# E104 - “Important Things Are Hard To See”
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GR19505Q6/important-things-are-hard-to-see)
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**[00:00] Hijikata**
Gentlemen of the Yamato,
our Chief, Isao Kondo
***SIGN*** [Note: Spoof of Space Battleship Yamato series anime.]
**[00:05] Hijikata**
has been safely rescued.
**[00:08] Hijikata**
Victory is within our grasp!
**[00:11] Hijikata**
We shall get revenge on
***SIGN*** [Note: Spoof of GUNDAM series anime.]
**[00:13] Hijikata**
that lawless bunch for besmirching
our Chief's name. Let me say this.
**[00:17] Hijikata**
They are all scum!
**[00:19] Hijikata**
In the name of the moon...
***SIGN*** [Note: Spoof of Sailor Moon.]
**[00:22] Hijikata**
we will punish them!!
**[00:23] Squad Member E**
Hey, who's that? Who's making
that silly speech?
**[00:27] Hijikata**
Who am I? I'm Shinsengumi
Vice-Chief...
**[00:31] Hijikata**
Toshiro Hijikata nari!!
***SIGN*** [Note: Suffix "Nari" was used by Samurai and by Korosuke in the Kiteretsu Daihyakka anime.]
**[00:36] Shinpachi**
Hijikata-san...
**[00:39] Hijikata**
Mr. Kondo, we shall protect your life.
**[00:43] Hijikata**
In return, you have an obligation to fulfill.
**[00:47] Hijikata**
To not die. Do whatever it takes to live.
**[00:52] Hijikata**
No matter how humiliating it may be...
**[00:54] Hijikata**
No matter how many squad members
die before your eyes, you must live!
**[01:00] Hijikata**
As long as you're here,
**[01:03] Hijikata**
the Shinsengumi is not finished.
**[01:06] Hijikata**
We joined the Shinsengumi because we
wanted to be with you...
**[01:11] Hijikata**
You're an idiot.
**[01:13] Hijikata**
Don't think about such difficult things!
**[01:15] Hijikata**
You should live the way you want to live.
**[01:21] Hijikata**
We just have to protect
you from everyone.
**[01:25] Hijikata**
Kondo-san...
**[01:32] Hijikata**
You are the soul of the Shinsengumi.
**[01:34] Hijikata**
We are the sword that protects you.
**[01:37] Kondo**
Toshi...
**[01:40] Ito**
You broke once before.
What can you protect?
**[01:46] Ito**
Hijikata-kun, it seems we have
to settle things between us.
**[01:51] Hijikata**
I have a sword right here.
One that cuts very well.
**[02:00] Hijikata**
Odd Jobs, I heard your rotten sermon!
**[02:04] Gintoki**
What is it?
**[02:05] Hijikata**
Don't talk as if you're so high and mighty.
**[02:12] Gintoki**
Draw it already!
**[02:14] Hijikata**
Shut up!
**[02:17] Hijikata**
I have one more thing to say to you.
**[02:23] Hijikata**
Thank you!!
**[02:26] Gintoki**
Hey, hey, it looks like the demonic sword
devoured him again... Toshi?
**[02:31] Gintoki**
Is that Toshi?
**[02:33] Hijikata**
I'm...
***SIGN*** [Toshiro Hijikata has fought off the demonic sword's curse and recovered all by himself.]
***SIGN*** [The moment to settle things with his rival, Kamotaro Ito, has finally come.]
***SIGN*** ["Important Things Are Hard To See"]
**[04:22] Hijikata**
If you want to kill our boss,
you have to defeat me first.
**[04:28] Hijikata**
I won't let anyone past me. I won't
let anyone disgrace our souls.
**[04:36] Hijikata**
I am the final fort that
protects Isao Kondo.
**[04:39] Hijikata**
I am the final sword that protects
the Shinsengumi.
**[04:43] Hijikata**
I am Shinsengumi Vice-Chief...
**[04:45] Hijikata**
Toshiro Hijikata!!
**[04:47] Shinpachi**
He fought off the demonic
sword's curse by himself.
