president zelenskyy is a stronger man than me because if two ignorant and deluded men like trump and vance started demanding i say please and thank you and calling me disrespectful like im a naughty child instead of a very traumatised and frustrated man trying to save his country from putin id have put them both in the ground with a single fucking punch
Kenshin:“A person who I left behind in Tokyo said basically the same thing, that she did. I never would have imagined that I’d ever hear those words again back here in Kyoto, that I most certainly did not.”
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I like how the kept the softness in Kenshin’s eyes as he was remembering Kaoru saying those words to him. Even though he said goodbye to her he is still very much in love with her.
During the first time I watched this scene in the ‘90s anime, I honestly hated Kenshin here for giving Kaoru the cold shoulder because Kaoru went all the way from Tokyo to come see him. But over time and especially after having finished the series, I realize now that internally, Kenshin still hasn’t forgiven himself for accidentally killing Tomoe and having to face Shishio makes seeing Kaoru there put the Jin-e incident right at the forefront of his mind which scares him to death to think that there could be a repeat of that.
But despite all of that, he is still very much in love with her:
I think loving Kenshin healed Tomoe. Not in a deliberate sense from Kenshin’s part but by seeing him from an object of revenge to falling in love with the kindness of his soul.
