07x41 - The Crows Caw After The Battle Ends

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Gin: We're the only ones who can stop us now.

Tak: The guy I have to swing my fist at

Tak: is still b*rned into the back of my eyelid.

Gin: I'll protect the soul of his student, our friend, and Shoka Sonjuku's Takasugi Shinsuke!

Gin: I'm Sakata Gintoki, disciple of Yoshida Shoyo!

Tak: I see. I had no idea.

Tak: I haven't been expelled yet, have I?

Obo: I thought I told you

Obo: not to waste your lives after your teacher saved them.

Title: Shogun Assassination Arc Part Seven

Title: The Crows Caw After the Battle Ends

Warning,Sign: Watch the Shogun Assassination Arc in a bright room and at a safe distance from your TV!!

Kag: Ka...mui...

Kam: What's the matter? You can't stop me like that.

Kam: Targeting your opponent's injuries without hesitation was good,

Kam: but you were still about steps short to mess around with me.

Kag: Maybe for you, since you have short legs like Papi.

Kag: But like Mommy, I have a model's figure,

Kag: so one step is enough!

Kag: This fight's just getting started, moronic brother of mine!

Kam: Sheesh. You are truly a fool, sister of mine.

Kam: "Know thyself, and know thy enemy," is a basic tenet of battle.

Kam: Take a good look at the length of thy legs,

Kam: and then thy enemy.

Kam: The enemy isn't always right in front of your eyes.

Kag: Th-These guys...

Rap: Looks like this is it.

Rap: Forgive me.

Rap: I'm sure you samurai wanted to go out in a blaze of glory by the shogun's side.

Rap: But we made you die out in the shadows, along with us.

Hij: If I'm just gonna end up as fertilizer anyway,

Hij: I don't care if my path there is paved by roses or thorns.

Hij: All that matters is that I die by my general's side.

Kon: Well said.

Kon: Then try protecting my back to the last, Toshi.

Kon: As long as I'm not dead, you're not gonna die on me either, now are you?

Hij: Jeez.

Hij: Then I ask that you take your leave at the earliest.

Rap: Rest assured.

Rap: No matter who dies first, I'll use my puppetteering skill to control the corpse.

Kon: If that's a joke, it ain't funny.

Kon: Let's do this.

Kon: We'll show them the last stand of the samurai and ninjas!

Kon: Th-That's...

Kon: Is that ship...

Shin: Shogun-sama! Everyone!

Shin: We're almost there! Hang in there for just a little longer!

Shin: There's the exit!

Shin: With this, the shogun will be...

Ten: Great job.

Ten: Your heroic acts are truly worthy of praise.

Ten: You did well to protect Lord Shigeshige from the rebels.

Ten: You are truly loyal retainers.

Sho: T-Tendoshu...

Abu: I see.

Abu: They knew everything, but they played the silent observer

Abu: and waited for this chance.

Abu: When we, the Hitotsubashi faction, and the Shogun faction had worn each other out,

Abu: they would swoop in for the k*ll.

Abu: Damn those corpse-eating crows.

Abu: Did they think they could pluck out our eyeballs now?

Abu: Bring it.

Abu: I hope you didn't think you'd get off easy after butting into a Yato battle.

G: Vice Commander!

G: Urgent message from the squadron on standby just off Earth!

Abu: What is it?

Abu: Don't tell me the crows flew all the way into space.

G: No, it's the Harusame!

G: Our squadron has been surrounded by a Harusame fleet!

Abu: Good grief. They've even got the Elders in their pocket, huh?

Abu: Commander...

Abu: It seems we were a bit too mischievous.

Ten: You all have fulfilled your roles.

Ten: We shall ensure Lord Shigeshige's safety.

Ten: Do not worry. You can leave the rest to us.

Zen: Not so fast!

Zen: All this time, you did nothing but wait for the chance to crush the opposition,

Zen: and now you want to take custody of the shogun?

Zen: After the Hitotsubashi,

Zen: you're looking to dispose of the shogun, because he's stopped listening to you?

Ten: Crush the Hitotsubashi faction?

Ten: I haven't the faintest idea what you're talking about.

Ten: Never mind being on hostile terms with Lord Hitotsubashi, we're indebted to him.

Ten: Lord Shigeshige, you should be grateful to him, too.

Ten: Do you remember?

Ten: You tried to leave your post as shogun by submitting

Letter,Sign: Resignation Letter

Ten: your resignation letter.

Ten: Because there was nobody fit to succeed you back then, it was put on hold,

Letter,Sign: Resignation Letter

Ten: but now that a suitable candidate to take the reins of the country has been found,

Ten: the Emperor has accepted your resignation.

