Zanza shows up at the dojo and him and kenshin walk down towards the other side of the river. Zanza unravels his gigantic sword called the zanbattou. Its a nice sunny day, perfect for a good fight. |
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Zanza knows kenshins already seen the power of the zanbattou in their encounter last night. He asks kenshin to give up his no-killing ideals. Kenshin reveals the reverse-blade sword which he will fight him with. |
Zanza grips the heavy zanbattou and starts too charge at kenshin running full speed. Although its heavy, he can still move fast. He has good control over the zanbattou. |
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He swings it downward and slams it at kenshin with extreme force. Its weight plus the force of gravity, and his strength all equal into one power full attack. |
The zanbattou slices the ground into to big sections. It slammed down so hard with the ground that it made a small tremor, but this also reveals that he completely missed kenshin. |
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Kenshin leaped into the air a moment before he swung it. Kenshin lands on the ground and slams his sword into zanza's left ribs. He collapses on the ground. |
Zanza gets back up like the attack didn't even phase him. He is able to absorb incredible impacts and get right back on his feet. He says that the winner of this fight will be the last one standing. |
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Zanza declares round 2 of their battle. he runs toward kenshin and leap high into the air and smashes the zanbattou downward even harder this time. |
Kenshin easily dodges it by leaping into the air. Zanza sees his maneuver like he did before, so he retaliates and goes for a side sweeping attack to catch kenshin off guard. |
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He announces that victory will be his in a matter of moments as he swings the zanbattou with great force. But to no prevail, he has missed kenshin again! Kenshins no where in sight this time. |
Zanza doesn't see him anywhere as he looks shocked. Kenshin tells him to look behind him. Zanza notices that kenshin is on top of the zanbattou! |
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Kenshin runs down the zanbattou and leaps into the air off of zanza's head. Zanza is pissed now, he swings his zanbattou even harder this time. |
Kenshin avoided this attack by ducking underneith. He has evaded the zanbattou once more. He notices that you can only attack downward or to the side with the zanbattou, so its easy to predict. |
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Kenshin sees that one blow won't work against Zanza. He uses the Hiten Mitsorugi Style's Ryu Son Sen. Zanza slams onto the ground once again. He refuses to fall against an imperialist. |
Gohei Hiroma, who originally paid zanza to kill kenshin, tries to shoot kenshin with a pistol. The bullet flies at kenshin, but it barely ricochets of his sword. |
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It shatters a piece of the hilt on kenshins sword. gohei immediately graps miss kaoru and yahiko and threatens to rip their throats out. |
He prepares to shoot kenshin again until Zanza smashes gohei's legs with the zanbattou. Zanza reminds gohei that this is now his fight. he stands up and faces kenshin once more. |
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Kenshin finishes off gohei by using the Do Ryu Sen. Now that gohei is gone, kenshin and zanza can finish their fight. |
Zanza swings at kenshin and kenshin jumps back. Zanza begins twirling the zanbattou up in the air like a hellicopter. It blows gusts of wind all around. He spins it faster and faster, then he starts to run at kenshin still twirling it. |
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Kenshin flips the reverse-blade sword. Zanza jumps into the air and declares that he will not defeat the strongest of the imperialists! Such poor spirited strength will not defeat kensuin. |
Kenshins leaps into the air toward zanza. Zanza slashes downward, but kenshin miraculously cust the zanbattou in half with the blade of his sword. Zanza is shocked by kenshins swordsmanship. |
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Kenshin performs the Ryu Tsui Sen while in the air on Zanza's shoulder. He slams down very hard to finish him off once and for all to end this fight. |
Zanza still stands even after being hit with the ryu tsui sen. This is the first time kenshin has ever seen this before. Zanza tells himself that he will not lose to a dirty imperialist. |
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Kaoru and Yahiko explain that kenshin is a different kind of imperialist who wishes to finish the revolution and fight so the weak can live in peace. These is the same things Zanza's leader used to say. Zanza finally accepts defeat and collapses. |