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6 - Howling from the Darkness

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    Serizawa-san, it’s me, Kondou.
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    Enter!
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    I’m coming in.
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    I believe you called for us.
[00:22] ---
    Yeah.
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    You see, we have a great
    idea for how to remedy
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    the Roshigumi’s need for more men.
[00:30] ---
    My! What do you have in mind?
[00:36] ---
    The Shogunate sent this
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    practitioner of Western medicine to us.
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    He is Kodo Yukimura-dono.
[00:43] ---
    The Shogunate sent him?
[00:44] ---
    Indeed.
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    Under the Shogunate’s orders,
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    Yukimura-dono and I began advancing
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    the preparations some time back.
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    When exactly was “some time back”?
[00:59] ---
    It was some time ago.
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    So what is this excellent idea?
[01:11] ---
    Ow!
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    That’s enough, cur.
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    Remove yourself.
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    Fine!
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    They’re taking forever...
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    Whatcha think Kondou-san and
[02:57] ---
    the others are talkin’ about?
[02:59] ---
    Orders from the Shogunate, eh?
[03:00] ---
    This smells fishy!
[03:02] ---
    We have Isami-san and Toshi-san.
[03:05] ---
    I doubt things will turn out poorly.
[03:08] ---
    We should leave this in their hands.
[03:11] ---
    Ibuki-kun, shouldn’t you be
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    massaging Serizawa-san’s shoulders?
[03:16] ---
    He told me to stay here
    until they finish talking!
[03:36] ---
    Howling from the Darkness
[03:41] ---
    What was with that scream?
[03:44] ---
    Somethin’ serious is goin’ down!
[03:48] ---
    Huh?
[03:49] ---
    What’s wrong?
[03:50] ---
    It won’t open!
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    Damn, what happened to him?!
[03:54] ---
    Toshi! Sannan-kun!
     Don’t let him get out!
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    Right!
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    Move it, Heisuke!
[04:01] ---
    Gen-san, look after things here.
[04:02] ---
    Yeah!
[04:03] ---
    Sano, secure the front.
[04:05] ---
    Got it!
[04:07] ---
    Ibuki-kun!
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    You’ll only get in our
    way if you tag along.
[04:12] ---
    Wh-what was that?!
[04:21] ---
    Wh-what is he?!
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    Humans don’t move like that.
[04:45] ---
    Look out, Souji!
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    If you lack the resolve to kill someone
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    when you draw that, get out of here!
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    Shinpachi!
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    Be careful, Sano!
[05:17] ---
    There’s something weird about him!
[05:32] ---
    Sano-san!
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    His injury--!
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    Run for it, Ryunosuke!
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    Hijikata-san, get away from him! He can--
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    It’s okay.
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    Supposedly you can kill it by
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    piercing its heart or by beheading it.
[06:14] ---
    Is everyone uninjured?
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    Kondou-san!
[06:17] ---
    Are you are all right?
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    Dang, what the heck was that?
[06:32] ---
    If you lack any real resolve,
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    don’t waltz out onto a battlefield.
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    I’ve seen that face somewhere before.
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    Saito, Harada!
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    Sorry, but I need you
    to carry him inside.
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    ’Kay.
[06:58] ---
    Very well.
[07:00] ---
    Everyone, please gather in the hall.
[07:03] ---
    We need to talk.
[07:05] ---
    That includes you, Ibuki.
[07:07] ---
    Huh?
[07:08] ---
    You saw him.
[07:18] ---
    The Bakufu obtained this
    through foreign trade.
[07:22] ---
    This medicine is called
    the “Water of Life.”
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    If you drink this, your abilities in
    battle will substantially increase.
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    At the same time, you will obtain
    remarkable healing abilities.
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    But on the other hand, you will lose
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    the power of thought and your sanity.
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    Meaning that it isn’t full
    of nothing but perks, eh?
[07:43] ---
    Indeed. To top it off,
    they can only exercise
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    those powers in the dark.
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    We call those who drink the medicine
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    and exhibit these powers “furies.”
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    The way he looked...
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    He was definitely a fury.
[08:00] ---
    I remember! That was Iesato!
[08:03] ---
    That’s right.
[08:05] ---
    Iesato...?
[08:08] ---
    Wasn’t he one of the
    guys who left Edo with us?
[08:11] ---
    You used one of our pals to test
    out some crazy medicine?!
[08:17] ---
    He was supposed to slice open
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    his gut for breaking the code.
[08:21] ---
    It’s the same punishment.
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    That’s no excuse!
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    He didn’t get to die by seppuku!
