5 - Opposing Blades

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SIGN    August, 1964
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    So, Itou-san in the Shinsengumi, huh?
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    He's a gifted swordsman,
    and a splendid debater,
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    which both Heisuke and
    Sannan-kun acknowledge.
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    Yes. But Itou-san is an
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    imperial nationalist of
    the Mito City tradition.
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    Can he fit in with us Shinsengumi?
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    What? If you speak to
    him of our purpose,
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    he's sure to join forces with us.
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    Heisuke.
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    You were Itou-sensei's fellow pupil.
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    I'd ask you to speak with him.
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    I will make for Edo later.
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    Yeah. Got it.
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    Um, Saito-san!
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    What is it?
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    May I go speak to those
    people there for a bit?
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    They may know of my father.
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    We can't spare much time, though.
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    Sir!
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    You all right, Yukimura?
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    Sir.
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    If you feel ill, say something soon.
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    Huh?
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    We can't have you push yourself
    so hard that you collapse.
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    Chizuru!
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    Heisuke-kun.
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    What is it? Why are
    you dressed like that?
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    Will you tell me where
    your house in Edo is?
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    Huh? Yes, but... Why?
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    I have to go to Edo for
    member recruitment.
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    Member recruitment?
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    Yeah. People have started to
    respect the things we've done,
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    so the area we protect
    has been expanded.
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    Is that so? Amazing!
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    I'll investigate Kodo-san as much
    as I can, too,
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    so hold out hope.
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    Yeah! Okay, hold on a minute.
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    If you make it to my neighborhood
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    and mention Yukimura the Western doctor,
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    everyone is sure to know him.
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    Okay.
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    Well, thank you very much.
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    Okay, I'm off.
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    Take care of yourself.
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    Yeah.
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    Episode 5
    Opposing Blades
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    I'll put your tea here.
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    Yeah. Sorry.
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    Um, where's Sannan-san?
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    It looks like he's doing
    a little investigating.
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    Is that so?
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    Then, tea would be better once
    he's gotten back.
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    I made too much.
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    Just leave it there.
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    Someone will drink it later.
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    Oh, really?
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    It's salty.
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    Whoa! This sucks!
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    Souji, you made this, right?!
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    You don't have to say it like that!
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    Anyway, I'm the one who boiled the
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    vegetables and flavored
    them with soy sauce.
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    I don't think it's nasty or anything...
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    Saito? What's wrong?
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    I'm going to rinse this this off.
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    Too much sodium isn't
    good for one's health.
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    Me, too.
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    Well, I guess I'll rinse
    this off a bit, too.
SIGN    1864, Autumn - Edo
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    Right now, our country
    requires a great and
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    organized power to fight
    the foreign barbarians.
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    However, the shogunal vassals that
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    should be racing to
    protect the Bakufu are...
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    They've become used to 200-plus
    years of tranquil life,
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    and are mere cowards.
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    It is truly deplorable.
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    Luckily, however, warriors
    of conviction still exist.
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    Such as we of the Ito Dojo.
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    And your Shinsengumi, Commander Kondou.
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    The foreign barbarians press forward,
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    and I believe we must join forces,
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    work with one another
    to protect our country.
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    I agree!
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    The foreigners must go.
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    Let's pledge our lives,
    fight together on this.
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    Ito-sensei!
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    Sannan-san? You still awake?
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    Is that you, Okita-kun? You may enter.
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    Diligent, aren't you?
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    You won't get anywhere if you get
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    sick doing all this research, though.
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    No need to worry.
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    I've been sick for some time now.
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    In any case, look at this.
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    I've improved the Water of Life.
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    Theoretically, this should have
    reduced side effects.
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    Feel like trying it?
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    If you feel confident, I won't stop you.
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    I find myself hesitant for some reason.
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    Well, if you fail, I'll do
    you a favor and kill you.
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    My, that's reassuring.
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    Well, anyway, what do you say?
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    Want some?
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    Saké? That sounds better for my body.
SIGN    October, 1864
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    Itou-dono!
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    We've awaited you.
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    I'm humbled you came to greet
    us in person, Commander.
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    So that's Kashitaro Itou.
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    Apparently he's achieved full
    mastery of the Itto style.
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    I heard Saito-san espoused
    imperial nationalist philosophy.
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    I'm surprised he'd have his name
    associated with the Shinsengumi.
