E279 - The Reaper by Day and the Reaper by Night Source: Crunchyroll Translator: Editor: Timer: QC: (Please feel free to edit the speaker names if incomplete or inaccurate. Names are handled on a best-effort basis depending on the info on the source file. Dialogue is left as is.) SIGN    The Reaper's Request: Please watch this program in a bright room and at a safe distance from your TV. [01:35] G     Boss, I gotta close up already. [01:38] G     And they say this area's gotten dangerous     lately, so you'd best hurry on home. [01:42] Gin     Dangerous? What else is new? [01:46] G     Haven't you heard of the serial     killer going after drunkards? [01:49] G     Just two days ago, another corpse     was found in a back alley. [01:52] G     And there was something     really strange about it. [01:55] G     At first glance, he looked like any old     drunkard with nary a scratch on him, [01:59] G     but he was cut through the neck,     leaving just one tiny bit of skin attached. [02:04] G     And because of that, [02:05] G     now there are rumors that it     was the work of a Reaper. [02:09] Gin     No wonder the streets are     so deserted everywhere. [02:14] Gin     When things get this gloomy,     it even makes alcohol taste bad. [02:18] Gin     I wish someone would have a     drink with me, Reaper or not. [02:22] G     Give it a rest, Boss. [02:24] G     Or else a Reaper really might     show up to pour you a drink. SIGN    Oden [02:28] G     So scary! [02:29] G     I'd better take down my lamp before     the candle gets snuffed out. [02:34] Gin     How stupid. [02:36] Gin     By just a tiny bit of skin on his neck? [02:38] Gin     Big whoopin' deal. [02:40] Gin     Even I could do that. [02:44] Gin     Hell, we're always scraping along     by the skin of our necks. [02:47] Gin     Financially, that is. [02:48] R     Is that true? [02:51] R     If so, I'd like to ask you [02:55] R     to help me commit suicide. SIGN    The Reaper by Day     and the Reaper by Night [03:06] Gin     I'm not sure I get it, [03:08] Gin     but you should probably rethink this. [03:11] Gin     If you committed suicide, uh, [03:14] Gin     wouldn't it be bad in a lot of ways? [03:16] Gin     How should I put this... [03:18] Gin     It's just wrong in all kinds of ways. [03:21] Gin     Basically, this isn't like you. [03:24] Gin     Cheer up! [03:25] R     What the hell would you know about me?! [03:27] Gin     What would I know? [03:29] Gin     I'd say it's all pretty obvious, really. [03:32] R     Stop judging a book by its cover! [03:35] R     You know nothing about my suffering! [03:37] Gin     I can pretty much guess. [03:39] Gin     You couldn't learn Bankai     or something, right? [03:42] R     Wrong! [03:43] Gin     Anyway, [03:44] Gin     don't throw your life away. [03:47] Gin     You have the important mission     of taking human lives... [03:50] Gin     Wait, that's not right. [03:52] Gin     You should know better than     anyone how precious life is [03:54] Gin     because you take so many lives... [03:57] Gin     That's not it, either. [03:58] Gin     Man, this is a pain! [04:00] Gin     I have no idea how to stop a     Reaper from committing suicide! [04:03] R     I must atone for all the lives I have taken. [04:07] Gin     Look, I get that. [04:09] Gin     But isn't that your job? [04:11] Gin     You don't have a choice. [04:12] Gin     Everyone understands that. [04:15] R     Just hurry and finish me off already! [04:18] R     P-Please! [04:20] R     Finish me! [04:22] R     End my suffering! [04:24] Gin     I don't even care anymore. [04:26] Gin     Don't resent me, okay? [04:27] Gin     Don't reduce my life span, okay? [04:28] R     Ow! Ow! Ow! I'm gonna die! [04:31] Gin     Didn't you want to die?! [04:32] R     H-Hurry up! Hurry up! [04:33] Gin     Hey, come on! [04:34] Gin     Quit moving around! [04:37] Gin     H-Here I come. [04:46] R     U-Uh, how much longer? [04:49] R     Hurry up and put me at ease. [04:52] Gin     J-Just a sec. Don't look this way. [04:54] Gin     I'm adjusting my aim right now!     