08x02 - Leave Letter

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Nob: There's no telling how long Utsuro has been living for,

Nob: or whether Shoyo is still a part of him or not.

Nob: But one thing is for sure:

Nob: he's currently the most dangerous being in the universe.

OP Card: Gintama

OP Card: The Battle on Rakuyo

Sign: Watch the Battle on Rakuyo arc in a bright room and at a safe distance from your TV!!

Kat: If Takasugi were alive, what would he say?

Kat: We became Joi Rebels after the bakufu took our teacher and friends from us,

Kat: hoping to change this cruel world for the better.

Kat: If he were to find out that our teacher was the one who created this world...

Kat: I'd be lying if I said the whole thing didn't come as a shock.

Kat: But it's also true that a part of me thinks it makes sense.

Kat: Yoshida Shoyo was a bright light that shone upon us.

Kat: But, looking back,

Kat: the vacant look he would sometimes have in his eyes

Kat: might have been him staring at the giant shadow of his past.

Kat: I may never know why he spent years in the Naraku,

Kat: then left it and started the Shoka Sonjuku.

Kat: But I do know...

Kat: that the man smiling there back then was, without a doubt, our teacher.

Kat: And I do know what I ought to do now as Yoshida Shoyo's student.

Gin: Zura, that's not Shoyo.

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

Sho: You have to grow stronger than me using the sword of a human.

Sho: It's something else, something not even Shoyo could defeat.

Sho: Shoyo d*ed back then...

Sho: That's what Takasugi would say.

Kat: I see.

Kat: Even so, Gintoki,

Kat: it's my turn now.

Kat: I can't make you k*ll our teacher again.

U: The Elders passed away in an unfortunate incident.

U: There's nothing shackling the Divisions anymore.

U: You're free to do as you wish now.

Shirei?: Utsuro-sama,

Shirei?: we do not seek freedom after all this time.

Shirei?: What the Harusame desires is governance...

Shirei?: A leader to show us the way.

Shirei?: Please let us join the Tendoshu's forces, Your Excellency—

UB: Good grief.

UB: Pirates, of all people, seeking governance? A leader?

UB: You make me want to give you a drink made from Luffy's straw hat.

UB: You really call yourselves pirates?

G: U-Umibozu!

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Gin: Get on with it!

Gin: Jeez, why do women take so long to get ready?

Shin: There, there.

Shin: Girls need to take care of a lot of things boys will never understand.

Kag: Sorry to keep you waiting.

Kag: I just couldn't settle on the right outfit.

Gin: Like hell you couldn't!

Gin: What you settled on was an early lunch!

Gin: Hey, what part of this thing is a girl?!

Oto: What's the matter, Sadaharu?

Tama: Did Gintoki-sama and the rest come back?

Cat: He probably just needs to pee.

Cat: Even if those wanted felons did come back, it'd only be a bother.

Cat: Here, get going.

UB: No vindication for the Elders, it seems.

UB: Do you think you can drink some sweet stuff if you follow the Tendoshu?

U: You were asked by an old friend in the Elders to dispose of the th Division, yes?

U: I shall pay you in their stead.

UB: I didn't put in enough work to get paid.

UB: Those guys were already on their last legs.

UB: You ordered that, didn't you?

U: You may be the number one hunter in the universe,

U: but I figured it wouldn't be easy for you to hunt down your own son.

UB: Until now, I'd never gotten involved in the internal disputes of crime syndicates.

UB: It may have been out of obligation,

UB: but do you know the real reason why I helped pirates out?

UB: It was to k*ll that rotten son of mine before you lot did.

UB: It was my own balls that gave life to that monster.

UB: Then it's my duty, balls and all, to put an end to him.

UB: So let me make this crystal clear.

Kag: Take me with you.

UB: I won't let anyone else...

Kag: ...k*ll him.

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Gin: That idiot.

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Gin: She didn't have to write this crap. Odd Jobs is already long since...

Shin: "Odd Jobs isn't done yet."

Shin: "I'll definitely come back."

Shin: That's probably what she means.

Shin: Gin-san...

Gin: Don't say anything.

Gin: I don't understand anymore, either.

Gin: Not what I ought to do as his student,

Gin: or what I ought to do as a fellow student.

Gin: There's only one thing I do understand:

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Gin: what we ought to do as Odd Jobs.