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    The same mindset as
    those Choshu guys, huh?
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    Can someone like that
    get along well with us?
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    Itou-san is highly educated
    and a gifted speaker.
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    Ah! So, Sannan-san, you know...?
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    Sannan-san is becoming less and
    less congenial lately, huh?
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    Yeah. He hardly ever
    talks these days, either.
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    Well, he never was the kind of person
    to engage in idle chatter...
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    Ow!
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    Chizuru.
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    Bring the saké to the
    room once it's warmed.
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    Oh. I'll be there soon.
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    I got word from Heisuke.
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    Huh?
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    Apparently, he went to your home.
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    There was no sign that
    Kodo-san had returned.
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    Heisuke will stay in Edo a while longer.
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    He'll let us know if he finds any clues.
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    Is that so?
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    Thank you very much.
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    Yeah.
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    This is wonderful.
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    I'm thrilled to have added
    more men to our ranks.
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    Even more so that they have such skill.
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    Oh, not at all.
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    The Shinsengumi's codes are
    quite strict, are they not?
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    Sannan-san, please be my
    teacher, if you would.
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    Heaven forbid. There's nothing
    I could teach YOU, Itou-san.
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    Itou-san. Come, have another.
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    Thank you very much.
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    Hijikata-san.
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    I've heard the men regard you highly,
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    and that you are a person of action.
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    I would be grateful for your
    support going forward.
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    Pardon me.
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    I've come to collect
    any empty containers.
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    Ah. Thanks.
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    Not at all.
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    Could you, perhaps...?
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    May I help you with something?
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    What, pray, is a person
    like you doing here?
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    Huh?
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    You're not a soldier, are you?
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    Okita-san!
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    A place of men is not
    a place of flowers.
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    But as Itou-san has graced
    us with your presence,
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    I thought I'd give you
    something for the eyes...
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    Yes, it's lovely.
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    Cutting it with a sword is rather
    heavy-handed, however.
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    Being somewhat heavy-handed is a
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    hallmark of the Tennen Rishin style.
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    You! There's still cleaning up
    to do, right?
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    Hurry back.
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    Sir!
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    Thank you for the flower, Okita-san.
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    It's gone fast, hasn't it?
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    It's already more than a year
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    since you've joined us, Yukimura-kun.
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    Oh. It's been that long.
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    So much has happened since I came
    to Kyoto looking for my father.
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    But I still don't know where he is.
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    Thank you.
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    Huh?
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    Though a guest, you've been entrusted
    with many responsibilities.
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    You've truly been a help.
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    I'm happy to have been of use.
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    We expect our ranks to swell again.
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    I think it would be best to look
    for new headquarters, fast.
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    The men look like they've got it rough,
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    sleeping together all in a huddle.
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    But can you think of
    any place that might
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    welcome US, the Shinsengumi?
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    It would make things
    easier if we could...
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    Nishi Hongwanji Temple.
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    Huh?
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    Nishi Hongwanji Temple is
    a hiding place for outlaw,
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    rogue samurai such as the Choshu.
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    I can't imagine they
    would simply accept us.
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    None of that matters!
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    Up till now, Choshu
    has been using temples
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    and priests as pretexts to
    do what they want, right?
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    If it comes to it, we will use
    force to make them consent.
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    Don't you think it unseemly
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    to use martial force to repress
    the actions of priests?
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    Well, that's true.
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    It may be as you say, Sannan-san.
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    Toshi's opinion is sound,
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    but Sannan-kun's
    thoughts make sense as well.
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    Nishi Hongwanji. Is it not good?
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    I have done some searching as well.
SIGN    Proposal - Nishi Hongwanji Temple as HQ
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    Its location and conditions make
    it an ideal headquarters.
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    As Hijikata-san mentioned,
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    making a temple our base will also
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    let us clamp down on Choshu.
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    True, Choshu would lose one
    of their hiding places.
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    Well, I'm sure the priests
    won't be too happy,
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    but being at Nishi Hongwanji
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    would make it easy for
    us to move if we had to.
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    Yeah, but still...
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    However!
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    A cause bereft of justice
    can only lead to ruin.
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    Sannan-san.
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    As always, you are a deep thinker,
    aren't you?
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    However...
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    Pushing things forward requires
    forceful and bold tactics.
