| Act 67 | The Budding of Violence |
| Act 68 | Portrait of an Ambitious Man |
| Act 69 | Battle Tactics |
| Act 70 | Soujirou the Tenken |
| Act 71 | Once Again to Kyoto |
| Act 72 | Meeting in the Forest (Beginning) |
| Act 73 | Meeting in the Forest (End) |
| Act 74 | Arrival in Kyoto |
| Act 75 | Search for the Sakabatou (reverse blade) |
- Begins: Kenshin and Misao encounter Saitou at Shingetsu, Saitou explains how villages like this are being taken over by Shishio, and that he is here because Shishio has come to Shingetsu
- Ends: Kenshin and Misao go to Seikuu Arai for a new sakabatou but Seikuu refuses to make it, saying that he does not make weapons of war anymore in a time of peace
- Important Happenings:
- Kenshin and Saitou confront Shishio and Soujirou in Shingetsu
- Kenshin vs. Senkaku
- Kenshin vs. Soujirou, Soujirou breaks Kenshin's sakabatou
- Sanosuke meets Anji, learns Futae no Kiwami
- Kenshin and Misao arrive at the Aoiya in Kyoto
- Kenshin and Misao go to Seikuu Arai, the son of the swordmaker of Kenshin's old sakabatou