* Rurouni Kenshin Manga Translation *
* Volume 13: The perfect night *
* Chapter hundred and eight: The difference in powress *
A figure of the unmoving King of Light, with his furious expressions play
the role of Emperor.
Even facing opponents with a massive store of strength or evilness, punishes
those fools who prove themselves difficult to rescue.
Anji: Whatever I've taught you were the basics.
(picture of large crevass in the wall)
Anji: And the so-called 'perfection' should be this!
Sano: ... *To reach the double limits with all four limbs... and to think
he used his left elbow instead of a straightforward punch...*
Kenshin: Sanosuke!
Sano: (snaps, turns around) !
(ducks just in time as Anji's punch hits the wall beside him. He gets flung
away)
Sano: Woah...
Saitou: (puffing his cigarette) Do you need to tag out?
Sano: CUT THE CRAP!
Anji: You can express your disatisfaction towards what I believe is saving
the world, that I don't mind. But... I shall pull no stops in defeating all
who is in my way!
Sano: *That's right! Not to mention his limbs... if only he wanted, he could
dish out the double limit move with his head even! While me... I only know
of a straight punch with my right hand...*
(he stares)
Sano: *But how can I just beat a hasty retreat now?*
Anji: (stares) I always thought you were of high intelligence.
Saitou: (another puff of cigarette) You think too highly of him.
Sano: YOU SHUT UP!
Kenshin: Sanosuke! Don't be afraid! Even in swordsfighting territory, a
double sword wielder might not necessarily win a single sword one!
Sano: !
Kenshin: Who cares if your brains don't work! If you'd only think with all
your heart, victory is surely in hand!
(Sano bodyfaults)
Sano: Darnation! Why does everyone think I'm some little shrimp... But.
What you have demonstrated just now has just filled me with more confidence.
Yumi: Oei, Himura! The battle's fixed at one on one, you're not to lend a
helping hand to the opponent!
Kenshin: I know! That's why I'm replacing my hand with my mouth!
Saitou: *Still the stubborn old quack he is.*
Kenshin: (whistles)
Yumi: *That hateful man!*
Anji: Just you alone? Don't be silly. You have naught percentage of triumph.
Sano: Humph! Whether or not I have...
(flies in for an attack)
Sano: You'll know naturally after trying!
Anji: (prepares with a punch)
(they meet, Anji misses Sano and pulls back for another one)
Sano: *NOW!*
(he whips around)
Anji: !
Sano: *Just as I expected! Anji, you may have forced your well-toned body
to the limits by bulking it up for learning the Double Limit move, but also,
those muscles hinder you by weighing much! You have gained the limit, but
lost your speed. The Double Limit shall kill at one attack, even if I may
only have my right hand, the winner is the one who first strikes!* HEYAH!
(he hits Anji in his ribs)
Kenshin: He's found the opening!
(but Anji looks perfectly well)
Saitou and Kenshin: !
Sano: How...
(picture of Sano's punch on one side of Anji, Anji punching himself on the
other side)
Sano: How is it possible!
Kenshin: *In order to maintain the equilibrum despite Sano's attack, he's
deferred and given himself a similar punch in the opposite direction...
which melts the powers and reduces whatever it was to a purely technical
hit... !*
Anji: Listen well. I'll tell you again. The so-called 'perfection', is a
perfection like this!
(he swings, Sano bounds back)
Kenshin: Sanosuke!
Sano: That was close... too close... Never thought there would be someway to
jump clear of the Double Limit...
(he stops)
Sano: (starts spilling blood from his mouth) !! *He merely brushed by me so
lightly... how... both are Double Limits, yet the difference is poles
apart...*
Anji: Get lost. I shall spare you, just this once.
Sano: ...
Saitou: Since the opposite party is so kind, you should just heed his
advice. To fight on is not a joke.
Yumi: Hold it, Monk Anji! Shishio-sama had wanted you to kill him!
Anji: I don't need your advice. I have the freedom to kill or not.
Sano: Freedom to kill or not? What was that? Do you mean to say that my
life lies purely in your hands? King of Light indeed! How much you have
elevated yourself to a demigod status. Tell you what. You had better stop
granting privileges to yourself now.
Anji: ...
Sano: Your life and death is in the hands of Shishio. Then wouldn't that
make him the 'ultimate' king? What a joke!
Anji: Nobody controls me. I merely agreed to work hand in hand with him to
break down the Meiji government. If this new world Shishio creates differs
much from what I believe is 'saving the world', then I shall go against him
then, to break him down as an enemy.
Yumi: !
Sano: So you're going to continue your destruction based on that, forever?
Let me tell you something. I hate the Meiji government, don't want to
forgive it either, and even now, like you, at every peak and hour I have
this irascible desire to bring it down.
(raises a bloody fist)
Sano: But you must know. Even in this Meiji era, there are still people
working hard to survive and live on, fighting hard to believe in the future,
a truly, beautiful, future! The choice is yours, whether or not you wish to
feel dragged down by this era. But as long as someone feels that there is
hope for the future in this world, I will not allow your 'freedom of life
and death' to continue!
(he snarls)
Sano: I WILL NOT LOSE! I CAN DEFINITELY NOT LOSE!
Anji: Then you listen up. Whatever happens after this, is not going to be a
two way battle, but a one man show!
Kenshin: 'I will not lose', the same script he used when I fought him last
time. Except this time, his 'inability to lose' weighs far too much than
before.
(there is a bright flash, and Sano and Anji stares expectantly at each
other)
END TRANSLATION
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