E4 - Episode 4

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[00:00] Kondo
    Cut them down!
[00:02] Kondo
    We will hold out until Toshi
    and the others arrive.
[00:04] Hijikata
    Don't let a single one escape!
[00:05] Hijikata
    Cut down everyone who stands against us!
[00:07] Sannan
    At a time like this, why am I...
[00:09] Amagiri
    We have no reason to fight you.
[00:13] Okita
    I do have a reason to fight you.
[00:15] Kazama
    A human raises his blade against me?
[00:18] Chizuru
    Okita-san!
[01:04] Harada
    Who are you?
[01:05] Shiranui
    Things are just starting
    to get interesting, but...
[01:09] Shiranui
    Go on and run.
[01:28] Harada
    Blast.
[01:33] soldiers
    Vice-Commander! Vice-Commander!
[01:57] Kazama
    You can't be...
[02:08] Kazama
    That short sword...
[02:29] Chizuru
    Hijikata-san!
[02:32] Okita
    Hijikata-san...
[02:38] Hijikata
    You're insanely strong...
[02:41] Kazama
    Woman, why are you with these people?
[02:46] Kazama
    To think I'd meet my kindred
    in a place like this. And a woman at that.
[02:52] Amagiri
    Kazama.
[02:53] Amagiri
    We should depart.
[02:56] Amagiri
    We do not want to give humans
     a reason to resent us.
[03:03] Kazama
    You, the shogunate's stray dog,
    lusting only for glory on the battlefield.
[03:09] Kazama
    I'm certain that you don't know her worth,
[03:13] Kazama
    but I'll leave her with you
    for a while. Treat her well.
[03:24] Hijikata
    Soji, are you all right?
[03:27] Hijikata
    And you, Yukimura?
[03:29] Chizuru
    I...
[03:33] Hijikata
    You've been cut.
[03:35] Chizuru
    This...
[03:36] Chizuru
    I think someone else's
    blood must have got on me.
SIGN    WOWOW Original Drama
SIGN    Hakuoki:
    Demon of the Fleeting Blossom
SIGN    Episode 4
[04:11] Yamazaki
    Seven killed. Four arrested.
[04:13] Yamazaki
    The one who was helping them run,
    Ikedaya Sobei, is among those captured.
[04:18] Yamazaki
    And there were a few... who escaped.
[04:24] Hijikata
    Have the inspectors chase
    down those who escaped.
[04:26] Yamazaki
    Understood.
[04:30] Kondo
    And our casualties are?
[04:32] Yamazaki
    Four injured, including
    squad leaders Okita and Todo.
[04:36] Yamazaki
    And one... fatality.
[04:39] Kondo
    Who?
[04:41] Yamazaki
    Okuzawa-san.
[04:59] Kondo
    Everyone!
[05:02] Kondo
    You've all done good work here.
[05:11] Kondo
    You, too.
[05:14] Kondo
    I give you my thanks.
[05:32] Sannan
    I see.
[05:35] Sannan
    Even under those conditions,
    they managed such good results.
[05:38] Shimada
    Yes. If you'll excuse me.
SIGN    Integrity
[06:21] townsperson 1
    Hey, are they the Shinsengumi?
[06:23] townsperson 2
    That's right.
[06:48] Nagakura
    Isn't it great your injury wasn't serious?
[06:50] Todo
    Ow!
[06:51] Harada
    You'd better be grateful to Chizuru!
[06:53] Todo
    Ow! I know! That hurts!
[06:56] Chizuru
    I'm glad you're all right.
[07:01] Todo
    Cut it out! Ow...
[07:04] Chizuru
    You, too, Okita-san.
[07:08] Okita
    Yes, I suppose.
[07:10] Inoue
    To think there'd be anyone
    who could injure Soji and Todo-kun.
[07:14] Todo
    That was because...
    it was dark inside Ikedaya.
[07:18] Harada
    What're you talking about?
[07:20] Todo
    Stop!
[07:21] Inoue
    The fact that, amidst all that uproar,
    Kodo-san wasn't found inside Ikedaya...
