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Battousai (Battōsai)(抜刀斎) is a term used in the fictional universe of the manga and anime series Rurouni Kenshin (流浪人剣心, lit. masterless wanderer Kenshin).
Battousai is the nickname for a particular swordsman, the main character in Rurouni Kenshin, who was skilled in battoujutsu (抜刀術, a technique that requires unsheathing the blade in one fluid motion). Battou (抜刀) literally means "sword drawing" and sai (斎) is a suffix added to pen names or professional working names.
The story of Rurouni Kenshin stars Himura Kenshin (緋村剣心), who mastered a variety of battoujutsu techniques. He was the legendary Hitokiri (人斬り、 ひときり、 lit. person slayer) Battousai. As the story goes, Kenshin was only 15 years old when he started in the profession of assassination and earned the nickname "Battōsai". He was famous for his speed, accuracy, silence, swordsmanship, and his flaming red hair. Kenshin was a short, skinny man with some young, almost feminine physical characteristics that would often cause him to be underestimated by the less well-informed of his opponents. When on the job, he dressed in a dark blue kimono and grey hakama using a reverse blade Katana tucked into his obi. The outter blade was dull with the sharp edge on the inside, as Kenshin made the oath never to kill another man after participating in the Meiji Restoration.
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