18 - The Shining Light of Daybreak

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    The end of April, 1868.
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    After sustaining injuries in the battle at Utsunomiya,
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    Hijikata-san has left Nikko to catch up with the
    Shinsengumi, which had gone on ahead.
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    We headed northbound on the highway to Tsuruga
    Castle in Wakamatsu, Aizu by way of the Ouchi Pass.
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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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    Why did you let Kondou-san die?!
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    Say something!
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    Okita-san...?
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    Why couldn't you save him if you were there with him?!
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    Okita-san!
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    Please don't do this. Hijikata-san is hurt!
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    Okita-san!
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    Saito, you couldn't save Kondou-san?
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    On April 25th,
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    Commander Kondou was executed by
    beheading at the Itabashi execution grounds.
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    I see. So they wouldn't even let
    Kondou-san commit honorable suicide?
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    That would explain why Souji raced
    all the way here like that.
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    Episode 18
    The Shining Light
    of Daybreak
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    Okita-san!
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    Wait up, Okita-san!
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    Are you okay?!
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    Okita-san, you're in no state to push yourself!
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    Stay back!
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    I never expected Kondou-san to pass away before me.
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    That day, when we were surrounded by the enemy,
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    Hijikata-san said that he would be our shield.
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    But Kondou-san said...
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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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    Come on, Toshi. It's about time you let me be at peace.
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    You ordered that as our commander, right?
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    That's right.
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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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    And then Kondou-san went by himself to
    turn himself in so we could escape.
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    Hijikata-san agonized over why
    he was the one to survive.
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    But because Kondou-san has
    entrusted the Shinsengumi with him,
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    now I think he is risking his life to protect it.
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    Kondou-san was always a caring person.
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    When I was taken in as a live-in student at the Shiei Hall,
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    he would worry about me even though I was a brat.
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    He taught me how to use the sword.
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    He was like a big brother to me.
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    And a certain someone was closer
    to Kondou-san than anyone else.
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    He was spoiled, egotistical, inept, and selfish...
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    but he is the only one who can
    lead the Shinsengumi now.
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    But I can't bring myself to forgive him.
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    So I'm going to leave Hijikata-san
    in your hands, Chizuru-chan.
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    Okita-san...
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    Cut it out, you two!
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    Hijikata-san, leading the vanguard
    in that condition is crazy!
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    Hajime-kun, you don't have to get so worked up!
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    What are you doing, Hijikata-san?!
    Same for you, Saito-san!
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    Keep out of this!
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    The battlefield in Aizu is not so kind as to forgive
    those who try to fight despite their injuries.
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    At the very least, I believe I understand why
    you wish to enter a fierce battlefield.
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    Precisely because I understand, I cannot let you go.
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    If thrown into the midst of battle,
    you may be able to forget all of your pain.
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    But I cannot have you forget.
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    You are the leader of the Shinsengumi.
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    Please leave the front lines to us.
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    I am the Shinsengumi's leader...?
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    That's right! Hijikata-san, you're our commander now!
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    Try to get that into your head.
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    Fine. I'll let you take command on the front lines.
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    Until my injuries have healed, anyway.
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    Thank you.
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    Take care of Hijikata-san.
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    Huh?
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    Please do not take your eyes off
    of him until he has recovered.
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    Sir!
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    I don't need a babysitter!
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    Do too! Hijikata-san, you'd totally
    push yourself too much otherwise!
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    May 15, 1868.
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    In response to how the Shogi Company barricaded
    themselves in the Kan'ei Temple in Ueno,
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    the Imperial Army launched an attack,
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    which led to a fierce battle.
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    I heard the Imperial Army has finally launched an attack
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    against that Shogi Company
    holed up in the Kan'ei Temple.
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    I figured they'd come.
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    I'm impressed you knew to come here, Harada.
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    Weren't you the one who told me that
    Kodo-san had hooked up with Imperial Army radicals
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    so he could get blood for his furies, Shiranui?
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    Did I say that?
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    Which means they'll gather in search
    of blood after there's been a big battle.
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    And since they stand out like sore thumbs,
    they can only move at night.
