Mister!
Thank you!
You will be able to protect your parents someday.
Uh-huh!
Become the strongest!
(Episode 2 Shine on! The Keepsake Japanese Sword)
Ichibanboshi,
(Episode 2 Shine on! The Keepsake Japanese Sword) that Kotetsu is...
Somehow it shone brightly
and the power sprang put.
Could it be... That can't be true...
Todo, what's the matter?
I guess,
the real Commander Kondo Isami might have lent the power.
Eh?
That happened during the political change on August 18th.
(Imperial Palace, Kenreimon)
Open the gate!
Drive the Choshu traitors out of the Imperial Palace!
What's that?
How strange...
I have been waiting for you.
I have something to ask you guys.
Commander!
What a pity.
Though following something like "Sincerity", you misread the general situation.
Shouldn't I call it "the will of heaven"?
Your life will be dedicated to our country too!
Our lives have already been dedicated to Japan!
Is Hijikata Toshizo's soul inside it too?
I don't know.
Maybe it's just a wish of me,
who survived alone.
It's my foe who killed the real ones , right?
Yes. The head of Zomennooni.
We, Shinsengumi, will definitely run them to earth.
Mibu Roshigumi is here
(Shinsengumi)
renamed as Shinsengumi.
A blessing of happiness,
and a worship of service.
(The Tsuchimikado Family Onmyodo Head,) and a worship of service.
(The Tsuchimikado Family Onmyodo Head,) Peacefully and tranquilly,
(Tsuchimikado Haruo) heard and received.
I ask with profound respect and reverence.
Lord Tsuchimikado.
Huh?
Thank you for the naming ceremony.
Shinsengumi.
Devote yourself to live up to the name.
Yes, sir.
- The newly selected brigade, how ironic.
(Shinsengumi) - The newly selected brigade, how ironic.
(Shinsengumi) - Amazing! Look! - The newly selected brigade, how ironic.
(Shinsengumi) Don't get it dirty, stupid Boshi.
Are they?
Yes. As you may have heard,
they are the substitutes.
Apparently,
that Kondo Isami doesn't seem to be a intriguer.
- You can read the words, right?
- He's completely a fool - You can read the words, right?
- and is hard to be handled with. - Annoying! I can understand Shinsengumi!
- But he's debonair. - Annoying! I can understand Shinsengumi!
- But he's debonair.
He's someone who compels and gathers people, right?
They are really similar.
Kondo Isami and him.
You must be joking...
I'm not.
The ones who have promising futures are just that sort of person.
Well, what to do with this?
How about decorating the headquarter with it?
Shouldn't we just return it?
- He being Hijikata Toshizo...
- If this extent it is, I can write. - He being Hijikata Toshizo...
- Huh? - Then let's return it and ask Mr. Bou to write one.
- He seems to have noticed our glances. - Then let's return it and ask Mr. Bou to write one.
How dares him to stare at a court noble in that way!
I will reprimand him strictly later.
It doesn't matter.
He's the kind of person like a sharp edge.
You useless...
Why do you endure that man's brutal treatment, mom?
Sakuya, he's not "that man".
He's your father.
Why...
Wake everyone up, Sakuya.
We are heading for the protection of Sakuma Shozan.
Shozan?
This is our first mission as Shinsengumi.
Speaking of the best intellectuals of Japan,
it must be Mr. Shozan.
The best?
Take care not to be impolite.
Yes, sir.
He's coming.
We have been waiting for you.
(Matsushiro Domain Retainer, Sakuma Shozan)
Mr. Sakuma Shozan.
(Matsushiro Domain Retainer, Sakuma Shozan) Oh, my bad to keep you waiting.
My bad?
Are they my defense?
Aren't they a bunch of vulgar guys?
Please forgive us for the gathering of immature people.
I remember that Mr. Shozan should be familiar with tactics.
Not should be.
I'm the most familiar in Japan.
I beg you to enlighten them.
Lord Katamori,
I asked for the guards to
the Naval Training Center.
Not students.
Huh?
Have we met somewhere before?
Do you mistake him for someone?
Don't look down on my memory!
There is no way that I mistook him.
I am the Vice Commander of Shinsengumi,
Hijikata Toshizo.
Mr. Shozan makes friends widely too.
