07x30 - Afuro and Wolfro
Posted: 09/23/22 13:20
Warning ,Sign: Saito Shimaru's request for all viewerz: Please watch this program in a bright room and at a safe distance from your TVz.
Police,Sign: Special Police Shinsengumi
G: It's the Third Squad! The Afro Squad is back!
G: In the Kabuki District,
G: they rounded up thirty-six men suspected of being radical Joi Rebels!
G: Captain Afuro's done it again!
Kon: The Shinsengumi's ace makes his triumphant return, huh?
Kon: Jeez...
Kon: Spare a thought for us, will you?
Kon: We'll lose all face if a newcomer does this well.
Kat: Chief.
Hij: This is the least that's expected of you.
Hij: Don't let it get to your head, Hashira.
Kat: Vice Chief...
Oki: Always the critic, Hijikata-san.
Oki: Hashira-san's exploits are a great wakeup call, you know?
Kat: Okita-dono.
Oki: All of our men want to be him.
Oki: Some of mine even want to transfer to the Third Squad.
Kat: No.
Kat: This is all thanks to the chief's leadership,
Kat: for giving a newcomer like me such a great opportunity.
Kat: It is because I have reliable comrades like yourself
Kat: that I can put myself in harm's way.
Kon: Hashira-san!
Kat: Let us keep working together, hand in hand.
Kat: We may have been born on different days,
Kat: but we will put our lives on the line and die on the same day.
Kat: We are comrades-in-arms, bound by loyalty and honor!
G: Yeah!
Kon: What a guy...
G: Hashira! Hashira!
Oki: Looks like we'd better be careful, too, Hijikata-san.
Kat: Edo is peaceful again today.
Gin: Are you kidding me?!
Title: Afuro and Wolfro
Gin: What are you doing?! I thought you'd have given up on your infiltration long ago!
Kat: No, my wig!
Kag: Here's your "zura."
Kat: I'm not Zura. I'm Katsura!
Shin: You're behind enemy lines! Why are you fitting in and performing splendidly?!
Shin: Why does everyone in the Shinsengumi have an afro now?!
Kat: In order to unify the organization,
Kat: we unified our hairstyles, as well.
Shin: Why are you sorting out your enemy's organization?
Shin: You're no longer a Joi Rebel, are you?!
Kat: A great leader is a great leader, no matter which side he's on.
Kat: Sometimes, I get the sneaking feeling that this might've suited me better.
Gin: I'm not surprised, given you're selling out your comrades!
Kat: I only att*cked heinous criminals who pretend to be Joi Rebels.
Kat: As if I would ever lose sight of my cause!
Kat: In order to destroy the Shinsengumi,
Kat: my plan initially was to take control of the Third Squad,
Kat: but Saito Shimaru proved to be a tough nut to cr*ck.
Kat: He left no openings whatsoever.
Kat: And so, I changed plans.
Kat: I switched the Third Squad to a dual-leader system
Kat: to gain trust, as well as influence, by showing off my leadership skills.
Kat: And using that power, I'll get rid of that man,
Afuro,Sign: Third Squad
Kat: and officially become the captain.
Shin: You've got your means and ends all mixed up.
Shin: What happened to destroying the Shinsengumi?
Kat: Rather than such trifling matters, dealing with that man comes first.
Shin: Now he's calling it trifling!
Kat: I've already prepared everything over the past month.
Kat: I took advantage of his unwavering reticence
Kat: to spread baseless rumors about his negligence and abuse of authority to indict him.
Kat: Tomorrow, Wolfro will be punished in adherence with the Shinsengumi Code.
Shin: How could this be?
Shin: In just one month, Saito-san's been driven into a corner.
Gin: Hey, Wolfro.
Gin: If you stay silent, you'll get ex*cuted.
Gin: The guy you were trying to be friends with was just that kind of man.
Gin: He used your inability to speak to frame you.
Gin: Get it now?
Gin: He cared about Zura that much?
Gin: I understand how you feel,
Gin: but this is no time to be talking about making friends.
Gin: The time has come to break your years of silence.
Gin: Only you can prove your innocence.
Gin: Speak up, Wolfro!
Gin: You can do it, right?
Sai: Zzz...
Gin: Can't wait for the execution tomorrow.
Shin: Gin-san?!
Kon: I never dreamed this day would come.
Kon: To think Shimaru would break the code...
Oki: Shimaru-niisan is easy to misunderstand because he doesn't speak.
Oki: Are you sure you're not overthinking this, Hashira-san?
Kat: I do wish I could trust him.
Kat: But I cannot distort the truth.
Kat: And while he's a long-serving comrade, does anyone truly know him?
Kat: Has anyone ever spoken to him?
Hij: We may have never conversed, but I believe I know his nature well.
Hij: This is a good opportunity. Let him speak up clearly for himself.
Oki: Were you listening to me, Hijikata-san?
Oki: Shimaru-niisan can't—
Sai: Um...
Sai: Not that I really care, but are you done yet?
Sai: You've been mumbling to one another this entire time.
Sai: Why don't we discuss this loud and clear?
G: He talked!
G: Captain Saito talked!
Kon: Wh-What's the meaning of this, Shimaru?
Sai: What do you mean?
Sai: Did you really think I'd keep silent with my life on the line?
Sai: Are you serious?
Sai: I'm on trial here. The mysterious, silent personality can go to hell.
Sai: I'm not that fixated on my character.
