08x04 - Zura

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Gintama,: Gintama

The_Battle_on_Ra,: The Battle on Rakuyo

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Gu: So this is the samurai "art of w*r," huh?

Gu: Imagine, blocking my att*ck head-on. It's almost like magic or sorcery.

K: The art of w*r isn't magic.

K: "A single stick is enough to get rid of a monkey in heat."

K: That's the only line in the damn book!

Gu: I like it!

Gu: I don't like tricks myself.

Gu: I've made it this far with a single stick.

Gu: Even with ships that can travel the stars,

Gu: we'd rather stand on the bodies of our enemies than stand on the moon!

Gu: Nothing's changed since we crawled on the ground!

Gu: All men are monkeys!

Gu: Now, let's find out who's king of monkey mountain!

Gu: That was a rotten move.

Gu: You're the one who said you'd use just a single stick!

Gu: I lost a tooth!

K: Didn't you know?

K: A stick always comes with balls.

K: Elizabeth, run!

K: I knew it! An ambush!

K: Keep running under the cover of the smoke!

K: No matter what happens, keep running!

K: Keep looking forward and keep running!

K: Can you do it?

K: Why are you asking me this now?

K: Katsura-san, we've been running all this time.

K: We've been running with you, believing you're heading for tomorrow.

K: And we'll stay with you.

K: Forgive me, Elizabeth, everyone.

K: I can't win this battle as I am now.

K: As a general who leads an organization,

K: I can't b*at that thing.

K: So I have to go back.

K: Not for my organization, or for my comrades...

K: I must wield my sword for my own sake,

K: as a lone monkey.

Gu: Kotaro the Runaway.

Gu: Isn't that what you said you were?

Gu: Wouldn't have expected you to stay behind so your comrades could escape.

K: Nobody would call me that if I couldn't tell which people I could run away from,

K: and which I couldn't.

Gu: I see.

Gu: So you've accepted your fate?

K: It's not accepting my fate.

K: It's resolve.

K: I won't run anywhere again.

Gu: No, what are you talking about?

Gu: It's gotta be Gintoki-san!

Gu: You saw how bold he was when he launched that surprise att*ck on that huge army.

Gu: The way he fought like a demon!

Gu: Nobody could b*at him, enemy or ally!

Gu: What are you talking about?

Gu: That surprise att*ck wouldn't have worked without the help of the Kiheitai.

Gu: The tactics that overpowered modern weapons!

Gu: The strength to bring down a battleship!

Gu: The strongest is our leader, Takasugi Shinsuke!

Gu: What are you people talkin' about?

Gu: Who do you think is makin' this w*r possible?

Gu: Soldiers. Weapons. Money.

Gu: It's because somebody's providin' all that stuff, right?

Gu: In other words, the strongest is the Dragon of Katsurahama,

Gu: Sakamoto Tatsuma—

Gu: No way.

Gu: Yeah, no matter what, I know that's not true.

Gu: His obsession with money and the loudness of his voice would b*at anyone, though.

Gu: Oh, I see.

Gu: I can whisper too, though.

Gu: So it's either Gintoki-san or Takasugi-san, right?

Gu: Actually, what about Katsura-san?

Gu: To be honest, I don't really understand him.

Gu: He's kind of like the leader of the Four Devas, who has calmed the rampages

Gu: of Gintoki-san and Takasugi-san since they were young.

Gu: It's true that as a general and leader, he's ideal.

Gu: But his strength in w*r, and his individual strength...

Gu: It's hard to measure.

Gu: His skill lies in steady defensive battles rather than bold offensives.

Gu: For that reason, Gintoki-san usually wins the battle glory.

Gu: He doesn't att*ck and doesn't fall for provocations.

Gu: You know what the enemy calls the way he fights?

Gu: "Kotaro the Runaway..."

Gu: "Steady" sounds like a good thing,

Gu: but it can also mean cowardice...

Gu: Zura? A coward?

Gu: You guys really don't know anything.

Gu: Gintoki and Takasugi will laugh at you.

Gu: S-Sakamoto-san? When did you show up?

Gu: Um, I just got here.

Gu: You say he's achieved less in battle than Gintoki and the others?

Gu: That's only because you haven't noticed what he's done.

