E304 - Shogun Assassination Arc Part Five: Those Who Protect Against All Odds

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[00:02] Z
    I have the perfect ninja technique
    for your massive asses.
[00:06] Z
    It's my trump card,
[00:08] Z
    and I've already used it!
[00:33] Tak
    Took you long enough.
[00:36] Tak
    I got sick of waiting for you,
[00:39] Tak
    Gintoki.
[00:42] Tak
    Be it destroying this country or protecting it,
[00:46] Tak
    we're the only ones who can do it, right?
SIGN    Shogun Assassination Arc 
    Part Five
SIGN    Those Who Protect Against All Odds
SIGN    Watch the Shogun Assassination Arc in a bright room 
    and at a safe distance from your TV!
[02:27] Hen
    It's the White Yaksha.
[02:28] Hen
    Get hi—
[02:43] Z
    Don't move, you bastards.
[02:45] Z
    Stay right there and fortify
    your defenses or something!
[02:48] Sho
    That's not right.
[02:50] Sho
    That's not how you throw these knives.
[02:54] Sho
    Grip it correctly, Zenzo.
[02:58] Sho
    I haven't forgotten.
[03:00] (Flashback) Sho
    If you become the Oniwaban someday...
[03:04] (Flashback) Sho
    If I become the shogun someday,
[03:09] (Flashback) Sho
    I hope we can fight together
[03:11] (Flashback) Sho
    for this country.
[03:14] Sho
    We finally meet,
[03:19] Sho
    my Oniwaban.
[03:23] Kam
    Sheesh.
[03:25] Kam
    The final trump card to defend this country
[03:28] Kam
    turned out to be quite the letdown.
[03:33] Tak
    You're still playing your silly game
    of house with these kids, Gintoki?
[03:39] Tak
    Looks like there's a
    large gap between us now.
[03:43] Tak
    We once fought together and lost everything.
[03:47] Tak
    Now, one of us has sworn
    revenge on this country,
[03:51] Tak
    gained enough power to
    topple an entire nation,
[03:53] Tak
    and almost forced a checkmate.
[03:56] Tak
    But the other one has tried to fit in,
[03:59] Tak
    and with just two kids by his side,
[04:02] Tak
    is still struggling to protect the country.
[04:07] Tak
    Gintoki,
[04:09] Tak
    you can no longer defend anything from me.
[04:14] Gin
    Is that what you've found since then?
[04:19] Gin
    Takasugi, I don't care how
    much power you've gained,
[04:25] Gin
    or how large an army you've got in tow.
[04:29] Gin
    It doesn't scare me one bit.
[04:31] Gin
    While you were casting
    aside a hundred people,
[04:34] Gin
    I formed bonds with a thousand.
[04:37] Gin
    When you were destroying a thousand people,
[04:41] Gin
    I had ten thousand helping me out.
[04:44] Gin
    So what if you've got thousands of troops?
[04:47] Gin
    The three of us have protected
    thousands more against all odds!
[04:53] Gin
    We are Odd Jobs!
[04:57] Tak
    Gintoki,
[04:59] Tak
    your game of house ends here.
[05:02] Tak
    This country has nothing
    worthwhile for you to protect.
[05:07] Tak
    There's nothing left for us to protect.
[05:12] Tak
    All you're carrying on your shoulders
    are toys for playing house.
[05:16] Tak
    And soon, they'll be destroyed
    along with this country.
[05:20] Tak
    Gintoki, you will lose everything again.
[05:27] Gin
    I haven't lost anything.
[05:31] Gin
    It's just...
[05:36] Gin
    There's one less back for me to protect now!
[05:47] Gin
    Kagura!
[05:50] Gin
    Shinpachi!
[05:52] Gin
    Let's do this!
[06:00] Kam
    Well, well.
[06:01] Kam
    You see your sibling after so long,
    and you greet him with a fist?
[06:06] Kam
    You're acting a little more like a Yato now.
[06:09] Kam
    You make your brother very happy.
[06:11] Kam
    Just one problem...
[06:14] Kam
    You're acting too arrogant towards me!
[06:17] Kam
    Sorry, but I'm a working man now.
[06:20] Kam
    I'm busy.
