# E8 - Blitz! The Ikedaya Incident
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***SIGN*** Shinsengumi
Headquarters
**[00:16] Sakuya**
They're apparently holding a meeting
tonight at the Shimamuraya.
**[00:22] Ichibanboshi**
They're at the Ikedaya.
**[00:23] Ichibanboshi**
They're planning to commit arson
tonight after meeting at the Ikedaya.
**[00:26] Ichibanboshi**
We gotta stop them.
**[00:28] Sakuya**
Why did you only just now show up?
**[00:30] Ichibanboshi**
I'll stop the arson.
**[00:32] Ichibanboshi**
I'll protect the city.
**[00:34] Ichibanboshi**
I'll stop Hikojiro and Tsukito.
**[00:36] Ichibanboshi**
I'll accept whatever punishment you've
got for me as long as it's after that!
**[00:42] Ichibanboshi**
I don't care if I have to commit seppuku!
**[00:45] Todo**
I hear your sincerity loud and clear.
**[00:49] Ichibanboshi**
Let's get this fight started.
**[00:51] Ichibanboshi**
Let's blitz 'em!
***SIGN*** Shine On!
***SIGN*** Shine On!
***SIGN*** Shine On!
***SIGN*** Shine On!
***SIGN*** Shine On!
***SIGN*** Shine On!
***SIGN*** Bakumatsu Bad Boys
***SIGN*** Episode Eight
Blitz! The Ikedaya Incident
***SIGN*** Oharamachi-dori
***SIGN*** Shijo-dori
***SIGN*** Map of Inns at
Nakagyo East
***SIGN*** Etsubo
***SIGN*** Omiya
***SIGN*** Kennin-ji Temple
***SIGN*** Shimamuraya
***SIGN*** Hoju-ji Temple
***SIGN*** Shikokuya
***SIGN*** Ikedaya
***SIGN*** Ogawatei
***SIGN*** Izutsu
***SIGN*** Kiyamachi-dori
***SIGN*** Sanjo-dori
***SIGN*** Oharamachi-dori
**[02:29] Sakuya**
The Shimamuraya...
***SIGN*** Omiya
**[02:30] Ichibanboshi**
And the Ikedaya.
**[02:32] Gyataro**
Eeny, meeny, miny, moe.
**[02:36] Bo**
Let the gods decide.
**[02:37] Gyataro**
Hey, wait a minute.
**[02:38] Suzuran**
There are Buddhist gods, Shinto gods,
and the Christian God.
**[02:40] Suzuran**
Which would you prefer?
**[02:42] Sogen**
It's equally likely that Ichibanboshi-dono
and Sakuya-dono's information are correct.
**[02:49] Akira**
So we need a plan that
can handle any situation.
**[02:56] Todo**
The Shinsengumi will split into two groups,
**[02:58] Todo**
and take a fine-tooth
comb to the inns in Gion.
***SIGN*** Omiya
***SIGN*** Sanjo-dori
***SIGN*** Oharamachi-dori
***SIGN*** Map of Inns at
Nakagyo East
***SIGN*** Shijo-dori
***SIGN*** Hoju-ji Temple
***SIGN*** Ogawatei
***SIGN*** Izutsu
***SIGN*** Etsubo
***SIGN*** Kennin-ji Temple
***SIGN*** Shimamuraya
***SIGN*** Shikokuya
***SIGN*** Ikedaya
***SIGN*** Kiyamachi-dori
**[03:01] Todo**
Team Hijikata, led by Sakuya,
will search the Omiya,
**[03:04] Todo**
the Shimamuraya, Etsubo,
the Ogawatei, and Izutsu.
***SIGN*** Omiya
***SIGN*** Sanjo-dori
**[03:10] Sakuya**
Yes, sir.
**[03:11] Todo**
Team Hijikata are at the
center of this operation.
**[03:14] Todo**
Take some low-ranking members,
Suzuran, and Bo with you.
***SIGN*** Hoju-ji Temple
***SIGN*** Izutsu
**[03:17] Both**
Yes, sir.
