10x01 - Try As You Might to Make a Natural Perm Go Away, It Will Always Return

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Shin: With the assassination of the th shogun, Tokugawa Shigeshige-sama,

Sign: A New Shogun Is Appointed

Shin: we were swallowed whole by the winds of change.

Shin: The Shinsengumi disbanded,

Shin: and no matter how many sacrifices had to be made, the desire to protect Edo

Shin: set each of us on a search for our own path.

Shin: Following a fierce battle on Kagura-chan's home planet, Rakuyo,

Shin: the untold past

Shin: and the true goal of the immortal Naraku leader, Utsuro, were revealed to us.

Shin: He made the Altana reserves of seven planets go berserk, destroying them.

Shin: The Tendoshu's Altana Preservation Agency had monopolized the universe's Altana,

Shin: but Utsuro's actions meant that it was freed and essentially relinquished.

Shin: The planets that retook their Altana decided to end the Agency's rule,

Shin: and to that end, formed the Altana Liberation Army

Shin: and descended upon Earth, where the Tendoshu were.

Shin: Utsuro's goal was to use this interplanetary w*r

Shin: to turn Earth into space dust.

Shin: Our final battle is about to begin.

Mad: We can't give up.

Mad: Even if we find ourselves in the depths of despair

Mad: or within the darkest abyss,

Mad: as long as we keep our eyes open,

Mad: we can still find a ray of hope.

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W: He's been at it for about an hour now.

W: It's scary, Officer. Can you do something about him?

O: Hey, what's the matter?

O: Did you drop something down there?

O: Hey, are you okay?

O: Are you stuck? You can't get out?

O: Hang on! We'll get you out of there right now!

G: He's totally stuck.

O: Yeah. One, two...

Mad: I won't give up!

Mad: I won't ever...

O: What's that light?

Mad: ...give up!

Sign: Children's Bank

Mad: Go to hell, world!

Oto: It really will!

Oto: Why are you wallowing in such trivial despair when Edo is in peril?

Oto: Do you realize the situation we're in?

Mad: Who cares about Edo?

Mad: Peril or not, my life is on the brink of ruin anyway.

Mad: All this means is that you people have finally found yourselves in my shoes.

Mad: Welcome to my world.

Cat: You know, maybe this guy is the final villain in this anime.

Oto: Such is the strength of one who has nothing to lose.

Oto: We should all try to avoid ending up like him.

Tam: I'm back.

Oto: How was the town, Tama?

Gen: It's like we've gone back in time twenty years.

Gen: Back to the Amanto invasion.

Gen: Our country had lived in isolation for centuries,

Gen: but aliens suddenly swooped down on it.

Gen: People ran around in constant fear of them,

Gen: and in their place, the Amanto walked around like they owned the place.

Gen: Basically, that fear has reared its ugly head again.

Tae: It's like we're a colony.

Kyu: We actually are.

Kyu: Sure, there was no w*r, but this country's under their rule now.

Kyu: The Altana Liberation Army is an allied front against the Altana Preservation Agency.

Kyu: Their goal is to wipe out the Agency.

Kyu: They've already crushed the Agency's bases on several other planets

Kyu: and taken back the Altana that was under its control.

Kyu: And they've cornered the Tendoshu, who are in this country,

Kyu: and taken over most of the major government bureaus.

Kyu: But the Tendoshu went into hiding,

Kyu: and the shogun, who was supposed to sort out this mess, can't be reached, either.

Kyu: The bakufu has collapsed,

Kyu: meaning there's nothing left to defend the people anymore.

Kyu: Our country may have been done for long before all of this.

Tsu: So we were caught in the crossfire between the Tendoshu and the Liberation Army?

Tsu: If so, can we resolve this by bringing the Tendoshu's heads to them?

Sac: It's not just the Tendoshu.

Sac: Taking over this planet is part of their plan, too.

Tsu: Should we chase those rowdies out, then?

Sac: At this point,

Sac: what moron would turn the entire universe against them by fighting?

Tsu: You know who.

Tsu: Tama-san...

All: Where are they now?