Sai: Seriously, Chief. Are you serious?
Kon: Hey!
Kon: The dam broke! Words are flooding out of his mouth!
Sai: Wait, am I not allowed to speak?
Sai: Can I leave, then?
Sai: My perm's giving out, so I'd like to go get it touched up.
Kon: That's how he talks?
Kon: I'm kinda shocked.
Kat: Impossible!
Kat: He opened his mouth now, of all times?
Kat: Did he pathetically cast his character aside in a bid to cling to his life?
Gin: Listen up.
Gin: I'll talk in your stead through a mic and speaker.
Gin: If you don't want to die,
Gin: match what I'm saying and wave your hands around as if you're the one talking.
Shin: Gin-san...
Shin: Will this really get him through the trial?
Gin: I wouldn't be able to sleep at night if he d*ed here.
Gin: Fortunately, his mouth is hidden,
Gin: and there's hardly anyone who's ever heard his voice.
Sai: If Conan can get away with it, so can we.
Shin: Gin-san, you're talking into the mic.
Kat: Saito-dono, what was that you just said?!
Kat: As I thought, you are hiding something bad!
Sai: N-Non, non!
Sai: I was talking about the culprits in Conan, 'kay?
Sai: They're pretty obvious each episode, 'kay?
Sai: There's a characteristic Conan villain face, 'kay?
Kon: What's with the "kay"?!
Kon: Why'd your speech suddenly get so stilted?!
Kat: Hey, Saito!
Kat: You are hiding something, aren't you?
Sai: Oh, wrong!
Sai: I keeping it secret, but I actually foreigner.
Sai: Sushi, geisha, sumo,
Sai: Japanimation awesome!
Sai: Conan awesome!
Kon: R-Really?!
Kon: Is that why you never talked? You didn't understand the language?
Hij: Uh, wasn't he speaking perfect Japanese earlier?
Shin: We managed to cover it up!
Shin: But now we'll have to play a foreigner character.
Shin: What have you done, Kagura-chan?
Hij: So which country are you from, exactly?
Gin: H-Hey! Which nationality do we go with?
Gin: If it's too clichéd, they'll find out.
Gin: But something obscure could cause problems down the line!
Shin: What nationality is that?!
Shin: His upper and lower halves are in completely different states!
Shin: Nobody asked you to do that, Saito-san!
Sai: O-One more, please.
Sai: I don't understand.
Hij: His hearing suddenly got worse.
Hij: I'm asking you what your motherland is.
Sai: I don't understand.
Hij: Your birthplace, damn it!
Sai: I don't understand.
Hij: If you don't answer this time, you'll be ex*cuted.
Hij: Where are you from?!
Sai: I Don't Understand Republic.
Hij: That was the country name?!
Hij: I've never heard of the Republic of I Don't Understand!
Sai: Well, even if we say our country people don't understand,
Sai: so it's only natural that you don't know.
Hij: What does that mean?
Hij: Is it a name that I wouldn't understand, or is the name "I Don't Understand"?
Sai: Give it a rest already.
Sai: I don't understand you, rotten vice chief.
Hij: You meant that one, didn't you?!
Sai: Apologies.
Sai: In my country, "rotten vice chief" is just how we end sentences.
Sai: I wasn't implying anything, rotten vice chief.
Hij: I'm sensing nothing but implications!
Kon: Then we should follow suit, rotten vice chief.
Hij: You guys don't have to join in!
Oki: I guess we have no choice,
Oki: rotten vice chief.
Hij: You totally directed that at the "rotten vice chief," didn't you?!
Kat: Don't play dumb, Saito-dono.
Kat: You're no foreigner, rotten vice chief!
Hij: You don't have to add "rotten vice chief" if he's not a foreigner!
Kat: This man abused his investigative authority
Kat: to purge and get rid of anyone who could harm him,
Kat: rotten vice chief!
Hij: I get it. You all want to be ex*cuted, right?
Kat: And I'm no exception.
Kat: Didn't you see him try to k*ll me, back when I joined?
Kon: He did pick a fight all of a sudden.
Kon: Is it true, Shimaru?
Sai: That's right.
Sai: My job is to purge traitors,
Sai: so I can't let a rat that sneaked in run free.
Sai: Isn't that right, Katsura-san?
Kon: K-Katsura?!
Kon: We're all wearing "katsura." Who do you mean?
Shin: Not those!
Sai: That man is Katsura Kotaro, and he's infiltrated the Shinsengumi to destroy it!
Oki: K-Katsura?!
Oki: Shimaru-niisan.
Schedule,Sign: Hashira Katsura
Oki: This is Katsura,
Oki: and this is Hashira.
Oki: Understand?
Oki: Let's write them down ten times each.
Sai: Oh, f**k you!
Shin: Hey!
Shin: Due to the foreigner shtick, they wrote it off as a simple misreading!
Shin: You don't have to write it down, Saito-san!
Sai: Quit making light of me.
Afuro,Sign: Ogura Katsura
Sai: I can differentiate between the two myself.
Oki: Shimaru-niisan, those are both katsuras.
Shin: What the hell are you writing down?!
Kon: Wait, wait. Calm down, you two.
Kon: Your arguments are too abstract for me to make a judgment.
Hij: Don't you have any evidence that proves your innocence?
Sai: I have proof that I was actually conducting investigations.
Exam ,Sign: Investigation Diary
Sai: This Investigation Diary.
