E128 - “Sometimes You Can’t Tell Just By Meeting Someone”

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[00:00] Okita
    Excuse me, are you Urara?
SIGN    ["Note from Urara" Please turn the lights on
    and don't sit too close to the screen when watching TV.]
[00:03] ---
    Hi, I'm Shinpachi Shimura.
[00:08] Shinpachi
    Why is Okita on a date
    with her in my place?!
[00:11] Gintoki
    Now, now, now, calm down, Pachi.
[00:16] Kirara
    Uh...um... Excuse me.
[00:18] ---
    Sh-Shinpachi...
[00:20] ---
    Did you just say...Shinpachi?
SIGN    ["Sometimes You Can't Tell Just By Meeting Someone"]
[02:09] Openingshinpachi
    I...I'm so sorry!
[02:12] Shinpachi
    Older sister! I'm so sorry!
[02:17] ---
    Then, you're the Shinpachi Shimura who I...my
    younger sister was corresponding with?
[02:24] Shinpachi
    I didn't mean any harm.
[02:26] ---
    I had no intention of deceiving you.
[02:28] ---
    I didn't have any lascivious thoughts
    or anything like that!
[02:31] Shinpachi
    But she was so dazzling. Your younger
    sister was just so hot, so burning hot.
[02:36] ---
    I was desperate to correspond
    with a girl like her.
[02:40] ---
    Before I knew it, I had sent
    her pictures and things.
[02:43] Shinpachi
    I'm the lowest! The lowest, aren't I?!
[02:46] ---
    I'm sorry! I'll never approach
    your younger sister again!
[02:52] Kirara
    I know.
[02:55] Kirara
    I know...that feeling.
[02:59] Shinpachi
    Older...sister?
[03:01] Kirara
    I'm the one...who is the lowest.
[03:04] ---
    I'm the one who needs to apologize.
[03:08] Kirara
    It's all my fault...my fault.
[03:11] Gintoki
    Okay, okay, okay.
[03:13] ---
    I don't know what happened here, but
    there's no need to be so serious.
[03:16] ---
    Nothing really bad has happened
    between you two yet, has it?
[03:19] ---
    Although I wouldn't know.
[03:20] Shinpachi
    You were the one who spearheaded
    the whole thing!
[03:22] Gintoki
    Okay, seems this guy apparently
    lied to her and stuff,
[03:26] Gintoki
    but it was just two young people writing
    a lot of letters to each other, right?
[03:29] Shinpachi
    You're the one! You're the
    one who sent that photo!
[03:32] Gintoki
    Shut up, you!
[03:33] ---
    Keep quiet, you coward!
[03:34] ---
    Naturally, I'm going to give a word or two
    of advice when my protégé is troubled.
[03:38] ---
    As your mentor, and as an adult.
[03:40] Shinpachi
    You were just killing time!
[03:42] Gintoki
    You understand, don't you, older sister?
[03:44] Gintoki
    You came today because you were worried
    about your younger sister, didn't you?
[03:47] ---
    You're shy and withdrawn, but you came out of your shell
    because you were worried about your younger sister, right?
[03:51] ---
    Isn't that wonderful? Eh, Shinpachi?
[03:55] Kirara
    Th-That's not how it was.
[03:57] ---
    I'm not so noble a person.
[04:00] Kirara
    I...I...
[04:03] Gintoki
    No, no, no, no, no, no.
[04:04] ---
    Get out of that mode! Stop that!
[04:06] ---
    You might start feeling like you've
    done something really terrible.
[04:09] ---
    I implore you-stop doing that!
[04:10] Kirara
    Let me help you.
[04:13] Gintoki
    Huh? With what?
[04:14] Kirara
    With seducing Urara.
[04:18] Gintoki
    What?
[04:19] Gintoki/Shinpachi
    Whaaaat?!
[04:21] Shinpachi
    No, no, no, no, no, no!
[04:23] ---
    What're your talking about?!
[04:24] Shinpachi
    It's all wrong!
