Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor Page #8

this matter.

Letter:
"Request for Secession"

Are you deserting?

Not at all. We merely wish to support

the Shinsengumi in a different way.

A different way?

We will throw in our lot with the

Satsuma and Choshu fiefs.

We will uncover their secrets, and

report them to the Shinsengumi.

As you wish...

Having received the Commander's approval,

we, the fifteen of us, bid you farewell.

Kondo, until we

meet again...

Todo! You too?!

I'm sorry...

I'm sorry...

Bastards!

Bastards!

Wait!

Bastards!

Wait!

Wait!

Commander!

Who are you?

Who are you?

Kondo Isami.

Master!

Master!

Master!

Master!

Master!

Master!

Master!

Master!

Master!

We will... we will

avenge you!

We will defeat

Kondo Isami!

Cowards!

New Shogun Tokugawa Yoshinobu

reinstates Imperial rule.

There's going

to be a war!

Choshu and Satsuma

are going to attack!

We have

to run!

Hurry up and get

out of here!

Kaori! Kaori!

Are you all right?

Uh, wait!

Okita!

Miss Kaori! I'm so

glad to see you.

How've you been?

Are you okay?

Yes.

Okita, I hear you're leaving Kyoto

and going to Fushimi.

We're going to go as far as we

can, to relatives in Ohmi.

The time has come for us to part. I thank

you for everything you've done for me.

No...

Miss Kaori. Thanks to that funeral sake,

I'm going to live for a long time.

Thank you.

Don't be silly!

Don't cry!

That's right. When the war is over, we'll

meet again, and drink more sake.

I promise I'll come

to see you.

I will not die.

Until then...

They're coming!

Okita!

Oyuki.

Oyuki, there

you are.

Oh, hello.

The city's in a panic. What

are you doing here?

Did you hear

from Oko?

Yes. She's working

in Edo.

I see.

Oyuki.

Thank you for being kind

to this unworthy man.

Take this money, leave this place,

and make something of your life.

I don't want it. I'm

not leaving.

I won't be returning. The Aizu clan left for

Osaka Castle with the Shogunate forces.

The Shinsengumi have been ordered to

pacify Fushimi. We're leaving Kyoto.

My life... belongs

to you.

I'll stay with you

until death.

I don't regret my burning

passion for you.

I'll wait for you here,

even if it kills me.

Oyuki...

You won't die.

You won't!

You will surely, surely

return to me.

I have... faith

in you.

This is to avenge

Master lto!

Sign:
"Shinsengumi Headquarters"

Please take it easy and rest

up at Osaka Castle.

I'm counting on

you, Hijikata!

Don't worry, leave

everything to me!

Commander! We pray for

your swift recovery.

The Battle of Toba and Fushimi

Goddamn bullets!

Hijikata, this is the end. I've lived for the

sword alone. Let me charge them!

Okita.

The day of the sword

is done!

Please give my regards

to Commander Kondo.

CHARGE!

Okita!

The Satsuma and Choshu armies have raised

the lmperial flag! The lmperial flag!

That... That means we'll be

considered to be rebels!

We're not opposed

to the Emperor!

Damn! Satsuma and Choshu are

the traitors that started the war!

They've stripped the Shogun

of all his power!

Executive Officer! Executive Officer!

The Shogun's gone by ship to Edo!

So... Okita...!

We'll rejoin our Commander

in Edo. We shall rise again!

How's Tamako?

It was raining so hard, I

left her at my uncle's.

I'll go get her

right away.

She's really grown.

I'm glad you're

all doing well.

You too.

Please, come in.

I can't, I have

no time.

Depend on your brother for advice.

The rest is up to you.

I'll be back soon! Take

care of Tamako.

Husband! Wait!

Please wait!

Please see Tamako

before you leave!

I came to bid you farewell, before we leave for

Koshu with the Koyo suppression force.

I'm glad that you came,

really glad.

Lord Awa... You found a way to elegantly

remove the Shinsengumi from Edo.

Kondo...

You've given us military

funds and cannons...

...you made me a junior elder, and now

you're kindly giving me a place to die.

But before I go, there is something

I want to tell you.

I do not like war.

The Shogun has courageously relinquished

power after 300 years in authority.

But Choshu and Satsuma...

...have cast him in the role of traitor,

and have dragged him into this war.

To hell with the lmperialists!

The only reason they support the Emperor

is because they want power.

I cannot forgive

them for that.

Never have I despised

the lmperial court!

But if we retreat now, the proud history of

the Tokugawa clan will be besmirched!

This is why

I fight.

Some say I'm living in the past,

but this is what I call "makoto!"

Banners:
"Koyo Suppression Force"

There it is... Tama, our home. This

is the last time we'll see it.

May we end

with valor!

Master Kondo! Master Hijikata!

Please let us

join you!

We're the young

men of Tama.

We want to go

with you!

Please let us join the Koyo

suppression force.

Please!

I appreciate your zeal, but

I will not permit it.

Why? Please let us help you!

Please let us

go with you!

I'm begging you!

Thank you. You boys have

a future ahead of you.

There are many things that you have yet

to accomplish. Ten years from now...

...Japan will have changed a great

deal, and Japan will need you.

I beg you, work

for that future.

Signpost:
"Shimofusa, Nagareyama"

Signpost:
"Shimofusa, Nagareyama"

Men at Nagareyama headquarters,

attend to my words!

I am staff officer Arima Tota

of the lmperial Army!

Your headquarters are surrounded

by the lmperial Army!

The Shinsengumi, and their leader, Kondo

Isami, must surrender immediately!

Damnit!

Damnit!

The Koyo suppression force was defeated...

...and now we find ourselves surrounded

here at Nagareyama!

This is the end.

We have to escape somehow! We'll

all die in vain if we fight here.

That's right!

That's right!

Let's escape!

Let's escape!

Isami, with the Aizu's help, we will rise again!

Let's escape!

I am going to go meet the

lmperial messenger.

Are you surrendering?

Are you surrendering?

You are the Commander of the Shinsengumi!

I'll drag you with us if I have to!

I'll drag you with us if I have to!

I'm not going with you.

I'm not going with you.

Please! Escape with us!

I'm not going with you.

Please! Escape with us!

Please! Escape with us!

Commander!

Commander!

Escape with us!

Commander!

All of you must flee. This

is my final command.

Escape while I'm meeting

with the messenger!

Isami!

Isami!

Commander!

Toshi, you've always

been good to me.

You did all the work that

I didn't want to do.

I was only able to lead because

you were there for me.

Thank you.

Isami... I've trampled all

over your warm heart.

Forgive me!

Forgive me!

You still have the warm hands of a Tama farmer.

From today on, each of you must

do what you think is right.

I... I don't want

you to die!

Toshi... Let me do what I want

for once, won't you?

Live a life full enough

for the both of us!

Halt!

I am Shogunate junior elder...

...and former leader of the Shinsengumi:

Kondo Isami Masanori.

I am Arima Tota. The former Shogun,

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