Sai: It contains records of my daily work.
Gin: For instance, on this day...
Sai: MM/DD.
Sai: I heard noises coming from the mess late at night, so I went to see with my own eyez.
Hij: What's with the Z?
Hij: In the end, which is your actual speech pattern?
Hij: Your character's all over the place!
Sai: Lately, food has been going missing from the fridge again and again.
Sai: I must purge the culprit behind thiz.
Sai: I saw nothing, yez.
Kon: What happened?!
Kon: You totally saw something! What did you see?
Kon: Who was breaking the rules?!
Hij: Th-That's enough.
Hij: It's clear that you were doing your job well.
Kon: He wasn't!
Kon: He let the culprit go!
Sai: And on this day...
Hij: I'm telling you, that's enough.
Sai: MM/DD.
Sai: I hear noises from the mezz.
Sai: Lately, the vice chief has suffered from diarrhea multiple timez.
Kon: Hey, why was Toshi suffering from diarrhea?
Sai: The mayonnaise yesterday might've been spoiled, is my guezz.
Kon: What do you mean, the mayonnaise yesterday?
Kon: Toshi, don't tell me you...
Sai: Should've replaced it with fresh mayonnaize.
Sai: I saw nothing, yez.
Kon: Seriously, what happened?!
Oki: Shimaru-niisan,
Oki: you're innocent.
Hij: You're not innocent, are you?!
Sai: And on this day...
Sai: MM/DD.
Sai: I hear noises from the mezz.
Kon: Er...
Kon: I just have to make a slit here, right?
Kon: It's not working.
Sai: The chief was standing there naked, cooking thingz.
Sai: The next day at lunch, the mess served konjac with some weird slitz.
Sai: But everyone relished it—
Kon: I shall hereby hand down the verdict.
Kon: Saito Shimaru is judged not guilty.
Kon: The court is now adjourned!
G: Are you kidding?!
G: What the hell did you do with the konjac, Chief?!
G: Don't tell me the konjac that day was...
Kon: Damn Wolfro.
Kon: I never thought he'd use the dirt he'd uncovered in his investigations
Kon: to get more people on his side.
Kon: I never imagined he was such a scheming man!
Kat: Listen up, men!
Kat: What just happened proves Saito's wrongdoings beyond a shadow of a doubt!
Kat: Under the pretext of internal investigation, he uncovered dirt on our troops,
Kat: and as you just saw, he even controlled the top brass!
Kat: Chief,
Kat: please order the purge of this traitor!
Kon: C-Calm down, Hashira-san.
Kat: I cannot!
Kon: We don't know for sure that Shimaru's a traitor.
Hij: Then order him
Hij: to purge the traitor, too.
Kon: Toshi?
Hij: I'm sick of listening to all this prattle.
Hij: Everyone here is prepared to live and die by the sword.
Hij: If you've got something to say, say it with your sword.
Hij: Isn't that what the Shinsengumi is all about?
Kat: Interesting.
Kat: Let's settle our unfinished fight right here and now.
Kon: W-Wait!
Shin: This is bad, Gin-san.
Shin: Saito-san's stuck on the defensive!
Gin: What's he doing?
Sai: The one who would be my friend was Hashira Afuro, no one elz.
Gin: Is he...
Kag: What are you doing, Gin-chan? Gimme that!
Kag: We need to hurry up and give him some lines.
Kag: He's still keeping the promise to match his actions to what we say.
Gin: That's why he's not fighting back?
Gin: He's waiting for our lines? Is he stupid?
Kag: Just gimme that already!
Kag: Mwahaha, Hashira, is that all your sword's capable of?
Kag: It's so slow, a fly could land on it, 'kay?
Kag: You won't cut me or a fly with skill like that, kay?!
Shin: He finally moved.
Sai: Just watch. It's my turn now.
Shin: Not your turn to cut flies!
Shin: He completely misinterpreted the lines!
Gin: Oh, apologies.
Gin: I mistook you for a large fly.
Gin: In my eyes, you're not much different from a fly.
Kat: You dare insult me to that extent?!
Sai: Get ready. It's your turn next.
Shin: Not your turn to cut flies!
Shin: Why are you participating in the game, too?
Kat: I win. I cut down three flies.
Shin: What the hell are you guys competing over?!
Sai: Now that the annoying flies have been dealt with,
Sai: it's time to get serious.
Sai: Time to put you away.
Kat: Let's bury it here.
Shin: What are you guys putting away?!
Kat: It wouldn't do for either of us to step on poop while fighting.
Kat: Or so I say to mislead him, and then...
Kat: You left a gaping hole at your back, Saito!
Shin: Oh, no! It was a trap!
Shin: Saito-san!
Sai: Too bad.
Sai: You're the one who left a gaping hole!
Kat: This does seem to be a wider and easier hole to bury the poop in.
Shin: Your brain is what's a gaping hole!
Shin: Or so I say, and then...
Shin: You're the one getting buried, Saito!
Kag: Now's his chance!
Sai: You fell for my trap, Hashira!
Sai: Eat this...
Sai: Afro-style Ultimate technique, Z Slash!
Afuro,Sign: Afro-style Ultimate technique Z Slash
Gin: Uh, he's looking this way.
Gin: Looks like he doesn't know how to use the Z Slash.
Kag: Eat this... Z Slash!
Gin: Nope, not working.
Gin: And what's a Z Slash?
Gin: Did you talk to him about this beforehand?
