# E138 - Why Not Talk About the Old Days for a Change?
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GYNQ1X3XY/why-not-talk-about-the-old-days-for-a-change)
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**[00:16] Tanakawomanman In Black A**
Welcome home, Ojiki!
**[00:18] Tanaka**
Hey, where's sis?
**[00:19] Man In Black A**
She's waiting upstairs.
**[00:26] Woman A**
Papa! Papa!
**[00:33] Woman C**
What?! Tanaka?!
**[00:35] Woman C**
You idiot! Don't just stand there! Bring me the head of the guy who did it!
**[00:39] Man In Black B**
S-Sorry.
**[00:41] Woman C**
You little turd.
**[00:42] Stainless Boy**
Sis, allow me to be of assistance.
**[00:47] Man In Black C**
You two! Go that way!
**[00:49] Men In Black**
Yes!
**[00:54] Man In Black D**
Hey!
**[00:55] Man In Black D**
Why are you sneaking around? Show yourself!
**[01:05] Stainless Boy**
That psychogun attached to your arm... you're the Black Dragon, aren't you?
**[01:15] Stainless Boy**
Do you know why they call me Stainless Boy?
**[01:18] Stainless Boy**
That's because my body is made of a specially armored stainless steel.
**[01:22] Stainless Boy**
That psychogun on your arm is useless.
**[01:27] Kanemaru (Mono)**
That's right. I'm the Black Dragon.
**[01:31] Kanemaru (Mono)**
The man with a gun for a right hand.
**[01:32] Kanemaru (Mono)**
In a mad dash to kill me, they've done everything they can.
**[01:37] Kanemaru (Mono)**
In front of me, somebody dies all the time.
**[01:42] Kanemaru (Mono)**
Someone always fires a gun, but you know,
**[01:45] Kanemaru (Mono)**
I really got sick and tired of that too much stupid days.
**[01:50] Kanemaru (Mono)**
I threw away my face at all, and got rid of my past,
**[01:56] Kanemaru (Mono)**
too the silly, funny, and bloody days...
***SIGN*** [Thanks for everything this year. Here's wishing for a prosperous new year! From Snack Otose]
**[03:53] Shinpachi**
What? It's not dondake? I was sure it would win.
***SIGN*** [Snack House Otose]
**[03:58] Shinpachi**
the Space Buzzword Grand Prix this year.
**[04:00] Kagura**
It won in Edo, but, it's not even in the top 50. Space is big.
**[04:06] Kagura**
Umm... What was fourth place? Smegma Prince?
**[04:10] Shinpachi**
Ah. This year we still have that senseless "prince" boom.
**[04:14] Kagura**
Oh. Huh? "Prince" is at number eight.
**[04:16] Kagura**
I believe number four is "Where are the EXLE CDs?"
**[04:21] Shinpachi**
What is that? Is that really popular?
**[04:23] Kagura**
Third place is "My grandson asked me."
**[04:27] Shinpachi**
Why are fourth place and third place connected?
**[04:29] Shinpachi**
It sounds just like an old lady is trying to get an EXLE CD for her grandson.
**[04:34] Shinpachi**
That grandson should buy his own CD.
**[04:37] Shinpachi**
There's no way that an old lady would know about EXLE.
**[04:39] Kagura**
Oh, yeah, "There's no way an old lady would know..." was number thirteen.
**[04:43] Shinpachi**
Why are comments included in the ranking?!
**[04:45] Kagura**
Number two is... Huh? I can't remember.
**[04:49] ---**
I think number one is, "B'z are gonna be all right."
**[04:52] Shinpachi**
Don't give up!
**[04:54] Shinpachi**
Why did you give up and buy something else?
**[04:56] Shinpachi**
Besides, B'z and EXLE are completely different musically!
**[05:00] ---**
What in the world happened at number two?!
**[05:05] Kagura**
Shinpachi, this is what happens when you yell.
**[05:06] Shinpachi**
Why is it my fault?
**[05:10] Kagura**
What is it? Is there an EXLE CD?
**[05:12] Shinpachi**
A photo came out from behind the picture frame.
