Tomorrow night, we Shinsengumi will go on another mission to Shirakawaya.
Make your preparations meticulously!
Roger!
Ichibanboshi.
Yes.
You are confined.
Eh?
You can't participate in the action tomorrow night.
I can't let someone frivolous hold Kotetsu.
You can't exclude me from it for such a reason!
Garrulous! You yourself should know the reason best.
I'd be loose without the Commander.
I also want Ichibanboshi to be there...
Right. I feel like it's killing the mood somehow.
His conceptions are interesting.
Flexible responses are necessary when something happens.
Ichibanboshi also distinguished himself in the case of Yoshidaya.
You should evaluate it calmly.
Shirakawaya we are heading for this time is the den of the evil.
In such a bloody hell where to live or to die, no hindrance is needed.
Just as Sakuya said.
Ichibanboshi is now distracted by his brother and becoming restless.
Is there anyone wants to count on him?
That's it.
(Episode 6 A Victory! The Aberrant Shirakawaya)
Tsukito!
Reach out your hand.
Hand?
What's the matter, Brother?
Here.
It seems delicious, right?
Where's yours, Brother?
I have already eaten up mine.
So...
Here.
You fool. That is for you!
Because it's more delicious if we eat together.
You just left me no choice.
I know it...
Tsukito is a nice boy...
Nicer than anyone else! The nicest!!
Oh...
Sir, you've drunk too much...
How can I leave him alone?
Huh?
He's my family! I had lived along with him since he was born!
For him, I...
Exactly!
Family are more important than anything.
Ah?
Only in the presence of families of the same blood,
can we own peacefulness and affection.
They also render us dauntless, and give us the courage to fight on.
You are talking sense!
My name is Uchiyama Hikojiro.
I'm Ichibanboshi. Nice to meet you.
My pleasure.
I am the same as you.
I can do anything for my little sister.
Anything.
Even a Yoriki like you has your own bitterness. [Yoriki is a form of police in the Edo period]
But that's almost over.
Kayo is getting married!
Congratulations on it! Let's go have another drink!
It's already dawn now.
All stores have been closed.
What's more, I have some minor business to take care of from now on.
I see!
Let's go out drinking again!
I get along well with you!
Let's protect our own families together, Ichibanboshi!
Okay, Hikojiro!
(Shirakawaya)
So you mean you want to break away from us...
There's no more need for me to do such things now.
I want to make this case the last.
Of course, I will keep everything that happened a secret.
There's no help for stopping someone who wants to quit.
We'll find another cooperator.
Then, if you may excuse me.
Rashomaru.
Yes.
Leave it to me.
(Shirakawaya)
I'm back.
Brother,
welcome home.
You came home in the morning again...
Just let me enjoy a drink when I'm off duty.
I met an interesting man at the bar.
You seem happy.
It's rare to see.
By the way, Kayo.
It's Gion festival soon.
Yes. I'm eagerly looking forward to it.
Leave Kyoto for a while.
Eh? I already have an appointment with my friends...
Just leave here.
You guys!
Go in an elated mood!
Oh!
Mr. Nagakura, I didn't see Commander Kondo...
He is... Em... That...
Commander won't participate in this action because he's not feeling well.
Not feeling well...
I see...
If they asked me in advance,
I could prescribe a medicine that can really cause the symptoms of the disease.
Isn't that just a poison?
Poisons and medicines are two sides of the same coin.
It's really boring without him.
Yes...
If you wanna play best-friend game, just play it out of my sight.
Hey, you! You've been getting over yourself from just now!
Do you want to die right before the mission?
I don't mind though.
Do you wanna have a try?
However great a master of swordplay you may be,
you can be no match for a gun.
How long do you want to keep chattering!?
The mission this time bears on the survival of Shinsengumi!
Brace your own nerves and get to work!
Got it.
According to both Okita Soji and the inspector,
Shirakawaya is manipulating the price of kerosene,
and making undue profits.
I guess that's the source of funds of Zomennooni.
Why are they getting away with such things?
The town magistrate who should be in charge of it,
Uchiyama Hikojiro, is pulling the strings behind the scenes.
So we can do whatever we want.
Uchiyama's wrongdoing is
the cause of the Shinsengumi's raid.
So don't end it by Uchiyama's death!
Be sure you capture him alive,
and make him confess his crime!
Am I clear, soldiers!!
Roger!
Mom!
Tsukito!
Regimental soldiers, split up here.
Roger!
Team leaders go search the main building.
It's a criminal investigation!
Guys, search the rooms!
Well...
Nobody is here.
Nobody either.
Why have they escaped?
Has our raid been leaked out?
That's impossible...
Todo!!
Guys, this way.
Look at this.
Metal?
It looks like a door...
The barrels are in the way.
It's on you, Bou!
Is it a basement?
Wow, it echoed.
It must be very wide down there as there's an echo.
Maybe there's something else left
that they weren't able to carry out.
But, this lock...
Ta-dah!
Such a lock is a piece of cake for me.
Gyatarou, you are no longer a criminal...
Don't say something so stiff now.
It's very deep...
How deep will it go down to?
Maybe till the hell...
Brr...
