E308 - Farewell Shinsengumi Arc Part One: The Day the Demon Cried

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SIGN    To Our Valued Customers: We are taking the day off for personal reasons. - Owner
[01:27] Shin
    Shogun-sama...
SIGN    Lord Tokugawa Shigeshige Assassinated
SIGN    Watch Gintama in a bright room
    and at a safe distance from your TV!!
[03:21] Ten
    A country doesn't need two shoguns.
[03:25] Ten
    And a puppet that defies us
    holds no value whatsoever.
[03:30] Ten
    What a pitiful man Tokugawa Shigeshige was.
[03:33] Ten
    He wouldn't have lost his life if
    he'd been our obedient pet.
[03:37] Ten
    But he tried to abolish the position of
    shogun by establishing a new administration.
[03:42] Ten
    Did he think he would render us powerless
    if he asked for the emperor's help?
[03:47] Ten
    Truly foolish.
[03:49] Ten
    And truly an end befitting that man.
[03:56] Ra
    I heard the assassin had been a close
    friend of his since childhood.
[04:01] Ra
    The shogun staunchly refused to be
    accompanied to the meeting by bodyguards.
[04:06] Ra
    I'm sure it was partly because
    he trusted his retainers,
[04:09] Ra
    and partly because he wanted
    to show that he trusted them.
[04:12] Ra
    The Tendoshu took advantage of that.
[04:14] Ra
    The shogun believed in
    his friends to the last,
[04:17] Ra
    and paid for it with his life.
[04:19] Zen
    So he wouldn't have died
    if he hadn't met us, huh?
[04:25] Ra
    Who knows?
[04:26] Ra
    He'd been a puppet of the times,
[04:29] Ra
    but in the end, he chose how he would
    live and where he would die himself.
[04:34] Ra
    It was because he met you, his friends.
[04:39] Zen
    Unfortunately, I no longer have
    the right to call myself that.
[04:46] Zen
    A guy who killed his friends
    to protect his friend...
[04:50] Zen
    A guy who sacrificed so many,
[04:53] Zen
    and still couldn't protect that friend...
[04:56] Zen
    A loser
[04:58] Zen
    has no right to call himself that.
[05:03] Zen
    I couldn't protect a thing.
[05:06] Zen
    I couldn't change a thing.
[05:09] Zen
    All that's left is the man with
    their blood on his hands...
[05:13] Zen
    A sinner.
SIGN    Special Police Shinsengumi
[06:02] Gin
    I see doubt in your sword.
[06:07] Gin
    A police hound shouldn't be ignoring
    a lost cat and getting lost himself.
[06:12] Gin
    Want me to spar with you?
[06:14] Gin
    Right now, I bet I could
    beat you with just this.
[06:18] Kon
    I'll pass.
[06:20] Kon
    Not even the police can say where a
    forever lost stray cloud will end up.
[06:24] Gin
    At the very least, I wouldn't wander
    into such a filthy place when sober.
[06:29] Gin
    What do you want?
[06:30] Gin
    Where are the others?
[06:32] Kon
    Beats me.
[06:33] Kon
    Probably at the funeral.
[06:36] Kon
    I don't have the right to go.
[06:39] Kon
    But it's convenient that nobody's here now.
[06:42] Kon
    We haven't paid you guys
    for that time, right?
[06:46] Kon
    Well, you know,
[06:47] Kon
    if the situation weren't what it is,
[06:48] Kon
    a legendary Joi Rebel and
    the Shinsengumi chief
[06:51] Kon
    would never get the chance to share a drink.
[06:55] Kon
    Join me for a drink,
[06:57] Kon
    White Yaksha.
[07:00] G
    On your knees!
[07:01] G
    Can't you hear me?!
[07:05] G
    You're in the presence of shogun—
[07:09] Mat
    Shogun?
[07:11] Mat
    I'm sorry, but there's only
    one man I ever served.
[07:15] Mat
    It's my policy not to change my cigarette
    brand or master at the drop of a hat,
[07:21] Mat
    Lord Nobunobu.
[07:22] G
    You impudent bastard!
[07:26] Nb
    That's an impressive show
    of loyalty, Matsudaira.
