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Remembrance 1: Hitokiri is one hundred sixty-fifth chapter of the Rurouni Kenshin manga.

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Kyoto 1864 on a late evening, three samurai (Shigekura, Ishiji, and Kiyosato) as the shogun bodyguards walk the streets, headed off for a night's rest.Kiyosato seems to be a little frightened walking the streets, since there has been so much assassinations going around, but Shigekura and Ishiji tell him not to worry, as Kiyosato will soon to be married to a beautiful young woman in the near future. Yet, Kiyosato had a right to be cautious. Behind them trails a hitokiri seeking to take away their lives. The three samurai turn around and place their hands over their swords. When asked the hitokiri's name, he answers Himura Battousai.

In less than a few seconds, Battousai draws his blade and kills Ishiji. Following, Battousai leaps up and comes down, drilling his sword through Shigekura's head, using a move he calls the Ryu Tsui Sen Zan. Shigekura is the only one of his party remaining. He does his best to protect himself from the cold edge of Battousai's blade by constantly telling himself that he cannot die in such a place. However, Battousai's sword gets the best of Kiyosato. When the two cross paths, Kiyosato is the one to fall in a pool of his own blood. As for Battousai, he is left with a diagonal cut on his cheek.

Battousai touches his cut and stares in amazement at his own blood. Two inspectors working for the Choushuu Clan arrive on the scene when the assassinations are carried out. One looks at Battousai and asks if his opponent was skilled, as it was the first time he's seen the hitokiri cut that badly. Battousai sheathes his sword and walks away as the inspectors place papers reading "Tenchuu" on the corpses. It was not because of Kiyosato's skill, but his will to live that allowed him to touch Battousai with his blade. Battousai quietly wishes Kiyosato happiness in the next world then disappears back into the shadows.

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