08x12 - Hope

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Obo: There's something I must tell you.

Obo: Just what Yoshida Shoyo...

Obo: What Utsuro is.

ED Card: The Battle on Rakuyo

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Title: Battle on Rakuyo Arc Part

Title: Hope

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Hen: Oboro, the chief of Tenshoin Naraku,

Hen: was Yoshida Shoyo's first and last student.

Hen: Utsuro, the previous chief, met Oboro and became Shoyo.

Hen: And he d*ed as Shoyo because of Oboro.

Hen: That's how that man came to be.

Hen: Or should I say, came back to life?

D: Altana mutants?

D: It can't be!

D: There's no doubt.

D: That man is immortal.

T: Utsuro.

T: Or would you prefer I called you Yoshida Shoyo?

T: When and where did you gain that ability?

U: Utsuro.

U: Yoshida Shoyo.

U: I'm both of those and neither at the same time.

U: One that has lived within this body for so long, I've forgotten my very name.

U: No, maybe I never had a name to begin with.

U: I was only showered with endless insults and hostility.

U: And the only name I remember is...

Hen: Devil.

Sho: I came here after hearing about a corpse-eating devil,

Sho: but you're awfully adorable for a devil.

Hen: It seems people persecuted Utsuro due to their fear of his immortality.

Obo: Chopped into pieces, skewered, and b*rned,

Obo: he d*ed over and over again.

Obo: But he came back to life each time,

Obo: inspiring further fear and animosity.

Obo: Even though he experienced suffering that would break anyone's spirit,

Obo: he couldn't disappear.

Obo: That is why he gave birth,

Obo: in order to overcome the endless suffering...

U: To countless versions of me.

U: And by the time the prison itself rotted away,

U: they began to act.

U: To bestow countless deaths upon people.

U: They did to others what others had done unto them,

U: like a devil trying to become human by imitating them.

U: And so, they were granted the mask of the reaper.

U: The court chose to use the reaper for their own benefit.

U: The years after that were spent in a maelstrom of bloodshed.

U: The one that hated humans,

U: the one that feared humans,

U: and the one that longed to be human...

U: They were all me.

U: It was inevitable that he would appear to stop them.

U: The only Utsuro that stood up to Utsuro.

U: That was Yoshida Shoyo.

U: He suppressed the countless incarnations of me

U: and fought to change.

U: He never stopped fighting.

U: However...

U: You're the only one left now,

U: Shoyo.

U: You don't need to suffer anymore.

U: I'll put an end to it all.

U: Farewell, me.

T: So what you seek is an end for yourself?

T: That's a shame.

T: If your power were used wisely,

T: we—this universe—could evolve even further.

U: If you'll find a way to k*ll me,

U: I don't mind if you chop this body up and investigate every last drop of blood.

U: But just keep this in mind:

U: I'm a man who doesn't know how to end himself,

U: but I do know how to rip my arms from these shackles

U: and put an end to this stupid game right now.

U: I know how to put an end to others better than anyone.

U: And, if one seeks the power of immortality,

U: I know how to grant it to them, too.

U: You needn't resort to these measures.

U: I would gladly cooperate with you.

U: But, in return, grant me power.

U: Power that can destroy me.

Obo: The Tendoshu feared him.

Hen: They gave him rank and honor, but not power or authority.

Hen: Utsuro sought the privilege that only the Tendoshu possess in all the universe:

Hen: the power to freely control each planet's Altana.

Hen: What makes that possible is a seal on the palm, known as the "key."

Hen: It is bestowed as a proof of authority upon the highest-level executives alone,

Hen: and it acts as a code that can open and close Altana gates.

Hen: Nobody knows how it's made,

Hen: but it is impossible to remove once engraved,

Hen: and ripping it off can prove fatal.

Hen: And when the wielder dies, the key disappears with them.

Hen: One needs the unanimous approval of the Tendoshu to procure the key,

Hen: so Utsuro cannot control Altana.

Hen: Or so it was thought.

T: Something terrible happened while you were away.

T: Planet Tanko's Altana went berserk.

T: The gate and terminal were blown to smithereens instantly.

T: Our branch there was destroyed, too.

T: The damage caused is believed to be unprecedented.

U: What led to that accident?

T: It was no accident.

T: Just before it happened, we received a report

T: that unidentified forces were attacking the gate.

T: It was clearly an act of rebellion against us.

T: So it was induced by man?

T: The only ones capable of such a thing are...

T: Yes, none but the Tendoshu who possess the key.

T: You're saying there's a traitor?

T: But where could they find soldiers who'd obey them?

T: True, any land that possesses a gate is under our control.

T: But what if it was a force that didn't belong to any land?

T: Like the pirate fleet you just took over, for example.

T: The goal of your trip was to gain control of the Harusame

T: and wipe out any rebels.

T: But what if half of them were used to achieve a different goal?

T: What if you used that whole battle to lull us into a sense of security?

T: What if making Altana go berserk

T: and destroying the planet was your true objective?

T: How did you steal a key?

U: I didn't steal anything.

U: I only gave away,

U: as you people wished,

U: my immortal blood.

U: And you people willingly parted with a great number of things to gain immortality.

U: The key, which causes death upon being stolen and disappears upon dying,

U: just became an indestructible key.

U: I only picked up a key you people dropped.

T: Wh-Who was it that handed over their key to him?!

U: My blood is certainly that of an immortal,

U: but it only functions as it should within an immortal's body.