[06:21] Kam
    I can't let Shinsuke hog all the spotl—
[06:24] Kag
    Where do you think you're going?
[06:25] Kag
    Your opponent isn't the country.
[06:28] Kag
    It's me!
[06:30] Kag
    A moronic brother like you is more suited
    to a sibling spat than a war of conquest!
[06:37] Kam
    Give it a rest.
[06:43] Kam
    Let me go.
[06:45] Kam
    I told you, didn't I?
[06:48] (Flashback) Kag
    Where are you going?
[06:50] (Flashback) Kag
    Where are you going, leaving Mommy behind?
[06:59] (Flashback) Kam
    Get lost.
[07:00] Kam
    I want nothing to do with weaklings.
[07:11] Kag
    I was waiting for you to use your right hand.
[07:21] Kag
    You've been favoring it all this time.
[07:23] Kag
    Do you think I can't see
    through your mannerisms?
[07:27] Kag
    Every time you got hurt, you'd always hide it.
[07:31] Kag
    You didn't want to worry Mommy.
[07:35] Kag
    But Mommy is gone now,
[07:38] Kag
    so what are you so afraid of?
[07:54] Kag
    I'm no longer the crybaby
    little sister you knew.
[07:59] Kag
    I'm no longer the weak little sister who
    could do nothing but watch you leave.
[08:06] Kag
    This country, this planet, and
    everyone here showed me...
[08:15] Kag
    How strong people can be.
[08:17] Kag
    How weak people can be.
[08:18] Kag
    How fragile their lives can be,
[08:20] Kag
    and how precious they are!
[08:23] Kag
    This planet of samurai
    taught me all of that!
[08:30] Kag
    I'm the Kagura who was born on this planet.
[08:35] Kag
    I won't let anyone do as they
    please with my birthplace.
[08:39] Kag
    Kamui!
[08:41] Kag
    I will no longer lose to you or myself!
[08:47] Kag
    This time, for sure,
[08:50] Kag
    I will stop you!
[09:08] (Flashback) Tak
    This could be the end, so I'll ask you
    something that's been on my mind, Gintoki.
[09:14] (Flashback) Tak
    Why did you fight in this war?
[09:18] (Flashback) Tak
    To defend the country from these guys?
[09:21] (Flashback) Tak
    Or to leave your name in the
    history books as a warrior?
[09:25] (Flashback) Gin
    Dunno.
[09:26] (Flashback) Gin
    But one thing's for sure: only
    men of honor die for such causes.
[09:32] (Flashback) Gin
    Not me
[09:34] (Flashback) Gin
    or you.
[09:36] (Flashback) Gin
    Yeah, we're not respectable
    men like Zura and Tatsuma.
[09:41] (Flashback) Gin
    We're good-for-nothing warriors
    who don't get bushido.
[09:45] (Flashback) Gin
    But there are some things only
    good-for-nothings can understand.
[09:50] (Flashback) Gin
    Gintoki, if I die...
[09:55] (Flashback) Gin
    Take care of Sensei.
[09:58] (Flashback) Gin
    This is a favor I can only ask
    of a fellow good-for-nothing.
[10:02] (Flashback) Gin
    Then I've got a favor to ask
    of a good-for-nothing, too.
[10:07] (Flashback) Gin
    Don't die.
[11:02] (Flashback) Kat
    I knew I'd find you here.
[11:06] (Flashback) Kat
    I hear you went on another rampage at school.
[11:09] (Flashback) Kat
    Even the famed Military Arts Academy, where
    the future leaders of the country assemble,
[11:14] (Flashback) Kat
    is not enough for you, is it,
[11:17] (Flashback) Kat
    Takasugi?
[11:20] (Flashback) Tak
    Don't make me laugh, Katsura.
[11:22] (Flashback) Tak
    They're all rich brats who only know how
    to use their parents' money or connections.
[11:28] (Flashback) Tak
    I was told to take training
    seriously, so I did. That's all.
[11:33] (Flashback) Tak
    Those morons don't even know how to fight.
[11:36] (Flashback) Tak
    I can't wait to see what kind of
    future they'll lead this country to.
[11:41] (Flashback) Kat
    Takasugi...
[11:43] (Flashback) Kat
    Do you realize that you're
    still among the fortunate?