Gu: It's harder to fight a losing battle than a winning one.

Gu: If you don't know when to retreat,

Gu: you won't ever be able to rebuild your forces.

Gu: A battle without glory, where you protect your allies instead of attackin' your foes...

Gu: Only a master of w*r could be entrusted with such a thing.

Gu: Without Zura, we would've lost the w*r a long time ago.

Gu: So you're saying that Katsura-san is the strongest, then?

Gu: We're back to who's the strongest now?

Gu: Well, you wouldn't know unless you stripped the coward's skin off him.

sign_ _ _Grave_of_the_Kat,Gu: Grave of the Katsura Clan

Gu: He lost his parents to illness when he was little.

Gu: His mansion was confiscated,

Gu: and at one point, he and his grandmother were homeless.

Gi: Kotaro, what do you think is the most important quality

Gi: a general needs to lead an army?

Gi: Whether he's a warrior who can defeat a thousand foes

Gi: or a wise strategist who knows how to use his soldiers,

Gi: if the general goes down, the battle is lost.

Gi: If you die, you can't protect your soldiers, your country, or anything else.

Gi: Thus, a general must be the greatest coward on the b*ttlefield.

Gi: So Kotaro, feel free to cry.

Gi: You can cry. You can be weak.

Gi: As long as the general lives,

Gi: as long as you live,

Gi: the Katsura clan will not die.

Gi: It's okay if they call you a coward.

Gi: Survive, Kotaro.

Gi: No matter what they say about you,

Gi: we know that you are a great general.

Gu: He lost his grandmother too, and was all alone in the world,

Gu: becoming the head of the Katsura clan at a young age.

Gu: And as he bore that heavy burden, he cloaked himself in a coward's skin.

Gi: That's the boy they all say is really smart, right?

Gi: I heard there was talk of someone adopting him,

Gi: but he says that a samurai must raise himself.

K: Grandma... It's tough being a general, huh?

K: Even if you run from all danger

K: and survive all by yourself,

K: you can't escape the loneliness.

K: You can't make it through the night just by being a coward.

K: So I'm going to be a samurai who's stronger and more cowardly than anyone else.

K: So that I can protect

K: not only myself, but the comrades who must make it through the night with me,

K: I'll be strong, and a coward...

Gu: To protect his family line, to protect his comrades,

Gu: he's continued his cowardly battle.

Gu: Even while people mock him as Kotaro the Runaway.

Gu: But if a general appeared whom he could entrust everything to...

Gu: If an enemy appeared whom he couldn't defeat unless he bet everything...

Gu: Once the coward's skin was stripped off,

Gu: you might learn his real name.

G: Zura... Zura...

G: Hey, Zura...

G: Want to try fighting me for once?

K: Who the heck is Zura?

G: You, obviously.

G: It's too much effort to call you Katsura.

K: It's just adding the "Ka"!

K: Say people's names right!

G: Whatever. Let's fight.

G: I'm sick of fighting that idiot.

G: It's obvious I'm going to win.

T: Hey.

T: I've got wins and losses. I'm winning.

T: And it's no use inviting him.

T: "A general shouldn't carelessly sully his name with personal battles," he says.

K: That's right.

K: I'm glad you didn't get hurt.

G: Then I'll be this "general" so you don't have to.

: What?

G: It's because of that "general" thing that you can't do what you want, right?

G: I'll be your general.

G: So when you're with me, just be Zura.

K: Wh-What are you sayi—

G: Now you can have personal battles or whatever you want, right?

G: And when you're here, you're the general.

T: Don't just make someone else do it!

G: It'll be easier if we all share the work.

G: M T W Th F Sat Sun

G: Takasugi Zura Off

G: Okay, you do it from Monday to Wednesday.

G: Zura can do it from Thursday to Saturday.

G: I'll do it Sunday if I'm bored.

T: Don't turn it into a shift system!

T: You're barely doing it at all!

G: So, what's a general?

G: How much does it pay per hour?

T: It doesn't pay anything!

T: Instead, you pay others!

G: Oh, like a shop general.

T: What's a shop general?

T: Don't you mean just a store manager?!

G: But...

T: You're an idiot, aren't you? You're an idiot!

G: What did you say?!

K: Draw your sword.

K: You can't be a general.

