07x07 - A Reunion Also Brings to the Surface Things You Don't Want to Remember

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Sign: Joi Rebels Reunion

Kat: There is but one reason I called all us former comrades here.

Rebel R,Rebel R: The White Yaksha

Rebel L,Rebel L: Sakata Gintoki

Kat: Isn't it high time

Rebel R,Rebel R: The Rampaging Noble

Rebel L,Rebel L: Katsura Kotaro

Kat: we started a flashback arc?

Rebel R,Rebel R: The Kiheitai Commander

Rebel L,Rebel L: Takasugi Shinsuke

Rebel R,Rebel R: The Loud Fellow

Rebel L,Rebel L: Sakamoto Tatsuma

Gin: Who is this?

Kurokono,Sign: Kurokono Tasuke

Kat: The Phantom Fifth Man, Kurokono Tasuke.

Phantom L,Phantom R: The Phantom Fifth Man

Phantom R,Phantom L: Kurokono Tasuke

Gin: Hold it right there!

Kat: So you don't remember him, either.

Sak: Considering he called us to a reunion,

Sak: we'd better remember something about him or things will get awkward.

Kat: I'm starting to remember...

Chill,Sign: Chilled

Kat: Damn Gintoki.

Kat: He said he was treating us, but he intended to rip us off all along!

Tak: I was the one who treated you to Yakulk.

Gin: This is the ending you arrived at?!

Hen: I'm merely here to relay a message from him.

Note Center,Sign: Rest in peace, my comrade.

Default,Tak: Rest in peace, my comrade.

Title: A Reunion Also Brings to the Surface Things You Don't Want to Remember

Sign: Watch the Joi Rebels Flashback Arc in a bright room and at a safe distance from your TV!

Kat: Thanks for keeping watch.

Gin: Oh, it's you, Zura.

Kat: I'm not Zura. I'm Katsura.

Kat: How's the Bakufu army looking?

Gin: After the beating we gave them,

Gin: they'll have to stay put for a few days.

Gin: Mind if I say, "Now is the time for an all-out attack"?

Kat: Don't be stupid.

Kat: They're not the only ones who have to stay put.

Kat: The only lively idiots in this situation

Kat: are you and Takasugi, pretty much.

Kat: Reinforcements will arrive in two days.

Kat: Until then, keep your blade sheathed.

Kat: If you can't wait that long, you two peas in a pod may as well duke it out.

Gin: You gotta be kidding me.

Gin: Even if I want to pick a fight with him,

Gin: we haven't been speaking for a month.

Kat: Oh, so you already duked it out.

Sak: You guys are always fighting, huh?

Sak: Aren't you from the same school?

Sak: I guess it's true that the closer you are, the more you fight.

Gin: Are you all right now?

Gin: You should get some more rest.

Gin: I heard you lost all sense of tact.

Sak: Worry not.

Sak: I lost that a long time ago, along with my umbilical cord.

Gin: If you understand, could you keep your mouth shut?

Gin: Not everyone shares your "all men are esk*mo brothers" motto.

Gin: It's complicated.

Sak: Esk*mo brothers? You've got a point there.

Sak: When we all went to a red-light district a while back,

Sak: you and Takasugi chose the same girl, didn't you?

Sak: If I recall, she said she preferred him, so a fight broke out.

Sak: Don't tell me you've been fighting ever since.

Gin: That was close.

Gin: A stray b*llet almost hit you.

Gin: You should be more careful.

Sak: Oh, but she said later that Takasugi was no fun at all.

Sak: Apparently he was a total bore, saying nothing

Sak: and just glaring at her the entire time.

Tak: I bought you some Yakulk.

Tak: Shut up and drink it.

Sak: Zura, this ain't good.

Sak: The w*r's been stuck in a stalemate so long,

Sak: people are ready to explode from all the stress.

Kat: You're the one who set them off!

Sak: If we don't provide them a distraction,

Sak: they'll start fighting among themselves.

Sak: All right!

