16 - Eternal Heartfelt Loyalty

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    March
    1868,
    Edo
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    Blood! Blood! Give me blood!
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    You are beyond reasoning with.
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    To think I would need your assistance.
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    Saito-dono, was it?
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    You have my apology.
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    Kyuju Amagiri...? Who was that fury?
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    He was a Tosa Domain fury of Kodo Yukimura's making.
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    There were rumors that a fury,
    who had escaped the Tosa manor a month ago,
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    was committing acts of murder in Edo.
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    I was confirming the validity of that rumor.
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    The domain had ordered me to eliminate him on sight,
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    but he had already burned through his lifespan.
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    His lifespan?
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    A fury's power is by no means a gift from the gods.
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    Extraordinary strength, agility,
    and miraculous healing abilities...
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    Such powers are hidden within your own body.
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    You are merely using it spread out
    over the course of several years.
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    Meaning the more power they wield,
    the shorter their lives become?
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    Exactly.
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    So that fury turned to dust because
    he ran out of life force...?
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    Well, I shall be going now.
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    Share that information with your friends
    who have become furies.
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    It would seem that some from the Shinsengumi
    are also wandering in search of blood.
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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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    Gohei,
    Shinden
    Kaneko
    Manor
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    I'm opening the door.
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    Wait!
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    What do you mean by ceasing
    the Fury Corps' expansion?!
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    It's exactly as it sounds.
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    I have no intention of creating
    any more furies henceforth.
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    You'll have to make do with what you have.
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    I cannot accept this!
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    Now that Harada-kun and Nagakura-kun are gone,
    we must prioritize strengthening our troops!
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    True, increasing the Fury Corps would be the fastest way
    to strengthen the corps if that's all we needed.
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    Then why?!
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    The furies have a fatal flaw.
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    This information comes from a reliable source.
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    A flaw...?
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    A fury's powers are fueled by its life force.
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    In other words, the more power a fury uses,
    the shorter his life becomes.
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    There you have it.
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    Unless you absolutely must,
    it wouldn't hurt to avoid using your powers.
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    Then that is all the more reason to continue my research!
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    We must offset that defect!
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    We must do it for you, now that you have become a fury-
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    I'm ordering this as your Vice Commander!
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    Suspend all fury research!
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    Now as for how we will move in the future...
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    Shogun Yoshinobu has been confined to Kan'ei Temple.
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    Since we cannot engage in battle in Edo,
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    keeping camp here will prove difficult.
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    As such, the Shinsengumi will go to Aizu.
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    Lord Katamori's home turf?
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    That might be just what the Shinsengumi
    needs to get back on its feet.
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    I doubt the lords of Aizu will put our skills to waste.
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    So first we will gather new recruits here
    and re-establish order.
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    The increase in new men will make it difficult for
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    Sannan-san, Heisuke, and the Fury Corps
    to hide in our camp.
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    Therefore, I would like you to set out to Aizu via
    the Utsunomiya route as early as tomorrow.
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    You got it!
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    I have little other choice.
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    That is all.
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    Episode 16
    Eternal Heartfelt
    Loyalty
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    What is it, Hajime-kun?
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    No, it is nothing.
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    The tea's gotten cold.
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    I'll go brew some more.
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    No, this is fine.
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    With Shinpachi and Harada now gone,
    we must prioritize strengthening the corps, huh?
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    He's absolutely right. I can't argue that logic.
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    I have a favor to ask of you.
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    What is it?
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    Please stop using your fury powers!
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    And why would I listen to your request?
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    Because, well...
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    If it weren't for me, you never would have gotten into a
    fight like that with Kazama and you wouldn't be a fury!
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    I drank the Water of Life of my own free will.
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    You don't need that sort of bullshit filling your head.
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    Hijikata-san, that attitude makes it all the harder on me!
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    Please tell me how you truly feel!
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    Say, "I didn't want to become a fury."
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    There truly is no besting you.
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    Huh?
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    I was thinking that's what makes you an Edo woman.
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    I lost my parents at an early age.
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    My sister, who is four years older than me,
    looked after me.
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    The way you spoke was somewhat
    reminiscent of how she talks.
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    It makes me feel like a family member
    is scolding me and I have to do as I'm told.
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    If what that devil told Saito is true,
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    my life won't shrink if I don't use those powers.
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    So don't you worry.
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    Sir...
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    I think I'll take another cup of tea.
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    Sir!
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    H..Hijikata-san?
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    What is it?!
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    Do you need blood?
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    Why?! You'll suffer if you don't drink my blood!
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    Hurry and get out!
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    But, Hijikata-san!
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    I said to go!
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    Get away from here!
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    It's medicine.
