"[Chome Chome Chome Chome Koh!" "Poli Poli Poli Poli Eat it!" "]" "["Keep an Eye on the Chief for the Day"]" "["Chome-ko Nanza Kuso Kurae!" Tsu Terakado's 4th single." "Now on sale!" "]" "Listen up!" "The purpose of today's special assignment is to implore the citizens of Edo to be on the lookout for crimes... has been severely tarnished." "pop idol Otsu-chan will be our "Chief For The Day" and help us improve our public image!" "just be on your best behavior!" "And also respect Otsu-chan..." "I mean the Chief...and learn how to capture people's hearts!" "It's really Otsu-chan!" "Your autograph!" "Please give me your autograph!" "Idiots!" "We won't be able to control the citizens if we can't even control ourselves." "Chief." "I haven't trained them very well..." "That's all right." "What's with your uniform?" "!" "You got her autograph!" "I'll wear it forever." "As long as my life lasts!" "it seems morale has suddenly gone up." "It isn't morale." "They're just flipping out." "this is today's schedule." "right." "so take it easy." "Um..." "I don't want to do it halfway." "My father always told me" "I should tackle it with everything I've got." "Well...but... so I've thought up various ideas to help improve the Shinsengumi's image." "that's all right." "Just your being here... you guys!" "That's enough!" "You have a bad reputation because all you do is fight!" "Settling everything with violence is as low as you can get!" "I'm banning violence for today." "Take off those swords on your waists!" "does this little girl really think she's the boss?" "Those guys can't be controlled by just anyone." "there's no way we could enforce anything without our weapons." "The sword is a samurai's soul." "Chief!" "Should I change careers?" "Toshi!" "Sogo!" "What're you doing?" "!" "Hurry up and drop your weapons!" "I think you've dropped your brain." "We have to work at improving our image!" "Do you think I called Otsu-chan over here for no reason?" "I think you called her because you had lecherous motives." "the Chief... was once hung out to dry because of a scandal and she hit rock bottom." "she sang anywhere she could with a never-give-up attitude. they completely cleaned up her image." "she's returned to be one of Edo's top pop idols." "She's a phoenix-like pop star!" "I know people call you the 24-hour police thugs behind your backs." "I will do my best to thoroughly improve your public image using the show business strategies pounded into me by Tsunpo-san." "we must erase the brutal image that has followed you around!" "I think we should start by changing this rule." "Rule: "Do not violate the Way of the Samurai." "Violators must commit seppuku." "but it's a little scary." "we'll go with this." "Pork ginger sauté." "Add something cute to the end of your sentences." "Violators must commit seppuku." "Cloned human." "That wasn't cute." "You left in the most dangerous part: seppuku." "I couldn't remove it without losing the samurai style." "Camel hump." "No samurai style whatsoever is left" " Moomin." "There you go." "That's it." "Shut up!" "Hijikata-san." "you bastard." "it sounds even more hateful. so I think you need a friendly mascot" " Nori bento." "[Note:" "Nori bento = seaweed boxed lunch]" "I came up with one." "Domestic violence." "over here." "The Shinsengumi mascot:" "Makoto-chan." "That's not cute at all!" "What's this got to do with the Shinsengumi?" "!" "Why's he carrying a dead body?" "!" "Which one?" "Which one is Makoto-chan?" "!" "The horse." "Sweet bean jelly." "I've never seen a mascot with such dismal eyes!" "I see... a symbol of tragedy!" "Oh..." "I did it..." "He said he did it!" "What?" "Is that what he did?" "these days just being cute isn't enough." "Yogurt." "Take a good look." "It's quite gro...cu..." "What'd you do that for!" "Daffunda!" "[Note: "Daffunda" was an expression used by comedian Ken Shimura in his short sketches.]" "Oh stop it." "Tenshindon." "[Note:" "Tenshindon is egg on rice." "Like egg foo yung.]" "They walk haughtily through the streets." "As they flaunt "justice." "Everything they say is for the