I'll take your head in one swing! [05:03] R     Are you done yet? [05:04] R     Hey, I'm really starting to hurt here. [05:06] R     Please, hurry! [05:07] Gin     S-Settle down! [05:09] Gin     This is the pain of all the     lives you have taken so far! [05:13] Gin     And this one's for Krillin! [05:20] R     Hey! What do you think you're doing?! [05:24] R     H-Help... [05:25] Gin     I-I'm sorry! I can't do this after all! [05:28] R     It's too late to be saying that! [05:30] R     My guts are spilling out already! [05:33] Gin     Well, my brain's spilling out,     so let's call it even! [05:36] R     Don't go wimping out on me now! [05:38] R     Hurry up and finish the job! [05:40] R     Kill me! [05:41] Gin     I'll die! I'll die! [05:49] Gin     This isn't helping with suicide, it's a scene     out of Tuesday Suspense Theater! [05:52] Gin     Th-This ain't my fault, right? [05:54] Gin     This ain't a murder, right? [05:56] Gin     I just helped with the suicide, right? [05:57] Gin     And surely helping a Reaper     commit suicide isn't a crime... [06:06] Gin     What's all this? Sure is noisy. [06:11] Gin     Did something happen? [06:13] Shin     I want to know what happened to you! [06:16] Gin     What about me? [06:17] Shin     What? That Reaper hanging     from your back, that's what! [06:21] Gin     Reaper? [06:22] Gin     Wait, can you see something behind me? [06:25] Gin     Damn, is something haunting me? [06:28] Shin     Like hell! [06:28] Shin     The thing's lying limp on your back! [06:31] Shin     It's covered in blood! [06:32] Gin     That doesn't sound good. [06:34] Gin     I might die soon. [06:36] Kag     The Reaper up and died before you! [06:38] Kag     What happened? Don't tell me... [06:40] Gin     No, no! It was self-defense! [06:43] Gin     All I did was turn the tables on     the Reaper who came after my life! [06:45] Kag     You killed it? You killed a Reaper? [06:49] Gin     Anyway, bring in all the Zanpakuto we have. [06:52] Gin     We'll all use our Bankai and send     the Reaper back to Soul Society. [06:56] Shin     What are you trying to make us do?! [06:57] Shin     Not even Bankai can clear you of this crime! [06:59] Shin     Turn yourself in! [07:01] Shin     You've totally committed a murder here! [07:02] Gin     Screw you! [07:04] Gin     Only Soul Society can judge me— [07:08] R     No. Only people can judge other people. [07:13] R     You don't have to assist     in my suicide anymore. [07:14] Shin     It's alive! The Reaper is alive! [07:17] R     I'm sorry. [07:19] R     This stomach wound was a fake. [07:21] R     I figured you'd never take my head     unless I did something like this. [07:26] R     But I'm not allowed an     honorable ritual suicide. [07:30] R     I'm more deserving of having my     severed head stuck on a pike. [07:35] R     A Reaper doesn't even have the right to die. [07:39] Kag     A human? [07:42] R     No, I'm a Reaper. [07:44] R     Ikeda Asaemon, [07:46] R     a good-for-nothing Reaper who     can't even have her own head, [07:49] R     let alone those of sinners. [07:52] R     I apologize for causing a fuss. [08:01] Gin     Who could it be at this time of night? [08:12] Hij     Again? [08:13] Oki     Yeah. The fourth one this week alone. [08:17] Oki     I never knew Reapers were such hard workers. [08:20] Hij     Seriously. [08:22] Hij     I wish they'd spare a thought for us     cops who have to deal with their messes. [08:25] Oki     And unlike us, I bet they get paid     for overtime in Soul Society. [08:31] Oki     This technique never ceases to amaze me. [08:33] Hij     Yeah, no ordinary swordsman     could pull this off. [08:36] Hij     But Sogo, if they were as skilled as you— [08:40] Oki     Gimme a break. [08:42] Oki     I was busy all night, targeting     your head like always. [08:46] Hij     You call that an alibi? [08:48] Oki     Besides, I'm not the only one capable of this.     There are loads of others out there. [08:53] Oki     Did you know? [08:55] Oki     Someone committing a ritual     suicide first pierces his belly, [08:59] Oki     and then his assistant lops off his     head before he starts to suffer. [09:02] Oki     But it's not that easy to take     someone's head in one swing. [09:07] Oki     If it goes badly, you fail to finish him     off even after two or three strikes, [09:11] Oki     thus making him suffer more. [09:13] Oki     As such, it's usually up to the finest     swordsman in the family to be the assistant. [09:18] Oki     Some among them try to [09:19] Oki     keep the head from falling to     the ground and getting dirty [09:22] Oki     by leaving just one tiny bit of     skin attached when they cut it, [09:25] Oki     a practice known as the Hung Head     style of execution, or so I hear. [09:31] Yae     Do you mean to