**[04:50] Gintoki**
Sorry, Gorilla.
**[04:52] Gintoki**
Unfortunately, we can't take your request
no matter how much money you offer us.
**[04:56] Gintoki**
He was our client first.
**[04:59] Kondo**
Didn't your job end already?
**[05:01] Gintoki**
I'm going to be charging overtime pay!
**[05:07] Hijikata**
Come on, Ito!
**[05:10] Kawakami**
It changed... The rhythm of that
man's soul has changed.
**[05:15] Kawakami**
It went from a childish anime song
to a sturdy rock-and-roll tune.
**[05:19] Kawakami**
I guess the same goes
for you, too, Ito-dono.
**[05:23] Kawakami**
You've gone from very dignified classical
music to fierce heavy metal.
**[05:28] Kawakami**
That's a nice song... Play your beautiful
concerto to your heart's content.
**[05:35] Ito**
Hijikata!!
**[05:37] Hijikata**
Ito!!
**[05:48] Shinpachi**
The steering wheel...!
**[05:50] Hijikata**
Hey, behind us!!
**[05:59] Okita**
Kondo-san, move over
to this side already.
**[06:04] Okita**
I overworked myself a bit... I'm
getting overtime pay for this, right?
**[06:10] Kondo**
Sogo?!
**[06:12] Hijikata**
I'll make sure you negotiate with
the person in charge of our pay.
**[06:17] Okita**
That's good. Also, make
sure to take care of him.
**[06:22] ---**
I'm a little tired...
**[06:26] Okita**
Hijikata-san, if you come out even
a little behind, I'll kill you.
**[06:33] Okita**
The next time you show
weakness, I'll take...
**[06:38] Okita**
your position as Vice-Chief.
**[06:40] Kondo**
But are you saying that I should
just leave Toshi and run away?
**[06:44] Gintoki**
Don't waste your time!!
**[06:46] Hijikata**
Don't fight here!!
**[06:48] Hijikata**
Why are you using me like
a bridge as if it's normal?!
**[06:57] Shinpachi**
Gin-san!
**[07:12] Ito**
Hijikata-kun, you were the only
one who understood me.
**[07:17] Ito**
Unfortunately, you knew and feared my
potential and we became enemies.
**[07:23] Ito**
If you were Chief, I might have
never planned this rebellion.
**[07:30] ---**
This is just hypothetical, though.
**[07:33] ---**
But there's one thing you've
got wrong about me.
**[07:38] Ito**
Just as you know my potential,
I also know your potential.
**[07:46] Ito**
Toshiro Hijikata, bring it on!!
**[07:53] Ito**
This is the final showdown!!
**[08:17] Kawakami**
You have an interesting sound.
**[08:21] Kawakami**
Your sound is haphazard, willful,
and vague. It's akin to jazz.
**[08:27] Kawakami**
But it's undignified. If anything,
it's a drunk's humming.
**[08:34] Gintoki**
You bastard... You're the guy
who was with Takasugi.
**[08:40] Gintoki**
Hey, take your headphones off
when you talk to someone.
**[08:44] Kawakami**
Gintoki Sakata... No, White Knight...
**[08:49] Kawakami**
Why are you with the Shinsengumi?
**[08:53] Gintoki**
You can hear me, can't you?
**[08:56] Gintoki**
That man seems to be
under your influence.
**[09:02] Gintoki**
Are you planning to spy on the Bakufu
once you take control of the Shinsengumi?
**[09:07] Kawakami**
We're not generous enough to be allied
with those who easily betray others.
**[09:14] Kawakami**
We also know that people will not gather
under a person who has been unfaithful.
**[09:21] Gintoki**
So what of that man?
**[09:23] Kawakami**
He is a pitiful man.
**[09:28] Kawakami**
By the time he realizes his
capacity, it'll be too late.
**[09:36] Kawakami**
It'll be after everything
breaks into pieces.
**[09:44] Kawakami**
Go to sleep, Ito...
**[09:47] Kawakami**
Along with the Shinsengumi...
