E7 - Prevent! The Dissolution of the Shinsengumi

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[00:23] Uchiyama
    Okayo...
[00:24] Uchiyama
    I wish I could've seen you
    dressed all in white...
[00:32] Todo
    Uchiyama Hikojiro?
[00:35] Ichibanboshi
    We drank together. We laughed together.
[00:40] Ichibanboshi
    I thought we were getting along.
    I thought we'd become friends.
[00:47] Gyataro
    So our raid was for nothing.
[00:49] Akira
    On top of that, the Shirakawaya will burn
    to the ground, destroying the evidence.
[00:53] Suzuran
    And the man we were supposed
    to capture alive is dead.
[00:58] Sakuya
    Can we even come back from this failure?
[01:03] Todo
    The Shinsengumi
[01:06] Todo
    will be disbanded.
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    Prevent! The Dissolution of the Shinsengumi
[02:45] Gyataro
    If the Shinsengumi is disbanded,
    we'll go back to being criminals, right?
[02:51] Gyataro
    And then...
[02:53] Bo
    Beheaded.
[02:54] Sogen
    All we can do is wait until
    the official word is given.
[02:58] Suzuran
    We'll get more than a slap on the wrist.
[03:00] Akira
    The Shirakawaya burned to the ground.
[03:02] Akira
    Its connections to the Masked
    Demons went up in flames,
[03:04] Akira
    not to mention the magical swords.
[03:07] Akira
    If only some evidence of their
    kerosene price gouging had remained.
[03:12] Sakuya
    This wouldn't have happened
    if Dumboshi had killed
[03:15] Sakuya
    Rashomaru instead of Uchiyama Hikojiro.
[03:18] Bo
    It's not easy to kill a brother.
[03:21] Gyataro
    Whining about that now won't do any good.
[03:25] Sakuya
    It's the Shinsengumi's mission.
[03:29] Suzuran
    Sakuya-chan, where are you going?
[03:41] (Flashback) Rashomaru
    I used this blade that slew
    our father to kill our mother.
[03:45] (Flashback) Rashomaru
    And that's not all...
[03:47] (Flashback) Rashomaru
    Killing a great many people
     causes me no anguish.
[03:51] (Flashback) Rashomaru
    If anything, I believe it is my true purpose.
[04:01] Ichibanboshi
    Sakuya...
[04:04] Sakuya
    Have you steeled your resolve?
[04:06] Ichibanboshi
    What resolve?
[04:08] Sakuya
    Kill Rashomaru with your own two hands.
[04:13] Katamori
    I'm the one who sought to preserve
    the Shinsengumi, even if it meant
[04:17] Katamori
    recruiting criminals, so peace and
    order could be maintained in Kyoto.
[04:20] Katamori
    But this situation is very bad for us, Todo.
[04:23] Todo
    I have no excuse to offer you.
[04:25] Akizuki
    Ultimately, criminals are criminals.
[04:28] Akizuki
    Katamori, going forward, you should allow
    the Mimawarigumi to protect the capital.
[04:32] Katamori
    Have the Shogun's retainers assembled?
[04:34] Akizuki
    The matter hasn't been decided yet,
[04:36] Akizuki
    but I can't allow a group
    of libertines to continue
[04:39] Akizuki
    tarnishing the Aizu Domain's name.
[04:43] Todo
    It would be an insult to
    the late Commander Kondo
[04:45] Todo
    and the captains if the
    Shinsengumi were disbanded.
[04:48] Todo
    Allow me to commit seppuku instead so that—
[04:51] Akizuki
    What good would it do to kill
    the sole remaining survivor?
[04:54] Katamori
    Todo, this isn't a matter that can be
    resolved by you sacrificing your life.
[04:58] Katamori
    I have no choice but to punish the group.
[05:01] Katamori
    Restore the Shinsengumi's honor.
[05:03] Katamori
    Otherwise, it'll be disbanded.
[05:05] Katamori
    You have three days.
[05:07] Katamori
    Understood?
[05:09] Todo
    Understood.
[05:12] Ichibanboshi
    You want me to kill Tsukito?
[05:15] Sakuya
    The Shinsengumi is in danger of
    being disbanded because of you.
[05:18] Sakuya
    You must distinguish yourself by killing
    Rashomaru, Captain of the Masked Demons.
[05:24] Ichibanboshi
    I know Tsukito better than anyone.
[05:26] Ichibanboshi
    If we could just talk
    things out, I know he—
[05:28] Sakuya
    His name isn't Tsukito!
[05:32] Sakuya
    You're his older brother.
    It's your job to kill him.
