# 5 - Opposing Blades
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***SIGN*** August, 1964
**[00:04] Default**
So, Itou-san in the Shinsengumi, huh?
**[00:07] Default**
He's a gifted swordsman,
and a splendid debater,
**[00:12] Default**
which both Heisuke and
Sannan-kun acknowledge.
**[00:15] Default**
Yes. But Itou-san is an
**[00:17] ---**
imperial nationalist of
the Mito City tradition.
**[00:20] Default**
Can he fit in with us Shinsengumi?
**[00:23] Default**
What? If you speak to
him of our purpose,
**[00:26] ---**
he's sure to join forces with us.
**[00:29] Default**
Heisuke.
**[00:30] Default**
You were Itou-sensei's fellow pupil.
**[00:33] Default**
I'd ask you to speak with him.
**[00:35] Default**
I will make for Edo later.
**[00:37] Default**
Yeah. Got it.
**[00:38] ---**
**[02:28] Default**
Um, Saito-san!
**[02:33] Default**
What is it?
**[02:34] Default**
May I go speak to those
people there for a bit?
**[02:39] Default**
They may know of my father.
**[02:43] Default**
We can't spare much time, though.
**[02:46] Default**
Sir!
**[02:56] Default**
You all right, Yukimura?
**[02:58] Default**
Sir.
**[02:59] Default**
If you feel ill, say something soon.
**[03:01] Default**
Huh?
**[03:03] Default**
We can't have you push yourself
so hard that you collapse.
**[03:21] Default**
Chizuru!
**[03:23] Default**
Heisuke-kun.
**[03:25] Default**
What is it? Why are
you dressed like that?
**[03:27] Default**
Will you tell me where
your house in Edo is?
**[03:30] Default**
Huh? Yes, but... Why?
**[03:33] Default**
I have to go to Edo for
member recruitment.
**[03:37] Default**
Member recruitment?
**[03:38] Default**
Yeah. People have started to
respect the things we've done,
**[03:43] Default**
so the area we protect
has been expanded.
**[03:45] Default**
Is that so? Amazing!
**[03:48] Default**
I'll investigate Kodo-san as much
as I can, too,
**[03:52] ---**
so hold out hope.
**[03:53] Default**
Yeah! Okay, hold on a minute.
**[03:57] Default**
If you make it to my neighborhood
**[03:59] ---**
and mention Yukimura the Western doctor,
**[04:02] Default**
everyone is sure to know him.
**[04:04] Default**
Okay.
**[04:06] Default**
Well, thank you very much.
**[04:09] Default**
Okay, I'm off.
**[04:11] Default**
Take care of yourself.
**[04:12] Default**
Yeah.
**[04:15] Default**
Episode 5
Opposing Blades
**[04:21] Default**
I'll put your tea here.
**[04:23] Default**
Yeah. Sorry.
**[04:25] Default**
Um, where's Sannan-san?
**[04:27] Default**
It looks like he's doing
a little investigating.
**[04:30] Default**
Is that so?
**[04:32] ---**
Then, tea would be better once
he's gotten back.
**[04:35] ---**
I made too much.
**[04:37] Default**
Just leave it there.
**[04:38] ---**
Someone will drink it later.
**[04:40] Default**
Oh, really?
**[04:42] Default**
It's salty.
**[04:44] Default**
Whoa! This sucks!
**[04:47] Default**
Souji, you made this, right?!
**[04:49] Default**
You don't have to say it like that!
**[04:52] Default**
Anyway, I'm the one who boiled the
**[04:54] ---**
vegetables and flavored
them with soy sauce.
**[04:57] Default**
I don't think it's nasty or anything...
**[05:03] Default**
Saito? What's wrong?
**[05:06] Default**
I'm going to rinse this this off.
**[05:07] Default**
Too much sodium isn't
good for one's health.
**[05:15] Default**
Me, too.
**[05:26] Default**
Well, I guess I'll rinse
this off a bit, too.
***SIGN*** 1864, Autumn - Edo
**[05:35] Default**
Right now, our country
requires a great and
**[05:38] ---**
organized power to fight
the foreign barbarians.
**[05:41] Default**
However, the shogunal vassals that
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should be racing to
protect the Bakufu are...
**[05:46] Default**
They've become used to 200-plus
years of tranquil life,
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and are mere cowards.
**[05:52] Default**
It is truly deplorable.
**[05:55] Default**
Luckily, however, warriors
of conviction still exist.
**[05:59] Default**
Such as we of the Ito Dojo.
**[06:02] Default**
And your Shinsengumi, Commander Kondou.
**[06:07] Default**
The foreign barbarians press forward,
**[06:10] ---**
and I believe we must join forces,
**[06:12] Default**
work with one another
to protect our country.
