On the 29th, when KIYOKAWA summoned his comrades and announced a return to Edo in order to carry out Joi SERIZAWA and KONDO objected against this; they requested to remain in Kyoto and left the Roshigumi.
29日、新徳寺に同志を集め攘夷の決行のため江戸帰還を宣言すると、芹沢と近藤はこれに反対し、京都残留を申し出て脱退。