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    That is the only difference.
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    Serizawa-san, I am against
    experimenting with this medicine.
[08:36] ---
    When Iesato became a fury,
    he didn’t recognize us at all!
[08:41] ---
    I am of like mind.
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    But according to Yukimura-dono,
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    there is still plenty
    of room for improvement.
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    And to test it out,
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    you’d have to experiment
    on another person again!
[08:54] ---
    The Shogunate ordered us to do this!
[08:56] ---
    There is no need to obey
    an unreasonable order.
[09:00] ---
    Generally, warriors consider
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    obeying orders from the
    Shogun to be virtuous,
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    even if they are unreasonable orders.
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    Serizawa-san, you...!
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    Although I don’t expect one not born
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    into a warrior family to understand.
[09:20] ---
    What was that?!
[09:21] ---
    Toshi!
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    Considering our current standing,
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    we cannot ignore the will of the Shogunate.
[09:29] ---
    Sannan-san...!
[09:32] ---
    However, if there is still
    room for improvement,
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    I feel it would be wise for Niimi-san to
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    step down from his position as chief
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    and concentrate on his
    research so that there
[09:46] ---
    is not a repeat of what just happened.
[09:48] ---
    What?! Th-that’s absurd!
[09:51] ---
    I-I could never step down--
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    Very well.
[09:54] ---
    S-Serizawa-sensei!
[10:00] ---
    V-very well.
[10:02] ---
    Then Niimi-san and Kodo-san will
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    conduct experiments on the medicine.
[10:06] ---
    I shall offer you my assistance.
[10:11] ---
    Everyone is dismissed for tonight.
[10:14] ---
    Do not tell others about this.
[10:17] ---
    Got that?
[10:20] ---
    Is that a letter from Toku-san in Edo?
[10:23] ---
    Yeah.
[10:25] ---
    As always, she says
    to take care of myself
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    and not to go losing my temper
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    and picking fights with our soldiers.
[10:33] ---
    It’s the same as always.
[10:35] ---
    My big sis is still treating
    me like a little kid!
[10:40] ---
    She’s worried about you.
[10:43] ---
    I wish she’d have a
    bit more faith in me...
[10:53] ---
    What is the matter?
[10:56] ---
    How am I supposed to respond?
[10:59] ---
    Even though I got to stay in Kyoto,
[11:01] ---
    Serizawa-san has been carrying
    us through everything.
[11:04] ---
    Toshi-san?
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    In the end, I haven’t accomplished
    a damn thing on my own.
[11:11] ---
    To top it off,
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    now we’re stuck relying
    on some eerie medicine.
[11:16] ---
    We’re even sacrificing men...
[11:19] ---
    That isn’t your fault, Toshi-san!
[11:22] ---
    At this rate,
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    the Roshigumi is going to
    turn into some shady organization.
[11:26] ---
    We’re going down a direction that
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    differs from what we were aiming for.
[11:31] ---
    We can’t keep on as we have.
[11:34] ---
    I still lack resolve...
[11:39] ---
    I’m not one to chastise Ibuki, am I?
[11:44] ---
    Toshi-san...
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    There is no need for you
    to bear this on your own.
[11:49] ---
    Gen-san...
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    We will help you bear
    these heavy burdens.
[11:54] ---
    We will accompany you
    no matter where you go.
[11:58] ---
    Thanks.
[12:00] ---
    Bluntly put, the Shogunate and
[12:03] ---
    the Aizu Domain want to
[12:04] ---
    use us to do their dirty work, right?
[12:07] ---
    That is the extent of
    our worth at present.
[12:11] ---
    Sannan-san, are you okay with this?!
[12:14] ---
    Can you keep your cool if one of your
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    buddies get turned into a monster?!
[12:18] ---
    Do you think I am okay with this?
[12:32] ---
    Damn it!
[12:33] ---
    
[12:38] ---
    Oh, Ibuki-kun! I’d like
    you to join us in the hall.
[12:42] ---
    Can’t. Niimi-san sent me over to drop
[12:45] ---
    this off with Sannan-san.
[12:47] ---
    Then this works out well!
[12:48] ---
    Sannan-kun and the others
    are all waiting in the hall.
[12:53] ---
    We’re greeting the new recruits.
[12:59] ---
    Long time no see, Nagakura-san.
[13:04] ---
    Oh, it’s you!
[13:06] ---
    What is it, Shinpachi?
[13:08] ---
    You know him?
[13:09] ---
    Yeah. Back in Edo
[13:11] ---
    we attended the
    Shingyoto-style dojo together.
