- Kenshin: It's better that I do not know why they should die. Doing so would disrupt my concentration.
- Seijûrô Hiko: The moon... peers down on a diseased world.
- Seijûrô Hiko: There is no cure for the disease. An entire race vaults mindlessly into destruction. Not even a man of colossal power will be able to prevent the inevitable.
- Tomoe: So you kill people that you think should die. Or rather, you've entrusted that decision to your leaders.
- Landlady: [referring to Tomoe] She may have had some trouble in the past but I'm not letting that bother me. If I kicked out everyone who's had a bad history, I wouldn't have any servants or clients.