Sign: Odd Jobs Gin-chan

Oto: I wonder where those morons are and what they're up to.

Sign: Odd Jobs Gin-chan

Sign: Snack Otose

Mad: We can't give up.

A: You dare insult us?!

A: We're fighting to liberate people all across the universe from the Tendoshu's rule.

A: Are you saying you're not willing to cooperate with our effort?

G: P-Please spare me!

G: I'm just an old man living each day as it comes!

G: My house is all empty now! There's nothing more I can offer you!

A: That so? We'll take that house, then.

Mad: Even if we find ourselves in the depths of despair...

A: You have some nerve to serve this awful booze to the Liberation Army.

A: Are you one of the Agency's minions?

W: N-No!

A: Then bring us the most expensive booze you've got!

A: Okay, you've had too much to drink.

Mad: ...or within the darkest abyss...

A: Huh? What are you doing?

A: I'd heard that this planet was home to proud warriors you can't find anywhere else,

A: but did you lose your pride along with your change while living under Tendoshu rule?

A: Well, go ahead and pick them up.

A: Even after the Tendoshu are gone,

A: you people will never get back what you've lost.

Mad: ...as long as we keep our eyes open,

Mad: we can still find a ray of hope.

Sign: Odd Jobs Gin-chan

Sign: Job Request

Mad: To Odd Jobs,

Mad: I've gathered the wishes of Edo's citizens.

Mad: This job request entails just one task:

Mad: taking back the land of the samurai together.

A: Who the hell are you?

Mad: Immigration Bureau Chief,

Mad: Hasegawa Taizo!

Sign: Job Request

Oto: Looks like a temple's offering box, huh?

Oto: After learning that there are no gods in our world,

Oto: I guess people turned to this place as a last resort.

Oto: Who knows what they prayed to those blights on society for?

Oto: All this money is going to be used for is to pay off the rent they owe me.

Tae: I'm sure these people don't mind.

Tae: Even if they're blights on society, and this money will only be used to pay rent,

Sign: Job Request

Tae: it's okay if it brings Odd Jobs back here.

Tae: That's what everyone wants.

Oto: Is that so? How charitable of them.

Oto: If it were me, I'd wish for something more concrete.

Tae: Like what?

Oto: "I hope more rent money piles up here."

Sign: Job Request

Tae: Isn't that great? Your wish has already come true.

Oto: Good grief.

Oto: Looks like I'll need not just rent money, but also money for repairs now.

Mad: I won't let you do as you please in this country anymore.

A: Immigration Bureau?

A: Forget that, this country's entire government is already dea—

Mad: It's not dead.

Mad: The country may have fallen,

Mad: but the samurai still live.

Mad: Those guys will come back.

Mad: So we have to defend this country until they do.

Mad: We can't waste time wallowing in despair.

Mad: Kid, we may not be aware of it,

Mad: but we all live atop a pit of despair.

Mad: Tomorrow, we could lose our job, have nothing to eat,

Mad: or poop our pants at temple school.

Mad: Even the slightest slip-ups like those can make despair bare its fangs at us.

Mad: I used to wonder why I was the only one suffering.

Mad: But maybe I needed to go through those times to stand here today.

Mad: Maybe I needed that in order to prop up Edo when all of it fell into despair.

Mad: To become the last watchman of despair.

Mad: But while despair can bare its fangs at any moment,

Mad: so too can hope.

Mad: In my eyes, this despair is just one of countless many.

Mad: It's so trivial that just finding a coin on the street will make it evaporate.

Mad: Come, let's go find a ray of hope within this despair.

Mad: Take me to your boss. As Immigration Bureau Chief, I need to talk to him.

Kid: Mister!

Mad: Kid...

Mad: No, people of Edo.

Mad: Even if you're surrounded by despair, keep your eyes open.

Mad: As long as you do,

Mad: you'll find hope lying around everywhere.

Kid: Uh, you're the one lying on the ground!

A: Okay, that should be enough.

A: What do we do with him?

A: Throw him in a cell or something.

A: Sir!

Mad: Um, didn't you hear me? I asked you to... ow, ow, ow... take me to your HQ...

