He says things like "I don't care who it is; I just want someone to love me."

I'm not a disgusting, needy bitch like he is. So...

I have a real master.

No one can replace Okita-kun.

No.

Not even you.

... true.

Just as no one can replace you, no one can replace your original master.

The great men who've built history, your original masters...

I'm just no match for them.