E261.C - Gintama Classic - An Observation Journal Should Be Seen Through To The Very End

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[00:02] Hiroshi
    July 20th.
[00:03] Hiroshi
    Today, I'll be starting an observation journal
    on a space morning glory today.
[00:04] Kag
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[00:07] Hiroshi
    I gave it lots of water so the morning
    glory would bloom faster.
[00:11] Hiroshi
    How much longer?
[00:13] Hiroshi
    When will I get to see
    the morning glory?
[00:16] Hiroshi
    July 25th.
[00:18] Hiroshi
    I woke up to find that the morning
    glory had sprouted.
[00:22] Hiroshi
    Nice to meet you, Mr. Morning Glory.
[00:24] Hiroshi
    I was so happy,
    I gave it lots of water.
[00:27] Hiroshi
    And then Mom got mad at me.
[00:29] Hiroshi
    She said the morning
    glory was already full.
[00:33] Hiroshi
    August 11th.
[00:35] Hiroshi
    A typhoon hit Edo.
[00:38] Hiroshi
    I stayed with the morning glory the whole
    time so it wouldn't be blown away.
[00:43] Hiroshi
    And then Mom got really mad at me.
[00:44] Hiroshi
    She said I would catch a cold.
[00:47] Hiroshi
    But I was worried so I ignored her,
[00:49] Hiroshi
    and then Mom and I got into a fight.
[00:53] Hiroshi
    August 12th.
[00:55] Hiroshi
    It was still raining.
[00:57] Hiroshi
    I was in bed all day with a fever.
[01:00] Hiroshi
    I kept trying to go check
    on the morning glory,
[01:03] Hiroshi
    but Mom wouldn't let me go.
[01:06] Hiroshi
    Mom didn't care what happened
    to the morning glory.
[01:09] Hiroshi
    I'm never gonna talk to Mom again...
[01:12] Hiroshi
    August 13th.
[01:14] Hiroshi
    I woke up to find that the
    morning glory was gone.
[01:18] Hiroshi
    The morning glory wouldn't have
    died if I had stayed with it.
[01:22] Hiroshi
    I'm sorry. I'm sorry...
[01:25] Hiroshi
    I was crying, when Mom brought a
    fully-bloomed morning glory in a pot.
[01:30] Hiroshi
    Mom had moved the morning glory
    to a pot during the typhoon for me.
[01:35] Hiroshi
    She protected my friend in my place.
[01:40] Hiroshi
    I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
[01:43] Hiroshi
    I still ended up crying.
[01:45] Hiroshi
    But it wasn't because I was sad,
    it was because I was happy.
[01:50] Hiroshi
    August 30th.
[01:52] Hiroshi
    I watered the morning glory with Mom.
[01:55] Hiroshi
    The morning glory is
    still growing strong.
[01:59] Hiroshi
    The end.
[02:01] Teach
    Okay, thank you, Hiroshi-kun.
[02:03] Teach
    It's nice that the morning
    glory didn't die.
[02:05] Kid
    Great!
[02:05] Teach
    And you made up with your mother.
[02:08] Teach
    Then next up is...
[02:11] Teach
    Daigoro-kun.
[02:12] Dai
    Yes.
[02:13] Teach
    Daigoro-kun, what did you
    research this summer?
[02:17] Dai
    Uh...
[02:21] Dai
    I also did an observation journal.
[02:24] Teach
    I see. What did you observe?
[02:29] Teach
    Isn't everybody excited?
[02:31] Teach
    Well, Daigoro-kun, go ahead.
[02:35] Dai
    Class 3-1, Daigoro Kitaouji.
[02:38] Dai
    July 20th.
[02:40] Dai
    Today is the first day of my
    long-awaited summer vacation.
[02:43] Dai
    How shall I have fun tomorrow?
[02:46] Dai
    I was so excited that
    I couldn't fall asleep
[02:50] Dai
    and missed my radio exercises.
[02:52] Teach
    Hey, Daigoro-kun!
[02:54] Teach
    You skipped radio exercises
    on the very first day?
[02:57] Teach
    That's no good.
