The shogunate orders the Shinsengumi to move their headquarters to the Fushimi Magistrate's Office to combat the Satsuma and Choshu factions. A few days later, Kondo is shot on his way back from attending a war council, leaving him on the verge of death. The news makes Okita drag himself, weakened by his illness, to Sannan's rooms.
Day by day, the battle with the Satsuma-Choshu forces grows fiercer, and the Shinsengumi is made to feel the disadvantage of their inferior numbers. Amidst all of this, Hijikata comes to a decision.
The smell of human blood, 
the feel of it, the warmth...
...رائحة دماء البشر والإحساس به والدفء
Der Geruch nach Menschenblut,
wie es sich anfühlt und seine Wärme …
El olor de la sangre humana, su calor…
El olor de la sangre humana, su calor…
L’odeur du sang humain, sa douceur,
sa chaleur, son goût…
L'odore del sangue umano, 
la sua corposità, il suo calore...
O cheiro, o toque e o
calor do sangue humano...
Запах человеческой крови,
ощущение, тепло...