Kag: A Z Slash is just a Z Slash.
Gin: You need to explain it to him in simpler terms!
Sai: The Z Slash is a technique where I hit my opponent with a Z-shaped slash.
Sai: Can you dodge it? Z Slash!
Gin: There's no way he can use it!
Gin: The enemy will know what's coming before he even uses it!
Sai: Then eat this... Z Wave!
Gin: Wait, what's a Z Wave?
Sai: Then eat this... Z Kai!
Afuro,Sign: Z Kai
Gin: Pick one! What the hell is Z Kai?!
Sai: The Z Kai is a Z state of mind where one is freed from all worldly desires!
Sai: Zzz...
Shin: He's already using it!
Shin: The ultimate move nonsense took so long, he's entered Z Kai already!
Shin: This is bad! He's wide open!
Kat: Th-This is Z Kai?!
Kat: He looks like he's sleeping,
Kat: but he's actually in a blank stance that can swallow up any att*ck?!
Gin: He's reading too much into it!
Sai: Come at me from wherever.
Sai: Even with my eyes closed,
Sai: I can see your next move.
Shin: It really does look like it!
Kat: I can't! He seems full of openings, but there actually aren't any!
Gin: There's nothing but openings!
Kat: In that case,
Kat: this is my only option!
Gin: Why?!
Gin: Why are you entering Z Kai?!
G: So that's a battle between masters?
G: They're so quiet, it's almost like they're sleeping.
Gin: No, they really are in dreamland!
Gin: What's with this battle? How are they gonna determine the victor?!
Kat: No good. I can't sleep.
Gin: Well, duh! This is a b*ttlefield!
Kat: I guess I'll have to Z Kai, too.
Bigger Afuro,Sign: Z Kai
Gin: Your Z Kai is taking off your wig?!
Bigger Afuro,Sign: Z (Zura) Kai
Kat: Excellent. Now I can reach the Z state of mind.
Kat: Looks like I can have some sweet Zs.
Hij: Is that so? Glad to hear it.
Hij: Then why don't you stay in Z Kai forever...
All: Zura.
Kat: Saito!
Kat: How dare you expose me when I was this close to taking over the Shinsengumi?
Gin: Didn't you just dig your own grave?!
Kat: But I had a Plan B prepared for this moment!
Kat: As if Elizabeth could ever be tamed by the likes of you!
Eliza,Sign: Katsura-san, everything's ready.
Kat: While you were distracted by me,
Kat: I had bombs placed all over the station!
Kat: The moment I press this detonation switch,
Kat: all your hard work will be laid to waste, along with this station!
Shin: Saito-san moved on his own, without any lines!
Gin: Looks like our words aren't needed anymore.
Gin: Did you find the words to say to him, Wolfro?
Kat: Let's go, Elizabeth.
Hij: Shimaru, leave the bombs to us!
Hij: Go after him!
Hij: Go after the traitor!
Hij: You are the Third Squad Captain!
Sai: "To Odd Jobs.
Sai: Thank you for helping me face up to the problem I'd been carrying for yearz.
Sai: While I tried everything I could,
Sai: it really does look like it's impossible for me to converse freely with otherz.
Sai: But unlike before, I no longer consider it a source of sadnezz.
Sai: There have been very few times that I've spoken to anyone,
Sai: but there are plenty of people with whom I've crossed swordz.
Sai: At times comrades, at times enemies...
Sai: I've fought them with my raw feelings poured into my sword,
Sai: free from the shackles of wordz.
Sai: Looking back on it now, that very b*ttlefield
Sai: might've been the perfect locale for conversation in my eyez.
Sai: So I've decided to never again run from battlefieldz.
Sai: Even if I have to use my sword to cut down comrades who break the code...
Sai: Even if I have to use my sword to cut down the first person
Letter,Sign: Hashira Afuro Z Boop Beep Bam Boom Chaka Boom Beep Boop Bow Boom Shakalaka - Prince of Cannock's Theme
Sai: I ever thought would be my friend,
Sai: the sounds of our swords clashing are the only words I can offer them.
Sai: The only words the Captain of the Shinsengumi Third Squad, the 'Silent Squad,'
Sai: Saito Shimaru, can offer them."
Kat: You can't chase after me with that leg.
Kat: But now my plan's a bust, too.
Kat: Another draw, huh?
Hij: Hey, Shimaru.
Hij: It looks like you prevented Katsura from detonating the bombs,
Hij: but an extra-large time b*mb is still functioning.
Hij: There's a whole bunch of wires, and we don't know which to cut.
Hij: Catch him and make him spill the beans.
Kat: Cut all the wires except Z.
Kat: Cutting Z down is my job.
Kat: I swear to k*ll you with my own hands, Z!
Kat: Until then, do your best to keep your afro prim and proper!
Kat: Farewell!
Hij: Hey, Shimaru!
Hij: Hurry up, there's no time.
Hij: There's A to Z. Which should we cut?
Hij: Hey, Shimaru, you listening to me?!
Sai: Zzz...
Hij: All right! Cut Z!
Hij: In the end, we're still afros!
Sign:Saito Shimaru can offer them. Hashira Afuro Z Odd Jobz
Title: Take the Initial Premise Lightly, and It'll Cost You
Kag: Next Episode: "Take the Initial Premise Lightly, and It'll Cost You."
text r: Fall's hitting its stride now.
text l: Mornings and nights are getting a lot chillier.
text r: Come to think of it, this summer was pretty hot.
text l: Even though they predicted it'd be a cool summer.
