07x13 - All Mothers Pack Too Much Food Into a Lunch Box and Ruin the Shape

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School,Sign: Temple School

T: Okay, then. We'll continue after lunch break.

B: All right! Time to eat!

B: Yay!

B: Hey, let's go eat outside!

G: Let's eat together, Izumi-chan.

G: What's wrong?

I: Has Seita-kun still not made any friends?

I: And it's been a while since he joined...

G: Jeez, boys can be so inconsiderate.

G: Hey, Seita-kun!

G: Would you like to have lunch with us?

G: Izumi-chan wants to know.

I: H-Hey, I never said—

Sei: W-Well, I...

Sei: O-Oh, darn! I forgot my lunch!

I: Oh, really?

I: I can share mine if you want.

Sei: N-Nah, it's fine!

Sei: I-I'll go buy something at the convenience store!

I: Seita-kun?!

G: There he goes.

B: Don't waste your time, Izumi.

B: He's always like that.

B: We've asked him to join us before, too,

B: but he always runs off somewhere at lunchtime.

I: Is that so?

G: He's blowing his chance to make friends.

I: Seita-kun...

I: What could he be doing by himself?

Title: All Mothers Pack Too Much Food Into a Lunch Box and Ruin the Shape

Tea,Sign: Hinoya Tea House

Hi: Seita hasn't been himself lately.

Hi: Not since he started temple school, I think.

Hi: Before, he was all excited about making lots of friends,

Hi: but there's been no hint of him bringing friends over, or having any fun at all.

Hi: To top it all off, look at this.

Hi: That glutton

Hi: is bringing his lunch home unfinished.

Hi: What's wrong with him? These look so delicious.

Hi: Is he not fitting in at temple school?

Tsu: Hinowa, was today sports day or something?

Hi: For a child, every day might as well be sports day.

Tsu: That's not what I meant!

Tsu: Are you making him these extravagant lunches every day?

Hi: We can't have him unable to concentrate due to an empty stomach, right?

Hi: Moms sure have it rough, huh?

Hi: I can't believe they all cook this much every day.

Tsu: Hinowa, you're the only one who has it rough.

Tsu: And it's not Seita who's not fitting in at temple school.

Tsu: It's these lunches.

Tsu: Seita's probably losing his chances to make friends because

Tsu: he's too embarrassed to be seen eating these.

Hi: What? Because of the lunches?

Hi: Why?

Tsu: If a newcomer were to eat stuff like this,

Tsu: he'd obviously stick out like a sore thumb!

Tsu: Kids' society is harsher and more exclusive than adults realize.

B: This ain't sports day, you know.

B: Your parents have no common sense, huh?

Hi: Why? I don't put anything you'd be embarrassed to show people.

Hi: And I pack it with love!

Tsu: And I'm telling you, that's not the issue here.

Tsu: For a kid to fit in, he has to have the same things everybody has,

Tsu: and do the same things they do.

Tsu: That's right. Being "normal" is the most important thing.

Hi: Really?

Sei: That's Tsukuyo-nee for you.

Sei: Yoshiwara's queen of reading between the lines is a cut above the rest.

Sei: She's right on the money.

Sei: I wanna eat a normal lunch,

Sei: normally, with everyone else.

Hi: So that's how it was. Because of me, Seita has...

Hi: But what's a normal lunch like, anyway?

Hi: How do normal mothers make normal lunches?

Tsu: N-Normally, of course.

Hi: In that case, Tsukuyo, you make Seita's lunch tomorrow.

Hi: You understand what a normal lunch made by a normal mother is like, don't you?

Tsu: W-Wait a second! I can't cook to save my li—

Hi: Then this is a perfect opportunity.

Hi: If you can't make a lunch or two,

Hi: Gin-san will come to hate you.

Tsu: Why'd you bring that moron up?!

Sei: Tsukuyo-nee's making me lunch? Will it be all right?

School,Sign: Temple School

T: Okay. That does it for the morning classes.

B: All right! Time for lunch!

: Yay!

I: You didn't forget your lunch today, huh?

I: Now you've got to eat with us, Seita-kun.

Sei: Uh, o-okay.

Sei: Sure.

G: You know, Izumi-chan was all worried you hated us or something.

Sei: O-Of course not. I just...

I: Wow, your lunch is amazing!

G: A decorated lunch?

I: Aren't these those things ninjas use?

G: Kunai, yeah. They're rice kunai.

I: Wow! This is so well made!

G: Look, there's seaweed wrapped around them here.