It's not a good idea to use fire in an oil store.
But we can't see anything if put it out.
Eh?
Wait.
What... is that!?
What a disgusting painting...
It's scaring...
Mr. Suzuran, this part...
Huh?
It looks like a Sanskrit character.
If it's Sanskrit, it looks like an Ark.
Does it have any meaning?
Something like what Buddha says, "Om amoghasiddhi ah".
And Mandala of Garbhadhatu Five Buddhas is in the north direction.
Eh?
You can't understand at all, right?
But it feels like it's drawn randomly.
Eh!?
Let's proceed.
Is this where the sound just now came from?
This is such an interesting machine!
Sogen, do you know what's this machine for?
No, not at all.
But that's exactly why it's interesting.
Do you want to know what it is?
You foolish Shinsengumi.
You have come so far to here...
Eh?
Why isn't Kondo Isami here?
Is he in a blue funk?
Ichibanboshi is not such a guy!
Is he endearing to you?
Tsukito!
This machine is used for this...
What are you doing?
You'll know after you die and become a soul!
So I will kill all of you.
Ugh.
Hide-and-seek?
Danger!
You jerk!!
Don't fire here!! You will ignite the oil!
Damn! I know!!
You can see my figure?
Because you reek of blood.
Good, good, Hijikata.
You are strong.
Quit this crappy Shinsengumi
and join us!
I don't wanna wear the shitty, ugly mask of you guys.
Everyone, gather!!
The enemy wants to disperse us!
You've made the criminals be the substitutes and made your effort to train them.
But you are still done if you are not strong enough!
What!?
Oh!
Tsukito! Where are you!?
Tsukito!
I've told you I've discarded that name...
Why are you in Zomennooni?
Were you threatened?
You are too nice to do such things...
I am the real me now.
No, that's not true!
I killed mom with this sword which had killed dad.
Not only...
No matter how many people I kill,
let alone feeling guilty, I just feel it's my vocation.
Your partners are right under here...
If you can't save them as soon as possible,
they will all be charred.
What?
Damn! It's locked!
Find another way to go upside!
If there's one.
Eh!? The fire is approaching!
Tsukito!
It's Ichibanboshi's voice!
What!? He should be in confinement!
Has he come?
Hey, Ichibanboshi!
Open it!
Your partners are calling you...
Well, draw your sword,
and come at me.
I can't do it...
Have you abandoned them? How cold-hearted!
While your partners appreciate Kondo Isami a lot...
Why are you doing such a thing?
I want to help my friends!
But I don't want to kill you either...
I also want to help you...
You are so soft after all...
Things won't progress so satisfactorily in this world.
Well, maybe there's such a thing...
Come out!
Ichibanboshi!
Hikojiro!? Why are you here!?
That's what I wanna ask you.
He's the Commander of Shinsengumi, Kondo Isami...
Well, his substitute who takes his place after his death.
Substitute!?
He is the town magistrate, Uchiyama Hikojiro, who has cooperated with us
and made a slush fund for his cute sister.
You are... No way!
I've told you...
I can do anything for Kayo.
Uchiyama.
Kill him and don't give him the key.
Then you can get off from us.
Or, your escaped sister will be killed.
The substitute of Kondo Isami,
kill Uchiyama and get the key.
You want to save your partners, right?
Stop, Hikojiro! Stop it!
I won't fight a friend!
Come on...
Stop saying soft words.
Friends surely can be killed.
I even killed mom!
At that time, I...
Boy, come here...
Come here!
Mom...
Kill your mom with this sword.
You are saved if you do so.
Kill your mom.
For your own life...
With this hand,
I killed mom...
You...
Kondo Isami, kill Uchiyama quickly!
To save your companions!
It's really irritating to look at you!
I will kill you!
For Kayo!!
Hikojiro, stop!!
Stop! No!
Get back!
No way.
Is it really Ichibanboshi?
I've told him to not come.
Stupid Boshi doesn't matter...
The way to get out of here is more important.
I have an idea...
It's hard to breathe.
It's burning and the oxygen is decreasing underground.
Soon or later, we won't be able to breath when the oxygen runs out.
We have to hurry up!
I noticed one thing right before the ignition.
If we explode the doors above,
the oxygen outside will flow into the basement at once.
Then?
The fire will get stronger.
Even stronger than now?
Die from explosion or die from fire...
Prepared to plunge into the explosion...
We have no choice but to run.
I'm going to ignite.
Run!!
Break through!
Hurry up to the outside!
Ichibanboshi!!
He's really here!!
It's a violation of discipline!
Be prepared for the corresponding punishment!
Kayo...
I saw you...
dressed in...
pure white...
didn't I...
Uchiyama Hikojiro!
Ichibanboshi, why did you...
We had a drink together...
We laughed together...
and got along well...
I thought we had become friends...
(Oil)
Our smash this time is a failure...
Besides, Shirakawaya is burnt out...
and all the clues are gone...
Uchiyama who is supposed to be captured alive also has died.
Can this failure be recovered?
Shinsengumi is...
dissolved...
Wow!
They look great!
Todo, I, Sakuya,
Sogen, Suzuran, Gyatarou,
and who?
Can I have this?
(The End)