Gin: This is a special vacation.

Gin: You guys can go on a space trip or wherever you want.

Gin: But we're coming back here, no matter what...

Gin: The three of us, and one critter.

Title : Battle on Rakuyo Arc Part Two

Title : Leave Letter

U: Are you saying your son is still alive?

UB: Playing the fool, eh?

UB: Surely you know already.

UB: He's not the type to die from just that.

UB: My hunt is still in the phase where the prey has taken the bait.

UB: But if you're going to stick your nose where it doesn't belong again,

UB: then you'd best be prepared to be hunted down by Umibozu, too.

UB: Of course,

UB: the guy over there seems to be prepared for it already.

U: Stand down, Oboro.

U: He may not be our ally, but he's not an enemy, either.

U: He's nothing but a hunter who pulls back on his bow with no hesitation,

U: even with his son in front of him.

Mat: What are you playing at, Takechi-senpai?!

Mat: We decided not to work with them, even as a last resort!

Kag: Seconds.

Hen: Now, now, don't be in such a rush. Nobody's going to take your food away.

Hen: Chew properly, and eat the boiled veggies, too.

Mat: Are you kidding me?!

Mat: What are you domesticating her for, you moai mom?!

Mat: Why would you let her, of all people, on board?!

Mat: Give your lolicon tendencies a rest!

Hen: I'm not a lolicon. I'm a feminist.

Hen: I'm not putting my hands on an innocent little girl.

Hen: I'm extending a helping hand to her.

Mat: Uh, no matter how you put it, it just makes you sound like a lolicon!

Mat: You're a creep, Senpai!

Mat: What part of her is "innocent"?

Mat: Knock it off already!

Mat: How can you eat that much off the enemy's table?

Mat: Sure you didn't sneak in to burn through our provisions?

Kag: You guys would crash and burn even if I did nothing. You're meaningless to me.

Kag: If you wanna make a comeback,

Kag: bet everything you have on my tummy.

Kag: I'll destroy it all...

Kag: The Harusame, my stupid dad, and my stupid brother.

Hen: You shouldn't say things you don't mean.

Hen: You want to stop those two, don't you?

Hen: That's why you came here all by yourself...

Hen: To protect them as a daughter, as a sister, and as family.

U: It seems you're approaching your limit.

U: Even if it does gain the blood of an immortal,

U: a human body cannot handle that burden forever.

U: All the times you've d*ed so far have clearly taken a toll on your body.

O: Even so, what has kept me alive when I should've d*ed long ago

O: is your blood flowing through my body.

O: And the vow I made to you, one I will keep until my body rots away.

U: Even if you made that promise to a different avatar of mine?

O: Utsuro-sama, the enemy is not dead yet.

O: During the operation to mop up the th Division,

O: we detected an unknown unit moving around in the chaos.

O: One of them was an experienced Yato fighter.

O: We've received reports that the unit they led was likely comprised of Earthlings.

U: You're saying a third party got involved and secretly rescued Takasugi and g*ng?

O: They had a guide.

O: Probably exactly who you think it is.

Ban: Is this...

Ban: Where's Shinsuke?

Ban: Where are the Kiheitai?

Ban: Just what is this place?

Sak: Hey, you awake?

Ban: Y-You people...

Sak: Sorry.

Sak: We couldn't save any more of you.

Sak: But don't you worry.

Sak: Your general, and our friend...

Sak: We'll definitely save him!

Kat: "Friend," huh?

Kat: At this point, you're the only one who calls him that.

Kat: He should be thankful that

Kat: there's a man who is willing to go to the ends of the universe to save him.

Kat: And he should lament that

Kat: there's a man who is willing to go to the ends of the universe to k*ll him.

Sak: What, Zura?

Sak: You're still havin' a fight with Takasugi over somethin' stupid?

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

Kat: A money-minded businessman wouldn't understand.

Kat: Samurai risk their lives to fight for their stupid bushido.

Sak: That so?

Sak: In that case, I wonder what stupid thing that happy-go-lucky fool's fightin' for.

Hen: Do you realize why I let you board this ship?

Hen: It's because I can bend your friends to my will if I take you hostage.

Mat: Takechi-senpai?

Hen: I'm the Kiheitai's strategic advisor.

Hen: My job is to get us out of this predicament using any and all methods available.

Kag: Don't worry.