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    My name is Kai Shimada.
[13:18] ---
    I was studying the spear at a dojo
[13:21] ---
    in Osaka until just the other day.
[13:21] ---
    What’re you doing here?
[13:23] ---
    Beats me!
[13:23] ---
    I heard that the Roshigumi
    was recruiting, so...
[13:24] ---
    Kondou-san said I should
    make their acquaintance
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    since we’ll be living in
    the headquarters together.
[13:27] ---
    We’ll be a hundred men
    stronger with you by our side!
[13:29] ---
    It’s a pleasure being here!
[13:32] ---
    Okay, next!
[13:34] ---
    I am Susumu Yamazaki.
[13:37] ---
    It is a pleasure to
    make your acquaintance.
[13:39] ---
    Weren’t you born in Osaka?
[13:41] ---
    Sir! My father was an acupuncturist.
[13:45] ---
    So do you possess medical knowledge?
[13:48] ---
    A little.
[13:49] ---
    Great!
[13:50] ---
    We may need to make use
    of that knowledge someday.
[13:54] ---
    Sir!
[13:55] ---
    Okay, next!
[13:57] ---
    Sir! I am Katsuji Kawashima.
[13:59] ---
    It is a pleasure to meet you!
[14:02] ---
    This is everyone, right?
[14:05] ---
    Once you join the Roshigumi,
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    regardless of your birth and rearing
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    we will treat your like warriors.
[14:12] ---
    Are you ready for this?
[14:14] ---
    Sir!
[14:16] ---
    From here out, let’s combine our forces
[14:17] ---
    By the way, why isn’t
    Serizawa-san here?
[14:18] ---
    to crackdown on the rogue samurai
[14:20] ---
    who are disturbing the peace in Kyoto.
[14:21] ---
    Apparently he said he would leave
    everything to Chief Kondou.
[14:24] ---
    Guys, I want you to maintain
    an indomitable resolve.
[14:25] ---
    No matter who joins,
[14:27] ---
    it doesn’t matter to that man.
[14:30] ---
    I’m counting on you!
[14:32] ---
    Sir!
[14:35] ---
    It is well known that the
    rogue samurai’s main base
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    has moved from Kyoto to Osaka since the
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    Kyoto Military Commissioner
    was put into office last year.
[14:47] ---
    As such, rather than pursue essentially
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    fruitless patrols in Kyoto,
[14:52] ---
    couldn’t we earn merits
    faster by visiting Osaka
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    and arresting some ronin?
[14:59] ---
    Fruitless patro--
[15:01] ---
    You may be right.
[15:03] ---
    Let’s prepare to leave
    for Osaka right away.
[15:07] ---
    I will let you decide who is coming.
[15:10] ---
    Very well.
[15:12] ---
    Make sure to select men who can kill.
[15:17] ---
    Okay...
[15:19] ---
    Dog, you’re coming as well.
[15:22] ---
    Huh?
[15:23] ---
    But I don’t think I’d
    be of much help if I went.
[15:27] ---
    If you don’t come,
[15:30] ---
    who will carry my luggage?
[15:34] ---
    The least you could do
    is carry your own crap!
[15:36] ---
    What was that?!
[15:39] ---
    Master, I shall accompany you!
[15:42] ---
    I have some work I would like
    Ibuki-san to attend to here.
[15:46] ---
    Humph!
[15:48] ---
    Do as you wish.
[16:01] ---
    What was it you wanted
    me to take care of?
[16:04] ---
    Oh, that was a lie.
[16:06] ---
    A lie?
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    If I didn’t say that,
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    the master would
    have forced you to go with him.
[16:13] ---
    So you’re sacrificing
    yourself for me...?
[16:16] ---
    It’s nothing that grand!
[16:19] ---
    Please relax and spread your
    wings while we’re in Osaka.
[16:26] ---
    Hirama-san, thank you.
[16:28] ---
    Serizawa-sama and the others
    are departing for Osaka?
[16:35] ---
    Yukimura-dono!
[16:37] ---
    I’ve been eagerly
    awaiting your arrival!
[16:39] ---
    I could use your advice
    on something today.
[16:42] ---
    Okay.
[16:43] ---
    Come, come. Please, come inside!
[16:44] ---
    It’s freaky how happy Niimi-san is.
[16:47] ---
    That’s because Sannan-san,
    who’d always
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    voice his opposition, left for Osaka.
[16:52] ---
    Heisuke!
[16:57] ---
    Please keep an eye on
    Niimi-san and Kodo-san.
[16:59] ---
    What?