[04:25] ---
    We were deceiving Urara.
[04:28] ---
    What's more, we devised
    foul plans to jump her!
[04:31] Kirara
    Uh...that's why...
[04:33] Kirara
    what I'm saying is, even if it's all an act,
[04:35] Kirara
    I don't want that to happen
    to Urara, so please use me.
[04:41] ---
    For example, if a villain abducts me
[04:44] Kirara
    and you save me right
    before Urara's eyes...
[04:47] Gintoki
    That's a great idea.
[04:48] Shinpachi
    No, it's not, and you know it!
[04:50] Gintoki
    No, it is.
[04:51] ---
    She thinks her older sister is lost,
[04:54] ---
    so a villain abducting her is good because
    it goes with the natural flow.
[04:57] Shinpachi
    That's not the point! It's an ethical issue!
[05:00] ---
    Are you planning to add to our crimes?!
[05:02] Gintoki
    No problem.
[05:03] ---
    Her older sister says it's all right.
[05:05] ---
    You ought to try to understand
    her feelings a bit.
[05:08] Gintoki
    She must have her reasons after seeing
    her younger sister happily writing letters.
[05:19] Gintoki
    Hey, Okita-kun, change of plans.
[05:21] Okita
    Huh?
[05:22] Gintoki
    Don't do anything to Urara.
[05:24] ---
    I'll play the role of the abductor and snatch
    the older sister right in front of Urara,
[05:28] ---
    so you try to stop me and attack,
    but let yourself be killed.
[05:32] Gintoki
    At the moment everything looks hopeless
[05:35] Gintoki
    and I'm about to snatch Urara away,
    Shinpachi shows up and kills me.
[05:37] ---
    "You're so wonderful!" she'll say.
[05:40] ---
    Got that? In other words, you
    go on normal dates with her.
[05:44] Gintoki
    You're not doing anything
    funny...to Urara, are you?
[05:46] Okita
    It's all right.
[05:47] ---
    From the beginning,
[05:50] ---
    wasn't it the plan for him to come
    to her aid before I did anything?
[05:52] Gintoki
    Now that you mention it, yeah.
[05:54] Okita
    I'm escorting her around
    like a gentleman.
[05:56] ---
    She seems to be finally getting used to it.
[05:58] Gintoki
    Is that so? Then escort her like
    a gentleman to my place, and...
[06:14] Okita
    Hey, don't dawdle. Walk!
[06:16] Gintoki
    What kind of escort are you?!
[06:18] Gintoki
    Eh?! You're no escort, you're
    an S-cort, for sadist!
[06:22] Okita
    There's a delicious diner around
    here. Want to go?
[06:25] Gintoki
    Why're you speaking normally?!
[06:27] ---
    Why aren't you ashamed of yourself?!
[06:28] Okita
    Oh, here it is. The diner.
[06:30] Gintoki
    That's no diner!
[06:32] Okita
    Darn, it's full.
[06:34] ---
    Oh, one seat's open.
[06:35] ---
    Urara, have a bite before we get going.
[06:37] ---
    You don't have to worry about me.
[06:39] Gintoki
    What kind of manners is that?!
[06:40] ---
    It isn't "ladies first," is it now?
[06:41] ---
    Absolutely not!
[06:43] Old Man
    My, what fine weather.
[06:45] Gintoki
    Tell him something, old man!
[06:47] ---
    Why're you making normal small talk?!
[06:48] Okita
    Yes, it is. It's already fall.
[06:51] Gintoki
    It's really easy to find what's
    wrong with this picture!
[06:53] Old Man
    Huh? Okita?
[06:55] ---
    Huh? Something seems odd.
[06:57] Gintoki
    Yes, yes, that's right!
[06:58] Okita
    Huh? What? What is it?
[07:00] Gintoki
    Hurry up, old man! That's right! Tell him!
[07:04] Old Man
    Isn't that a new mole on your forehead?
    It wasn't there before.