U: Your bodies aren't immortal,

U: so infusing my blood is akin to pouring magma into a frail container.

U: What's more, you poured it until the vessel was overflowing.

U: The vessel is sure to start melting.

U: It won't just be your arms.

U: Soon, your legs will fall off,

U: and so will your head.

U: But even as your mind experiences suffering that could break anyone,

U: you can't die.

U: You won't end until your body rots away.

T: Utsuro, you bastard!

T: You said there was a way to save me if I offered you the key!

T: Are you going back on your word?!

T: Impossible... There were so many traitors?

T: Wait, then the keys you took...

U: I have lots more of them.

U: You should receive reports soon

U: about how for every key you dropped,

U: an entire planet was destroyed.

U: And the people who survived will swear

U: that they'll never forgive the Tendoshu.

U: That you can't be left in control of the gates.

U: They will eventually come here,

U: to Earth.

T: Are you trying to start a w*r with the entire universe?!

U: I'm a monster that Earth created.

U: As long as I consume the Altana of this planet, I cannot die.

U: My suffering, your suffering,

U: and all the suffering repeated on this planet

U: will never end as long as this planet exists.

U: Then we need only put an end

U: to this planet.

Obo: Wresting control of Altana from the Tendoshu's clutches

Obo: to cause a universal w*r.

Obo: That is his goal.

Obo: Fighters, take down Utsuro.

Obo: Yoshida Shoyo fought the Utsuro within himself and lost.

Obo: But his battle gave birth to you.

Obo: His spirit still lives on.

Obo: Put an end to him, before everything ends.

Obo: Don't hesitate.

Obo: Don't be afraid.

Obo: Fight as your heart wills you to.

Obo: Since I lost sight of my own spirit,

Obo: I couldn't fight for Sensei, that man,

Obo: or for myself.

Obo: If I could do it all over again...

Obo: I...

Obo: I...

Obo: I would've loved to be one of you guys...

Tak: Let's go.

Tak: This is not his rightful resting place.

Tak: Though who knows whether it'll be next to his master or next to us students.

Tak: We're going back to Shoka Sonjuku.

Sak: Gintoki, Zura...

Gin: Nothing anyone says is going to surprise me anymore.

Gin: None of it changes anything.

Gin: Maybe Utsuro was the one who k*lled the Shoyo persona.

Gin: But we, his students, were the ones who cornered him, giving Utsuro his chance.

Gin: The one who ignored his request not to go after him,

Gin: started a fight that put his friends in danger,

Gin: and gave Shoyo the final blow that awakened Utsuro was me.

Gin: We were the ones who k*lled Shoyo and gave birth to Utsuro.

Gin: Even so,

Gin: back then...

Sho: Thank you.

Gin: That's what he said.

Gin: With total disregard for his impending death, he looked at me

Gin: and smiled.

Kat: Perhaps Sensei always knew this would happen.

Kat: That, someday, the monster within him

Kat: would consume him and become a massive shadow that would destroy entire planets.

Kat: And maybe Shoka Sonjuku was created to give the world hope to fight that darkness.

Sho: A monster's sword cannot cut another monster.

Sho: You have to grow stronger than me using your own sword,

Sho: the sword of a human.

Kat: Even as he faced death,

Kat: there wasn't a hint of fear or sorrow in his eyes.

Kat: You, who were willing to walk over your teacher's corpse

Kat: in order to protect Shoka Sonjuku and its spirit,

Kat: appeared to him as a great ray of hope.

Kat: That must be why he,

Kat: and you,

Kat: smiled back then.

Sak: The battles of the man called Yoshida Shoyo gave birth to you guys.

Sak: And your battles gave birth to us and our comrades.

Sak: There's more than one ray of hope now.

Sak: Let's see what all our battles will give birth to

Sak: and show it off to the two Yoshida Shoyos!

UB: Are you going?

UB: To a planet that might be destroyed soon?

UB: Actually, should I ask if you're going home?

UB: That's what that planet has become to you now, hasn't it?

UB: I'd like to stop you,

UB: but I'd rather not be the kind of father

UB: who whines to a daughter he married off to another planet.

Kag: Who're you saying got married off?

UB: Could you pass on a message to him?

UB: "Utsuro is not immortal."

UB: "There is a way to k*ll him."

UB: "Hang in there until I find out what it is."

UB: "If anything happens to my daughter, I'll k*ll you along with Utsuro."

Kag: Daddy...

UB: Your mother shooed me away, you see.

UB: "You have neither the right nor any arms to punch our children,

UB: but you still have a job to do," she said.

UB: I don't know what exactly that is yet, but...

UB: Even with these arms, I could at least pick up rocks off the ground.

UB: I could at least pick flowers for her.

Kag: Those weren't the flowers Mommy liked.

UB: Quit nitpicking.

UB: Flowers are all the same.

UB: But I'm amazed you remembered that.

Kag: I only remembered when I saw that, too.

Kag: I still have a job to do, huh?

Shin: The land of the samurai.

Shin: There was a time, long ago, when our country was called by that name.

Shin: Those dream-filled blue skies upon which the samurai once gazed

Shin: are now filled with ships from strange worlds.

Shin: The towns where the samurai once proudly walked

Shin: are now filled with swaggering, arrogant aliens.

Shin: We were stripped of our swords and status,

Shin: and we lost our honor and everything else.

Shin: However, even so,

Shin: the samurai spirit is still alive here.

Shin: Our final battle is about to begin.