E182 - Screw Popularity Votes
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[00:01] Shinpachi
Hey, Gin-san?!
[00:02] Shinpachi
The movie we mentioned
last week was for real?!
[00:05] Gintoki
What? You didn't believe me?
[00:07] Shinpachi
I mean, this show's been
nothing but lies...
[00:09] Kagura
That's not true.
[00:11] Kagura
In the story of the Boy Who Cried Wolf,
[00:12] Kagura
a wolf actually showed up at
the end and the boy died.
[00:15] Kagura
Same goes for this show.
[00:17] Shinpachi
Isn't that metaphor a little ominous?
[00:19] Gintoki
In any case, we should celebrate.
[00:22] Gintoki
So this week, we have
something special.
[00:25] Kagura
In celebration of the GinTama
anime becoming a movie!
[00:27] Shinpachi
And for DVD sales breaking one million!
[00:30] Gintoki
The Second Character Popularity Poll!!
[00:32] All
Here are the results!
[00:35] Kagura
Except we're reusing the same CG.
[00:39] Shinpachi
Well, this is still amazing!
[00:40] Shinpachi
Not only has a movie been announced,
[00:42] Shinpachi
but we've sold over a million DVD's
without even realizing it!
[00:45] Gintoki
More or less.
[00:46] Gintoki
To be precise, we've
sold 878,236 copies.
[00:49] Kagura
If you round up, we've broken a million!
SIGN [Seasons 1-3 retail sales only
- Through Aniplex Research]
[00:52] Shinpachi
Hold it!
[00:52] Shinpachi
I've never heard of rounding up
over 100,000 copies like that!
[00:55] Gintoki
Stop sweating the nitty-gritty.
[00:57] Shinpachi
100,000 is NOT nitty-gritty.
[00:59] Kagura
Plus, you said this is the
second popularity poll,
[01:03] Kagura
but since when did we
ever do a first one?
[01:05] Gintoki
The first one came before
there was an anime.
[01:08] Gintoki
The anime staff had the same question
so they went back through the manga.
[01:12] Shinpachi
And there it was in the ninth volume!
[01:14] Kagura
They should do a better job of reading
the manga before they make an anime.
[01:17] Gintoki
And so, here are the results
of the Popularity Poll.
[01:19] Gintoki
Starting with 30th through
21st all at once!
[01:21] All
Count...
[01:23] All
Down!
SIGN [Second Character Popularity
Poll: 30th-21st place]
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[01:47] Gintoki
That was 30th to 21st!
[01:50] Shinpachi
A four-year gap leads to lots
of new characters placing.
[01:54] Kagura
Then moving right along...
[01:55] Kagura
Since we can't waste time
on low-ranking losers,
[01:57] Kagura
here's 20th through 11th place.
[01:59] All
Count...
[02:01] All
Down!
SIGN [Second Character Popularity
Poll: 20th-11th place]
SIGN
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[02:13] Sorachi
I wish I could become a cheesecake!
SIGN
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SIGN
[02:24] Shinpachi
Huh?
[02:25] Shinpachi
Didn't one of them get to say something?
[02:27] Gintama
Sure.
[02:28] Gintama
Special privilege of the original author.
[02:30] Kagura
Anyway, there are loads of new
characters showing up.
[02:32] Kagura
It's interesting how most of the old regular
characters have been dropping.
[02:36] Shinpachi
What?! Crap...
[02:37] Gintoki
And here's what you've
been waiting for...
[02:39] Gintoki
10th through 4th.
[02:40] All
Count...
[02:41] All
Down!
SIGN [Second Character Popularity
Poll: 10th-4th place]
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[03:08] Kagura
Like I'd lose to my stupid brother and
the swarms of new characters!
[03:14] Kagura
Hell, I even went up a spot!
[03:16] Kagura
They only served to make
me look better!
[03:18] Kagura
Shinpachi, on the other hand...
[03:20] Gintoki
You get all this screen time...
[03:23] Both
Yet nothing changed, huh?
[03:26] Shinpachi
Just move on...
