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Rurouni Kenshin: Striving For the Grand Championship

 

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9.0 Superb
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Air Date

Thursday April 3, 2003

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Episode Summary

Kenshin and co. meet a reject sumo wrestler in the street. Kaoru feels bad for him, so they take him to the Kamiya Dojo, where he eventually trains to surpass those who rejected him, and becomes a true sumo.

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    9.8 Superb

    Another great episode. hide show

    So this episode is about a guy named Toromaru who doesn't really believe in himself but has great potenial to be a great sumo wrestler. The whole thing Kaoru and his relationship was funny since the beggining when they both fell in the water. And then he loves her cooking. It was funny when Sanosuke, Kenshin, and Yahiko thought about Kaoru with barely any clothes on... and then she pummeled them. In the end after traning with Kaoru Toromaru finally believed in himself and goes back to his old dojo where he is doing very well. Also, Kaoru pinching Toromaru in the a really helped him. Wow. So good episode.

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    8.3 Great

    A sumo-in-training trains at Kaoru's dojo to improve himself. hide show

    The start of season 1 fillers, at least the fillers aren't bad and doesn't stray from the canon episodes for too long. The sumo-in-training is an interesting character who is a better sumo even he doesn't know it. The other sumos saw this and start bullying him for it. In the end, the master came and stop all of this. Kaoru's pinching is funny and yet I really didn't want to see the sumo's butt. The beginning of the episode with Kenshin defeating everyone with buckets is funny. They got defeat by an accident that clumsily Kenshin made.

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  • A "dohyou" is the ring that sumo wrestle in. []
  • When Kaoru says "hakkeyoi nokotta", it is what referees usually say to signal the start of a sumo match. []
  • Toramaru says "dosukoi" a lot, and it is a popular saying of sumo wrestlers as a battle cry of sorts. []
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  • Sanosuke: Woah. That was pretty impressive. []
  • Toramaru: It's delicious! It's been a long time since I've had a meal this good.
    Kaoru: I'm so glad you enjoyed it! You really know how to appreciate good food, don't you? []
  • Yahiko: Who knows what goes through the mind of ugly woman anyway?
    Kaoru: And what do you mean by that Yahiko? []
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