say that the murderer     is one of us executioners? [09:40] Oki     And who might you be? [09:42] Hij     I asked him to help us     with the investigation. [09:45] Hij     He's the Royal Swordskeeper, [09:47] Hij     the 18th Ikeda Yaemon-dono. [09:50] Oki     Royal Swordskeeper? [09:53] Hij     Basically, the arms magistrate who supervises     all of the Shogun family's weaponry— [09:57] Yae     It's fine. [09:59] Yae     No need to address me so formally. [10:02] Yae     Everybody knows that trying out     the swords is but a side job. [10:08] Yae     I know that we're called the     clan of executioners who [10:11] Yae     behead those sentenced by the Bakufu, [10:13] Yae     no, that we are ridiculed     as Reapers behind our backs. [10:19] Oki     Oh, I get it. [10:20] Oki     The quickest way to learn about     a Reaper is to ask a Reaper— [10:25] Yae     Our job may seem like     dirty work to outsiders, [10:29] Yae     but our swords purge criminals of their     sins and return purity to their souls, [10:34] Yae     and we take great pride in them. [10:36] Yae     None in our family would swing their     swords like this, bereft of conviction. [10:42] Hij     It's not like we're suspecting you. [10:45] Hij     We wanted to ask about this technique— [10:46] Yae     Or so I'd like to say, [10:49] Yae     but I don't think anyone outside the Ikeda     family is capable of such a technique. [10:54] Yae     It's not that this head was left     attached by one tiny bit of flesh, [10:58] Yae     but rather that it was chopped off so     skillfully that its cells are coalescing. [11:03] Yae     Leaving even a person's cells     unaware that they've been cut, [11:05] Yae     this art truly removes only their soul. [11:08] Yae     The Ikeda family's ultimate form     of the Hung Head Technique, [11:11] Yae     Soul Cleansing. [11:13] Hij     And how many in your family     can perform this technique? [11:16] Yae     Only a few. [11:18] Yae     First, the late former Yaemon. [11:22] Yae     The second would be me,     who inherited the technique. [11:27] Hij     There are others, right? [11:28] Yae     No, there are none left in the family. [11:32] Yae     But there is one on the run. [11:43] B     Huh? I'm not hurt at all? [11:45] G     Are you all right, kid?! [11:49] G     Huh? Everything inside has been cut. [11:55] G     Hell, even the truck's been cut?! [12:17] (Flashback) Yae     Asaemon, why do you tremble so? [12:21] (Flashback) Yae     The man in front of you     is no longer your master. [12:26] (Flashback) Yae     He is a criminal whose     head you must take. [12:28] (Flashback) Yae     Waver not. [12:30] (Flashback) Yae     Do your duty. [12:32] (Flashback) Yae     When people sin and degenerate into demons, [12:35] (Flashback) Yae     we must make them     human again at their end. [12:38] (Flashback) Yae     That is the Ikeda family's duty. [12:41] (Flashback) Yae     Would you be kind enough     to make me human again [12:45] (Flashback) Yae     with your sword? [12:51] (Flashback) Yae     Never forget. [12:52] (Flashback) Yae     The only beings capable of     turning people human again [12:56] (Flashback) Yae     are neither demons that take human heads [12:59] (Flashback) Yae     nor Reapers that take their souls, [13:02] (Flashback) Yae     but humans who sever their souls to save them. [13:25] C     Where'd she go? [13:26] C     That way! Look over there! [13:30] Asa     They've already got the entire town covered. [13:34] Asa     This might be a fitting end for me. [13:37] Gin     Not on my watch. [13:40] Gin     Aren't you the one who asked     me to help you commit suicide, [13:43] Gin     my dear Reaper? [13:44] R     You're— [13:46] R     Hey, watch your hands! [13:53] Gin     Ikeda Asaemon. [13:55] Gin     I never thought [13:56] Gin     someone from a family that's served     as bakufu executioners for generations [14:00] Gin     would ask me to behead them. [14:03] Asa     And I never thought asking     you to assist me with suicide [14:06] Asa     would lead to your taking     advantage of it to molest me. [14:10] Gin     I'm telling you, I didn't touch nothing! [14:12] Asa     You see, compared to girls, Reapers have     one more private part you shouldn't touch. [14:17] Gin     I'm telling you, I didn't     touch your private parts! [14:20] Asa     Privates of the Caribbean. [14:22] Gin     That's just a skull! [14:24] Asa     It's the skull