Episode 5 - The Reverse-blade Sword vs. the Zanbatou: Beyond the Battle

Today’s episode 5 of Rurouni Kenshin titled, The Reverse-blade Sword vs. the Zanbatou: Beyond the Battle.

Finally, Sanosuke can fight with Kenshin without holding back. Although Kenshin has a better sword skill, he has a hard time defeating Sanosuke’s endurance. Kenshin then dealt a huge blow called Hiten Mitsurugi Style: Ryu-tsui-sen to Sanosuke, causing him to barely be able to stand. (I wonder why they have to say their sword move out loud…and it is like so long…^^)

The mystery behind Sanosuke’s hatred for the Imperialists is revealed in this episode. Seems like the Imperialists, after using Sekihoutai, (Sanosuke belongs to this group) decided to get rid of it. Meaning that the Imperialists betrayed Sekihoutai.

However, Kenshin cleared the misunderstanding to Sanosuke that not all Imperialists are like that. (yup…Kenshin is one of them…) Thus, Sanosuke admitted defeat to him. At the end, Sanosuke also became one of the freeloaders in Kaoru’s dojo and a comrade of theirs too.

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