Kag: Whether I do something stupid or not,

Kag: those guys will come

Kag: to protect my family.

Kag: That's why I must go...

Kag: To protect my other family.

Ban: The Dragon of Katsurahama, Sakamoto Tatsuma.

Ban: The Rampaging Noble, Katsura Kotaro.

Ban: The White Yaksha, Sakata Gintoki.

Ban: The men of legend who fought with Shinsuke in the Joi w*r...

Ban: Why are they here?

Gin: Thanks for bringing us here.

Nob: You should hurry up and get going.

Nob: Nobunobu has caught wind of our movements.

Nob: I'll take care of things here.

Nob: Figure the rest out on your own.

Shin: Nobume-san...

Nob: Can I ask you one thing?

Nob: Are you here as a student of Shoyo's,

Nob: or as a friend of Takasugi's?

Gin: Odd Jobs does whatever's asked of us.

Gin: Can I ask you something?

Gin: Did you help us out as a student of Shoyo's,

Gin: or as a friend of Takasugi's?

Nob: Because your foolish face

Nob: looked just like his.

Nob: So stupid.

Gin: Yeah, both you and me.

Kat: Gintoki...

Sak: Everyone's here now.

Sak: Set sail!

U: The Kaientai?

O: Sakamoto Tatsuma.

O: He fought in the Joi w*r with Takasugi and the others.

O: We've received word that a combined fleet with his and Katsura's people has left Earth.

O: They were probably the ones who rescued the remnants of the Kiheitai.

U: I see.

U: Former comrades have come together again to save their friend, huh?

U: Will you indeed be the ones to fight me until the very end?

Ban: What are you all playing at?

Ban: You cut ties with Shinsuke a long time ago.

Ban: So why are you doing this now?

Ban: Only Gintoki and Zura got into a fight with Takasugi.

Ban: That's how they've always been.

Ban: They keep quarrelin' over methods, even though their goal is the same.

Kat: You were wandering across the universe, so you don't know what he did.

Kat: Tell him about all his evil acts, Gintoki.

Gin: One bad thing about Takasugi...

Gin: Two bad things about Takasugi...

Gin: Three—

Kat: Look, there were so many that he fell asleep!

Kat: You helped out a man who's basically an incarnation of all things evil.

Kat: Why don't I count and see if he has enough good points to be worth saving?

Kat: One good thing about Takasugi...

Shin: There are tons of good things about him, too?!

Shin: You two just want to sleep, don't you?!

Sak: Once the battle begins, there will be no time to sleep.

Sak: Preserving one's energy is also part of bushido.

Shin: I don't wanna hear that from you! You're losing energy just by being on a ship!

Mut: There was a leak from the Harusame side

Mut: that said they were planning an operation to mop up the th Division and Kiheitai.

Mut: All we did was act on that information as per Sakamoto's orders.

Ban: Who leaked that information?

Mut: There's no need for you to know.

Mut: But Takasugi's not dead yet.

Mut: That much is for sure.

Sak: You guys have turned an absolute monster against you.

Sak: If we all don't work together, we'll all die.

Sak: We're willin' to help you out.

Sak: So you help us out, too.

Ban: As if we could do that—

Sak: You can.

Sak: I don't know why Takasugi and these guys had a fight.

Sak: There must've been some extraordinary circumstances involved.

Sak: But things are the same as back then, if you ask me.

Sak: They're just partners in crime who fight the moment they run into each other.

Sak: It's always been my job to put an end to their fights.

Sak: And I don't mind if it's only for a moment...

Sak: I'm gonna turn him back to nothin' but a punk!

Shin: Sakamoto-san...

G: Captain!

Shin: Th-That's...

Nb: I'm sorry, gentlemen, but your fun space trip ends now.

Nb: You will be reduced to space debris here.

Ban: Tokugawa Nobunobu!

Ban: The shogun himself? Impossible!

Gin: Jeez...

Gin: He's here, huh?

Nb: Sakata Gintoki, you cast a stone at my new government.

Nb: Did you think I,

Nb: or heaven, would forgive you?

Nb: You'll never escape, no matter where in this universe you run—

Nb: What's going on?

G: A-a*tillery fire!

Nb: a*tillery? They haven't lifted a finger.

G: Not from the front!

G: From the rear!

G: That's not a*tillery!

