17 - A Fleeting Dream

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    April
    1868
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    April 1868. We joined the former Bakufu army
    and headed straight for Aizu.
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    Those guys are from that group of killers,
    the Shinsengumi?
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    That pack of mad dogs will even kill
    their own if they don't like the guy.
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    Shall I go silence them?
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    If they want to talk, let them.
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    Um, Hijikata-san, are you all right?
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    You look pale.
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    It's not a big deal.
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    After Kondou-san's capture,
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    Hijikata-san did everything
    he could to appeal on his behalf.
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    But his pleas fell on deaf ears.
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    We haven't heard word of what
    has happened to Kondou-san since.
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    Hakuoki
    Demon of the Fleeting Blossom
    Record of the Jade Blood
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    Rather than live thousands of futures
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    I want to fully live this moment right now
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    Even if we're by the abyss' edge
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    So long as I am with you as you race ahead
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    I will be like the dancing wind
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    Even if the irresistible blade of time
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    Tears at you until you collapse
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    Continue to dream and believe in the light
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    As you look up from time to time
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    Ah, I would take, ah, your place
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    If doing so would protect you
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    Turn into a strong gale, O my prayer
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    One strong enough to change fate right now
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    Turn into the wind of dawn, the wind that
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    Forces open the door to darkness
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    April 11,
    1868
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    April 11, 1868.
    Edo Castle surrendered without a fight.
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    Tosa
    Manor
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    That indicated that the Imperial Army
    had obtained supremacy in the Boshin War.
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    Who knew you'd still be in Edo.
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    Didn't you skedaddle with the others?
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    I have my own work to attend to.
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    Oh, yeah. I appreciated the help back in Koufu.
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    I just didn't like that old fogy.
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    With my Fury Corps, reviving
    the Yukimura clan will not end as a dream.
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    You created these soldiers?
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    Kodo, damn you!
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    The age of a new breed of devil is upon us.
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    Damn monsters!
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    No matter how many I kill,
    it doesn't put a dent in their numbers!
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    The age of a new kind of devil?
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    Japan's screwed if we have monsters
    like this running out and about.
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    Harada! Time for a temporary truce!
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    We gotta deal with these fakes!
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    No objections here.
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    What's happened since then?
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    For some odd reason, the Imperial Army paid
    the remainder of our balance due to that old fart Kodo!
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    What the hell?
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    I've cut my ties with them.
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    I don't owe them shit.
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    But I did hear somethin' interesting.
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    Kodo is plotting to team up with
    the radicals and start another war soon.
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    A war?
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    He needs a whole bunch of blood to keep his furies alive.
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    So he's got his sights set on Edo.
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    No way!
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    You're saying he's going to start
    a war just to steal blood for his furies?!
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    It's so he can create an army that never dies.
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    We've got gobs of enemies in foreign countries, too.
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    What?! He's going to involve people
    who have nothing to do with this?
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    I'm not interested in whatever history you humans carve.
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    But I won't sit back and let that geezer do as he pleases.
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    Shiranui, are you going to stop Kodo-san by yourself?
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    Why would a devil go through such lengths for us?
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    "Even should my life expire in the fields of Musashi,
    my Japanese spirit will still here remain."
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    What's that from?
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    It's something a certain guy used to say a whole bunch.
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    Although I think embracing a "Japanese spirit"
    is just a convenient fantasy you humans came up with.
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    I will pay you back in full for your help in Koufu.
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    Episode 17
    A Fleeting
    Dream
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    Would you happen to be Hijikata-kun?
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    And you are?
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    I am Keisuke Otori of the Infantry Magistrate.
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    Nice to meet you.
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    What?
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    Er, well... it's a handshake. Unfamiliar with it?
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    It's a form of greeting in Europe.
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    So, uh... let me explain our military formations.
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    The former Bakufu army will be broken into
    the vanguard, the main body, and the rear guard.
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    I have been placed in charge as the governor general.
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    Governor general? So you're the deputy commander?
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    I would like to nominate you
    to be the commander of the vanguard.
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    Why me?
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    Whether you be friend or foe, there isn't a soul
    who hasn't heard of the Shinsengumi's Hijikata-kun.
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    You want me to go to the main body?!
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    So I won't be in the same division as you?
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    You were there to experience the Battle of Toba-Fushimi.
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    These men know tactics,
    but they lack combat experience.
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    Doesn't that sound like a good fit?
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    If you order that as the vice commander, I will obey.
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    But please confirm one thing for me.
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    This doesn't mean that the Shinsengumi
    is going to disappear, does it?
