=============================================================== Episode Summaries by Lynne (tougei@hotmail.com) Note from Key 2 Anime: I got these summaries from the RK Archive (http://rka.crosspaths.net/index.html). All these summaries are done by Lynne. If you have any questions of would just like to thank her for her wonderful efforts please email her at tougei@hotmail.com Episodes #32-34 =============================================================== Episode #32 Changing Tears to Courage! The Path Choosen by Kamiya Kaoru. Kaoru will not get out of bed and refuses to eat. Sanosuke is at Katsu's apartment getting money for his trip to Kyoto. Katsu gives Sano some pineapple bombs (for his protection) and tells him to be careful. Sano runs into Yahiko and Saitou on his way out of Katsu's apartment. Saitou derides Sanosuke for thinking he would help Kenshin in Kyoto. He tells Sanosuke that Sano, Yahiko, and Kaoru are all Kenshin's weak points and he, Saitou, understands why Kenshin went off to Kyoto by himself. Saitou beats up Sano and calls him a 'mutt' and a 'puppy', but it does not change Sanosuke's mind. In the end, Saitou tells Sano to go ahead and go to Kyoto; since his skill level is so low, he won't live long anyway. Saitou then leaves, and Sano tells Yahiko that no matter what happens, Yahiko MUST DRAG Kaoru to Kenshin. Yahiko promises and Sano begins his journey to Kyoto. Kaoru is curled up in the corner of the dojo, not responding to anyone. Megumi comes in and ridicules her. They argue and Megumi goes to slap Kaoru a good one. She stops just in time and talks tough to Kaoru. Kaoru is still moping when Yahiko comes in and convinces Kaoru that she is the only one who can bring Kenshin back, and at last Kaoru decides to go to Kyoto. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Episode #33 Time to Be the Strongest Warrior! Aoshi's New Battle! Kaoru and Yahiko set off by boat to Kyoto. Sano, still pissed, sets off on foot. He is taking out entire trees along the way, screaming that he will prove he is not a weakness to Kenshin! Kenshin had talked to Saitou the evening before. Saitou was going to Kyoto by boat and expected Kenshin to go on the boat with him. Saitou told Kenshin that they would be fighting together. This was news to Kenshin. He refused to go on the boat, saying it would be too confining for a rurouni who does not like to get others involved in his fights. The next day, Megumi stops by the dojo to check on 'things' and finds it is unlocked. She rushes in thinking Ken-san has returned, but instead finds Shinomori Aoshi. Aoshi wants to know where Kenshin has gone. Megumi refuses to tell him, and Aoshi threatens to kill her if she does not answer him. Saitou arrives and tells Aoshi that the Battousai went to Kyoto. He then tells Aoshi about Shishio. Aoshi goes into the mountains and decides that he, too, is going to Kyoto. He comes to the graves of the Oniwabanshuu and finds a group of Shishio's goons desecrating the graves. He kills them all. The situation was really a setup by Seta Soujiro. Shishio wants to talk to Aoshi, but Aoshi is not going to cooperate. Soujiro tells Aoshi if he changes his mind, he should come to Kyoto. Shishio Makoto is having a picnic in the woods. He tells Soujiro that it is time to say hello to Shishio's Hitokiri Senpai, Himura Battousai. Kenshin is camping out in the forest. He goes to the aid of a girl whom he believes is about to be assaulted, then discovers that she is a mugger. She fights and defeats four men and steals their money. Kenshin confronts her......... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Episode #34 The Little Thief... Makimachi Misao's Deceptive Looks! The female thief tells Kenshin she wants his sword. She tries intimidation, but it doesn't work on Kenshin. He easily evades her attacks and confiscates the money she stole from the four men. This really makes her mad and she flings her tobikunai (throwing daggers) at him. Kenshin blocks the small knives with her cloak. She gets even madder (it was her favorite cloak) and demands all of Kenshin's money as payment. Kenshin goes back into town to return the money the little thief stole. He finds out her name is Makimachi Misao and she is from Kyoto. Unbeknownst to Kenshin and Misao, the four men she beat up are getting a crowd together to come get revenge. Kenshin takes out a bridge to foil the men's trap. Misao is impressed with the bridge incident and starts talking about the people she has been looking for. When she mentions the 'guard of Edo Castle' and 'Aoshi-sama', Kenshin is so shocked he whispers 'Shinomori Aoshi'. Misao hears him and gets very excited that Kenshin knows her Aoshi-sama. Kenshin refuses to talk about Aoshi, since he knows that Misao would be very hurt if she found out about the deaths of the Oniwabanshuu. She does not give up. He runs, she follows. He finally leaps a ravine that is too wide for her to jump, and from the other side tells her to forget about Aoshi. She tells him to go to hell, and attempts to leap the ravine. She falls, Kenshin saves her (it is a terrific scene!), and Kenshin resigns himself to having Misao follow him on his journey to Kyoto..........