**[06:16] Default**
I agree!
**[06:17] Default**
The foreigners must go.
**[06:22] Default**
Let's pledge our lives,
fight together on this.
**[06:26] Default**
Ito-sensei!
**[06:42] Default**
Sannan-san? You still awake?
**[06:45] Default**
Is that you, Okita-kun? You may enter.
**[06:50] Default**
Diligent, aren't you?
**[06:52] ---**
You won't get anywhere if you get
**[06:54] ---**
sick doing all this research, though.
**[06:56] Default**
No need to worry.
**[06:57] ---**
I've been sick for some time now.
**[07:01] Default**
In any case, look at this.
**[07:03] Default**
I've improved the Water of Life.
**[07:05] Default**
Theoretically, this should have
reduced side effects.
**[07:09] Default**
Feel like trying it?
**[07:11] ---**
If you feel confident, I won't stop you.
**[07:14] Default**
I find myself hesitant for some reason.
**[07:17] Default**
Well, if you fail, I'll do
you a favor and kill you.
**[07:21] Default**
My, that's reassuring.
**[07:23] Default**
Well, anyway, what do you say?
**[07:25] ---**
Want some?
**[07:27] Default**
Saké? That sounds better for my body.
***SIGN*** October, 1864
**[07:35] Default**
Itou-dono!
**[07:36] Default**
We've awaited you.
**[07:39] Default**
I'm humbled you came to greet
us in person, Commander.
**[07:43] Default**
So that's Kashitaro Itou.
**[07:45] ---**
Apparently he's achieved full
mastery of the Itto style.
**[07:48] Default**
I heard Saito-san espoused
imperial nationalist philosophy.
**[07:52] Default**
I'm surprised he'd have his name
associated with the Shinsengumi.
**[07:55] Default**
The same mindset as
those Choshu guys, huh?
**[07:59] Default**
Can someone like that
get along well with us?
**[08:03] Default**
Itou-san is highly educated
and a gifted speaker.
**[08:09] Default**
Ah! So, Sannan-san, you know...?
**[08:14] Default**
Sannan-san is becoming less and
less congenial lately, huh?
**[08:18] Default**
Yeah. He hardly ever
talks these days, either.
**[08:23] Default**
Well, he never was the kind of person
to engage in idle chatter...
**[08:29] Default**
Ow!
**[08:30] Default**
Chizuru.
**[08:32] ---**
Bring the saké to the
room once it's warmed.
**[08:34] Default**
Oh. I'll be there soon.
**[08:39] Default**
I got word from Heisuke.
**[08:41] Default**
Huh?
**[08:42] Default**
Apparently, he went to your home.
**[08:45] Default**
There was no sign that
Kodo-san had returned.
**[08:48] Default**
Heisuke will stay in Edo a while longer.
**[08:51] Default**
He'll let us know if he finds any clues.
**[08:54] Default**
Is that so?
**[08:57] ---**
Thank you very much.
**[08:59] Default**
Yeah.
**[09:03] Default**
This is wonderful.
**[09:05] ---**
I'm thrilled to have added
more men to our ranks.
**[09:07] Default**
Even more so that they have such skill.
**[09:10] Default**
Oh, not at all.
**[09:15] Default**
The Shinsengumi's codes are
quite strict, are they not?
**[09:19] Default**
Sannan-san, please be my
teacher, if you would.
**[09:22] Default**
Heaven forbid. There's nothing
I could teach YOU, Itou-san.
**[09:26] Default**
Itou-san. Come, have another.
**[09:30] Default**
Thank you very much.
**[09:33] Default**
Hijikata-san.
**[09:35] Default**
I've heard the men regard you highly,
**[09:37] ---**
and that you are a person of action.
**[09:39] Default**
I would be grateful for your
support going forward.
**[09:44] Default**
Pardon me.
**[09:47] Default**
I've come to collect
any empty containers.
**[09:49] Default**
Ah. Thanks.
**[09:51] Default**
Not at all.
**[10:00] Default**
Could you, perhaps...?
**[10:04] Default**
May I help you with something?
**[10:07] Default**
What, pray, is a person
like you doing here?
**[10:11] Default**
Huh?
**[10:12] Default**
You're not a soldier, are you?
**[10:20] Default**
Okita-san!
**[10:28] Default**
A place of men is not
a place of flowers.
**[10:32] Default**
But as Itou-san has graced
us with your presence,
**[10:35] Default**
I thought I'd give you
something for the eyes...
**[10:39] Default**
Yes, it's lovely.
**[10:43] Default**
Cutting it with a sword is rather
heavy-handed, however.
**[10:47] Default**
Being somewhat heavy-handed is a
**[10:50] ---**
hallmark of the Tennen Rishin style.
