07x47 - Stray Dogs
Posted: 09/23/22 13:39
Sign ,: Roshigumi Applicants
Kon: No education, no status.
Kon: The only thing they can trust is their own swords.
Kon: And they want to make a name for themselves using them.
Kon: That's the kind of ruffians who have gathered here.
Kon: Don't let their dreams consume you.
Kon: Carve open a path to your dreams with your own hands.
Kon: We're gonna become samurai here in Edo.
G: Commissioner-General.
G: Commissioner-General!
G: Ship silhouette sighted a few kilometers ahead.
G: Wait, that's...
Sas: So the Shinsengumi are here.
Sas: Will this be the day their dreams perish?
Sas: Or will it be the day I finally awaken from mine?
Sas: If you think you can carve open a path, then let's see you try.
Sas: I'll have you know I toss and turn a lot in my sleep.
Title: Farewell Shinsengumi Arc Part Five
Title: Stray Dogs
Warning,: Watch the Farewell Shinsengumi Arc in a bright room and at a safe distance from your TV!!
Kat: Looks like it's begun.
Kon: D-Don't tell me, Toshi and the others are over there?
Kat: No.
G: There's nobody aboard the ships?
Kat: It's a ploy Gintoki used often.
Kat: And Sakamoto often yelled at him for it, saying ships weren't firewood.
Kat: If the fire was set in front of the island...
Gin: If a castle can only be breached from the front,
Gin: that means it can be easily felled if you get in any other way.
Hij: You actually think we can climb this cliff?
Gin: If the enemy has that same doubt, then it's worth a sh*t.
Oki: We don't have time to complain.
Oki: There are gunships closing in from behind.
Oki: We placed decoy squads in all four directions,
Oki: but who knows how long they'll keep the enemy occupied?
Oki: Doesn't look like there are any footholds until halfway up,
Oki: but climbing the rest of the way seems doable.
Oki: The question is, how do we get halfway up?
Kag: We just need someone to get up there and dangle a rope for the rest.
Kag: Leave it to me.
Oki: You sure, China Girl?
Kag: Yup. A cliff like this is like a stone's throw for me.
Kag: Grab that rope and climb, guys!
Hij: You weren't the one going up?!
Hij: As if we could use a rope that bloody!
Hij: And it's not nearly long enough!
Kag: Fine. Let's add some extra!
Hij: You don't have to add an extra human being!
Kag: Oops, I missed.
Kag: No point to the extra now.
Ymz: You're doing this on purpose, aren't you?!
Gin: Well, they're here now.
Gin: Let's use them as stairs, like this.
Ymz: Uh, is there any point to this first stair?
Ymz: Is my life just a stepping stone?
Oki: Screw you!
Hij: There'll be nobody left by the time we reach the top!
Hij: I'll chop you up and use your body parts as footholds!
Gin: Get bent! The only one who can step on my c*ck is Ketsuno Ana!
Hij: Nope, I'm gonna step all over it!
Shin: Sis.
Tae: Shin-chan, I thought we couldn't go back anymore.
Tae: That those days would never return.
Tae: But it looks like I can still laugh.
Tae: It's so strange.
Tae: Even though we're in this situation,
Tae: being with everyone makes me...
Shin: Just wait.
Shin: I'll bring that man,
Shin: and everyone, back here to you for sure.
Shin: So wait for us with that same old smile on your face, Sis.
Shin: No matter what may happen from here on...
Shin: So long as you and everyone else is still smiling,
Shin: we can always go back to those days.
Shin: I'll be right back, Sis.
Kon: How many?
Kat: You noticed? Probably a few dozen.
Kat: They must be Naraku.
Kat: Go on ahead.
Kat: At this rate, they'll figure out where we're meeting Gintoki and the rest.
Kat: And if you die, I'll lose the Shinsengumi's cooperation.
Kon: I'm sorry, but while I may have broken out of prison,
Kon: I don't remember agreeing to work with you guys.
Kon: I'm gonna do as I please.
Kat: You...
Mat: Kondo.
Kon: Get going, Pops!
Mat: With the end of the Joi w*r, the world has entered a new era.
Mat: But there are still hoodlums throwing their weight around in public.
Mat: They call themselves Joi Rebels and continue to break the law.
Mat: They're a lot like you guys, actually.
Mat: You have strength, but no idea where to use it.
