# 356 - Making a Dull World Interesting
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***SIGN*** Watch the Silver Soul arc in a bright
room and at a safe distance from the TV!!!
**[00:12] U**
Didn't you find it strange?
**[00:15] U**
I've destroyed the ley lines and
Altana gates of so many planets,
**[00:19] U**
so why wasn't I doing the same to Earth?
**[00:23] U**
Was I showing mercy to my homeland?
**[00:26] U**
Was it just out of a whim?
**[00:34] U**
No.
**[00:36] U**
I saved it for a special moment...
**[00:39] U**
For you all.
**[00:43] G**
Chief!
**[00:54] G**
Detecting a high-energy
reading on Earth's surface!
**[00:56] G**
What's going on?!
**[00:58] G**
This is almost like...
**[00:59] G**
A repeat of that time!
**[01:01] En**
Altana gone berserk?
**[01:04] G**
Only the Tendoshu could
cause something like this!
**[01:08] En**
*They're wrong.*
**[01:10] En**
*The Tendoshu are long gone already.*
**[01:13] En**
*Then who could it be?*
**[01:17] En**
*What if they're the same?*
**[01:20] En**
* What if the destruction*
* of our homeland and Earth*
**[01:25] En**
* were caused by the same person,*
* who's still down there?*
***SIGN*** Gintama
***SIGN*** Silver Soul
**[03:07] U**
Perhaps they, too, have noticed by now...
**[03:13] U**
Who their real enemy is.
**[03:19] U**
The long, long night will end soon.
**[03:22] U**
There is no need to feel sorrow.
**[03:25] U**
Nor is there a need to suffer.
**[03:36] U**
Because nothing will remain
to prove that you ever lived.
**[03:44] Gin**
But I'm gonna leave a mark, Utsuro.
**[03:47] Gin**
I'm gonna cling to this life so
hard, I'll leave bite marks!
**[03:56] Soy**
Katakuriko, will everyone...
will all of Edo's people be all right?
**[04:02] Mat**
Take the princess to a safe place.
**[04:04] Soy**
Katakuriko!
**[04:06] Nob**
Where, exactly, is this
"safe place" you speak of?
**[04:08] Nob**
Why not tell her the truth?
**[04:11] Nob**
Tell her that even the ground we stand
on right now could blow up at any time.
**[04:17] Nob**
I can understand wanting
everyone else to be safe,
**[04:21] Nob**
but being too greedy will only
bring you pain in the long run.
**[04:26] Mat**
Hmph! Did you have to be so blunt?
**[04:30] Mat**
The guys up there are fighting
with all they've got.
**[04:34] Mat**
What is it that we can do right now?
**[04:39] (Flashback) Kag**
Sadaharu.
**[04:42] (Flashback) Kag**
Take care of Nobutas and Soyo-chan, okay?
**[04:46] (Flashback) Kag**
No!
**[04:47] (Flashback) Kag**
There has to be something only you can do.
**[04:52] (Flashback) Kag**
Doesn't matter what it is.
**[04:54] (Flashback) Kag**
We all have to do what only
we can, the best we can.
**[04:58] (Flashback) Kag**
When those things add up,
**[05:01] (Flashback) Kag**
we can save anything, even Earth.
**[05:05] (Flashback) Kag**
Isn't that right, Sadaharu?
**[05:13] Mat**
The Altana went out of control?
**[05:15] Mat**
What's that mean, Senpai?
**[05:18] Hen**
They're trying to fire that massive amount
of energy at the Flame of Kagutsuchi.
**[05:24] Hen**
If they do,
**[05:26] Hen**
even this galaxy could be in danger.
**[05:30] Mat**
On top of stopping the Flame of Kagutsuchi...
**[05:33] Ban**
...we must also stop the
Altana from rampaging?
**[05:41] G**
What?
**[05:56] [SONG] Sign**
Unauthorized Call
**[05:58] G**
*Yo! You still alive, Kiheitai guys?!*
**[06:04] G**
Sorry to keep ya waiting.
**[06:06] G**
Now all the villains are in one place.
**[06:11] G**
Ain't that right, Liberation Army of Justice?
**[06:17] Bat**
Shokaku.