Police,Sign: Special Police Shinsengumi
G: It's the Third Squad! The Afro Squad is back!
G: In the Kabuki District,
G: they rounded up thirty-six men suspected of being radical Joi Rebels!
G: Captain Afuro's done it again!
Kon: The Shinsengumi's ace makes his triumphant return, huh?
Kon: Jeez...
Kon: Spare a thought for us, will you?
Kon: We'll lose all face if a newcomer does this well.
Kat: Chief.
Hij: This is the least that's expected of you.
Hij: Don't let it get to your head, Hashira.
Kat: Vice Chief...
Oki: Always the critic, Hijikata-san.
Oki: Hashira-san's exploits are a great wakeup call, you know?
Kat: Okita-dono.
Oki: All of our men want to be him.
Oki: Some of mine even want to transfer to the Third Squad.
Kat: No.
Kat: This is all thanks to the chief's leadership,
Kat: for giving a newcomer like me such a great opportunity.
Kat: It is because I have reliable comrades like yourself
Kat: that I can put myself in harm's way.
Kon: Hashira-san!
Kat: Let us keep working together, hand in hand.
Kat: We may have been born on different days,
Kat: but we will put our lives on the line and die on the same day.
Kat: We are comrades-in-arms, bound by loyalty and honor!
G: Yeah!
Kon: What a guy...
G: Hashira! Hashira!
Oki: Looks like we'd better be careful, too, Hijikata-san.
Kat: Edo is peaceful again today.
Gin: Are you kidding me?!
Title: Afuro and Wolfro
Gin: What are you doing?! I thought you'd have given up on your infiltration long ago!
Kat: No, my wig!
Kag: Here's your "zura."
Kat: I'm not Zura. I'm Katsura!
Shin: You're behind enemy lines! Why are you fitting in and performing splendidly?!
Shin: Why does everyone in the Shinsengumi have an afro now?!
Kat: In order to unify the organization,
Kat: we unified our hairstyles, as well.
Shin: Why are you sorting out your enemy's organization?
Shin: You're no longer a Joi Rebel, are you?!
Kat: A great leader is a great leader, no matter which side he's on.
Kat: Sometimes, I get the sneaking feeling that this might've suited me better.
Gin: I'm not surprised, given you're selling out your comrades!
Kat: I only att*cked heinous criminals who pretend to be Joi Rebels.
Kat: As if I would ever lose sight of my cause!
Kat: In order to destroy the Shinsengumi,
Kat: my plan initially was to take control of the Third Squad,
Kat: but Saito Shimaru proved to be a tough nut to cr*ck.
Kat: He left no openings whatsoever.
Kat: And so, I changed plans.
Kat: I switched the Third Squad to a dual-leader system
Kat: to gain trust, as well as influence, by showing off my leadership skills.
Kat: And using that power, I'll get rid of that man,
Afuro,Sign: Third Squad
Kat: and officially become the captain.
Shin: You've got your means and ends all mixed up.
Shin: What happened to destroying the Shinsengumi?
Kat: Rather than such trifling matters, dealing with that man comes first.
Shin: Now he's calling it trifling!
Kat: I've already prepared everything over the past month.
Kat: I took advantage of his unwavering reticence
Kat: to spread baseless rumors about his negligence and abuse of authority to indict him.
Kat: Tomorrow, Wolfro will be punished in adherence with the Shinsengumi Code.
Shin: How could this be?
Shin: In just one month, Saito-san's been driven into a corner.
Gin: Hey, Wolfro.
Gin: If you stay silent, you'll get ex*cuted.
Gin: The guy you were trying to be friends with was just that kind of man.
Gin: He used your inability to speak to frame you.
Gin: Get it now?
Gin: He cared about Zura that much?
Gin: I understand how you feel,
Gin: but this is no time to be talking about making friends.
Gin: The time has come to break your years of silence.
Gin: Only you can prove your innocence.
Gin: Speak up, Wolfro!
Gin: You can do it, right?
Sai: Zzz...
Gin: Can't wait for the execution tomorrow.
Shin: Gin-san?!
Kon: I never dreamed this day would come.
Kon: To think Shimaru would break the code...
Oki: Shimaru-niisan is easy to misunderstand because he doesn't speak.
Oki: Are you sure you're not overthinking this, Hashira-san?
Kat: I do wish I could trust him.
Kat: But I cannot distort the truth.
Kat: And while he's a long-serving comrade, does anyone truly know him?
Kat: Has anyone ever spoken to him?
Hij: We may have never conversed, but I believe I know his nature well.
Hij: This is a good opportunity. Let him speak up clearly for himself.
Oki: Were you listening to me, Hijikata-san?
Oki: Shimaru-niisan can't—
Sai: Um...
Sai: Not that I really care, but are you done yet?
Sai: You've been mumbling to one another this entire time.
Sai: Why don't we discuss this loud and clear?
G: He talked!
G: Captain Saito talked!
Kon: Wh-What's the meaning of this, Shimaru?
Sai: What do you mean?
Sai: Did you really think I'd keep silent with my life on the line?
Sai: Are you serious?
Sai: I'm on trial here. The mysterious, silent personality can go to hell.
Sai: I'm not that fixated on my character.
Sai: Seriously, Chief. Are you serious?
Kon: Hey!
Kon: The dam broke! Words are flooding out of his mouth!
