I'm actually a little strange, many people are attached to the resentment of Kenshin Cross.
The wound was not healed because of resentment. This is the author's statement, but in fact it is just an ambiguous statement made by the author through the mouth of the character. The tendency to admit the existence of resentment is the same as the tendency to admit the existence of ghosts and gods. Weird and unreasonable. There are two reasons for this: I don’t know what to do, so I can get a reasonable explanation;
The first knife of the cross wound, so many people thought it was the other party's strong desire to survive. If this was the case, Jian Xin would have died a long time ago and would have left.
The one who left this first knife was Jian Xin's own heart. According to Katsura Kogoro, because of the purity of Kenshin's mind, it was the same as when he first joined the Restoration Organization, so he felt more and more that there was a big gap between the murderous self and the real self. Jianxin never wanted to kill someone easily. So I never wanted to inquire about the specific identity and origin of the person who was killed. Because the more you know, the easier it is to feel compassion.
The meeting with Xuedaiba's fiancé, whether by chance or by fate. At that time, Kenshin could no longer drink the taste of alcohol. The heart has long been precarious, and I can no longer bear to see the happiness of others destroyed by my own hands. It's good to be hurt by the other party, and it relieves the burden of some sins to some extent.
"If there is a new era behind this mission of killing that can make everyone happy, then I am willing to kill."
Killing is never the goal. The more lives you carry, the stronger the sense of sin.
I think that most of the time, he kills people with a mortal mentality. It is good to complete the task, but it is not necessarily unacceptable to be killed by the other party.
So he used a knife scar and a pomegranate flower to apologize to Shedeba's fiancé.
And the reason why the wound has been unable to heal is also because Jian Xin has always felt that he has carried too many sins on his body, and every time he kills, he will make himself uneasy.
Why is he killing people faster and faster? That was fear. A scream from others, a desperate look in his eyes, would pierce his heart deeply. At this time, you will feel the pain of the wound. The wound was not so much a cut on the face, but a stab in the heart.
As we all know, real pain is the anaesthetic for heartache. In order to allow himself to continue the task of killing, the inner struggle will eventually transfer to the pain of the wound.
As long as this unease persists, that wound will never heal.
Regarding this point, after getting along with her in the future, Shedaba gradually realized something.
Why did Xuedaiba add this horizontal line to Kenshin?
At first I thought it was Shedaba who was obsessed with not fulfilling his oath to his fiancé, so after dedicating his life to Kenshin, he did something to compensate for the debt to his fiancé.
Later, I thought again that this knife was drawn for the sake of Kenshin. Because Kenshin feels that he owes Sedaiba and her fiancé. So she wanted to tell Jian Xin: You have already paid the debt of your fiancé. As a result, Shedaba finally forgave Kenshin.
Finally, I want to understand. In fact, this knife has absolutely nothing to do with Xuedaiba's fiance. Although the man has been entangled in Ba's heart, at this moment, Ba has completely let go. In her heart, there is only Kenshin alone. She made that knife, not to tell Jianxin that she forgives him. But tell him not to forget. Although his death was related to Kenshin, it was not his fault.
Because of Kenshin's kindness, she also believed that behind this man is a new era where everyone can live happily. So I can't let him bear too many sins. Even if her fiance was killed by Jian Xin, she was reluctant to tell him. During this period, she was more worried about Kenshin than anything else. She was afraid that this man would be shaken because of her own sake. So she made that knife to tell Jian Xin not to shake her determination to reform because of her own death. If you feel guilty, remember that you have already paid it back and don't worry too much.
She was afraid that Jianxin was carrying too much, because she knew how fragile Jianxin's heart was. Like a taut string, maybe add a little more weight, and that string will snap.
So she scratched her face because she was afraid that Jian Xin would stab the wound in her heart.
So Shedaba released Kenshin from the weight of this guilt. Although the body is still not easy, but it can already face, to face up to their own actions.
This is why Kenshin drank all the blood after killing Shedaba's fiancé for a period of time; but after killing Shedaba, he was able to face the subsequent killing task relatively calmly.
And Katsura Kogoro finally placed Kenshin on the frontal battlefield. Because no matter how tragic the frontal battle is, the guilt it bears will be lighter than the assassination mission.
