"[Do you remember the rule that whoever breaks the opposing captain's plate wins?" "]" "["A Woman's Best Make Up is Her Smile"]" "Tsk, I let my guard down and he got me." "If this fight drags on, the difference in our skill levels will become obvious." "I have to finish this match right now!" "Will I get Shinpachi-kun first?" "Or will you get Grandfather first?" "You think you can beat the lightning speed of my sword?" "!" "No!" "He's not after me!" "He's after..." "That leaves an opening to go after the captain...!" "The most dangerous opponent is... you!" "What?" "!" "Shinpachi!" "Got it!" "You read Kyubei's intentions in the blink of an eye, and not only did you break his plate, but you grabbed both swords as well." "Outstanding." "But as I told you before- you can't win this battle carrying a burden like him on your shoulders." "It's not that simple!" "Looking after that kid to the very end is what made you lose." "Why were you so determined to do that?" "!" "End it, Shinpachi." "Sorry, I lost." "We!" "Won!" "Shinpachi!" "Don't be so big-headed, dammit!" "It was mostly thanks to Gin-chan that you won!" "That's my brother-in-law for you!" "You're the only one I can entrust the Shinsengumi to!" "Who're you calling your bother-in-law?" "!" "I don't give a damn about the Shinsengumi!" "I've made another rival." "[Note:" "Okita now has to fight Hijikata AND Shinpachi for the vice-chief position.]" "Impossible!" "How could the Young Lord and Binbokusai-sama lose?" "Damn you all!" "What're you waiting for?" "!" "That game meant nothing from the very beginning!" "Forget about that and slay those scoundrels!" "Don't let them sully our celebrity pedigree any further!" "Koshinori, that's enough." "We lost." "Back down." "Kyubei made them a promise himself." "Return Otae-chan without a fight." "Papa!" "I was against two women from the very start..." "Don't say any more." "I know we told her to become a man, but...!" "Don't say any more." "I'm sorry, Kyubei." "But this may have turned out for the best." "Man, woman..." "I'm not going to hold it against you." "But I think he knew... why you tried to be his left eye." "And you knew, too." "Going to him while shouldering that burden wasn't going to solve anything." "You both knew that doing something like this wasn't going to make anyone happy." "I'm...sorry..." "You don't have to apologize." "Nobody does." "Everyone was simply trying to protect what was important to them." "That's all this was." "Forgive me..." "I..." "I will be your left eye, Kyu-chan." "I should have known." "Kyubei!" "To survive in this Yagyu clan, you have to become strong!" "I should have known." "Everyone was simply trying to protect what was important to them." "That's all this was." "What that man said is right." "I knew it all along." "My selfishness shackled you with a heavy burden." "I knew what you were feeling, but pretended to ignore it, all because I wanted you near me." "Yet you still tried to protect me... by saying you'd become my left eye..." "I also knew that Father and Grandfather were trying to protect me by raising me as a boy." "But somewhere inside of me, I resented them for it." "They made me into someone who is neither man nor woman..." "No one else is to blame for my becoming like this..." "It's my fault for being weak." "Yet everyone tried to protect me to the very end."