Mat: So we thought that maybe we could use that strength for a different purpose.
Sign ,: Roshigumi Applicants
Mat: That's why we formed this special peacekeeping unit, the Roshigumi.
Mat: How about it?
Mat: If you're gonna wreak havoc anyway,
Mat: why don't you try using your strength to protect something?
Mat: For all that big talk, the idea was to basically pit stray dogs against one another.
Mat: The bakufu would give hoodlums a sword, a mission, and freedom to act like samurai,
Mat: but the end goal was to have them and the Joi Rebels take each other out.
Mat: Talk about irony.
Mat: Now that a new era is upon us, and samurai are dying out,
Mat: the last remaining hope is those very stray dogs.
Mat: No, you guys are no longer stray dogs.
Mat: You're noble wolves!
Ymz: Oh, shut up.
Ymz: Go away! I can't focus!
Ymz: Damn, I looked down.
Gin: Keep looking up and climb.
Gin: If you look down, your legs will stop moving.
Gin: That's the golden rule of mountain climbing, and life in general.
Ymz: Th-Then...
Ymz: How about when you're descending a mountain?
Oki: It's simple.
Oki: Close your eyes and let go of that rope.
Oki: Anyone who thinks about going down before climbing all the way up
Oki: should just fall and have his eyeballs plucked out, or so the crows are saying.
Ymz: Don't say ominous things like that, Captain!
Hij: Kondo-san, please hold out until we get there!
Kat: They're really looking down on us, huh?
Kat: Is this all the assassins they sent after us?
Kon: If you want to take us out, then only an entire army...
Kat: ...or Kondo Isao...
Kon: ...or Katsura Kotaro...
Bo: ...are fit for the job!
Kat: We're the only ones who can k*ll each other.
Kat: And you've ended up taking both of us on at once.
Kon: We have...
Kat: ...no enemies anymore.
Kon: Did we get all of them?
Kat: No, we're talking about those filthy crows here.
Kat: They probably sent word the moment they spotted us.
Kat: I can't imagine they'd go down without sending reinforcements.
Kat: It can't be!
Kon: Katsura?
Kat: Hurry, Kondo!
Kon: What's this about?
Kat: We were the ones being held up!
Kat: Of course they wouldn't send reinforcements!
Kat: The enemy's main unit is already
Kat: directly above Gintoki and the others!
Kon: That means Pops is in danger, too!
Kon: Katsura!
Kon: Hey, Katsura! Hang in there!
Kon: Katsura!
Kat: Don't get so worked up. I've merely gained an extra belly button, is all.
Kat: But it looks like we no longer have time to worry about others.
Kat: And at the worst possible time!
Sas: Time's up.
Hij: Don't panic!
Hij: Huddle up and take cover beneath the rock face!
Kag: Damn you and your cheap tricks!
Kag: Follow me—
Shin: Kagura-chan!
Gin: Second wave incoming!
Gin: Kagura!
Hij: Sogo!
Kag: Let go.
Kag: Let go of me!
Obo: Oh?
Hij: Now! Let's go!
Obo: They acted as bait to draw our attention,
Obo: and while we were distracted, they drilled a hole to take our rear?
Obo: It seems they have better spies than you.
Ymz: Let me give you some advice as your senior spy.
Ymz: Flying while only looking down, like you do, isn't good enough,
Ymz: nor is climbing while only looking up.
Ymz: You need to look both up and down.
Ymz: That's the golden rule of surveillance, my dear crow.
Elizabeth,: Out of the way
Ymz: I wasn't looking behind me...
Elizabeth ,: I'll take the lead. Let's crush them in one fell swoop.
Notepad,: If you're giving orders, wouldn't a notebook be easier for all to read?
Eliz Center,: There's no need...
Eliz Center,: ...for words anymore.
Sai: You have our backz.
Oki: It's about time those guys got here.
Oki: Now I can finally get some payback!
Hij: Crush them!
Obo: For a measly pack of stray dogs,
Obo: you sure have sharpened your fangs well.
Obo: However...
Hij: You guys!
Obo: This is the end.
Obo: The lofty heavens are yet distant.
Obo: Past here is a hellish road one cannot navigate without the Yatagarasu's guidance.
Obo: Should you wish to proceed,
Obo: do so after you cast aside your corrupt bodies.
Obo: If you do, these crows will carry your souls to your destination...