**[03:18] Todo**
Sogen, you'll meet up with Team Hijikata
after treating Furutaka Shuntaro.
**[03:23] Sogen**
Yes, sir.
***SIGN*** Sanjo-dori
***SIGN*** Oharamachi-dori
***SIGN*** Hoju-ji Temple
***SIGN*** Ogawatei
***SIGN*** Etsubo
***SIGN*** Izutsu
***SIGN*** Kennin-ji Temple
***SIGN*** Shimamuraya
***SIGN*** Omiya
***SIGN*** Shikokuya
***SIGN*** Ikedaya
***SIGN*** Kiyamachi-dori
***SIGN*** Shijo-dori
***SIGN*** Map of Inns at
Nakagyo East
**[03:26] Todo**
Team Kondo, led by Ichibanboshi
**[03:28] Todo**
will head straight down Kiyamachi-dori
and search the Shikokuya and Ikedaya.
***SIGN*** Sanjo-dori
***SIGN*** Sanjo-dori
***SIGN*** Oharamachi-dori
**[03:32] Ichibanboshi**
Yes, sir.
**[03:33] Todo**
The remaining members: Akira,
Gyataro, and I will join you.
**[03:37] Both**
Yes, sir.
**[03:39] Suzuran**
Now, then...
***SIGN*** Sincerity
**[03:40] Suzuran**
Which group drew the winning ticket?
**[03:43] Gyataro**
Us, obviously.
***SIGN*** Ikedaya
**[03:47] Katsura**
This is ridiculous.
**[03:49] Katsura**
You're taking the emperor to Hagi?
**[03:52] Ronin A**
Ever since the change of
government of August 18th,
**[03:54] Ronin A**
the Choshu haven't been
able to enter the palace.
**[03:56] Ronin A**
We simply need to take the emperor elsewhere.
**[03:58] Ronin B**
We won't let those Aizu and Satsuma
scoundrels do as they please.
**[04:01] Ronin C**
We'll overthrow the rotten shogunate and
protect Japan from foreign invaders.
**[04:06] All**
Yeah, yeah!
**[04:08] All**
Let's get 'em!
**[04:08] Katsura**
We're not getting anywhere.
**[04:11] Katsura**
But surely it's not necessary
to set fire to Kyoto.
**[04:14] Miyabe**
That's what they want.
***SIGN*** Kumamoto Domain Retainer
Miyabe Teizo
**[04:18] Miyabe**
The Masked Demons lent us weapons
and ammunition on the condition
**[04:22] Miyabe**
that we set fire to the city.
**[04:24] Katsura**
Those Masked Demons are working with
not just us exclusionary imperialists,
**[04:28] Katsura**
but the Kobu-gattai supporters as well.
**[04:30] Katsura**
They're neither birds
nor beasts, but cowardly bats.
**[04:34] Katsura**
We can't trust them.
**[04:36] Miyabe**
Then we'll just use them.
**[04:39] Katsura**
Why can't you understand
that they're using *you*?
**[04:52] Katamori**
What?
**[04:53] Katamori**
You won't dispatch the troops?
**[04:55] Katamori**
Akizuki, what is the meaning of this?
**[04:57] Akizuki**
If we send our men, war between the Aizu
and Choshu Domains will be unavoidable.
**[05:01] Akizuki**
This isn't the time for that.
**[05:03] Katamori**
But what if the Imperial Palace is attacked?
**[05:05] Akizuki**
I don't care.
**[05:07] Akizuki**
If it is, you'll be relieved from your
duty as Military Commissioner of Kyoto,
**[05:10] Akizuki**
and we'll be allowed to return to our home.
**[05:13] Katamori**
Don't be ridiculous. I'm sending the men.
**[05:16] Akizuki**
Very well.
**[05:18] Akizuki**
But because we took so long
to prepare for battle,
**[05:21] Akizuki**
the Aizu Domain will arrive
on the scene after the
**[05:24] Akizuki**
Shinsengumi has taken care of business.
**[05:26] Katamori**
Akizuki...
**[05:28] Akizuki**
I'm doing this for your family.
