Sanosuke's friend has died from an opium overdose. However, Kenshin and Sanosuke are perplexed at how he even got his hands on the drug, since opium is banned and too expensive for the average person to afford. Then a mysterious woman, Megumi Takani, appears before them. Kenshin and the others fight off Kanryu Takeda's private army who is trying to capture Megumi. However, Megumi is carrying opium...
so in this era,
it was strictly prohibited
لذلك تمّ منعه بالكامل في هذه الفترة
streng verboten und galt als tödliche Droge,
En ese entonces se le conocía como una
droga dura capaz de hacer caer un país.
De ahí que esté estrictamente prohibida.
ce produit, qui pouvait saper
les fondements de la société,
इसलिए इस युग में
उसे सख्ती से प्रतिबंधित किया गया है,
al tempo veniva considerato 
una possibile causa di rovina per l'intero Paese
в конце девятнадцатого века считалось,
что опиум может разрушить страну,