Sai: Wait, am I not allowed to speak?
Sai: Can I leave, then?
Sai: My perm's giving out, so I'd like to go get it touched up.
Kon: That's how he talks?
Kon: I'm kinda shocked.
Kat: Impossible!
Kat: He opened his mouth now, of all times?
Kat: Did he pathetically cast his character aside in a bid to cling to his life?
Gin: Listen up.
Gin: I'll talk in your stead through a mic and speaker.
Gin: If you don't want to die,
Gin: match what I'm saying and wave your hands around as if you're the one talking.
Shin: Gin-san...
Shin: Will this really get him through the trial?
Gin: I wouldn't be able to sleep at night if he d*ed here.
Gin: Fortunately, his mouth is hidden,
Gin: and there's hardly anyone who's ever heard his voice.
Sai: If Conan can get away with it, so can we.
Shin: Gin-san, you're talking into the mic.
Kat: Saito-dono, what was that you just said?!
Kat: As I thought, you are hiding something bad!
Sai: N-Non, non!
Sai: I was talking about the culprits in Conan, 'kay?
Sai: They're pretty obvious each episode, 'kay?
Sai: There's a characteristic Conan villain face, 'kay?
Kon: What's with the "kay"?!
Kon: Why'd your speech suddenly get so stilted?!
Kat: Hey, Saito!
Kat: You are hiding something, aren't you?
Sai: Oh, wrong!
Sai: I keeping it secret, but I actually foreigner.
Sai: Sushi, geisha, sumo,
Sai: Japanimation awesome!
Sai: Conan awesome!
Kon: R-Really?!
Kon: Is that why you never talked? You didn't understand the language?
Hij: Uh, wasn't he speaking perfect Japanese earlier?
Shin: We managed to cover it up!
Shin: But now we'll have to play a foreigner character.
Shin: What have you done, Kagura-chan?
Hij: So which country are you from, exactly?
Gin: H-Hey! Which nationality do we go with?
Gin: If it's too clichéd, they'll find out.
Gin: But something obscure could cause problems down the line!
Shin: What nationality is that?!
Shin: His upper and lower halves are in completely different states!
Shin: Nobody asked you to do that, Saito-san!
Sai: O-One more, please.
Sai: I don't understand.
Hij: His hearing suddenly got worse.
Hij: I'm asking you what your motherland is.
Sai: I don't understand.
Hij: Your birthplace, damn it!
Sai: I don't understand.
Hij: If you don't answer this time, you'll be ex*cuted.
Hij: Where are you from?!
Sai: I Don't Understand Republic.
Hij: That was the country name?!
Hij: I've never heard of the Republic of I Don't Understand!
Sai: Well, even if we say our country people don't understand,
Sai: so it's only natural that you don't know.
Hij: What does that mean?
Hij: Is it a name that I wouldn't understand, or is the name "I Don't Understand"?
Sai: Give it a rest already.
Sai: I don't understand you, rotten vice chief.
Hij: You meant that one, didn't you?!
Sai: Apologies.
Sai: In my country, "rotten vice chief" is just how we end sentences.
Sai: I wasn't implying anything, rotten vice chief.
Hij: I'm sensing nothing but implications!
Kon: Then we should follow suit, rotten vice chief.
Hij: You guys don't have to join in!
Oki: I guess we have no choice,
Oki: rotten vice chief.
Hij: You totally directed that at the "rotten vice chief," didn't you?!
Kat: Don't play dumb, Saito-dono.
Kat: You're no foreigner, rotten vice chief!
Hij: You don't have to add "rotten vice chief" if he's not a foreigner!
Kat: This man abused his investigative authority
Kat: to purge and get rid of anyone who could harm him,
Kat: rotten vice chief!
Hij: I get it. You all want to be ex*cuted, right?
Kat: And I'm no exception.
Kat: Didn't you see him try to k*ll me, back when I joined?
Kon: He did pick a fight all of a sudden.
Kon: Is it true, Shimaru?
Sai: That's right.
Sai: My job is to purge traitors,
Sai: so I can't let a rat that sneaked in run free.
Sai: Isn't that right, Katsura-san?
Kon: K-Katsura?!
Kon: We're all wearing "katsura." Who do you mean?
Shin: Not those!
Sai: That man is Katsura Kotaro, and he's infiltrated the Shinsengumi to destroy it!
Oki: K-Katsura?!
Oki: Shimaru-niisan.
Schedule,Sign: Hashira Katsura
Oki: This is Katsura,
Oki: and this is Hashira.
Oki: Understand?
Oki: Let's write them down ten times each.
Sai: Oh, f**k you!
Shin: Hey!
Shin: Due to the foreigner shtick, they wrote it off as a simple misreading!
Shin: You don't have to write it down, Saito-san!
Sai: Quit making light of me.
Afuro,Sign: Ogura Katsura
Sai: I can differentiate between the two myself.
Oki: Shimaru-niisan, those are both katsuras.
Shin: What the hell are you writing down?!
Kon: Wait, wait. Calm down, you two.
Kon: Your arguments are too abstract for me to make a judgment.
Hij: Don't you have any evidence that proves your innocence?
Sai: I have proof that I was actually conducting investigations.
Exam ,Sign: Investigation Diary
Sai: This Investigation Diary.
Sai: It contains records of my daily work.
Gin: For instance, on this day...
Sai: MM/DD.