[05:34] Sakuya
    Your miserable little brother who
    has lost touch of his humanity.
[05:38] Sakuya
    And if you can't do that, then stay here
    spewing nonsense until the day you die.
SIGN    Sincerity
[05:46] Gyataro
    What? A mere...
[05:48] Bo
    Three days?
[05:50] Suzuran
    We're supposed to achieve
    something in that time?
[05:52] Sogen
    That's rather harsh, coming from Katamori.
[05:55] Akira
    He's practically telling us it's
    inevitable we'll be disbanded.
[05:58] Gyataro
    In any case, let's patrol the city!
[06:00] Bo
    Patrol!
[06:01] Gyataro
    Arrest every last suspicious
    character you see!
[06:03] Akira
    Calm down. Acting rashly
    would be counterproductive.
[06:06] Akira
    The Shinsengumi's already tarnished
    name would be ruined completely.
[06:09] Suzuran
    But we can't afford to waste any time.
[06:12] Sogen
    And we have no leads on how
    we can restore our honor.
[06:15] Sakuya
    I do.
[06:19] Gyataro
    We're in the middle of
    a crisis. Where have you been?
[06:24] Sakuya
    A sword polisher told me
[06:26] Sakuya
    he sharpened Miyabe Teizo's sword yesterday.
[06:30] Todo
    Miyabe is a royalist from the Higo Domain.
[06:33] Todo
    He's an anti-shogunate extremist.
[06:36] Akira
    I thought the anti-shogunate Choshu Domain
[06:39] Akira
    was thrown out of the capital on
    August 18th, when the government changed.
[06:45] Suzuran
    If he's snuck back into the city...
[06:47] Sogen
    The he must be plotting something.
[06:50] Sakuya
    The sword polisher said he sharpened
    not just Miyabe's sword,
[06:52] Sakuya
    but the swords of his companions as well.
[06:54] Sakuya
    All together, there were 25 of them.
[06:56] Akira
    That many?
[06:58] Todo
    If a group of extremist ronin
    have returned to the capital,
[07:01] Todo
    and are working with the Masked Demons...
[07:03] Gyataro
    Then we know what we need to do.
[07:15] Ichibanboshi
    Tsukito...
[07:20] Ichibanboshi
    If I have to kill Tsukito, I'd rather...
[07:25] Gyataro
    We'll make our comeback by
    arresting Miyabe and his guys.
[07:29] Bo
    Yeah.
[07:30] Suzuran
    The Shinsengumi's going to survive.
[07:32] Sogen
    Let's begin by gathering information.
[07:36] Todo
    The Shinsengumi will now begin pursuing
    Miyabe and his extremist group.
[07:40] Todo
    Don't let your guard down.
[07:42] All
    Yes, sir.
[07:44] Bo
    What about Ichibanboshi?
[07:46] Todo
    Not him.
[07:48] Akira
    The more of us there are, the better.
[07:50] Suzuran
    That's right. Besides, he's our commander.
[07:52] Todo
    Whose fault do you think it is
    that we're in this situation?
[07:56] Sogen
    We also had a hand in the
    fire at the Shirakawaya.
[08:00] Sogen
    It wasn't just Ichibanboshi-dono's fault.
[08:02] Todo
    Enough. If we make it out of this crisis,
    Ichibanboshi will commit seppuku.
[08:07] Bo
    Seppuku...
[08:09] Member
    It's an emergency.
[08:10] Todo
    What is it?
[08:11] Member
    Please come to the confinement
    cell immediately.
[08:13] Member
    It's Commander Kondo.
[08:21] Bo
    He's not here.
[08:23] Todo
    He escaped?
[08:25] Gyataro
    Aw, man. Look at the mess he made.
[08:28] Gyataro
    That was pretty clever of him.
[08:32] Gyataro
    He broke a dish and used the
    shards to dig a hole in the wall.
[08:35] Akira
    We don't have time to chase
     down a fugitive right now.
[08:38] Todo
    I know. We'll have others
     search for Ichibanboshi.
[08:42] Todo
    I need you lot to investigate Miyabe ASAP.
[08:52] Suzuran
    Aren't you the one who brought him his meal?
[08:56] Suzuran
    Why did you show him how to escape?
[08:59] Sakuya
    What are you talking about?
[09:02] Suzuran
    Did you tell him to handle his
    brother's misdeeds himself?
[09:07] Sakuya
    Stay out of it.
[09:12] Suzuran
    Not everyone is as strong as you.
[09:14] Suzuran
    We can't all live as you do.
[09:25] Member
    Have you seen him?
[09:26] Member
    No.
[09:27] Member
    Where is he?
[09:28] Member
    Find him.
