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!
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[22:02] Teach
Huh?
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[22:03] Teach
It's still going?
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[22:05] Teach
Oh, there's even a credit roll.
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[22:07] Teach
Amazing, it's like a movie.
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[22:09] Teach
Man, that was great.
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[22:10] Teach
Everyone, one more round
of applause for Daigoro!
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[22:16] Teach
Huh?
[22:19] Teach
Your mother wrote this?!
SIGN [Temple School]
SIGN Do your own homework!!
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[23:58] Kag
Hi, everyone.
[23:59] Kag
Since the movie's been pushed
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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!!