# E4 - Reunion with Hijikata: Ikedaya Incident!
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**(Flashback) [00:27] Okita**
That's...
**(Flashback) [00:32] Okita**
Hijikata-san's...
**[00:44] Saito**
There you are.
**[00:47] Okita**
Saito-san.
**[00:50] Saito**
What's the matter? Something on your mind?
**[00:54] Okita**
Yeah, sort of.
**[00:57] Okita**
I was just thinking about Hijikata-san.
**[01:02] Okita**
Seriously, where the heck is he?
**[01:05] Okita**
Making us all worry like this...
**[01:09] Saito**
Knowing him, he'll randomly
turn up one of these days.
**[01:14] Okita**
You're probably right.
**[01:17] Okita**
I'll just have to punch the
crap out of him when he does.
***SIGN*** CRISIS
***SIGN*** CRISIS
***SIGN*** Reunion with Hijikata: Ikedaya Incident!
***SIGN*** Ikedaya
**[03:01] Takasugi**
This is the area Seimei mentioned, right?
**[03:04] Katsura**
Yeah. This is where he said
he sensed the chronometer.
**[03:07] Saito**
Takasugi! Katsura!
**[03:11] Takasugi**
The Shinsengumi!
**[03:13] Saito**
So wherever the chronometer is,
we'll find you there, huh?
**[03:17] Okita**
We let you go last time,
**[03:20] Okita**
but I'll cut you down today!
**[03:23] Takasugi**
Not if I can help it.
**[03:25] Takasugi**
I won't let you guys have the chronometer!
**[03:27] Okita**
That's what I was going to say.
The chronometer will be our—
**(Flashback) [03:33] Mugensai**
Are you all familiar with the pocket watch
**(Flashback) [03:35] Mugensai**
known as the chronometer
that my predecessor had?
**(Flashback) [03:39] Mugensai**
With that watch, time can
be controlled at will.
**[03:45] Okita**
* What if I could use that thing*
* to see Hijikata-san again?*
**[03:50] Takasugi**
Stop spacing out!
**[04:05] Takasugi & Okita**
The chronometer!
**[04:11] Katsura**
He got the chronometer!
**[04:12] Takasugi**
Damn it!
**[04:15] Okita**
Yes! I finally got the chronometer!
**[04:21] Saito**
Look out!
**[04:33] Saito**
Okita!
**[04:36] Takasugi**
What's going to happen to Okita?
**[04:38] Katsura**
Either he'll be stuck wandering
between time and space,
**[04:42] Katsura**
or he's been sent to another time period.
**[04:46] Saito**
Okita...
***SIGN*** Ikedaya
**[05:00] Okita**
Ow...
**[05:04] Okita**
Where am I?
**[05:08] Okita**
Ikedaya? Wasn't I just here?
**[05:13] Okita**
Where are Saito-san,
Takasugi, and the others?
**[05:17] Okita**
And the chronometer!
**[05:23] Okita**
It's gone!
**[05:24] Okita**
Oh, that's right.
**[05:26] Okita**
I fell into one of the space-time
rifts, which means...
**[05:39] Okita**
* The town seems the same,*
* yet something feels off.*
**[05:44] Okita**
* And normally I'd be able to see Susanoo*
* Castle over in the distance there.*
**[05:50] Okita**
*So this is another world's Kyoto?*
**[05:54] Saito**
We're here on official business.
**[05:57] Hijikata**
Is the owner of this establishment here?
**[05:59] Shop Worker**
Yes, please wait a moment.
**[06:01] Okita**
That's... the Shinsengumi?
**[06:05] Okita**
Saito-san and...
**[06:11] Okita**
Hijikata-san!
**[06:15] Okita**
Hijikata-san!
**[06:22] Hijikata**
Soji?
**[06:27] Hijikata**
Soji, what are you doing here?
**[06:36] Okita**
Oh, sorry. I was so happy to see
you that I couldn't help myself.
**[06:40] Hijikata**
Hitting people when you're
happy makes you crazy!
**[06:43] Kondo**
What's all the racket?