G: It's a raid ship fitted with optical camouflage!

G: The fleet in front is a decoy!

Nb: What?

G: Run away, shogun!

G: The enemy is already—

Sak: Oh? Is this what your new government is made of?

Sak: The old one we went to w*r against had a bit more backbone.

Sak: But we can take your country down in thirteen seconds.

G: You fiends!

Nb: Don't move!

Nb: If you do, my entire armada will fire at your fleet!

Gin: Just try it.

Gin: Will you destroy our fleet first,

Gin: or will we take the shogun's head first?

G: P-Protect the shogun!

Ban: They turned that hopeless situation around in a flash?

Ban: These are the men that fought with Shinsuke.

Sak: All ships, cease fire!

Sak: This fight is over, guys.

Sak: We've kissed and made up.

Gin: We found out there were a bunch of misunderstandings.

Gin: Like how we laughed at his sperm-like eyebrows or something.

Kat: But we cleared that up.

Kat: We didn't laugh at his eyebrows, but his cropped hair.

Kat: Isn't it funny that a man as old as him has that hairstyle?

Kat: In that case, your long hair is funny, too, Zura.

Kat: It's not long hair. It's Katsura.

Gin: Anyway, we resolved the whole thing by saying Zura would crop his hair, too.

Kat: Why must I get such a messed-up hairstyle?!

Gin: Also, as a sign of reconciliation, the shogun invited us to a "Hawk-Crop Party."

Gin: It's a meetup where we go around cropping the heads of every hawk in the universe.

Gin: As such, the operation is canceled.

Gin: He wants you retainers to return to Earth before him.

Nb: No need for that.

Nb: You won't be able to escape.

Nb: Not you or the retainers.

Nb: If you can't slaughter the traitors, then you retainers should disembowel yourselves.

Nb: k*ll the enemy or k*ll yourself. Make your choice.

Nb: What's wrong? Stand up already.

Nb: Are you aware of who I am?!

Nb: I'm Shogun Tokugawa Nobunob—

Ban: There's no need for retainers to protect the shogun or give their lives for him.

Ban: Leave.

Ban: This country no longer has a deserving leader.

Gin: Oh, man.

Gin: The shogun's lost his teeth again.

Gin: How does it feel,

Gin: now that your long-standing wish of taking down the bakufu has come true here?

Ban: Nothing's come true.

Ban: The Shinsengumi, Mimawarigumi, and the retainers have all abandoned this castle.

Ban: Felling it just makes me feel empty inside.

Ban: How ironic.

Ban: This man was left all alone because he stood at the summit of the country.

Ban: And that man had his wings ripped off and fell to the ground,

Ban: but there were those that joined him there.

Ban: Shinsuke had you guys.

Ban: There is something I must tell you.

Ban: We have a secret base where we promised to meet in case of unforeseen circumstances.

Ban: Forgive me, Shinsuke.

Ban: You might yell at me for this,

Ban: but we need these men to fight the Harusame.

Ban: No...

Ban: Before all that, I've ended up wanting to see with my own eyes

Ban: how you looked back when you lived with these guys.

Ban: Shinsuke...

Ab: What a graceful sleeping face.

Ab: No matter how many people get b*rned by the flames of w*r outside his eyelids,

Ab: he coolly spends his time in his dreamland.

Ab: I see generals everywhere are messed up.

Ab: I swear...

Ab: At a time when the th Division is on the verge of destruction,

Ab: just where is our general dreaming?

Ab: I didn't expect him to pick this as the gathering spot, though.

Ab: The abandoned planet, Rakuyo.

Ab: The ruins of a world ravaged by a great w*r.

Ab: Rogues driven away from various planets gather here,

Ab: so it's the perfect place to hide.

Ab: But I thought he'd never want to come back here again.

Ab: So even people like you

Ab: can get homesick, huh,

Ab: you family of monsters?

TBC,Sign: To Be Continued

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Ban: Shinsuke, are these the samurai we were trying to wipe out?

Next Title : Battle on Rakuyo Arc Part Three

Sak: The next time we meet,

Next Title : The Song of Samurai

Sak: it'll be as the four of us.

SignR: At last, the Odd Jobs take to space!

SignL: "Rakuyo" was Kagura's birthplace.

SignR: Will the split-up family and former friends

SignL: reunite on the abandoned planet?