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Birth of a Boy Swordsman

Season 1, Episode 12, Aired Apr 02, 2003

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Yahiko gets involved with a young girl named Sanjou Tsubame who is being used by a group of thugs to steal keys to households. Yahiko tries to stop them from using Tsubame, but he is beaten badly because he was out-numbered. After his defeat, he asks Kenshin if there were any techniques to fight multiple enemies, and Kenshin replies by giving him a strategy.moreless

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GUEST STAR
Yuri Shiratori

Tsubame
GUEST STAR
Dan Woren

Mikio
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Michelle Ruff

Tsubame

Mayo Suzukaze

Kenshin Himura
Dorothy Elias-Fahn

Kaoru Kamiya
Miki Fujitani

Kaoru Kamiya
Wendee Lee

Yahiko Myojin
Miina Tominaga

Yahiko Myojin
Lex Lang

Sanosuke Sagara

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A Yahiko centric episode.

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By titiembe, Nov 11, 2007

I liked this episode. The beggining was very kawaii with the whole Tsubame thing and little Yahiko... sigh. So anyway at the resturant Yahiko sees Tsubame again and spits his rice on Sanosuke. :) Then he tries to stop these guys... the guy slapped Tsubame, a little girl. What kind of grown man does that? And Yahiko actually managed to beat two of the thugs. It took two of them to actually beat them. Wow. So then he trains and Kenshin tells him a strategy, then in the alley a cool fight goes on and then Yahiko wins. It was funny when Kenshin fell and the cicada thing. "Little Yahoko" :)moreless
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TRIVIA (1)
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- The injuries Yahiko sustained during the fight, disappeared a few hours later when he began training.
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QUOTES (4)
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- Kaoru: Tsubame! Tsubame: Miss Kaoru! Kaoru: So you came to stop those guys one last time...
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- Yahiko: Kenshin, weren't you exposed to go buy some tofu? Kenshin: Oh, I don't think it matters anymore.
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- Kenshin: Defeat isn't an option for the sword that protects others.
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- Kenshin: If you should lose, not only does your future end, but also the future of the one you protect.
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NOTES (4)
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- In the beginning of this anime episode, Yahiko was training with a simple version of the training device and later the version saw at the manga.
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- In the manga, Yahiko has got a job at Akabeko since this story to have enough money to buy a sakabatou. At least, that's what he says when he's asked why does he have this job.
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- Tsubame's character design, at least her hair, is supposedly based on that of Sailor Saturn from Sailor Moon.
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- First appearance of Sanjou Tsubame (v/a: Shiratori Yuri). Yahiko's de facto girlfriend... cause Watsuki-sensei says so.
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- Yahiko: What are you two doing?! There aren't any cicadas in the spring!!
  Kenshin and Sanosuke duck behind a building and start buzzing. They're pretending to be cicadas, which are insects that buzz around in the summer when they're shedding their shells. For more information, here's a japanese site about cicadas. (In English.)
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