**[05:15] Shinpachi**
It looks like a pretty old photo.
**[05:20] Shinpachi**
Who is she?
**[05:21] Shinpachi**
Could it be?
**[05:22] Kagura**
It's his ex, isn't it?
**[05:24] Shinpachi**
Huh? You think so? Yeah?
**[05:27] Kagura**
There's no mistake.
**[05:28] Kagura**
That lascivious air about them...
**[05:30] Kagura**
They must've had a wet, sticky, lusty relationship.
**[05:33] Kagura**
It's pretty effeminate of him to cling to this picture. Isn't it?
**[05:39] Shinpachi**
Let's put it back now! Put it back, quickly!
**[05:42] ---**
We've got to put it back before Gin comes back!
**[05:43] ---**
He'll freak if he finds out we saw this.
**[05:45] ---**
This makes a mother catching her son doing something nasty seem pale in comparison!
**[05:49] Shinpachi**
Quickly! Quickly!
**[05:50] Gintoki**
Hey. I bought some detergent.
**[05:52] Shinpachi**
Gin's here! Hurry! Kagura! Quickly!
**[05:55] Kagura**
Shut up! I'm putting it back now.
**[06:05] Shinpachi**
Oh! W-Well...
**[06:08] Shinpachi**
Gin! It's not like that! Umm... We didn't see anything!
**[06:12] Shinpachi**
We don't know anything!
**[06:14] Kagura**
Why are you still dragging that around?
**[06:15] Kagura**
That woman probably doesn't even remember you.
**[06:19] Shinpachi**
K-Kagura?!
**[06:21] Gintoki**
Hey. What a great little piece of nostalgia.
**[06:25] Gintoki**
Where did you find this?
**[06:26] Shinpachi**
Well, while we were cleaning...it came out from behind the picture frame.
**[06:30] Gintoki**
I see. So that's where it was.
**[06:33] Shinpachi**
Huh? You seem kind of indifferent... But, huh? What is that? Who is that?
**[06:39] Kagura**
That...
**[06:41] Gintoki**
What is it? It's one of the Odd Jobs.
**[06:44] Shinpachi**
Huh? "It's one the Odd Jobs"? But we're the Odd Jobs.
**[06:48] Gintoki**
Now we are.
**[06:49] Shinpachi**
"Now we are"?
**[06:51] Kaguragintoki**
If anything, we're the new Odd Jobs.
**[06:54] ---**
This was a prototype.
**[06:56] Shinpachi**
A p-p-p-prototype? Hold on. You never told me about that!
**[07:00] Gintoki**
Huh? Didn't I tell you about it?
***SIGN*** ["Let's Talk About The Old Days Once In A While"]
**[07:14] Gintoki**
Basically, this was before you joined. It was around the time when I set this all up.
**[07:18] Gintoki**
It was a time when I had, not you, but different friends.
**[07:26] Shinpachi**
You said before that you had done this by yourself.
**[07:29] Gintoki**
Did I?
**[07:31] Shinpachi**
When we met, you were definitely by yourself.
**[07:35] Gintoki**
In this business I do whatever people ask me to do.
**[07:39] Shinpachi**
Setting up a new premise is problematic.
**[07:42] Shinpachi**
We've already got 137 episodes to deal with.
**[07:47] Gintoki**
Anyway, I basically work alone. But for short periods of time, I did it like that.
**[07:53] Gintoki**
Inoue and Okuda also had times like that.
**[07:57] Shinpachi**
Never heard of 'em. Who are they?
**[08:00] Gintoki**
Anyway, a lot happens to adults.
**[08:03] Shinpachi**
It feels kind of refreshing.
**[08:05] Shinpachi**
I never knew we had more senior predecessors.
**[08:07] Gintoki**
Senior? It's not that special.
**[08:11] Gintoki**
It was just a temporary arrangement. We split up immediately.
**[08:13] Shinpachi**
Huh? Then does that mean that that sensual beauty was also a member of Odd Jobs?
**[08:18] Kagura**
What do you mean, "sensual?" That's gross, Shinpachi.
**[08:22] Gintoki**
She wasn't really a member, sort of a semi-regular.
