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.
but though our blades are broken 
and dirtied with this crushing loss...
لكن رغم أنّ سيوفنا محطّمة ومُلطّخة
...بهذه الخسارة السّاحقة
doch auch wenn unsere Klingen gebrochen
und beschmutzt sind,
pero aun con espadas rotas
y angustia en el pecho,
pero aun con espadas rotas
y angustia en el pecho,
que nos sabres se brisent,
que notre sang coule
ma anche se le nostre spade sono rotte
e sporche di questa bruciante sconfitta...
mas mesmo com lâminas partidas e 
trajes sujos neste fracasso esmagador...
наши клинки сломаны
и пропитаны горечью...