“The strong shall live and the weak shall die. That’s the natural order of things. I can’t understand why you have to help the weak, weak people are irrelevant. Shishio made me realize that the strong should live. He taught me to kill the weak and be aware of the strong people. Shishio gave me a sword, and if not for that sword I wouldn’t be alive today. He also made me realize that I don’t have a choice. If I don’t kill them, they’ll kill me. But the truth is, I never really wanted to kill anybody” - Soujiro Seta
This quotes is taken from anime series Rurouni Kenshin (or Kenshin the Wanderer). Soujiro is basically a young sword genius raised by a skewed master, Shishio which was a manslayer. In comparison, the protoganist, the former manslayer, Kenshin was a sword genius which raised by a master who embrace Hiten Mitsurugi Ryu, a sword style that protects people rather than just to kill.
One person was raised by a just person on the other hand by a demon. Soujiro couldn’t discern the meaning of protect because he has been “brain-washed” by the “Strong shall live and weak shall die” instilled deeply into him by his master. He reduced from become a human. He became like a heartless animal with no good judgement and heart.
In contrast, Kenshin which was a pacifist vowed to never kill anymore for what ever reason. Vowed to use his sword only to protect. His sword was a special sword with reverse blade. Means that the sword won’t cut unless he reverse it.
After winning the battle with Shishio’s group Kenshin said
“Shishio’s logic dictates that the winner of a battle, in other words, the strong, is always correct, that it does. If the truth could be discovered by winning one or two battles, then we’d all go through life without ever being wrong. A person’s life isn’t so simple a matter, that it isn’t. The true answer is something you find out yourself by how you live your life from this day forward, that it is”.
There are extreme different in both two quotes. Judge them yourself. Just to “wash my hand”, I never meant that Soujiro is wrong nor Kenshin is right, the choice for the reader to decide.
Now what am I trying to imply?
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