**[08:26] Gintoki**
The closest comparison now would be Catherine.
**[08:28] Kagura**
Catherine?!
**[08:30] Shinpachi**
This is Catherine?
**[08:32] Gintoki**
Well, she used to work at Granny's place.
**[08:35] Gintoki**
She'd come to clean up once in a while.
**[08:37] Gintoki**
She'd help with the Odd Jobs office work and accounting.
**[08:41] Gintoki**
She was a good woman who'd look after you. Unlike Catherine.
**[08:46] Gintoki**
How nostalgic...
**[08:48] Shinpachi**
Catherine's job was a lot better back then, wasn't it?
**[08:52] Gintoki**
Well, it was the good old days.
**[08:54] Shinpachi**
Tell us more. What about us? Who filled our positions?
**[09:00] Kagura**
I want to know. They probably don't compare to us, though.
**[09:04] Gintoki**
The Odd Jobs hasn't changed at all. We worked in trios.
**[09:08] Shinpachi**
Oh? Trios?
**[09:10] Gintoki**
They were useless lumps just like you.
**[09:13] ---**
Oh, here. I have a picture. Here.
**[09:15] ---**
This guy had your job.
**[09:17] ---**
Kanemaru, a four-eyed good-for-nothing whose job it was to make witty jokes.
**[09:23] Shinpachi**
Kanemaru's totally high-end!
**[09:25] Shinpachi**
What is this?! He doesn't look like a "Kanemaru" at all!
**[09:28] Shinpachi**
He's a "brother"! He looks like he's straight out of downtown LA.
**[09:33] Gintoki**
Naw, he sucked. He had a psychogun for a right hand, but he couldn't use it at all.
**[09:39] Shinpachi**
I bet he could use it! No matter how I look at it, he had to have been able to use it!
**[09:42] Gintoki**
Kanemaru worked as a no-account waiter.
**[09:46] Gintoki**
He lived an uneventful life.
**[09:49] Gintoki**
But when he got into a virtual simulator to unwind he remembered his true past.
**[09:55] Shinpachi**
What's with the expository tone of voice?
**[09:57] Shinpachi**
Besides, we already know that setup. We know it really well!
**[10:06] Gintoki**
Kanemaru was so feared in the underworld that his nickname was Black Dragon.
**[10:14] Kanemaru**
Fuck you! Fuck you! Fuck you!
**[10:16] Kanemaru**
Fuck you!
**[10:19] Gintoki**
Indeed, his fighting abilities surpassed everyone else's.
**[10:22] ---**
After that, he ended up working here.
**[10:26] Shinpachi**
But I don't really understand what "after that" is referring to. What is "that"?
**[10:31] Gintoki**
Well, a lot of things. This and that.
**[10:34] Shinpachi**
But what's "this and that"?
**[10:36] Gintoki**
Adult stuff. You don't want to go there.
**[10:39] Shinpachi**
Oh, okay. Sorry. So how was Kanemaru?
**[10:42] Gintoki**
He wasn't bad. What sucked were...his witty jokes.
**[10:47] Shinpachi**
Ah... I see.
**[10:49] Gintoki**
It's just not the Odd Jobs without any witty repartee.
**[10:52] Shinpachi**
Well, he was a foreigner. What could you do? There's a language barrier.
**[10:56] Gintoki**
Yes. I remember he surprised me once when we were at a family restaurant.
**[11:03] Gintoki**
We ordered lasagna and chazuke, but...
**[11:06] Waitress**
Thank you for waiting.
**[11:07] Gintoki**
The waiter gave me the lasagna
**[11:12] Gintoki**
and gave him the chazuke.
**[11:14] Shinpachi**
Huh? She gave the chazuke to Kanemaru?
**[11:17] Gintoki**
Yes.
**[11:17] Gintoki**
So I had a lasagna that Girolamo or Lana would love.
**[11:22] Waitress**
Is everything all right?
**[11:25] Shinpachi**
Aw... You better say something about that, Kanemaru.
**[11:28] Shinpachi**
Read the situation. Say, "Do I look like I eat chazuke?!"