sake of appearances." "But they close their mouths when it comes to the truth." "your popularity is just what I expected." "Hijikata." "But what is this song?" "Okita." "You're too self-conscious." "Hijikata." "everyone!" "Corn poop!" "Corn poop!" "Okita." "What if there actually is a terrorist incident?" "Hijikata kill Okita!" "Hijikata." "Okita." "I mean Hijikata." "Chief." "Thank you." "Chief." "I never realized how you could gather so much attention with just some small twists." "Bamboo shoots." "but easy to destroy. so we just had to start from scratch." "Phantom azuki bean washer." "she says the worst things with the greatest of ease..." "It's a sad story. but we just seem to be running in circles." "What we aspire to be and the image people have of us are totally different." "Limbo dance." "But you Shinsengumi guys are quite commendable." "people can't even take an honest look at how others see them. you'll be paralyzed." "Slippery phantom." "What's with these conversations?" "It's kind of creepy..." "I was the same way." "I was rocked by a scandal and became so concerned about how everyone saw me that I became too afraid to even step outside." "Badger's balls." "Did she just say "balls"?" "A pop idol said balls?" "Is she really a pop idol?" "But it's not easy changing people's minds." "forget it." "I decided to become the best person I could be." "everything seemed a lot brighter." "Teriyaki burger." "But I think I was only able to come to that realization because of all the time" "I had spent suffering under other people's image of me." "Eel pie." "It's not good to be too concerned with how people see you... either." "It's difficult---the Cat Returns." "But I'm sure you all can do it." "You're already suffering through it." "Princess Mononoke." "Otsu-chan..." "You're a good woman." "Daffunda." "You just said "Daffunda" twice." "you'll have to commit seppuku." "Camel hump." "Otsu-chan." "Elephant's trunk." "What?" "Then let's say it never happened." "It'll be our secret." "Just between the two of us." "Mouse tail." "but..." "You bastard!" "You were fooling around with Otsu-chan!" "Mako-chan's...!" "There's another Mako-chan inside Mako-chan!" "Huh?" "Where'd the top half go?" "Oh..." "I did it..." "I totally did it..." "I did it." "I thought it was a boar." "Now I've done it." "but what's done is done." "Drink and forget about it." "I shot that arrow on a reflex." "Now I've done it..." "Quit saying you did it!" "What're you doing?" "!" "You're the mascot." "What's the mascot doing here drinking?" "Now I've done it..." "I never imagined a person would appear deep in the forest." "Hey!" "It sounds like a frightening incident is about to come to light..." "Makoto-chan!" "quickly!" "A group of children are leaving the temple school!" "so it's easy to instill a good image!" "your reputation will grow in no time!" "Children like cute things..." "Makoto-chan!" "Wait!" "Do you know how heavy a past he's shouldering?" "Hey!" "You're upside-down!" "Mako-chan!" "That's the wrong way!" "That's nothing but a complete monster!" "Look out!" "Forward!" "Keep going forward!" "Oh no!" "He dropped the dead body!" "Never mind!" "Never mind the dead body!" "Just go away!" "You'll just scare them!" "I said to ignore the dead body!" "I hate leaving school as a group." "Can't be helped." "Not with that happening a lot lately." "That's scary." "Ouch... were we a success?" "I wouldn't know." "I'm totally in the dark." "dead body?" "Quit playing dead!" "what're you guys doing?" "!" "I thought something was odd." "So it was you guys after all!" "What's the big idea?" "!" "No!" "You've got the wrong idea!" "Otsu-chan asked us to..." "Shut up!" "You're always interfering!" "What's your game?" "!" "it's true." "Otsu-chan asked us to...!" "14:17:" "You're under arrest for obstruction of justice." "What?" "Are you serious?" "You can't do that! "Obstruction of justice"?" "Just what did we do?" "!" "Shut up!" "You interfered with the parade!" "Otsu-chan asked us to..." "We'd never voluntarily help you guys!" "but interference!" "She said she wanted our