**[10:13] Ito**
Geniuses are always alone. I have
no one who understands me.
**[10:18] Ito**
I shouldn't remain in a place like this.
**[10:22] Ito**
No one understands that. No
one realizes my true worth.
**[10:27] ---**
In that case,
**[10:28] ---**
I just have to demonstrate my potential
to take control of the country.
**[10:33] Ito**
I will take control of the Shinsengumi.
**[10:35] Ito**
I will use that as a foundation
to take control of the country.
**[10:39] Ito**
I, Kamotaro Ito, will take control of the
country as proof that I have lived.
**[10:43] ---**
I will etch that into people's hearts.
**[10:46] Takasugi**
You don't mind acquiring
a bad reputation?
**[10:48] Takasugi**
In order to achieve what you propose,
**[10:50] Takasugi**
you have to wipe out Kondo,
whom you are indebted to.
**[10:53] Ito**
Indebted? Kondo's the one who
should be indebted to me.
**[10:57] Ito**
I'm working for an incompetent
man like him.
**[11:02] ---**
He should be thankful. He has no
reason to be dissatisfied with me.
**[11:07] Takasugi**
Ito, you're the kind of person
**[11:08] Takasugi**
who thinks that everyone aside from
yourself is stupid, aren't you?
**[11:13] Takasugi**
But you're unsatisfied that those stupid
people don't understand you.
**[11:19] Takasugi**
You want them to understand you.
You want them to acknowledge you.
**[11:25] Takasugi**
You want to prove your worth?
It's not that difficult.
**[11:32] Takasugi**
You choose to be all by yourself.
**[11:35] Takasugi**
You don't want someone who
understands and accepts you.
**[11:40] Takasugi**
What you really want is...
**[11:51] Ito**
Where am I?
**[11:57] Ito**
Hijikata?
**[11:59] ---**
I see... I won! I finally
won against Hijikata...
**[12:16] Kawakami**
Shinsuke saw through Ito.
**[12:19] Kawakami**
He is a show-off who has more
pride than anyone else
**[12:23] Kawakami**
and doesn't know his own worth.
**[12:26] Kawakami**
It was easy to provoke and use him.
**[12:30] Kawakami**
As expected, the Shinsengumi members
fought against each other
**[12:33] Kawakami**
and depleted their fighting potential.
**[12:36] Gintoki**
You were planning to use him to crush
the Shinsengumi to begin with.
**[12:41] ---**
You acted as if you were helping
with Ito's rebellion.
**[12:46] ---**
While you were really planning
to annihilate the Shinsengumi
**[12:48] ---**
when it was exhausted after they
fought amongst themselves.
**[12:50] Kawakami**
It's a death that suits that
man, don't you think?
**[12:56] Kawakami**
The traitor is wiped out by the traitor.
**[13:01] Ito**
S-Stop!
**[13:05] Ito (Mono)**
Stop!
**[13:09] Ito (Mono)**
I'm not meant to die in a place like this.
**[13:13] Ito (Mono)**
Stop. I can do much better...
**[13:17] Ito (Mono)**
Much, much better...
**[13:21] Young Ito**
Mother!
**[13:23] Young Ito**
Take a look! I got a perfect
score on a test at school.
**[13:27] Mother**
Kamotaro, be quiet. It's bad for
your older brother's health.
**[13:32] Young Ito**
I-I'm very sorry.
**[13:36] Young Ito (Mono)**
I've got to try much, much harder.
**[13:40] Young Ito (Mono)**
If I try harder, I'm sure she'll notice me.
**[13:46] Master A**
Yes. That's wonderful, Kamotaro!
**[13:49] Master A**
You are the first child prodigy
to come from our school.
**[13:52] Master A**
Everyone, don't lose to Kamotaro.
**[13:57] Child A**
Don't get cocky.
**[13:59] Child A**
You're just a rich kid who
only knows how to study!
**[14:07] Young Ito (Mono)**
I've got to try much, much harder.
**[14:11] Young Ito (Mono)**
If I try harder, I'm sure that
everyone will accept me.
