanking you, that I should.
If you didn't stop
me back then, Miss Kaoru
I would have completely reverted to
my old self, Battousai the Manslayer
Thank you so much.
What?
What are you thanking me for?
Oh, nothing
That's right, I have to return
your ribbon, Miss Kaoru, that is
What is this?
Blood from my wound
This was my favorite one, too!
I can't believe you!
I shouldn't have promised!
L-I'm sorry, Miss Kaoru!
Ow!
You stepped on my foot!
What's this about a promise?
It's nothing a kid should know!
What was that?
Jinei
Even if my true self is a manslayer
I will never return
to being one, that I won't.
I will stay a wanderer
forever, that I shall
as long as I have these comrades.
When seeing those
eyes of yours with that gleam
my heart skipped a
beat that lazy afternoon.
My whole body felt nervous and very stiff
as if you were
testing my love for you.
Feeling the point from
the air and from you
I shivered all over
from my love for you.
A crunch on the sand,
I bite down the grit.
I aim at your will
as the day turns to night.
I am hoping soon you
will use your delicious lips
and let me have some of
that good wine that's over there.
When they are united
under the bright full moon
a man and a woman
will find true eternity.
Passionate lady, ah gimme your love.
Mysterious lady, I need your love.
The lonely eyes you show
once in a great little while
I can't tell if it's the truth or just a lie.
Honestly lady, ah gimme your love.
Now feel it coming lady,
I need your love.
I'm always thrown right around by
all the things you always do.
The fervor of passionate love
crazily dances within my heart.
Kenshin and Sanosuke end
up saving a mysterious beauty.
What is with them
looking all dazed like that?
There is something more
to the men who are after her
What kind of a secret does she hide?
Next episode of Rurouni Kenshin
Please look forward to it!