[07:08] Gintoki
    Why're you noticing such
    minute details?!
[07:10] ---
    Even she hasn't noticed!
[07:12] ---
    Isn't there something else?!
[07:13] Okita
    Old man, did you, maybe,
    change cologne?
[07:16] Gintoki
    What's an old guy wearing cologne for?!
[07:18] ---
    What is the relationship between
    the two of you?
[07:20] Kirara
    It's...It's awful. U...Urara is...Urara is...
[07:25] Shinpachi
    Gin, in this situation, instead
    of putting on a bad act,
[07:28] Shinpachi
    I should squash Okita and save Urara!
[07:31] Gintoki
    Shinpachi, don't be hasty!
[07:32] Shinpachi
    Urara!
[07:43] Gintoki
    My god! She's been thoroughly
    disciplined!
[07:47] ---
    She's completely submissive!
[07:49] Gintoki
    You jerk, what did you do
    to Urara in a short time?!
[07:53] Gintoki
    Older sister!
[07:54] Kirara
    R-Right.
[07:55] Kirara
    Save me! Urara!
[08:00] Gintoki
    This is quite a fine young lass.
    She'll fetch a pretty penny!
[08:06] Gintoki
    She looked this way! She
    looked this way, after all!
[08:07] ---
    She can't ignore the danger
    her actual older sister is...
[08:10] Urara
    A mole. A mole.
[08:11] Gintoki
    A mole again?!
[08:12] ---
    You jerks! How much attention are
    you going to give moles, eh?!
[08:15] Gintoki
    What have you done to her?!
[08:17] Gintoki
    Before we even talk about making her fall in
    love with you, her personality has changed!
[08:20] Okita
    Sorry. She awakened to her true nature
    more than I thought she would.
[08:24] ---
    But anyway, if I tell her to, she'll
    fall in love with anyone.
[08:27] Gintoki
    No one wants such a false love!
[08:29] Kirara
    I'm...sorry.
[08:32] Kirara
    I'm no use to Shinpachi or Urara.
[08:39] ---
    What am I really?
[08:42] Kirara
    I'm so, so sorry!
[08:45] Shinpachi
    O-Older sister!
[08:55] Gintoki
    Hey, Shinpachi!
[09:08] Kondo
    Come to think of it,
[09:09] Kondo
    isn't today the day Shinpachi is supposed to
    meet that girl he's been corresponding with?
[09:12] Hijikata
    How would I know. I don't remember
    anything about that.
[09:15] Kondo
    I hope it goes well.
[09:17] ---
    Once he gets a girlfriend, he'll become
    more forgiving of Otae.
[09:21] Hijikata
    I don't see Sogo.
[09:23] ---
    I think it was a failure.
[09:25] Kondo
    Sogo? Now that you mention it...
[09:35] Hijikata
    That was dangerous! Watch
    where you're going!
[09:37] Kirara
    I-I'm sorry!
[09:43] Hijikata
    Who was that woman?
[09:45] Kondo
    Seemed like she was being chased.
[10:02] (Spillover)(Spillover)(Spillover)Kondo
    Who are you?!
[10:04] Kondo
    An agent of the Anti-foreigner Faction?!
[10:06] Urara
    I've secured the vehicle, Master.
[10:12] Okita
    Good, well done.
[10:14] Okita
    Okay, man, get in quickly.
[10:17] Gintoki
    She can be quite useful.
[10:19] Kondo
    What're you guys doing?!
[10:24] Okita
    Oh... Keep up the good work.
[10:26] Kondo
    You too.
[10:27] ---
    I didn't mean that!
[10:28] Gintoki
    Okay, let's get going!
[10:30] ---
    After your older sister.
[10:31] Urara
    Don't be mistaken. I serve only Master.
[10:35] Hijikata
    What the hell are you doing?!
    Open the door! Hey!
[10:41] Kondo
    That's...dangerous...wait...stop!
[10:48] Kondo
    It's dangerous, so wait...stop!