[03:27] Kagura
Now all that remains are the top three!
[03:29] Kagura
Here comes 3rd and 2nd place!
[03:31] Both
Count...
[03:32] Both
Down!
SIGN [Second Character Popularity
Poll: 3rd-2nd place]
SIGN
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[03:42] Kagura
The mayonnaise/nicotine
addict and sadistic freak!
[03:45] Gintoki
Only number one remains!
[03:48] Gintoki
Well, we all know who it is.
[03:50] Gintoki
Kind of embarrassing, yeah?
[03:52] Gintoki
Though it's only natural
as the main character.
[03:54] Gintoki
But we still have to announce
it as part of the process.
[03:56] Gintoki
So number one in the Second
Character Popularity Poll!
SIGN
[04:00] Gintoki
Count...
[04:01] Kagura
Gin-chan.
[04:02] Gintoki
Huh?
[04:03] Kagura
We're out of time.
[04:04] Gintoki
Huh?
[04:05] Gintoki
Huh?!
[05:38] Woman
And here is the weekly
ranking for DVD sales.
[05:41] Tamo
This in fourth place? What a laugh.
[05:41] Shinpachi
Humans are creatures
who love rankings.
[05:44] Woman
Here are the top ten most watched
shows for the month.
[05:45] Shinpachi
They have a tendency to
compare everything.
[05:49] Shinpachi
Like sales rankings...
[05:51] Shinpachi
Listing the richest people...
[05:53] Shinpachi
Viewership ratings...
[05:55] Shinpachi
Shonen JUMP survey polls...
[05:59] Shinpachi
For a while, there was a movement
against this trend.
[06:02] Shinpachi
There were schools that held sports
festivals without standings,
[06:04] Shinpachi
claiming everybody who tried
hard should be first place.
[06:08] Shinpachi
But that's been abandoned now.
[06:13] Shinpachi
It's said that rankings are a way
to know your own standing,
[06:16] Shinpachi
so you can better improve yourself.
[06:23] Shinpachi
However...
[06:26] Shinpachi
If your ranking doesn't improve
after grueling hard work,
[06:31] Shinpachi
what are you supposed to do?
[06:34] Shinpachi
If your ranking leaves you feeling
defeated instead of inspired,
[06:39] Shinpachi
is there a point to that ranking?
SIGN [8th place]
[06:44] Shinpachi
Are popularity polls really necessary?
[06:48] Shinpachi
Even if they are,
[06:50] Shinpachi
is it necessary to publicly
announce the results?
[06:56] Shinpachi
If I couldn't budge from
my 8th place ranking,
[06:59] Shinpachi
am I necessary?
SIGN ["Screw Popularity Polls"]
[07:08] Yamazaki
Shinpachi-kun?
[07:09] Yamazaki
What are you doing here?
[07:12] Shinpachi
Oh, 9...
[07:13] Shinpachi
Yamazaki-san.
[07:14] Yamazaki
You were about to call
me 9th place, right?
[07:16] Yamazaki
Not that I care, but you were about
to call me 9th place, right?
[07:19] Yamazaki
Aren't you working?
[07:20] Shinpachi
Yeah, I'm just not in the mood...
[07:23] Yamazaki
I see.
[07:24] Yamazaki
You work with 1st and 6th.
[07:27] Yamazaki
I've got 2nd and 3rd.
[07:29] Shinpachi
Oh... The same for you too, huh?.
[07:32] Yamazaki
I can't stand the smug looks...
[07:35] Yamazaki
Captain Okita didn't say
anything last time either,
[07:37] Yamazaki
but that look on his face...
[07:41] Shinpachi
Even if they act normally,
it still pisses me off.
[07:46] Shinpachi
Like, they're being conscious
about it, aren't they?
[07:48] Shinpachi
Deep down, they're being all proud
of themselves, you know?
[07:53] Shinpachi
Kagura-chan and Sadaharu
both went up...
[07:58] Shinpachi
I'm the only one who didn't
change... Still at 8th.
[08:03] Yamazaki
What's so bad about not changing?