**[10:54] Default**
You! There's still cleaning up
to do, right?
**[10:57] ---**
Hurry back.
**[10:59] Default**
Sir!
**[11:01] Default**
Thank you for the flower, Okita-san.
**[11:17] Default**
It's gone fast, hasn't it?
**[11:18] ---**
It's already more than a year
**[11:20] ---**
since you've joined us, Yukimura-kun.
**[11:23] Default**
Oh. It's been that long.
**[11:28] Default**
So much has happened since I came
to Kyoto looking for my father.
**[11:39] Default**
But I still don't know where he is.
**[11:43] Default**
Thank you.
**[11:44] Default**
Huh?
**[11:45] Default**
Though a guest, you've been entrusted
with many responsibilities.
**[11:50] ---**
You've truly been a help.
**[11:53] Default**
I'm happy to have been of use.
**[11:59] Default**
We expect our ranks to swell again.
**[12:01] Default**
I think it would be best to look
for new headquarters, fast.
**[12:05] Default**
The men look like they've got it rough,
**[12:07] ---**
sleeping together all in a huddle.
**[12:09] Default**
But can you think of
any place that might
**[12:14] ---**
welcome US, the Shinsengumi?
**[12:18] Default**
It would make things
easier if we could...
**[12:21] Default**
Nishi Hongwanji Temple.
**[12:23] Default**
Huh?
**[12:30] Default**
Nishi Hongwanji Temple is
a hiding place for outlaw,
**[12:33] ---**
rogue samurai such as the Choshu.
**[12:35] Default**
I can't imagine they
would simply accept us.
**[12:39] Default**
None of that matters!
**[12:41] Default**
Up till now, Choshu
has been using temples
**[12:43] ---**
and priests as pretexts to
do what they want, right?
**[12:46] Default**
If it comes to it, we will use
force to make them consent.
**[12:50] Default**
Don't you think it unseemly
**[12:51] ---**
to use martial force to repress
the actions of priests?
**[12:55] Default**
Well, that's true.
**[12:58] Default**
It may be as you say, Sannan-san.
**[13:01] Default**
Toshi's opinion is sound,
**[13:03] ---**
but Sannan-kun's
thoughts make sense as well.
**[13:07] Default**
Nishi Hongwanji. Is it not good?
**[13:11] Default**
I have done some searching as well.
***SIGN*** Proposal - Nishi Hongwanji Temple as HQ
**[13:15] Default**
Its location and conditions make
it an ideal headquarters.
**[13:19] Default**
As Hijikata-san mentioned,
**[13:20] ---**
making a temple our base will also
**[13:23] ---**
let us clamp down on Choshu.
**[13:26] Default**
True, Choshu would lose one
of their hiding places.
**[13:31] Default**
Well, I'm sure the priests
won't be too happy,
**[13:35] ---**
but being at Nishi Hongwanji
**[13:36] Default**
would make it easy for
us to move if we had to.
**[13:39] Default**
Yeah, but still...
**[13:42] Default**
However!
**[13:43] Default**
A cause bereft of justice
can only lead to ruin.
**[13:46] Default**
Sannan-san.
**[13:48] Default**
As always, you are a deep thinker,
aren't you?
**[13:52] ---**
However...
**[13:54] Default**
Pushing things forward requires
forceful and bold tactics.
**[13:59] Default**
I understand your wish to be
play things safe, however.
**[14:03] Default**
"Safe"?
**[14:05] Default**
It seems your left arm
has become unusable.
**[14:10] Default**
You may have become unable
to live as a swordsman,
**[14:13] Default**
but you should not concern
yourself with it.
**[14:16] Default**
Your wits and thoughtfulness
seem more than
**[14:20] ---**
enough to continue to aid the Shinsengumi.
**[14:24] Default**
Just what do you mean
by this, Itou-san?!
**[14:27] Default**
Sannan-san is, as you
say, a gifted theorist.
**[14:31] Default**
However, he is still needed by the
Shinsengumi as a swordsman!
**[14:36] Default**
Hijikata-kun.
**[14:38] Default**
My arm is...
**[14:42] Default**
Oh, dear. That was quite rude of me.
**[14:45] Default**
The most important thing
is that your arm heals.
**[14:55] Default**
We've had some differing opinions,
**[14:57] ---**
but I say we proceed with
Nishi Hongwanji Temple.
**[15:07] Default**
Through the addition
of a gifted officer,
**[15:10] Default**
the deputy commander has been
relieved of his duties.
**[15:17] Default**
Sannan-san has had it rough, huh?
**[15:20] Default**
The other soldiers have been
steering clear of him.
**[15:23] Default**
"Steering clear"?
**[15:24] Default**
Because he has the same
attitude with everyone.