[10:51] ---
    Huh? You're
[10:52] Kondo
    the girl in the photo who was corresponding
    with Shinpachi!
[10:55] Kondo
    Why?!
[10:57] Kondo
    Why is she here? Wasn't she
    on a date with Shinpachi?
[11:01] Okita
    Looks like the situation has changed.
[11:04] Urara
    Sorry. I wasn't the one who was
    corresponding with Shinpachi.
[11:09] Kondo
    What?!
[11:14] Shinpachi
    Older sister, where are you? Older sis-
[11:19] Shinpachi
    That's right, I don't even know
    the older sister's name.
[11:27] Kondo
    The older sister is Shinpachi's
    real pen pal, you say?
[11:31] Gintoki
    Yeah. The reason why the older sister lent
    us a hand to make things go well with Urara
[11:36] Gintoki
    was probably because she couldn't
    stand it when she saw Shinpachi,
[11:40] Gintoki
    who completely fell in love with
    Urara when he saw her photo.
[11:43] Gintoki
    But there was a lot of interference.
[11:46] Okita
    Stop being so insinuating.
[11:49] Gintoki
    It didn't go well. She blamed herself
    and ran off somewhere,
[11:54] ---
    even though both sides
    deceived each other.
[11:57] Urara
    Sis, when she saw the letters,
[12:01] Urara
    that shy and withdrawn older sister of mine
    said she wanted to meet Shinpachi.
[12:04] ---
    Sis must have feelings for Shinpachi.
[12:08] Urara
    I think it must've been hard on her.
[12:10] Urara
    To think she'd try to help him find love.
[12:13] Urara
    Even so...she endured it, saying it was her
    fault, and that she wasn't of use to anyone.
[12:18] Urara
    Maybe she just couldn't forgive herself.
[12:22] Kondo
    What about Shinpachi?
[12:23] Gintoki
    He doesn't know anything.
[12:25] ---
    He went chasing after the older
    sister without knowing a thing.
[12:29] Hikikata
    Leaving the woman he
    was aiming for behind?
[12:32] Gintoki
    He's not one to act on reason.
[12:34] Gintoki
    If there's a woman crying in front of him,
[12:37] Gintoki
    he's the type who would leave the woman
    he loves to go and wipe those tears.
[12:42] Gintoki
    It's no wonder he's not
    popular with women.
[12:47] Hijikata
    Then by now, Four-eyes must've
    found that woman.
[12:50] ---
    Give me back the car.
[12:52] ---
    I'll arrest you for obstructing justice.
[12:54] Hijikata
    I don't have time to be involved
    with silly puppy love.
[12:58] Gintoki
    Sure you do. This dude's been
    totally slacking off from work.
[13:02] Hijikata
    Whether this guy's around or
    not makes no difference.
[13:04] Urara
    This is Sis's first time in Edo. If she goes
    somewhere bad and gets into trouble...
[13:10] Hijikata
    I don't care. Talk to me after
    something happens.
[13:13] ---
    We're not a bunch of lousy
    Odd Jobs who do silly jobs.
[13:17] Okita
    Hijikata,
[13:19] Okita
    you won't have to worry about that.
[13:25] Okita
    An incident just happened.
[14:11] (Spillover)Urara
    What're you doing?!
[14:12] (Spillover)Urara
    Don't do anything stupid!
[14:17] Kirara
    Urara.
[14:18] Kirara
    Look at all those people.
[14:21] ---
    As shy and withdrawn as I am...
[14:23] ---
    As uncomfortable as I felt standing
    in front of this many people...
[14:27] ---
    I've become able to stand
    before a crowd this big.
[14:31] Kirara
    Ironic, isn't it?
[14:33] ---
    Once I didn't care if I died, and it didn't
    matter what happened to me.
[14:37] ---
    I was able to change all at once,
    despite how difficult it once was.
[14:41] Kirara
    I guess, after all, I just cared
    too much about myself.
[14:45] ---
    I was the only one I loved and respected.
[14:49] ---
    That's why I was afraid to know
    what others thought of me.