**[06:47] Okita**
Kondo-san!
**[06:49] Kondo**
Soji acting crazy is nothing new.
**[06:52] Hijikata**
Yeah, that's true.
**[06:54] Hijikata**
Good grief.
**[06:57] Hijikata**
What are you doing here, anyway?
**[07:01] Hijikata**
Didn't you go to a hot spring outside
Kyoto to help with your lung illness?
**[07:07] Okita**
Illness? Hot spring?
**[07:11] Hijikata**
And what the heck is with that weird outfit?
**[07:15] Hijikata**
It's so gaudy.
**[07:17] Okita**
Huh?
**[07:18] Okita**
Well...
**[07:20] Okita**
You see, th-this is all the
r-rage at the hot spring.
**[07:40] Saito**
What are you staring at?
Time to go on our rounds.
**[07:44] Okita**
Oh, right!
**[07:49] Saito**
How are you feeling?
**[07:52] Saito**
I thought you were going to spend
a bit more time at the hot spring.
**[07:55] Okita**
Oh, well... I wouldn't say
I'm fully back to health yet.
**[08:02] Okita**
*I get it... The version of me here is sick.*
**[08:06] Okita**
* And he's away from the squad*
* right now, recuperating.*
**[08:10] Okita**
*But that works out well for me.*
**[08:13] Okita**
* This means I can at least pretend to*
* be part of this Shinsengumi for now.*
**[08:18] Okita**
* Also, I have to find a way to*
* get back to my own time.*
**[08:25] Woman**
Thief!
**[08:29] Ronin**
Huh?
**[08:33] Ronin**
The Shinsengumi!
**[08:37] Woman**
Thank you so much!
**[08:38] Okita**
Please be careful.
**[08:40] Okita**
There are lots of lawless ronin around here.
**[08:43] Woman**
I will. Thank you very
much again, noble samurai.
**[08:49] Okita**
*Noble samurai, huh?*
**[08:51] Okita**
* The Shinsengumi's duty to protect the*
* city's peace hasn't changed here, either.*
**[08:57] Saito**
You took care of that quickly, as usual.
**[09:00] Saito**
Guess there's no need to
worry about your illness.
**[09:06] Soldier A**
Okita-san, Saito-san, please come with me.
**[09:10] Saito**
What is it?
**[09:11] Soldier A**
It's Hijikata-san.
***SIGN*** Ikedaya
**[09:16] Hijikata**
I can't overlook such slights
against the Tokugawa.
**[09:19] Ronin A**
What?
**[09:20] Ronin D**
Drop the act, you stupid Mibu Wolf!
**[09:24] Hijikata**
Drawing your swords on me?
**[09:28] Hijikata**
I will teach you to regret that.
**[09:31] Okita**
Hijikata-san!
**[09:33] Okita**
I'll help you.
**[09:35] Hijikata**
I don't need your help.
**[09:36] Hijikata**
I can handle filth like this on my own.
**[09:38] Okita**
I can't let you do that.
Kondo-san would be angry with me.
**[09:42] Hijikata**
Then let him.
**[09:43] Okita**
Not a chance.
**[09:44] Okita**
Besides, you can't handle
this many on your own.
**[09:47] Hijikata**
Huh? Are you insulting my abilities?
**[09:50] Okita**
I'm not insulting you.
I'm only stating the truth.
**[09:52] Hijikata**
Excuse me?
**[09:53] Okita**
Anyway, let's handle this together.
**[09:55] Hijikata**
No, I can do it myself.
**[09:57] Okita**
It'll be more efficient with the two of us.
**[09:59] Hijikata**
Who cares about efficiency?
**[10:01] Ronin B**
Stop messing around, you assholes!
**[10:09] Okita**
He always fights so recklessly.
**[10:12] Ronin G**
Don't just stand there, you moron!
**[10:20] Hijikata**
That Soji... Always playing around.
**[10:23] Okita**
Take that!
**[10:33] Saito**
Hijikata-san, are you all right?
**[10:35] Hijikata**
Oh, you're here too, Saito?