I'm a treasure of the Matsushiro Domain.
So everyone wants to meet me.
Well, let's depart!
Lead the horse!
That of Mr. Shozan,
is so amazing!
Amazing!
That's right!
They are called sunglasses,
and are glare-free even with intense sunlight.
You can even stare at the sun!
Cool!
They are my inventions.
You can even do inventions!
Oh my god! That's ridiculous!
- He's really interesting.
- Well, well. It's still not enough even if I am praised for 3 days and nights. - He's really interesting.
- Well, well. It's still not enough even if I am praised for 3 days and nights. - Colored glasses are certainly a good idea.
Hey, the man with tattoo.
Eh?
These are for you.
Is it okay?
I want too!
They are mine!
What a waste! I'm the most eye-catching!
Give me a half!
What's the half of glasses?!
You idiots!
We are on an escort mission!
Yes, sir...
Todo, pull up the horse.
What's the matter?
What's up suddenly?
They are coming.
You traitors!
Be prepared to meet thy doom!
This is the outstanding Mr. Sakuma Shozan.
Do you know? You ruffians!
Of course! The lapdog who proposed the principle to open the country!
You asked Emperor inexcusably to transfer to Hikone!
Heaven's punishment!
Swords out!
Good.
Shine on, Kotetsu!
Eh?
C'mon!
My bullets will go through your heads, you crybabies!
Watch it!
Sorry!
The 819th person.
The 820th person.
You don't fight like a samurai...
Oops!
Ugh!
What are you doing to the keepsake sword?
Heaven's punishment!
It's now...
Mr. Suzuran!
Sogen, can you make the amount of gunpowder correct?
It was a little bit more.
It would be fine with this amount.
My eyes!
One down.
The 822nd person.
I used too much time.
It hurts!
You hindered me, stupid Boshi.
It's your fault to stand there.
Lord Katamori,
there is a problem before teaching tactics.
Good grief!
Your personal abilities are good.
But you are out of synchronization.
I cannot make any excuses for it.
What? We just saved you.
Commander!
Put up a board!
You all, a board!
But, a board for what?
Did you say it without knowing it?
We have no time to clean up the corpse of the rebels.
If the reason for the disposition is not left on the board,
Shinsengumi will become just a executing group.
Ah, really?
The brush is finally useful now.
Hey!
(Notice) Ta-dah!
(Shinsengumi killed the outrageous Ronins who attacked Sakuma Shozan in the mountains of Takatsuki Domain.)
This writing reminds me of Ono no Michikaze of Sanseki. [Sanseki refers to three established calligraphers]
Good job.
What's on it?
Shinsengumi killed
the outrageous Ronins who attacked Sakuma Shozan
in the mountains of Takatsuki Domain.
What's the matter, sir?
Wanna poop?
I recalled!
Ouch!
Hey you!
Aren't you an assassinator?
You once came to kill me!
Assassinator?
The death squad.
Like a secret agent?
Is that true?
Yes.
Just like I thought.
Mr. Shozan, there's a reason for it!
I should have been killed
but I was asked to join Shinsengumi.
With your order of Seppuku, I will commit it.
Mr. Shozan.
He's up to no good.
Exactly.
He's irritating and annoying
and I can't understand what he is thinking at all.
He's the worst people I've known.
You, what are you...
But, he's also an important partner of us.
Not only him.
We are all who have made mistakes
and with a guilty conscience.
I know I might be selfish but...
Could I, being the Commander,
for Kondo Isami's sake,
ask you to put the past aside?
Please.
That's right.
You fool!
Do you think I am a narrow-minded person
who dwells on the past?
Todo!
Yes.
I won.
I've told you
don't look down on my memory.
Well...
I'm completely relieved now!
Come on, depart quickly.
All right!
Phew.
(Port of Kobe, Naval Training Center)
These are the steamboats made by America.
(Port of Kobe, Naval Training Center) Amazing!
So big! It's black!
It's like a castle floating on the sea.
There seems to be a big technical delay of Japan.
I want to get on in!
Time to start.
What's that?
Amazing!
Any one or thing claims to exclude foreigners annoyingly.
But there is no good to fight against
the allied western powers right now.
Japan will perish if don't fight.
I don't think they want to destroy Japan. No such intention at all.