**[06:18] Bat**
Do your job before you run
off to go play pirate.
**[06:22] Sho**
For a pirate, you sure
do take work seriously!
**[06:27] Sho**
* I'm sorry to say I can't*
* stand that other guy.*
**[06:30] Sho**
*I'll leave him to you.*
**[06:35] Bat**
I'm not your leader, you idiots.
**[06:38] Bat**
I'm not babysitting a monkey,
**[06:40] Bat**
much less escorting a freak
who doesn't even have a body.
**[06:44] Bat**
Hear that, Hankai?
**[06:46] Han**
* Bato... It was Earthlings*
* who took my body from me.*
**[06:52] Han**
* And you ask me to help them?*
* Help my mortal enemies?*
**[06:58] Hen**
Precisely.
**[07:00] Hen**
You're capable of infiltrating
the ship's system
**[07:02] Hen**
and controlling the Flame of
Kagutsuchi from the inside.
**[07:07] Han**
* I've seen several signs of*
* attempted break-ins already.*
**[07:11] Han**
* But they've all been repelled*
* by the security system.*
**[07:16] Han**
* I suppose that's as far*
* as Earthlings can go.*
**[07:19] Hen**
Well, yes, given this is the thirteenth
time I'm giving you this speech.
**[07:26] Hen**
Thanks to the twelve copies of you
that my friends have released,
**[07:31] Hen**
the firewall is gradually
starting to come undone.
**[07:35] Hen**
Your mortal enemy is that very ship.
**[07:39] Hen**
Twelve of you have fallen on
this quest. Avenge their deaths.
**[07:46] G**
All of Earth's energy is
gathering in one place.
**[07:50] G**
P-Prince...
**[07:52] En**
Cut off energy supply to everything
but the vital systems.
**[07:57] En**
Reroute it all to the Flame of
Kagutsuchi's charging process
**[08:01] En**
and accelerate its firing.
**[08:02] G**
B-But, Prince, many of our men are still
engaging the enemy all over the place!
**[08:14] Bat**
Hey, how many more copies will
we need to destroy that weapon?
**[08:20] Hen**
No amount is enough.
**[08:22] Hen**
The security system has countless
firewalls layered upon each other.
**[08:27] Hen**
But no matter how many
walls stand in our way,
**[08:31] Hen**
they can surely overcome them all.
**[08:36] Sho**
I've got the headbutts to
take out any enemy I can see.
**[08:41] Bat**
So my job is to escort after all?
**[08:44] Bat**
That said,
**[08:45] Bat**
* piloting us all to hell*
* doesn't sound too bad.*
**[08:49] Hen**
Shokaku-san, Bato-san.
**[08:52] Hen**
* When it comes down to it,*
* you're both hard workers, huh?*
**[09:04] Bat**
I can't see a thing.
**[09:09] Sho**
Bato.
**[09:10] Sho**
Hey, what's wrong?
**[09:12] Sho**
Bato?
***SIGN*** Call One Call Two
**[09:17] Hen**
Shokaku-san!
**[09:18] Hen**
Bato-san!
**[09:21] Hen**
Don't tell me...
**[09:22] En**
Destroy all sectors with
enemies inside at once.
**[09:26] Hen**
Run away!
**[09:38] G**
Wh-What have they done?
**[09:43] Hen**
Hankai-dono.
**[09:48] Hen**
How long until the Flame of
Kagutsuchi is fired now?
**[09:53] Han**
*Around fifteen minutes, I'd say.*
**[09:56] Hen**
Is there a way to stall it?
**[09:59] Han**
* Link up with those outside and have*
* them destroy the energy circuits.*
**[10:03] Han**
* But even that will only*
* provide a brief respite.*
**[10:08] G**
T-Takechi-sama!
**[10:09] G**
The Liberation Army's entire
fleet is headed this way!
**[10:16] En**
Fifteen minutes will do. Keep the
enemy pinned down for that long,
**[10:21] En**
and it'll be over. All of it.
**[10:27] Tak**
*Takechi, do you hear me?*
**[10:30] Tak**
We've been separated from the unit.
**[10:32] Tak**
Regrouping will be difficult.
**[10:34] Tak**
So we're going to go ahead
and charge onto the bridge.