K: I'll make it clear who's worthy to be a general.

G: Fine by me! Let's do it, Zura!

sign_ _ _Sugar_Content,: Sugar Content

K: I'm not Zura! I'm Katsura!

K: I see...

K: That's right.

Gu: It's a shame.

Gu: With your skills, you could've run one of the Divisions.

Gu: But it was fun, Katsura Kotaro.

K: I'm not Katsura.

K: I'm Zura!

: Battle on Rakuyo Arc Part Four

: Zura

K: I'm not Katsura.

K: I'm Zura!

Gu: He's totally different from before.

Gu: He's attacking like a wild beast that's given up on defense.

Gu: Did he snap and forget who he was?

Gu: But...

Gu: In terms of number of blows, he can't stop a real beast!

Gu: You bastard!

Gu: He didn't forget who he was...

Gu: He just threw it aside,

Gu: of his own will!

Gu: He's sacrificing his own life to take mine!

Gu: Impressive resolve.

Gu: You can't have my life, but you've won my heart!

Gu: The real w*r starts now!

Gu: I'm begging you, samurai!

Gu: Don't die yet!

Gu: We're finally fighting like monkeys.

Gu: The only weapons we've got left are our own bodies.

Gu: For us men, simple is best.

K: Just your body?

K: What are you talking about? You can barely move your limbs.

Gu: Unfortunately for you, I've still got something up my sleeve.

K: What a coincidence.

K: So do I.

K: Then it's settled.

K: I, Katsura Kotaro, am the one best suited to be a general.

G: Stand up and open your eyes if you're gonna sleep-talk.

G: You can have the title of "most hard-headed."

G: Isn't it important for a general to admit when they're beaten, hard-head?

T: If you ask me, none of you have the polished looks of a general.

K: Maybe.

K: But that's fine.

K: Even if, someday, we're all generals, leading our own packs,

K: we should stay like this.

K: When we come back here, I'll forget everything

K: and laugh with you.

K: I'll cry with you.

K: As plain old Zura...

K: Together...

K: Let's fight!

K: Sorry.

K: I can give up my title of general,

K: but I'm not giving my title of "most hard-headed" to anyone.

Gu: Commander!

Gu: Stop it!

Gu: No matter how many soldiers are left,

Gu: if the general loses, the w*r is over.

Gu: Also, a w*r isn't fought with your head.

Gu: It's fought with your headbutts.

Gu: We lost.

K: Shokaku... You...

Gu: I never did like working in a group.

Gu: Laws, rules...

Gu: I don't know how many times I've broken them.

Gu: But the Harusame has neither the laws needed to support an organization

Gu: nor the freedom the pirates love.

Gu: It's turned into just a toy for a single man.

Gu: So I'm going to fight the battles I want to fight.

K: What does that man intend to do?

K: He wants to take over the Harusame, eliminate Takasugi and the rest of us rebels,

K: and then what?

Gu: No idea.

Gu: All I know is that no matter what it is,

Gu: neither we nor you people can stop it.

Gu: The toy's just gotta dance until all its limbs fall off.

K: We're here of our own will.

K: I've no intention of dancing in anyone's hand.

Gu: I hope not.

Gu: I think it's about time for your friends to be guided to the dance party.

Gu: All barrages have struck the enemy ships.

Gu: The surprise att*ck was a success!

S: Okay, push the att*ck!

S: Attention, all Kaientai ships!

S: Get the hell outta here!

Gu: I'm amazed you can give such a pessimistic order so optimistically.

S: We can't b*at those numbers in a straight-up fight.

S: So we need to poke 'em in the butt

S: and get them as far from the fight as possible.

S: It doesn't matter if our outlook is backward or even sideways.

S: The path that I, Sakamoto Tatsuma, walk always faces forward.

Gi: Sheesh...

Gi: Looks like the space conman is doing just fine on the b*ttlefield.

Gu: Captain!

S: What's going on?

S: Did the enemy turn around already?

Gu: I-It's not the enemy!

Gu: It's our allies!

Gu: What?

Gu: We're being att*cked by our allies?

Gu: That's impossible!

Gu: Is there a traitor?

Gu: A-At any rate, you guys hurry up, too!

Gu: Who are you?!

Gu: It's no metaphor.