***SIGN*** Offering Lantern
**[05:48] Sogen**
Your injuries are severe, but you'll live.
**[05:51] Sogen**
You have a 73.6% chance of survival.
**[05:58] Sogen**
The city is boisterous because
the Gion Festival is tomorrow.
**[06:02] Furutaka**
The Masked Demons...
**[06:05] Furutaka**
They specifically told
us to burn the city today
**[06:09] Furutaka**
because there would be so
many souls in one place.
**[06:13] Sogen**
So many souls in one place?
**[06:17] Tsuchimikado**
Rashomaru,
**[06:19] Tsuchimikado**
the situation is still
not remotely satisfactory.
**[06:23] Rashomaru**
I'll gather patriotic souls
at tonight's festival.
***SIGN*** Izutsu
***SIGN*** Inn
***SIGN*** Inn
Etsubo
***SIGN*** O
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**[06:40] Sakuya**
Law enforcement. Open up.
***SIGN*** Shikokuya
**[06:47] Todo**
Law enforcement. Open up.
**[06:52] Gyataro**
Let's keep blitzin' 'em.
**[06:54] Ichibanboshi**
What's next?
**[06:55] Akira**
The Ikedaya.
***SIGN*** I
K
E
D
A
Y
A
**[06:57] Miyabe**
We'll set fire to the city,
**[06:59] Miyabe**
and take advantage of the confusion
to recapture the emperor.
**[07:01] All**
No objections!
**[07:03] Katsura**
Good grief.
**[07:05] Miyabe**
Katsura-san, are you good with that?
**[07:07] Katsura**
Do you mind if I finish this first?
***SIGN*** S
H
I
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M
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R
A
Y
A
***SIGN*** Shimamuraya
**[07:16] Sakuya**
Law enforcement. Open up.
**[07:17] Suzuran**
Let's blitz 'em.
**[07:23] Sakuya**
I'll check the second floor.
**[07:25] Suzuran**
Then we'll look around the first floor.
**[07:45] Sakuya**
Number 999.
**[07:56] Boo**
You okay?
**[07:57] Suzuran**
We heard voices.
**[07:59] Sakuya**
It's a mask.
**[08:01] Suzuran**
Flint and fire arrows.
**[08:03] Bo**
They were planning to
start the fire from here.
**[08:06] Sakuya**
What's this?
**[08:07] Suzuran**
What is it?
**[08:08] Sakuya**
Take a look.
**[08:11] Suzuran**
That looks like the painting we found
in the basement of the Shirakawaya.
**[08:16] Bo**
It's a map.
**[08:19] Bo**
Let me see.
**[08:25] Suzuran**
It's a perfect match.
**[08:27] Sakuya**
They're at Seimei Shrine.
***SIGN*** I
K
E
D
A
Y
A
**[08:30] Todo**
Law enforcement. Open up.
**[08:32] Ichibanboshi**
Let's blitz 'em!
**[08:33] Todo**
Is the owner here?
**[08:35] Clerk**
Yes, sir.
**[08:36] Clerk**
One moment, please.
**[08:40] Ikedaya Owner**
The Shinsengumi is here.
**[08:42] Katsura**
Wait.
**[08:44] Katsura**
It's too soon to reveal ourselves.
**[08:46] Katsura**
Extinguish the lights.
**[08:51] Todo**
Where's the owner?
**[08:52] Clerk**
Sorry. He should be here soon.
**[08:58] Ichibanboshi**
We were right.
***SIGN*** Seimei Shrine
**[09:14] Sakuya**
What are you doing playing with sand here?
**[09:20] Bo**
It's gunpowder.
**[09:21] Sakuya**
Find out what's at the end of the trail.
**[09:23] All**
Yes, sir.
**[09:27] Bomber**
You can kill me, but it's
too late to stop our plan.
**[09:30] Sakuya**
I'm not going to kill you.
I'm going to make you talk.
**[09:36] Bomber**
It can't be stopped.
**[09:51] Suzuran**
Crap!