**[10:37] Hen**
*Shinsuke-dono.*
**[10:39] Hen**
* Only fifteen minutes remain before*
* the Flame of Kagutsuchi fires.*
**[10:44] Hen**
However, I'll extend that to thirty.
**[10:49] Hen**
In that time, destroy the energy circuits.
**[10:53] Hen**
Can you get me a small ship?
**[10:56] Mat**
*What are you thinking, Takechi-senpai?*
**[11:00] Mat**
*Senpai!*
**[11:06] (Flashback) Tak**
Why won't you draw your sword?
**[11:09] (Flashback) Hen**
Because I know...
**[11:11] (Flashback) Hen**
That we could turn the world on
its head, but we could never
**[11:17] (Flashback) Hen**
defeat you, Takasugi Shinsuke.
**[11:21] (Flashback) Tak**
It seems you're smarter than these
bodies on the ground, at least.
**[11:26] (Flashback) Tak**
But then, why did you come here?
**[11:28] (Flashback) Hen**
They have misused their authority and
oppressed anyone they didn't like.
**[11:35] (Flashback) Hen**
*They* were criminals who had to be
brought to justice. That's why.
**[11:39] (Flashback) Hen**
If you don't like how I used
you, go ahead and kill me.
**[11:44] (Flashback) Hen**
I've gone and learned that this
world is hopelessly boring.
**[11:54] (Flashback) Tak**
If this act of yours was based on your
judgment of my character, I'm impressed.
**[12:00] (Flashback) Tak**
I almost want you as a strategist.
**[12:03] (Flashback) Hen**
P-Please wait!
**[12:05] (Flashback) Tak**
You're not wise or anything.
**[12:08] (Flashback) Tak**
Just quick to give up.
**[12:10] (Flashback) Tak**
If you keep running around
pretending to be smart,
**[12:13] (Flashback) Tak**
you're running away from the unexpected.
**[12:16] (Flashback) Hen**
You mean to say this country can
be defeated if I keep fighting?
**[12:22] (Flashback) Tak**
Beats me. But in order to
live in this dull-ass world,
**[12:26] (Flashback) Tak**
you've got to believe in a miracle or two.
**[12:36] Hen**
I trust you're aware of our objective.
**[12:39] Hen**
Just fifteen minutes.
**[12:41] Hen**
That might not be just reward
for a do-or-die mission.
**[12:46] Hen**
But within those fifteen minutes
lies a chance to cause a miracle.
**[12:51] Hen**
Please, give me the last
fifteen minutes of your lives!
**[13:12] (Flashback) Tak**
If you're going to be killed
by the country anyway,
**[13:15] (Flashback) Tak**
why not die for me, Manslayer Bansai?
**[13:20] (Flashback) Ban**
Let me ask you: what will you die for?
**[13:25] (Flashback) Tak**
I won't die.
**[13:27] (Flashback) Tak**
No matter how many corpses I have to
walk over, until I trample this country,
**[13:32] (Flashback) Tak**
I refuse to die.
**[13:49] Tak**
That must be the Flame of
Kagutsuchi's central command.
**[13:53] Ban**
Run!
**[13:55] Ban**
No matter how many corpses
you have to walk over,
**[13:58] Ban**
you won't die until you fulfill your goal.
**[14:00] Ban**
You're the one who said that.
**[14:05] Ban**
Run, Shinsuke.
**[14:09] Mat**
What are you saying, Senpai?!
**[14:14] Ban**
Worry not.
**[14:17] Ban**
I'll fight alongside you all
until the very end, too.
**[14:21] G**
Fire!
**[14:25] G**
What's the matter?
**[14:29] Ban**
Dance for me.
**[14:34] G**
K-Kill them!
**[14:47] Ban**
*Heroes are such sinful beings.*
**[14:52] Ban**
*They never look back*
**[14:54] Ban**
*and charge straight forward.*
**[14:58] Ban**
* That is why people can chase after*
* their backs and move forward.*
**[15:05] Ban**
*But I understand*
**[15:09] Ban**
* that you knew the pain and sorrow of*
* walking over a corpse more than anyone,*
**[15:16] Ban**
* but you still had to grit your*
* teeth and keep moving forward.*
**[15:21] Ban**
*I understand that you're just one weak man.*
**[15:27] Ban**
*But even so...*
**[15:35] Ban**
Don't look back!
