My favorite Samurai X episode is one not based purely on violence and gore and war,it's about an elderly man who when he was young was so determined to prove he was the best swordsman he left the woman he loved to travel Japan and fight anyone who dared oppose his claim as the best samurai (and they would fight to the death too) Anyways before he knew it 20 years had passed and he was a middle aged man,he had finally defeated everyone he wanted to,and proven he was the best.He felt as if his life was empty and meaningless and still had not felt inner peace,all he could think of was that woman he still loved so he went to find her,but her brother told him she died 7 years ago but she NEVER gave up hope he would come back for her and said he was the only man she could ever love and everyday for 21 years she wished to the fireflies above the lake he would come back(they believed if you wished to the fireflies above the lake for a whole year without missing a day your wish would come true)and she did this everyday for 21 years!

The man was devestated,he realised he wasted his life on a meaningless path of destruction only to lose the best thing that ever happened to him,the woman who never stopped loving him :( The woman told her brother to tell the man after she died her spirit would become part of the land and they would be togethe forever.The man could have married the woman he loved,and had kids with her and a loving family and lived happily ever after but he turned it down for something empty.The elderly man who was telling the story said to appreciate the people you love while you still love them and he regrets what he did so much but there is nothing he can do now,but share the story of the woman he loved with others and teach others not to make the same mistakes he did.