07x46 - Prison Break/Essay Manga Are Easy to Animate

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HB : They say this planet is % water.

HB : That makes us all inmates, locked up in the floating confinements we call islands.

HB : Moreover, we're also held c*ptive by country, society, family, friends, and lovers—

HB : all manner of prisons...

HB : Sometimes of our own choosing.

HB : Deep down, we wish to be prisoners.

HB : We know that we cannot survive being free,

HB : because it is an incredibly empty and miserable feeling.

HB : And for that very reason, we yearn for freedom,

HB : as we would a treasure in an adventure tale, one no man can obtain in reality.

HB : To live is to continually be shackled by something.

HB : So the only way to grant Kondo Isao true freedom

HB : is to let him be ex*cuted—

Hij: So what, you're here to get in our way?

Hij: You want to be set free, hard-boiled style?

HB : Vice Chief!

HB : Enough with the dumb and dumber routine.

HB : Change into this already.

Title: Farewell Shinsengumi Arc Part Four

Title: Prison Break

HB : Only the most heinous of criminals enter,

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

HB : and only corpses leave.

HB : Like Gokumon Island, it's a prison known as a living hell...

HB : Kokujo Island.

HB : This is the only way to infiltrate the place.

Sign R,Sign: Basically, we'll sneak in by blending in with the prisoners.

Hij: You're not blending in with anyone!

Hij: Never mind prisoners, could you try to blend in with humans first?

Sign M,Sign: This is why I told you to switch to a notebook. A placard is too conspicuous.

Hij: That's not the issue here!

Sign R,Sign: This is why I told you to switch to a notebook. A placard is too conspicuous.

Sign L,: Why should I?! You match me and my placard!

Hij: There's other stuff you should be copying!

Sign R,: I refuse.

Signs: Your disguises and your hearts are in total disagreement!

HB : We got this ship's crew on our side.

HB : They wanted to put one over on the new government,

HB : so they gladly agreed to help us out.

HB : The real problem is the handover.

HB : Prisoners on their way to Kokujo Island undergo a thorough check at sea.

HB : We forged the documents, but in case they realize who you are...

Hij: It'd be quicker to capture them, ship and all, huh?

Hij: No need to worry.

Hij: Everything's ready.

Hij: Once we give the signal, the other units will move in.

Hij: The Shinsengumi and Katsura faction are working together.

Hij: It'll be over in an instant.

Hij: If we can just get that ship, we've won.

Sign M,Sign: Then the only thing we'll need to do is pick up Katsura-san and the others from the designated spot.

Hij: You guys need to sort out your relationship first, though.

HB : Oh, there's the ship.

HB : Are you all ready?

Hij: Hang on a minute.

Hij: Let me smoke one last cigarette.

Hij: It's time to say goodbye to you guys, too, huh?

Hij: Thanks for everything.

Hij: I'm glad I was sent packing to your place,

Hij: because I got to find out that this country still has cops like you guys.

Hij: While I'm gone, take care of Edo.

Hij: And them.

Hij: They got dragged into this due to my incompetence.

Hij: Besides, in spite of what they're like,

Hij: Kondo-san would be sad if they were gone.

HB : Vice Chief...

HB : Neither they nor any of my men are as weak as you think.

HB : Go raise some hell, hard-boiled style.

HB : Even if you go too wild and have nowhere left to go,

HB : you've got another boss right here.

HB : The more a bad boy you once were, the better a sleuth you make.

HB : Isn't that right, Haji?

HB : That's mean, boss!

HB : You didn't have to put it that way!

G: V-Vice Chief.

G: Something's off about that ship.

G: It's approaching us,

G: but I don't see anyone on it.

Hij: Hard rudder, port side!

Hij: Get away from that ship!

G: I-It's an enemy att*ck!

G: Hurry and provide backup!

Ymz: C-Captain Okita!

Hij: Naraku?

Hij: Why are they here?

Hij: Kozenigata!

Hij: Hang in there!

Hij: Hey!

HB: Guess I finally got to act like a boss for once.

HB: If this keeps up, this ship will sink.

HB: We'll handle things here.

HB: You go subdue that ship.

Hij: B-But...

Hij: Are you gonna tell me the demonic vice chief can't leave an injured man behind?

Hij: Don't let me down, now.

Hij: I told you...

Hij: My friends aren't that weak!

Hij: The friends of a hard-boiled man

Hij: will all be hard-boiled.

HB: Now get going already!

N: The cannons!

N: You fiends...

Gin: Looks like we made it in time for the party!

Gin: I couldn't go to the funeral!

Gin: So I should at least take part in the battle for revenge!