[07:25] Inoue
    might be a bit of a silver lining.
[07:29] Chizuru
    Yes.
[07:31] Todo
    Kodo-san...
[07:33] Todo
    wasn't caught up in it. That's good, right?
[07:44] Hijikata
    Have you learned anything about those three?
[07:48] Saito
    According to Heisuke, they stated
    that they weren't Choshu spies.
[07:53] Saito
    They seem to be spies from an outside faction
    who infiltrated for some other purpose.
[07:56] Saito
    I've had the inspectors
    begin an investigation.
[08:00] Hijikata
    I see.
[08:11] Saito
    Is there something else you
    are concerned about?
[08:15] Hijikata
    No.
[08:41] Hijikata
    Sannan-san! May I come in?
[08:50] Hijikata
    You're not thinking of doing
    anything crazy, are you?
[08:56] Hijikata
    That medicine is still
    only a failed attempt.
[08:59] Hijikata
    Don't even think about trying it.
[09:11] Hijikata
    There's still a mountain
    of things I need you to do.
[09:15] Hijikata
    I don't have time for you
    to go blood-crazed.
[09:20] Sannan
    I know.
[09:28] Sannan
    If only we could find Kodo-san...
[09:31] Sannan
    I'm sure we'd find ways to improve it.
[09:38] Hijikata
    Kodo-san was not at Ikedaya.
[09:43] Sannan
    It seems not.
[09:50] (Flashback) Kazama
    I'm certain that you don't know her worth,
[09:53] (Flashback) Kazama
    but I'll leave her with you
    for a while. Treat her well.
[09:59] Sannan
    Was there something you wanted to ask me?
[10:06] Hijikata
    The idea that Kodo-san had created
    rasetsu who can walk in daylight,
[10:10] Hijikata
    who never become blood-crazed...
    Do you think that's possible?
[10:17] Sannan
    I can't say it would be impossible.
[10:26] Hijikata
    I see.
SIGN    October, Genji Year 1 (1864)
SIGN    Ito Kashitaro
[10:58] Ito
    This place reeks of men.
[11:03] Nagakura
    Ito Kashitaro.
[11:05] Nagakura
    They say he's a master of the
     Hokushin Itto-ryu dueling style.
[11:09] Kondo
    Thank you for traveling
    all the way from Edo.
[11:15] Harada
    Ito-san is an imperial loyalist, isn't he?
[11:18] Saito
    That's what I've heard.
[11:21] Harada
    Why would someone who feels
    the same as those Choshu guys
[11:23] Harada
    decide to join the Shinsengumi?
[11:25] Saito
    When they went to Edo to ask
    that the lord visit the capital,
[11:29] Saito
    they spoke to Ito-san, who was
    an acquaintance of Heisuke's.
[11:34] Ito
    I heard that during the
    recent incident at Ikedaya....
[11:36] Ito
    your exploits were quite impressive.
[11:40] Kondo
    Not at all.
[11:41] Ito
    The Shinsengumi, at the very brink...
[11:45] Ito
    prevented the abduction
    of His Imperial Majesty.
[11:49] Ito
    I hear that the shogunate
    thinks very highly of you.
[11:53] Kondo
    It wasn't anything to speak of.
[12:01] Nagakura
    Where's Heisuke?
[12:02] Saito
    Still in Edo recruiting troops.
[12:05] Harada
    A guy like that...
    Should we really let him join?
[12:08] Saito
    It is having members
    with many different beliefs
[12:11] Saito
    which will help our organization to grow.
[12:14] Saito
    However...
[12:15] Kondo
    With the Aizu victory in the matter in July,
[12:18] Kondo
    Aizu's position has become
    firmly established in the capital.
[12:22] Ito
    But on that occasion, I heard
    that much of the capital burned.
[12:28] Kondo
    It was the same as Ikedaya.
[12:30] Kondo
    Our lack of manpower
    was the main reason for that.
[12:35] Ito
    In that case, it seems I might become
[12:41] Ito
    a great help to the Shinsengumi.
[12:47] Saito
    Forcing growth can lead
    to a collapse starting from within.
