14 - The Corridor of Setbacks

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    March
    1868
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    Koshu?
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    Is Kondou-san going with you?
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    Yeah.
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    We plan to stop by Hino on the way.
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    Here Kondou-san suffered a grave injury and
    now you're dragging him back to the battlefield?!
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    This is what Kondou-san wanted.
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    Then I'm going, too.
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    Don't push yourself, Okita-san!
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    I have to protect Kondou-san!
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    Okita-san!
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    The way you are right now,
    you'd just get in Kondou-san's way.
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    Hijikata-san, you could have used more tact.
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    First focus on healing your wounds.
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    I'll be waiting!
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    Hino,
    Tama
    County
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    Kondou-san, you've become something else!
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    Oh, isn't that the truth!
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    Kondou-sensei...
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    please let me join your corps!
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    Me, too!
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    Me, too!
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    Well said! I'll be counting on you!
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    Sir!
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    Sir!
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    Hakuoki
    Demon of the Fleeting Blossom
    Record of the Jade Blood
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    Ikusen no mirai yori mo
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    Isshun no ima wo tsuyoku ikitai
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    Naraku no hotori de sae mo
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    Kakete yukeru anata to nara
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    Mau kaze no gotoku
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    Aragaenu jidai no yaiba ni
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    Kizu tsuite taorete nao
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    Yume ni mishi hikari wo shinjite
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    Hisakata wo aogite
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    A, waga mi ni a, kaete mo
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    Anata wo mamoreru nara
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    Hageshiki kaze ni nare kono inori
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    Sadame kaeru hodo ima sugu
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    Yoake no kaze ni nare kurayami no tobira
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    Koji akeru kaze ni
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    After spending a day in Hino,
    the corps left Kondou-san behind and set out.
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    Kondou-san had received a truly hearty welcome.
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    Including the new enlistees from Hino...
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    our troops had swollen to over 300.
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    Episode 14
    The Corridor
    of Setbacks
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    Kondou-san still hasn't caught up with us.
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    I swear, he must think our journey
    to Koufu is a vacation or somethin'!
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    Don't be so harsh.
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    Isn't Hino like his old hometown?
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    He probably wants to return in glory.
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    And I'm sayin' I wish he'd put more weight
    on the time and situation!
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    It's not like Kondou-san is just guzzling saké.
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    He's also examining the group of applicants
    who would like to join us.
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    You bastard! I dare you to say that again!
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    I said a lowly new recruit shouldn't
    throw his weight around!
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    What's going on?
    I said a lowly new recruit shouldn't
    throw his weight around!
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    What was that, you-?!
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    That's enough!
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    You wanna fight?!
    That's enough!
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    You wanna fight?!
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    Tch! Not again.
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    They never learn.
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    Damn it!
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    When the general's off goofing around,
    the soldiers start slackin' off.
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    That is enough out of you two!
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    Don't stop me!
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    Let go! Let go of me!
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    Hey!
    Let go! Let go of me!
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    Stop! That's enough!
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    Don't fight amongst yourselves!
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    Damn it!
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    Vice Commander, I will skip straight to the point.
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    What is it?
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    Do you think we can win this battle?
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    If we can hold up in the castle,
    we have a fighting chance.
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    But it would be tough if we fought them head on.
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    Big shots in the Shogunate provided
    us with weapons and cannons,
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    but our foes are purchasing cutting-edge
    weaponry from foreign countries.
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    On top of that, they displayed great morale
    and skill in Toba-Fushimi.
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    We don't stand a chance against them as we are now.
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    Then we will lose this battle?
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    Of course I'll do what I can to see that doesn't happen.
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    I don't want Kondou-san to experience losing a battle.
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    But you know I couldn't tell any
    of this to Shinpachi or Harada.
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    I understand.
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    Kill!
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    Kill! Kill!
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    Who is that...?
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    Hijikata-san?
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    I was dreaming...
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    Who's there?
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    It's me.
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    Why did you leave the camp by yourself?
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    I'm sorry.
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    I think what Hijikata-san said
    this afternoon is getting to me.
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    Did you have a dream?
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    Saito-san, aren't you afraid?
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    Fighting when it will be hard to come out victorious...
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    You may even get killed.
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    I am not afraid of death in and of itself.
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    However, I am terrified of losing
    sight of what I believe in.
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    What you believe in...?
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    What exactly is true strength?
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    Huh?
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    The victory in a fight is stronger.
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    That is what I think.
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    A long time ago, a hatamoto's child challenged me
    to a duel and I killed him in the fight.
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    Even though I had won, I was persecuted and
    left with no choice but to leave my domain.
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    You went rogue...