**[11:31] Kanemaru**
Oh, shit! Oh my god!
**[11:34] Kagura**
It's no good. He's only saying western words, like "fuck you," or "oh my god."
**[11:39] Kagura**
It's impossible for a foreigner.
**[11:41] Kagura**
Shinpachi is the best at making witty comments.
**[11:42] Kanemaru**
Miss, I asked fer ume chazuke, not sake chazuke.
**[11:48] Shinpachi**
He can speak Japanese?!
**[11:49] Waitress**
I'm sorry. I'll exchange it.
**[11:51] Shinpachi**
Hey, Kanemaru is the one who's ordering chazuke!
**[11:54] Kanemaru**
No biggie. Just be careful the next time.
**[11:57] Shinpachi**
That aside, why are you eating lasagna? It's usually the other way around!
**[12:01] Kanemaru**
Ah... Japanese people love chazuke the most!
**[12:05] Kanemaru**
Hey, who am I calling Japanese?!
**[12:07] Shinpachi**
That's top class! It's a well-made remark.
**[12:09] Shinpachi**
It's like a witty comment from Kansai itself!
**[12:10] Gintoki**
Kanemaru was from the Kansai region.
**[12:13] Gintoki**
His grandmother was Japanese so he was into Enka and Dotonbori.
**[12:18] Shinpachi**
What, is he Jero?!
**[12:20] Gintoki**
Kamemaru always used to say, "I'm not a Japanese person. I'm a Kansai person."
**[12:25] Shinpachi**
No such Kansai person exists. He has a psychogun!
**[12:30] Shinpachi**
I've lost all confidence.
**[12:32] ---**
He's got me beat coming and going.
**[12:34] Kagura**
Well, anyone could fill your position if he wanted to.
**[12:39] ---**
There wasn't anyone in my place, was there, Gin?
**[12:42] Gintoki**
There was someone who filled the Kagura position.
**[12:45] Kagura**
What?!
**[12:45] Gintoki**
Here. The dazzling Ikezawa.
**[12:48] Shinpachi**
He's almost exactly like the other guy!
**[12:50] ---**
How is he dazzling?!
**[12:52] Kagura**
Just what the hell do you think my job here is, you naturally-wavy-haired bastard!
**[12:55] Kagura**
I'll squirt ya with juice from this tangerine!
**[12:58] Gintoki**
Ow! It got in my eye.
**[13:00] Shinpachi**
And why the hell are all of your people armed with psychoguns?!
**[13:03] Gintoki**
Oh, sorry. My bad.
**[13:06] Gintoki**
This is Furuhashi. He filled the Sadaharu position.
**[13:09] Shinpachi**
This isn't getting any easier!
**[13:11] Gintoki**
Furuhashi was like a mascot for us.
**[13:15] Gintoki**
He had a very charming personality. His only flaw was his monstrous appetite.
**[13:21] ---**
But he was a cute mascot.
**[13:23] Shinpachi**
I don't want a mascot like him. He isn't all that different from Kanemaru!
**[13:26] Gintoki**
Sorry. My mistake. Here's Kagura's spot.
**[13:30] Gintoki**
The dazzling Ikezawa.
**[13:34] Shinpachi**
She's pretty cute. Aren't you glad, Kagura?
**[13:37] Kagura**
She's not all that. She's just female.
**[13:41] Kagura**
You have no regard for my position if you think she could stand-in for me!
**[13:45] Gintoki**
No, I'm not talking about her.
**[13:48] Kagurakagura**
She's the same thing!
**[13:52] Kagura**
She just has a sake bottle instead of a psychogun! Gimme a freakin' break!
**[13:57] Kagura**
How is this me?!
**[13:59] Gintoki**
Calm down. Ikezawa used to be a housewife.
**[14:04] Gintoki**
But her husband began cheating on her at work and never came home.
**[14:09] Gintoki**
So she became a drunk. After that, she'd always say "uh-huh" just like Kagura.
**[14:15] Ikezawa**
Alcohol! Alcohol, please!
**[14:18] Ikezawa**
Hey! Alcohol, please.
**[14:21] Kagura**
What kind of use of "uh-huh" is that?!
