The Rurouni Kenshin Here

He stops. Lowers his sword. And fights Kanryu's henchmen without killing a single one—using only the pommel, the scabbard, his bare hands. He is cut, stabbed, burned. But he does not fall.

For the first time in ten years, Kenshin does not smile. His grip on the sakabatō turns white. Kaoru, chained to a pillar, sees his eyes go flat and cold. The Rurouni Kenshin

Kaoru runs after him in the mist.

Saito: "You call yourself a protector. But a wolf who wears a sheep's mask still has fangs. The only difference between us, Battosai, is that I admit what I am." He stops

"Wherever there are people who need help that no one else will give." He is cut, stabbed, burned

"He would have died a martyr to his own greed," Kenshin answers. "I wanted him to live long enough to be forgotten."