Gin: Or else the shogun could come back to haunt me!

Gin: And nobody wants that.

Hij: Do you guys realize what coming here means?!

Hij: If you come with us, you can never return to this country!

Gin: It's too late to go back, either way.

Gin: Looks like we've come too far, unawares,

Gin: to be the only ones turning tail.

Gin: If we do have anywhere to go home to,

Gin: it'd be a place where you guys are, too.

Gin: If we're going back,

Gin: then that hack policeman,

Gin: that hack t*rror1st,

Gin: that sadist,

Gin: and that monster are coming with us.

Gin: That's the kind of place Odd Jobs started calling home at some point.

Gin: Sheesh.

Gin: People aren't supposed to sit in one place for too long, huh?

Gin: Before I knew it, I was covered in moss.

Hij: Yeah.

Hij: True that.

Hij: Kondo-san, I'll be honest.

Hij: Until now, I saw protecting Edo as my job, and nothing more.

Hij: I just swung my sword because we were who we were: Shinsengumi and samurai.

Hij: But now, from the very bottom of my heart,

Hij: I want to protect Edo.

Hij: I want to protect our home!

Hij: Kondo-san, I've finally become

Hij: a proper member of the Shinsengumi.

Sas: Prepare for battle, men.

Sas: Once we arrive at Kokujo Island,

Sas: immediately begin hunting for the escaped inmates and their accomplices.

G: Sir!

Nob: That's it? That's our mission?

Sas: Complaining again?

Sas: You'd better give it a rest, or I'll start to sulk.

Nob: Don't we have other targets to cut down?

Nob: Do you really think Kondo and his g*ng k*lled the guards and escaped?

Sas: Who can say?

Sas: I imprisoned Katsura in the same prison on purpose.

Sas: I would find it rather troubling if they weren't capable of that much.

Nob: Was exposing Lord Nobunobu's tyrannical nature to the public

Nob: and sending Katsura to where Kondo was

Nob: all part of a plan to incite a rebellion and gain an excuse to purge them?

Nob: If I only wanted to wipe them all out, I would've had them ex*cuted with Kondo.

Nob: What I really want to clean up is

Nob: something far larger in scale that they happen to be a part of.

Nob: But before I could finish all the preparations,

Nob: your old friend seems to have caught on to me.

Nob: Oh, well.

Nob: This is a bit earlier than I'd planned,

Nob: but they were always fated to die out either way.

Nob: Let us as cops witness the demise of the police.

Kat: Hey, it's time to switch.

G: Oh, okay.

Kat: How's it look? Have the escapees...

G: Nah. It doesn't look like they've made it out of these walls yet.

Kon: Well, obviously.

Kon: Because we were thinking of getting out now.

Kat: I'm sorry, but continue to keep watch in your dreams.

Kat: That went well.

Kat: How are things looking on the outside, Matsudaira?

Kat: Wait, where's Matsudaira?

Kon: Uh, that's Pops!

Kat: Matsudaira! What are you doing wearing such confusing clothing?!

Kon: You're wearing the same thing!

G: Wh-What do you guys think you're doing?!

Kat: Hang in there, Kondo!

Kat: Let go of Kondo!

Kon: Uh, this is Kondo you're grabbing!

Mat: Just hang on, Kondo!

Mat: We'll combine our strength!

Kon: What are you combining?!

Kon: Combining stupidity with stupidity will only give birth to more stupidity!

Kon: What's wrong with you idiots?!

Kon: We nearly gave ourselves away!

Mat: Shh! Keep it down, Kondo.

Kon: That's not Kondo, damn it!

Kon: Crap.

Kon: Looks like the Mimawarigumi are here, too.

Kon: Toshi and the rest won't be able to approach the island now.

Kon: More than anything,

Kon: who knows if we can hold out until help arrives?

Kat: They will come for sure.

Kat: No need to worry.

Kat: They've got him on their side.

Kat: Just as you left your hopes outside these walls,

Kat: I left a Tr*mp card of my own back there.

Kat: Let us meet at dawn.

Kat: That man.

Gin: It's as we thought.

Gin: Something's going down over there, as well.

Gin: With the island on high alert, there's no way we can force our way through head-on.

Gin: We were right to abandon the big ship in favor of life boats.

Hij: Quit acting like you guys didn't go too wild and sink the ship!

Hij: Why do we gotta row all the way to the island?!

Kag: The situation's changing by the moment.

Kag: If you louts don't keep up, your general will lose his head.

Hij: You guys sure have it good, with your weird Chinese motor!

Hij: Put yourself in our shoes!

