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‘ 140 YEARS AGO, IN KYOTO, WITH THE COMING OF THE BLACK SHIPS, THERE EMERGED A WARRIOR CALLED ‘ HITOKIRI BATTOSAI. ‘ FELLING MEN WITH HIS BLOOD-STAINED BLADE, HE CLOSED THE TURBULENTBAKUMATSU ERA AND SLASHED OPEN THE AGE KNOWN AS ‘ MEIJI ‘ .
HE VANISHED; AND WITH THE FLOW OF YEARS BECAME A LEGEND; KNOWN SIMPLY AS THE ‘ THE STRONGEST . ‘
IN THE ELEVENTH YEAR OF MEIJI, IN THE MIDDLE OF TOKYO…
HONESTLY THIS IS SUCH A MAJOR SCENE? Maekawa speaks of the old form of kenjutsu when warriors measure each other with just a glance. He does this with Kenshin and immediately the two of them begin to laugh, or from my translation of my own manga, Maekawa says this:
‘ Don’t worry, Kaoru-kun. I’ve no wish to fight anymore. I can already see that I’ve lost. I gave him my fiercest glare and his eyes just let it flow away.’
Basically this man, older than Kenshin - has lost to him - and not in malicious intent. Kenshin once again was presented with a powerful will, and no matter the will, his eyes just gently, like water, let them flow away - almost like the wind, he acknowledges someone’s desire to fight him, if they have even an inkling of how powerful he is - and he lets it flow away. He doesn’t want to fight any unnecessary battles and that these two could have a stare-down is a testament to both of them but for this analysis, really, Kenshin, because it shows his depth of will and control .
He was offered a fight and his air-tight control and heart easily let it roll off his back. He has no desire. He’s seen enough fighting than this man has his entire life - and adding another that has no merit save competing for ‘strength titles’ is useless to a man who is called and feared by all as the ‘strongest’ a title he even claims to Aoshi that he can have because he has no ‘need of it’ all he cares about are the people ‘waiting for his help.’
The combined imagery and how gently Kenshin states with merely his eyes how he has no desire to fight a pointless battle is testament to his character, in my opinion, and his strength of heart - enough strength that he can easily, and gently disarm someone’s fighting intent aimed towards him with merely a glance, never losing a warrior’s respect for another.
I love characters that are completely harmless until they finally unleash their power and then they’re TERRIFYING
HELLO. long story short, i need a bit of help. i live in an apartment with my mom and we are both currently low on funds needed to pay our electricity and rent due to issues with social security and disability.
i’ll be, hopefully soon, receiving my inheritance from my grandfather’s estate now that i’m not long a minor, but because i don’t have a definitive date for that, i can’t rely on it when we already have some late payments. we are also trying to get help on our utilities but there is no guarantee they will pay every single dollar, and we barely have enough to get our basic needs this month because everything went straight on the bills.
i have a PAYPAL RIGHT HERE, and i’ll even pay you back once i get my inheritance if that’s something you need. even reblogs help immensely. thank you.
HONESTLY THIS IS SUCH A MAJOR SCENE? Maekawa speaks of the old form of kenjutsu when warriors measure each other with just a glance. He does this with Kenshin and immediately the two of them begin to laugh, or from my translation of my own manga, Maekawa says this:
‘ Don’t worry, Kaoru-kun. I’ve no wish to fight anymore. I can already see that I’ve lost. I gave him my fiercest glare and his eyes just let it flow away.’
Basically this man, older than Kenshin - has lost to him - and not in malicious intent. Kenshin once again was presented with a powerful will, and no matter the will, his eyes just gently, like water, let them flow away - almost like the wind, he acknowledges someone’s desire to fight him, if they have even an inkling of how powerful he is - and he lets it flow away. He doesn’t want to fight any unnecessary battles and that these two could have a stare-down is a testament to both of them but for this analysis, really, Kenshin, because it shows his depth of will and control .
He was offered a fight and his air-tight control and heart easily let it roll off his back. He has no desire. He’s seen enough fighting than this man has his entire life - and adding another that has no merit save competing for ‘strength titles’ is useless to a man who is called and feared by all as the ‘strongest’ a title he even claims to Aoshi that he can have because he has no ‘need of it’ all he cares about are the people ‘waiting for his help.’
The combined imagery and how gently Kenshin states with merely his eyes how he has no desire to fight a pointless battle is testament to his character, in my opinion, and his strength of heart - enough strength that he can easily, and gently disarm someone’s fighting intent aimed towards him with merely a glance, never losing a warrior’s respect for another.
[bottles up feelings and lets them age for 10 years like a fine wine]
𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙄'𝙢 𝙖𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙚; 𝙩𝙤𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙧𝙤𝙬 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡𝙨 𝙨𝙤 𝙛𝙖𝙧 𝙖𝙬𝙖𝙮; 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙄 𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙢𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙥𝙖𝙨𝙨 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙖𝙧𝙠𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙙𝙖𝙬𝙣.
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