# 20 - Scattering Cherry Blossoms
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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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September
1868
Outside
Sendai
Castle
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September 1868. We had arrived in Sendai.
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Sannan-san was supposed to have led
the Fury Corps to Sendai in advance,
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but we never received any reports from them
and lost contact with the Corps.
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Hijikata-san was struggling with
this predicament when Takeaki Enomoto,
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the second in command of the former Bakufu navy, came
to pay him a visit shortly after our arrival in Sendai.
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It's been a long time, Hijikata-kun.
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I'm glad to see you're still
the same, Enomoto-san.
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Stealing eight battleships
from the Imperial Army...
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Your fearless feat astonishes me.
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Well, Hijikata-kun, you have done
a commendable job yourself.
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I am sorry I lacked the
power to save Kondou-san.
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We lost a great man...
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Now tell me, how are things in Sendai?
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Actually, I haven't been able
to speak with the Sendai daimyo.
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I've dropped by the castle several times, but they never
give a "yay" or "nay" when I request an audience.
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Pardon me!
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And I've heard an outlandish rumor.
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Supposedly there is a strange unit
residing within the Sendai Domain.
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A strange unit?
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Murder has been rampant in the castle town.
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Rumor has it the murderers enter
and leave the castle freely.
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The castle is eerily quiet.
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What could have happened in there?
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Enomoto-san, could you let me
handle these murder cases?
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Please continue with your
efforts to see the daimyo.
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Sure.
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Um, about those murders... do you think...?
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I can't say anything while we're still
in the speculation stage.
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Right.
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But if Sannan-san is the ringleader
behind those murders,
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I will probably have to kill him.
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Episode 20
Scattering Cherry
Blossoms
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Chizuru!
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Heisuke-kun?!
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Where's Hijikata-san?
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He's out right now.
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More importantly, what's kept you?
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I was worried sick when we
couldn't get a hold of you.
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Sorry. I couldn't really
pull away from Sannan-san.
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See, Sannan-san may have gone over
to the Imperial Army.
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What?!
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He's been holding secret meetings
with Kodo-san in Sendai Castle!
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F-Father is in the castle?
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At any rate, I thought I should see what
Hijikata-san thinks and slipped out, but...
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These are enemy fury soldiers.
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Get outta here, Chizuru!
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No, that will not be necessary.
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It is good to see you again, Chizuru.
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Father!
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Kodo-san!
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Damn it! You had someone
follow me, didn't you?
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Goodness. First Harada-kun and now you.
The Shinsengumi can be most trying.
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Chizuru, today I have come to bring you back.
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As long as we have these furies,
we can revive our clan's former glory.
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So you truly mean to use the furies
to revive the Yukimura clan?
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But of course! Now then, come along, Chizuru.
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No! I cannot go with you, Father.
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You've spent too much time
with the Shinsengumi.
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It would seem they have poisoned you.
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Run for it, Chizuru.
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Hurry!
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Damn it!
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Heisuke-kun!
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Stop it, Father!
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Chizuru!
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Chizuru!
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Chizuru!
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Damn it!
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Chizuru!
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Chizuru, are you all right?
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Father, where am I?
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Be at ease. This is Sendai Castle.
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Sendai Castle...?
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Where is Heisuke-kun?!
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I'm sorry I had to get rough with you,
but I wanted to speak with you in a calm manner.
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Father...
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I want you to lead the devils as
the last member of the main family branch.
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That is not what I want.
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Father, please change your mind!
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Chizuru, this is what Kaoru-kun wanted
and it is for your own good.
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Kaoru...
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Kaoru-kun was a misfortunate
child clear until the end.
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I want you to carry on the
ideals he imparted to you.
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Not a single day has passed where
I can forget our people's tragic history.
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I swore I would someday
make them pay for humiliating us!
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No, Father! Please don't seek vengeance.
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If you do, it will only create more sadness!
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Father, you were my pride and joy.
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You saved countless lives as a doctor
and earned their gratitude.
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That was the father I respected,
ever since I was a child!
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Father, you should know that the weight
of a human life is no different than that of a devil's.
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But...
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Humans and devils can coexist as friends!
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Even after learning that I am a devil, there were
people who continued to treat me as their friend.
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That's why-
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May I interrupt?
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You may enter.
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Sannan-san!
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It has been a while, hasn't it?
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Sannan-san, what is going on?!
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In order to conduct research on the furies,
I secretly formed an alliance with Kodo-san.
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An alliance?
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Does that mean you have betrayed
the Shinsengumi? Betrayed Hijikata-san?
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Sannan-san!
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Chizuru, you okay?!
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Heisuke-kun!
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Slaying all those guys took a while.
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This is one strange castle.
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There aren't any people
and the defenses are weak.
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Hijikata-san!
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I thought it was about
time for you to show up.
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Explain yourself, Sannan-san.
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Are the murders in town your doing?
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No. I have slain furies who went berserk,
but I never murdered innocents.
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Then why did you neglect to contact us?
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And what are you doing
together with Kodo-san?
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You will not find what you seek in Sendai.
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The Northern Alliance plans
to avoid entering the war.
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The brutal defeat Aizu suffered
must have scared them.
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While I was spying on the enemy, I discovered
that Kodo-san is dissatisfied with the Imperial Army.