[08:06] Yamazaki
My rank went down.
[08:08] Shinpachi
Oh, sorry. That wasn't my intention...
[08:10] Yamazaki
Maybe the mohawk was a problem...
[08:13] Shinpachi
I'm very sorry...
[08:14] Yamazaki
No, it doesn't matter.
[08:16] Yamazaki
Less stress this way.
[08:19] Yamazaki
My previous ranking was
odd to begin with.
[08:21] Yamazaki
Must have been an organized vote,
or some under-the-table business...
[08:25] Shinpachi
Th-That's not true.
[08:27] Shinpachi
It's impressive, considering how
little screen time you get.
[08:31] Shinpachi
I have the second-most screen
time in the show...
[08:37] Shinpachi
Uh... Did we do something wrong?
[08:43] Yamazaki
No... It's not an issue of right or wrong...
[08:47] Yamazaki
The problem would be that
we haven't done anything...
[08:51] Yamazaki
You've gotta catch their attention...
[08:53] Yamazaki
Whether in a good way or a bad way,
[08:56] Yamazaki
if you can't hook the audience, you're
going to pass under their radar.
[09:01] Shinpachi
A hook...
[09:02] Shinpachi
It's true that we haven't done that.
[09:04] Shinpachi
Ah, sorry about grouping us together.
[09:07] Yamazaki
Nah, it's fine.
[09:08] Yamazaki
You don't need to be considerate today.
[09:11] Shinpachi
But it's too late to try to hook them...
[09:13] Shinpachi
Quite frankly, I think it's over...
This is as far as I can go...
[09:21] Shinpachi
No matter what I do, my image's
been established.
[09:25] Shinpachi
And Bandai-Namco is clearly
looking down on me...
[09:30] Shinpachi
Maybe it's just wrong for me wanting
to be more popular...
[09:35] Shinpachi
Wishing for character merchandise
based off of me...
[09:41] Shinpachi
Maybe they've realized
how desperate I am...
[09:47] Shinpachi
Maybe it's turned people off...
[09:52] Yamazaki
Shinpachi-kun...
[09:53] Yamazaki
Is it so shameful to place 8th and 9th?
[09:57] Shinpachi
Huh?
[09:59] Yamazaki
Wouldn't 8th and 9th place be as good
as first for boring characters like us?
[10:07] Shinpachi
Yamazaki-san...
[10:11] Yamazaki
Even if we're to place 1st or 2nd,
[10:14] Yamazaki
would that be okay?
[10:16] Yamazaki
No, right?
[10:18] Yamazaki
There are plenty of colorful
people, flowers, around us.
[10:24] Yamazaki
And those flowers need dirt,
a steppingstone, to bloom.
[10:31] Yamazaki
We don't need to become number
one in a popularity poll.
[10:36] Yamazaki
We can be number one at
being their steppingstones.
[10:42] Yamazaki
Do the best you can in the role you've
been given, the position you hold...
[10:54] Shinpachi
Yamazaki-san...
[10:56] Shinpachi
Yamazaki-san...
[10:57] Shinpachi
You're such an adult.
[10:59] Shinpachi
But I'm...
[11:01] Yamazaki
I'm no adult.
[11:03] Yamazaki
I was the same as you a while back.
[11:07] Yamazaki
I thought that if I worked hard...
If I worked hard...
[11:11] Yamazaki
I could place 1st...
[11:18] Shinpachi
Yamazaki-san...
[11:19] Yamazaki
Huh? That's odd...
[11:22] Yamazaki
I gave up on that a long time ago...
[11:26] Yamazaki
Why is this happening now?
[11:37] Yamazaki
Sorry!
[12:25] Shinpachi
Ya-Yamazaki-san!
[12:27] Shinpachi
H-Hang in there, Yamazaki-san!
[12:30] Shinpachi
What...
[12:31] Shinpachi
What happened?!
[12:35] Shinpachi
Yamazaki-san's ranking
is sinking like a rock!
