The Shinsengumi have decided to retreat from Fushimi. Chizuru and Inoue Genzaburo have headed toward Yodo Castle to request reinforcements, but on their way there, Chizuru's father, Kodo, who had been missing, suddenly appears in their path. Their reunion moves Chizuru to tears. She asks him why he disappeared, and what he says in reply horrifies her. While Chizuru is still in shock, Kazama appears and tells her a cruel truth. She is stricken with despair, and just as she is about to kill herself, Hijikata arrives.
He's born of a branch of the Yukimura family 
that has mixed with humans.
وُلِد في كنف إحدى فروع عائلة
يوكيمورا التي اختلطت مع البشر
Er entstammt einer Zweigfamilie,
Nació en una rama de la familia cuya
sangre se mezcló con la de los humanos.
Nació en una rama de la familia cuya
sangre se mezcló con la de los humanos.
Il est né d’une branche du clan
où se mêle du sang humain.
Appartiene a un ramo del clan Yukimura
che si è mescolato con gli umani.
Ele é de um braço do clã Yukimura
 que se misturou com os humanos.
Он родом из ветви клана Юкимура,
которая смешалась с людьми.