of Caribbean, the pirate     said to be the first criminal put down by [14:29] Asa     the Ikeda family of bakufu executioners. [14:31] Asa     Now that you've laid your hands     on a Reaper's holy privates, [14:34] Asa     you will definitely lose your nape. [14:37] Gin     And how exactly are you gonna     have my nape in your state? [14:40] Asa     Oh, did I say nape? [14:42] Asa     I meant nip. [14:48] Gin     She took my nipple! [14:49] Gin     What have you done?! And when?! [14:52] Asa     Taking a criminal's head without letting     them realize they've lost it... [14:56] Asa     That's what a Reaper's sword does. [14:57] Gin     Lost it? More like "lost teat"! [14:59] Asa     No need to worry. [15:00] Asa     My sword doesn't even hurt the cells. [15:03] Asa     If you put it back, it'll stick. [15:11] Asa     Then please draw it back when     the DVD version comes out. [15:14] Gin     Help, Yabuki-sensei! [15:17] Gin     Damn you! I'm seriously gonna     throw you into the depths of Hell! [15:20] Shin     Calm down! [15:21] Asa     Stop! Don't touch my private parts! [15:26] Yae     A job well done, Odd Jobs. [15:29] Yae     You actually managed to bring her     here before the police could. [15:33] Yae     As the head of the Ikeda family, I thank you. [15:36] Asa     Y-Yaemon-sama... [15:40] Yae     You've finally come back home, Asaemon. [15:46] W     This is Ishikawa Rokuemon's head. [15:48] W     And this is the head of     Weasel Boy Jirokichi. [15:51] W     And that's... [15:53] W     Who was it again? [15:55] W     Well, it's somebody's nipple. [15:57] Gin     Excuse me. [15:58] Gin     This nipple looks familiar to me. [16:01] W     They're all heads of the heinous     villains the Ikeda family has put down. [16:05] Gin     This is mine, isn't it? [16:07] Gin     Why is it already part of your collection? [16:09] W     Feel free to observe them all you like. [16:13] W     Dinner will be served momentarily. [16:15] Kag     That's the mansion of the     bakufu's executioners for you. [16:18] Kag     Everything is so clear-cut. [16:19] Kag     They're desperate to show themselves off. [16:21] Shin     Uh, Gin-san... [16:23] Shin     Can we just take our money and go? [16:26] Shin     I don't really feel like eating     with skulls staring at me. [16:30] Kag     Wait up, Shinpachi. [16:32] Kag     There's something fishy about     that young head of the Reapers. [16:35] Kag     Oops. [16:36] Gin     Guys that put on that Sakai     Masato-ish fake smile [16:38] Gin     tend to be the type to kill people     with a smile on their face. [16:42] Gin     He might've welcomed her back warmly, [16:44] Gin     but he's probably trying to wipe out the     family's black sheep behind closed doors. [16:48] Gin     They say a Reaper always     approaches you with a smile... [16:50] Yae     No, that's the devil. [16:52] Yae     A Reaper would be standing behind     you before you even realized it. [16:56] Yae     And he'd take your life     in the blink of an eye. [17:00] Yae     I returned your nipple. [17:10] Yae     Shall we begin, then? [17:12] Gin     Uh, we'll pass for tonight. [17:15] Yae     Is something wrong? [17:16] Gin     Nah, I'm just starting to     feel sick of this room— [17:20] Gin     I mean, to my stomach. [17:22] Yae     Perfect! [17:24] Yae     We've prepared a very nutritious     Ikeda special course for you. [17:29] Yae     First, we have the appetizer, live frog. [17:31] Yae     Then the side dish, monkey brain, [17:33] Yae     and the main course, broiled boar head. [17:36] Yae     And then... [17:36] Gin     They're all heads! [17:39] Gin     W-Wow! They're all unusual dishes! [17:42] Gin     B-But do you have anything     that's a bit closer to home? [17:47] Asa     Of course. [17:48] Asa     Here's the dessert: somebody's nipple. [17:50] Gin     That hits too close to home! [17:52] Gin     Enough with the taking it     off and putting it back on! [17:55] Gin     What the hell do you think my nipples are?! [17:58] Yae     Asaemon cooked this meal herself. [18:01] Yae     I thought it'd be a good way to     let her thank you personally. [18:04] Gin     That's not the point. [18:06] Gin     Why the hell are you— [18:07] Yae     Why are we welcoming back the     traitor who killed the former head? [18:13] Yae     If you tell anyone else what I tell you,     I'll have to behead all of you, as well. [18:19] Yae     Do you still want to know? [18:22] Yae     