Kenshin confronts Sanosuke, who wields the giant Zanbato with ease. However, Sanosuke shows his incredible durability after withstanding a strike from Kenshin with ease. This leads Kenshin to instead launch a barrage of blows at him, and Sanosuke falls to the ground. For a moment it looked as if victory has been decided. However, while Sanosuke is in a daze, he recalls the reason for his obsession with victory, his past from ten years ago when he was in the Sekiho Army...
I don't have my zanbato anymore,
and I stopped being a fighter for hire.
،ما عدت أحمل سيف زانباتو الآن
.ولم أعد مقاتلاً مستأجرًا أيضًا
Ich habe kein Zanbatō mehr
und habe als Streithahn aufgehört.
Ya no tengo mi zanbato
y dejé de ser un peleador a sueldo.
Ya no tengo la zanbato
y tampoco peleo por dinero.
Sans Zanbatô,
finis les combats rémunérés.
अब मेरे पास कोई ज़ान्बाटो नहीं है, और मैंने
भाड़े का लड़वैया होना बंद कर दिया है।
Non ho più la mia zanbato 
e non farò più il rissaiolo di professione.
Não tenho mais minha
Zanbatou e parei com as brigas.
Дзамбато лишился,
да и из рукопашных боёв ушёл.