**[10:37] Saito**
Okita is always so damn fast.
**[10:41] Saito**
It's hard to believe he's sick at all.
**[10:48] Ronin D**
Damn it. We'll get you for this!
**[10:51] Okita**
All taken care of, right, Hijikata-san?
**[10:54] Hijikata**
Soji.
**[10:55] Okita**
Yes?
**[10:57] Hijikata**
You...
**[11:02] Hijikata**
Nothing, never mind.
**[11:04] Hijikata**
We'll spar when we get back to headquarters.
**[11:07] Okita**
Oh, okay.
**[11:11] Okita**
* Isn't this the place where*
* I arrived when I got here?*
***SIGN*** Ikedaya
**[11:23] Okita**
*Was that a space-time rift I just saw?*
**[11:28] Okita**
* Maybe if I wait here a bit longer,*
* I'll be able to go back?*
**[11:32] Hijikata**
Hey, what's the hold-up, Soji?
**[11:33] Okita**
Oh, coming!
***SIGN*** CRISIS
**[12:02] Okita**
*Hijikata-san is definitely tough.*
**[12:08] Okita**
*But this is so much fun!*
**[12:12] Okita**
*Staying here might not be so bad.*
**[12:17] Yamazaki**
Kondo-san.
**[12:19] Yamazaki**
I've ascertained the
anti-shogunate ronin's plans.
**[12:23] Kondo**
Good work. Tell me more about it.
**[12:25] Yamazaki**
And...
**[12:28] Kondo**
What is it?
**[12:31] Yamazaki**
Well, this arrived a bit ago.
**[12:42] Hijikata**
Soji...
**[12:44] Okita**
What is it?
**[12:46] Hijikata**
Who are you?
**[12:51] Okita**
What are you talking about, Hijikata-san?
**[12:54] Okita**
I'm Okita Soji, captain of the
1st division of the Shinsengumi.
**[13:05] Hijikata**
That's certainly true.
**[13:10] Kondo**
You two!
**[13:12] Kondo**
Got a moment?
***SIGN*** Kondo Isami-dono
**[13:19] Okita**
What is this?
**[13:22] Kondo**
A letter from Soji, who's undergoing
the bathing cure outside Kyoto.
**[13:27] Hijikata**
How can that be?
**[13:29] Kondo**
It says he'll be back in about two weeks.
**[13:36] Kondo**
But, Soji, you're right here.
**[13:40] Okita**
I changed my mind after I sent that.
**[13:43] Okita**
I can't believe it took so long to get here.
**[13:46] Kondo**
Are you trying to trick me?
**[13:56] Kondo**
Tell me the truth.
**[13:59] Okita**
Okay...
**[14:01] Okita**
You probably won't believe me, though.
**[14:10] Kondo**
You traveled through time
**[14:13] Kondo**
and came here from a world
different from this one?
**[14:17] Kondo**
The chronometer, space-time rifts...
**[14:21] Kondo**
It's definitely hard to believe.
**[14:26] Kondo**
But after seeing you show up
today in those weird clothes,
***SIGN*** Kondo Isami-dono
**[14:30] Kondo**
and receiving this letter from Soji...
**[14:32] Kondo**
If what you say is true, it all makes sense.
**[14:37] Hijikata**
It also explains the strange
feeling I've been having.
**[14:40] Hijikata**
You're definitely Soji,
but you're not the Soji we know.
**[14:49] Kondo**
Is there a way to return you to your world?
**[14:52] Okita**
About that...
**[14:57] Okita**
*I might be able to go back that way, but...*
**[15:05] Kondo**
The Shinsengumi will be heading out shortly
**[15:08] Kondo**
to subdue some ronin who plan
to overthrow the shogunate.
**[15:12] Kondo**
But you'll be staying here, Soji.
**[15:14] Okita**
Why? I'm a member of the Shinsengumi.
**[15:18] Okita**
I want to be helpful to you and Hijikata-san!
**[15:21] Kondo**
That's exactly why.
