# E272 - A Reunion Also Brings to the Surface Things You Don't Want to Remember
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***SIGN*** Joi Rebels Reunion
**[00:00] Kat**
There is but one reason I called
all us former comrades here.
***SIGN*** The White Yaksha
***SIGN*** Sakata Gintoki
**[00:04] Kat**
Isn't it high time
***SIGN*** The Rampaging Noble
***SIGN*** Katsura Kotaro
**[00:06] Kat**
we started a flashback arc?
***SIGN*** The Kiheitai Commander
***SIGN*** Takasugi Shinsuke
***SIGN*** The Loud Fellow
***SIGN*** Sakamoto Tatsuma
**[00:09] Gin**
Who is this?
***SIGN*** Kurokono Tasuke
**[00:11] Kat**
The Phantom Fifth Man, Kurokono Tasuke.
***SIGN*** The Phantom Fifth Man
***SIGN*** Kurokono Tasuke
**[00:14] Gin**
Hold it right there!
**[00:17] Kat**
So you don't remember him, either.
**[00:20] Sak**
Considering he called us to a reunion,
**[00:21] Sak**
we'd better remember something about
him or things will get awkward.
**[00:25] Kat**
I'm starting to remember...
***SIGN*** Chilled
**[00:27] (Flashback) Kat**
Damn Gintoki.
**[00:28] (Flashback) Kat**
He said he was treating us, but he
intended to rip us off all along!
**[00:32] (Flashback) Tak**
I was the one who treated you to Yakulk.
**[00:34] Gin**
This is the ending you arrived at?!
**[00:37] Hen**
I'm merely here to relay a message from him.
***SIGN*** Rest in peace, my comrade.
**[00:42] Tak**
Rest in peace, my comrade.
***SIGN*** A Reunion Also Brings to the Surface
Things You Don't Want to Remember
***SIGN*** Watch the Joi Rebels Flashback Arc
in a bright room and at a safe distance from your TV!
**[02:29] (Flashback) Kat**
Thanks for keeping watch.
**[02:34] (Flashback) Gin**
Oh, it's you, Zura.
**[02:35] (Flashback) Kat**
I'm not Zura. I'm Katsura.
**[02:39] (Flashback) Kat**
How's the Bakufu army looking?
**[02:43] (Flashback) Gin**
After the beating we gave them,
**[02:47] (Flashback) Gin**
they'll have to stay put for a few days.
**[02:50] (Flashback) Gin**
Mind if I say, "Now is the
time for an all-out attack"?
**[02:53] (Flashback) Kat**
Don't be stupid.
**[02:55] (Flashback) Kat**
They're not the only ones who have to stay put.
**[02:57] (Flashback) Kat**
The only lively idiots in this situation
**[02:59] (Flashback) Kat**
are you and Takasugi, pretty much.
**[03:02] (Flashback) Kat**
Reinforcements will arrive in two days.
**[03:05] (Flashback) Kat**
Until then, keep your blade sheathed.
**[03:08] (Flashback) Kat**
If you can't wait that long, you two
peas in a pod may as well duke it out.
**[03:12] (Flashback) Gin**
You gotta be kidding me.
**[03:14] (Flashback) Gin**
Even if I want to pick a fight with him,
**[03:15] (Flashback) Gin**
we haven't been speaking for a month.
**[03:17] (Flashback) Kat**
Oh, so you *already* duked it out.
**[03:21] (Flashback) Sak**
You guys are always fighting, huh?
**[03:24] (Flashback) Sak**
Aren't you from the same school?
**[03:26] (Flashback) Sak**
I guess it's true that the closer
you are, the more you fight.
**[03:29] (Flashback) Gin**
Are you all right now?
**[03:32] (Flashback) Gin**
You should get some more rest.
**[03:34] (Flashback) Gin**
I heard you lost all sense of tact.
**[03:37] (Flashback) Sak**
Worry not.
**[03:39] (Flashback) Sak**
I lost that a long time ago,
along with my umbilical cord.
**[03:45] (Flashback) Gin**
If you understand, could
you keep your mouth shut?
**[03:48] (Flashback) Gin**
Not everyone shares your "all men
are esk*mo brothers" motto.
**[03:53] (Flashback) Gin**
It's complicated.
