In the town of Ueno, he meets , the last instructor of the Kamiya Kasshin-ryū—a "sword that protects life." Her dojo has one student, a terrified child named Yahiko Myojin , whose parents sold him to a yakuza boss to pay a debt. The dojo’s sign is cracked. The roof leaks. Kaoru sells calligraphy to afford tofu.
"He would have died a martyr to his own greed," Kenshin answers. "I wanted him to live long enough to be forgotten." The Rurouni Kenshin
"Then I'm coming with you."
"Because I have already killed enough," Kenshin replies. "Ten years ago, in Kyoto. I was Hitokiri Battosai . The manslayer who opened the door to this new era. But a door that opens on corpses… is still a door to hell." In the town of Ueno, he meets ,
"Kenshin!" she shouts. "If you become the manslayer again, Tomoe's death meant nothing!" Kaoru sells calligraphy to afford tofu
"Wherever there are people who need help that no one else will give."
Their first duel is not a fight. It is a philosophy lesson.