Sak: How about we visit a red-light district?

Kat: Where are you gonna find one up in these mountains?

Sak: Maybe visit Lady Satsuki, then?

Kat: Not Lady Satsuki!

Kat: Anyone but her!

Sak: What's this, Zura?

Sak: Did you make a move on her already?

Kat: No!

Kat: All I did was stick around and pay attention to her backstory because she's a widow!

Sak: You paid to stick it in her backside? What's that all about?

Kat: What is wrong with your ears?!

Kat: You're the one who wants to do that!

Sak: {\an \i }You're the one I don't understand!

Kuro: Excuse me, everyone.

Kuro: How about we play kick-the-can for a change of pace?

Gin: Back then,

Gin: who was it that suggested we play kick-the-can, again?

Kat: Kick-the-can?

Kat: Are you stupid?

Kat: Stalemate or not, we're still in the middle of a w*r.

Kat: You guys say something to him, too.

Gin: Runts like you have it good at times like these.

Gin: I bet you could hide in that empty can.

Gin: It's basically a pull-top, anyway.

Tak: Making up excuses for your inevitable defeat, are we?

Tak: Wasn't covert ops your specialty?

Tak: Of course, the Kiheitai could pull off

Tak: an operation like that with one arm tied behind our backs!

Gin: You're on!

Gin: Let's see who can kick the can first!

Kat: Extra motivated?! They're more up for this than the w*r!

Kuro: You two should hurry up and hide, too.

Kuro: I'll be the demon.

Gin: Back then,

Gin: who took up the role of demon...

Kuro: One...

Kuro: Two...

Gin: ...and counted to inside the temple, again?

Kuro: Three...

Kuro: Four...

Kat: Sheesh.

Five...

Kat: What's wrong with those guys? This is no time to be fooling around.

Six...

Sak: You seem totally up for it, too, though.

Seven...

Sak: Nothing wrong with taking a breather like this once in a while.

Eight...

Nine...

Kat: What are those injured soldiers doing in front of the gate?

Ten...

Sak: Guarding it, obviously.

Kat: No, there's something off about them.

Eleven...

Kat: Which squad are they from?

Twelve...

Kat: No way!

Thirteen...

Kat: They're enemy spies!

G: Take 'em out in one fell swoop!

G: Don't let a single rebel escape!

Kuro: Sixty-six...

G: Huh? Where are the enemy troops?

Kuro: Sixty-seven...

Gin: Oh, no, you won't...

Tak: ...find them here.

Kuro: Sixty-eight...

Gin: You wanna launch a surprise attack on us?

Kuro: Sixty-nine...

Tak: Come back in a hundred years.

Kuro: Seventy...

Kuro: Seventy-one...

G: I-Impossible!

G: They used their own camp as bait!

Kat: Gintoki! Takasugi!

Gin: We let all our comrades escape out the back gate.

Kat: Don't tell me you guys

Kat: deliberately gave them an opening in order to expose the spies...

Tak: Zura, now's the time for an all-out attack.

Gin: You're not gonna tell us to stay put this time, right?

Kat: Right.

Kat: Go give 'em hell!

Sak: Hang on!

Sak: Weren't we in the middle of something?

Gin: Later! Save it for later!

Sak: Back then...

Kat: ...who was counting to a hundred in the temple...

Gin: ...when it exploded?

Kat: We hadn't forgotten at all.

Kat: We'd just sealed the past, and that memory,

Kat: in the depths of our minds so we wouldn't remember it.

Kat: Yes, that cursed past where we were playing a game of kick-the-can

Kat: and k*lled our comrade, Kurokono Tasuke, with a b*mb.

Gin: S-So Kurokono Tasuke is long dead?

Gin: Due to his lack of presence,

Gin: we forgot we were playing kick-the-can with him

Gin: and k*lled him with our own hands a long time ago?

Kat: There's no doubt about it.

Sign: Rest in peace, my comrade.

Kat: That must be why Takasugi sent this.