**[03:55] (Flashback) Sak**
Esk*mo brothers? You've got a point there.
**[03:58] (Flashback) Sak**
When we all went to a red-light
district a while back,
**[04:02] (Flashback) Sak**
you and Takasugi chose the
same girl, didn't you?
**[04:09] (Flashback) Sak**
If I recall, she said she preferred him,
so a fight broke out.
**[04:13] (Flashback) Sak**
Don't tell me you've been fighting ever since.
**[04:19] (Flashback) Gin**
That was close.
**[04:21] (Flashback) Gin**
A stray bullet almost hit you.
**[04:24] (Flashback) Gin**
You should be more careful.
**[04:27] (Flashback) Sak**
Oh, but she said later that
Takasugi was no fun at all.
**[04:33] (Flashback) Sak**
Apparently he was a total bore, saying nothing
**[04:36] (Flashback) Sak**
and just glaring at her the entire time.
**[04:42] (Flashback) Tak**
I bought you some Yakulk.
**[04:45] (Flashback) Tak**
Shut up and drink it.
**[04:51] (Flashback) Sak**
Zura, this ain't good.
**[04:53] (Flashback) Sak**
The war's been stuck in a stalemate so long,
**[04:55] (Flashback) Sak**
people are ready to explode
from all the stress.
**[04:58] (Flashback) Kat**
You're the one who set them off!
**[05:00] (Flashback) Sak**
If we don't provide them a distraction,
**[05:03] (Flashback) Sak**
they'll start fighting among themselves.
**[05:09] (Flashback) Sak**
All right!
**[05:10] (Flashback) Sak**
How about we visit a red-light district?
**[05:11] (Flashback) Kat**
Where are you gonna find
one up in these mountains?
**[05:14] (Flashback) Sak**
Maybe visit Lady Satsuki, then?
**[05:17] (Flashback) Kat**
Not Lady Satsuki!
**[05:18] (Flashback) Kat**
Anyone but her!
**[05:19] (Flashback) Sak**
What's this, Zura?
**[05:20] (Flashback) Sak**
Did you make a move on her already?
**[05:22] (Flashback) Kat**
No!
**[05:24] (Flashback) Kat**
All I did was stick around and pay attention
to her backstory because she's a widow!
**[05:27] (Flashback) Sak**
You paid to stick it in her backside?
What's that all about?
**[05:30] (Flashback) Kat**
What is wrong with your ears?!
**[05:32] (Flashback) Kat**
You're the one who wants to do that!
**[05:32] (Flashback) Sak**
*You're* the one *I* don't understand!
**[05:33] (Flashback) Kuro**
Excuse me, everyone.
**[05:35] (Flashback) Kuro**
How about we play kick-the-can
for a change of pace?
**[05:43] Gin**
Back then,
**[05:45] Gin**
who was it that suggested
we play kick-the-can, again?
**[05:50] (Flashback) Kat**
Kick-the-can?
**[05:52] (Flashback) Kat**
Are you stupid?
**[05:54] (Flashback) Kat**
Stalemate or not, we're
still in the middle of a war.
**[05:57] (Flashback) Kat**
You guys say something to him, too.
**[05:59] (Flashback) Gin**
Runts like you have it good at times like these.
**[06:01] (Flashback) Gin**
I bet you could hide in that empty can.
**[06:05] (Flashback) Gin**
It's basically a pull-top, anyway.
**[06:07] (Flashback) Tak**
Making up excuses for your
inevitable defeat, are we?
**[06:10] (Flashback) Tak**
Wasn't covert ops your specialty?
**[06:14] (Flashback) Tak**
Of course, the Kiheitai could pull off
**[06:16] (Flashback) Tak**
an operation like that with one
arm tied behind our backs!
**[06:19] (Flashback) Gin**
You're on!
**[06:20] (Flashback) Gin**
Let's see who can kick the can first!
**[06:22] (Flashback) Kat**
Extra motivated?! They're more
up for this than the war!
**[06:25] (Flashback) Kuro**
You two should hurry up and hide, too.
**[06:28] (Flashback) Kuro**
I'll be the demon.
**[06:32] Gin**
Back then,
**[06:33] Gin**
who took up the role of demon...
**[06:36] (Flashback) Kuro**
One...
