:57:00
...who wished the Emperor to rule.
:57:03
This was a tide
the Shinsengumi could not resist.
:57:07
Yoshimura!
:57:08
Yes?
:57:10
Could I ask for some of
your time tonight? It's important.
:57:15
Certainly.
:57:23
This is fine. Leave us.
:57:29
Our task is to guard the Court.
Our loyalty lays with the Emperor.
:57:38
Under Squire Kondo we are no more
than the Tokugawa Shogun's dogs.
:57:46
In this time of upheaval in the land,
I cannot but think that is a mistake.
:57:53
We thus take leave of the Shinsengumi.
:57:59
I wasn't surprised.
:58:02
A fox thinks for itself,
while a dog simply follows.
:58:07
We want you with us!
:58:10
We need your swords!
:58:14
We'll be appointed Imperial Guards.
:58:18
We promise you twice what you get
as Shogun's hatamoto.
:58:24
We're not asking you to decide now.
:58:32
By leaving my clan,
I have already failed one lord.
:58:38
I will not betray the trust of another.
:58:43
Yoshimura... Mr. Saito...
:58:47
...as I see it,
the Tokugawa Shogunate is dead.
:58:51
Others have left... Katsura, from Choshu,
and Sakamoto, from Tosa...
:58:56
No!