Kat: He probably mistook the reunion for a meeting to grieve Kurokono.

Gin: N-No, no, no, no, no...

Gin: No way.

Gin: Then in that case...

Note ,Sign: It's been a while. Are you doing well? Actually, I'm in Edo right now. If you'd like, why don't we get the g*ng back together for a drink or two? -Kurokono Tasuke

Gin: Who sent us that letter?

Reunion,Sign: Joi Rebels Reunion

Gin: Who organized this reunion? Who called us here?

Sak: Maybe Kurokono's still playing kick-the-can.

Gin: Wh-What does that mean?

Kat: He may still be looking.

Kat: Without realizing that he died,

Kat: even after becoming a literal demon...

Sak: He may still be trying to...

Sak: Yeah, as if!

Kat: There's no way we'd blow up one of our comrades!

Kat: We've just got the wrong idea!

Sak: He must've escaped right before the expl*si*n, right?

Sak: Not that I remember.

Kat: Yeah, that's right.

Kat: There's no way he'd die that easily.

Kat: Not that I remember.

Sak: Yeah. This is the phantom fifth man, Kurokono Tasuke, we're talking about.

Sak: Not that I remember.

Sak: Anyway, aren't you glad we remembered at least a little about him?

Sak: Now we can get through the initial reunion by chatting about the expl*si*n.

Sak: Like, "That expl*si*n was incredible, huh?" or something.

Kat: Indeed.

Kat: And we can get through the after-party by talking about how the

Kat: smoke from the expl*si*n was amazing.

Kat: All right. I'm gonna visit the restroom before he gets here.

Sak: What's the matter, Kintoki?

Sak: You look pale.

Gin: Nothing, it's just...

Gin: Maybe I had too much to drink.

Sak: Listen to yourself!

Sak: You haven't had enough!

Gin: I'm just overthinking things.

Restaurant,Sign: Restaurant Ketsunoi

Gin: Are you saying he called us here so he could drag us to hell?

Reunion ,Sign: Joi Rebels Reunion

Gin: A-A ghost organizing a reunion?

Gin: That's not a horror story, that's a comedy skit.

Gin: It's all good.

Gin: He'll get here.

Gin: Not as a ghost,

Gin: but on his own two feet.

Kat: What's an empty can doing here?

Kuro: Found you, Katsura-san.

Kuro: I stepped on the can...

Gin: What? Wait...

Gin: Did you hear Zura scream just now?

Sak: Maybe he got poop in his hair.

Gin: But isn't his piss break taking too long?

Sak: Yeah, he must've accidentally flushed his hair.

Gin: That scream felt like something else, though.

Sak: Oh, all right.

Gin: H-Hey, where are you going?

Sak: Just to check things out.

Gin: O-Oh.

Gin: M-Maybe I should go with you.

Gin: I kinda feel like taking a leak, too.

Sak: I see.

Sak: You go take a look, then.

Sak: There's no need for both of us to go, is there?

Gin: Well...

Gin: This being a reunion and all, why don't we go together for old times' sake?

Gin: Wanna try an X-piss?

Sak: I don't remember ever doing that.

Gin: M-Maybe it was an X-dump?

Gin: Anyway, I'll go with you!

Toilet,Sign: Toilet

Sak: Hey, Zura!

Sak: That's weird.

Sak: I don't see him here.

Sak: He might've gone back already.

Sak: I'm heading back.

Gin: H-Hold on!

Gin: Gimme a sec! I'm almost done!

Gin: Wait for me!

Gin: P-Please!

Gin: Don't you dare close that door!

Gin: Keep it open!

Gin: I need ventilation!

Sak: What's gotten you so scared?

Gin: I-I'm not scared, come on!

Gin: This is a reunion, you know.

Gin: What's wrong with wanting to spend as much time as possible with your former comrades?

Sak: Well, I've had enough.

Gin: H-Hey!

Gin: Tatsuma, you're still there, right?

Gin: You are, right?

Gin: If you are, could you sing the Doraemon theme for me?