[02:59] Dai
    By the time I got to the park,
    nobody was there.
[03:03] Dai
    But...
[03:04] Madao
    S-Sake...
[03:07] Madao
    P-Please...
[03:10] Madao
    G-Give me sake!
[03:15] Dai
    That was where I met Madao.
[03:20] Teach
    Uh...
[03:21] Teach
    What's a Madao?
[04:55] Dai
    July 21st.
[04:57] Dai
    I started an observation
    journal on Madao today.
[05:01] Teach
    Daigoro-kun, hold on.
[05:02] Teach
    What's a Madao?
[05:04] Dai
    Madao is the master of the park.
[05:06] Dai
    A creature with a beard and sunglasses.
[05:09] Dai
    It sits in the park all
    day without working.
[05:13] Teach
    Daigoro-kun, that's just a
    middle-aged man, yes?
[05:16] Teach
    An unemployed middle-aged
    man living in the park, yes?!
[05:18] Dai
    I brought him alcohol
    from my house yesterday,
[05:21] ---
    and he warmed up and
    started talking to me.
[05:23] Teach
    You shouldn't give stuff like
    that to a strange old man!
[05:27] Madao
    Kid, where's the sake?
[05:30] Dai
    He said that he can't live without sake,
[05:32] Dai
    so I gave Madao lots of sake.
[05:36] Dai
    How much longer?
[05:38] Dai
    When will Madao bloom?
[05:40] Teach
    It won't!
[05:41] Teach
    As long as you keep giving him sake,
    that old man will never bloom!
[05:45] Dai
    July 22nd.
[05:47] Dai
    Madao still hasn't sprouted.
[05:48] Teach
    Sprouted?
[05:50] Teach
    You shouldn't say that about
    a grown man, Daigoro-kun.
[05:52] Dai
    I give it lots of sake but
    it won't move or work.
[05:56] Dai
    I ask why it won't do anything...
[06:00] Madao
    Once a flower's withered,
    it can never bloom again.
[06:04] Dai
    He answered me with a
    sad look on his face.
[06:06] Teach
    What is this?! What kind
    of project is this?!
[06:08] Teach
    How can he say such things to a child?!
[06:10] Dai
    July 23rd.
[06:12] Dai
    Madao still hasn't sprouted.
[06:14] Dai
    I give it lots of sake but it
    all comes out of its eyes.
[06:19] Dai
    I ask why it spills back out
    after I give it to him...
[06:24] Madao
    I'm sorry...
[06:25] Madao
    I won't waste any more...
[06:27] Madao
    I'm sorry...
[06:28] Dai
    And then more sake came from its eyes.
[06:32] Dai
    Until the sunset.
[06:34] Teach
    Say, Daigoro-kun?
[06:36] Teach
    This is a little heavy, yeah? Yeah?
[06:38] Teach
    What is this? Could you stop?
[06:41] Dai
    July 24th.
[06:43] Dai
    Madao still hasn't sprouted.
[06:45] Teach
    Daigoro-kun, I get it now.
[06:47] Teach
    You skipped your independent
    research project, didn't you?
[06:49] Dai
    Madao looked hurt.
[06:50] Teach
    That's it. Madao doesn't even exist.
[06:53] Dai
    I ask what's wrong...
[06:56] Dai
    And it says that it screwed
    up while making a swing.
[07:00] Teach
    Daigoro-kun!!
[07:01] Dai
    I ask why it's using
    a rope to make a swing
[07:04] ---
    
    when the park already has swings.
[07:08] Dai
    When will Madao bloom?
[07:10] Teach
    Daigoro-kun, I don't like
    where this is going!
[07:13] Teach
    Are you sure about this?!
[07:15] Dai
    July 25th.
[07:17] Dai
    Madao still hasn't sprouted.
[07:19] Dai
    I was on my way to do
    radio exercises when
[07:21] ---
    
    I found Madao lying on the rail tracks.
[07:23] Dai
    I ask what's it's doing,
[07:26] Dai
    and it says it couldn't fall asleep
    so it crawled over here.
[07:29] Teach
    Whoa!
[07:30] Teach
    Stop it!