Sei: This is it! This is the kind of lunch I've been waiting for!

Tsu: "Decorated lunches"?

Tsu: Is that what's popular these days?

Hi: Apparently it's important that they be playful so kids can enjoy them.

Sei: They're even taking trends into account!

Sei: Mom and Tsukuyo-nee can do anything if they put their minds to it!

Sign: One of the rice kunai contains a surprise. Eat with caution!

Sei: What's more, they even included a game people can enjoy together!

Sei: F-Feel free to have some if you'd like.

G: Can we?

Sei: But one of these contains a surprise.

I: Really?

I: Your mom sounds like a fun person.

I: I wonder what's in them.

G: I can't wait to find out.

Sei: Perfect!

Sei: This is perfect!

Sei: A lunch like this will help me break the ice with everyone!

Sei: Huh? Aren't you gonna eat?

I: Uh, Seita-kun...

I: You're bleeding...

School,Sign: {\fad( , )}Temple School

I: Sensei! Seita-kun is hurt!

Tea,Sign: Hinoya Tea House

Hi: He didn't finish today, either.

Tsu: So even a decorated lunch wasn't good enough?

Sac: What part of this is "decorated"? It's a death lunch, if anything.

Hi: We followed the instructions and made it playful...

Sac: Why would an enjoyable lunchtime include a life-threatening game of Russian roulette?

Tsu: But I've never made a lunch for anyone before!

Sac: You're hopeless.

Sac: I can't believe that Yoshiwara's star courtesans can't even prepare a kid's lunch.

Sac: In the end, I guess your bodies are all you've got.

Sac: You're a couple of loser women that guys want to play around with, but never marry.

Sac: Did you really think all mothers make such elaborate lunches every day?

Sac: That's only until kindergarten, you know.

Sac: Boys his age want to rip off the nappies their parents put on them

Sac: and try to act all grown-up.

Like,Sign: Who could eat this crap?!

Sei: Who could eat this crap?!

Sac: That's the age they get most embarrassed about lunches packed with love.

Sac: Normal mothers are much lazier with their lunches.

Sac: Giving him that space is the only way you can show your love to a boy his age.

Sei: Sa-san actually knows where it's at.

Sac: Let me give it a shot next.

Sac: I'll show you what a normal mother is like.

School,Sign: Temple School

I: Uh, Seita-kun.

I: Are you all right now? Did your wound heal?

Sei: Yeah, I'm fine.

I: That's good to hear.

I: Then why don't we finally eat together today?

G: That's probably a bad idea, Izumi-chan.

B: She's right, Izumi.

I: Sorry for screaming last time.

I: I was just so shocked.

Sei: I should be the one apologizing. My mom takes her pranks too far.

I: Um, I made too much lunch today.

I: Have some, if you'd like.

Sei: Is she trying to look out for me?

I: There's two of each side dish, so feel free to take half.

Sei: She must've figured out that my mom can't make a proper lunch.

Sei: She's such a nice girl!

Sei: But she's totally looking down on my mom here.

Sei: I can't let that stand.

Sei: Th-Then you can have half of my lunch!

I: B-But...

Sei: It's all good.

Sei: I've got a normal lunch today!

Sei: My mom's completely normal!

Sei: So take half!

I: But...

Note ,Sign: Yesterday's lasagna is in the fridge, so heat it up and eat it. P.S. If Mom and Dad break up, who will you stay with, Seita?

I: You don't even have half a lunch.

Sac: Yesterday's lasagna is in the fridge, so heat it up and eat it.

Sac: P.S. If Mom and Dad break up, who will you stay with, Seita?

Tea,Sign: Hinoya Tea House

Kyu: Sure, it's the kind of thing a mother would do,

Kyu: but this is too lazy.

Sac: That's what mothers are like.

Sac: They think even cold love can be warmed up again with a microwave.

Note ,Sign: P.S. If Mom and Dad break up, who will you stay with, Seita?

Kyu: And the postscript has nothing to do with lunch.

Sac: It's a dessert that's a bit on the heavy side.

Kyu: This lunch would only lead to an upset stomach!

Sac: What would you rather I'd done, then?

Sac: Aren't you a sad monster with the body of a woman and the heart of a man?

Sac: Figure something out!

Kyu: Quit calling me a monster.

Kyu: As someone who was raised as a man,

Kyu: I believe your concerns are unnecessary.

Kyu: When I was his age, I was on a warrior errantry,

Kyu: but I filled my stomach myself.