[13:00] Kondo
    Together... we will protect this land.
[13:04] Ito
    Yes. Together.
[13:13] Harada
    Kondo-san already seems to adore Ito-san.
[13:16] Okita
    Kondo-san is good-natured. That's why...
[13:20] Okita
    smooth-talking, black-hearted guys
     like that can easily trick him.
SIGN    February, Genji Year 2 (1865)
[13:44] Kondo
    We'll be getting new troops in again soon.
[13:48] Kondo
    I think it's time to move
    to a new command post.
[13:51] Ito
    Hated as we are within the capital,
    is there anywhere that will accept us?
[13:56] Saito
    Do you know of a place?
[13:59] Ito
    Nishi Hongwanji.
[14:03] Sannan
    I'd heard that Nishi Hongwanji
    was sheltering Choshu ronin.
[14:09] Sannan
    I don't think they'd accept us so easily.
[14:11] Ito
    This is something which Vice-Commander
    Hijikata and I have discussed at length.
[14:18] Hijikata
    If we move to Nishi Hongwanji,
[14:20] Hijikata
    the imperial loyalist ronin will
    lose one of their hiding places.
[14:24] Sannan
    But restricting the ministers' movements
    with military force... Is that right?
[14:28] Hijikata
    The ones using the temple and ministers
[14:30] Hijikata
    as a front to do whatever
    they like are the Choshu.
[14:32] Sannan
    I know we must keep an eye on the
     Choshu ronin. However, this isn't—
[14:35] Ito
    Our capital...
[14:37] Ito
    and its public safety are being thrown
    into disarray by disloyal ronin.
[14:39] Ito
    To show concern for them...
[14:42] Ito
    Sannan-san, you are so very kind.
[14:46] Ito
    Even if your left arm is forever useless
    and you can never live as a swordsman again,
[14:53] Ito
    your splendid and ready wit in debate...
[14:56] Ito
    will certainly be needed as the
    Shinsengumi grow. Don't you think?
[15:10] Hijikata
    Ito-san!
[15:12] Hijikata
    What did you mean by that?
[15:18] Hijikata
    Just as you say, Sannan-san
    is highly skilled in debate.
[15:22] Hijikata
    But...
[15:24] Hijikata
    the Shinsengumi need his skills
     as a swordsman, too!
[15:32] Ito
    I seem to have slipped and spoken out of turn.
[15:40] Kondo
    On the matter of moving
    to a new command post...
[15:42] Kondo
    Let's leave it until after we've all had a
    chance to discuss it, Military Advisor Ito.
[15:47] Ito
    Yes, of course.
[16:01] Chizuru
    Is it already finished?
[16:04] Sannan
    Well, I am, at least.
[16:09] Sannan
    Since a brilliant military
    advisor has joined us,
[16:13] Sannan
    I will leave the position
    of lieutenant commander.
[16:32] Chizuru
    Excuse me.
[17:05] Okita
    Please find a suitable reason
     to drive that man out.
[17:11] Nagakura
    That jerk Heisuke.
    Bringing in a guy like that...
[17:14] Nagakura
    When he gets back,
    I'm really gonna let him have it!
[17:16] Harada
    I've got no idea why Kondo-san
    is so devoted to a guy like that.
[17:20] Harada
    A military advisor? Sannan-san
    was more than enough already.
[17:40] (Flashback) Sannan
    I will leave the position
    of lieutenant commander.
[18:20] Sannan
    Are you worried for me?
[18:28] Sannan
    You wanted to know what Kodo-san was
     doing with the Shinsengumi, didn't you?
[18:38] Chizuru
    Yes.
[18:44] Sannan
    Come this way.
[19:04] Chizuru
    Who are these people?
[19:07] Sannan
    They are...
[19:10] Sannan
    individuals whom your father turned
    into "something which is not human."
[19:16] Chizuru
    My father did this?
[19:20] Sannan
    With a medicine brought in under
    a secret order by the shogunate.
[19:27] Sannan
    Drinking this medicine endows one
    with inhuman strength,
[19:32] Sannan
    and wounds heal as soon
    as they are inflicted.