[14:53] ---
    I was afraid of being hurt, so I ran away and
    shut myself up in my shell all the time.
[14:59] Kirara
    I had the support of many people,
[15:02] Kirara
    but I never thought of doing something
    for someone else.
[15:06] ---
    I only thought of myself.
[15:09] Kirara
    I did the same thing with Shinpachi.
[15:12] Kirara
    I sent Urara's photo because
    I was afraid of being rejected.
[15:17] ---
    Shinpachi revealed his identity to me.
[15:21] Kirara
    I didn't want to be disliked.
[15:24] ---
    So I desperately tried to hide it.
[15:26] ---
    Yet, I felt lonely because Shinpachi
    wouldn't be looking at me.
[15:30] ---
    I didn't want him to be taken by Urara.
[15:33] Kirara
    I'm filthy.
[15:36] ---
    I'm sick and tired of my filthy self.
[15:39] Urara
    Sis, wait a minute! Hear
    what I have to say!
[15:43] Kirara
    Forget it! Just leave me alone!
[15:46] Hijikata (Softly)
    There, you see?
[15:47] Hijikata (Softly)
    Didn't I tell you that blood type
    [bleep] women don't listen?
SIGN    [Broadcasting content that may encourage prejudice and stereotypes against different blood types is prohibited.]
[15:49] ---
    I told you this would happen.
[15:52] Kirara
    I'm type [peep].
[15:53] Hijikata
    Ouch. She heard.
[15:55] Okita
    Type [peep] is your blood type, Hijikata.
[15:57] ---
    No wonder things turned out
    the worst possible way.
[15:59] Hijikata
    Don't put me with the likes of her!
[16:01] ---
    Don't judge people by their blood type!
[16:04] Kondo
    Hey, stop. They're sticking in her.
    They're all sticking into her.
[16:09] Kirara
    I'm killing myself.
[16:10] Gintoki
    Hold it, hold it, hold it!
[16:11] Gintoki
    Huh? You're type [peep]?
[16:14] ---
    Type [peep] have lots
    of good points, right?
[16:17] Hijikata
    Don't pass it on to me. I haven't
    really even spoken to her.
[16:21] Gintoki
    Jerk! Aren't you type [peep]?
[16:23] ---
    Just talk about your good points !
[16:25] Hijikata
    If I tell her, it'll be as though
    I'm praising myself.
[16:28] ---
    That would seem rather
    strange! You tell her!
[16:31] Gintoki
    Why do I have to dig for good points
    that you don't even have?
[16:34] ---
    Shameless jerk!
[16:35] ---
    Oh yeah-type peep have no shame!
[16:37] Okita
    That's right. Type peep have no shame,
[16:40] Okita
    so you could live on even if you're filthy.
[16:42] ---
    So don't kill yourself!
[16:43] ---
    Not helping the cause, man!
[16:45] Kirara
    I'll kill myself.
[16:46] Gintoki
    Hold it, hold it, hold it, hold
    it, hold it, hold it, hold it...
[16:48] Gintoki
    Um, type peep are, you know, have bangs
    that look like an upside-down "A," right?
[16:53] Hijikata
    That's a total reference to me.
[16:55] ---
    Or rather, is that a good point?
[16:57] Gintoki
    It doesn't spread out,
    and it doesn't dry out.
[16:59] Hijikata
    Are you doing a shampoo commercial?!
[17:02] Gintoki
    Listen, gorilla! What's the matter with
    you? Help me talk her out of it!
[17:05] ---
    Huh? Are you crying?
[17:07] Kondo
    No, I'm not crying.
[17:09] Gintoki
    No, you are crying.
[17:10] Kondo
    I said I'm not crying. Shut up!
[17:12] Gintoki
    What's that?
[17:14] Kondo
    Nothing.
[17:15] Gintoki
    No, it is-could you also be...[peep]?
[17:18] Kirara
    I'm killing myself!
[17:19] Kondo
    Why?!