Obo: To where your Kondo is.
Obo: To where Shoyo is.
Gin: Sheesh.
Gin: What an awful sight.
Gin: We finally got to the top of the mountain,
Gin: but this place is covered with crow droppings, too.
Gin: Go ahead.
Gin: Cleaning up crow droppings isn't a job for the police.
Gin: Hurry up and go clean up a gorilla's sh*t or something.
Gin: Besides, he's...
Tak: ...the other will definitely send you to Hell.
Gin: He's my client.
Oki: Then you take that side, Boss.
Oki: And I'll handle them.
Hij: Sogo?
Oki: Truth is, I want to go, too.
Oki: But unfortunately, Kondo-san gave me a role to fulfill.
Oki: I'm Okita Sogo, Shinsengumi st Squad Captain.
Oki: My job is to take the vanguard and cut open a path.
Oki: And you're the Shinsengumi's Demonic Vice Chief, Hijikata Toshiro.
Oki: Your job is to go down that path without looking back.
Oki: Hijikata-san—
Oki: No...
Oki: Vice Chief.
Oki: I leave the Chief to you.
Hij: Listen up, and listen good.
Hij: I'm adding one last article to the Shinsengumi Code.
Hij: Until now, you've staked your lives to uphold the articles of the Code.
Hij: Even if you have to violate all of them,
Hij: survive!
Hij: Let's roll!
Hij: We're cutting through!
Hij: Keep your eyes forward and run!
Phone,: Found the gorilla in the forest.
Sas: There's no response.
Sas: Did Nobume-san read my message and ignore it like always,
Sas: or did something happen on her end, as well?
Sas: There you have it, Kondo-san.
Sas: Unfortunately for you, our men have already closed off the entire area.
Sas: You have nowhere to run.
Sas: They came here to save you,
Sas: so there's a very simple way to save them.
Sas: You just have to die.
Sas: Let's work together and put an end to this mess.
Sas: Come on out, now.
Kat: Kondo...
Kat: I'll distract them. Take that chance to run.
Kat: I came here to save you,
Kat: so I can't drag you down with me.
Kon: That so?
Kon: Then...
Kon: With this, we're even.
Kon: You saved me first.
Kon: So now it's your turn to hold me back.
Kat: Kondo...
Kon: I was going to be ex*cuted.
Kon: I wouldn't have minded, as long as I could protect my comrades.
Kon: Or so I thought.
Kon: But I've gotten greedy since you saved me.
Kon: I've started wanting to see those guys again.
Kon: And I've gained another comrade I want to share a drink with.
Kon: Katsura, I don't want to die yet.
Kon: I don't want to let you die, either.
Kon: So let me ask you, as well.
Kon: Lend me your strength, Katsura, so that we might see those guys once again.
Kon: As long as you don't die,
Kon: and as long as I don't die,
Kon: the other also won't die.
Kon: Don't let go, okay?
Sas: He hasn't changed.
Sas: That man is still the same.
Mat: How are they looking?
Mat: The master plan devised by one of the most eminent sons
Sign ,: Roshigumi Station
Mat: of the famed Sasaki family, Sasaki Isaburo: the Roshigumi.
Mat: Is there anyone who could come in handy?
Sas: It seems my master plan didn't have any basis in reality.
Sas: I ordered them to discuss and implement an internal structure,
Sas: but they've been like this for days.
Sas: They don't even seem like they can contain themselves, let alone Joi Rebels.
Mat: Well, no need to worry.
Mat: Stray dogs have their own ways of doing things.
Ymz: That makes it seven schools.
Ymz: If any of you got a problem with me, bring it.
Ymz: I, Mountain Zaki, will gladly take you on anytime.
Mountain,: Mountain Zaki
Ymz: If there's nobody else, I can be the leader—
Kon: Hey.
Kon: You're pretty good.
Ymz: Huh? What's your problem?
Ymz: Taking a b*ating like that without throwing a single punch in return?
Ymz: No ordinary man would be capable of that, boss.
Ymz: Hey, tend to him.
Ymz: He might be our boss someday.
Ymz: Hold it!
Ymz: You the hicks always practicin' swings in the corner?
Ymz: I don't know or care which school you belong to,
Ymz: but if you're tryin' to become leader, I'll destroy you and your students anytime.
Ymz: Bring it on!
Kon: Nah, I'll pass.