**[14:18] Master B**
One point! Wonderful. You're
really something, Kamo!
**[14:22] Master B**
Such an aptitude for swords at your age.
**[14:25] Master B**
You worked hard, didn't you?
**[14:27] Master B**
Kamo, go to Edo.
**[14:28] Master B**
I'll recommend you to the dojo of the
distinguished Hokuto Itto Style.
**[14:33] Master B**
Your brilliance will go to waste
out here in the country!
**[14:36] Master B**
It's possible you might even surpass the
great swordsman Musashi Miyamoto!
**[14:41] Young Ito (Mono)**
Why?
***SIGN*** [Letter of Recommendation]
**[14:43] Father**
Honestly. My heir, Takahisa is so sickly.
**[14:48] Father**
I wonder what's going to
happen to the Ito family.
**[14:51] Father**
Kamotaro grew up so healthily.
**[14:54] Mother**
No matter how brilliant our second
son is, it's just a waste of talent.
**[14:59] Mother**
Takahisa wasn't born to have everything
taken away from him by Kamotaro.
**[15:03] ---**
I'm sure Kamotaro took everything away
from Takahisa while he was in my womb.
**[15:09] Mother**
I wish he was never born.
**[15:14] Father**
Hey! What if Kamotaro hears you?!
What's the matter with you?!
**[15:18] Mother**
I feel so sorry for Takahisa.
**[15:22] Mother**
When I see Kamotaro carelessly
running about...
**[15:27] Father**
You must be tired from taking
care of Takahisa.
**[15:29] Father**
Go to bed already.
**[15:32] Young Ito (Mono)**
Why? Why doesn't anyone look at me?
**[15:37] Young Ito (Mono)**
I've tried so hard. I'm not at fault.
**[15:42] Young Ito (Mono)**
Look at me. Praise me.
**[15:46] Ito (Mono)**
Don't leave me alone.
**[15:49] Ito (Mono)**
Stay by me. By my side.
**[15:53] Ito (Mono)**
Hold this hand...
**[16:06] Ito**
K-Kondo?!
**[16:08] Ito**
What are you doing?
**[16:10] Ito**
Do you know what you're
doing right now?!
**[16:13] Ito**
I'm the traitor who tried to kill you.
**[16:18] Kondo**
The boss is at fault if there's a revolt.
**[16:22] Kondo**
Soldiers will lose their lives if they
stay with an incompetent general.
**[16:26] Kondo**
They're not at fault for killing him.
**[16:28] ---**
Sorry. I'm not a good enough
general to be your superior.
**[16:34] Kondo**
I was never suited to be the boss.
**[16:37] Kondo**
You're far more suited to be the boss.
**[16:42] ---**
I can't stand by while squad
members are dying.
**[16:45] ---**
I can't ever use suicide squads.
**[16:48] Kondo**
Sensei, I'm not a soldier.
**[16:54] Kondo**
But I wanted you to be by my side as
a friend that I would pour drinks with.
**[17:00] Kondo**
There were still so many things I wanted
you to teach me, Sensei...
**[17:08] Young Ito (Mono)**
It's not my fault I'm alone! I'm not at fault!
**[17:13] Young Ito (Mono)**
They're incompetent!
They're completely incompetent!
**[17:17] Ito (Mono)**
We live in different worlds.
I was a chosen individual.
**[17:22] Ito (Mono)**
I couldn't accept my loneliness and
I blamed my loneliness on others.
**[17:27] ---**
I was afraid that people would
reject me, so I rejected them.
**[17:32] ---**
I was afraid I would get hurt, so
I acted as if I liked being alone.
**[17:36] ---**
I built a wall around my heart.
**[17:39] Ito (Mono)**
But my lingering desire for attention
grew stronger by the day.
**[17:44] ---**
I wanted to be accepted by others.
**[17:46] ---**
Even when I was accepted,
I wasn't satisfied.
**[17:48] ---**
I could do better. I'm not like them.
**[17:51] ---**
I'll show them who I am.