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[09:58] Sogen
    I spoke with the Dutch scholars
    and physicians I know,
[10:01] Sogen
    but failed to gather any information.
[10:02] Sogen
    What about you, Suzuran-dono?
[10:04] Suzuran
    Same. I asked a bunch of geishas
    I know, but I got nothing.
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[10:10] Sogen
    The city is buzzing with energy these days.
[10:13] Suzuran
    The Gion Festival is the day after tomorrow.
[10:15] Suzuran
    Tomorrow is the yoiyama.
[10:16] Sogen
    Yoiyama?
[10:18] Suzuran
    The festival eve.
[10:20] Sogen
    I see. Since long ago, the capital has stood
    on a marsh, making disease spread easily.
[10:25] Sogen
    That's why they hold a festival
    around this time of year.
[10:27] Suzuran
    Festivals are for putting the
    souls of the dead to rest.
[10:33] Suzuran
    Let's hurry.
[10:35] Suzuran
    I'm not interested in watching
    the festival from the afterlife.
[10:40] Gyataro
    Ronin from other domains?
[10:43] Tamekichi
    Choshu, Satsuma, Higo, and Tosa.
[10:46] Tamekichi
    Guys with all kinds of crazy
    accents are gathering.
[10:48] Gyataro
    Sounds shady to me.
[10:50] Gyataro
    What's Miyabe planning?
[10:53] Tamekichi
    You'd better watch out, Gyata-nii.
[10:55] Gyataro
    I know, but I don't have
    time to take things slow.
[11:00] Katsura
    I feel relaxed on boats.
[11:04] Katsura
    The only thing agitating me right
    now is the beautiful woman with me.
[11:08] Akira
    We don't need to worry about being
    overheard if we talk on a moving boat.
[11:12] Akira
    It's the perfect place for
    a secret conversation.
[11:15] Akira
    Let's get down to business.
[11:18] Akira
    I don't have time for your nonsense.
[11:21] Katsura
    I know Miyabe Teizo well.
[11:23] Katsura
    He not only deceived my fellow
    Choshu Domain countrymen,
[11:27] Katsura
    but attempted to recruit me as well.
[11:29] Akira
    Does he have any connections
    to the Masked Demons?
[11:31] Katsura
    If the Shinsengumi is looking
    to distinguish itself,
[11:34] Katsura
    then you should pay him a visit
    and find out for yourselves.
[11:36] Katsura
    You'll want to visit Masuya,
     the ink wholesaler.
[11:39] Akira
    Masuya, huh? I appreciate it.
[11:44] Katsura
    So, what kind of information
    can you give me in exchange?
[11:48] Akira
    I'm sorry, but I don't have much.
[11:51] Akira
    I can pay you instead.
[11:54] Katsura
    I don't need money.
[11:57] Akira
    But...
[11:58] Katsura
    Did you know?
[11:59] Katsura
    Apparently in the West, they express
    their gratitude with a kiss.
[12:03] Akira
    What? You're lying.
[12:05] Katsura
    It's true.
[12:07] Katsura
    Although not on the mouth, but here instead.
[12:12] Akira
    How shameless! Absolutely outrageous.
[12:15] Katsura
    I think it's a wonderful practice.
[12:18] Katsura
    Come, now. Hurry up and thank me.
[12:21] Akira
    What?
[12:26] Akira
    This is just an expression
    of gratitude, nothing more.
[12:37] Akira
    What are you doing, you rogue?
[12:39] Katsura
    The boat rocked. You were taking too long.
[12:43] Katsura
    Come on, now. Quickly.
[13:01] Ichibanboshi
    You're Uchiyama Hikojiro's sister, right?
[13:05] Okayo
    Who are you?
[13:06] Ichibanboshi
    I need to talk to you
    about the late Hikojiro.
[13:10] Okayo
    My brother?
SIGN    Masuya
[13:12] Miyabe
    Nice work, Furutaka-kun.
[13:14] Miyabe
    I'm impressed you were
    able to gather so many.
[13:17] Furutaka
    I did it for the nation.
[13:19] Rashomaru
    He finds your exclusionist
    attitude pleasing as well.
[13:24] Miyabe
    We won't allow foreigners
    to overrun this country.
[13:27] Furutaka
    Noble sacrifices must be made.
[13:31] Rashomaru
    That's what you call true strength.
[13:33] Akira
    Open up. Law enforcement.
[13:35] Suzuran
    This is a raid.
[13:36] Akira
    Is the owner here?
[13:38] Head Clerk
    He's not here at the moment.
[13:40] Akira
    We've received a complaint from the people.