[12:41] Shinpachi
His underwear being removed
to reveal a shameful sight
[12:46] Shinpachi
has led to a dramatic change
in his popularity!
[12:49] Yamazaki
Th-There's still... someone who hasn't accepted...
the results of the popularity poll...
[12:59] Yamazaki
Quickly... Run away...
[13:03] Yamazaki
Th-That person intends... to forcibly
alter the results... of the poll...
SIGN
[13:25] Yamazaki
Th-There's still... someone who hasn't accepted...
the results of the popularity poll...
[13:32] Yamazaki
Quickly... Run away...
[13:35] Yamazaki
Th-That person intends... to forcibly
alter the results... of the poll...
[13:41] Shinpachi
Wh-What's that?!
[13:43] Yamazaki
Hurry...
[13:44] Yamazaki
Protect your 8th position...
[13:46] Yamazaki
Th-The number one position
for a boring character...
[13:50] Yamazaki
Y-You must... protect it at all... cost...
[13:58] Shinpachi
Ya-Yamazaki-san...?
[14:04] Shinpachi
Yamazaki-san in 136th place!
[14:15] Shinpachi
I-Impossible!
[14:17] Shinpachi
How can you alter the results
of the popularity poll now?!
[14:20] Shinpachi
The results were announced before
the opening sequence!
[14:23] Shinpachi
What could possibly be
accomplished now?!
[14:27] Shinpachi
In any case, I have to let everyone know!
[14:30] Shinpachi
They're all targets!
[14:33] Shinpachi
But who did this?!
[14:34] Shinpachi
I don't know who it could be...
[14:37] Shinpachi
The perpetrator removed Yamazaki-san's
underwear to climb the rankings...
[14:42] Shinpachi
It must be someone ranked
below Yamazaki-san!
[14:44] Shinpachi
Damn it!
[14:46] Shinpachi
There are too many candidates!
[14:47] Shinpachi
Who can I trust?!
[14:58] Shinpachi
Th-That's...
[15:01] Shinpachi
25th!
[15:03] Shinpachi
Sa-chan-san!
[15:05] Shinpachi
Why is she here?
[15:07] Shinpachi
Could she have...?!
[15:10] Sa
So you're the one who's trying to ruin the
popularity of the higher ranked characters
[15:14] Sa
and stir up the rankings.
[15:17] Shinpachi
The perpetrator?! She's talking
to the perpetrator?!
[15:20] Shinpachi
Who is it?
[15:21] Sa
Despicable.
[15:23] Sa
Will you be satisfied with a high
ranking through this method?
[15:26] Shinpachi
Who is it?!
[15:28] Otae
Sarutobi-san, could you not
make odd accusations?
[15:33] Otae
If that's your reason for calling
me out here, may I leave?
[15:37] Otae
I'm quite busy, you know.
[15:39] Shinpachi
S-Sis!!
[15:42] Sa
Don't play dumb.
[15:44] Sa
Look above your head.
[15:46] Sa
Your ranking's gone up.
[15:48] Otae
So has yours, for that matter.
[15:50] Otae
It must be nice to sit at
such a round number.
[15:53] Otae
Oh, but it doesn't matter if
everybody's rank went up.
[15:56] Otae
Sorry, the gap between you and
Justaway will never go away.
[16:01] Otae
But don't beat yourself up about it.
[16:03] Otae
You haven't had much screen time lately.
[16:05] Otae
It's not your fault if you
lose to a lifeless object.
[16:08] Otae
Oh, but Justaway hasn't had
any screen time either,
[16:12] Otae
so I wonder why it's a higher
rank than Sarutobi-san...?
[16:16] Sa
I-If I had more screen time, Gin-san and I
would have finished in 1st and 2nd place.
[16:21] Sa
But look at you, Otae-san...
[16:24] Sa
You had so much more screen
time than I did and yet...
[16:27] Sa
Huh?
[16:28] Sa
I see gorillas...
[16:30] Sa
Twin gorillas?
[16:32] Sa
What are those? Pets?
[16:34] Sa
Huh?
[16:35] Sa
But you're ranked below them!