help because she was going to be Chief for a day." "Otsu-chan hired us personally." "She's a fine girl." "She hired us with her own money just for this day." "You guys are trampling on her good will." "You're the guys who trampled on it!" "never mind that." "Let us see Otsu-chan!" "We're not getting anywhere this way!" "you're nothing but a powerless gorilla!" "A powerless gorilla doesn't exist." "A gorilla's grip is nothing to sneeze at!" "Tsk... where's our Chief for a day?" "Well..." "We haven't seen her at all for a while." "Where could she have gone?" "Think like her. it usually has to do with number two." "Let it go." "That's why you guys can't get girlfriends." "I see." "Now I know why you're not popular." "Don't say such rude things!" "Otsu-chan doesn't fart and she doesn't poop!" "Everything comes out as cute little eggs!" "Like a quail's." "Do you really think of that as innocent?" "!" "It's just obscene!" "you idiot!" "too?" "!" "Of course she does!" "I accept that!" "it's a pink plume." "Hello." "You're the one who can't see reality!" "Yamazaki?" "I'm busy right now." "I'm hanging up." "Was that Yamazaki?" "Wasn't he working on the female serial kidnappings?" "He wanted Otsu-chan's autograph." "[Otsu]" "Don't worry." "I wrote it for him... where could that girl have gone?" "Maybe Otsu-chan was kidnapped while we weren't looking?" "Strange how those incidents all happened within the Shinsengumi's jurisdiction." "Don't be silly. the Shinsengumi would be finished for sure." "She's probably peeing or something." "You're no different than Kondo-san." "That's why you're not popular with women." "Then what about you?" "That day..." "Shall we do a group social party next time?" "We'll settle it once and for all... we found her." "There!" "do you believe the Shinsengumi is capable of protecting the peace in Edo?" "lazy people who waste your tax money!" "we easily abducted their Chief for a day!" "These girls and Tsu Terakado are decisive proof of their incompetence!" "This world is totally rotten!" "Let us all put a change to that!" "the radical group entrenched at Iboji Temple..." "[Note:" "Iboji is a play on the homonym that means "hemmorhoids"]" "[Are the Anti-foreigner Faction terrorists behind the serial kidnappings of women?" "]" "is an Anti-foreigner Faction ronin group calling itself the "Tengu Faction." "It has just been revealed that the recent serial kidnappings of women were their doing. as their hostage!" "they are demanding the release of their Anti-foreigner Faction comrades who were arrested by the Shinsengumi and the dissolution of the Shinsengumi." "They claim they will kill all the hostages if their demands are not met!" "How the Shinsengumi will respond to this situation is being closely monitored." "Here they come." "The Shinsengumi has arrived!" "How will you take responsibility for this incident?" "Please tell us!" "Kondo-san!" "wasn't she?" "Didn't you see anything?" "They're demanding the dissolution of the Shinsengumi." "What will you do?" "Now I've done it..." "I've done it." "I never thought we'd be arrested." "Who are you?" "How are connected to the Shinsengumi?" "It was a false arrest." "That's what it was." "False arrest?" "!" "By the Shinsengumi?" "!" "Won't you please tell us the details of what happened?" "!" "It was more torture than an interrogation..." "Don't complicate the situation!" "this would never have happened... viewers." "He's like a thug!" "we'll be..." "We can't do anything with this many people from of the media here." "Those guys are out to completely ruin us." "Everyone!" "So the Shinsengumi are here!" "I hope you have prepared for dissolution." "What?" "What did you just say?" "please!" "Everyone!" "So the Shinsengumi are here!" "I hope you have pre..." "Don't make me repeat myself!" "It's embarrassing!" "It says: "We can't hear you." "Please write it down." "can't read it.]" "Listen up!" "Try to buy as much time as you can." "use the opportunity to flank them." "Are you guys mocking us?" "!" "Act like you can't hear them." "we are discussing it with our superiors." "But