Dreams, Reality and Illusions is the two hundred twenty-third chapter of the Rurouni Kenshin manga.
Synopsis[]
The Rakunimura residents tell Tsubame to leave, but when they hear her mumble Kenshin's name, the men tell her the rurouni is the same half-dead state since he arrived, won't budge or speak to anyone. Tsubame doesn't believe the facts; she brushes past the men and is eventually caught by a man with a bandaged eye going by the name of Kuma. He sighs in disgust, for the newbie has yet another visitor.
Kenshin's mind is full of thought. He reflects on the day he was saved on the trade route from bandits by Hiko who gave him his current name. His training days, request of becoming a hitokiri, meeting with Tomoe, and setting off as a rurouni are all included in these thoughts. People he met along the way, Kaoru, Yahiko, Sanosuke, Jin'e, Megumi, Aoshi, the Oniwa Banshu, Tsubame, Yutarou, Raijuuta, Saitou, Misao, Shishio, Soujirou, Chou, Anji, Houji, Yumi, the Juppon Gatana, Enishi and his comrades, each have something they said that sticks out. With so much running through his already worn out mind, Kenshin doesn't seem to notice that a teary-eyed Tsubame is standing right in front of him.