[17:01] ---
    Niimi-san intends to get the jump
    on us
[17:04] ---
    while Sannan-san is away
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    and proceed with the
    experiments with Kodo-san.
[17:10] ---
    No kidding.
[17:12] ---
    I can’t leave Kyoto,
[17:14] ---
    so I had Sannan-san go to Osaka.
[17:17] ---
    But I don’t intend to let
    them do as they please.
[17:20] ---
    So you had me stay rather
    than go to Osaka because...
[17:24] ---
    I can only entrust this job
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    with someone who knows about
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    the Water of Life and furies and is
    also a trustworthy companion.
[17:31] ---
    Got it!
[17:32] ---
    So it wasn’t because you
    lacked faith in my abilities!
[17:36] ---
    Of course not!
[17:37] ---
    So that means you don’t
[17:39] ---
    want to rely on that
    medicine either, right?
[17:42] ---
    You’re being too loud.
[17:44] ---
    Oh, sorry.
[17:45] ---
    Harada and I are going to the
    magistrate’s office now.
[17:49] ---
    I’m counting on you.
[17:51] ---
    Leave them to me!
[17:56] ---
    I am leaving now.
[17:58] ---
    Okay.
[18:05] ---
    I’ll walk you home.
[18:07] ---
    It’d suck if you got attacked by
    rogue samurai on your way back.
[18:12] ---
    No, I will be fine.
[18:15] ---
    I appreciate your concern.
[18:18] ---
    Is your research progressing any?
[18:20] ---
    This is not something that will
    produce results overnight.
[18:27] ---
    It would appear you think poorly of our
[18:32] ---
    conducting research on the Water of Life.
[18:36] ---
    Yeah. I understand our situation.
[18:40] ---
    But even so,
[18:41] ---
    I don’t want my
    friends to take that medicine.
[18:44] ---
    Indeed, it is not
    something we should use.
[18:48] ---
    However, it is also a fact that
    countless lives will be saved
[18:54] ---
    by that medicine’s powers.
[18:57] ---
    Save lives?
[18:58] ---
    With a medicine that
    turns people into monsters?
[19:01] ---
    Any who lose everything due to
    their own powerlessness think,
[19:07] ---
    “If only I had more power.”
[19:13] ---
    The power obtained through
    the Water of Life is fake.
[19:17] ---
    It may not be true power,
[19:20] ---
    yet even if it is fake,
[19:23] ---
    there are things you can protect
[19:25] ---
    so long as you possess it.
[19:28] ---
    Do you have a reason for
    seeking greater power?
[19:32] ---
    I cannot say. I am simply a doctor.
[19:36] ---
    If the power you seek brings us harm,
[19:44] ---
    I will kill you on the spot!
[19:48] ---
    Everyone has their own position,
    ideas and ambitions!
[19:52] ---
    It’s nice when you can talk things out,
[19:54] ---
    but when you can’t...
[19:56] ---
    When two adamant wills clash,
    fighting is the only option.
[20:01] ---
    That’s what I think.
[20:04] ---
    Even so, if possible...
[20:06] ---
    I don’t want
    to kill someone if I don’t have to.
[20:10] ---
    I think it’d be great if
    I never had to kill anyone.
[20:15] ---
    Farewell.
[20:26] ---
    If you lack the resolve to kill
[20:27] ---
    someone when you draw
    that, get out of here!
[20:31] ---
    If you lack any real resolve,
[20:33] ---
    don’t waltz out onto a battlefield.
[20:37] ---
    What do I have...?
SIGN    Several Days Later
[20:44] ---
    Serizawa-san!
[20:45] ---
    A moment please!
[20:47] ---
    Quit harping!
[20:52] ---
    Move it, cur!
[20:54] ---
    Ow!
[21:05] ---
    Welcome back, Kondou-san.
[21:10] ---
    Shinpatsu, did you have any luck?
[21:21] ---
    Sannan-san, did something happen?
[21:25] ---
    There was a scuffle with some
[21:28] ---
    unarmed sumo wrestlers in Osaka...
[21:30] ---
    A scuffle?
[21:34] ---
    Serizawa-san and Okita-kun...
[21:47] ---
    ...struck down the wrestlers.
[21:50] ---
    They what?!
[23:26] ---
    Why, exactly, are you here?
[23:29] ---
    I’m here to make Kondou-san
[23:30] ---
    the head warrior in the
    fight for a just cause.
[23:33] ---
    Hijikata, you must become a devil!
[23:38] ---
    Oath Made on the Wind
    Blowing Over the Grass