**[15:24] Kondo**
You have your own world that you live in,
**[15:26] Kondo**
and I'm sure you have things
you need to do there.
**[15:29] Kondo**
I can't take along someone
who isn't clear-headed.
**[15:46] Hijikata**
We're heading out now.
**[15:48] Okita**
Hijikata-san...
**[15:51] Okita**
Please don't die.
**[15:52] Hijikata**
Huh?
**[15:54] Okita**
You're the Demon Vice Commander
of the Shinsengumi.
**[15:56] Okita**
But you just have to go and...
**[16:00] Okita**
It's annoying.
**[16:01] Okita**
The duties increase, the papers stack up,
**[16:04] Okita**
and I have to keep the books
after morning practice!
**[16:07] Okita**
It's weird, and I feel like I'm going crazy.
**[16:11] Okita**
Without you around...
**[16:13] Okita**
Without you...
**[16:15] Hijikata**
Soji.
**[16:22] Okita**
Ow...
**[16:26] Hijikata**
That's payback for this afternoon.
**[16:28] Hijikata**
I'm not gonna die so easily.
**[16:31] Hijikata**
Not even in your world. Got it?
***SIGN*** Ikedaya
**[16:40] Kondo**
We're here on official business!
**[17:11] Ronin**
Wh-Who the hell are you?
**[17:23] Kondo**
You've made your decision, then.
**[17:24] Hijikata**
That's a good look for you, y'know.
**[17:30] Hijikata**
What's that?
**[17:32] Kondo**
Is this how you travel through time?
**[17:34] Okita**
Kondo-san, Hijikata-san.
**[17:47] Kondo**
Captain of the 1st division of
the Shinsengumi, Okita Soji!
**[17:50] Hijikata**
Go!
***SIGN*** Ikedaya
**[18:07] Takasugi**
Okita...
**[18:12] Takasugi**
Huh?
**[18:16] Saito**
Okita?
**[18:19] Okita**
Looks like I've made it back to
my world and where I was before.
**[18:26] Takasugi**
You little... How dare you look so carefree
after landing on someone's face?!
**[18:31] ---**
Wait...
**[18:33] Takasugi**
Did you see something interesting
in the space-time rift?
**[18:38] Okita**
Something like that.
**[18:41] Okita**
Saito-san, let's withdraw for today.
**[18:44] Okita**
The chronometer's disappeared, anyway.
**[18:46] Saito**
R-Right.
**[18:51] Saito**
So that's what happened...
**[18:54] Okita**
Perhaps my strong desire to see Hijikata-san
**[18:57] Okita**
sent me to another world to see him.
**[18:59] Okita**
And when I wished strongly
enough to come back, I did.
**[19:05] Saito**
That could be.
**[19:08] Okita**
The other Hijikata-san said
that he wouldn't die so easily.
**[19:14] Okita**
So we should stop worrying and wait.
**[19:17] Okita**
For when he randomly shows up.
**[19:21] Okita**
And when that happens,
**[19:24] Okita**
I'll punch the crap out of him!
**[21:01] Okita**
You're so cute.
**[21:04] Kondo**
What's going on, Soji?
**[21:05] Okita**
Just look at him! Isn't he cute?
**[21:08] Hijikata**
A stray dog?
**[21:09] Okita**
I found him while I was out on patrol.
**[21:11] Okita**
The poor thing had been tossed
in a plain wooden box.
**[21:15] Okita**
Look, that's Kondo-san. He's the most
important person in the Shinsengumi.
**[21:21] Kondo**
He's cute.
**[21:24] Okita**
And that one over there is Hijikata-san.
**[21:26] Okita**
He's called the Demon Vice
Commander of the Shinsengumi.
**[21:31] Hijikata**
Huh? Why is he hostile toward me?
**[21:33] Kondo**
Maybe it's because your face is scary?
**[21:37] Hijikata**
So fresh, it's jumping off the plate.
**[21:38] Okita**
Please don't talk like
he's a piece of sashimi.
**[21:41] Kondo**
Soji, are you going to keep him?
**[21:43] Okita**
Of course I am! I can't leave such
a helpless little guy all alone.