[13:42] Akira
    We'd like to search the store.
[13:44] Head Clerk
    I can't allow you to do that.
[13:46] Gyataro
    We just wanna take a look around.
[13:49] Gyataro
    Quit your whining.
[13:49] Furutaka
    The Shinsengumi?
[13:51] Sakuya
    They're in the storeroom in the back.
[13:54] Furutaka
    The Shinsengumi is here.
[13:55] Miyabe
    What? How did they find this place?
[13:59] Rashomaru
    Sounds like they're not
    so incompetent after all.
[14:01] Rashomaru
    But once this plan is set
    in motion, it can't be stopped.
[14:07] Sogen
    This way.
[14:09] Furutaka
    Miyabe-san, Rashomaru-san...
    I'll handle this.
[14:11] Miyabe
    We're counting on you.
[14:23] Gyataro
    This is a job for you, Bo.
[14:37] Akira
    Wh-What is this?
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[14:49] Okayo
    You have something to tell me
    about my brother? Could it be...
[14:52] Ichibanboshi
    Either of us could've died.
[14:55] Ichibanboshi
    There was nothing we could do.
[15:00] Ichibanboshi
    Hikojiro cared about you
    until his final moments.
[15:04] Ichibanboshi
    He said he wanted to see you get married,
[15:07] Ichibanboshi
    dressed all in white,
    right up until the end.
[15:13] Okayo
    I had a feeling this day
    would come eventually...
[15:19] Okayo
    Ever since my brother started meeting
    with those men in the unsettling masks.
[15:24] Ichibanboshi
    He did it for you.
[15:27] Okayo
    I asked him so many times to stop.
[15:29] Okayo
    I said I didn't need the money.
[15:33] Okayo
    That I didn't need to get married.
[15:49] Okayo
    On your guard!
[15:53] Gyataro
    The hell is this?
[15:54] Gyataro
    Are they trying to start a war or something?
[16:18] Sakuya
    You're going to tell us everything.
[16:20] Sakuya
    Are you ready?
[16:28] Ichibanboshi
    I understand why you want to kill me,
[16:30] Ichibanboshi
    but could you give me some time?
[16:34] Okayo
    How dare you!
[16:36] Ichibanboshi
    Please. There's a matter
    I need to resolve first.
[16:41] Ichibanboshi
    For your brother's sake, too.
[16:44] Ichibanboshi
    Tell me what your brother was
    planning to do with the masked men.
[16:51] Ichibanboshi
    Don't let Hikojiro's name
    become any more tarnished,
[16:56] Ichibanboshi
    Okayo-san.
SIGN    Shinsengumi
     Headquarters
[17:14] Todo
    You found weapons and
    ammunition at Masuya?
[17:15] Sogen
    There was quite a lot of it.
[17:18] Suzuran
    Seems like they really were plotting
    something unbelievable after all.
[17:22] Akira
    We captured Furutaka Shuntaro,
    one of Miyabe's associates.
[17:25] Todo
    I wish I could congratulate
    you on a job well done,
[17:28] Todo
    but this won't be enough to satisfy Katamori.
[17:31] Todo
    We must do whatever it takes to
    get him to tell us their plan.
[17:34] Suzuran
    Sakuya-chan's already on it.
[17:39] Furutaka
    I don't know anything. I won't talk.
[17:42] Sakuya
    Let's see what your flesh
    has to say about that.
[17:52] Bo
    Do we have to torture him?
[17:54] Gyataro
    Yeah.
[17:55] Bo
    No matter what?
[17:57] Gyataro
    You know what we're dealing with.
[17:58] Gyataro
    We can't afford to whine about
    every little thing right now.
[18:02] Bo
    Ichibanboshi...
[18:04] Gyataro
    You're right.
[18:06] Gyataro
    If he were here, he wouldn't
    be happy about this.
[18:11] Okayo
    My brother said something strange to me.
[18:14] Ichibanboshi
    What did he say?
[18:16] Okayo
    In the morning, when he came home...
[18:19] (Flashback) Uchiyama
    By the way, Okayo,
[18:21] (Flashback) Uchiyama
    the Gion Festival is coming up.
[18:23] (Flashback) Okayo
    Yes, I'm looking forward to it.
[18:25] (Flashback) Uchiyama
    You should leave Kyoto for a while.
[18:27] (Flashback) Okayo
    What? But I've already made
    plans with my friends.
[18:30] (Flashback) Uchiyama
    You have to leave.
[18:32] Ichibanboshi
    He said it was dangerous to stay here?
[18:34] Okayo
    I was curious as well,
    so I asked him about it.