[07:31] Dai
    When will Madao bloom?
[07:31] Teach
    That's enough, Daigoro-kun!
[07:33] Teach
    Report over.
[07:34] Teach
    An excellent job.
[07:36] Teach
    You aren't finished, but that's enough.
[07:39] Kid
    Why, Teacher?
[07:40] Kid
    I wanna hear more!
[07:41] Kid
    Did Madao bloom?
[07:43] Kid
    What happened?
[07:43] Teach
    It's not about it blooming or not.
[07:45] Kid
    More! I wanna hear more!
[07:47] Kid
    Finish the story, Daigoro!
[07:50] Kids
    Madao! Madao!
[07:55] Teach
    Wh-What part of that touched
    the hearts of the kids...?
[07:59] Teach
    I-I got it now!
[08:01] Teach
    Th-Then since it seems like
    your report is rather long,
[08:04] ---
    we'll go with a summary.
[08:07] Teach
    Daigoro-kun, August.
[08:09] Teach
    Start from August.
[08:10] Teach
    Only read the important points, okay?
[08:12] Teach
    Skip the weird parts.
[08:15] Dai
    August 1st.
[08:18] Dai
    We have a new family member.
[08:20] Teach
    You skipped too much!!
[08:21] Teach
    How did Madao become a
    member of your family?!
[08:23] Teach
    What happened in the days
    that were skipped?!
[08:25] Dai
    A bed was prepared, but Madao
    still hasn't sprouted.
[08:30] Dai
    Two dry eyes stare into the empty
    sky, unable to perceive...
[08:37] Dai
    Much as God was unable to understand
[08:39] ---
    
    the will of the fallen angel Lucifer...
[08:41] Teach
    And you're suddenly writing like a pro!
[08:44] Dai
    I've had enough...
[08:46] Dai
    I spit on the ground and
    light up a xxxboro.
[08:49] Teach
    What happened?!
[08:50] Teach
    What happened over summer?!
[08:52] Teach
    This isn't a step
    towards being an adult!
[08:53] Teach
    It's a damn escalator!
[08:56] Dai
    Humans must change and adapt to their
    environment in order to survive.
[08:59] Teach
    Why a condor?!
[09:00] Teach
    And you've changed way too much!
[09:00] Dai
    The man who refused to change and
    stood still was practically a corpse.
[09:02] Teach
    You should've been observed instead!
[09:06] Dai
    August 3rd.
[09:07] Dai
    I casually tossed it a bottle of whiskey
    I sniped from my mother.
[09:12] Dai
    Madao, I've changed your environment.
[09:15] Dai
    It's your turn to respond,
    so why do you just lie there?
[09:20] Dai
    What damaged you?
[09:22] Teach
    Isn't that obvious?!
[09:23] Dai
    Madao didn't answer my question,
[09:23] Teach
    You can clearly see why he's unhappy!
[09:25] Dai
    instead it licked at the whiskey
    with a sour look on its face.
[09:25] Teach
    This is what you meant by a
    new member of the family?!
[09:29] Dai
    When will Madao bloom?
[09:32] Dai
    I look up at the sky to see a condor
    circling as though laughing at me.
[09:37] Teach
    And why is there a condor in Edo?!
[09:39] Dai
    August 10th.
[09:41] Dai
    Ten days have passed since
    we took in Madao.
[09:44] Dai
    It still hasn't sprouted.
[09:47] Dai
    As always, I casually toss it a bottle
    of bourbon I swiped from my Mom.
[09:52] Teach
    Does it have to say "casually"?
[09:54] Teach
    Do you have to emphasize
    that "casually" part?
[09:57] Dai
    Mom's been getting creeped
    out by Madao recently.
[10:02] Dai
    It appears that she's realized I'm
    keeping Madao and not a dog.
[10:07] Teach
    That should have been obvious
    from the beginning!
[10:09] Teach
    She was creeped out from the beginning!
[10:11] Dai
    My Mom raised me on her own.
[10:14] Dai
    I wonder when she stopped
    trusting in men...?
[10:19] Teach
    Who cares about your Mom's story!
[10:21] Teach
    Just end this story!
