Rurouni Kenshin (1996–1998)

Shûichi Ikeda: Seijûrô Hiko

Quotes 

• Seijuro Hiko : [at Tomoe's grave]  I'm surprised to see you here, Kenshin. What made you visit this grave after 10 years? And you also bought some flowers, they're beautiful

  Kenshin Himura : These flowers are beautiful now but eventually they'll wither and turn into dust, like the friend beneath them.

  Seijuro Hiko : All our lives have a beginning and an end. No-one can change that.

• Seijûrô Hiko : Boy, your name?

  Kenshin Himura : Shinta.

  Seijûrô Hiko : Not quite appropriate for a warrior. You shall be known as Kenshin from now on.

  Kenshin Himura : Ken-shin?

• Kenshin Himura : Seijuro Hiko the thirteenth. Accomplished swordsman and Master of the Hiten Misturugi Style, but something is just off about his personality... bitter...

  Seijûrô Hiko : Hey!

  Kenshin Himura : ...lacking in generosity...

  Seijûrô Hiko : Hey!

  Kenshin Himura : ...and remembers more embarrassing stuff about people than the actual people themselves!

  Seijûrô Hiko : HEY!

• Seijûrô Hiko : [to Kenshin]  Why can't you bring me a souvenir, like a normal person, instead of all the trouble you usually bring with you?

• Seijuro Hiko : Because you've slain so many people, you don't even value your own life. That's what allows the manslayer's heart that lies deep within your true heart to take over your soul. Even if you use the power of that manslayer for a self-sacrificing purpose such as protecting those you love or the weak, it's still only one tiny pebble in the never-ending river of time. Live on, Kenshin. That way you'll be able to use the Amakakeru Ryu no Hirameki as you please and you'll never again lose to the manslayer within you.

• Seijuro Hiko : Before we begin there's one thing I need to say. If you do manage to learn this final technique, you will, in effect, gain a strength that will equal my own. But, don't let it go to your head! Times have changed and you can no longer afford to put everything on your own shoulders and be the only sacrifice. Even the happiness of one person is complicated these days. If you should fall as a sacrifice, the young lady who came to Kyoto with the one wish of seeing you will, without a doubt, be devastated by that loss. Think about it! No matter how powerful you become, you're still just a human being. Do not ever try to become something more than that.

• Seijuro Hiko : He is pure of heart - but so are fools.