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.
Even so, for us, 
who weren't born as warriors...
...رغم ذلك، بالنسبة لنا، الّذين لم نُولَد كمُحاربين
Doch selbst unsereins, die nicht
als Krieger geboren wurden, sind hier.
Ni siquiera para nosotros,
que nacimos como guerreros.
Ni siquiera para nosotros,
que nacimos como guerreros.
Malgré tout,
nous qui n’étions pas des samouraïs,
Ciononostante, 
per noi che non siamo nati guerrieri...
Mas para gente como eu,
que não nasceu em família samurai...
Но мы изначально
не были воинами...