The Shinsengumi have decided to retreat from Fushimi. Chizuru and Inoue Genzaburo have headed toward Yodo Castle to request reinforcements, but on their way there, Chizuru's father, Kodo, who had been missing, suddenly appears in their path. Their reunion moves Chizuru to tears. She asks him why he disappeared, and what he says in reply horrifies her. While Chizuru is still in shock, Kazama appears and tells her a cruel truth. She is stricken with despair, and just as she is about to kill herself, Hijikata arrives.
Those of us left alive must finish the path
 the ones who have died believed in.
مَن بقي على قيد الحياة منّا يجب أن يكمل
الطريق الّذي مات الآخرون مؤمنين به
Wir Überlebenden müssen nun
den Weg beschreiten,
Los que vivimos debemos seguir el camino
en el que creían quienes murieron.
Los que vivimos debemos seguir el camino
en el que creían quienes murieron.
Nous avons survécu.
Quelli di noi che sono ancora vivi devono concludere
il cammino in cui credevano coloro che sono morti.
Nós que sobrevivemos precisamos construir o 
caminho no qual nossos aliados caídos acreditavam.
Выжившие должны завершить
путь, в который верили погибшие.