it will take time." "Please wait." That's what it says." "Hmph..." "They want us to believe them?" "We want proof." "Proof that you've become our loyal dog." "Turn around three times and bark." "Those bastards..." "Hijikata only." "Don't lie!" "You clearly tacked that on just now!" "Toshi." "Do it for Otsu-chan." "Toshi." "I don't want you calling me Toshi." "he did it!" "the man feared as the demon vice-chief!" "His attempt to make himself look good made it all the more embarrassing!" "I made a mistake." "so prepare some curry." "What kind of mistake was that?" "!" "[Is hot curry okay?" "Or mild curry?" "]" "The two sentences are totally different!" "Chief!" "That doesn't matter at all!" "What a sight to behold!" "are making curry!" "They're completely at the terrorist's beck and call!" "Everyone..." "This is interesting." "Maybe we can have some fun before our meal." "[Do the robot dance.]" "Shit." "They're getting carried away." "It says to do the robot dance." "Okita only." "Seriously?" "I have no choice." "Rocket Punch!" "They said "dance"!" "That's a killing technique!" "It's a dance that begins with a Rocket Punch." "He's pretty good..." "What's with this guy?" "He has no weaknesses!" "Mimic someone." "Open to all." "I have no choice." "I'll take this one." "I'll mimic Okita!" "Mimicking a fractured skull!" "okay?" "so please?" "Nope." "Damn rotten kid!" "there's dissension in the ranks!" "How the Shinsengumi has fallen!" "There's practically nothing left of it!" "Chief!" "Our image is getting worse and worse!" "Chief!" "The Chief ran away to the land of curry!" "Mako-chan?" "Now they've done it." "Those guys really did it..." "Mako-chan... you can go home." "We'll take care of it from here." "We can't do that." "I'm the image mascot..." "Your image mascot." "so we have to see the job though." "What is an image mascot?" "Is that the image we present?" "Like this?" "Like how?" "protectors of the peace in Edo." "I only see the stupid part of it... ready the curry." "Mako-chan?" "Like I said." "Mako-chan is your image mascot." "dangerous and protectors of the peace in Edo." "[Kill Kondo!" "]" "They're getting carried away..." "Cut it out!" "You know we can't do that!" "please." "That's enough... then this woman dies in Kondo's place." "People who can't even protect one person are trying to protect Edo." "What a laugh." "Hey there." "I've brought your curry." "What are you...?" "I was hired part-time to be their mascot." "How did I get mixed up in all of this?" "so just go over there." "Leave the curry there..." "Around here?" "Okay!" "Come on!" "Chief!" "What're you doing?" "Stop horsing around!" "Otsu-chan!" "I'm sorry!" "this is who we are!" "but we're still the same!" "crude bunch of guys that people hate!" "It's a crudeness we can't get rid of in just a day! there are things we noticed as we struggled and looked at ourselves!" "or how much they laugh at us!" "However!" "We absolutely do not want to become shameless men who cannot protect what we're supposed to protect!" "men! there are things you men must protect!" "charge!" "I've brought your curry." "leave it there." "Right here?" "Stop bothering us!" "This is the best part!" "I'm sorry." "Chief!" "Ack!" "What're you guys doing?" "!" "Now I've done it..." "Now I've done it..." "What're you doing?" "!" "Kill them!" "Kill them!" "This wig is so itchy;" "I can't stand it." "okay?" "Damn that guy." "He was hidden amongst the women the whole time." "Does that mean...?" "!" "Good-bye." "Ramen noodle substitute." "Those guys rock..." "Shinsuke..." "It would seem your ambitions aren't going to be easily achieved." "Tsunpo here." "Otsu-dono?" "You say you've come up with some good lyrics?" "[A Great Achievement for Makoto-chan!" "]" "What a coincidence." "I just came up with a good tune." "though." "Remember What You Were Doing On The Day You Lost It."]" "we haven't seen you in a while." "[Tatsuma Sakamoto travels across the galaxy doing business as the leader of the "Pleasure Support Club."]" "Katsura and Takasugi were comrades who fought together in the Anti-foreigner War.]"