Gui Xiaogoro was also afraid that Kenshin would fall under this heavy pressure. In that case, this young man's life would be completely ruined by his own hands.
Ruining other people's lives for the sake of the success of the Restoration is also contrary to the original intention of this great man who is one of the three heroes of the Restoration.
The existence of Kenshin also stung Gui Xiaogoro, so he sighed. Kenshin should be used to usher in a new era, not to bury the old.
Above, the cross wound, all people run with it on their backs.
The times have highlighted the darkness and light of people's hearts more and more, and all good people are carrying those sins to the left and right.
Kenshin has it, Xuedaiba has it, Xuedaiba's fiance Qingri has it, Gui Xiaogoro has it, and Takasugi Jinzuo has it.
Xuedaiba loves Jianxin deeply, only then does he know how much Jianxin is carrying. That's why she wanted to reduce the sense of guilt for Kenshin as much as possible.
Like that heavy rain.
The heavy rain cost them half of the vegetables they planted. No matter how unbearable Ba is, the rainy season will continue. Kenshin can still see that after the heavy rain, about half of the vegetables will survive.
In Shedaba's heart, this heavy rain is like this era. She and Qingli, like the vegetables in this field, fell ill in the heavy rain. And Kenshin is the rain.
In that scene, Xuedaiba squatted on the ground, holding the vegetable leaves in his hands, and said "but" three times in a row, each one being more miserable than the other.
When the harvest season finally arrived, Shedaba's heart knot was solved. Regardless of the fate of her and Kiyosato, the rain cannot be blamed. On the contrary, only by preserving this rainwater can we ensure the growth of the remaining half in the future.
"When I planted it, I didn't have much hope, but I didn't expect it to grow so much."
Xue Daiba understood that Jian Xin was a reformer, and it was about this time.
So she started to defend Jianxin, until the end, she sacrificed herself to death.
Whether she ever doubted her love for Kiyosato, we don't know. But obviously the love for Kiyosato has no way to compare with the love for Kenshin. So in the end, when she vaguely saw Kiyosato, she finally knew that her concern for Kenshin had surpassed everything else. Even Qingli looked at himself sadly with the pomegranate flower in his hands. She couldn't stop her from turning her eyes to Kenshin outside the door.
At this last juncture, she finally dared to face her own destiny. So she also wants Kenshin to face her own destiny. Don't carry so much weight again.
It's just that she has no way to say more to Kenshin. All I can do is say "I'm sorry" slowly. Draw that scar, and hope that Jianxin can understand his heart.
And she herself passed away peacefully in the relief of fate and death.
We don't know to what extent Kenshin understood Sheedaba's mind.
One thing is for sure, Jian Xin knew that Xue Daiba did not let himself die because he wanted to strive for happiness for more people. And he also knew that this cross wound was a talisman given to him by Shedaba, so don't get lost in the guilt.
Therefore, in the past, Jianxin was obsessed with the sword injury, and he was even more reluctant to talk about it with others. After that, Jianxin was able to face the cross injury on his face calmly and fought on the front line of the Restoration.
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Having said that, Basically, I can understand why I am confused about the plot of Kenshin's last cross wound disappearing in the Star Frost chapter.
It is said that Nobuhiro Kazuki himself does not agree with the Star Frost chapter (it is said, but at least in the comics, the cross wound has not disappeared)
Because the meaning of the cross wound is not that Kenshin feels that he owes Sedaiba and Kiyosato, so he left the wound to remember. The meaning of the cross wound is that Shedaba and Kenshin have their guilt and redemption in their hearts.
If the cross wound has disappeared, there are two possible reasons:
First, Kenshin has completely come out of his own philosophy and believes that killing is right. (This point, I don’t think anyone would think that Jianxin might think so.)
Second, Jianxin returned to the guilt of murder and re-engraved the wound on his face into his heart, which also means that Jianxin began to deny the reformation. success. (Then she died in vain isn't it. sigh~~~)
So it's very confusing to say that the plot came out.
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But as far as the reminiscence is concerned, everything is perfect.
Shedaba's waiting and Kiyosato's sacrifice.
Kenshin's self-blame and Shedaba's redemption.
An old era ends and
a new era begins.
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