**[06:38] (Flashback) Kuro**
Two...
**[06:40] Gin**
...and counted to 100
inside the temple, again?
**[06:41] (Flashback) Kuro**
Three...
**[06:43] (Flashback) Kuro**
Four...
**[06:45] (Flashback) Kat**
Sheesh.
**[06:46] (Flashback) ---**
Five...
**[06:46] (Flashback) Kat**
What's wrong with those guys?
This is no time to be fooling around.
**[06:48] (Flashback) ---**
Six...
**[06:49] (Flashback) Sak**
You seem totally up for it, too, though.
**[06:51] (Flashback) ---**
Seven...
**[06:52] (Flashback) Sak**
Nothing wrong with taking a breather
like this once in a while.
**[06:54] (Flashback) ---**
Eight...
**[06:57] (Flashback) ---**
Nine...
**[06:57] (Flashback) Kat**
What are those injured soldiers
doing in front of the gate?
**[06:59] (Flashback) ---**
Ten...
**[07:01] (Flashback) Sak**
Guarding it, obviously.
**[07:02] (Flashback) Kat**
No, there's something off about them.
**[07:02] (Flashback) ---**
Eleven...
**[07:04] (Flashback) Kat**
Which squad are they from?
**[07:05] (Flashback) ---**
Twelve...
**[07:07] (Flashback) Kat**
No way!
**[07:08] (Flashback) ---**
Thirteen...
**[07:08] (Flashback) Kat**
They're enemy spies!
**[07:11] (Flashback) G**
Take 'em out in one fell swoop!
**[07:13] (Flashback) G**
Don't let a single rebel escape!
**[07:19] (Flashback) Kuro**
Sixty-six...
**[07:20] (Flashback) G**
Huh? Where are the enemy troops?
**[07:22] (Flashback) Kuro**
Sixty-seven...
**[07:23] (Flashback) Gin**
Oh, no, you won't...
**[07:24] (Flashback) Tak**
...find them here.
**[07:25] (Flashback) Kuro**
Sixty-eight...
**[07:27] (Flashback) Gin**
You wanna launch a surprise attack on us?
**[07:28] (Flashback) Kuro**
Sixty-nine...
**[07:29] (Flashback) Tak**
Come back in a hundred years.
**[07:31] (Flashback) Kuro**
Seventy...
**[07:33] (Flashback) Kuro**
Seventy-one...
**[07:37] (Flashback) G**
I-Impossible!
**[07:38] (Flashback) G**
They used their own camp as bait!
**[07:42] (Flashback) Kat**
Gintoki! Takasugi!
**[07:44] (Flashback) Gin**
We let all our comrades
escape out the back gate.
**[07:47] (Flashback) Kat**
Don't tell me you guys
**[07:48] (Flashback) Kat**
deliberately gave them an opening
in order to expose the spies...
**[07:52] (Flashback) Tak**
Zura, now's the time for an all-out attack.
**[07:55] (Flashback) Gin**
You're not gonna tell us to
stay put this time, right?
**[08:00] (Flashback) Kat**
Right.
**[08:01] (Flashback) Kat**
Go give 'em hell!
**[08:04] (Flashback) Sak**
Hang on!
**[08:06] (Flashback) Sak**
Weren't we in the middle of something?
**[08:08] (Flashback) Gin**
Later! Save it for later!
**[08:13] Sak**
Back then...
**[08:15] Kat**
...who was counting to a
hundred in the temple...
**[08:18] Gin**
...when it exploded?
**[08:21] Kat**
We hadn't forgotten at all.
**[08:24] Kat**
We'd just sealed the past, and that memory,
**[08:28] Kat**
in the depths of our minds
so we wouldn't remember it.
**[08:33] Kat**
Yes, that cursed past where we were
playing a game of kick-the-can
**[08:38] Kat**
and killed our comrade,
Kurokono Tasuke, with a bomb.
**[08:44] Gin**
S-So Kurokono Tasuke is long dead?
**[08:49] Gin**
Due to his lack of presence,
**[08:52] Gin**
we forgot we were playing
kick-the-can with him
**[08:56] Gin**
and killed him with our
own hands a long time ago?
**[08:59] Kat**
There's no doubt about it.