**[17:55] Takasugi**
You don't want someone who
understands and accepts you.
**[18:01] Ito (Mono)**
I had forgotten what I really wanted.
**[18:03] Ito (Mono)**
It wasn't power, fame, military exploits, talent,
or someone who understood me.
**[18:13] Ito (Mono)**
I just wanted someone to be by my side.
**[18:19] Ito (Mono)**
I just wanted someone to see me.
**[18:22] Ito (Mono)**
I just didn't want to be alone anymore.
**[18:29] Ito (Mono)**
I just wanted...
**[18:32] Kondo**
Sensei!
**[18:37] Ito**
Friends who would accept
me for who I was.
**[18:43] Gunner A**
Hey, look over there!
**[18:45] Hijikata**
What are you doing?!
**[18:48] Hijikata**
Hurry up and run away!
**[18:53] Ito (Mono)**
Someone who would
look directly at me...
**[19:00] Ito**
Someday, I'll kill you.
**[19:06] Ito (Mono)**
And take me head on.
**[19:08] Ito (Mono)**
I just...
**[19:10] Ito (Mono)**
Wanted friends.
**[19:12] Ito (Mono)**
The thing I wanted...
**[19:15] Ito (Mono)**
Was something...
**[19:17] Ito (Mono)**
I already had.
**[19:22] Ito**
Hijikata-kun, I have something
I want to say to you.
**[19:26] Hijikata**
What a coincidence. Me, too.
**[19:30] Ito**
I hate you.
**[19:32] Ito**
Someday, I'll kill you. So...
**[19:35] Ito**
Don't die here.
**[19:39] Ito (Mono)**
The bond I wanted so much...
**[19:42] Ito (Mono)**
Was right here all along.
**[20:10] Kawakami**
I can't see your swings or your rhythm!
**[20:14] Gintoki**
Out of the way, damn it!!
**[20:21] Gintoki**
Don't you understand that...
**[20:23] Gintoki**
I'm telling you to get out of my way?!
**[20:25] Gintoki**
I don't have the time
**[20:28] Gintoki**
to deal with...
**[20:29] Gintoki**
idiots like you!
**[20:34] Gintoki**
Strings?!
**[20:36] Kawakami**
You shouldn't push yourself.
Your arms and legs will rip off.
**[20:40] Kawakami**
Even if you go to help
them now, it's too late.
**[20:44] Kawakami**
Do you think your friends are still alive?
**[20:47] Kawakami**
Even if they survived that explosion...
**[20:50] Kawakami**
We've taken many measures.
**[20:53] Kawakami**
The Shinsengumi will disappear.
**[20:57] Kawakami**
I told you that your arms
and legs will rip off.
**[21:01] Gintoki**
Who'd want to go and save their sorry asses?
**[21:06] Gintoki**
I can't stop. My body won't listen to me.
**[21:11] Gintoki**
It's being pulled forward.
**[21:14] Gintoki**
Strings are pulling me from
the front and the back.
**[21:18] Gintoki**
It annoys me to no end...
**[21:25] Kawakami (Mono)**
These strings are as strong
as steel, but still...
**[21:28] Gintoki**
You can have an arm and a leg or two...
**[21:32] Gintoki**
Even if these strings can cut flesh...
**[21:35] Gintoki**
I'd like to see them
**[21:36] Gintoki**
try to sever
**[21:37] Gintoki**
an obnoxious bond!
**[21:50] Hijikata**
Get down!
**[22:19] Hijikata**
Ito!
**[22:19] Kondo**
Sensei!
**[22:29] Hijikata**
Ito!
***SIGN*** [To be continued]
***SIGN***
**[24:12] Gintoki**
Hey, young man, clean out
your ears and listen up!
**[24:17] ---**
I've never once fought for the
sake of this cheap country.
**[24:22] ---**
I couldn't care less if the
country or samurai fell.
***SIGN*** ["It's All About the Beat and Timing"]
***SIGN*** [What did he find when he tugged on the invisible strings?!]
***SIGN*** [The Shinsengumi Crisis Arc ends in the next episode!!]