[10:24] Dai
    August 10th three years ago.
[10:26] Teach
    Hey! I said to stop!
[10:28] Teach
    Why is there a flashback
    arc in your journal?!
[10:30] Dai
    I remember that it was
    a blisteringly hot day.
[10:34] Dai
    My Mom's husband...
[10:36] Dai
    In other words, my old man,
    was also a Madao.
[10:40] Dai
    My old man was a skilled carpenter,
[10:43] Dai
    but after an accident left
    his arms paralyzed,
[10:46] Dai
    he stopped working and began drinking
    and gambling during the day.
[10:51] Dai
    My Mom always worked hard,
[10:52] Dai
    buy my old man would beat
    her for not earning enough.
[10:58] Dai
    I couldn't stand the
    sight of my old man,
[11:01] Dai
    so I never returned home
    until the sun set.
[11:05] Dai
    I would wait for my exhausted
    Mom before heading home.
[11:09] Dai
    That was my daily routine.
[11:14] Dai
    But we didn't abandon that Madao,
    because of memories of long ago...
[11:20] Dai
    We believed that he would return to
[11:24] ---
    
    being a kind father, a kind husband.
[11:28] Dai
    But that day...
[11:30] Mom
    We're home.
[11:32] Dai
    Our faint hopes
[11:35] Dai
    vanished into the summer sky
    with the cries of cicadas.
[11:45] Dai
    Raindrops trickled down my cheek.
[11:48] Dai
    Before I knew it, I had told the Madao
[11:52] ---
    
    before me about the other Madao.
[11:56] Dai
    Sorry, forget about
    everything I just said.
[11:59] Madao
    Why did you help me...?
[12:02] Madao
    Aren't you sick of seeing a Madao?
[12:06] Madao
    Both you and your mother.
[12:08] Madao
    Aren't you making your mother suffer?
[12:15] Dai
    I might be feeling remorse...
[12:18] Dai
    If only I had provided
    support for my old man
[12:21] ---
    when he hit rock bottom...
[12:23] Dai
    Then my Mom wouldn't
    have suffered like this.
[12:29] Dai
    I couldn't say anything more...
[12:32] Dai
    At some point, I may have seen
    my old man in Madao.
[12:39] Dai
    What was I trying to accomplish
    while making my Mom suffer?
[12:44] Dai
    Was I trying to recover what
    I'd once forgotten...?
[12:50] Dai
    On that day, Madao didn't
    touch its bourbon.
[12:56] Dai
    It seems that a typhoon has hit Edo.
[12:59] Dai
    My legs led me to the doghouse.
[13:03] Dai
    But Madao was nowhere to be found.
[13:07] Madao
    Aren't you sick of seeing a Madao?
[13:12] Madao
    Both you and your mother.
[13:19] Mom
    What are you doing?!
[13:20] Mom
    Where are you going in this rain?!
[13:22] Dai
    Let me go!
[13:24] Dai
    It's already weak from
    drinking all that booze!
[13:26] Dai
    Madao's going to die in this rain!
[13:31] Mom
    So that was a Madao...
[13:36] Dai
    No!
[13:37] Dai
    It's not a Madao!
[13:39] Dai
    It's... It's...
[13:42] Dai
    My friend!
[13:45] Mom
    Daigoro!
[13:47] Dai
    No more of this...
[13:49] Dai
    I have to save him!
[13:54] Dai
    August 12th.
[13:57] Dai
    I couldn't find Madao in the end.
[14:00] Dai
    My head hurts and I can't write
    as well as I did before.
[14:04] Dai
    I seem to have caught a cold.
[14:08] Dai
    I didn't drink any sake, but it's coming
    out of my eyes for some reason.
[14:15] Dai
    Just like it did with Madao.
[14:17] Dai
    Is sake coming out of Madao's
    eyes wherever he is?
[14:22] Dai
    When I thought of that, I couldn't
    stop the sake from coming out.
[14:26] Dai
    And then...
[14:30] Dai
    Ma-Madao...
[14:32] Mom
    Honestly...
[14:34] Mom
    Next time keep an eye on
    it so it won't escape.