Ten: I give you the next shogun,

Ten: Lord Hitotsubashi Nobunobu,

Ten: henceforth known as Lord Tokugawa Nobunobu.

Shin: N-No way...

Shin: Why?

Shin: He was the flag-bearer of the Hitotsubashi's attempt to take over the bakufu,

Shin: so why'd he team up with the Tendoshu to crush his own faction?!

Nbnb: k*ll them...

Nbnb: I am the shogun, your great leader.

Nbnb: The ones who insulted me,

Nbnb: and the ones who stand in my way...

Nbnb: k*ll them all!

Nbnb: I am the shogun, Tokugawa Nobunobu!

Obo: That tool you prepared was unexpectedly shrewd.

Obo: In order to oppose the Tendoshu, you carried him so far and gave him so much power.

Obo: But the moment we told him we'd make him shogun,

Obo: he discarded you as an enemy without a second thought.

Obo: How stupid.

Obo: You wanted to use your foolish king,

Obo: but ended up being used by him instead.

Obo: You defied the heavens, and this is all you have to show for it?

Obo: The shogun you pinned your ambitions on

Obo: and the shogun you pinned your hopes on are both gone.

Obo: All that's left is a puppet of the heavens.

Nbnb: What are you doing?

Zen: You took in the enemy's flag-bearer,

Zen: and at the same time made him your puppet?

Nbnb: Hurry up, you fools!

Nbnb: k*ll them!

Zen: I'm not sure he can even function as a puppet, though.

Nbnb: Are you defying an order from your shogun?!

Ten: Calm down, Lord Nobunobu.

Ten: The crows will soon get rid of the remaining enemies.

Ten: Besides, nobody can stand in your way anymore.

Ten: Not even the former shogun.

Ten: Now, hand over Lord Shigeshige.

Ten: You should've realized by now that your worst fears won't come to pass.

Zen: It makes even less sense to hand him over now.

Zen: Even if he has resigned from the post,

Zen: it doesn't change the fact that the shogun is the biggest obstacle in Nobunobu's way.

Ten: What? Are you saying you refuse to hand him over?

Ten: You don't need me to tell you this, but this is an order from Lord Nobunobu.

Ten: An order from the new shogun.

Ten: Do you know what will happen if you don't obey it?

Ten: You're loyal retainers who protected Lord Shigeshige's life.

Ten: We don't want to have to k*ll you here along with the enemy.

Ten: Please don't force our hand.

Shin: Shogun-sama?

Ten: Take Lord Shigeshige into custody.

Sho: Stand down.

Sho: You disrespect me.

Sho: I said, stand down.

Sho: Are you aware of who I am?

Sho: I am the shogun, Tokugawa Shigeshige.

Shin: Shogun-sama...

Ten: Lord Shigeshige, you are no longer—

Sho: Did you not hear me?

Sho: I'm saying I'm the shogun.

Sho: And nobody can order the shogun around.

Sho: Leave my sight at once.

Zen: Shogun, you...

Sho: Forgive me, Zenzo.

Sho: You people put your lives on the line to protect me.

Sho: Even when I was no longer shogun,

Sho: you tried to protect me simply as Tokugawa Shigeshige, a friend.

Sho: And that is exactly why I must continue to be the shogun.

Sho: So as to not waste the lives that were lost for me and this country,

Sho: I cannot run away from my battle.

Sho: I am the shogun, Tokugawa Shigeshige.

Sho: The man who protects this country where my friends live!

Nbnb: And to fulfill that goal, you'll even endure the deaths of your friends here?

Nbnb: Very well, Shigeshige!

Nbnb: I shall grant your wish!

Sho: Lord Nobunobu,

Sho: the friends of a real shogun aren't as weak as you think.

Nb: Shut it!

Nb: Your friends have been rendered useless!

Obo: Your swords won't reach the heavens anymore.

Obo: No, they were broken a long time ago.

Obo: So why is it, White Yaksha?

Obo: Why do you still grip that broken sword of yours?

Obo: You k*lled your teacher, and even battled your former friend.

Obo: Just what is it

Obo: that you are trying to fight?

Gin: My enemy is right here.

Gin: We've never changed.

Gin: In order to become the kind of samurai we want to be,

Gin: we've all been fighting our own selves.

Gin: I can't accept his brand of samurai or his methods.

Gin: I'll stop him, even if it means having to k*ll him.

Gin: But I'm also the one who understands how he feels better than anyone else

Gin: in this world!

Gin: We hated the same thing more than anything else in this world.

Gin: You guys have no right to k*ll him.