**[21:47] Hijikata**
You seem to be taking this pretty
lightly. Can you handle it?
**[21:50] Kondo**
Which reminds me, Toshi, didn't you
also have an abandoned dog you took in?
**[21:53] Hijikata**
Yeah.
**[21:54] Okita**
You helped him when he was injured.
**[21:57] Okita**
It was surprisingly sweet of you.
**[21:59] Kondo**
Wasn't he called...
**[22:01] Hijikata**
Don't say it!
**[22:01] Okita**
Toshio! it was Toshio!
**[22:04] Kondo**
That's right, it was Toshio.
**[22:06] Okita**
I'm the one who named him.
**[22:08] Okita**
Since he was Hijikata Toshizo's dog,
I called him Hijikata Toshio.
**[22:12] Hijikata**
Do you know how much hell you put me
through by naming him that first?!
**[22:15] Kondo**
You could've just renamed him.
**[22:17] Hijikata**
He didn't respond to the
other name I gave him.
**[22:20] Hijikata**
I came up with a great name, too.
**[22:22] Okita**
You still haven't let it go, huh?
**[22:23] Hijikata**
Your taste is just twisted, anyway.
**[22:26] Hijikata**
You even gave your own cat a weird name.
**[22:28] Kondo**
Yeah, that's true.
**[22:30] Kondo**
When I saw something black hiding in
the shadows and you calling it "Hijiki,"
**[22:36] Kondo**
I thought, "Well, it's finally happened."
**[22:39] Okita**
It was a black cat, so I
thought Hijiki fit perfectly.
**[22:43] Okita**
There, there. I'll give you a good name, too.
**[22:46] Hijikata**
Wait, Soji. I'll come up with a name.
**[22:48] Okita**
But I'm the one who found him.
**[22:49] Hijikata**
You're just going to give him
a weird name, anyway.
**[22:52] Hijikata**
I know. He has a pretty rough-looking
face, so I'll call him "Ruff."
**[22:55] Okita**
Ruff? Call a dog Ruff?
That's just ridiculous.
**[22:59] Hijikata**
You're one to talk!
**[23:00] Kondo**
Come, now. How about we split
the difference, and I'll name him?
**[23:03] Okita**
What do you mean, split the difference?
**[23:04] Kondo**
He's a brown shiba, so we'll call him "Chashiba."
**[23:07] Hijikata**
That's just as bad!
**[23:08] Kondo**
Then how about Chashibu?
**[23:10] Okita**
What's that supposed to mean?
**[23:11] Okita**
You two are hopeless.
**[23:13] Okita**
Oh, I know. Why don't we have him
decide for himself what name he likes?
**[23:17] Kondo**
What do you mean?
**[23:19] Okita**
We'll each pick a name, and whoever
he comes to is the name he'll have.
**[23:23] Hijikata**
That sounds fair.
**[23:25] Kondo**
Fine.
**[23:25] Okita**
Okay!
**[23:27] Okita**
Now, let the abandoned
puppy naming contest begin!
**[23:31] Kondo**
Okay, over here, Chashibu!
**[23:32] Hijikata**
Come to me, Ruff!
**[23:34] Okita**
Over here, Osashimi.
**[23:35] Hijikata**
Why "Osashimi"?
**[23:36] Okita**
'Cause he's fresh.
**[23:38] Hijikata**
That's what I said earlier!
**[23:39] Kondo**
Chashibu! That's it, Chashibu!
**[23:41] Hijikata**
Ruff! Ruff! Ruff, Ruff!
**[23:42] Okita**
Osashimi, Osashimi.
**[23:50] Mikado**
I'll go with you. Will that work for you?
**[23:54] Katsura**
Next time on episode 5 of *Bakumatsu Crisis*:
***SIGN*** Who Goes There? Night Sky Konpeito
**[23:57] Katsura**
"Who Goes There? Night Sky Konpeito."
**[23:59] Hyo**
We are secret agents!
**[24:01] Kasumi**
There will be no one to pick up the bodies!