Gin: All right, all right!

Gin: I'll sing with you!

Gin: I'll handle the prelude, okay?

Gin: Hey, Tats—

Kuro: Found you, Sakamoto-san.

Kuro: I stepped on the can.

Kuro: And then there was one.

Toilet ,Sign: Toilet

Reunion ,Sign: Joi Rebels Reunion

Gin: "If I could do this,

Gin: wouldn't it be nice?

Gin: I've got lots of dreams,

Gin: but he makes them all come true

Gin: with his mysterious pocket.

Gin: I wanna fly freely across the sky!"

Hen: "Sure!"

Hen: Rest assured. The three of you will be flying to Heaven soon enough.

Mat: Talk about an instant impact, Takechi-senpai.

Mat: Look at how terrified the White Yaksha is.

Hen: Yes.

Hen: It seems that rumor about him being scared of ghosts was true.

Hen: How about Katsura and Sakamoto?

Mat: The sleeping gas has them out like a light.

Mat: The only one left is...

Gin: "Oh, oh, oh, I love you so much, Doraemon!"

Hen: The White Yaksha alone.

Hen: Once we take him out,

Hen: our plan to assassinate the rest of the Joi Elite Four will be a success.

Mat: By using the name of their former comrade, Kurokono Tasuke,

Mat: we gather them in one place and take them all out at once.

Mat: I never imagined it'd work so perfectly.

Hen: Reunions make everyone return to the past, giving rise to carelessness.

Hen: Take my temple school days, when I was surrounded by all kinds of unripened fruit.

Hen: Why was I so unaware of my own desires?

Shirt,Sign: Hanako

Hen: Why didn't I wear Hanako-chan's tracksuit that one time?

Mat: Your flashback gave rise to something far worse than carelessness, Takechi-pervert!

Mat: Still, should we really be doing this without telling Shinsuke-sama?

Mat: We even forged these letters.

Sign: There's Yakulk in the fridge. Please save one for me.

Hen: On Shinsuke-dono's road to domination,

Hen: it is obvious that they will someday stand in his way.

Hen: As his strategist, it naturally falls upon me to take them out in advance.

Hen: Also, it won't be us bringing judgment down upon them,

Hen: but rather the friend they must make amends to,

Hen: Kurokono Tasuke's vengeful ghosts!

Mat: Senpai, that's a different Kuroko!

Mat: If you don't drop it, we'll be the ones judgment comes down on!

Hen: Guys, the White Yaksha's already on his last legs.

Hen: Let's go with box-and-one.

Hen: I'll mark him man-to-man, while you guys set up a zone defense.

Mat: This doesn't sound like a ghost huddle at all!

Mat: Be careful, Senpai.

Mat: He may be on his last legs,

Mat: but this is a man who, along with Shinsuke-sama, was feared as a demon.

Hen: How's the White Yaksha looking?

Mat: He's entered the second verse of the Doraemon theme.

Gin: "Homework, day duty, exams, and lalala...

Gin: I've got lalalots of problems,

Gin: but he lalalas them all

Gin: with his convenient tools."

Mat: He's having trouble remembering the lyrics.

Gin: "He's a toy soldier!"

Gin: Um...

Hen: "Now charge!"

Mat: Why is a ghost charging in so brazenly?!

Gin: Oh, right.

Gin: It was "now charge" in the second verse.

Mat: Hey!

Gin: Thank you. The anywhere door was in the third verse, wasn't it?

Mat: Now you just look like a guy helping him with the Doraemon lyrics!

Mat: Hurry up and get back on track!

Mat: Scare the White Yaksha!

Hen: H-Heed me, mortal...

Gin: Oh, if you follow the porch this way, you'll reach the back entrance.

Gin: There's a restaurant back there.

Tak: Now he thinks you're just begging for someone to feed you!

Kuro: Found you, Gintoki-san.

Kuro: At last...

Kuro: At last...

Kuro: At last...

Kuro: At last...

Kuro: I found you!