[11:46] (Flashback) Kat
    There are some people who can't
    even read because they're too poor.
[11:50] (Flashback) Kat
    And some who can't become
    samurai, even if they want to.
[11:55] (Flashback) Tak
    No wonder they let you join the school as
    a special case due to your prodigious mind.
[11:58] (Flashback) Tak
    You've got a broad perspective.
[12:02] (Flashback) Tak
    I'm sure you can become an
    admirable samurai there.
[12:06] (Flashback) Tak
    An admirable samurai who'll serve his
    family and country, and die for them.
[12:13] (Flashback) Tak
    Unfortunately, I don't have
    such worthless ambitions.
[12:17] (Flashback) Kat
    Then...
[12:18] (Flashback) Kat
    Just what kind of samurai do you want to be?
[12:23] (Flashback) Kat
    Just where are you headed?
[12:28] (Flashback) Tak
    Beats me.
[12:30] (Flashback) Tak
    My life would be much easier if I knew.
[12:34] (Flashback) G
    Takasugi, I hear you took good
    care of my little brother.
[12:38] (Flashback) G
    For the son of a plebe samurai,
    you've sure got some nerve.
[12:41] (Flashback) G
    Know your place!
[12:44] (Flashback) Tak
    I hope this will serve as decent training.
[12:47] (Flashback) Kat
    Wait.
[12:48] (Flashback) Kat
    Trying to get revenge for
    training with a fight, are we?
[12:52] (Flashback) Kat
    And you call yourself aspiring samurai?
[12:54] (Flashback) Kat
    What's more, you're fighting with numbers...
[12:56] (Flashback) G
    Katsura, huh?
[12:58] (Flashback) G
    Perfect.
[13:00] (Flashback) G
    I don't care if you're a scholarship student.
[13:01] (Flashback) G
    But I was getting sick of sharing a
    classroom with a kid who reeks of poverty.
[13:08] (Flashback) Tak
    Hear that, Katsura?
[13:10] (Flashback) Tak
    There are no samurai here.
[13:13] (Flashback) G
    Beat them both up!
[13:23] (Flashback) Gin
    Blah, blah, blah, blah. How annoying.
[13:26] (Flashback) Gin
    Are you bastards in heat?
[13:30] (Flashback) Gin
    If you wanna train,
    do it at your temple school.
[13:33] (Flashback) Gin
    Haven't you spoiled brats
    learned how to play hooky?
[13:36] (Flashback) G
    Who are you?
[13:39] (Flashback) Gin
    Take a nap.
[13:41] (Flashback) Gin
    Samurai shouldn't half-ass things.
[13:43] (Flashback) Gin
    I'll join you guys.
[13:45] (Flashback) Gin
    Let's all go to sleep together.
[13:47] (Flashback) G
    Like hell we will!
[13:48] (Flashback) G
    You'll pay for that!
[13:54] (Flashback) Yos
    Well said, Gintoki.
[13:57] (Flashback) Yos
    That's right.
[13:58] (Flashback) Yos
    Halfheartedness is unbecoming of samurai.
[14:01] (Flashback) Yos
    And ganging up to bully a
    few is out of the question.
[14:05] (Flashback) Yos
    That said, Gintoki...
[14:07] (Flashback) Yos
    You half-growns are a hundred years
    too early to know how to play hooky.
[14:15] (Flashback) Yos
    In a fight, both parties are to blame.
[14:18] (Flashback) Yos
    You two should head back to
    your school at once, too,
[14:22] (Flashback) Yos
    my little samurai.
[14:24] (Flashback) Tak
    Wh-Who's that?
[14:27] (Flashback) Kat
    I see.
[14:28] (Flashback) Kat
    I've heard rumors about him.
[14:30] (Flashback) Kat
    A samurai with a white-haired kid in tow
    opened a private school recently,
[14:34] (Flashback) Kat
    and is teaching poor kids for free.
[14:39] (Flashback) Kat
    So that's the founder of
    the Shoka Sonjuku school,
[14:43] (Flashback) Kat
    Yoshida Shoyo.
SIGN    Shoka Sonjuku
[15:35] (Flashback) Yos
    Goodness me.