Gu: For him, allies, enemies, the b*ttlefield itself...

Gu: They're all toys for him to play with.

Gu: Now dance.

Gu: Captain, run!

Gu: Our ship won't...

Gu: Communications have been cut off!

S: Fire smokescreen bombs!

S: Get away from the other ships as fast as you can!

S: Listen, no matter how many times they att*ck, don't sh**t back!

S: We need to go as fast as...

S: Sorry, can we slow down just a bit?

M: It doesn't look like they got sick of their stupid captain and started a rebellion.

S: What's goin' on aboard their ships?

M: The communications show no sign the enemy took over.

M: And if they did betray us, they wouldn't tell us to run, of course.

S: Then what?

S: This isn't the enemy or our allies attackin' us,

S: the ship is doin' it on its own?

M: That's right.

M: Hacking.

M: By taking over the ship's control systems,

M: they were able to take over the Kaientai and our ships

M: without using a single soldier.

M: The enemy's got some kind of monster-level hacker, if they can do this.

Gu: That's right.

Gu: Your fleet is in my hands.

Gu: Who are you?

S: Um, do you think you dialed the wrong ship?

S: We're the Kaientai, not White Base.

Gu: No, that's not a Zaku, Captain.

S: You got a notepad?

S: I can tell you how to contact the Federation forces.

S: The Zeon army screws up and calls us all the time.

Gu: Captain, that's not the Zeon army.

S: Then is this the Zaku-Zaku scam I've been hearin' about? You won't fool me!

Gu: No, there's no such thing,

Gu: and you believed he was a Zaku anyway!

Gu: I am Hankai, the Guru of Trickery,

Gu: commander of the Harusame's rd Division

Gu: and one of the Three Mad Stars.

Gu: He's subtly bragging about his name.

M: So basically, this is all your doing, Zaku?

Gu: How did you hear all that and decide he was a Zaku, Vice Captain?!

Gu: Indeed.

Gu: The one who took over your fleet and deliberately didn't touch your flagship,

Gu: was me, Gundam.

S: He switched it to Gundam!

S: Did he figure he'd rather be a Gundam than get called Zaku?!

H: You can either sh**t down your allies' ships and survive,

H: or simply be sh*t down here.

H: I thought I'd let you choose.

M: You bastard! Fine, we'll call you Zaku!

Gu: Is that what you're choosing?!

H: Whichever you choose, your defeat is assured.

H: You've come all this way to save your comrades,

H: and you will give up everything for them.

H: My Mono-Eye will record that moment.

Gu: He gave up! He's decided to live the rest of his life as a Zaku!

H: You don't have long before you must make your decision.

Gu: You guys!

H: Did you think it was just machines that the Guru of Trickery could control?

S: What are you doing?

S: Get a hold of yourselves!

M: What's going on?

M: They've all gone mad!

H: The rd Division is said to be the only one without soldiers.

H: But that's not true.

H: You just can't see them.

H: My soldiers are too small to see,

H: but their numbers and powers exceed the other divisions.

H: Some can infiltrate the enemy's central system,

H: and others can infiltrate human brains

H: and infect them.

H: Yes, within my body are countless nanomachine viruses...

H: And you are toys that they control!

H: You are my rd Division!

Gu: Captain!

Gu: Sorry.

S: Everybody, grit your teeth!

S: Take care of the ship!

S: Seal the entrance!

Gu: B-But...

Gu: Captain!

S: Why'd you follow me?

Gu: There are more than two choices.

Gu: We can find Zaku, b*at the crap out of him,

Gu: and fix everything.

Gu: And if you get infected, as vice captain, I have to k*ll you immediately.

S: Sheesh...

S: So if you get infected, I have to k*ll you?

S: I'm gonna end up gettin' k*lled myself.

Gu: Don't worry about me being infected.

Gu: I got infected a long time ago...

Gu: with your stupidity!

TBC,: To Be Continued

Battle on Rakuyo Part Five

Preview: Sakamoto Tatsuma... A strange man.

The Two Fools

The next battle is between the space trader Sakamoto Tatsuma

and the Mobile Suit... I mean, the Guru of Trickery, Hankai!

The current shogun Nobunobu's heart wavers,

and Sakamoto's unknown past is revealed...