Oh!
It hurts!
Damn! What's the matter?
You?
Are you still drunk?
Nagakura Shinpachi, Harada Sanosuke, if you'd kept sleeping quietly,
you could have died easily!
What's the sound?
The building over there is the Maekawa residence.
No way! Are they still drinking?
No. This sound is caused by swords.
Get up.
Eh?
(Episode 4 Search! The Mysterious Swords)
You can never escape...
Mikura, Arakida, you betrayed us!
Just give up obediently!
Hey, are you okay?
I struck him with the back of my sword.
It may hurt more than dying.
Amazing!
Thank you! You really saved us.
Craps! He's Okita Soji!
The skilled leader of First Squad.
Are you a secret agent of Choshu Domain?
Sneaking into the Shinsengumi or cutting off somebody's head while he is asleep
is something improper for samurais!
No, it's inappropriate to call you and your comrades samurais now.
Hurry up.
Hey!
Let's go!
Those jerks...
It’s an unexpectedly fragile bond for loyalists.
Okita, Saito, Sannan.
Pursue those escaped spies.
Roger!
Kondo, Nagakura, Harada, clean up here.
Roger!
Hijikata, get him to confess.
Even in rough ways.
Roger.
Mikura...
I'll have you talk a lot.
I will not submit to you...
How much pain can you tolerate?
Do you know it yourself?
They escaped.
Such a rebellion happened just at the moment new soldiers joined Shinsengumi.
What a timing.
Sogen, do you mean it's premeditated?
Given the situation,
I have to say it's highly possible.
Oh, that'd be hateful.
(Shinsengumi Headquarter)
Eh?
You are not an ordinary geiko, right?
As you can see,
I'm just a geiko.
Er.
It's up to you now. I gonna disappear.
What?
I'll have it as a memorial, Ikumatsu.
Ikuchiyo...
Out of my way.
What are you going to do with this guy?
Get information
and maintain the public order of the capital.
How plausible it sounds.
That is the duty of Shinsengumi.
Do whatever you want.
I am a proud retainer of Choshu Domain. No matter what pain, I will never... It hurts!
Shut up!
Huh?
You just keep quiet!
Do you want to kill him?
Torture him until he confesses.
That's it.
With such a dirty trick,
you will be the same as those malcontent ronins.
How rude!
We are not malcontent ronins...
I've told you to shut up!
I won't let you torture.
Sakuya, I can't trust you.
Because I was an assassinator?
Assassinator?
Because you are a damn disgusting parricide who slashes people regardless of who it is!
Parricide?
Is that all you want to say?
Wait!
I will confess.
I'll tell you everything I know.
Huh?
A spy of the Choshu Domain?
As well as the case in Yoshidaya the other day,
they seem to have a profound distaste for Shinsengumi.
Then, what about that sword?
Yes.
It was in the possession of a spy.
This is...
The mysterious...
This dubious sword, which has a trenchant blade that surpasses even celebrated swords,
seems to be circulating among the ronins in Kyoto.
What a trouble.
And what is the source of the sword?
He said he got it from a child.
From a child?
It is said that many of the Tobaku Group
transmit swords through orphans.
I didn't expect there's such an ulterior motive in their recent suspicious movements.
However, it is also difficult to put out feelers among the orphans
gathered in large numbers on Kyoto's streets.
Please don't worry.
Fortunately, in the substitutes of Shinsengumi,
there's someone who was the head of a gang of hooligans consisting of orphans.
He seems to have a lot of influence in that field.
Wow!
Rice *!
Boss!
Brother Gyata is back!
You are saying too loudly.
- I want too! I came first! - Don't worry, there's a lot!
Line up! Line up!
Amazing!
Are they all Gyatarou's young brothers?
Some are familiar faces.
There is also someone I don't know who came while I was arrested.
But,
why do they transmit swords through kids?
That's because it's the orphans
who are willing to make dangerous money in this city.
Ichibanboshi, aren't you the same?
Yeah.
I also did everything to survive.
Stealing, and of course something dangerous.
They kill their parents and control the kids.
I will never forgive those jerks.
I won't forgive them either.
Let's punish them with our own hands!
Okay!
Ikumatsu, are you on a holiday today?
Ikuchiyo, who are you?
You are not an ordinary deviant interested in female clothing.
I don't want to be told so by a samurai interested in male clothing.
I am the man who has been searched by Ikumatsu, namely Okita Soji.
The retainer of Choshu Domain, Katsura Kogoro!
It's you after all. Then I can get many questions answered.
Don't hurry.
I know Shinsengumi is trying to kill me.
But it would be too hasty to direct the blade at me.
How dare you say that?
We were attacked in our sleep by Choshu's spies!
Sorry. Those idiots of our Choshu can't even get the current picture.
They are conducting sabotage pointlessly.
I'm having trouble with them too.
Ikumatsu. No, Okita.
Please listen to my consultation.
Hasn't your brother come?
I think he's coming soon.
Well, don't cry.
Blow your nose and wipe your tears.
Oh, you little crybaby.
Don't cry, Tsukito.
Come on, you are being weak.
I took your scarf back for you. Here.
Brother, thank you.
You also have to get stronger in the quarrels.
Brother Ichibanboshi, you are far too strong.
Because I am always the best.
There. There.
- Now then. Go home with me. - I will avenge your death
and make you a grave someday.
The grandest grave.
Oh, he's coming.
Eh?
Hey, Tomekichi!
Right here!
Eh?
Brother Gyata?
Hi!
Long time no see.
Brother Gyata, did you escape from jail again?
Yes, that's it.