Gin: Be it k*lling him or protecting him,

Gin: they're both my job!

Gin: That is my brand of samurai!

Obo: You really should've d*ed back then.

Obo: Shoyo must be crying in the afterlife.

Obo: The students he gave his life to save

Obo: are burning with hatred because of him,

Obo: and throwing away their lives.

Obo: Farewell, Shoyo's disciples.

Obo: Go home, to your teacher and your friends.

Gin: Don't take Shoyo's...

Gin: ...name in vain!

Tak: Make sure you burn this into your memory, too.

Tak: Remember the last face you saw with that eye.

Tak: Was it mine,

Tak: or his?

Tak: Even if one of us dies here,

Tak: the other will definitely send you to Hell.

Obo: Survive?

Obo: You're both fated to die here!

Kag: Too bad.

Kag: Neither of them's gonna die.

Kag: Because they're both for me to k*ll.

Kag: Shinsuke, I can't have you dying here.

Kag: You promised to fight me as soon as I repaid my debt, remember?

Kag: I won't let anybody k*ll Gin-chan.

Kag: That includes you, Kamui.

Kam: Then try to make it out of this alive.

Kam: Prove that you are strong.

Sho: Lord Nobunobu.

Sho: No matter who you are,

Sho: I'm not about to take orders from you.

Sho: I shall return to my country with my own two feet.

Sho: Along with my friends.

Ten: It can't be...

Mat: Sorry to keep you waiting, Sho-chan.

Oki: It's a bit too early to be picking at corpses,

Oki: you crows.

Oki: They're not dead yet.

Oki: The shogun, and this country, still has us.

Oki: As long as the Shinsengumi are around,

Oki: this country won't go down easily.

Oki: Isn't that right, Kondo-san, Hijikata-san?

Next,Sign: Next episode,

Next,Sign: the Shogun Assassination Arc

Next,Sign: reaches its end.

Kag: Outta the way!

Y: People have more freedom than they think.

Obo: Struggle all you want.

Sho: I shall gladly be the last shogun.

Next,Sign: As a person,

Gin: Before dawn.

Gin: The night is darkest just before the dawn.

Gin: But keep your eyes open.

Next,Sign: Tokugawa Shigeshige makes his decision.

Next,Sign: Pay close attention!

Teach,Sign: T{\c&HA B &}ea{\c&H BE F&}ch {\c&H C F &}Us{\c&HBD FD &}!!

Gin,Sign: Ginpachi-sensei

Gin: Teach us...

All: Ginpachi-sensei!

Gin: Yeah, we're actually doing Ginpachi-sensei here.

Gin: Let's get right to reading fan mail.

Gin: Here's a question from pen name Gorilla Gorilla Gorilla (subject to change).

Gin: Two episodes ago,

Gin: it came to light that Gintoki became Shoyo's student before Takasugi and Katsura.

Gin: But in Gintama: The Movie: Benizakura Arc Retelling,

Gin: there's a scene where it looks like Takasugi and Katsura

Gin: are already in Shoka Sonjuku when Gintoki shows up like a transfer student.

Gin: Was that an error?

Gin: What happened to consistency?

Gin: Please tell me.

Gin: Yeah, when we made the Benizakura Arc Retelling,

Gin: we had no idea this was gonna happen.

Gin: We're so sorry!

Gin: If you were expecting that kind of answer, we're sorry to disappoint.

Gin: That stuff is perfectly consistent, too.

Gin: Let's look back at the scene in question, and I'll explain.

Gin: Yes, it does look like Katsura and Takasugi have already joined the school

Gin: when Shoyo brings Gintoki along.

Gin: But as you could tell by watching it just now,

Gin: this scene isn't voiced, is it?

Gin: In anime and video production,

Gin: it's fairly common for fully made scenes to get shortened due to time constraints.

Gin: So we'll take the scene in question and add the voices it was meant to have.

Gin: Let's watch it again and find out what really happened.

Sho: Listen up, kids.

Sho: Gintoki-kun lost his underwear.

Sho: Don't ask why.

Sho: If anyone has spare underwear or a loincloth, please lend them to him.

Kat: I'd rather not.

Tak: Don't wanna.

Sho: Is that so?

Sho: Gintoki.

Sho: Use this to wipe your ass once more and get back to class.

Gin: Well, there you have it.

Gin: That was actually a scene where Gintoki poops his pants

Gin: and gets humiliated in public.

Gin: With the added voices, I'm sure you're convinced now.

Gin: And that's all, folks.

Sign: End

text r: Now then, next week marks

text l: the end of the Shogun Assassination Arc.