[15:37] (Flashback) Yos
    I've never heard of a dojo challenger
    attacking a temple school.
[15:42] (Flashback) Yos
    Thank goodness this is
    the extent of your injuries.
[15:46] (Flashback) Tak
    I actually wanted to fight you.
[15:49] (Flashback) Tak
    I never thought I'd lose to him...
[15:50] (Flashback) Yos
    You are plenty strong.
[15:54] (Flashback) Yos
    After all, you pushed Gintoki that far,
[15:57] (Flashback) Yos
    my little dojo challenger.
[15:58] (Flashback) Tak
    But I lost.
[16:00] (Flashback) Yos
    You did.
[16:01] (Flashback) Yos
    And that's why you'll grow stronger.
[16:05] (Flashback) Yos
    Victors only gain
    self-satisfaction and conceit,
[16:09] (Flashback) Yos
    but you have gained something
    far more meaningful.
[16:13] (Flashback) Yos
    There's nothing to be ashamed of.
[16:17] (Flashback) Yos
    Besides, that boy is a unique case.
[16:21] (Flashback) Yos
    In order to live and survive,
[16:25] (Flashback) Yos
    he was forced to grow strong.
[16:29] (Flashback) Tak
    Did you take him in, too?
[16:31] (Flashback) Yos
    Who knows?
[16:32] (Flashback) Yos
    Did I take him in?
[16:33] (Flashback) Yos
    Or did he take me in?
[16:36] (Flashback) Yos
    I can't tell anymore.
[16:38] (Flashback) G
    One...
[16:40] (Flashback) G
    Two...
[16:41] (Flashback) Tak
    What's the point in gathering kids
    of unknown births and backgrounds,
[16:44] (Flashback) Tak
    and teaching them academics or the sword?
[16:48] (Flashback) Tak
    Do you really think they can become samurai?
[16:51] (Flashback) Yos
    Will they, I wonder?
[16:53] (Flashback) Yos
    I can't wait to find out myself.
[16:55] (Flashback) Tak
    I'm the one asking the questions here.
[16:57] (Flashback) Yos
    I'd like to ask you something, too.
[17:00] (Flashback) Yos
    What is a samurai?
[17:02] (Flashback) Yos
    Would you tell me?
[17:03] (Flashback) Tak
    Aren't you a samurai?!
[17:05] (Flashback) Yos
    Well...
[17:07] (Flashback) Yos
    At the very least, I'm not
    the kind of samurai you know.
[17:12] (Flashback) Yos
    Do you think there are qualifications
    to become a samurai?
[17:16] (Flashback) Yos
    Do you believe that without a family
    to protect, or a lord to serve,
[17:20] (Flashback) Yos
    one cannot become a samurai?
[17:25] (Flashback) Yos
    I don't think so.
[17:27] (Flashback) Yos
    Bushido is the will to
    discipline one's weak self
[17:31] (Flashback) Yos
    in order to reach one's stronger self.
[17:35] (Flashback) Yos
    It refers to the act of devoting
    oneself to one's ideals.
[17:41] (Flashback) Yos
    So both they, who study diligently and
    try to become better human beings,
[17:47] (Flashback) Yos
    and you, who came here as a dojo
    challenger to grow stronger,
[17:53] (Flashback) Yos
    are already samurai in my eyes.
[17:57] (Flashback) Yos
    Even if your births and
    backgrounds are unknown,
[18:00] (Flashback) Yos
    and you don't have a master
    to serve or a sword to fight,
[18:05] (Flashback) Yos
    you can each flaunt your own brand of bushido
[18:08] (Flashback) Yos
    and become your own samurai.
[18:13] (Flashback) Yos
    Guiding as many of those samurai as possible
[18:19] (Flashback) Yos
    might just be my brand of bushido.
[18:26] (Flashback) Yos
    You ended up here after losing
    your way, too, didn't you?
[18:31] (Flashback) Yos
    I am the same.
[18:32] (Flashback) Yos
    I'm still lost.
[18:34] (Flashback) Yos
    But that's all right.
[18:36] (Flashback) Yos
    Doubt yourself, lose your way,
[18:38] (Flashback) Yos
    and become the kind of
    samurai you want to be.
[18:46] (Flashback) Gin
    What's your problem?