Kon: If we've got the time to fight among ourselves,
Kon: we'd be better off spending it doing swings.
Ymz: Draw your sword!
Ymz: That's fine by me!
Ymz: Show me the results of all those practice swings!
Kon: I said I'm not interested, Mashin Hero Wataru.
Ymz: It's Mountain Zaki!
Kon: A leader doesn't need the strength to subdue a comrade.
Kon: All he needs is the strength to protect one.
Kon: Compared to you, who hit a comrade,
Kon: a guy lying flat on his back after not hitting back is better suited to be leader,
Kon: Tokoroten Wataru.
Ymz: Mountain Zaki!
Kon: All right, back to training.
Ymz: I see how it is, boss.
Ymz: Then you should keep practicing your swings even while I b*at you to a pulp!
Kon: Don't.
Kon: The practice swings of our Hick School
Kon: can k*ll a person, you know.
Kon: Though I don't mind training with you at any time.
Kon: Interested, Mountain Zaki?
Ymz: N-No...
Ymz: I'm not Mountain Zaki.
Ymz: My name is Yamazaki Sagaru.
Ymz: I-It's a pleasure, boss!
Sign ,: To Be Continued
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Ymz: Hey! The hell are you?
Ymz: You're the punk who's been sneaking around lately, aren't you?
Ymz: You can't fool this Mountain Zaki's nose.
Ymz: Do you know what this place is?!
Ymz: Try anything funny, and the Roshigumi will arrest you—
Hij: You're the one who needs to be arrested.
Ymz: H-Hijikata-san?!
Ymz: Are you trying to piss about, or are you trying to piss me off?
Ymz: Either way, I'll gladly kick your ass.
Ymz: If you don't want that, get back to training.
Ymz: And do a thousand swings extra.
Ymz: Yes, sir!
Ymz: Yamazaki Sagaru, heading back right away!
Hij: One of our men seems to have been rude to you. I'm sorry.
Hij: Wait, aren't you...
Title: Farewell Shinsengumi Arc Part Six
Sas: How you've changed.
Title: Undelivered Mail
In the midst of battle, Sasaki's mind flashes back
to a past meeting and a tragic night—
How did the Shinsengumi come to be?
Sasaki's scheme creates a bizarre bond.
Kon: No education, no status.
Kon: The only thing they can trust is their own swords.
Kon: And they want to make a name for themselves using them.
Kon: That's the kind of ruffians who have gathered here.
Kon: Don't let their dreams consume you.
Kon: Carve open a path to your dreams with your own hands.
Kon: We're gonna become samurai here in Edo.
G: Commissioner-General.
G: Commissioner-General!
G: Ship silhouette sighted a few kilometers ahead.
G: Wait, that's...
Sas: So the Shinsengumi are here.
Sas: Will this be the day their dreams perish?
Sas: Or will it be the day I finally awaken from mine?
Sas: If you think you can carve open a path, then let's see you try.
Sas: I'll have you know I toss and turn a lot in my sleep.
Title: Farewell Shinsengumi Arc Part Five
Title: Stray Dogs
Warning,: Watch the Farewell Shinsengumi Arc in a bright room and at a safe distance from your TV!!
Kat: Looks like it's begun.
Kon: D-Don't tell me, Toshi and the others are over there?
Kat: No.
G: There's nobody aboard the ships?
Kat: It's a ploy Gintoki used often.
Kat: And Sakamoto often yelled at him for it, saying ships weren't firewood.
Kat: If the fire was set in front of the island...
Gin: If a castle can only be breached from the front,
Gin: that means it can be easily felled if you get in any other way.
Hij: You actually think we can climb this cliff?
Gin: If the enemy has that same doubt, then it's worth a sh*t.
Oki: We don't have time to complain.
Oki: There are gunships closing in from behind.
Oki: We placed decoy squads in all four directions,
Oki: but who knows how long they'll keep the enemy occupied?
Oki: Doesn't look like there are any footholds until halfway up,
Oki: but climbing the rest of the way seems doable.
Oki: The question is, how do we get halfway up?
Kag: We just need someone to get up there and dangle a rope for the rest.
Kag: Leave it to me.
Oki: You sure, China Girl?
Kag: Yup. A cliff like this is like a stone's throw for me.
Kag: Grab that rope and climb, guys!
Hij: You weren't the one going up?!
Hij: As if we could use a rope that bloody!