Waste,Sign: {\fad( , )}Don't waste it, okay?

Whoa,Sign: {\fad( , )}Whoa!

Kyu: A kid he may be, but he's still a man.

Kyu: If you give him some pocket money, I'm sure he'll work something out.

Thank,Sign: Thank you very much!

Waste,Sign: Hooray!

Hi: But convenience store lunches would give him an unbalanced diet.

Kyu: I didn't say convenience store lunches.

Kyu: If he eats things like that, he'll end up with a weak body.

Kyu: A meal fit for a man would be...

School,Sign: Temple School

I: Seita-kun!

I: Huh? Where's Seita-kun?

B: Eating with him again? How passionate.

B: Your boyfriend's outside.

I: Oh, Seita-kun...

Kyu: The Barara Gator. Rated Capture Level .

Box L,Sign: Barara Gator Rated Capture Level

Box R,Sign: Note: Capture Level requires ten samurai armed with real swords to take down.

Kyu: Note: Capture Level requires ten samurai armed with real swords to take down.

Kyu: P.S. Mom and Dad have sorted out their problems, so don't worry.

Box PS,Sign: P.S. Mom and Dad have sorted out their problems, so don't worry.

Tea,Sign: Hinoya Tea House

Tae: Sure, that sounds more like a man,

Tae: but I think Capture Level was overkill.

Tae: Komatsu Level is probably more like it.

Box L,Sign: Komatsu Level

Tsu: That's not the problem here!

Tsu: And what the hell is a Komatsu Level?!

Sign: P.S. Mom and Dad have sorted out their problems, so don't worry.

Kyu: Really?

Kyu: I took out the burden of his family situation

Kyu: because I thought it might be too much for him...

Tsu: That family situation never existed to begin with.

Tae: They do say that lions throw their cubs off a cliff to make them stronger,

Red Missing,: Gaaaaah

Tae: but wasn't Seita-kun already thrown into an abyss by all those crappy lunches?

Tae: Making a kid who'd climbed back up the cliff

Tae: face a Barara Gator is much too cruel.

Blue Missing,: Yaaaaah

Tae: You just have to cook something up and pack a proper lunch for him.

Tae: That's what a mother ought to do.

School,Sign: Temple School

I: Seita-kun?

Note ,Sign: Dad's in the fridge, so don't open it no matter what. P.S. Now the two of us can live happily ever after.

Sign: Dad's in the fridge, so don't open it no matter what.

Sign: P.S. Now the two of us can live happily ever after.

Tea,Sign: Hinoya Tea House

Tsu: Wait, that's what you were cooking up?

Tsu: That's what you meant by sorting out their problems?!

Tae: Is something wrong with that?

Tsu: Everything is wrong with that!

Tsu: What happened to lunch?!

Tae: We were talking about lunch?

Tae: In that case, just feed him off your naked body or something.

Sac: Yeah. Your bodies are the only thing you've got going for you, anyway.

Kyu: I'm sorry, but I have no time to waste on lunches.

Tsu: You're the ones who had to butt in, and now you say this?!

Tsu: You damn rubberneckers!

Kag: It'd be quicker to just procure food for yourself.

School,Sign: Temple School

Sei: Izumi-chan!

Sei: I'm good to go today!

Sei: I made sandwiches myself!

B: Sorry! Are you okay?

: Ow...

Note ,Sign: There's a sandwich in my tummy, so please forgive me. P.S. I think your egg sandwiches could use more mayonnaise. -Kagura

Kag: There's a sandwich in my tummy, so please forgive me.

Kag: P.S. I think your egg sandwiches could use more mayonnaise.

Kag: Kagura.

B: Izumi's not here, Seita.

B: She took the day off today.

B: Maybe she started hating school because you cling to her too much.

B: Quit trying to take advantage of her kindness.

B: Kunai? A gator?

B: I don't know if you're trying to get our attention or what,

B: but if you hurt her, I'll make you pay!

B: Seita, eating lunch alone suits you best.

Sei: I'm home.

Hi: Oh, welcome back.

Hi: Seita, you didn't take the lunch I made today, did you?

Hi: Eat that.

Hi: You must be hungry.

Hi: A growing boy shouldn't be skipping meals, you know.

Hi: Just you wait.

Hi: Tomorrow, I'll make you

Hi: a lunch you'll want to show off to everyone for sure.

Sei: I don't want it.

Sei: The lunches you make

Sei: are too embarrassing to eat.

Sei: You were a courtesan all these years, so you can't make a proper lunch, can you?