[14:37] Mom
    And also...
[14:39] Mom
    If you're going to keep a Madao,
[14:41] ---
    keep it inside so we aren't embarrassed.
[14:44] Mom
    And feed it properly instead
    of giving it alcohol.
[14:53] Dai
    Mom allowed me to keep Madao.
[14:57] Dai
    Or maybe Mom felt the same way I did.
[15:07] Dai
    Madao, were you drinking again?
[15:11] Madao
    No...
[15:13] Madao
    No more drinking for me.
[15:17] Dai
    August 20th.
[15:20] Dai
    Madao has changed since then.
[15:23] Dai
    He no longer drinks sake,
[15:25] Dai
    and he performs all kinds of
    chores while Mom is out.
[15:29] Dai
    All while reading the classifieds.
[15:33] Dai
    Mom called him Madao in the beginning,
[15:36] Dai
    but she's started to call
    him Hasegawa-san.
[15:39] Mom
    Here, Hasegawa-san.
[15:40] Dai
    Madao is Madao, so why?
[15:40] Madao
    Ah, sorry about that. Thank you so much.
[15:43] Dai
    I don't really get it.
[15:46] Dai
    August 25th.
[15:48] Dai
    When Madao went out for
    errands that evening,
[15:51] Dai
    Mom asked...
[15:52] Mom
    Daigoro.
[15:54] Mom
    Would you like a father?
[15:57] Dai
    That was her question.
[15:59] Dai
    I didn't understand what she meant,
[16:02] Dai
    so I asked her about it
[16:04] Dai
    and then her face turned red.
[16:06] Mom
    Well, it's nothing...
[16:09] Dai
    I didn't understand,
[16:11] Dai
    so I asked Madao that night...
[16:14] Madao
    I wouldn't know.
[16:16] Dai
    I don't really get grownups.
[16:19] Dai
    August 26th.
[16:22] Dai
    It's finally the day
    for Madao to sprout.
[16:25] Madao
    Thank you for everything you've done.
[16:28] Madao
    Thanks to you two, I've been able
[16:30] ---
    
    to recover from hitting rock bottom.
[16:32] Madao
    I don't know how to show
    my appreciation...
[16:36] Mom
    My, it's a little early for that.
[16:39] Mom
    You haven't gone to your interview yet.
[16:41] Mom
    There, your tie.
[16:42] Madao
    Sorry about that.
[16:44] Mom
    Only one person will be
    able to pass, right?
[16:48] Mom
    Do your best.
[16:51] Mom
    We'll be waiting for the good news.
[16:56] Madao
    Yes!
[16:57] Dai
    As Madao headed off to battle
    and Mom watched him go,
[17:02] Dai
    they were like father and mother.
[17:05] Dai
    Madao as my father...
[17:08] Dai
    I tried to picture that, but
    it felt weird so I stopped.
[17:15] Dad
    You seem to be nervous.
[17:17] Madao
    Huh? Oh, yes...
[17:20] Madao
    Since my return to a normal person
[17:22] ---
    
    from being a Madao is riding on this.
[17:24] Dad
    Oh, is that so?
[17:26] Dad
    I'm the same.
[17:28] Madao
    Oh? You were also a Madao?
[17:32] Madao
    I couldn't tell...
[17:35] Dad
    Well, I lost my job after an
    injury and snapped...
[17:40] Dad
    My wife and son gave up on me...
[17:43] Dad
    I'm embarrassed to say
    that I didn't realize
[17:46] ---
    
    what was important until I'd lost it all...
[17:49] Dad
    I managed to straighten myself up
[17:51] ---
    and asked my wife if
    we could start over,
[17:55] Dad
    but she told me to let
    her think about it.
[17:58] Dad
    Well, it's okay.
[18:00] Dad
    I'll try again if I'm accepted here.
[18:04] Dad
    There's only one opening,
[18:06] ---
    but let's both do our best
    so we have no regrets.
[18:12] Madao
    Um... Can I ask you something?
[18:15] Dad
    Yes?
[18:17] Madao
    What's your son's name?
[18:22] Dai
    August 27th.
