Seeing adolescent Yahiko's incredible soul and feeling of honor from their first coincidental gathering, Kenshin comes to view Yahiko as an exemplification without bounds, both as far as the new Meiji society and the capability of kenjutsu.
In spite of the fact that he is mindful that Yahiko looks upon him as a legend, Kenshin demands that the kid learn Kamiya Kasshin-ryū from Kaoru instead of Hiten Mitsurugi-ryū and believes the youthful shizōku to convey the standards of "the sword that ensures" into the new period. Kenshin is at first defensive of Yahiko, coaching him through sample and shrewd talks while he demands that the kid keep a safe separation from the perilous goings-on in Kenshin's life, yet inevitably starts to see Yahiko as an alternate of his companions and trusts him to complete his own particular fights without being babied. At the end of the series, Kenshin picks Yahiko as his successor and provides for him the Sakabatō as a Genpuku blessing with the conviction that the young person will bear on the will of katsujinken.