Hij: And it's not nearly long enough!
Kag: Fine. Let's add some extra!
Hij: You don't have to add an extra human being!
Kag: Oops, I missed.
Kag: No point to the extra now.
Ymz: You're doing this on purpose, aren't you?!
Gin: Well, they're here now.
Gin: Let's use them as stairs, like this.
Ymz: Uh, is there any point to this first stair?
Ymz: Is my life just a stepping stone?
Oki: Screw you!
Hij: There'll be nobody left by the time we reach the top!
Hij: I'll chop you up and use your body parts as footholds!
Gin: Get bent! The only one who can step on my c*ck is Ketsuno Ana!
Hij: Nope, I'm gonna step all over it!
Shin: Sis.
Tae: Shin-chan, I thought we couldn't go back anymore.
Tae: That those days would never return.
Tae: But it looks like I can still laugh.
Tae: It's so strange.
Tae: Even though we're in this situation,
Tae: being with everyone makes me...
Shin: Just wait.
Shin: I'll bring that man,
Shin: and everyone, back here to you for sure.
Shin: So wait for us with that same old smile on your face, Sis.
Shin: No matter what may happen from here on...
Shin: So long as you and everyone else is still smiling,
Shin: we can always go back to those days.
Shin: I'll be right back, Sis.
Kon: How many?
Kat: You noticed? Probably a few dozen.
Kat: They must be Naraku.
Kat: Go on ahead.
Kat: At this rate, they'll figure out where we're meeting Gintoki and the rest.
Kat: And if you die, I'll lose the Shinsengumi's cooperation.
Kon: I'm sorry, but while I may have broken out of prison,
Kon: I don't remember agreeing to work with you guys.
Kon: I'm gonna do as I please.
Kat: You...
Mat: Kondo.
Kon: Get going, Pops!
Mat: With the end of the Joi w*r, the world has entered a new era.
Mat: But there are still hoodlums throwing their weight around in public.
Mat: They call themselves Joi Rebels and continue to break the law.
Mat: They're a lot like you guys, actually.
Mat: You have strength, but no idea where to use it.
Mat: So we thought that maybe we could use that strength for a different purpose.
Sign ,: Roshigumi Applicants
Mat: That's why we formed this special peacekeeping unit, the Roshigumi.
Mat: How about it?
Mat: If you're gonna wreak havoc anyway,
Mat: why don't you try using your strength to protect something?
Mat: For all that big talk, the idea was to basically pit stray dogs against one another.
Mat: The bakufu would give hoodlums a sword, a mission, and freedom to act like samurai,
Mat: but the end goal was to have them and the Joi Rebels take each other out.
Mat: Talk about irony.
Mat: Now that a new era is upon us, and samurai are dying out,
Mat: the last remaining hope is those very stray dogs.
Mat: No, you guys are no longer stray dogs.
Mat: You're noble wolves!
Ymz: Oh, shut up.
Ymz: Go away! I can't focus!
Ymz: Damn, I looked down.
Gin: Keep looking up and climb.
Gin: If you look down, your legs will stop moving.
Gin: That's the golden rule of mountain climbing, and life in general.
Ymz: Th-Then...
Ymz: How about when you're descending a mountain?
Oki: It's simple.
Oki: Close your eyes and let go of that rope.
Oki: Anyone who thinks about going down before climbing all the way up
Oki: should just fall and have his eyeballs plucked out, or so the crows are saying.
Ymz: Don't say ominous things like that, Captain!
Hij: Kondo-san, please hold out until we get there!
Kat: They're really looking down on us, huh?
Kat: Is this all the assassins they sent after us?
Kon: If you want to take us out, then only an entire army...
Kat: ...or Kondo Isao...
Kon: ...or Katsura Kotaro...
Bo: ...are fit for the job!
Kat: We're the only ones who can k*ll each other.
Kat: And you've ended up taking both of us on at once.
Kon: We have...
Kat: ...no enemies anymore.
Kon: Did we get all of them?
Kat: No, we're talking about those filthy crows here.
Kat: They probably sent word the moment they spotted us.
Kat: I can't imagine they'd go down without sending reinforcements.
Kat: It can't be!
Kon: Katsura?
Kat: Hurry, Kondo!
Kon: What's this about?
Kat: We were the ones being held up!
Kat: Of course they wouldn't send reinforcements!
