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.
these five years since coming 
to the capital have been like a dream.
هذه السّنوات الخمس منذ المجيء إلى
العاصمة كانت أشبه بحلم
waren die fünf Jahre, seit wir
in der Hauptstadt sind, wie ein Traum.
questi cinque anni qui nella capitale 
sono stati come un sogno.
эти пять лет после прибытия
в столицу были похожи на сон.