A: And why should we do that?

Mad: I mean, I'm from the Immigration Bureau!

A: Where's your ID?

Mad: Well, we're closed right now, so I don't have it on me.

A: Okay, take him away.

Mad: Wait, wait, wait!

Mad: Look, that kid's staring at me.

Mad: He's watching the guy who was ranting about hope fall into despair in an instant!

Mad: Spare a thought for him, would you? Spare me, would you?

Mad: Take a hint, would you?!

A: Nobody asked you to save him.

Mad: I'll kowtow to you later! I'll lick your shoes or whatever!

Mad: Could you let me into your HQ, even if it's just the tip?

A: Uh, you're basically kowtowing already.

Kid: M-Mister!

Mad: Don't look at me like that!

Mad: Close your eyes and never open them again!

A: Weren't you telling him to keep his eyes open earlier?

But: This planet is as noisy as ever.

Baka: Maybe a chimpanzee broke out of the zoo.

Baka: The animals here might go down with the planet soon.

Baka: I want to pick up some of the rare species for myself.

Baka: Hey, you guys over there.

Baka: Let me take a look at that chimpanzee.

Oto: What's this about?

Oto: I'm sorry to say, but we don't get any customers as loaded as the Tendoshu.

Oto: Only stinky, flat-broke old men.

Tama: If we don't give them all the money, goods, and food we have,

Tama: they say they'll consider us the Tendoshu's minions and destroy the bar.

Cat: "Liberation Army," my ass! You guys are just thieves!

Cat: Otose-san's fortune belongs to me!

Oto: Uh, you're the thief here.

A: Securing supplies in a combat zone is established practice during w*r.

A: If you say you're not willing to cooperate with our effort,

A: we'll simply take everything by force.

A: This town seems to have a lot of hard-headed folk.

A: Might be easier to destroy it all.

Tae: You people—

Oto: Take whatever you want. But it'd be nice if you could leave my smokes alone.

Tae: Otose-san!

Oto: It's fine.

Oto: Even if it's empty, as long as you're in it, it's still their home.

A: Oh, really?

A: We never cared about this filthy bar, anyway.

Sign: Gin-chan

A: But it'll make a good example to show others what happens if they defy us.

A: We don't need anything other than these girls.

A: They'll provide some nice R&R for our men who are worn out from this long w*r.

Cat: You bastards!

Cat: Are you saying I'm trash like this granny?!

Oto: That's your problem?!

A: Move your feet. We're leaving.

Tae: Odd Jobs...

Tae: Everyone's wishes...

- Copy,Sign: Job Request

Gin: We've got you covered.

Gin: Your request has been duly received.

Shin: What does it involve?

Kag: Doesn't matter what.

Gin: From walking your dog to keeping Earth safe,

Gin: we Odd Jobs will do anything.

Title: Try As You Might to Make a Natural Perm Go Away, It Will Always Return

OP Card: Gintama

Silver Soul,OP Card: Silver Soul

Oto: Boy, you sure kept us waiting.

Oto: I'd like to say "welcome home,"

Oto: but you took so long

Oto: that you no longer have a home.

Gin: Don't worry about it.

Gin: We'll take it all back,

Gin: so let us say it anyway.

All: We're back.

Gin: Hey, I dunno if you're heroes or villains,

Gin: but it looks like you did a number on this town while we were away.

Gin: Don't you know?

Gin: When entering somebody else's home in this country,

Gin: both good and evil people take off their shoes.

Gin: It's considered basic etiquette.

Sign: Gin-chan

Gin: Get your filthy feet off of that sign.

Gin: Don't enter my country with your stinky feet!

A: Your country doesn't exist anymore!

Gin: What's wrong, O Great Liberation Army?

Gin: You can destroy the terminal,

Gin: but you can't break the terminal in my crotch?

Gin: You won't take Earth like this!

Gin: Do you have it in you to break them all?

Gin: Everyone in this country, from cabaret girls to robotic ones,

Gin: has a big terminal in their pants!

Bo: Like hell we do!