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    At that time, I lost sight of what
    it meant to be strong, to be a warrior.
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    I did not regain what I had
    lost sight of until I fled to Kyoto.
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    With the Shinsengumi, right?
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    They wield their swords to win, to survive...
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    It matched the image I had made...
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    ...of a warrior.
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    But the times have changed.
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    It is no longer the age of swords and spears.
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    True, there may come a time when we
    no longer need warriors or swords.
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    But I don't think that means
    we won't need you, Saito-san.
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    Saito-san, your sword is not meant only to kill.
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    It can also be a sword used to save others.
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    Save them...?
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    At The Ikedaya, your sword saved my life.
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    Saito-san, didn't you once say,
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    "Time passes, and many things change.
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    But it is the things that do not change in which I believe."
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    Even if the age of warriors ends, what truly matters
    is that your warrior spirit remains unchanged.
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    My warrior spirit...
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    Inoue-san told me that you,
    Saito-san, and Nagakura-san and Harada-san...
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    That you are all true warriors.
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    I feel the same!
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    Kondou-san and Hijikata-san were not of samurai birth.
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    However, they have stronger
    warrior spirits than any other.
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    Perhaps being a warrior refers to
    how one spends one's life...
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    Right!
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    For now, all I can do is follow my idiosyncratic ideals.
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    Idio-what...?
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    It means to be true to myself.
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    Saito-san...
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    Who's there?
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    Saito-san? Is that you?
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    That voice... Are you Shimada-kun?
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    We have an emergency!
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    The enemy is already in Koufu Castle?!
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    You sure about that?
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    I am.
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    The enemy general is supposedly
    a descendant of Takeda Kai,
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    allowing him to form an alliance with the local army.
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    It appears they are preparing to march toward us.
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    This sucks! We can't fight here.
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    Yeah. Whether we fight or flee, we can't stay here.
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    We'll relocate to the side of the highway
    and set up camp there.
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    Shimada!
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    Sir!
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    Inform Kondou-san of this immediately!
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    Sir!
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    I warned you...
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    If we didn't fart around in Hino,
    the enemy wouldn't have beaten us to the punch!
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    Don't go there.
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    The damage has been done.
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    I shall awaken our soldiers.
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    When they heard that the enemy had taken Koufu Castle,
    that night, roughly half of our soldiers defected.
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    Kondou-san rejoined us
    the morning after learning of the situation.
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    Since they beat us there, I think we should pull back.
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    I agree with Shinpachi.
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    It takes vastly superior forces to siege a castle.
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    I shall follow my orders.
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    We will not retreat.
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    We will set formations here and
    see how the enemy responds.
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    Wait a damn second!
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    We accepted financing from
    the Shogun before setting out.
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    It would be a disgrace if we had
    the audacity to turn back now!
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    You want to fight in our current state?
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    Are you nuts?!
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    Scared?
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    You can only say that because you weren't there
    for the Battle of Toba-Fushimi.
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    How many subordinates do you think I lost in that battle?
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    Nagakura-kun, are you only going
    to fight battles that are in your favor?
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    What did you say?!
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    Calm down! Calm down, Shinpachi!
    Kondou-san! You... you bastard!
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    Kondou-san! You... you bastard!
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    I'll go to Edo and get reinforcements.
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    Reinforcements?
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    Yeah.
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    The troop we were supposed to rendezvous with
    after this is on standby in Edo.
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    Once reinforcements arrive, we can siege the castle!
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    Could you hang tight for a bit longer?
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    After hearing that, I guess I'll have to.
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    Kondou-san, is that acceptable?
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    Yeah.
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    Hijikata-san, be careful.
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    Chizuru, leave as soon as you can.
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    This will become a battlefield soon.
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    Flee to the safest place you can.
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    Hijikata-san?
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    I'm sorry I dragged you all the way out here.
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    I refuse to go.
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    You what?
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    I will stay here.
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    I can't run and save myself
    when everyone else is fighting.
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    Until you come back, I will be Kondou-san's shield
    and protect him in your stead!
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    I never ordered you to do that.
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    I know I am stepping out of line!
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    But I want to help everyone.
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    Please!
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    Then I order you as a member of the Shinsengumi
    to serve as Commander Kondou's bodyguard.
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    Stay with the commander at all times and assist him!
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    I don't hear an answer.
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    Right! I, Chizuru Yukimura, will risk my life to-
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    No matter what, don't die.
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    Don't put stupid ideas like being
    his shield into your head.
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    If something happens before I return,
    collaborate with Saito to get Kondou-san to safety.
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    You better not die!
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    Hijikata-san...
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    Remove your short sword!
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    Unsheath half of it, with the back facing me.
