Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor Page #4

Where are the courtesans?

Where are the courtesans?

My apologies. I'll get them. Please drink.

The seven officials that tried to kidnap

the Emperor from the palace...

...have been driven

out of Kyoto.

Thanks to the Shinsengumi, the Shogunate

has won a great victory.

Aren't you glad that you didn't have

to fight? That there was no battle?

Hey...

Are you implying that the Shinsengumi

won because we didn't have to fight?

Why, nothing of the sort...

Why, nothing of the sort...

Shut up!

You're making fun of

the Shinsengumi.

Courtesan Miyuki...

You're late, courtesan.

Here. Pour

me one.

None for me thanks. I have

decided to abstain.

Have you made a vow

of some kind?

Well... you could

say that.

Hey, Kondo...

You got somethin' to say?

You should not speak

in such a vulgar tone.

If you make a scene here,

people will laugh at you.

If you're a samurai, you

should know that.

HEY!

Don't you know that I'm Serizawa Kamo,

the leader of the Shinsengumi? Well?!

I see no leaders...

no Daimyo here.

Merely men...

and women.

You've got a mouth

on you.

What?

You got something

to say to me?

I don't like the way you're

looking at me!

That goes for

you too!

And you!

I'm the one that arranged

for this banquet.

Because of our latest victory, we Shinsengumi

have been recognized by the Aizu fief.

And for the first time, we've received

a monetary reward.

My farmer comrade Kondo here

didn't want us to celebrate!

But I made sure we could,

to boost our morale!

Well?!

What's bothering you?!

Answer me, Hijikata!

"my robe reaches

my Knees..."

"my sleeves reach

my wrists..."

"At my hip..."

"...is my sword...

Ei! Ya! Toh!"

"It cuts through iron!"

That's stupid!

You're plastered...

What happened?

What happened?

Gimme water!

Oume!

Hold me...

Hold me!

Who's there?!

I knew you'd come

to kill me.

I, Kondo Isami, humbly assume

leadership of the entire force.

All of you, resolutely applying

the spirit of makoto...

...must strictly adhere to our regulations, in

the service of keeping the peace in Kyoto.

I want you all to exercise the

most austere discipline.

Commemorating this new direction

for the Shinsengumi...

...Arakida Samanosuke,

Echigo Saburo...

...and Matsui Ryuzaburo,

are hereby declared...

...to have been exposed as

spies for the Choshu fief.

They are to be expelled.

Stop them! Don't let

them get away!

Come with us!

Display their heads

at Senjo-gahara!

Yamanami...

Okita...

You are witness to the decorum

of our Commander.

Let us become a Shinsengumi that

none can accuse of wrongdoing.

Oh... you poor thing,

it's so cold!

I'll give you this. Go roast

it somewhere and eat it.

Better hurry, you'll

freeze to death.

Thanks, thanks...

Don't worry... it was

just a beggar.

On October 15th, the Shogun left Edo, on a

mission to unite the nobles and samurai.

This is his second trip to

Kyoto since last year.

The Emperor and the Shogun are cooperating,

but the Court and the Shogunate are feuding.

Miyabe, we have to act

as soon as possible.

Other than the Satsuma men, the Shogun's

retainers in Kyoto are all cowards.

I know.

I know.

No, perhaps we should wait a bit...

Ever since we were chased out of

Kyoto, we of the Choshu clan...

...have found it

hard to return.

It must be very hard on poor Yamazaki,

out there in the cold.

The lmperialists are getting

more zealous.

There's word that the Choshu

group is swelling its ranks.

How'd it go?

I took him his favorite sugar candy, but he just

gave me attitude. Wouldn't even talk to me.

Yamanami, don't you think something's

been bothering our Commander lately?

Okita, the weight of responsibility for our

troop rests solely on his shoulders.

He doesn't have time for

personal pleasures.

He's a little too austere

if you ask me.

We've been in Kyoto for a year, and now even

the Aizu clan relies on the Shinsengumi.

And the Shogun is coming

to Kyoto once again.

When you're trying to lead a force

of over a hundred men...

...there's no room for even

the slightest error.

I feel sorry for our

Commander.

He's shouldering

quite a burden.

All I do is sit in front of

my abacus all day.

It must be so scary out there for

everyone, fighting every day.

You dummy... If you're a samurai,

you can't be scared to die.

But one shouldn't die

for nothing, right?

Welcome back.

Welcome back.

Damn, it's cold!

Go take a bath and warm up.

Go take a bath and warm up.

Thanks... Thanks!

Once again, I failed

tonight.

There's this one suspicious

character...

...but he's always a few

steps ahead of me.

Sh*t! I'll get him one

of these days.

Summer

I can't bear this. Let's

get out of here!

Talk. Talk!

Kill me! Just

kill me!

A**hole!

Still don't want

to talk, eh?

You're too tough to be a

real antiques merchant.

Confess!

What? The antiques merchant

is Kodaka Shutaro of Oomi?

Yes, sir!

Yes, sir!

Commander! He confessed!

The palace! They're planning

to burn the palace!

Burn the palace?

Burn the palace?

They plan to wait for a windy night...

...then set fire to the palace and the

mansions of Shogunate Daimyo.

Then they'll kidnap the Emperor during the

pandemonium, and take him to Choshu!

This is bad.

This is bad.

Kyoto will be tumbled into chaos!

They're gathering tonight to

finalize their plan of attack.

Sh*t... Tonight's the Gion festival.

They'll just blend into the crowd!

Where will they meet?

Where will they meet?

At lkeda Mercantile, at Senjo.

Executive Officer... how many

troops can we deploy?

Excluding those in Osaka

and the sick, about thirty!

All right. We've no time to lose. Request

additional troops from the Aizu clan.

"Hour of the Dog:" Around 8 p.m.

We will assault lkeda Mercantile

at the hour of the dog.

Woops, I'm so sorry. I wasn't

paying attention.

Not a problem,

not a problem.

That felt nice

and cool.

You must be more careful

in the future.

Welcome back. You're

early today.

Yeah... in this heat, door-to-door

sales are murder.

And on top of that, tonight's

the Gion festival!

Hurry it up... all right?

Hurry it up... all right?

Mr. Okita.

Mr. Okita.

Mr. Okita.

Move it!

Mr. Okita.

Mr. Okita!

What is it, for crying out loud?

I'm busy! See me later.

Do you have enough men?

Do you have enough men?

We're short. It's making me nervous.

What about me?

What about me?

Idiot! This isn't a game!

On the other hand, "a withered tree

is the mountain's prosperity."

You can come.

You can come.

Really?

I'm on it!

Lanterns:
"Festival Lamp"

You doing okay?

Yeah...

But it sure is hot tonight.

Hello, Miyabe.

Hello, Miyabe.

Hey there.

Miyabe, this is a letter

from Katsura.

Commander!

Commander.

We have word that between fourty and fifty

men are meeting at Shikoku Mercantile.

Shikoku Mercantile?

Fifty men at Shikoku

Mercantile. Thirty at lkeda Mercantile.

There's still no reply from the

Aizu about reinforcements.

What's taking them

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