***SIGN*** Seimei Shrine
**[09:57] Gyataro**
They're tied up tight.
**[10:04] Akira**
Run.
**[10:08] Miyabe**
They're coming.
***SIGN*** Shine On!
Bakumatsu Bad Boys
***SIGN*** Shine On!
Bakumatsu Bad Boys
***SIGN*** Shine On!
Bakumatsu Bad Boys
***SIGN*** Shine On!
Bakumatsu Bad Boys
***SIGN*** Shine On!
Bakumatsu Bad Boys
***SIGN*** Shine On!
Bakumatsu Bad Boys
***SIGN*** Shine On!
Bakumatsu Bad Boys
***SIGN*** Shine On!
Bakumatsu Bad Boys
***SIGN*** Shine On!
Bakumatsu Bad Boys
***SIGN*** Shine On!
Bakumatsu Bad Boys
***SIGN*** Shine On!
Bakumatsu Bad Boys
***SIGN*** Shine On!
Bakumatsu Bad Boys
***SIGN*** Shine On!
Bakumatsu Bad Boys
***SIGN*** Shine On!
Bakumatsu Bad Boys
***SIGN*** Shine On!
Bakumatsu Bad Boys
***SIGN*** Shine On!
Bakumatsu Bad Boys
**[10:35] Ichibanboshi**
Shinsengumi Commander Kondo Isami!
**[10:38] Todo**
Eighth Unit Captain Todo Heisuke!
**[10:41] Gyataro**
Second Unit Captain Nagakura Shinpachi!
**[10:49] Akira**
Shinsengumi First Unit Captain
Okita Soji has arrived!
**[10:57] Todo**
Oppose us, and you'll be
cut down without mercy.
**[11:00] Gyataro**
This is a raid.
**[11:14] Akira**
Get out of here.
**[11:15] Katsura**
Did you come to save me? I appreciate it.
**[11:18] Akira**
Hurry.
**[11:19] Akira**
Leap down from there.
**[11:21] Katsura**
You're quite skilled.
**[11:23] Katsura**
I can tell even though you're holding back.
**[11:26] Katsura**
Being killed by a woman like
you might not be so bad.
**[11:29] Akira**
The Aizu Domain will be arriving shortly.
**[11:31] Akira**
It'll be too late.
**[11:33] Katsura**
Strong, intelligent, and beautiful.
**[11:46] Akira**
What are you...?
**[11:47] Katsura**
You're worthy of becoming my wife.
**[11:51] Katsura**
I can't allow you to die here.
**[11:54] Katsura**
We'll meet again.
**[12:06] Akira**
I can't die here.
**[12:16] Gyataro**
Seriously?
**[12:17] Gyataro**
How many ronin are there?
**[12:20] Todo**
Team Hijikata will be here soon.
**[12:22] Todo**
Try to hold on until then.
**[12:23] Gyataro**
Aye, sir.
**[12:26] Gyataro**
Come on, come on!
**[12:31] Ichibanboshi**
Bring it on!
**[12:40] All**
Fire!
**[12:42] All**
What are we gonna do?
**[12:48] All**
Call the firefighters!
**[12:49] All**
Help!
**[12:52] Sakuya**
Why are you doing this?
**[12:54] Bomber**
They're noble sacrifices
to serve his lofty purpose.
**[13:03] Bomber**
And so am I.
**[13:12] Sakuya**
Number 1,000.
**[13:15] Bo**
The fire!
**[13:17] Suzuran**
Low-ranking members, alert the firefighters!
**[13:18] All**
Yes, sir!
**[13:27] Rashomaru**
Now, then...
**[13:30] Rashomaru**
We're just getting started.
**[13:33] Rashomaru**
The real festival begins now.
**[13:38] Rashomaru**
Come to me.
**[13:55] Katsura**
Now, this is becoming a problem.
**[14:00] Katsura**
Is anyone there?
**[14:02] Choshu**
Kogoro-sama, let me open the gate for you.
**[14:05] Katsura**
Don't open it! No matter
what happens, don't open the gate!