A lot happened and now I've become Nagakura Shinpachi of Shinsengumi.
I am a samurai.
From a head of hooligans to a samurai?
You're carrying a joke too far.
What's the matter today?
We came for those.
Tomekichi, you are delivering something dangerous, right?
Brother Gyata, that is...
I won't judge you kids.
We are searching for those who are distributing the swords.
We are going to have a little talk with them.
Guide us to their place.
I knew I can't talk you out of this, Brother Gyata.
Come with me.
Forgive me.
I've confessed everything...
Really!
I bear the same blood as that man,
right?
I hold no grudge against you.
To maintain the public order of Kyoto,
for those are left behind
and are put at a disadvantage,
I have to do so.
What are you doing?
I'm having him to confess.
We've got the information.
No need for torture anymore.
If it were the real Hijikata Toshizo,
he wouldn't be lenient and would do it more thoroughly...
How dare you, a substitute, talk about Vice Commander without knowing anything.
Roger. I will stop the torture.
Where are the others? They should have been told to gather around 16:00.
Well, the doctor and the monk were working on swords.
They seemed to be upgrading the electric khakkhara.
Stupid Boshi and others have not been back from the haunt of orphans.
How about Akira?
Well, there's no need to worry about her...
Those who wear strange masks are also
partnering with the radicals of Choshu Domain.
With Zomennooni?
I want to stop the idiots of Choshu Domain.
The same as Shinsengumi
We share a mutual interest.
How about it?
About what?
Okita Soji, cooperate with me.
I want to share information with you.
Considering the public order of Kyoto and the future of Japan,
it is a reasonable decision in every respect.
You don't have to reply now.
Think carefully until you are appeased.
Wait!
What a pity.
Rather than swords, that is more suitable for you.
That?
Oh!
Okita Soji,
see you next time. Answer me then.
They are distributing swords like that...
It should be untraceable indeed.
Look. They finally show up.
There are two adults on the bridge.
Tomekichi is handing the swords...
Those two...
I think I've seen them somewhere.
- They are the Choshu Domain's... - Rat bastards who attacked us!
Good.
I can...
Hardly wait to beat them up!
(Shinsengumi Headquarter)
Sorry to be late.
Aren't they the assassins this morning?
They've confessed.
The Zomennooni behind them are gathering the mysterious swords.
The same as the information I got.
Alright. All, get ready.
We are gonna head for another mission!
Roger!
Good!
Smash them!!
(Choshu Domain Residence)
There is no noticeable move here.
With no conflict, I can't get corpses to dissect.
I really hope these Choshu guys could get all fired up.
For that reason?
(Kyoto Demachi Delta)
There are four bridges over the river.
(1864 Kamogawa River)
With the advantage of this place,
(1864 Kamogawa River) we will not miss the masked.
Why do they choose somewhere like a delta as the delivery place?
What if a ship is used to retrieve the swords?
Right. That's really a problem.
Ichibanboshi and others headed to the forest...
Tsk. A wooden hut.
I wonder if there are sentries from here.
Let me go.
It's dangerous.
It's our turn.
But Brother, you guys are too conspicuous.
I will go first and take a check.
Come if I give you a signal.
Okay. It's on you.
Inform us if anything happens.
I bring them here.
Nobody here?
Boy, you are alone, right?
Put down the swords and leave.
What are you saying?
We aren’t errands for free.
Exchange them with rewards.
Come...
I will make sure if the swords are authentic.
The signal is too slow.
What is Tomekichi doing?
Let's break in.
Don't be anxious.
My little brother is not someone ordinary.
Eh?
This is...
That’s not what you said.
Boy,
dedicate your life to this country.
Instead of the rewards.
Go to hell!
Brother Gyata!
Smash!
You brats, get ready to die!
Is the boy a decoy?
Get them!
It's coming.
Eh?
I haven't seen anything...
After all, they use a ship to retrieve.
I'm going.
I will intercept them here.
I'm Hijikata Toshizo, the Vice Commander of Shinsengumi.
I will help if you want to die.
If ants crawling on the ground get out of the group,
it means they rush to death by keep crawling without eating.
Hijikata Toshizo,
are you also belonging to nowhere and rushing to death?
The 851st people...
Hijikata, you are strong.
You don't seem to rush to death.
But that strength can't take you anywhere.
Rather than ants getting out of the group,
it's more miserable to develop a sense of isolation within a group.
You bastard...
Eat this!
It's over, Shinsengumi.
The boy will die if you dare to move.
- What... - Tomekichi!
Sorry, guys.
Kids are useful.
Both for transmitting weapons and being as hostages
You scum!
Use them when you are in need.
Treat them casually when you're done!
You make me wanna puke!
Tomekichi!
Now the shoe is on the other foot!
You brats, give up!
What?
Tomekichi, run now!
Yes.
Lord Rashomaru!
Wait!
Come on. Should he say something like
"it's on you here" in such a situation?
Yes!
I can do nothing with him.
Let's clean them up with a snap!
Of course!
I won't forget! That sword and that guise!
I will never forgive you! You scarfed bastard!
Watch this!
Die!
Revenge for dad...
mom...
and Tsukito!
I, Kondo Isami, will bring you to justice!
Kondo Isami?
Isn't it a far too splendid name for you?
Tsukito...
You are alive!?
I've discarded that name.
I'm now the general of Zomennooni,
Rashomaru.
Are you scared of something?
Being scolded by Todo.
No.
Bugs.
How about Gyatarou?
I am scared of gold coins.
Hum...
I'm scared of sweet buns!
(The End)