[18:47] (Flashback) Gin
    Didn't you learn your lesson yesterday?
[18:49] (Flashback) Tak
    Fight me once more.
[18:54] (Flashback) Gin
    Give it a rest already.
[18:56] (Flashback) Gin
    How many times are you gonna
    show up as a dojo challenger?
[18:59] (Flashback) Tak
    As many times as it takes to win.
[19:03] (Flashback) G
    What's with Takasugi lately?
[19:06] (Flashback) G
    His look is finally starting
    to match his status.
[19:10] (Flashback) TakD
    Shinsuke!
[19:11] (Flashback) TakD
    What the hell are you doing, and where?
[19:14] (Flashback) TakD
    The next time you cause a
    problem, you'll be disowned.
[19:17] (Flashback) TakD
    Sit there and cool your head.
    Think about what it means to be a samurai!
[19:21] (Flashback) TakD
    Jinbei! Don't feed him!
[19:27] (Flashback) Kat
    Stupid grandma.
[19:29] (Flashback) Kat
    I told her I only eat rice balls with plum filling,
[19:32] (Flashback) Kat
    so why did she use tuna mayo?
[19:34] (Flashback) Kat
    Oh, well. I guess I'll leave it
    at the shrine as an offering.
[19:40] (Flashback) Tak
    Katsura...
[19:41] (Flashback) Tak
    Didn't your grandma die a long time ago?
[19:46] (Flashback) Kat
    Takasugi, did you find something?
[19:53] (Flashback) Tak
    Not a thing.
[19:55] (Flashback) Tak
    But I realized that I'm weak.
[19:59] (Flashback) Tak
    I realized that there are lots
    of stronger guys out there.
[20:05] (Flashback) Tak
    Then, at the very least,
[20:09] (Flashback) Tak
    I want to become a stronger
    samurai than them.
[20:15] (Flashback) G
    Point!
[20:17] (Flashback) G
    Whoa!
[20:19] (Flashback) G
    You actually beat Gintoki! Amazing!
[20:21] (Flashback) G
    You did it! Good job hanging in there!
[20:24] (Flashback) Tak
    D-Don't act all friendly with me!
[20:26] (Flashback) Tak
    We're not schoolmates!
[20:28] (Flashback) Yos
    Oh, you're not?
[20:31] (Flashback) Yos
    And here I thought you'd
    already joined our school.
[20:34] (Flashback) Yos
    I mean, you were so enthusiastic
    every day about training...
[20:37] (Flashback) Yos
    No, about challenging the dojo.
[20:43] (Flashback) Gin
    Hey!
[20:44] (Flashback) Gin
    What's with the cozy atmosphere?!
[20:46] (Flashback) Gin
    He's a dojo challenger!
[20:48] (Flashback) Gin
    He took out our dojo!
[20:49] (Flashback) Gin
    He popped my loser cherry!
[20:53] (Flashback) Kat
    We're not on opposing sides anymore.
[20:55] (Flashback) Kat
    Let's all make rice balls together.
[20:56] (Flashback) Gin
    Never mind which side 
    you're on, who are you?!
[20:58] (Flashback) Gin
    Why do I have to eat rice balls
    made by a complete stranger?!
[21:01] (Flashback) Kat
    Who said you could eat?
[21:03] (Flashback) Kat
    Just make them.
[21:04] (Flashback) Gin
    What kind of ritual is that?!
[21:06] (Flashback) Yos
    Oh, I'm sorry.
[21:07] (Flashback) Yos
    I ate one already.
[21:08] (Flashback) Bo
    That was quick!
[21:34] Tak
    You're strong.
[21:37] Tak
    You really are strong,
[21:42] Tak
    Gintoki...
SIGN    To Be Continued
SIGN    Preview
[23:34] Yos
    Welcome to Shoka Sonjuku.
[23:37] Tak
    I have you...
[23:40] Tak
    And you have me!
[23:42] Gin
    I'm Sakata Gintoki,
    disciple of Yoshida Shoyo!
SIGN    Shogun Assassination Arc 
    Part Six
SIGN    Sworn Enemy
SIGN    The feelings that bind teacher  and student together...
SIGN    The promise made in bygone days...