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    I understand your wish to be
    play things safe, however.
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    "Safe"?
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    It seems your left arm
    has become unusable.
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    You may have become unable
    to live as a swordsman,
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    but you should not concern
    yourself with it.
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    Your wits and thoughtfulness
    seem more than
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    enough to continue to aid the Shinsengumi.
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    Just what do you mean
    by this, Itou-san?!
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    Sannan-san is, as you
    say, a gifted theorist.
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    However, he is still needed by the
    Shinsengumi as a swordsman!
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    Hijikata-kun.
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    My arm is...
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    Oh, dear. That was quite rude of me.
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    The most important thing
    is that your arm heals.
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    We've had some differing opinions,
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    but I say we proceed with
    Nishi Hongwanji Temple.
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    Through the addition
    of a gifted officer,
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    the deputy commander has been
    relieved of his duties.
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    Sannan-san has had it rough, huh?
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    The other soldiers have been
    steering clear of him.
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    "Steering clear"?
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    Because he has the same
    attitude with everyone.
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    The soldiers are scared
    and won't go near him.
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    He wasn't that way back
    in the old days, huh?
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    He was kind, looked out for others...
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    Was calm and friendly...
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    On the surface.
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    But inside, his heart was pitch black.
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    Yup. Pitch black.
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    Unless we joke about it...
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    We just can't do it, can we?
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    Still, that bastard Itou...
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    His way with words really pisses me off.
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    Like he's putting on airs,
    or looking down at others.
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    I don't like him, either.
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    Though I acknowledge him as
    a very talented swordsman.
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    I can't stomach him!
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    So, Hijikata-san, take
    him back for a refund.
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    Be like, "The Shinsengumi
    don't need this."
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    Kondou-san wouldn't
    allow that, would he?
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    It's like he's infatuated with the guy.
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    Jeez, you're useless, aren't you?
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    Doing the unreasonable is your job,
    Mr. Devil Vice Commander.
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    Then Souji, why don't YOU
    become vice commander?
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    No way, that's too much work.
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    Saito-san, do you not
    care for Itou-san either?
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    Having men of different thinking join
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    us will diversify our organization.
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    However, if we try to FORCE diversity,
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    it could cause things
    to collapse from within.
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    Sannan-san...
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    Through the addition
    of a gifted officer,
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    the deputy commander has been
    relieved of his duties.
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    All we can do is have him take
    medicine or something, huh?
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    Just what medicine was it that
    Okita-san was taking?
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    Sannan-san!
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    Where is he going at this hour?
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    I never thought I'd be found out by YOU.
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    I hadn't dreamed of it, Yukimura-kun.
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    Sannan-san...
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    Please, come in.
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    Are you wondering about THIS?
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    What is that?
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    It's medicine that
    your father, Kodo-san,
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    made by secret order of the Bakufu.
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    Apparently, it was originally
    brought over from the West...
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    A secret medicine that could
    dramatically change humanity.
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    A dramatic change, you say?
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    Yes. To put it simply, an increase
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    in muscle strength and
    healing properties.
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    However, it had a fatal flaw.
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    Those who were administered
    the medicine...
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    You've seen them with your own eyes.
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    Having been given the medicine,
    they lost all reason,
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    became bloodthirsty monsters.
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    Kodo-san worked to improve this medicine
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    using the Shinsengumi as his proving grounds.
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    It can't be!
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    My father's experiments
    brought people to ruin?
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    But, unfortunately, he went missing and
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    research on the medicine was halted.
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    Using the notes he left behind,
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    I contributed what I could to make THIS.
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    If I take it, my arm may become healed.
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    If I've successfully
    prepared the elixir.
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    "May," you say? It's too dangerous.
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    Even without that, Sannan-san, you--
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    If I don't use this,
    my arm will never heal!
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    I'm already useless as a human being!
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    That's not true at all!
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    Everyone thinks
    highly of your kindness!
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    So, please...
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    To die as a swordsman...
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    If you're telling me to simply
    keep living, as a corpse,
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    please let me die as a man.
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    Sannan-san!
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    Sannan-san?
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    Stay back.
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    Are you all right?
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    Sannan-san...
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    Since before there was a Shinsengumi,
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    he's been like a big brother to me.
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    We need Sannan-san.
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    We can't lose him.
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    Next time
    The Devils' Existence
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