***SIGN*** Rest in peace, my comrade.
**[09:01] Kat**
That must be why Takasugi sent this.
**[09:04] Kat**
He probably mistook the reunion
for a meeting to grieve Kurokono.
**[09:10] Gin**
N-No, no, no, no, no...
**[09:11] Gin**
No way.
**[09:13] Gin**
Then in that case...
***SIGN*** It's been a while. Are you doing well? Actually, I'm in Edo right now. If you'd like, why don't we get the gang back together for a drink or two? -Kurokono Tasuke
**[09:15] Gin**
Who sent us that letter?
***SIGN*** Joi Rebels Reunion
**[09:19] Gin**
Who organized this reunion?
Who called us here?
**[09:27] Sak**
Maybe Kurokono's still playing kick-the-can.
**[09:34] Gin**
Wh-What does that mean?
**[09:36] Kat**
He may still be looking.
**[09:40] Kat**
Without realizing that he died,
**[09:43] Kat**
even after becoming a literal demon...
**[09:47] Sak**
He may still be trying to...
**[09:52] Sak**
Yeah, as if!
**[09:56] Kat**
There's no way we'd blow up one of our comrades!
**[10:00] Kat**
We've just got the wrong idea!
**[10:02] Sak**
He must've escaped right
before the explosion, right?
**[10:06] Sak**
Not that I remember.
**[10:08] Kat**
Yeah, that's right.
**[10:09] Kat**
There's no way he'd die that easily.
**[10:12] Kat**
Not that I remember.
**[10:14] Sak**
Yeah. This is the phantom fifth man,
Kurokono Tasuke, we're talking about.
**[10:18] Sak**
Not that I remember.
**[10:20] Sak**
Anyway, aren't you glad we remembered
at least a little about him?
**[10:24] Sak**
Now we can get through the initial
reunion by chatting about the explosion.
**[10:28] Sak**
Like, "That explosion was
incredible, huh?" or something.
**[10:31] Kat**
Indeed.
**[10:31] Kat**
And we can get through the after-party
by talking about how the
**[10:33] Kat**
smoke from the explosion was amazing.
**[10:35] Kat**
All right. I'm gonna visit the
restroom before he gets here.
**[10:40] Sak**
What's the matter, Kintoki?
**[10:41] Sak**
You look pale.
**[10:43] Gin**
Nothing, it's just...
**[10:45] Gin**
Maybe I had too much to drink.
**[10:46] Sak**
Listen to yourself!
**[10:49] Sak**
You haven't had enough!
**[10:50] Gin**
*I'm just overthinking things.*
***SIGN*** Restaurant Ketsunoi
**[10:52] Gin**
* Are you saying he called us here*
* so he could drag us to hell?*
***SIGN*** Joi Rebels Reunion
**[10:59] Gin**
*A-A ghost organizing a reunion?*
**[11:02] Gin**
* That's not a horror story,*
* that's a comedy skit.*
**[11:06] Gin**
*It's all good.*
**[11:07] Gin**
*He'll get here.*
**[11:09] Gin**
*Not as a ghost,*
**[11:11] Gin**
*but on his own two feet.*
**[11:15] Kat**
What's an empty can doing here?
**[11:22] Kuro**
Found you, Katsura-san.
**[11:25] Kuro**
I stepped on the can...
**[11:48] Gin**
What? Wait...
**[11:49] Gin**
Did you hear Zura scream just now?
**[11:52] Sak**
Maybe he got poop in his hair.
**[11:55] Gin**
But isn't his piss break taking too long?
**[11:59] Sak**
Yeah, he must've accidentally
flushed his hair.
**[12:02] Gin**
That scream felt like something else, though.
**[12:05] Sak**
Oh, all right.
**[12:08] Gin**
H-Hey, where are you going?
**[12:11] Sak**
Just to check things out.
**[12:12] Gin**
O-Oh.
**[12:15] Gin**
M-Maybe I should go with you.
**[12:18] Gin**
I kinda feel like taking a leak, too.
**[12:20] Sak**
I see.
**[12:21] Sak**
You go take a look, then.
**[12:23] Sak**
There's no need for both
of us to go, is there?
**[12:25] Gin**
Well...
**[12:27] Gin**
This being a reunion and all, why don't
we go together for old times' sake?