[16:37] Sa
Why are the three of you
lined up together?
[16:39] Sa
Gonna start a band?
[16:40] Sa
Gorilla triplets?
[16:41] Shinpachi
N-Not good...
[16:44] Shinpachi
This is starting to look very bad...
[16:46] Otae
Hey, I don't care about the rest.
[16:48] Otae
But don't group me with those animals.
[16:51] Sa
Animals? Otae-san...
[16:53] Sa
You shouldn't say that
about the manga artist.
[16:56] Shinpachi
Wait, you also called them
twin gorillas, remember?!
[16:59] Sa
Otae-san, you'll be the one
that's ignored this year!
[17:03] Otae
What?!
[17:05] Otae
I'll make it so you never
show up again, whore!
[17:09] Sa
Bring it on!
[17:10] Sa
Once you're gone, I'll get a little
more screen time, gorilla bitch!
[17:17] Shinpachi
Sis! Stop!
[17:26] Kyu
That's enough, you two...
[17:29] Shinpachi
Ky-Kyubei-san!
[17:31] Otae
Kyu-chan...
[17:32] Kyu
Now isn't the time to be fighting here.
[17:36] Kyu
Both of you must be aware by now...
[17:38] Kyu
There's an insolent villain ruining the popularity of
the higher ranked characters for personal gain.
[17:44] Shinpachi
Yes, yes! That's right!
[17:46] Shinpachi
This isn't the time to be fighting!
[17:48] Kyu
We must prepare preventive measures.
[17:51] Shinpachi
That's right! That's right!!
[17:52] Shinpachi
They should be fine.
[17:54] Shinpachi
None of them seem to
be the perpetrator.
[17:56] Shinpachi
Okay, I'll join in...
[17:58] Kyu
We must take advantage of the
chaos to attack the keep!
[18:02] Kyu
Eliminate every high-ranked
character and conquer all!
[18:09] Shinpachi
Wh-What is she talking about?!
[18:11] Otae
Wait, Kyu-chan! Are you serious?
[18:13] Kyu
I know that I'm being unreasonable, but...
[18:17] Kyu
I can't stand the fact that
Otae-chan isn't 1st.
[18:19] Kyu
The rest doesn't matter.
[18:21] Shinpachi
She isn't the perpetrator,
but she might as well be!
[18:24] Kyu
In war, he who strikes first, wins.
[18:26] Kyu
Fortunately, the highest-ranked
characters didn't gain anything.
[18:29] Kyu
They haven't noticed this mess.
[18:32] Kyu
Now is our chance to
catch them off guard.
[18:36] Sa
So you say, but you're the highest
ranked character here.
[18:40] Sa
Won't you end up 1st in the end?
[18:44] Kyu
Once I have completed my conquest...
[18:48] Kyu
I will...!
[18:52] Kyu
Take my own life.
[18:54] Shinpachi
Why are you risking your
life for a popularity poll?!
[18:56] Otae
You don't have to do that, Kyu-chan!
[18:59] Otae
Besides, I can't possibly do such
terrible things for personal gain.
[19:03] Otae
Ranking in the top 10
is more than enough.
[19:05] Shinpachi
She intends to take out most of
the higher-ranked characters!
[19:08] Sa
That's right! Gin-san's included, so
we can set the cutoff at 8th place.
[19:13] Shinpachi
That barely includes me!
[19:14] Shinpachi
Couldn't you barely leave me out?!
[19:17] Otae
But maybe we shouldn't...
[19:19] Shinpachi
Yes! That's good!
[19:20] Shinpachi
Peace is good.
[19:22] Otae
After all, that would include Kagura-chan
and Sadaharu-kun...
[19:25] Shinpachi
Hey, what about me?!
[19:28] Otae
Oh?
[19:32] Otae
Who is this girl?
[19:34] Sa
Tsukuyo? What is this?
[19:36] Sa
Who is this? What's with this girl?!
[19:38] Sa
Why is she ranked 9th ahead of us?!
[19:42] Sa
Wait, Otae-san.
