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 what it means to be what 
we dreamed of—true warriors.
هذا ما يعنيه أن نكون ما حلمنا به. محاربين حقيقيّين
So würde ein wahrer Krieger handeln,
der wir schon immer sein wollten.
Eso es ser lo que siempre soñamos,
¡auténticos guerreros!
Eso es ser lo que siempre soñamos,
¡auténticos guerreros!
Nous défendrons
notre idéal de toujours,
Questo significa essere ciò che abbiamo 
sempre sognato, dei veri guerrieri.
Assim, seremos o que sempre
sonhamos ser: verdadeiros samurais.
Так ведут себя те, кем мы мечтали
стать, — настоящие воины.