Why did tomoe cut kenshins cheek

I cant remember if its in the TV series or manga, but I think maybe even the scars actually vanish from his face at the end, so they're there until he can be fully redeemed, or come to the point where he can forgive himself.

Hmm, 1 scar could still be reminder of his sins. Besides, why would Tomoe while dying want to give him something to remind him of his sins? She had fallen in love with him and already forgiven him, so she should want him to be free of the shadows of his sins. In the manga version, the second scar came from Tomoe's dagger flying backward and hitting Kenshin's cheek. In effect, the slash from her dagger canceled the "curse" left on Kenshin by Kiyosato's grudge.

LOL And I thought she did it because she was dying and wasn't in her right mind. Ah me and my mundane explanations. RedSwordHeart said: In the manga version, the second scar came from Tomoe's dagger flying backward and hitting Kenshin's cheek. This scene is quiet, a complete contrast from its intense start; there are flashbacks through their love, Kenshin has his dramatic scar, and he says he will never, ever kill again.

As he reads from her diary, her confession for the plot, her falling in love, and that she would die for Kenshin, we then have a scene of him saying goodbye to her and burning the whole house with her dead body inside it. Then a show of the house in flames, we watch him leave, slowly walking away with his new scar on show. The final scene is a battle in the woods, in Tokyo, with Kenshin fighting and killing everyone in his path.

The battle is won and as Kenshin turns around, he stabs his sword into the ground and hobbles away. Once the battle had finished, he was no longer needed. A peaceful, yet dramatic end. Comment below. A very wonderful way to provide the backstory of the whole franchise, and a great movie to end it. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed. After a final night to embrace Kenshin and write a letter telling him the truth, it was revealed that her superiors intended for them to fall in love so they could create a weakness in Kenshin and take advantage of his love for her.

Having inadvertently lead on Kenshin to find her, this nearly succeeded in killing Kenshin after pitting him against the Yaminobu, and upon their defeat, a series of debilitating traps meant to severely weaken and cripple him for the advantage.

The final battle standing in the way to Tomoe resulted in Tatsumi and Kenshin charging at each other. Tomoe, divided at heart of her feelings for Akira and Kenshin, and helpless to halt the Yaminobu from completing their plans, struggled within to act; however, upon realizing the reality of her situation, and that the man she loved was in that moment with her, immediately got in the way and stopped Tatsumi from landing the killing blow on her husband, enabling Kenshin to kill Tatsumi, but cut through Tomoe as well.

Before dying, she gave Kenshin the second half of his signature cross-shaped scar on his left cheek. Her death was also witnessed by Enishi, whose hair and eyes turned white and turquoise respectively due to the extreme shock and emotional pain witnessing her death put him through. To Enishi, she smiles to him at first, which gives him the strength and confidence to defeat his worst enemy.

Meanwhile, Kenshin did not see her smile, as he lacked the answer to atone for his crimes and was overwhelmed by the consciousness of sin. However, the Tomoe that lived within Enishi eventually stopped smiling for him, and the one that lived within Kenshin did eventually smile, asking him to take care of her little brother for she was probably no longer smiling at him.

This proved crucial in his defeat by Kenshin's hand. In the first live-action Rurouni Kenshin film, Tomoe appears during a flashback where she broke down and wept at Akira's body, though her face is never shown. Kenshin later mentioned to Takani Megumi that the cross-shaped scar on his face was given to him by a young samurai Akira and his fiance Tomoe. Her appearance is noted by white plum petals, a nod to her perfume in the original story.

Kaoru loves Kenshin despite his violent and dark past. Kenshin learns to open up and love again. Kenshin fights terrorists, not demons or gods or monsters, people. The dub is very good, just make sure you watch the right one. There are actually two separate English dubs.

The other one is quite bad.