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    It's just a temporary fix.
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    Shimousa,
    Nagareyama
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    April 2, 1868. The Shinsengumi moved their troops to the
    Nagaokaya, run by a brewer in Shimousa, Nagareyama.
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    Saito-san led the fresh new recruits.
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    They were traveling separately from the main division
    so they could train with the latest in weaponry.
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    Pardon me! I brought you some tea.
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    Oh, Yukimura-kun!
    Sorry I'm always putting you out.
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    What are you reading?
[10:24] ---
    Romance of
    the Three Kingdoms
    Biography
    of Kiyomasa
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    The Romance of the Three Kingdoms and
    the Biography of Kiyomasa.
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    They're stories about military feats.
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    Water Margin
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    I've read them so many times
    I've practically memorized them.
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    Back when I was a kid, I'd think to myself,
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    "Someday I'll become a wonderful general like
    Kansei Teikun and fight for someone other than myself."
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    But dreams alone can't make you a famous general.
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    I just took a bit longer than most to realize that...
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    Um...
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    Kondou-san, you up there?
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    What's the matter, Toshi?
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    Prepare to escape immediately!
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    We've been surrounded.
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    There are 200 to 300 of them.
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    I came in through the back
    so they didn't notice me, but...
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    If you dropped a zero,
    we could have pulled through.
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    We don't have enough time to wait for
    Saito and his men to come back.
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    Shimada!
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    I'll handle things here.
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    Please go on ahead with Chizuru and Kondou-san.
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    No! That's nuts, even for you!
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    You don't even feel well during the day!
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    It's worth a shot!
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    Please wait!
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    The enemy forces possess guns
    as their primary weapons!
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    Toshi, there is no need for you to go.
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    I will go to the enemy's main unit.
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    What has gotten into you, Kondou-san?!
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    You'd be walking to your death!
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    Naturally, I won't introduce myself
    as Kondou of the Shinsengumi.
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    If I tell them we are the pacificaton squad
    guarding the area around this hatamoto,
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    I should be able to buy enough time for you to escape.
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    Cut the crap! You know they'll see right through that!
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    Even if they did, I have my title as daimyo.
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    They can't kill me at the drop of a hat.
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    You're being stupid!
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    They don't care squat about
    a title granted by the former Bakufu!
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    As long as they don't pierce my heart, I ain't going down!
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    If we're sending someone to buy time,
    I'm the smarter choice!
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    Unacceptable! No matter what you say,
    I will be the one to draw the enemies' attention.
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    I've already made up my mind, Toshi.
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    Don't give me this bullshit!
    What would happen if we lost our commander?!
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    I will put a collar on you and drag you
    out if that's what it takes!
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    Your body no longer belongs to just Isami Kondou!
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    Then this is an order!
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    Vice Commander Hijikata, take the troops stationed here
    and rendezvous with the unit in Ichikawa.
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    You're ordering me?
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    What are you doing? That isn't like you!
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    Aren't the commander's orders absolute?
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    After ordering our men to commit honorable suicide
    or become furies, do those rules not apply?
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    Shimada-kun.
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    Sir!
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    Please escape together with Toshi.
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    If you wait for them to break in,
    my imprisonment will be for naught.
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    Vice Commander, let's go.
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    Come on, Toshi. It's about time you let me be at peace.
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    You've run about trying to spread my renown,
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    and now you've even become a fury.
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    It's hard to see you like this.
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    I...
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    What I've done has torn at your heart?
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    Become a samurai and serve the Shogun...
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    I thought that we would be happy together
    if we accomplished that, so I...
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    I'm sorry. I am the one who has driven
    you to such lengths, aren't I?
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    You ordered that as our commander, right?
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    That's right.
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    Then I'll have to obey it.
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    Shimada, I have a message for the men still here.
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    Tell them we have to secure an escape route.
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    Sir!
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    Chizuru, you wait here.
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    Very well.
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    Yukimura-kun.
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    Take this with you.
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    What is that?
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    Money for your escape. I was never able to do anything
    for you, so accept this as a sign of how I feel.
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    Please take it.
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    Now get out of here immediately.
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    You'll make it if you go now.
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    I'll talk to Toshi on your behalf.
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    Go to Matsumoto-sensei and-
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    No! I will go with Hijikata-san.
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    Yukimura-kun...?
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    I see.
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    You've become accustomed to
    your position as Toshi's attendant, huh?
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    Hardly... Kondou-san!
    Kondou-san, you should come with us!
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    That's what Hijikata-san and Shimada-san want!
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    I can't. If I said I wanted to flee, Toshi would turn into a
    fury and risk his life to fight several hundred soldiers.