Mat: Nice follow-up! Looking good!

Mat: Why are you freaking out, too?!

Gin: Hey, hang in there!

Gin: Weren't you going to that restaurant out back?!

Gin: Hey!

Mat: Forget that moron.

Kuro: With this, I can finally...

Kuro: ...put an end...

Kuro: ...to this everlasting game...

Kuro: ...of kick-the-can!

Mat: There it is! Misdirection!

Gin: W-Wait a sec!

Gin: Calm down, Kurokono!

Gin: Which one's Kurokono?

Gin: Sorry we forgot everything!

Gin: We didn't mean to hurt you!

Gin: Back then, we were desperately trying to protect our comrades—

Kuro: Katsura-san,

Kuro: Sakamoto-san,

Kuro: and all the others are waiting

Kuro: for you on the other side.

Kuro: Now, Gintoki-san...

Kuro: Come along with us!

Kuro: ...toki-san.

Kuro: Gintoki-san.

Kuro: Gintoki-san, did you fall asleep?

Kuro: I wanted to say goodbye before we went our separate ways,

Kuro: but I suppose this kind of farewell suits me best.

Kuro: Mediocre and overshadowed in every aspect,

Kuro: all I could do was back you all up in trivial ways.

Kuro: But working in your shadows

Kuro: and fighting by your sides are experiences I'll never forget.

Kuro: I'm sure you'll all forget about me,

Kuro: but that's perfectly fine with me.

Kuro: It gives me great pride.

Gin: A shadow

Gin: won't appear on the ground unless there's light,

Gin: no matter how dim.

Gin: It wouldn't be a problem if one guy remembered you, right?

Gin: So if we ever get in trouble,

Gin: come help us out again,

Gin: Kurokono.

Kuro: Sure.

Kuro: I'll always be standing right by your sides.

Mat: Wha—

Gin: Sorry about that, Kurokono.

Gin: I remember now.

Gin: A guy who wanted to be forgotten

Gin: would never come back to haunt us.

Gin: It'd tarnish your pride, wouldn't it?

Kuro: Too bad.

Kuro: He kicked the can.

Kuro: Now you'll have to release all the hostages.

Kuro: And you'd better grab your friends and get out of here

Kuro: before I finish counting to a hundred.

Kuro: Before I become a real demon.

Mat: A-Are you...

Mat: You can't be!

Restaurant Day,Sign: Restaurant Ketsunoi

Kat: Huh? It's morning.

Sak: I must've fallen asleep...

Sak: I don't remember anything.

Sak: Guess I had too much to drink.

Kat: Hey, what about Kurokono?

Sak: Right!

Sak: What happened to the reunion?

Kat: Hey, Gintoki! Do you know anything?

Sak: Were you awake?

Sak: Do you remember anything about what happened last night?

Gin: I forgot.

Gin: Dear Gorilla Mangaka,

Gin: We've now adapted the Kurokono Tasuke arc in the anime.

Gin: But speaking of Kurokono Tasuke...

Gin: Viewers who have been watching for a while must be familiar with this image,

Gin: the one that often shows up when we flash back to the Joi w*r era.

Gin: This isn't him, right?

Gin: He doesn't look like a string-puller at all.

Gin: I guess he does seem a bit helpful, but I don't know if he'd be of great assistance.

Gin: And he's even got a beard.

Gin: Seriously,

Gin: who is this guy?

End,Sign: The End

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Hij: My dreams aren't cheap enough to be bought with a lottery ticket.

Hij: Next Episode:

Hij: "When Compared to Time in the Heavens, Fifty Years of Human Life Resembles

Title: When Compared to Time in the Heavens, Fifty Years of Human Life Resembles Naught but Dreams and Lottery Tickets

Hij: Naught but Dreams and Lottery Tickets."

Hij: I...

Hij: I-I won?!

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text r: The Gintama anime only exists thanks to your goodwill,

text r: and next week it presents a one-shot with Hijikata, a lottery ticket, and Gintoki.