**[12:30] Gin**
Wanna try an X-piss?
**[12:32] Sak**
I don't remember ever doing that.
**[12:35] Gin**
M-Maybe it was an X-dump?
**[12:38] Gin**
Anyway, I'll go with you!
***SIGN*** Toilet
**[12:41] Sak**
Hey, Zura!
**[12:43] Sak**
That's weird.
**[12:45] Sak**
I don't see him here.
**[12:47] Sak**
He might've gone back already.
**[12:49] Sak**
I'm heading back.
**[12:50] Gin**
H-Hold on!
**[12:51] Gin**
Gimme a sec! I'm almost done!
**[12:53] Gin**
Wait for me!
**[12:55] Gin**
P-Please!
**[12:56] Gin**
Don't you dare close that door!
**[12:57] Gin**
Keep it open!
**[12:58] Gin**
I need ventilation!
**[12:59] Sak**
What's gotten you so scared?
**[13:02] Gin**
I-I'm not scared, come on!
**[13:04] Gin**
This is a reunion, you know.
**[13:05] Gin**
What's wrong with wanting to spend as much
time as possible with your former comrades?
**[13:09] Sak**
Well, I've had enough.
**[13:11] Gin**
H-Hey!
**[13:12] Gin**
Tatsuma, you're still there, right?
**[13:14] Gin**
You are, right?
**[13:16] Gin**
If you are, could you sing
the Doraemon theme for me?
**[13:18] Gin**
All right, all right!
**[13:20] Gin**
I'll sing with you!
**[13:23] Gin**
I'll handle the prelude, okay?
**[13:26] Gin**
Hey, Tats—
**[13:27] Kuro**
Found you, Sakamoto-san.
**[13:31] Kuro**
I stepped on the can.
**[13:43] Kuro**
And then there was one.
***SIGN*** Toilet
***SIGN*** Joi Rebels Reunion
**[14:03] Gin**
"If I could do this,
**[14:05] Gin**
wouldn't it be nice?
**[14:07] Gin**
I've got lots of dreams,
**[14:11] Gin**
but he makes them all come true
**[14:15] Gin**
with his mysterious pocket.
**[14:20] Gin**
I wanna fly freely across the sky!"
**[14:23] Hen**
"Sure!"
**[14:24] Hen**
Rest assured. The three of you will
be flying to Heaven soon enough.
**[14:29] Mat**
Talk about an instant impact, Takechi-senpai.
**[14:32] Mat**
Look at how terrified the White Yaksha is.
**[14:34] Hen**
Yes.
**[14:35] Hen**
It seems that rumor about him
being scared of ghosts was true.
**[14:39] Hen**
How about Katsura and Sakamoto?
**[14:41] Mat**
The sleeping gas has them out like a light.
**[14:44] Mat**
The only one left is...
**[14:45] Gin**
"Oh, oh, oh, I love you so much, Doraemon!"
**[14:47] Hen**
The White Yaksha alone.
**[14:49] Hen**
Once we take him out,
**[14:49] Hen**
our plan to assassinate the rest of
the Joi Elite Four will be a success.
**[14:54] Mat**
By using the name of their former
comrade, Kurokono Tasuke,
**[14:57] Mat**
we gather them in one place
and take them all out at once.
**[15:00] Mat**
I never imagined it'd work so perfectly.
**[15:02] Hen**
Reunions make everyone return to the
past, giving rise to carelessness.
**[15:08] Hen**
Take my temple school days, when I was
surrounded by all kinds of unripened fruit.
**[15:13] Hen**
Why was I so unaware of my own desires?
***SIGN*** Hanako
**[15:17] Hen**
Why didn't I wear Hanako-chan's
tracksuit that one time?
**[15:21] Mat**
Your flashback gave rise to something far
worse than carelessness, Takechi-pervert!
**[15:25] Mat**
Still, should we really be doing
this without telling Shinsuke-sama?
**[15:29] Mat**
We even forged these letters.
***SIGN*** There's Yakulk in the fridge. Please save one for me.
**[15:31] Hen**
On Shinsuke-dono's road to domination,
**[15:34] Hen**
it is obvious that they will
someday stand in his way.
**[15:38] Hen**
As his strategist, it naturally falls
upon me to take them out in advance.