**[14:09] Katsura**
Our allies at the Ikedaya were
attacked by the Shinsengumi.
**[14:12] Choshu**
What? Then we'll send
reinforcements immediately.
**[14:15] Katsura**
Don't. If the Choshu head there,
it'll mean war with the Aizu Domain.
**[14:19] Choshu**
B-But...
**[14:20] Katsura**
The Choshu mustn't get involved.
**[14:22] Katsura**
We have no choice but to abandon our allies.
**[14:25] Katsura**
It's what's best for the
future of the Choshu Domain.
**[14:27] Choshu**
But...
**[14:28] Katsura**
Please. You must control yourself.
**[14:31] Katsura**
There's a fire spreading throughout
the city from the northeast.
**[14:33] Katsura**
Send men to help.
**[14:35] Choshu**
Yes, sir.
**[14:37] Katsura**
I'm counting on you.
**[15:01] Gyataro**
Out of bullets.
**[15:02] Miyabe**
Prepare yourself, Shinsengumi.
**[15:04] Miyabe**
Tonight my blade thirsts for blood.
**[15:08] Gyataro**
Wow, thanks for the dramatic remarks.
**[15:14] Miyabe**
You're next!
**[15:16] Gyataro**
Cram it!
**[15:21] Rashomaru**
Kondo Isami's substitute.
**[15:27] Ichibanboshi**
Tsukito!
**[15:27] Rashomaru**
How many times do I have to
tell you not to call me that?
**[15:35] Rashomaru**
Stay out of my way, Shinsengumi.
**[15:39] Ichibanboshi**
Is this really what you want to do?
**[15:41] Rashomaru**
Everything I do is for him.
**[15:44] Ichibanboshi**
Who cares about "him"?
**[15:48] Rashomaru**
What did you say?
**[15:49] Ichibanboshi**
Tsukito, join the Shinsengumi.
**[15:52] Ichibanboshi**
Join us in atoning for your sins and live.
**[15:55] Ichibanboshi**
Don't give up on yourself.
**[15:57] Ichibanboshi**
Even a criminal can start
over in the Shinsengumi.
**[15:59] Ichibanboshi**
You'll have companions. You're not alone.
**[16:03] Rashomaru**
I knew you were stupid,
but I never knew just how stupid.
**[16:08] Rashomaru**
It's too late!
**[16:12] Rashomaru**
Do you have any idea what I've done?
**[16:14] Rashomaru**
How many people I've killed?
**[16:19] Rashomaru**
It's too late for me to start over!
**[16:26] Rashomaru**
Now die!
**[16:42] Todo**
I won't let you do that, Rashomaru.
**[16:45] Rashomaru**
Did you think your ordinary sword stood
a chance against my magic weapon?
**[16:48] Todo**
I won't let you kill Commander
Kondo Isami a second time.
**[16:53] Rashomaru**
He's an impostor and a criminal!
**[16:55] Todo**
He's not an impostor!
**[16:57] Todo**
The substitutes taught me
**[17:00] Todo**
that as long as there's someone
to uphold their sincerity,
**[17:03] Todo**
the Shinsengumi will rise
from the dead again and again!
**[17:08] Rashomaru**
Your devotion is pathetic, Todo Heisuke.
**[17:11] Rashomaru**
You're a true samurai.
**[17:14] Rashomaru**
Offer your life to the nation!
**[17:21] Rashomaru**
Hijikata Toshizo's substitute...
**[17:24] Suzuran**
Sorry.
**[17:25] Bo**
We're late.
**[17:27] Akira**
The matter at the Ikedaya has been settled.
**[17:28] Gyataro**
Looks like you already got the party started.
**[17:32] Rashomaru**
All the criminals are here.
**[17:35] Rashomaru**
Kondo Isami's substitute, are these the
people you called your companions?
**[17:42] Ichibanboshi**
I won't forgive anyone who hurts my allies.
**[17:46] Ichibanboshi**
If you don't stop now,
**[17:48] Ichibanboshi**
then I'll have to kill you.
**[17:52] Rashomaru**
Kondo Isami's substitute,
I won't kill you yet.
