Tập 12: Anotsu tiết lộ triết lý của mình cho Rin sau nỗ lực ám sát thất bại trong rừng.

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Anotsu visits Magatsu to check up on him, although Magatsu suspects Anotsu has more on his mind. Manji and Rin travel back to his house where he lived with Machi before her death. While instructing Rin, Manji scolds her for having poor skills. During a break, Manji tells her that practicing swordsmanship in a dojo with wooden swords does not compare with real combat experience. Later, Rin encounters Anotsu training in the nearby forest with an axe. Realizing that she has been detected, she throws all 10 of her knives, only landing one in his shoulder. After her futile assassination attempt, she understands how poor her skills are. Helpless, Rin cries for being unable to kill the man who stands before her. He demonstrates the capabilities of his axe compared to those of the traditional sword. He then discloses to Rin the reasons for the animosity between him and her father was over his desire to break with traditional swordplay and focus on victory. Also how ironic that although wars have died down, dojos have continued to increase, pursuing the old ways. Anotsu releases Rin and returns her weapons to her, explaining that by using her knives, she has already departed from the Mutenichi-ryuu tradition. When Anotsu leaves, Rin cries in confusion and despair. (Source: Wikipedia)