**[15:43] Hen**
Also, it won't be us bringing
judgment down upon them,
**[15:46] Hen**
but rather the friend they
must make amends to,
**[15:51] Hen**
Kurokono Tasuke's vengeful ghosts!
**[15:54] Mat**
Senpai, that's a different Kuroko!
**[15:56] Mat**
If you don't drop it, we'll be the
ones judgment comes down on!
**[15:58] Hen**
Guys, the White Yaksha's
already on his last legs.
**[16:01] Hen**
Let's go with box-and-one.
**[16:03] Hen**
I'll mark him man-to-man, while
you guys set up a zone defense.
**[16:06] Mat**
This doesn't sound like
a ghost huddle at all!
**[16:14] Mat**
Be careful, Senpai.
**[16:16] Mat**
He may be on his last legs,
**[16:17] Mat**
but this is a man who, along with
Shinsuke-sama, was feared as a demon.
**[16:21] Hen**
How's the White Yaksha looking?
**[16:24] Mat**
He's entered the second
verse of the Doraemon theme.
**[16:24] Gin**
"Homework, day duty, exams, and lalala...
**[16:27] Gin**
I've got lalalots of problems,
**[16:31] Gin**
but he lalalas them all
**[16:33] Gin**
with his convenient tools."
**[16:35] Mat**
He's having trouble remembering the lyrics.
**[16:38] Gin**
"He's a toy soldier!"
**[16:41] Gin**
Um...
**[16:43] Hen**
"Now charge!"
**[16:46] Mat**
Why is a ghost charging in so brazenly?!
**[16:51] Gin**
Oh, right.
**[16:52] Gin**
It was "now charge" in the second verse.
**[16:55] Mat**
Hey!
**[16:55] Gin**
Thank you. The anywhere door was
in the third verse, wasn't it?
**[16:56] Mat**
Now you just look like a guy helping
him with the Doraemon lyrics!
**[17:00] Mat**
Hurry up and get back on track!
**[17:01] Mat**
Scare the White Yaksha!
**[17:03] Hen**
H-Heed me, mortal...
**[17:07] Gin**
Oh, if you follow the porch this way,
you'll reach the back entrance.
**[17:12] Gin**
There's a restaurant back there.
**[17:13] Tak**
Now he thinks you're just
begging for someone to feed you!
**[17:20] Kuro**
Found you, Gintoki-san.
**[17:25] Kuro**
At last...
**[17:27] Kuro**
At last...
**[17:30] Kuro**
At last...
**[17:30] Kuro**
At last...
**[17:33] Kuro**
I found you!
**[17:34] Mat**
Nice follow-up! Looking good!
**[17:38] Mat**
Why are you freaking out, too?!
**[17:42] Gin**
Hey, hang in there!
**[17:44] Gin**
Weren't you going to that restaurant out back?!
**[17:46] Gin**
Hey!
**[17:47] Mat**
Forget that moron.
**[17:50] Kuro**
With this, I can finally...
**[17:52] Kuro**
...put an end...
**[17:54] Kuro**
...to this everlasting game...
**[17:55] Kuro**
...of kick-the-can!
**[17:58] Mat**
There it is! Misdirection!
**[18:00] Gin**
W-Wait a sec!
**[18:01] Gin**
Calm down, Kurokono!
**[18:03] Gin**
Which one's Kurokono?
**[18:04] Gin**
Sorry we forgot everything!
**[18:06] Gin**
We didn't mean to hurt you!
**[18:07] Gin**
Back then, we were desperately
trying to protect our comrades—
**[18:14] Kuro**
Katsura-san,
**[18:16] Kuro**
Sakamoto-san,
**[18:18] Kuro**
and all the others are waiting
**[18:20] Kuro**
for you on the other side.
**[18:22] Kuro**
Now, Gintoki-san...
**[18:25] Kuro**
Come along with us!
**[18:32] (Flashback) Kuro**
...toki-san.
**[18:34] (Flashback) Kuro**
Gintoki-san.
**[18:40] (Flashback) Kuro**
Gintoki-san, did you fall asleep?
**[18:44] (Flashback) Kuro**
I wanted to say goodbye before
we went our separate ways,
**[18:47] (Flashback) Kuro**
but I suppose this kind
of farewell suits me best.