[18:25] Dai
    Madao never came back.
[18:29] Dai
    He probably didn't pass the interview.
[18:32] Dai
    So he's too ashamed to face us.
[18:35] Dai
    Madao's such an idiot.
[18:37] Dai
    He doesn't need to be so sensitive.
[18:40] Dai
    Mom didn't say anything.
[18:44] Dai
    Was Mom hurt again because of me?
[18:49] Dai
    August 29th.
[18:54] Dai
    We ate with Madao.
[18:57] Dai
    The other Madao.
[19:00] Dai
    Madao had become a completely
    different person.
[19:04] Dai
    After apologizing to Mom
    and me over and over,
[19:07] Dai
    he happily reported
    that he'd found a job.
[19:11] Dai
    He also cheerfully told
    us about someone
[19:15] Dai
    who got drunk and made
    a ruckus at the interview.
[19:19] Dai
    Mom also looked like
    she was really happy.
[19:29] Madao
    Yo, you two.
[19:33] Madao
    Could you spare me some sake?
[19:41] Mom
    Daigoro, let's go.
[19:43] Mom
    Daigoro?
[19:46] Dai
    Why?
[19:47] Dai
    You promised never to drink again.
[19:51] Dai
    Why?
[19:53] Dai
    You promised to do your
    best at the interview!
[19:58] Dai
    Why...? Why...? Why...?!
[20:04] Madao
    Get lost if you have no sake, kid.
[20:08] Madao
    We're through.
[20:13] Dai
    Liar...
[20:14] Mom
    Daigoro, that's enough.
[20:16] Mom
    Let's go.
[20:17] Mom
    Don't bother with him any longer.
[20:20] Dai
    Liar!
[20:22] Dai
    Madao! I know!
[20:24] Mom
    Daigoro!
[20:24] Dai
    You may lie!
[20:26] Dai
    You may pretend to be drunk!
[20:29] Dai
    Everybody may badmouth you!
[20:31] Dai
    I know...
[20:33] Dai
    I know that Madao is no Madao!
[20:35] Dai
    You brought back what
    I'd once forgotten!
[20:39] Dai
    You're the nicest, best samurai!
[20:44] Dai
    I won't forget!
[20:46] Dai
    I'll never forget!
[20:48] Dai
    Never!
[20:55] Man
    What's with all the noise?
[20:58] Man
    Oh? Hasegawa-san.
[20:59] Man
    You're back?
[21:03] Man
    I'll have a bit.
[21:07] Man
    What the hell?!
[21:08] Man
    I-Isn't this water?!
[21:10] Madao
    I don't need beer or work...
[21:14] Madao
    I've already received enough...
[21:24] Madao
    Daigoro, be happy with
    your Mom and dad.
[21:29] Dai
    Yes, I knew.
[21:33] Dai
    Madao had already bloomed long ago...
[21:45] Teach
    Daigoro-kun...
[21:46] Teach
    Forgive me...
[21:48] Teach
    That was no observation journal...
[21:50] Teach
    It was practically a novel...
[21:53] Teach
    But it was wonderful!
[21:54] Teach
    Magnificent!
[21:56] Teach
    Everybody give Daigoro some applause!
SIGN    
[22:02] Teach
    Huh?
SIGN    
[22:03] Teach
    It's still going?
SIGN    
SIGN    
[22:05] Teach
    Oh, there's even a credit roll.
SIGN    
[22:07] Teach
    Amazing, it's like a movie.
SIGN    
[22:09] Teach
    Man, that was great.
SIGN    
SIGN    
[22:10] Teach
    Everyone, one more round
    of applause for Daigoro!
SIGN    
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[22:16] Teach
    Huh?
[22:19] Teach
    Your mother wrote this?!
SIGN    [Temple School]
SIGN    Do your own homework!!
[22:25] ---
    
SIGN    
[23:58] Kag
    Hi, everyone.
[23:59] Kag
    Since the movie's been pushed
[24:01] ---
    back to summer, this is the
    only clip we have to show!
SIGN    Laugh if you want
SIGN    Kill if you want
SIGN    Second movie in production!!