[19:36] Sannan
    This medicine was meant
    to be the hope of the Shinsengumi.
[19:41] Sannan
    But this medicine has one fatal flaw.
[19:47] Sannan
    What becomes of a person
    after drinking this...
[19:52] Sannan
    You've seen it with your
    own eyes, haven't you?
[19:58] Sannan
    Once you've taken this,
[20:00] Sannan
    you can no longer move
    about under the light of the sun.
[20:04] Sannan
    That would be enough in itself, but...
[20:08] Sannan
    drinking this steals your ability to reason.
[20:11] Sannan
    You become a monster thirsting for blood,
     and can no longer be considered human.
[20:17] Sannan
    Right now, we're suppressing their
    desire for blood with medicines,
[20:21] Sannan
    but you would never think they
    were human, would you?
[20:28] Sannan
    Though all your wounds would heal...
[20:32] Sannan
    and you would gain incredible strength...
[20:36] Sannan
    in drinking this,
    you would lose your humanity.
[20:46] Sannan
    Your father was working here
    to improve this medicine.
[20:53] Sannan
    In this test site known
    as the Shinsengumi...
[20:59] Sannan
    But research into
    the medicine has been halted,
[21:02] Sannan
    because Kodo-san has gone missing.
[21:07] Sannan
    Even after Kodo-san disappeared,
[21:11] Sannan
    I've used the notes he left behind
    to continue trying to improve the medicine.
[21:23] Sannan
    If I drank this medicine...
[21:28] Sannan
    my arm would heal.
[21:34] Chizuru
    That medicine...
[21:38] Chizuru
    if it's your improved version, Sannan-san...
[21:44] Chizuru
    will you heal without becoming blood-crazed?
[21:48] Sannan
    If I've compounded it correctly.
[21:51] Chizuru
    Are you planning to use it?
[21:59] Chizuru
    Please reconsider.
[22:02] Chizuru
    Even without relying on something like that,
[22:04] Chizuru
    Hijikata-san and everyone
    all know they need you!
[22:09] Chizuru
    Even if you can't move your arm, they—
[22:12] Sannan
    You couldn't possibly understand!
[22:20] Sannan
    I am of no use whatsoever,
[22:23] Sannan
    I have already served my purpose, and yet
    they spout nonsense about my being needed!
[22:28] Sannan
    I know better than anyone that
    there is no further need of me here.
[22:33] Sannan
    You don't understand.
[22:36] Sannan
    How can you understand how I feel, being
    granted an important position out of pity?
[22:40] Chizuru
    It isn't pity!
[22:41] Sannan
    If I drink this, my arm may heal!
[22:46] Sannan
    If it heals...
[22:48] Sannan
    If it heals... I'll be
    able to hold a sword again.
[22:53] Sannan
    If it heals, I'll once again...
[22:56] Sannan
    I'll once again become
    someone this company needs.
[23:01] Chizuru
    But if it fails...
[23:03] Sannan
    If it means that I can be a swordsman,
    even as a living corpse,
[23:10] Sannan
    then please allow the human me to die.
[23:32] Chizuru
    Someone... Is there anyone there?
[23:37] Chizuru
    Is there anyone out there?
[23:43] Chizuru
    Sannan-san... Sannan-san!
[24:19] Sannan
    It was your father's fault
    that all this happened.
[24:24] Sannan
    He brought despair to the Shinsengumi.
[24:29] Sannan
    It's your father's fault...
[24:36] Hijikata
    Why do you have the same
    powers as the rasetsu?
SIGN    Preview
[24:38] Hijikata
    Tell me the truth!
[24:40] Chizuru
    My father must know the way
    to turn rasetsu back...
[24:42] Kazama
    All fake oni will be dealt with.
[24:45] Hijikata
    Pulmonary tuberculosis...
[24:46] Okita
    Coughing up blood as I wield a sword...
[24:48] Chizuru
    Okita-san...
[24:49] Okita
    And for keeping it a secret...
    here's a reward.
SIGN    This is a work of fiction. The characters and organizations which
    appear have no connection with any that exist in reality.