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.
That is much sooner than we'd anticipated.
هذا أبكر ممّا كنّا قد توقّعنا
Viel früher als erwartet.
Molto prima di quanto pensassimo.
Foi muito mais rápido
do que imaginávamos.
Быстрее, чем мы думали.