Then what's their purpose?
Fortune. It's money.
Unequal trade and compensation.
They want to exploit as much as they can.
They are really smart.
Mr. Shozan, what do you think Japan should do
to negotiate with the foreign countries?
There's only one way.
There is no choice but to form an alliance between domains
and conduct Kobu Gattai to unite Bukufu and the Imperial Court. [Kobu Gattai refers to a policy by obtaining a political coordination.]
That's too difficult for me to understand.
Isn't it easy?
It's good for Japan to unite as one.
Japan unites as one...
Akira, you look depressed.
Ah.
Even I, who devoted my life wholeheartedly to sword,
felt the passage of time with that cannon.
The time of swords is over.
How about giving up swords
and using guns?
Maybe it's the time of brushes.
I will think about it.
Cannons are surely stronger than swords.
But instead of the strength itself,
it's the way to use the strength that matters.
Just like you said.
How about you, the sour-faced?
Will you give up swords?
The only thing I can do is slashing people.
So I won't give up swords.
It's the reason to slash that is necessary.
Only this.
Living for slashing people
without any other purposes.
You are a man just like Japanese swords.
How about the angel-headed?
Will you give up swords?
I hate swords the most.
But I won't give up swords either.
Only to become stronger.
Oh, what will you do after becoming stronger?
Avenge my family.
Then what after revenge for your family?
After?
After that...
I will change the world!
Change the shitty world
that someone has created so casually!
That's pleasant, pleasant!
Hey you! I'm serious.
You are really unusual.
Really?
Generally, people live in the decided frames.
But you want to break the frame.
Will you become a revolutionist in the future
or only a neighbor from hell?
He's already a neighbor from hell.
What are you saying?!
There's someone who wants to meet you.
His name is Sakamoto Ryoma.
Ryoma? What a weird name.
Ryoma is someone stirring the shitty world
to a receptacle for manure.
You two must get along well.
Sleepy, I'm so sleepy!
Sleeping here is too...
I had been riding a horse for the whole day!
It's sure that I get tired!
No,no, even though...
Todo, take him there.
It turned out to be like this.
Kijinmaru Kunishige can do nothing either.
Mr. Suzuran,
can I have the broken blades?
Eh? Doctors are able to cure humans but not swords, aren't you?
It can't be cured.
I am wondering if I can make it a gimmick weapon.
Anyway it's just a waste. Take it as your like.
- Delicious! - Miss, have a drink with us!
You are so cold.
Wow!
(Male Female)
Ichibanboshi...
Aren't you enthusiastic?
Oh, I was noticed.
You have been concentrating on practice recently.
Well.
Ichibanboshi, do you still want to
improve Kenjutsu after seeing that cannons?
Of course.
Don't you hate swords?
Yes, as long as I see the swords,
I recall the previous me.
Dad, mom,
and me who wasn't able to save Tsukito.
Whose legs trembled and couldn't move.
Don't blame yourself. You were just a kid.
I want to become stronger.
I will become the best in Shinsengumi.
You are so confident.
Ouch!
Sakuya?
Sakuya, why didn't you kill Sakuma Shozan?
Why did you disobey the order of assassination?
I was betrayed by a partner who failed to kill Shozan
and was sold out as the criminal.
Sakuya, come back.
Follow the rules of assassination.
I died once
and am reborn as Hijikata Toshizo now.
Now I should follow Shinsengumi's rules.
We will never allow traitors.
I won't let you kill Sakuma Shozan.
The 1728th person...
The 824th person...
Kawakami Gensai,
after killing more 1,000 people,
did the world you see change?
You don't need to know that.
You will die before the sand falls.
You are still so strong, Sakuya.
Don't hesitate.
That's what you taught me.
It's the end.
Still with that sword?
What!?
Such monstrous power. But I only need to cut off your whole arm with that sword.
Sakuya!
Hey!
Who is him?
Stupid Boshi, don't come over.
It's not me who came over.
Kotetsu is...
Is he your partner?
He's only a hinderance.
Sakuya, you can never escape.
Neither from assassination
nor the sin of killing your own father.
Killing...
your own father?
What's that sand timer for?
Kill the enemy before the sand falls.
It's the rule of assassination.
What are you concealing?
Noting.
(The End)