Sai: I heard noises coming from the mess late at night, so I went to see with my own eyez.
Hij: What's with the Z?
Hij: In the end, which is your actual speech pattern?
Hij: Your character's all over the place!
Sai: Lately, food has been going missing from the fridge again and again.
Sai: I must purge the culprit behind thiz.
Sai: I saw nothing, yez.
Kon: What happened?!
Kon: You totally saw something! What did you see?
Kon: Who was breaking the rules?!
Hij: Th-That's enough.
Hij: It's clear that you were doing your job well.
Kon: He wasn't!
Kon: He let the culprit go!
Sai: And on this day...
Hij: I'm telling you, that's enough.
Sai: MM/DD.
Sai: I hear noises from the mezz.
Sai: Lately, the vice chief has suffered from diarrhea multiple timez.
Kon: Hey, why was Toshi suffering from diarrhea?
Sai: The mayonnaise yesterday might've been spoiled, is my guezz.
Kon: What do you mean, the mayonnaise yesterday?
Kon: Toshi, don't tell me you...
Sai: Should've replaced it with fresh mayonnaize.
Sai: I saw nothing, yez.
Kon: Seriously, what happened?!
Oki: Shimaru-niisan,
Oki: you're innocent.
Hij: You're not innocent, are you?!
Sai: And on this day...
Sai: MM/DD.
Sai: I hear noises from the mezz.
Kon: Er...
Kon: I just have to make a slit here, right?
Kon: It's not working.
Sai: The chief was standing there naked, cooking thingz.
Sai: The next day at lunch, the mess served konjac with some weird slitz.
Sai: But everyone relished it—
Kon: I shall hereby hand down the verdict.
Kon: Saito Shimaru is judged not guilty.
Kon: The court is now adjourned!
G: Are you kidding?!
G: What the hell did you do with the konjac, Chief?!
G: Don't tell me the konjac that day was...
Kon: Damn Wolfro.
Kon: I never thought he'd use the dirt he'd uncovered in his investigations
Kon: to get more people on his side.
Kon: I never imagined he was such a scheming man!
Kat: Listen up, men!
Kat: What just happened proves Saito's wrongdoings beyond a shadow of a doubt!
Kat: Under the pretext of internal investigation, he uncovered dirt on our troops,
Kat: and as you just saw, he even controlled the top brass!
Kat: Chief,
Kat: please order the purge of this traitor!
Kon: C-Calm down, Hashira-san.
Kat: I cannot!
Kon: We don't know for sure that Shimaru's a traitor.
Hij: Then order him
Hij: to purge the traitor, too.
Kon: Toshi?
Hij: I'm sick of listening to all this prattle.
Hij: Everyone here is prepared to live and die by the sword.
Hij: If you've got something to say, say it with your sword.
Hij: Isn't that what the Shinsengumi is all about?
Kat: Interesting.
Kat: Let's settle our unfinished fight right here and now.
Kon: W-Wait!
Shin: This is bad, Gin-san.
Shin: Saito-san's stuck on the defensive!
Gin: What's he doing?
Sai: The one who would be my friend was Hashira Afuro, no one elz.
Gin: Is he...
Kag: What are you doing, Gin-chan? Gimme that!
Kag: We need to hurry up and give him some lines.
Kag: He's still keeping the promise to match his actions to what we say.
Gin: That's why he's not fighting back?
Gin: He's waiting for our lines? Is he stupid?
Kag: Just gimme that already!
Kag: Mwahaha, Hashira, is that all your sword's capable of?
Kag: It's so slow, a fly could land on it, 'kay?
Kag: You won't cut me or a fly with skill like that, kay?!
Shin: He finally moved.
Sai: Just watch. It's my turn now.
Shin: Not your turn to cut flies!
Shin: He completely misinterpreted the lines!
Gin: Oh, apologies.
Gin: I mistook you for a large fly.
Gin: In my eyes, you're not much different from a fly.
Kat: You dare insult me to that extent?!
Sai: Get ready. It's your turn next.
Shin: Not your turn to cut flies!
Shin: Why are you participating in the game, too?
Kat: I win. I cut down three flies.
Shin: What the hell are you guys competing over?!
Sai: Now that the annoying flies have been dealt with,
Sai: it's time to get serious.
Sai: Time to put you away.
Kat: Let's bury it here.
Shin: What are you guys putting away?!
Kat: It wouldn't do for either of us to step on poop while fighting.
Kat: Or so I say to mislead him, and then...
Kat: You left a gaping hole at your back, Saito!
Shin: Oh, no! It was a trap!
Shin: Saito-san!
Sai: Too bad.
Sai: You're the one who left a gaping hole!
Kat: This does seem to be a wider and easier hole to bury the poop in.
Shin: Your brain is what's a gaping hole!
Shin: Or so I say, and then...
Shin: You're the one getting buried, Saito!
Kag: Now's his chance!
Sai: You fell for my trap, Hashira!
Sai: Eat this...
Sai: Afro-style Ultimate technique, Z Slash!
Afuro,Sign: Afro-style Ultimate technique Z Slash
Gin: Uh, he's looking this way.
Gin: Looks like he doesn't know how to use the Z Slash.
Kag: Eat this... Z Slash!
Gin: Nope, not working.
Gin: And what's a Z Slash?
Gin: Did you talk to him about this beforehand?
Kag: A Z Slash is just a Z Slash.
Gin: You need to explain it to him in simpler terms!
