| Act 159 | Invincible Armor |
| Act 160 | Human Weapon |
| Act 161 | Asking Witty Questions |
| Act 162 | Thoughts at Dawn |
| Act 163 | Ending Overture |
| Act 164 | Illusion and Reality |
| Act 165 | Memories 1 - Hitokiri |
| Act 166 | Memories 2 - Birth of Battousai |
| Act 167 | Memories 3 - A Man and Woman in the Rain of Blood |
- Begins: Sanosuke's first encounter with Banjin (unfinished fight)
- Ends: (flashback) Battousai kills assassins in the street, Tomoe who was watching approaches him (some of the blood has splattered on her face), and they stand facing each other and Tomoe says that he is the one who causes the showers of blood
- Important Happenings:
- Banjin attacks Maekawa dojo, encounter with Sanosuke
- Hyouko attacks Uramura's home (the police chief), encounter with Kenshin
- Kenshin encounters Enishi, Enishi explains Jinchuu and says that the fight will be in ten days at the Kamiya Dojo
- Kenshin begins to tell the Kenshin gumi his past...
- Death of Kiyosato (Tomoe's fiancee)
- Birth of Battousai
- Battousai meets Tomoe