**[15:37] Ban**
Don't look back...
**[15:39] Ban**
Keep your eyes forward, Shinsuke!
**[15:44] G**
Fire!
**[16:02] Ban**
* Shinsuke, it isn't yet time*
* for you to look back.*
**[16:07] Ban**
* This world can't afford*
* to lose you just yet.*
**[16:14] Mat**
Bansai-senpai!
**[16:24] Ban**
*Get going, Shinsuke.*
**[16:25] Ban**
*I promise to catch up later.*
**[16:28] Tak**
Bansai...
**[16:29] Ban**
*Worry not.*
**[16:31] Ban**
*Isn't this how we have always been?*
**[16:34] Ban**
* The Kiheitai is a group that's*
* constantly chasing after your back!*
**[16:43] Ban**
No matter where you are,
**[16:46] Ban**
I will catch up for sure.
**[16:50] G**
The Flame of Kagutsuchi's energy
is over 85 percent charged!
**[16:54] G**
Five minutes to fire!
**[16:57] En**
They're finally ending, huh?
**[16:59] En**
Both our crusade
**[17:01] En**
and that planet?
**[17:06] G**
Detecting irregularity in
the energy supply system!
**[17:09] G**
It's not responding!
**[17:11] G**
Did we route too much energy through it?
**[17:13] G**
No, this is...
**[17:16] Han**
*The stage is set.*
**[17:18] Han**
*But you might have a hard time getting here.*
**[17:22] Hen**
I'm perfectly aware.
**[17:24] Hen**
Even if this ship burns to ash, I'm prepared
to use that flame to stop the enemy.
**[17:31] En**
Ah, I see. One last exercise in futility, eh?
**[17:43] G**
No way...
**[18:38] Ban**
Took you long enough.
***SIGN*** Clear Nose
**[18:46] Ban**
Or perhaps I was the one who made you wait.
**[18:51] Ban**
We walked over your corpses to get here.
**[18:58] Ban**
So if you're here to pick me up,
I can't exactly shoo you away.
**[19:10] Ni**
I didn't come to pick you up,
nor was I waiting for you.
**[19:15] Ni**
We chase after that man
until our bodies burn out.
**[19:20] Ni**
Isn't that who we Kiheitai are?
**[19:29] G**
H-He's still trying to stand?
**[19:31] G**
What more can he do all alone?
**[19:36] Ban**
I'm not alone.
**[19:38] Ban**
* Shinsuke, the Kiheitai*
* live on alongside you.*
**[19:43] G**
Fire!
**[19:59] G**
Two minutes until the Flame
of Kagutsuchi can be fired!
**[20:09] G**
We're through!
**[20:12] G**
Now we just have to destroy that equipment!
**[20:23] Hen**
It seems the ship couldn't handle it.
**[20:28] G**
We still have ammunition.
**[20:30] G**
One last shot!
**[20:44] G**
Cease fire!
**[20:53] G**
He's still standing after
all that concentrated fire?
**[20:56] G**
No, that man is already...
**[21:09] G**
Why did he do this?
**[21:18] Ban**
*Shinsuke...*
**[21:24] Hen**
*Make a miracle happen.*
**[21:28] G**
One minute until Flame of Kagutsuchi fires!
**[21:39] Mat**
Shinsuke-sama...
**[21:50] G**
What happened?
**[21:51] G**
The squad engaging the
enemy has been wiped out!
**[21:54] G**
Put out the fire at once!
Fortify Gate Three's defenses!
**[21:58] G**
Don't let anyone near the control unit!
***SIGN*** Silver Soul Arc
***SIGN*** Making a Dull World Interesting
***SIGN*** Silver Soul Arc
**[23:50] Tak**
No need to let them know.
***SIGN*** Do Something Uncharacteristic,
and Something Uncharacteristic Will Happen
***SIGN*** Cruelty reigns on the battlefield,
***SIGN*** with one tragedy after another.
***SIGN*** Wring out every last ounce of energy
***SIGN*** to put an end to it all!