Gin: Don't tell me you guys are worn out from that little skirmish.

Gin: Come on. The w*r hasn't even begun for real yet.

Gin: I guess even the Shinsengumi and the Katsura faction together

Gin: are still no match for one measly little Odd Jobs, huh?

Hij: Row, people!

Hij: Forget about Shinsengumi and Joi Rebels for now!

Hij: Just work together and b*at them to the island!

Sign M,: Time for the placards to shine, since they're shaped like oars. Use one like this.

Sign M,: I'll use my notebook to cheer you on, then. Fight!

G: Later, Vice Chief. We're going ahead.

G: Excuse us.

Hij: Wait a minute, you bastards—

HB : Good grief.

HB : Who would've thought we'd ever see something like that?

HB : Right, Boss?

HB : The Shinsengumi, Joi Rebels, and Odd Jobs

HB : are all working together toward a common goal.

HB : Just goes to show that life should be lived good and long.

HB : So please don't think it'd be hard-boiled to die here, okay?

HB : Let's live and see what those guys do with our own eyes.

HB : Yeah. Guess I should hold off on drinking with dinner for once

HB : and keep the champagne on ice.

HB : I'll be waiting at the bar,

HB : you perms.

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Kon: No education, no status.

Kon: The only thing they can trust is their own swords.

Kon: Don't let their dreams consume you.

Title: Farewell Shinsengumi Arc Part Five

Kon: We're gonna become samurai here in Edo.

: Stray Dogs

: What clever idea does Gintoki come up with

: to breach the impregnable Kokujo Island's defenses?

: Next week, a chaotic brawl breaks out.

: And what's coming up right now...?

Galaxy,Sign: The Walker's Guide to the Galaxy

Samurai,Sign: Episode The Land of Samurai

Samurai,Sign: {\fad( , )\an }Marsh Ian

M: Good day to all our viewers across the universe.

M: I'm your host, Galactic Essayist Marsh Ian.

Ian,Sign: Galactic Essayist {\fs }Marsh Ian

Universe ,: Universe Map

M: Wherever the dart lands, be it the very end of the universe, we cover the place.

M: That's what The Walker's Guide to the Galaxy is all about.

Groups,: {\fs }Map of the Universe

M: As we celebrate our th episode, we'll be going to...

M: Earth!

M: Earth is a beautiful planet, with a wide variety of species.

M: Who's ruling it right now?

Ian,Sign: Joining the Coverage Again {\fs }Mr. N, Editor

N: A quite scary species.

N: Until sixty million years ago or so, it was creatures like these.

M: What? They'll eat us alive!

N: And then it was creatures like these, or these.

M: What? We really will be eaten alive!

N: And right now,

N: it's ruled by EXILE.

M: What? They'll eat us alive!

N: Don't worry.

N: They mainly only prey on act*****s and mod**s.

Eras,: Earth's Geological Eras Over . Billion Years

Years,: yrs. ago

Years,: . mil. yrs. ago

Years,: mil. yrs. ago

Eras ,: EXILE Era

Eras ,: {\c&H E A &\an }Titan Era

Eras ,: {\c&H D&\an }Dinosaur Era

N: They're a species that's beyond beautiful, and never eats more than it needs.

M: Wow. They look scary, but they're actually quite nice, huh?

N: Actually, they're quite naughty.

M: True, when we landed on Earth,

M: we found a whole bunch of EXILES.

M: Hello there, beautiful young lady.

M: Are you an EXILE?

Tae: I'm a B'z fan, damn it!

Snack Sign,Sign: Snack Otose

Oto: She may have looked similar, but she wasn't an EXILE.

Pit Stop,Sign: Owner of a watering hole we made a pit stop at. She helped us a lot.

Oto: Other than EXILE, Earth also has

Oto: a whole bunch of other species.

Sada,Sign: Sada Masashi

M: Everyone but Sada Masashi looks the same to me!

Groups,M: Earth Inhabitants

Oto: Things used to be a lot simpler back in the day.

N: What species ruled the planet before?

Oto: They're extinct now, but there used to be a species called "Samurai."

Eras,: Samurai

M: Earth used to be full of terrifying monsters and rife with death,

M: but the legendary species, Samurai, restored peace to it!

N: But why'd they go extinct?

Oto: Due to the Unemployment Ice Age.

N: We'd love to cover them!

Oto: There's a fossil you can interview...

N: Where?

Oto: Right there.

Oto: Though it's a fossil of samurai poo.

Sign: Shaggy Hair

Sign: Dead-Fish Eyes

Sign: Filthy Piece of Wood

Sign: Filthy Piece of Wood

M: This is the legendary species, Samurai (poo)!

