Within the Shinsengumi, distrust of Ito's faction is increasing, and Nagakura Shinpachi's irritation with Hijikata for not saying anything grows.
Around the same time, there's a string of incidents in which the shogunate's edict boards that stand along the roadsides in the capital are pulled out of the ground. The Shinsengumi is ordered to guard them.
Later, Harada Sanosuke receives a cash reward for successfully protecting the edict boards. He and a group of like-minded members set out to go drinking. In high spirits, they head for their destination not knowing that Hijikata is waiting there.
a swordsman who has strayed 
from the true path, fighting left-handed.
سيّاف انحرف عن الطريق الصّحيح ويقاتل بيُسراه
Ein Schwertkämpfer, der vom Weg
abgekommen ist und linkshändig kämpft.
Sono uno spadaccino che ha abbandonato 
la retta via e combatte con il braccio sinistro.
um espadachim canhoto,
um transviado de seu caminho.
сбившийся с пути, который
должен был умереть.