With the raid on Ikedaya, the Shinsengumi's fame has soared overnight. While on a recruiting trip in Edo, Kondo and the others speak to Ito Kashitaro, who then joins the Shinsengumi. Kondo admires Ito, but the other men harbor more complicated reactions to the situation—Sannan, in particular. While he is still a lieutenant commander, he's unable to follow the path of a swordsman, and with Ito installed as their military adviser, he feels more and more that there is no place for him in the Shinsengumi. Chizuru is worried about him. Then, one day, things take an unexpected turn...
Our lack of manpower 
was the main reason for that.
كان نقص قوّاتنا هو السّبب الرئيسي وراء ذلك
Das ist unserem Mangel
an Männern zu verschulden.
sont à imputer
au fait que nous manquons d’hommes.
Il motivo principale è stato la nostra mancanza 
di un numero sufficiente di soldati.
Nossa falta de homens
foi a principal causa.
Главной причиной
послужила нехватка наших людей.