**[14:23] Gintoki**
Don't worry. Ikezawa doesn't drink anymore.
**[14:26] Gintoki**
She recovered and she's getting alimony.
**[14:28] Kagura**
What about that?
**[14:31] Shinpachi**
Anyway, what kind of Odd Jobbers are these people anyway?!
**[14:33] Shinpachi**
It's just full of Kanemarus! It wouldn't sell.
**[14:35] Shinpachi**
They'd never turn this into an anime.
**[14:37] Gintoki**
Really? When Hedoro was on the cover, they said it wouldn't sell.
**[14:42] ---**
But when Kanemaru was on the cover,
**[14:45] ---**
we sold [censored] thousand copies of the first print.
**[14:47] ---**
It's totally copacetic. Even the anime...
**[14:51] Kanemaru**
You bastards! Do you see this old man?!
**[14:56] Ikezawa**
That's my pickled seaweed!
**[15:02] Gintoki**
Hey... What are you eating?!
**[15:04] Gintoki**
Perhaps something like that?
**[15:06] Kanemaru**
I don't want to see my sister off while she's in tears.
**[15:13] Ikezawa**
Gin, what'll we do if she really is in love?
**[15:17] Ikezawa**
We'll be the villains.
**[15:19] Gintoki**
You're used to being a villain, aren't you?
**[15:21] Gintoki**
And also getting in people's way... Kanemaru, remember that.
**[15:28] Gintoki**
We're not allies of justice, or your sister's allies.
**[15:33] Gintoki**
We're your allies!
**[15:35] Gintoki**
Something like that.
**[15:49] Gintoki**
Take a look at this.
**[15:52] Shinpachi**
Her, too?!
**[15:55] Kaguraikezawa**
Wait!
**[15:56] Kanemaru**
Tama...
**[15:58] Ikezawakanemaru**
Gin...
**[16:00] Gintoki**
You can't tell the difference.
**[16:02] Shinpachi**
There's a huge difference!
**[16:04] Kaguragintoki**
Don't say that. They're your seniors.
**[16:08] Kaguragintoki**
They're my precious friends with whom I shared countless adventures!
**[16:14] Gintoki**
Look at this. This is when we caught the phantom thief that was terrorizing Edo.
**[16:18] Gintoki**
That was really tough.
**[16:19] Gintoki**
This is when we took down a killer. The morning sun sure was bright.
**[16:24] Gintoki**
This is when we caught a purse-snatcher.
**[16:26] Gintoki**
That old lady was in tears when we brought her stuff back.
**[16:30] Gintoki**
This is when we beat up a pervert. That lady was really grateful.
**[16:34] Gintoki**
This is...What was this? That was the time we did something.
**[16:40] Gintoki**
This is... I kind of forgot.
**[16:42] Gintoki**
Hmm... I'm not sure.
**[16:46] Shinpachi**
They never bonded with you at all!
**[16:48] Shinpachi**
They were just wandering around! They didn't warm up to you at all!
**[16:52] Gintoki**
That's not true.
**[16:53] Gintoki**
Kids like you might not understand this,
**[16:56] Gintoki**
but adults leave this much space between themselves when they associate with each other.
**[16:59] ---**
They don't get all touchy, and taking a piss together is off limits.
**[17:02] Shinpachi**
Those two are getting pretty touchy behind you!
**[17:05] Kagura**
Kanemaru and Ikezawa totally have a thing for each other.
**[17:09] Shinpachi**
Looks like those two are bonding,
**[17:11] Shinpachi**
leaving Gin by himself.
**[17:15] Kagura**
You've become like Parc Manther from Glope.
**[17:18] Kagura**
You're the most Japanese, but you turned into Parc.
**[17:23] Gintoki**
Shut up!
**[17:25] ---**
I'm not Parc Manther! I lead the Odd Jobs.
**[17:27] Gintoki**
I'm [censored]!
**[17:28] Shinpachi**
No. I've never seen such a lonely [censored].
**[17:31] Gintoki**
Don't be silly. I'm [censored].
**[17:33] Gintoki**
I don't feel pathetic at all!
