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...
08x04 - Zura
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Japanese manga series where aliens have invaded and taken over feudal Tokyo, an unemployed samurai finds work however he can.
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