Asaemon and I are like siblings. [18:26] Yae     I'm the former Yaemon's own son, [18:28] Yae     whereas Asaemon was an orphan he adopted. [18:30] Yae     However, our Ikeda family     cares not about blood lineage. [18:34] Yae     For generations, [18:36] Yae     only the most skilled swordsman has     been chosen as the bakufu executioner [18:38] Yae     and inherited the Yaemon name,     proof of being the Ikeda family head. [18:43] Yae     The former Yaemon thought     we had that potential, [18:47] Yae     and so we supported each other like siblings, [18:49] Yae     competed like rivals, and     raised the bar for each other. SIGN    Yaemon [18:56] Yae     People would say the family's     future would be secure no matter [19:00] Yae     which of us became Yaemon. [19:02] Yae     But that's when [19:04] Yae     it came to light that the former     Yaemon had gone against his duty [19:07] Yae     and secretly helped criminals     escape in the past. [19:12] Yae     If the court were to find out, the     Ikeda family would've been wiped out. [19:17] Shin     Then, did you... [19:19] Yae     We punished the former Yaemon in secrecy. [19:22] Yae     Asaemon was the one who     helped him commit suicide. [19:26] Yae     But the court was bound to     learn of his death eventually, [19:29] Yae     so Asaemon left home, unbeknownst to all. [19:32] Yae     To shroud the truth about the     former Yaemon's death in darkness, [19:35] Yae     she took on the stigma of being     a traitor who killed her lord, [19:38] Yae     and chose the path of wearing     a bloodied Reaper's mask. [19:43] Yae     Asaemon is a loyal retainer who threw     everything away to protect the Yaemon name. [19:50] Gin     Then were you trying to commit suicide [19:54] Gin     so you could erase both yourself and     the truth before you got caught? [19:58] Ase     That's not true. [20:02] Ase     I'm no loyal retainer. [20:06] Shin     Asaemon-san! [20:09] Yae     She loved the previous head,     our master, more than anyone else. [20:14] Yae     But I never thought she'd go so     far to protect Father's name. [20:18] Yae     I'm glad we found her before it was too late. [20:21] Gin     Listen to yourself. [20:22] Gin     It wasn't just the sin of killing     her lord she took on, right? [20:26] Gin     I mean, it'd be bad if the honorable     family of bakufu executioners [20:30] Gin     produced a serial killer, now wouldn't it? [20:33] Gin     Especially if it were the head of the family, [20:35] Gin     because I hear the entire family     would have to be wiped out. [20:40] Yae     I see. [20:42] Yae     You said Reapers approach     with a smile on their face. [20:45] Yae     That might not be all that far off the mark. [20:48] Yae     A faint smile, is it? [20:52] Yae     You can't call that a crime. [20:55] Yae     They were all criminals [20:57] Yae     who would've lost their heads if the     former head hadn't let them escape. [21:00] Shin     N-No way! [21:02] Shin     Don't tell me, you... [21:04] Yae     Asaemon and I shared a vow that day. [21:08] Yae     That even if we walked down different     paths, the sky would keep us connected. [21:12] Yae     And under that sky, both     the Reaper by day and [21:15] Yae     the Reaper by night would protect the     things the previous head left us. [21:19] Yae     In my eyes, [21:20] Yae     she's also one of the precious things the     previous Yaemon, my father, left me. [21:26] Yae     If I were planning to make     her a sacrificial pawn, [21:29] Yae     I wouldn't have had you bring her back. [21:32] Gin     You think you can hide it forever? [21:34] Yae     So long as you're not the     talkative sort, yes. [21:36] Gin     Then why'd you take that     risk by telling us all this? [21:41] Yae     Please don't play dumb. [21:44] Yae     Now that you've heard all this, you'll     either have to cooperate with me [21:48] Yae     or run into a serial killer     and lose your head. [21:58] Yae     Because the list of criminals the previous     Yaemon let escape ten years ago SIGN    Sakata Gintoki [22:03] Yae     has your name on it, [22:08] Yae     Sakata Gintoki-san. SIGN    Human or Demon? SIGN    Preview SIGN    There's a reason why Gintoki managed to survive SIGN    after being sentenced to death in the past. SIGN    Was it coincidence, or fate? Lucky or unlucky? SIGN    In the midst of doubt, there's a sudden twist in the story!!