Batman: The Animated Series (TV Series)

Day of the Samurai (1993)

Kevin Conroy: Batman, Bruce Wayne

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Quotes 

• [last lines] 

  Sensei Yoru : If you see Batman, tell him I have great respect for him.

  Bruce Wayne : Why? He's as much a ninja as Kyodai was.

  Sensei Yoru : Not so. Batman offered to help his adversary, and a lesser man would have used the secrets of the Onemuri touch against his opponent. Batman is the essence of samurai, Wayne-san. You would do well to remember that.

  Bruce Wayne : [bows]  Domo-arigato, Sensei.

• [Kyodai is stranded on an island in the middle of a lava stream. Bruce throws a rope to Kyodai, who ignores it] 

  Bruce Wayne : Kyodai! The rope!

  [Kyodai kicks the rope into the lava, then bows to Wayne. An explosion occurs, and in the clearing smoke, no sign of Kyodai can be seen] 

• Alfred Pennyworth : I couldn't see through the smoke. Was Kyodai...?

  Bruce Wayne : I don't know, Alfred. I wish I did.

• Alfred Pennyworth : I should enjoy our return to Nippon more without this unfortunate business.

  Bruce Wayne : So would I, Alfred. But giri cannot be denied.

  Alfred Pennyworth : Ah, yes, giri; honor, duty, obligation.

• Bruce Wayne : Of course, I will help in any way I can, Sensei. But what made you think of calling me?

  Sensei Yoru : You cannot hide a warrior's spirit behind your playboy image, Wayne-san. Kyodai Ken returned from America in defeat.

  Bruce Wayne : He was beaten by Batman.

  Sensei Yoru : So it is said. Perhaps I thought you might somehow enlist the aid of this Batman. You know him, do you not?

  Bruce Wayne : We've met.

• [the phone rings] 

  Bruce Wayne : Alfred?

  Kyodai Ken : [chuckles]  No, rich man. But I have him.

• Alfred Pennyworth : I saw him use the fatal touch on you, Master Bruce. Did he somehow miss?

  Bruce Wayne : [revealing a pad underneath his suit]  No. I found his practice dummy. There was a soft spot on it; a place jabbed many times. I protected that spot on my own body.

  Alfred Pennyworth : Most ingenious, sir.

• Sensei Yoru : I cannot tell you where the fatal point lies, Wayne-san. I never allowed myself to read the scroll, for fear I might someday be tempted to use the forbidden knowledge.

  Bruce Wayne : It could be anywhere, then.

  Sensei Yoru : Yes. On a hand, an arm, a leg. Even a simple defensive block could mean doom.

• Alfred Pennyworth : Shall I pack for our return to Gotham City, sir?

  Bruce Wayne : I'm afraid not just yet, old friend.

  Alfred Pennyworth : I thought that with the recovery of the young lady and the destruction of the scroll, your chores here were finished.

  Bruce Wayne : Kyodai has the part of the scroll that describes the o-nemuri touch.

  Alfred Pennyworth : I'm afraid my Japanese is a bit rusty, Master Bruce.

  Bruce Wayne : It means "big sleep." A better translation might be "eternal sleep."

• Bruce Wayne : Once upon a time Alfred, 500 years ago to be exact, there was a fighting master who learned how to manipulate the ki lines, the currents of life force. He called the art Kiba-No-Hoko; "the way of the fang." It was such an efficient and terrible fighting art that the master decided it was too dangerous to teach. A mere touch could render a man unconscious or cripple him. There was even a touch that was fatal. So the master hid the only copy of the instruction scroll for Kiba-No-Hoko in one of the thousand caves on the slopes of Mount Kajiki. He told no one but his eldest son. The location has been kept a family secret for 500 years.

  Alfred Pennyworth : And Yoru Sensei?

  Bruce Wayne : Is the great-great-great-grandson of the man who created that forbidden art, and the only man who knows the location of the scroll. Yoru Sensei has no sons. When he leaves this world, the secret leaves with him.

  Alfred Pennyworth : And the kidnapped girl?

  Bruce Wayne : Yoru's star student. Kyodai wants to trade her for the knowledge of the fang.

  Alfred Pennyworth : To use against you, I expect. Well, perhaps our cowled friend can persuade him otherwise.

  Bruce Wayne : It's not that easy, Alfred. He's after Batman, as well.

  Alfred Pennyworth : But why?

  Bruce Wayne : He fought Bruce Wayne and Batman. Fighting styles are like fingerprints. Kyodai knows that we're the same man.

• Bruce Wayne : Leaving so soon, Kyodai?

  Kyodai Ken : The o-nemuri touch. How could you withstand it? It's impossible!

  Bruce Wayne : It's all over, Kyodai. Your precious technique doesn't work.

• The Ninja : [to the tied-up Alfred]  How do you like our fire-breather, gaijin? Impressive, is he not?

  Batman : Very.

  The Ninja : Once again, you approach unseen, dark one. You would have made a good ninja!

  Batman : I would prefer to be a samurai.

  The Ninja : But you are like me, a warrior of the night.

  Batman : So it would seem.

  The Ninja : [taking off his mask]  Let us face each other in the open, man-to-man. Samurai do not hide behind masks.

  Batman : [following suit]  All right. Take your best shot.

• Bruce Wayne : [fighting next to a volcano about to erupt]  This was a poor choice for a battleground, Kyodai. The volcano may claim us all.

  Kyodai Ken : It does not matter. Ninja do not fear death.

• Bruce Wayne : I can only read bits and pieces, Sensei; not enough to understand the techniques. It seems that age has destroyed the secrets of Kiba-No-Hoko.

  Sensei Yoru : I wish it were so, Wayne-san. There is a large part missing; the location of and directions on performing the o-nemuri touch. I think the Batman is in grave danger.