Gin: D-Due to an unexpected breakdown,

Gin: this terminal will be suspending operations for the day.

Shin: Serves you right.

Kag: Quit dawdling about!

Kag: Abandon the damaged facilities! Evacuate at once!

Shin: It broke! A problem child's terminal snapped it in half!

A: Don't let them escape!

A: sh**t them dead!

Gen: You shitheads are finally back!

Sign: Gen

Gen: I've tuned up all the robots.

Gen: A planetary w*r or a One Year w*r, I'm fighting with you, Ginnoji.

Gin: Your Ginnoji's b*lls got stuck in the tracks.

Sign: Ginnoji

Gin: He's just Ginnji now.

Sign: Ginnji

Gen: What, you're already out of gas?

Gen: Do you know how long I've waited for this moment?

Gen: The party's only just getting started!

Oto: Sheesh. This is why men are so hopeless.

Oto: You've got a look of pure joy on your face at a time like this.

Oto: It's like the person you waited for forever has returned.

Gen: Shut it, hag. My son doesn't have a perm.

Oto: I never said anything about your son.

Gen: And you're one to talk.

Gen: Your house just got leveled, but that look on your face...

Oto: Just so you know, my husband doesn't look that stupid.

Gen: Right.

Gen: But if my son and your husband were still living in this town,

Gen: they'd probably have the same look on their faces as us.

Gen: Really, this is how the Kabuki District's gotta be!

A: What do you knaves think you're doing?!

A: Do you realize who we are?

A: We're the Liberation Army, here to save you from the Tendoshu's clutches!

Sai: Liberation? Mind your own business.

Sai: We don't need your help.

Sai: As you can see...

Ago: ...we've always lived freely!

A: Wh-What are those monsters?

You can say some good things once in a while, Saigo!

Exactly!

We're free people of this town of freedom!

Be it shakin' off the Tendoshu's rule,

brushin' aside the shady helping hand of the Liberation Army,

or goin' to the hospital, we're free to do whatever we want!

G: Bro!

G: That's what you get for trying to compete with Saigo and jumping from that high!

Shin: Saigo-san! Katsuo-san!

Sai: You've really sent the sparks flying, Pako.

Sai: But I've been waiting for this.

Sai: The Kabuki District really isn't complete without morons like you guys.

You're puttin' us yakuza to shame with this reckless fight.

Boss left this town in our hands, but we're losin' all face here!

Sai: You're picking a big fight with the entire universe.

Got any chance of winnin'?

Gin: Hell no.

Gin: Even if we all fight together, there's no way we can win.

Gin: That's why we're gonna stop this w*r.

Gin: Sure, we'll still have to win a fight anyway,

Gin: but only a verbal one.

G: The samurai are revolting?

G: Are they out of their minds?

G: Do those apes really think they can b*at the allied forces?

G: They must have gotten fed up with the army's pillaging.

G: I suppose we gave the soldiers too much leeway.

G: But this is perfect.

G: We planned on taking over Earth after destroying the Agency anyway.

G: And now we have just cause to get rid of those annoying apes.

G: Pardon me.

G: What is it? We're in the middle of a meeting here.

G: An Earth government has sent an envoy.

G: Government? They still had one of those?

G: Are they here to apologize?

G: W-Well...

Sak: Yikes. That's one hell of a way ta welcome unarmed guests.

Kat: Indeed.

Kat: You're betraying your leader's lack of magnanimity.

Kat: Lower your weapons! This is an affront!

Sak: Who do you think this man is?

Kat: This is Lord Tokugawa Nobunobu, shogun of a nation!

TBC,Sign: To Be Continued

Preview,Sign: Preview

Sak: Even if Earth is in peril, a trader's gotta do business.

Nbnb: As representative of Earth's people, there is something I must discuss with you.

Sign: Silver Soul Arc

Title: Flavoring Is Best in Small Quantities

SignR: The shogun, Tokugawa Nobunobu, was supposed to be a bitter enemy.

SignL: What lies behind his tense expression...

SignR: Schemes run rampant both on the surface and in space.

SignL: Even a new character appears.