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.
January 3rd, Keio Year 4 (1868)

Toba-Fushimi
(‏3 يناير، عام كيو 4 (1868

توبا-فوشيمي
3. Januar, 4. Jahr der Keio-Ära (1868)
Toba-Fushimi
3 de enero del cuarto año de la era Keio (1868),
Toba-Fushimi
3 de enero del cuarto año de la era Keio (1868),
Toba-Fushimi
AN 4 DE L’ÈRE KEIÔ, 1ER MOIS, 3E JOUR
(27 JANVIER 1868)
BATAILLE DE TOBA FUSHIMI
3 gennaio, anno 4 dell'era Keiou (1868)
Toba-Fushimi
 Toba-Fushimi 
3 января, 4 год Кэйо (1868)
Тоба-Фусими