With the raid on Ikedaya, the Shinsengumi's fame has soared overnight. While on a recruiting trip in Edo, Kondo and the others speak to Ito Kashitaro, who then joins the Shinsengumi. Kondo admires Ito, but the other men harbor more complicated reactions to the situation—Sannan, in particular. While he is still a lieutenant commander, he's unable to follow the path of a swordsman, and with Ito installed as their military adviser, he feels more and more that there is no place for him in the Shinsengumi. Chizuru is worried about him. Then, one day, things take an unexpected turn...
The fact that, amidst all that uproar, 
Kodo-san wasn't found inside Ikedaya...
،الحقيقة هي أنّه وسط كلّ تلك الفوضى
...عدم وجود كودو-سان داخل إيكيدايا
Dass wir in all dem Aufruhr Kodo-san
nicht im Ikedaya gefunden haben,
Que pese a todo,
Kodo no estuviera en Ikedaya
Que pese a todo,
Kodo no estuviera en Ikedaya
Vu le grabuge qu’il y a eu,
l’absence de ton père
Non aver trovato Koudou-san
 in quel luogo e in tutto quel trambusto...
E como o Kodo-san não estava
naquele caos da Ikedaya...
А то, что в Икэдае
не оказалось Кодо...