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    If Toshi used his fury powers,
    wouldn't it eat away at his life?
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    I cannot survive at the cost of his life.
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    Don't look so sad!
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    I can still draw the enemy's attention
    and serve as a decoy for my friends.
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    Yukimura-kun, please take care of Toshi!
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    Kondou-san, are you truly sure about this?
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    Warriors never go back on their word!
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    Take care of everyone.
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    You're one cruel man!
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    In the end, you're making me carry
    this heavy burden on my own.
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    Sorry.
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    There's no besting you.
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    How does it look, Shimada?
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    The coast is clear.
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    Okay, you go ahead. I'll follow right behind you.
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    Very well.
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    Let's go!
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    We're going. Follow me!
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    Sir!
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    Hey, you there! Stop!
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    What are you doing out here?
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    Answer me!
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    Tough luck.
[17:48] ---
    You caught me right when I'm pissed.
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    Who are you?!
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    Answer, bastards!
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    What are you doing down there?
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    Shimada, I'll handle things here.
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    Have everyone break through the enemy lines.
[18:04] ---
    Very well.
[18:05] ---
    Guys, follow me!
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    Sir!
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    Halt! We'll fire if you don't stop!
[18:14] ---
    Don't do it, Hijikata-san!
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    Don't use that power!
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    Shut up! Keep your mouth shut!
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    This is what it feels like to be shot?
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    It's not as bad as I imagined.
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    It's nothing compared to the agony he's suffered!
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    Did Shimada and the others get away?
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    Yes, I think so.
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    I see... You should go while you still can.
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    What are you doing?! Go already!
[19:43] ---
    I'm sorry. I cannot obey that order.
[19:46] ---
    What?
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    I will keep out of your way,
    so please let me stay with you.
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    I...
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    Why have I fought to come so far?
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    Akane sasu yuuhi ga terasu yokogao wo mitsume
    I stare into your face, illuminated by the dark red setting sun
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    Was it to hand Kondou-san over
    to the enemy in a place like that?
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    I was going to make him bigger
    than Kansei Teikun or Lord Kiyomasa.
[20:18] ---
    Sotto negau moyuru sora yo toki wo tomete ite
    I softly wish upon the burning sky to stop time
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    I wanted to make him a true warrior.
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    I wanted to see how far the owner
    of a poor country dojo and a farmer's child could go.
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    Kanashimi wo seoite hitamuki ni susumu anata
    You earnestly try to move forward as you bear your sadness
[20:32] ---
    We were sharing the same dream!
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    So what am I doing here?
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    Why did I survive after leaving Kondou-san behind?!
[20:41] ---
    Kanau naraba oikakete yukitai kewashiki kono michi wo
    If possible, I want to follow you down this rugged path
[20:47] ---
    I abandoned the one person I should never abandon...
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    I am the only one of us to survive!
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    Tooku, tooku nagaruru kumo
    The clouds flow by in the far, far distance
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    Hijikata-san, just as you care for Kondou-san,
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    Kondou-san didn't want to let you die.
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    Tatoe ima ga hakanaku to mo
    Even if this moment lasts but a moment
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    He wanted you to live much, much longer.
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    Soba ni itai
    I want to be with you
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    That's why I think it had to turn out the way it did...
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    Kono kokoro wo someyuku hi wa tokoshie dakara
    The sun that dyes my heart will last forever
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    Kizuna dake shinjite
    So just believe in our bonds
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    Toshi...
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    Kototoeba namida ga afureteshimau ki ga shite
    I think my tears may begin to brim over if I say anything
[21:47] ---
    Sora wo miage damatte ita yuuyami no naka de
    I silently looked up to the sky in the dark of twilight
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    Moshi donna sadame ni
    No matter what my fate
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    Au to mo kuyami wa shinai
    I will have no regrets so long as
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    Itoshi mimune soeru hi wo yume mite
    I can accompany you while dreaming of
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    Tsuite yukeru no nara
    The day I nuzzle into your dear chest
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    Awaku awaku kieyuku sora
    Ever so slowly the sky fades
[22:31] ---
    Toki ga subete nuri kaete mo
    Even if the seasons paint themselves yet again
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    Koko ni imasu
    I will still be here
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    Kono kokoro ni sakishi ai wo towa ni dakishime
    I will embrace the love blossoming in my heart forever
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    Yuukyuu no hate made
    Until the end of eternity
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    I don't want to protect the Shogun or the Bakufu.
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    I want to protect the Shinsengumi,
    which I built with Kondou-san!
[23:08] ---
    I will lay waste to you along with
    the name of the accursed Shinsengumi!
[23:12] ---
    Next time
    A Fleeting
    Dream
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