[18:37] Okayo
    He said there would be a huge fire
    the day of the Gion Festival.
[18:42] Sakuya
    Don't go passing out on me.
[18:44] Sakuya
    We're just getting started.
[18:49] Furutaka
    I... I don't know anything! Really!
[18:54] Sakuya
    How strange.
[18:56] Sakuya
    We've found the letters and blood-sealed
    contracts you exchanged with lawless ronin.
[19:04] Ichibanboshi
    A huge fire?
[19:06] Okayo
    I believe he was describing arson.
[19:10] Ichibanboshi
    He was working with the masked guys...
[19:13] Sakuya
    ...to burn down the capital?
[19:15] Furutaka
    A few sacrifices must be made.
[19:18] Furutaka
    It's for a great cause.
[19:20] Gyataro
    Hold on a second. I can't
    ignore what you just said.
[19:23] Bo
    Great cause?
[19:25] Furutaka
    We'll set fire to the city,
[19:26] Furutaka
    and escort the emperor out of
    the palace during the confusion.
[19:30] Sakuya
    The emperor?
[19:31] Furutaka
    To prove we're the true loyalist forces.
[19:36] Gyataro
    Idiots. If you fail, you'll just
    be a bunch of insurrectionists.
[19:41] Furutaka
    You'll never know until you try.
[19:43] Furutaka
    History is written by the winners.
[19:47] Okayo
    I should've done whatever
    it took to stop my brother,
[19:51] Okayo
    even if it meant sacrificing myself.
[19:54] Okayo
    I failed as his sister.
[20:01] Ichibanboshi
    That's not true.
[20:04] Ichibanboshi
    You're not a bad sister at all.
[20:08] Ichibanboshi
    I'll stop them from setting fire to the city...
[20:11] Ichibanboshi
    For Hikojiro, too.
[20:13] Ichibanboshi
    Even if I have to sacrifice myself, Tsukito,
[20:17] Ichibanboshi
    I finally see the path I'm meant to follow.
SIGN    Shinsengumi
     Headquarters
[20:26] Todo
    The weapons and ammunition at
    Masuya were for setting fire to the city
[20:30] Todo
    and escorting the emperor out of the palace.
[20:32] Sakuya
    They're apparently holding a meeting
    tonight at the Shimamuraya.
[20:37] Akira
    Stealing a few of their
    weapons won't stop them.
[20:41] Gyataro
    We'd better head there right away.
[20:43] Bo
    But...
[20:44] Suzuran
    They're trying to burn down the city, right?
[20:47] Sogen
    They have us vastly outnumbered.
[20:50] Todo
    We'll send an urgent request for
    reinforcements to the Aizu Clan.
[20:55] Todo
    We should get ready and
    head to the Shimamuraya—
[20:57] Ichibanboshi
    Guys!
[21:01] All
    Ichibanboshi!
[21:05] Todo
    You! How dare you return
    after breaking out of—
[21:06] Ichibanboshi
    Wait! Listen to me.
[21:09] Ichibanboshi
    They're at the Ikedaya.
[21:10] Ichibanboshi
    They're planning to commit arson
     tonight after meeting at the Ikedaya.
[21:14] Ichibanboshi
    We gotta stop them.
[21:16] Suzuran
    The Ikedaya?
[21:17] Sogen
    The Shimamuraya?
[21:19] Sakuya
    Why did you only just now show up?
[21:21] Ichibanboshi
    I'll stop the arson.
[21:23] Ichibanboshi
    I'll protect the city.
[21:25] Ichibanboshi
    I'll stop Hikojiro and Tsukito.
[21:27] Ichibanboshi
    I'll accept whatever punishment you've
    got for me as long as it's after that!
[21:33] Ichibanboshi
    I don't care if I have to commit seppuku!
[21:37] (Flashback) Tsuchimikado
    He's someone who attracts
    people to him and unites them.
[21:40] (Flashback) Tsuchimikado
    He's a lot like Kondo Isami.
[21:52] Todo
    Ichibanboshi,
[21:54] Todo
    I hear your sincerity loud and clear.
[22:04] Gyataro
    Our commander has returned.
[22:07] Ichibanboshi
    Let's get this fight started.
[22:10] Ichibanboshi
    Let's blitz 'em!
[22:12] All
    Yes, sir!
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[23:46] Ichibanboshi
    Aren't Shinsengumi members supposed
    to wear that zigzag pattern?
[23:49] Todo
    Apparently, they actually
    dressed all in black.
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[23:52] Todo
    Your enemies' blood is harder
    to see on black clothes.
[23:55] Ichibanboshi
    What?
[23:57] Todo
    That's been properly washed, all right?!
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