Sai: The Z Slash is a technique where I hit my opponent with a Z-shaped slash.
Sai: Can you dodge it? Z Slash!
Gin: There's no way he can use it!
Gin: The enemy will know what's coming before he even uses it!
Sai: Then eat this... Z Wave!
Gin: Wait, what's a Z Wave?
Sai: Then eat this... Z Kai!
Afuro,Sign: Z Kai
Gin: Pick one! What the hell is Z Kai?!
Sai: The Z Kai is a Z state of mind where one is freed from all worldly desires!
Sai: Zzz...
Shin: He's already using it!
Shin: The ultimate move nonsense took so long, he's entered Z Kai already!
Shin: This is bad! He's wide open!
Kat: Th-This is Z Kai?!
Kat: He looks like he's sleeping,
Kat: but he's actually in a blank stance that can swallow up any att*ck?!
Gin: He's reading too much into it!
Sai: Come at me from wherever.
Sai: Even with my eyes closed,
Sai: I can see your next move.
Shin: It really does look like it!
Kat: I can't! He seems full of openings, but there actually aren't any!
Gin: There's nothing but openings!
Kat: In that case,
Kat: this is my only option!
Gin: Why?!
Gin: Why are you entering Z Kai?!
G: So that's a battle between masters?
G: They're so quiet, it's almost like they're sleeping.
Gin: No, they really are in dreamland!
Gin: What's with this battle? How are they gonna determine the victor?!
Kat: No good. I can't sleep.
Gin: Well, duh! This is a b*ttlefield!
Kat: I guess I'll have to Z Kai, too.
Bigger Afuro,Sign: Z Kai
Gin: Your Z Kai is taking off your wig?!
Bigger Afuro,Sign: Z (Zura) Kai
Kat: Excellent. Now I can reach the Z state of mind.
Kat: Looks like I can have some sweet Zs.
Hij: Is that so? Glad to hear it.
Hij: Then why don't you stay in Z Kai forever...
All: Zura.
Kat: Saito!
Kat: How dare you expose me when I was this close to taking over the Shinsengumi?
Gin: Didn't you just dig your own grave?!
Kat: But I had a Plan B prepared for this moment!
Kat: As if Elizabeth could ever be tamed by the likes of you!
Eliza,Sign: Katsura-san, everything's ready.
Kat: While you were distracted by me,
Kat: I had bombs placed all over the station!
Kat: The moment I press this detonation switch,
Kat: all your hard work will be laid to waste, along with this station!
Shin: Saito-san moved on his own, without any lines!
Gin: Looks like our words aren't needed anymore.
Gin: Did you find the words to say to him, Wolfro?
Kat: Let's go, Elizabeth.
Hij: Shimaru, leave the bombs to us!
Hij: Go after him!
Hij: Go after the traitor!
Hij: You are the Third Squad Captain!
Sai: "To Odd Jobs.
Sai: Thank you for helping me face up to the problem I'd been carrying for yearz.
Sai: While I tried everything I could,
Sai: it really does look like it's impossible for me to converse freely with otherz.
Sai: But unlike before, I no longer consider it a source of sadnezz.
Sai: There have been very few times that I've spoken to anyone,
Sai: but there are plenty of people with whom I've crossed swordz.
Sai: At times comrades, at times enemies...
Sai: I've fought them with my raw feelings poured into my sword,
Sai: free from the shackles of wordz.
Sai: Looking back on it now, that very b*ttlefield
Sai: might've been the perfect locale for conversation in my eyez.
Sai: So I've decided to never again run from battlefieldz.
Sai: Even if I have to use my sword to cut down comrades who break the code...
Sai: Even if I have to use my sword to cut down the first person
Letter,Sign: Hashira Afuro Z Boop Beep Bam Boom Chaka Boom Beep Boop Bow Boom Shakalaka - Prince of Cannock's Theme
Sai: I ever thought would be my friend,
Sai: the sounds of our swords clashing are the only words I can offer them.
Sai: The only words the Captain of the Shinsengumi Third Squad, the 'Silent Squad,'
Sai: Saito Shimaru, can offer them."
Kat: You can't chase after me with that leg.
Kat: But now my plan's a bust, too.
Kat: Another draw, huh?
Hij: Hey, Shimaru.
Hij: It looks like you prevented Katsura from detonating the bombs,
Hij: but an extra-large time b*mb is still functioning.
Hij: There's a whole bunch of wires, and we don't know which to cut.
Hij: Catch him and make him spill the beans.
Kat: Cut all the wires except Z.
Kat: Cutting Z down is my job.
Kat: I swear to k*ll you with my own hands, Z!
Kat: Until then, do your best to keep your afro prim and proper!
Kat: Farewell!
Hij: Hey, Shimaru!
Hij: Hurry up, there's no time.
Hij: There's A to Z. Which should we cut?
Hij: Hey, Shimaru, you listening to me?!
Sai: Zzz...
Hij: All right! Cut Z!
Hij: In the end, we're still afros!
Sign:Saito Shimaru can offer them. Hashira Afuro Z Odd Jobz
Title: Take the Initial Premise Lightly, and It'll Cost You
Kag: Next Episode: "Take the Initial Premise Lightly, and It'll Cost You."
text r: Fall's hitting its stride now.
text l: Mornings and nights are getting a lot chillier.
text r: Come to think of it, this summer was pretty hot.
text l: Even though they predicted it'd be a cool summer.