[19:43] Sa
This girl had twice the votes you did!
[19:46] Otae
O-Oh...?
[19:48] Otae
Ah, she's fairly cute, I guess.
[19:51] Sa
Fairly cute? This girl...
[19:52] Sa
is loaded with hooks!
[19:54] Sa
A scar on her face plus the pipe!
[19:56] Sa
How greedy is she?!
[19:58] Sa
What's wrong with this girl?!
[19:59] Kyu
According to Tojo's investigation,
[20:01] Kyu
she speaks with a classic
prostitute accent.
[20:03] Sa
What?!
[20:04] Sa
What's with this girl?!
[20:06] Sa
Otae-san, what's with this girl?!
[20:08] Sa
What?! What?!
[20:08] Otae
O-Oh...? She's determined
to make an impression...
[20:11] Otae
There's no need to speak
in such a manner.
[20:14] Shinpachi
This is starting to get scary...
[20:18] Kyu
And also according to
Tojo's investigation,
[20:20] Kyu
Gintoki groped her breast.
[20:22] Sa
Groped?!
[20:23] Sa
What the hell?!
[20:24] Sa
I ain't never been groped, biotch!
[20:27] Shinpachi
Say, this is starting to get ugly...
[20:32] Otae
Oh...?
[20:33] Otae
Ah, that's why Gin-san's
been down on his luck.
[20:36] Otae
This girl must be a bad luck woman.
[20:38] Sa
You're right.
[20:39] Sa
Her face screams bad luck, biotch!
[20:42] Otae
Right? Nothing good can come from
getting involved with this type.
[20:46] Otae
Poor thing.
[20:47] Kyu
What, this is the bad luck
woman I've heard about?
[20:51] Shinpachi
Coming from three of the
worst bad luck women!
[20:54] Shinpachi
Stop it!!
[20:55] Shinpachi
I don't want to see any
more of this ugly act!!
[20:58] Kyu
And according to Tojo's investigation,
[21:00] Kyu
she was featured from episodes
177 through 181.
[21:06] Otae
Oh...?
[21:08] Otae
Then starting from episode 182...
[21:11] Sa
She shouldn't need any
more screen time!
[21:13] Shinpachi
Sis! Sa-chan-san!
[21:16] Shinpachi
Stop! Somebody stop them!!
[21:18] Kyu
I see...
[21:19] Kyu
Then we should attack her first?
[21:23] Kyu
Otae-chan, where are you going?
[21:25] Otae
I'll let the two of you handle her.
[21:27] Otae
I'm going to deal with the source.
[21:29] Kyu
Source?
[21:31] Otae
To make sure there aren't any more new female
characters taking away my screen time...
[21:40] Otae
I'll go crush the gorilla in 15th.
[21:42] Shinpachi
Not the gorilla!
[21:43] Shinpachi
This manga, I mean, anime will end!
[21:47] Shinpachi
This is bad!
[21:49] Shinpachi
This is getting really bad!
[21:50] Shinpachi
On second thought, I shouldn't
be searching for a perpetrator,
[21:53] Shinpachi
when I'm surrounded by all these egotistical people
who could become perpetrators at any minute!
[21:58] Shinpachi
What do I do?!
[21:59] Shinpachi
What do I do to stop this?!
[22:01] Shinpachi
I need someone's help!
[22:03] Shinpachi
The one person who would never become
a perpetrator in this situation...
[22:10] Shinpachi
I'll have to rely on the guy in 1st!
[22:18] Shinpachi
Huh?
[22:20] Shinpachi
Wh-What is this?!
[22:24] Shinpachi
Something's wrong...
[22:27] Shinpachi
All distorted...
[22:31] Shinpachi
Is this...
[22:33] Shinpachi
Could it be...
SIGN
[22:39] Shinpachi
Sorachi's been taken out!!
SIGN
SIGN
[24:15] Shinpachi
And so, since the original
author's been taken out,
[24:17] Shinpachi
the GinTama anime will be off next week.
SIGN
SIGN
SIGN [See you next time.]