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    I intend to participate in this war
    as Kai Shimada of the Shinsengumi.
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    I shall raise our corps' flag.
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    Do as you like.
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    Hijikata-san...
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    What is it?
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    You still haven't gone to bed yet?
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    What Shimada-san said has been eating at me.
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    With Kondou-san gone now, there is no way
    I can oversee the Shinsengumi on my own!
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    It's just like Shinpachi and Harada said...
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    What?
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    Supposedly, Awanokami Katsu is the one who
    decided to hand Edo Castle over to the Imperial Army.
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    In other words, we were politely kicked out of Edo.
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    That's horrible!
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    Damn it! In the end we lost the battle
    and then Kondou-san...!
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    We've fought like mad up this steep slope,
    believing there was something up there.
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    After reaching the top only to realize nothing was there...
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    what in the hell is left to believe in?
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    Um, I can't really put this into words, but...
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    if you want to know what
    the soldiers still around believe in...
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    I think it is you, Hijikata-san!
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    So, um... I'm sure if you, uh...
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    Um...
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    I won't get anywhere if I don't find what I've lost sight of.
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    We have a big battle coming up.
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    If I have time to fret, I should spend it
    coming up with a way to win!
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    Right!
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    Hijikata-san!
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    Damn it!
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    Not now!
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    Hijikata-san, come this way.
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    Hijikata-san!
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    Do... n't...
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    Hijikata-san! At this rate, if you don't drink my blood...!
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    I'll do it.
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    Turn around and don't move.
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    Sir...
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    Don't you dare turn around.
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    S-sir!
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    I'm sorry...
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    It's fine.
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    Are you okay?
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    Yes. The cut has already healed.
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    Please call for me if this ever happens again.
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    I plan on staying by your side always.
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    Please get some rest.
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    The Seihei Corps,
    where Nagakura-san served as Vice Commander,
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    met with the former Bakufu army at the Kanumaya.
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    Hey! Long time no see.
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    Nagakura-san!
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    They got Kondou-san?!
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    Right.
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    Is that... true?
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    Hijikata-san is stuck bearing a heavy burden.
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    How is Harada-san fairing?
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    He had some important business,
    so he went back to Edo.
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    And here I thought I would get to see him again.
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    What a pity.
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    April 19, 1868. The former Bakufu army
    laid siege to Utsunomiya Castle,
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    which had allied itself with the Imperial Army.
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    With over twice their forces,
    the former Bakufu army crushed Utsunomiya's army.
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    But then they used the castle as a shield,
    creating a standstill.
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    We'll never get anywhere at this rate.
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    It's about time we charged the enemy lines.
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    Ch-charge them?!
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    You want to charge through all those bullets?
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    Listen, those guns are old and have poor accuracy.
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    It's not like you'll plop over dead if you take a hit or two.
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    Y-you're nuts!
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    Didn't you come to fight a war?
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    You should be prepared to lay down your life.
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    When I give the signal, follow that guy and charge!
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    I don't want to! I don't want to die in a place like this!
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    Fleeing before the enemy is in violation
    of the Code and punishable by death!
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    If you're going to die anyway, do what you can first!
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    Follow me!
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    He's incredible...
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    I've never seen anyone like him before!
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    So that is Toshizo Hijikata of the Shinsengumi.
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    Follow him! Follow Hijikata-san!
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    You again, Toshizo Hijikata?
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    Chikage Kazama!
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    Satsuma ordered us to deliver a classified document.
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    I never expected to get drawn into a battle.
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    It would seem the time to pay you back
    for humiliating me has finally come.
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    Whether fake or not, persistence will make it true.
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    So if I, a fury, can defeat you, then I...
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    We can become real!
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    What's wrong? You're falling back!
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    How does it feel having been injured
    by a fake, Mr. Devil Boss?
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    Bastard... A bastard like you, scarring my face?!
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    You came all the way out here?
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    You devils must have a lot of time on your hands.
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    I told you not to grow emotionally
    involved with this human!
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    Keep your mouth shut or I'll kill you too.
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    Would you persist even at the cost of
    losing your respect as a devil,
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    losing the support of our clan,
    and becoming a rogue devil?
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    I won't let you escape!
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    We still have plenty of time until sunset.
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    Is this a painful time for you to be moving about?
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    Heh! This wound will...!
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    What's going on?
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    Confused as to why your wound
    still hasn't healed, Fake Devil?
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    This is called Yasutsuna's Demonslayer.
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    Yorimitsu Minatono is said to have killed Shutendoji
    with this demon-slaying katana.
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    You brought quite the weapon for killing a mere "fake."
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    All that means is that I can't let you stab me!