**[15:27] Default**
The soldiers are scared
and won't go near him.
**[15:31] Default**
He wasn't that way back
in the old days, huh?
**[15:34] Default**
He was kind, looked out for others...
**[15:36] Default**
Was calm and friendly...
**[15:39] Default**
On the surface.
**[15:41] Default**
But inside, his heart was pitch black.
**[15:43] Default**
Yup. Pitch black.
**[15:47] Default**
Unless we joke about it...
**[15:50] Default**
We just can't do it, can we?
**[15:52] Default**
Still, that bastard Itou...
**[15:54] Default**
His way with words really pisses me off.
**[15:57] Default**
Like he's putting on airs,
or looking down at others.
**[16:01] Default**
I don't like him, either.
**[16:03] Default**
Though I acknowledge him as
a very talented swordsman.
**[16:07] Default**
I can't stomach him!
**[16:09] Default**
So, Hijikata-san, take
him back for a refund.
**[16:12] Default**
Be like, "The Shinsengumi
don't need this."
**[16:15] Default**
Kondou-san wouldn't
allow that, would he?
**[16:18] Default**
It's like he's infatuated with the guy.
**[16:22] Default**
Jeez, you're useless, aren't you?
**[16:25] Default**
Doing the unreasonable is your job,
Mr. Devil Vice Commander.
**[16:28] Default**
Then Souji, why don't YOU
become vice commander?
**[16:32] Default**
No way, that's too much work.
**[16:37] Default**
Saito-san, do you not
care for Itou-san either?
**[16:42] Default**
Having men of different thinking join
**[16:46] ---**
us will diversify our organization.
**[16:49] Default**
However, if we try to FORCE diversity,
**[16:51] ---**
it could cause things
to collapse from within.
**[17:02] Default**
Sannan-san...
**[17:04] Default**
Through the addition
of a gifted officer,
**[17:07] Default**
the deputy commander has been
relieved of his duties.
**[17:10] Default**
All we can do is have him take
medicine or something, huh?
**[17:18] Default**
Just what medicine was it that
Okita-san was taking?
**[17:37] Default**
Sannan-san!
**[17:40] Default**
Where is he going at this hour?
**[18:31] Default**
I never thought I'd be found out by YOU.
**[18:34] Default**
I hadn't dreamed of it, Yukimura-kun.
**[18:38] Default**
Sannan-san...
**[18:40] Default**
Please, come in.
**[18:48] Default**
Are you wondering about THIS?
**[18:50] Default**
What is that?
**[18:53] Default**
It's medicine that
your father, Kodo-san,
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made by secret order of the Bakufu.
**[18:59] Default**
Apparently, it was originally
brought over from the West...
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A secret medicine that could
dramatically change humanity.
**[19:08] Default**
A dramatic change, you say?
**[19:12] Default**
Yes. To put it simply, an increase
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in muscle strength and
healing properties.
**[19:20] Default**
However, it had a fatal flaw.
**[19:24] Default**
Those who were administered
the medicine...
**[19:27] Default**
You've seen them with your own eyes.
**[19:37] Default**
Having been given the medicine,
they lost all reason,
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became bloodthirsty monsters.
**[19:46] Default**
Kodo-san worked to improve this medicine
**[19:49] ---**
using the Shinsengumi as his proving grounds.
**[19:53] Default**
It can't be!
**[19:54] ---**
My father's experiments
brought people to ruin?
**[19:58] Default**
But, unfortunately, he went missing and
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research on the medicine was halted.
**[20:06] Default**
Using the notes he left behind,
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I contributed what I could to make THIS.
**[20:13] Default**
If I take it, my arm may become healed.
**[20:17] Default**
If I've successfully
prepared the elixir.
**[20:20] Default**
"May," you say? It's too dangerous.
**[20:23] Default**
Even without that, Sannan-san, you--
**[20:26] Default**
If I don't use this,
my arm will never heal!
**[20:30] Default**
I'm already useless as a human being!
**[20:33] Default**
That's not true at all!
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Everyone thinks
highly of your kindness!
**[20:37] ---**
So, please...
**[20:39] Default**
To die as a swordsman...
**[20:41] Default**
If you're telling me to simply
keep living, as a corpse,
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please let me die as a man.
**[20:53] Default**
Sannan-san!
**[21:01] Default**
Sannan-san?
**[21:03] Default**
Stay back.
**[21:07] Default**
Are you all right?
**[21:23] Default**
Sannan-san...
**[23:01] Default**
Since before there was a Shinsengumi,
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he's been like a big brother to me.
**[23:06] Default**
We need Sannan-san.
**[23:10] Default**
We can't lose him.
**[23:12] Default**
Next time
The Devils' Existence
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