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The Imperial Army secretly ordered me to come here,
but I am fed up with all these human conflicts.
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I joined forces with him so we could pursue creating
a devil kingdom that will also harbor furies.
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What?!
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I infiltrated the castle and
assumed control of Sendai.
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No wonder something seemed
off with this castle.
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At present, all of the furies in Japan are
gathered here inside this one castle.
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They will be our ultimate weapon
when we stamp out the Imperial Army.
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Come. Lend us your hand, Chizuru.
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We need you to be our leader.
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Let's use these furies to
revive the Yukimura clan.
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Father, if you refuse to change your mind,
then you will no longer be my...
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What say you, Hijikata-kun?
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Care to lead these furies in a fight
against the Imperial Army?
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We don't need a Fury Corps to fight our wars!
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Then you leave me no choice...
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We furies can do nothing but fight.
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If you say we no longer have
a place on the battlefield...
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...it would be an act of mercy to put
them out of their misery now!
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Heisuke!
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You got it!
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Wh-why, Sannan-kun?
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I must apologize, but
the Shinsengumi Commander's orders are absolute.
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Were you planning this from the start?
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"To fool the enemy, first
deceive your allies."
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Sannan-san, you're actin' way too cool.
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Fools! Now that the Shinsengumi has lost most
of its forces, how will you go about fighting?
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Stop! Please stop.
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Look out!
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Father, get a hold of yourself!
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Are you all right, Kodo-san?
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I am sorry.
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I had planned on giving
the Fury Corps to the Shinsengumi,
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but if that is not possible,
then I must do this!
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I am out of time!
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No matter how many times I modified the medicine,
it still consumes our life force.
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They still suffer from their bloodlust.
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I have no choice but to personally
bring this to an end!
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Kodo-san, you should be fully aware of this!
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You know that there is
no future for us furies.
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Now, now at long last...
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...I can bring this to an end!
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Don't hold this against me!
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After all, I...
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...will share your same fate!
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Father, get out of here!
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Chizuru!
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Hurry!
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Chizuru!
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Father!
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Father, hang in there!
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I was always aware that there
is no future for the furies.
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But I simply could not
bring myself to give up...
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on reviving the Yukimura clan, your clan...
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Father...
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Chizuru, I fully understand how you feel.
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Follow the path... that you believe in.
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Father!
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I am sorry. I never acted
like much of a father to you.
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I always put you through such hardship...
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That's not true! It's not...
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I have always been proud of you, Father.
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I cared for you as if
you were my real father.
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Father!
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The Shinsengumi has just lost
a great deal of its military strength.
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Do you think you can win your future battles?
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No one fights with the intent to lose.
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And Hijikata-san, you're one sore loser.
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We were a fruitless creation of the times.
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We never should have made
the furies to begin with.
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Now then, shall we head on back?
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Heisuke!
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Sannan-san!
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It would seem I've reached my limit.
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Our lives have reached their end.
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Did you know this would happen?
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Yeah...
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It is my body...
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Hijikata-kun, there were times
we did not see eye-to-eye.
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But I have always acknowledged
your abilities.
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I am proud that I could fight
alongside you in the Shinsengumi.
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Yeah! I feel the same, Sannan-san.
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Hijikata-san, I'm in your debt.
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Even after I left the corps,
you still welcomed me back...
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That wasn't just me! Everyone
was worried about you.
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You're young, naive, and
quick to lose your temper.
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In the end, was I of any... help?
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Live a nice, long life, Hijikata-san...
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I will.
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I don't really believe you.
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Hijikata-san, you're such a hothead...
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Don't act like a brat!
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Yukimura-kun, I have hurt
you so many times...
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Please forgive me.
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Please look after... Hijikata-kun.
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I will!
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Chizuru...
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Keep a close eye on him.
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Don't let him rush through life.
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Don't look at me like that.
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Please smile... like always.
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That's the one. Stay like that...
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Heisuke-kun!
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Thus, Sendai Castle was freed
from the Fury Corps' oppression.
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But the Sendai Domain's allegiance
to the Imperial Army remained unchanged.
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Only Juntaro Hoshi and his
western-style unit joined us.
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A few days thereafter, the former Bakufu army met up
with us, bolstering the soldiers' spirits.
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From there we will cross the
strait and head toward Ezo.
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Ezo
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We shall build a new country there!
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The battles in Ezo will probably
be fiercer than anything we've faced.
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You have done more than
your share of fighting.
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I won't stop anyone who wants out now.
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We will live and die with the Shinsengumi.
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We'll tag along even if you tell us not to!
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You're a group of idiots!
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Hijikata-san!
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Chizuru.
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Sir!
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I want you to stay here.
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Get away from all this fighting.
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I will not allow you to accompany us to Ezo.
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Wh-why not?
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Don't let us bind you down
more than we already have.
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Go search for your own future...
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...and live.
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No... Hijikata-san!
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Wait! Hijikata-san!
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That's an order from the
commander of the Shinsengumi.
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October 1868. Hijikata-san and
the others set sail for Ezo.
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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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It's not as though I followed them
because I wanted their protection.
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I wanted to stay with Hijikata-san and...
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Chizuru...
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Next time
The Blooming
Hepatica
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