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    Fool!
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    Have you just about reached your limit?
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    You've reverted back to human form.
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    You're more fragile and pathetic than a meager insect!
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    I will lay waste to you along with
    the name of the accursed Shinsengumi!
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    You'll destroy the Shinsengumi?
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    The Shinsengumi were a burden far,
    far too heavy for me to bear on my own.
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    But the thought of someone
    like you destroying it pisses me off!
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    The outer keep is on fire!
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    They set the place on fire!
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    Damn it!
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    The more power a fury wields,
    the more his life force is chiseled away.
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    That is a fair price to pay to protect what I hold dear.
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    We devils intend to cease aiding
    the anti-Shogunate forces.
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    In the near future, the Shogunate will crumble.
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    Are you going to stay aboard a sinking ship?
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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!
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    I shall leave Kazama to you.
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    He is no longer of our concern.
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    Now if you will excuse me.
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    Hijikata-san, where are you?!
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    Hijikata-san!
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    Hijikata-san!
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    Vice Commander!
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    Hijikata-san fought desperately
    in the siege on Utsunomiya Castle,
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    but four days later, the Imperial Army
    effortlessly reclaimed it.
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    The former Bakufu army resumed its march to Aizu,
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    but having sustained injuries, Hijikata-san stayed
    in Nikko, where he received medical treatment.
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    Hijikata-san?!
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    You shouldn't be up!
    You're on the brink of death!
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    Who is on the brink?
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    I'm not that bad off.
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    At any rate, at least put this on!
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    You're going to get sick.
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    Please lay back down as soon as
    you're done with that paperwork!
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    Don't try to sneak work in behind my back.
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    I've got my eyes on you!
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    Yeah. I've really put you out.
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    Huh?
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    Hijikata-san...?
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    Vice Commander!
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    Hijikata-kun, are you sure you should be up?
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    Oh, so Otori-san is here too? I owe you.
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    Thank God! I had feared the worst!
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    You're overreacting. This ain't enough to kill me!
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    R-right! No matter what happens, you will never die!
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    Hijikata-kun, you were like a demon god
    the way you fought back at Utsunomiya.
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    There has been a dramatic increase in our soldiers'
    morale and everyone is singing your praises.
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    But as a commander, the way you fought was
    a catastrophe! Most problematic!
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    W-wait, Otori-san.
    The vice commander is still recovering-
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    No, let me say this!
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    Listen to me, Hijikata-kun.
    The commander is our "brains."
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    If our brains die, we cannot fight in the war,
    even if our limbs still live!
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    What are you doing, Vice Commander?
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    As our leader, you're our head, our limbs.
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    Without our limbs, we can get by,
    but without our head...
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    it's the end of everything.
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    Hey, Hijikata-kun! What is so funny?
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    I am being serious here!
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    N-no matter what you say or how you
    threaten me, today I refuse to back down!
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    Yeah. I understand what you're getting at, Otori-san.
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    I'm sorry to have caused trouble for you.
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    What?
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    Shimada, I'm sorry. You're the one who
    carried me here, aren't you?
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    R-right!
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    I helped!
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    Nagakura-san!
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    Dang, you're looking cheery enough!
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    That's what I get for worryin' about you.
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    I haven't fallen low enough to need the
    likes of you worrying about me.
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    I swear you haven't changed, Hijikata-san!
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    Still, it's a pity about Utsunomiya Castle.
    You almost had it!
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    But I bet the guys from the Seihei Corps
    are glad you're okay.
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    We can always besiege a castle,
    but we can't bring you back if you die.
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    Isn't that what you meant, Otori-san?
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    Y-yeah.
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    You're right.
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    What is it?
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    Nah, it's nothin'.
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    My corps will be headin' out before yours.
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    Let's meet up again in Aizu!
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    Yeah!
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    See you later.
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    Later!
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    Shimada, look after Hijikata-san.
    He'll push himself if you let him.
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    What was that?!
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    I stare into your face
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    Illuminated by the dark red setting sun
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    I softly wish upon the burning sky to stop time
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    You earnestly try to move forward as you bear your sadness
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    If possible, I want to follow you down this rugged path
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    The clouds flow by in the far, far distance
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    Even if this moment lasts but a moment
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    I want to be with you
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    The sun that dyes my heart will last forever
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    So just believe in our bonds
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    Kondou-san, if you entrusted
    the Shinsengumi with Hijikata-san,
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    I have to protect him, don't I?
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    Well, Shinpachi is waiting for me...
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    I need to hurry... to Aizu...
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    Next time
    The Shining Light
    of Daybreak
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