[17:20] Kondo
    I didn't say anything wrong
    just now, did I?
[17:22] ---
    She clearly jumped because she realized
    she and I are alike, right?
[17:24] Gintoki
    This is no time for that!
[17:25] Okita
    Boss!
[17:46] Kirara
    Let go.
[17:49] Kirara
    If you won't let go, I will.
[17:53] Gintoki
    Is that so Shinpachi can save you?
[17:58] Gintoki
    You jumped off the building
    as Urara watched,
[18:01] Gintoki
    so that Shinpachi could come
    to your rescue and look good.
[18:05] ---
    Is that your plan?
[18:12] Gintoki
    Sorry, but Shinpachi isn't capable
    of such acrobatics.
[18:15] Gintoki
    Why'd you go this far?
[18:18] Kirara
    I-I'm sorry.
[18:20] ---
    I didn't intend to jump off.
[18:23] ---
    I just went too far, and the momentum...
[18:27] Kirara
    Because they were wonderful letters.
[18:29] ---
    From Shinpachi and everyone.
[18:35] Kirara
    You all wrote them together, right?
[18:38] Kirara
    I could tell. I've been writing
    alone all my life.
[18:46] Kirara
    He's clumsy and unsophisticated,
[18:48] ---
    but he's expressive and has a
    mysterious warmth about him.
[18:52] ---
    The letters all of you racked your brains to
    write for Shinpachi seemed to convey that.
[18:59] Kirara
    Those letters weren't written to me.
[19:01] Kirara
    They were written to Shinpachi,
    weren't they?
[19:06] Kirara
    My letters were always written to myself.
[19:10] ---
    I asked for someone to rescue me, for
    someone to extend a hand to me,
[19:15] ---
    without ever even looking
    at the other person.
[19:17] ---
    All I ever looked at was myself.
[19:21] Kirara
    There was no reason to expect a
    reply to letters I wrote to myself.
[19:25] Kirara
    How strange it is.
[19:27] ---
    When a person puts a brush
    to paper for herself,
[19:29] ---
    her writing becomes timid and small,
[19:34] ---
    but if she does it for someone else,
[19:36] ---
    she can write wonderful words that
    are stronger and more free.
[19:40] Kirara
    If it's not for yourself, but for someone
    else, you can become stronger.
[19:45] ---
    Watching Shinpachi and everyone,
    made me come to believe that.
[19:49] ---
    Shinpachi made me realize
    this important truth.
[19:54] ---
    I wanted to do something for him.
[19:57] Kirara
    It didn't matter if I kept the
    sender anonymous.
[20:00] ---
    Even if he didn't know
    they were from me,
[20:03] ---
    even if he kept thinking
    they were from Urara,
[20:05] ---
    I wanted to keep on writing
    letters to Shinpachi.
[20:11] Kirara
    But...I guess my letters
    never reached him.
[20:19] Gintoki
    Hey.
[20:32] Kirara
    Shinpachi.
SIGN    [Tell me your name.]
SIGN    [Next time, I want to send a letter to you.]
[20:57] Kirara
    Shinpachi...
[21:00] Kirara
    He knew...
[21:02] Gintoki
    Your letters reached him,
    a long time ago.
[21:05] Gintoki
    Will you write him a reply?
SIGN    [It's Kirara.]
SIGN    [We can finally correspond the way we should, Kirara.]
[22:03] Otae
    Shin, I brought sweets.
[22:07] Otae
    Oh, he's napping. What a mess.
SIGN    
[24:05] (Omitted)Kagura
    Two forces that have fought continuously
    since ancient times.
[24:10] ---
    That's right! The Dog Faction
    and the Cat Faction!
[24:14] Gintoki
    Neither is good.
[24:15] Gintoki
    Neither is cute.
[24:17] Kagura
    The next episode:
[24:18] Kagura
    "Beware of Food You Pick
    Up Off the Ground"
SIGN    
SIGN    [There, they meet a mangy old dog, "Kintaro"...]