Ryōma better than he did. “Much as he gets on my nerves, he’s a better man than I am. There’s one thing he’s got that I don’t have: a sort of kindness—he really cares about other human beings. Sometime in the future, crowds of people, drawn by his warmth, will come to support him, and he’ll accomplish something great. As for me, I’ll end up as a samurai who heads into enemy territory all alone.”