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    Okay...
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    Like this?
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    It's called "kincho."
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    Samurai do this when they swear an oath.
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    It's an oath between samurai?
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    But neither of us are officially samurai,
    so we're just copying them.
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    But I vow to you:
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    I will come back!
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    And you will survive and see me again. That is our vow.
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    So have faith in me and wait!
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    Don't you die.
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    Sir!
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    When they heard that the Imperial Army had Koufu
    Castle, those Shinsengumi dogs seemed rather shaken.
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    They've boasted of their ironclad code,
    but dissension is growing in their ranks.
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    It would seem the time is ripe.
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    Fire!
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    A few hours after Hijikata-san left,
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    a man who had just joined the corps fired at the slowly
    advancing Imperial Army, which instigated the battle.
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    Hang in there! Don't die.
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    Don't fall asleep!
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    H-Harada-san...
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    Hey! No!
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    Hey, get up!
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    Kondou-san!
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    Please issue the order to retreat.
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    They're too strong!
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    We can't beat them.
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    Fool! Have you grown cowardly in the face of adversity?
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    And you call yourself a man?!
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    Commander!
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    The enemy is flooding in from the south!
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    What?!
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    They're coming from the north, too!
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    At this rate, they'll pull off a pincer attack
    and wipe us out!
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    Kondou-san!
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    Retreat isn't defeat.
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    We should pull back for now.
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    If you are a samurai,
    you should value your honorable name, not your life!
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    Main forces, follow me!
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    Sir!
    Kondou-san!
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    Charge! Show them our power and spirit!
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    Kondou-san!
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    Kondou-san...
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    The age of waging war through courage is no more...
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    It's over.
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    Please! Don't make any more of
    my subordinates die in vain.
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    Retreat.
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    I appreciate it, Kondou-san.
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    I'll have the men in the frontlines pull back.
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    Yeah!
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    Naturally, as captain of the 10th Division, I'll take the rear.
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    Harada-san...
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    Didn't Hijikata-san give you
    and Saito an important order?
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    I'm counting on you.
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    Saito-kun, the rest is in your hands.
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    C-Commander, what do you intend to do?
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    I cannot go back alive after letting
    so many of my men die!
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    I have decided that I will die here!
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    Please wait!
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    Yukimura-kun!
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    L-let go of me!
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    No! Kondou-san, please live!
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    If you die here, what will happen to Hijikata-san?
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    To the Shinsengumi?
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    As long as we have you, we can try again!
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    That's what Hijikata-san told me.
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    And I was ordered to protect you and live through this!
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    Are you telling me to live in shame?
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    It may be considerably harder to live
    and atone for your actions than it is to die.
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    But even so... no, because of that, I want you to live!
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    Live for those who gathered under you and
    died because they believed in you.
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    Yukimura-kun...
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    Very well.
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    Let's go.
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    You see that?
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    Yeah.
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    The enemy troops are pulling back!
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    Why? They should be pushing forward.
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    Shinpachi, take advantage of this
    to get your men out of here.
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    Got it!
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    Hey! You're looking awfully pathetic!
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    What a way to put those good looks to waste!
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    Shiranui...!
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    I was keepin' an eye on those Tosa guys to make sure
    they don't steal my thunder and then I saw you!
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    I was thinkin' we could play.
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    Retreat! Don't look back!
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    Run!
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    Fresh forces?
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    Boy can you move!
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    Looks like you've been trainin' some.
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    Thanks to you.
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    Tch! And this was just gettin' good!
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    Don't mess with me!
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    What the hell are these guys?!
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    What?!
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    They're furies?
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    Go!
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    R-right! Kondou-san!
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    Shiranui, what's going on?!
    What are furies doing out in broad daylight?!
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    Like I know!
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    I didn't bring these guys with me!
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    I only know of one person who'd make freaks like these.
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    What wonderful results!
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    I've been waiting for this day to come for so very long.
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    Bastard!
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    Kodo-san...!
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    Akane sasu yuuhi ga
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    Terasu yokogao wo mitsume
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    Sotto negau moyuru sora yo toki wo tomete ite
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    Kanashimi wo seoite hitamuki ni susumu anata
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    Kanau naraba oikakete yukitai kewashiki kono michi wo
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    Tooku, tooku nagaruru kumo
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    Tatoe ima ga hakanaku to mo
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    Soba ni itai
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    Kono kokoro wo someyuku hi wa tokoshie dakara
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    Kizuna dake shinjite
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    The age of a new breed of devil is upon us.
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    You created these soldiers?
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    I finally get to see you again, Chizuru.
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    Come! Come join me.
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    Next time
    The Distant
    Visage
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