**[18:52] (Flashback) Kuro**
Mediocre and overshadowed in every aspect,
**[18:56] (Flashback) Kuro**
all I could do was back you
all up in trivial ways.
**[19:00] (Flashback) Kuro**
But working in your shadows
**[19:03] (Flashback) Kuro**
and fighting by your sides are
experiences I'll never forget.
**[19:08] (Flashback) Kuro**
I'm sure you'll all forget about me,
**[19:11] (Flashback) Kuro**
but that's perfectly fine with me.
**[19:14] (Flashback) Kuro**
It gives me great pride.
**[19:18] (Flashback) Gin**
A shadow
**[19:20] (Flashback) Gin**
won't appear on the ground
unless there's light,
**[19:22] (Flashback) Gin**
no matter how dim.
**[19:25] (Flashback) Gin**
It wouldn't be a problem if
one guy remembered you, right?
**[19:30] (Flashback) Gin**
So if we ever get in trouble,
**[19:33] (Flashback) Gin**
come help us out again,
**[19:35] (Flashback) Gin**
Kurokono.
**[19:38] (Flashback) Kuro**
Sure.
**[19:41] (Flashback) Kuro**
I'll always be standing right by your sides.
**[19:54] Mat**
Wha—
**[19:56] Gin**
Sorry about that, Kurokono.
**[19:59] Gin**
I remember now.
**[20:01] Gin**
A guy who wanted to be forgotten
**[20:04] Gin**
would never come back to haunt us.
**[20:08] Gin**
It'd tarnish your pride, wouldn't it?
**[20:14] Kuro**
Too bad.
**[20:15] Kuro**
He kicked the can.
**[20:18] Kuro**
Now you'll have to release all the hostages.
**[20:23] Kuro**
And you'd better grab your
friends and get out of here
**[20:27] Kuro**
before I finish counting to a hundred.
**[20:30] Kuro**
Before I become a real demon.
**[20:35] Mat**
A-Are you...
**[20:37] Mat**
You can't be!
***SIGN*** Restaurant Ketsunoi
**[20:50] Kat**
Huh? It's morning.
**[20:53] Sak**
I must've fallen asleep...
**[20:56] Sak**
I don't remember anything.
**[20:59] Sak**
Guess I had too much to drink.
**[21:02] Kat**
Hey, what about Kurokono?
**[21:03] Sak**
Right!
**[21:04] Sak**
What happened to the reunion?
**[21:08] Kat**
Hey, Gintoki! Do you know anything?
**[21:11] Sak**
Were you awake?
**[21:13] Sak**
Do you remember anything about
what happened last night?
**[21:24] Gin**
I forgot.
**[22:58] Gin**
Dear Gorilla Mangaka,
**[23:02] Gin**
We've now adapted the Kurokono
Tasuke arc in the anime.
**[23:06] Gin**
But speaking of Kurokono Tasuke...
**[23:09] Gin**
Viewers who have been watching for a
while must be familiar with this image,
**[23:13] Gin**
the one that often shows up when
we flash back to the Joi War era.
**[23:17] Gin**
This isn't him, right?
**[23:21] Gin**
He doesn't look like a string-puller at all.
**[23:23] Gin**
I guess he does seem a bit helpful, but I
don't know if he'd be of great assistance.
**[23:26] Gin**
And he's even got a beard.
**[23:29] Gin**
Seriously,
**[23:30] Gin**
who *is* this guy?
***SIGN*** The End
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**[23:35] Hij**
My dreams aren't cheap enough to
be bought with a lottery ticket.
**[23:39] Hij**
Next Episode:
**[23:40] Hij**
"When Compared to Time in the Heavens,
Fifty Years of Human Life Resembles
***SIGN*** When Compared to Time in the Heavens,
Fifty Years of Human Life Resembles
Naught but Dreams and Lottery Tickets
**[23:43] Hij**
Naught but Dreams and Lottery Tickets."
**[23:46] Hij**
I...
**[23:47] Hij**
I-I won?!
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***SIGN*** [Thanks] To whomever it may concern,
***SIGN*** thank you so much for your help.
***SIGN*** The Gintama anime only exists thanks to your goodwill,
***SIGN*** and next week it presents a one-shot with Hijikata, a lottery ticket, and Gintoki.