Kat: The enemy's main unit is already
Kat: directly above Gintoki and the others!
Kon: That means Pops is in danger, too!
Kon: Katsura!
Kon: Hey, Katsura! Hang in there!
Kon: Katsura!
Kat: Don't get so worked up. I've merely gained an extra belly button, is all.
Kat: But it looks like we no longer have time to worry about others.
Kat: And at the worst possible time!
Sas: Time's up.
Hij: Don't panic!
Hij: Huddle up and take cover beneath the rock face!
Kag: Damn you and your cheap tricks!
Kag: Follow me—
Shin: Kagura-chan!
Gin: Second wave incoming!
Gin: Kagura!
Hij: Sogo!
Kag: Let go.
Kag: Let go of me!
Obo: Oh?
Hij: Now! Let's go!
Obo: They acted as bait to draw our attention,
Obo: and while we were distracted, they drilled a hole to take our rear?
Obo: It seems they have better spies than you.
Ymz: Let me give you some advice as your senior spy.
Ymz: Flying while only looking down, like you do, isn't good enough,
Ymz: nor is climbing while only looking up.
Ymz: You need to look both up and down.
Ymz: That's the golden rule of surveillance, my dear crow.
Elizabeth,: Out of the way
Ymz: I wasn't looking behind me...
Elizabeth ,: I'll take the lead. Let's crush them in one fell swoop.
Notepad,: If you're giving orders, wouldn't a notebook be easier for all to read?
Eliz Center,: There's no need...
Eliz Center,: ...for words anymore.
Sai: You have our backz.
Oki: It's about time those guys got here.
Oki: Now I can finally get some payback!
Hij: Crush them!
Obo: For a measly pack of stray dogs,
Obo: you sure have sharpened your fangs well.
Obo: However...
Hij: You guys!
Obo: This is the end.
Obo: The lofty heavens are yet distant.
Obo: Past here is a hellish road one cannot navigate without the Yatagarasu's guidance.
Obo: Should you wish to proceed,
Obo: do so after you cast aside your corrupt bodies.
Obo: If you do, these crows will carry your souls to your destination...
Obo: To where your Kondo is.
Obo: To where Shoyo is.
Gin: Sheesh.
Gin: What an awful sight.
Gin: We finally got to the top of the mountain,
Gin: but this place is covered with crow droppings, too.
Gin: Go ahead.
Gin: Cleaning up crow droppings isn't a job for the police.
Gin: Hurry up and go clean up a gorilla's sh*t or something.
Gin: Besides, he's...
Tak: ...the other will definitely send you to Hell.
Gin: He's my client.
Oki: Then you take that side, Boss.
Oki: And I'll handle them.
Hij: Sogo?
Oki: Truth is, I want to go, too.
Oki: But unfortunately, Kondo-san gave me a role to fulfill.
Oki: I'm Okita Sogo, Shinsengumi st Squad Captain.
Oki: My job is to take the vanguard and cut open a path.
Oki: And you're the Shinsengumi's Demonic Vice Chief, Hijikata Toshiro.
Oki: Your job is to go down that path without looking back.
Oki: Hijikata-san—
Oki: No...
Oki: Vice Chief.
Oki: I leave the Chief to you.
Hij: Listen up, and listen good.
Hij: I'm adding one last article to the Shinsengumi Code.
Hij: Until now, you've staked your lives to uphold the articles of the Code.
Hij: Even if you have to violate all of them,
Hij: survive!
Hij: Let's roll!
Hij: We're cutting through!
Hij: Keep your eyes forward and run!
Phone,: Found the gorilla in the forest.
Sas: There's no response.
Sas: Did Nobume-san read my message and ignore it like always,
Sas: or did something happen on her end, as well?
Sas: There you have it, Kondo-san.
Sas: Unfortunately for you, our men have already closed off the entire area.
Sas: You have nowhere to run.
Sas: They came here to save you,
Sas: so there's a very simple way to save them.
Sas: You just have to die.
Sas: Let's work together and put an end to this mess.
Sas: Come on out, now.
Kat: Kondo...
Kat: I'll distract them. Take that chance to run.
Kat: I came here to save you,
Kat: so I can't drag you down with me.
Kon: That so?
Kon: Then...
Kon: With this, we're even.
Kon: You saved me first.
Kon: So now it's your turn to hold me back.