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    You're friggin' smart for a lug
    swingin' around that antique weapon.
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    That ain't gonna do you a lick of good
    even if you thrust it into their hearts.
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    Silver bullets?
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    You've gotta come packin' some of these
    if you wanna exterminate those monsters.
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    I couldn't find hide nor hair of that geezer after what
    happened in Koufu and now he finally shows himself.
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    Yeah. And just look at all of the furies he's created!
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    Wouldn't it be for your own good
    if you scurried home, weak human?
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    I'm afraid I have absolutely no intention of doing that.
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    Hey, Kodo!
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    Why have you come here?
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    I'm here 'cause I don't dig the way
    you made these fakes and call 'em new devils.
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    I was thinkin' this is a great opportunity
    to teach you the ways of the devil!
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    Even if you lecture me about the "ways of the devil,"
    such things will come to an end once I destroy your kind.
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    I had to do whatever it took to become strong!
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    What?
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    Do you seriously think you're doing this
    for the Yukimura clan? For Chizuru?!
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    Do you realize just how much
    suffering you've caused Chizuru?!
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    There is no point in further conversation.
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    Furies, help yourselves to their blood!
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    Let's do this, Harada!
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    Yeah!
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    This is absurd...
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    They annihilated my furies?
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    I'll send you after them, Kodo.
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    Prepare yourself!
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    Shit! I'm out of bullets.
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    It would seem you're petering out!
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    This will finish you off!
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    Harada!
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    I've repaid you... for Koufu.
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    You're mighty smug for a mere human.
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    It's over.
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    Yeah...
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    Looking at you reminds me of a dude called Takasugi.
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    Maybe I should pay a visit to his grave sometime.
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    What about you?
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    Well, Shinpachi is waiting for me...
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    I need to hurry... to Aizu...
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    Got it.
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    We never saw either of them again.
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    Shimizuya,
    Aizu
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    Around that time, Hijikata-san's
    injuries were not healing well,
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    so we went into hiding in a town of inns.
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    Mister, what are you doing?
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    Huh?
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    I couldn't say...
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    Well...
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    Hijikata-san agonized over why
    he was the one to survive.
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    But because Kondou-san has entrusted
    the Shinsengumi with him,
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    now I think he is risking his life to protect it.
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    That was Hijikata. I'm sure of it!
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    He is hiding in the Shimizuya in Nanoka.
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    Great! Let's inform the others.
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    Kondou-san...
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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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    Let's go!
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    Yeah!
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    You there, move it!
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    Not going to move?
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    We won't hold back if you aim to get in our way!
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    Finish him off.
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    Sir!
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    B-bastard! Who are you?!
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    Captain of the Shinsengumi's 1st Division, Souji Okita.
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    There was a fight going on when I tried
    to cross the path just outside of town.
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    A man with white hair was up against dozens of men.
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    It was a terrible sight.
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    The way that man fought to block their path made
    him look like a god of battle protecting this town of inns.
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    Hijikata-san, I brought your medicine.
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    Hijikata-san?
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    I'm opening the door.
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    Hijikata-san?
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    Excuse me! Do you know where Hijikata-san went?
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    Yeah, your companion just left.
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    Thank you!
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    Hijikata-san!
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    Hijikata-san, what are you doing?
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    Please go back!
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    Shut up!
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    Please don't push yourself.
    You still haven't fully recovered!
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    Up ahead there is a white-haired man fighting.
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    Fighting as if he were protecting the town we are in!
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    I'm sure it's Souji!
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    He no longer has the strength left to fight.
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    I can't abandon him!
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    Please let me go with you!
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    Souji...
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    That's Okita-san's sword!
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    Yeah.
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    Okita-san!
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    You know Souji. There's no need to worry.
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    I'm going back.
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    Hijikata-san...?
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    No...! Okita-san is...
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    No...
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    So I'm going to leave Hijikata-san
    in your hands, Chizuru-chan.
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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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    Even if we are far apart,
    our hearts are one under the flag of truth!
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    Never forget that.
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    I am Hajime Saito of the Shinsengumi!
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    I swear by our flag of truth,
    I will not let you pass!
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    Next time
    Blade of
    the Sun
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