**[17:35] Gintoki**
I actually supported their relationship. But as the director of Odd Jobs...
**[17:42] Gintoki**
I warned them not to get wrapped up in their relationship and ignore their work.
**[17:48] Gintoki**
Well, young people these days just go to pieces when you just slap them around a bit,
**[17:53] Gintoki**
so before I knew it, they disappeared.
**[17:56] Shinpachi**
They didn't just happen to disappear!
**[17:57] Shinpachi**
You still have some terrifying pictures! Black Dragon is drowning here!
**[18:01] Shinpachi**
What are you doing?!
**[18:05] Shinpachi**
We were gonna wrap this up all nice, but it's been filthy all the way through!
**[18:09] Kagura**
Don't you have even one or two nice stories?!
**[18:14] Shinpachi**
Now I know that Odd Jobs doesn't have anything good in its history!
**[18:17] Kagura**
If we leave it up to him, he'll take us
straight down the road to destruction!
**[18:22] Shinpachi**
Let's handle the Odd Jobs without him.
**[18:24] Kagura**
We're going to make history!
**[18:27] Kagura**
It's the supporting characters who keep a series afloat, not the main character!
**[18:30] Shinpachi**
That's right. The main character is just an ornament.
**[18:34] Shinpachi**
People in high positions don't understand that.
**[19:01] Gintoki**
Ow, ow, ow. They really kicked my ass! Don't they know how to hold back?
**[19:12] Gintoki**
What is it?
***SIGN*** [MIND YOUR SUGAR LEVELS]
***SIGN*** [Sugar Content]
**[19:33] Gintoki**
I hope next year will be a good one!
***SIGN*** [A few years later]
**[19:43] Manager**
No, you idiot! Not that one! It's right there. There!
**[19:47] Manager**
Even a chimp can work a cash register!
**[19:51] Manager**
You're a human, right?
**[19:52] Manager**
You've been here for a year! How can you not know this?!
**[19:56] ---**
I...I'm sorry. I've only pro...practiced long-range fires up till now...
**[20:01] Manager**
You bastard! Still clinging to your gun!
**[20:06] Manager**
I don't care if you're a hitman or a hit-maker.
**[20:08] Manager**
How long are you going to act like a cool guy, huh?!
**[20:13] Kanemaru**
Katana, samurai?!
**[20:20] Gintoki**
Blah, blah, blah! Just look at this.
**[20:24] Gintoki**
Because of you guys... my awesome chocolate parfait
**[20:28] Gintoki**
spilled on the floor!
**[20:32] Kanemaru (Mono)**
He was called a samurai, but he was too wild for the norm.
**[20:38] Kanemaru (Mono)**
Even though he was called a hoodlum,
**[20:41] Kanemaru (Mono)**
this man had eyes that were sharp with seriousness.
**[20:46] Kanemaru (Mono)**
That was my first impression to the "otoko."
**[20:50] Gintoki**
Tell your manager that this parfait is on you.
***SIGN*** [Starting January 8th, 2009]
***SIGN*** [Gin Tama - The Final Chapter]
***SIGN*** [The Second Chapter Begins]
**[22:33] Gintoki**
The underground city, Yoshiwara Shangri-La.
**[22:36] ---**
Sustained by corrupt government officials,
**[22:39] ---**
it is a heavenly city ignored by the government and beyond the reach of the law.
***SIGN*** [Yoshiwara In Flames Arc]
***SIGN*** [Boy of Ill Fate - Seita]
***SIGN*** [Guard of Yoshiwara - Tsukuyo]
***SIGN*** [A Ray of Sunlight in the Ever Darkness of Night - Hinowa]
***SIGN*** [King of the Night - Housen]
***SIGN*** [And...]
**[23:03] Kamui**
You're in my way.
**[23:05] Kamui**
Move it.
**[23:07] ---**
I said I have no time for the weak.
***SIGN*** ["Don't Put Your Wallet In Your Back Pocket"]
***SIGN*** [Karmic reunification?! Chance encounter with the young boy, Seita.]
***SIGN*** [He was gathering money in order to see Hinowa, the top Yoshiwara lady of the night.]