Kat: Kondo...
Kon: I was going to be ex*cuted.
Kon: I wouldn't have minded, as long as I could protect my comrades.
Kon: Or so I thought.
Kon: But I've gotten greedy since you saved me.
Kon: I've started wanting to see those guys again.
Kon: And I've gained another comrade I want to share a drink with.
Kon: Katsura, I don't want to die yet.
Kon: I don't want to let you die, either.
Kon: So let me ask you, as well.
Kon: Lend me your strength, Katsura, so that we might see those guys once again.
Kon: As long as you don't die,
Kon: and as long as I don't die,
Kon: the other also won't die.
Kon: Don't let go, okay?
Sas: He hasn't changed.
Sas: That man is still the same.
Mat: How are they looking?
Mat: The master plan devised by one of the most eminent sons
Sign ,: Roshigumi Station
Mat: of the famed Sasaki family, Sasaki Isaburo: the Roshigumi.
Mat: Is there anyone who could come in handy?
Sas: It seems my master plan didn't have any basis in reality.
Sas: I ordered them to discuss and implement an internal structure,
Sas: but they've been like this for days.
Sas: They don't even seem like they can contain themselves, let alone Joi Rebels.
Mat: Well, no need to worry.
Mat: Stray dogs have their own ways of doing things.
Ymz: That makes it seven schools.
Ymz: If any of you got a problem with me, bring it.
Ymz: I, Mountain Zaki, will gladly take you on anytime.
Mountain,: Mountain Zaki
Ymz: If there's nobody else, I can be the leader—
Kon: Hey.
Kon: You're pretty good.
Ymz: Huh? What's your problem?
Ymz: Taking a b*ating like that without throwing a single punch in return?
Ymz: No ordinary man would be capable of that, boss.
Ymz: Hey, tend to him.
Ymz: He might be our boss someday.
Ymz: Hold it!
Ymz: You the hicks always practicin' swings in the corner?
Ymz: I don't know or care which school you belong to,
Ymz: but if you're tryin' to become leader, I'll destroy you and your students anytime.
Ymz: Bring it on!
Kon: Nah, I'll pass.
Kon: If we've got the time to fight among ourselves,
Kon: we'd be better off spending it doing swings.
Ymz: Draw your sword!
Ymz: That's fine by me!
Ymz: Show me the results of all those practice swings!
Kon: I said I'm not interested, Mashin Hero Wataru.
Ymz: It's Mountain Zaki!
Kon: A leader doesn't need the strength to subdue a comrade.
Kon: All he needs is the strength to protect one.
Kon: Compared to you, who hit a comrade,
Kon: a guy lying flat on his back after not hitting back is better suited to be leader,
Kon: Tokoroten Wataru.
Ymz: Mountain Zaki!
Kon: All right, back to training.
Ymz: I see how it is, boss.
Ymz: Then you should keep practicing your swings even while I b*at you to a pulp!
Kon: Don't.
Kon: The practice swings of our Hick School
Kon: can k*ll a person, you know.
Kon: Though I don't mind training with you at any time.
Kon: Interested, Mountain Zaki?
Ymz: N-No...
Ymz: I'm not Mountain Zaki.
Ymz: My name is Yamazaki Sagaru.
Ymz: I-It's a pleasure, boss!
Sign ,: To Be Continued
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Ymz: Hey! The hell are you?
Ymz: You're the punk who's been sneaking around lately, aren't you?
Ymz: You can't fool this Mountain Zaki's nose.
Ymz: Do you know what this place is?!
Ymz: Try anything funny, and the Roshigumi will arrest you—
Hij: You're the one who needs to be arrested.
Ymz: H-Hijikata-san?!
Ymz: Are you trying to piss about, or are you trying to piss me off?
Ymz: Either way, I'll gladly kick your ass.
Ymz: If you don't want that, get back to training.
Ymz: And do a thousand swings extra.
Ymz: Yes, sir!
Ymz: Yamazaki Sagaru, heading back right away!
Hij: One of our men seems to have been rude to you. I'm sorry.
Hij: Wait, aren't you...
Title: Farewell Shinsengumi Arc Part Six
Sas: How you've changed.
Title: Undelivered Mail
In the midst of battle, Sasaki's mind flashes back
to a past meeting and a tragic night—
How did the Shinsengumi come to be?
Sasaki's scheme creates a bizarre bond.