**[17:57] Rashomaru**
Have a taste of the loneliness
and pain I experienced!
**[18:12] Ichibanboshi**
Todo!
**[18:14] Ichibanboshi**
Hang in there.
**[18:16] Todo**
I'll be out of commission for a while.
**[18:19] Todo**
From now on, you must lead the Shinsengumi.
**[18:23] Ichibanboshi**
What? Who, me?
**[18:25] Todo**
That's right. You're their commander.
**[18:28] Ichibanboshi**
Wait a minute. I can't do that.
**[18:31] Todo**
At first, you won't.
**[18:33] Todo**
But as long as you go through
the motions, eventually, you'll learn.
**[18:38] Todo**
After all, that's what I did.
**[18:41] Todo**
That day, when the government
changed on August 18th,
**[18:45] Todo**
the commander and captains were killed,
**[18:47] Todo**
and I became the leader of the Shinsengumi.
**[18:51] Todo**
As someone who'd only been
a follower until then,
**[18:54] Todo**
such an important task was far beyond me.
**[18:59] Todo**
But as the sole survivor, I had to do it.
**[19:07] Todo**
Ichibanboshi, you can do it...
**[19:10] Todo**
No, you're the right man for the job.
**[19:13] Todo**
Lead the Shinsengumi.
**[19:15] Ichibanboshi**
Understanding stuff like royalists and
shogunate supporters is beyond me.
**[19:20] Ichibanboshi**
I need you to teach me.
**[19:24] Todo**
Don't worry about that.
**[19:28] Todo**
Follow the sincerity in your heart.
**[19:32] Ichibanboshi**
Sincerity?
**[19:35] Todo**
I'm counting on you.
**[19:37] Ichibanboshi**
Hey, Todo!
**[19:40] Sogen**
He's simply lost consciousness.
**[19:43] Sogen**
Get a door to carry him on.
**[19:44] Sogen**
Take him back to headquarters immediately.
**[19:48] Sogen**
I promise I'll heal him.
**[19:51] Ichibanboshi**
We're counting on you.
**[19:57] Ichibanboshi**
The city...
**[19:58] Sakuya**
The fire's spreading too quickly.
**[20:00] Akira**
We should split up and help fight the fire.
**[20:02] Suzuran**
I'll help the people who have
been burned out of their homes.
**[20:07] Soldier**
Well done, sirs.
**[20:08] Bo**
Aizu Domain, you're late.
**[20:10] Soldier**
What?
**[20:10] Gyataro**
You guys are late. You'd better
help us put out this fire.
**[20:14] Soldier**
What are you talking about?
**[20:16] Soldier**
We're samurai, not common firefight—
**[20:18] Sakuya**
If the direction of the wind changes,
**[20:20] Sakuya**
the Imperial Palace where the emperor
resides will become a sea of fire.
**[20:22] Sakuya**
Is that what the Aizu Domain wants?
**[20:26] Soldier**
To Kamogawa! Let's carry some water!
**[21:05] Gyataro**
Are you guys all right?
**[21:07] Akira**
Yeah.
**[21:10] Suzuran**
What a disaster.
**[21:24] Girl**
Mom, Mom!
**[21:35] Ichibanboshi**
All right.
**[21:38] Sakuya**
Hey, where are you going?
**[21:41] Ichibanboshi**
Isn't it obvious? We're gonna fix this.
**[21:44] Sakuya**
Fix this?
**[21:45] Suzuran**
Even though the city burned down?
**[21:47] Ichibanboshi**
It doesn't matter how it looks now.
**[21:49] Ichibanboshi**
It'll take some time, but if we
clean things up, it can be restored.
**[21:58] Gyataro**
Fine, then.
**[22:00] Akira**
Let's get started, too.
**[22:02] Suzuran**
We're starting over from scratch.
**[22:04] Bo**
I'm gonna get some food!
**[22:08] Sakuya**
Commander, give us our orders.
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**[23:47] Suzuran**
While hiding in the bathroom at school...
**[23:56] Akira**
It's time for sword practice!
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