Sei: You're not a normal mother...

Sei: And you're not even my mother, so you can't make a mom's lunch, can you?!

Sei: I went and said

Sei: something horrible...

Sei: The one thing I shouldn't have said.

Sei: I can't go back now.

Sei: I can't go home anymore.

I: Huh?

I: Seita-kun? What are you doing out so late?

Sei: Izumi-chan?

Sei: What about you? You even took the day off school.

I: Oh, my dad has a cold, so I had to take care of him.

Sei: So that's why...

Sei: Those look heavy.

I: These?

I: I don't have a mother,

I: so I have to make lunches for my family.

I: What about you, Seita-kun?

Sei: Izumi-chan...

I: I see.

I: So that's why you always ate lunch alone.

I: But personally speaking, that makes me envious.

I: You're lucky you can fight with your mom like that.

I: I'm sure all kids with moms have fights like that,

I: without realizing how blessed they are.

I: They only realize what they have once it's gone.

I: And then they regret the fact

I: that they'll never again get to eat a lunch with so much food, it's all out of shape.

I: Like me, you've lost your mother once.

I: So why haven't you realized it yet?

I: Nah.

I: You already have, haven't you?

I: I mean, you always came back for afternoon classes with your stomach so full,

I: you couldn't breathe.

I: Even if you couldn't eat all of it, and even if you had to hide from others,

I: you always ate as much as you could.

I: It was because you knew, right?

I: That even though she was awkward at it,

I: your mother tried her best to make those lunches for you.

I: That a mom's unshapely lunch is the tastiest of all.

Sei: Izumi-chan.

I: You have somewhere to be, right?

I: I'll be fine.

I: My brother will come pick me up.

Sei: Sorry.

I: Seita-kun,

I: see you tomorrow at school.

B: Sheesh.

B: He's pathetic to the core.

I: Bro!

B: Let's go home, Izumi.

I: Did you hear all that?

B: I didn't hear nothing.

B: Let's go.

B: What's for lunch tomorrow?

I: Who knows? You'll have to wait and see.

B: What the heck?

School,Sign: Temple School

T: Okay. That's it for morning classes.

B: All right!

B: I was so bored again today.

B: Hey, look at Seita.

B: He's leaving.

B: Can you blame him?

B: How can he make a move on her after her brother chewed him out?

B: That's not all. He doesn't even have a place here anymore...

B: Whoa!

G: What is that?!

I: Seita-kun!

Sei: Thanks for the food, Mom!

B: What's with that mountain of lunch boxes?

B: Has he lost his mind?!

I: Come on, hurry up.

B: W-Wait, Izumi!

I: Seita-kun!

I: Let's finally eat together today.

Sei: Sure thing.

I: But I'm sorry.

I: I forgot to make lunch today, of all days.

I: Right, Bro?

B: What?

B: Izumi, don't tell me this is what you meant by "wait and see"?!

B: You've gotta be kidding me! I'm never gonna eat this guy's lun—

Sei: It's not my lunch.

Sei: It's my mom's.

Sei: Isn't it great?

B: Yeah.

G: Seita-kun, can I try some, too?

G: What? Is it that good?

B: Count me in!

B: Let me try some, too!

G: Me, too!

B: Looks great!

B: This is so cute!

B: Whoa, what's this black thing?

G: Where? Let me try some, too!

B: Me three!

Preview Black,Sign: Before Gintoki appears a

Preview Red,Sign: Reaper.

Asa: k*ll me!

Gin: I'll die! I'll die!

Preview Black,Sign: Edo is rocked by

Shop: Cut through the neck, leaving just one tiny bit of flesh attached.

Preview Red,Sign: a serial m*rder case.

Preview Red,Sign: Who's the m*rder*r?

Preview Black,Sign: A traitor

Preview Black ,Sign: on the run.

Ikeda,Sign: Ikeda Asaemon

Red,Sign: Hung Head

Red,Sign: Soul Cleansing

Preview Black ,Sign: The Eighteenth

Preview Black ,Sign: Royal Swordskeeper

Ikeda Purple,Sign: Ikeda Yaemon

Preview Black,Sign: These incidents

Preview Black ,Sign: will gradually get linked

Preview Red ,Sign: to Gintoki's past.

Red,Sign: Next week,

White,Sign: the Reaper Arc begins!

Title: The Reaper by Day and the Reaper by Night

text r: The meeting of

text l: Gintoki and the Reaper

text r: takes the story

text l: to its turning point.