Gin: Huh? Interview?

Gin: Will I be paid?

Sign: Odd Jobs Gin-chan

M: Today, the Samurai (poo) is called a "handyman."

M: Instead of hunting, he takes advantage of others' weaknesses...

Gin: You took your mischief too far, lady.

W: Please don't tell my husband.

W: I'll pay as much as you want.

M: He's a lot like a hyena.

M: He primarily consumes nothing but sweets and alcohol.

M: He staggers on two legs during the day,

M: and turns four-legged at night.

Blech,Sign: Blech

M: His movements are sluggish, and there are days when he doesn't move at all.

N: That's a form of hibernation!

N: That's why he survived the Ice Age!

M: It's an unbelievable evolution!

M: In the past, samurai used to form rather unique herds,

M: with a hierarchical structure called "lordship."

Lord,Sign: Lordship

M: You'd have the leader of the pack, the "lord,"

M: and the lord's servants, the "retainers."

M: We'd given up on ever seeing that in its natural form, but...

Q: That's "Queen" to you!

Ha,: Haa haa

N: Queen!

Gin: So how'd it go? Are you an S or M?

M: Yes, the system of lordship was still in place!

Gin: I could hear your voice all the way outside.

Kag: You rotten pig!

Kag: Where were you goofing off?!

Kag: "Retainers" became "pigs"...

Gin: Look, they wanted to know where to have fun...

Kag: If you've got money to waste on that crap,

Kag: then pay tribute to the Queen of Kabuki District in the form of salary!

M: And "lords" became "queens."

M: The Samurai (poo) herd hierarchy is as follows:

M: On top is the queen.

M: Next up is her pet.

M: Then the fleas on the pet.

M: Then the roaches that eat the fleas.

M: Then the magazine for k*lling the roaches,

M: with which the Samurai (poo) comes as an accessory.

M: Further below is the hallucination he talks to every now and then.

Gin: Oh, Pachi-boy. Did you change your glasses?

Shin: You could tell?

M: It is said that Samurai trained diligently every day.

M: But our Samurai (poo) just loiters around gambling dens,

M: showing no signs of training at all.

M: Could it be that the Samurai (poo) species has declined massively in strength?

N: Hey, att*ck him and see what happens.

M: Wh-When?

N: Once he finishes eating that squid tentacle.

M: Squid tentacle?

Gin: Damn, this is tough.

M: It was an octopus arm!

N: Don't tell me, he noticed our presence and made the first move?!

: Odd Jobs Gin-chan

N: Let's give it another sh*t.

N: We could try something like poisoning...

M: That's too dangerous!

N: You won't lose your arms with an indirect method.

Gin: All right. We're having takoyaki for dinner.

M: They showed up for dinner!

Kag: Not octopus again.

M: What do you mean, "again"?

Shin: I don't even want to look at octopus anymore.

M: Even the hallucination was digging in?!

Gin: Don't be selfish!

N: What a terrifying species.

N: They've evolved to a higher plane of existence than us!

M: Uh, weren't they just hungry?

Gin: Huh? You're not eating?

Gin: What happened to your arms?

M: Th-They were gone before I knew it.

Gin: Oh, is that so?

Gin: But they'll grow back, right?

M: W-Well, yes.

Gin: Nice.

Gin: Then if we keep you alive and just eat your arms,

Gin: we'll never run out of food, huh?

M: I need to go buy some nibs!

M: That species is definitely super-dangerous!

M: I must let the entire galaxy know, with my essay!

N: Your pen's flowing a lot more freely than usual.

N: We had to pack up our research midway through, but I've got no complaints.

N: I was just about to get tired of Earth's crappy cuisine, too.

N: I miss Planet Osaka's takoyaki.

Writing,Sign: Mr. N, is that...

M: Mr. N, is that...

Title: Essay Manga Are Easy to Animate

Sign: Odd Jobs Gin-chan

Shin: Gin-san, the Farewell Shinsengumi Arc isn't over yet.

Shin: Are you sure you should be lying around?

Gin: You see, samurai are creatures that hibernate once they've eaten their fill.

Gin: Following the disappearance of an essayist,

TV: a self-proclaimed editor was arrested.

Kag: Huh? Gin-chan, isn't this...

TV: Under his shirt, he'd been tied up with a rope,

TV,Sign: Galactic Essayist Marsh Ian Missing

TV: and he kept making strange statements such as, "He'll grow back again, anyway."

Gin: Oh, man. There are some scary creatures out in space, huh?

"The Walker's Guide to the Galaxy" ends this week.

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