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...
This is something which Vice-Commander 
Hijikata and I have discussed at length.
هناك أمر ناقشتُه أنا ونائب القائد هيجيكاتا مُطوّلاً
Vizekommandant Hijikata und ich
haben das bereits lange diskutiert.
Es algo que el vicecomandante Hijikata
y yo hemos hablado largo y tendido.
Es algo que el subcomandante Hijikata
y yo hemos hablado largo y tendido.
Sire Hijikata et moi-même
en avons longuement discuté.
È qualcosa che il vice-comandante Hijikata
 e io abbiamo discusso a lungo.
Este é um assunto que foi discutido a fundo
entre o vice-comandante Hijikata e eu.
Мы с заместителем командира
Хидзикатой уже давно это обсудили.