[07:29] Nb
    You don't sound like a good-for-nothing
    who couldn't protect his master's life.
[07:34] Mat
    Not as impressive as a certain treacherous
    shogun who stole that position
[07:39] Mat
    by murdering his former lord
    right under the emperor's nose.
[07:43] Mat
    The assassin immediately killed
    himself by taking poison,
[07:47] Mat
    but I'd wager one of his relatives
    had been taken hostage or something.
[07:51] Mat
    Once I dig into his background,
    finding the mastermind will be easy.
[07:55] Nb
    If I were the mastermind,
[07:57] Nb
    the proof you seek would
    no longer be in this world.
[08:00] Mat
    Don't be in such a rush, Lord Nobunobu.
[08:03] Mat
    I haven't mobilized anyone yet.
[08:06] Mat
    This is something I've got to do myself.
[08:09] Sas
    I'm sorry, Lord Matsudaira,
[08:11] Sas
    but you no longer have the
    right to judge anyone.
[08:15] Sas
    Please drop it.
[08:17] Sas
    The cigarette,
[08:18] Sas
    and the other thing.
[08:22] Mat
    Sasaki...
[08:24] Mat
    I thought for sure you'd have been cast
    aside along with Takasugi and the rest.
[08:28] Mat
    You're still wagging your
    tail at Lord Nobunobu?
[08:32] Sas
    Takasugi? Whatever might
    you be talking about?
[08:35] Sas
    Lord Nobunobu has always
    been the only man I serve.
[08:39] Sas
    I can't imagine why he would cast me aside.
[08:42] Nb
    Exactly.
[08:43] Nb
    Matsudaira, are you aware of who
    that man standing before you is?
[08:48] Nb
    He's Sasaki Isaburo,
    Commissioner-General of Police.
[08:52] Sas
    Unfortunately for you,
    former Commissioner-General,
[08:54] Sas
    your era has come to an end.
[09:09] Gin
    Who asks an injured guy to drink with him?
[09:11] Kon
    If you keep caring about stuff like that,
[09:13] Kon
    you won't ever be able to drink, since
    you were dropped on your head at birth.
[09:17] Gin
    Go suck on a rotten fruit
    in some jungle, gorilla.
[09:24] Kon
    Besides, there are wounds that
    only this stuff can heal.
[09:30] Kon
    War really is cruel, huh?
[09:33] Kon
    Whether you win or not, you
    always lose more than you gain.
[09:37] Kon
    The victor can still console
    themselves by counting their gains,
[09:41] Kon
    but the defeated can only
    count everything they've lost.
[09:45] Kon
    The allies they couldn't protect,
[09:47] Kon
    the enemies they cut down,
[09:48] Kon
    and the crimes of war...
[09:50] Kon
    All of it weighs heavily upon them.
[09:53] Kon
    They wonder what they even fought for,
[09:56] Kon
    and whether there was any point in paying
    the price and sullying their hands.
[10:02] Kon
    Is that how you've felt in
    all the wars you fought in?
[10:07] Gin
    There's no point.
[10:09] Gin
    No matter whether you win or not,
[10:11] Gin
    no matter what you protect or lose,
[10:14] Gin
    there's no meaning to war.
[10:16] Gin
    Glorify it all you want,
    but it's a pointless exercise
[10:18] Gin
    that leaves behind nothing but
    corpses and sins in its wake.
[10:22] Gin
    There's nothing worth going that far to protect.
[10:26] Gin
    If there is anything,
[10:28] Gin
    it's the will to create a world
    free of such senseless crap
[10:31] Gin
    by fighting oneself instead of the enemy.
[10:37] Gin
    And that will isn't dead yet...
[10:41] Gin
    Not as long as there are
    others who carry the torch.
[10:44] Sho
    You are the only ones I can entrust with Edo.
[11:19] Kon
    Then we don't need funerals
    or farewells, do we?
[11:27] Kon
    Sharing this drink is plenty.
[11:46] Kon
    Odd Jobs.
[11:48] Kon
    I'm glad we feel the same way.
[11:51] Kon
    That no matter whose corpse
    you have to walk over,
[11:54] Kon
    there are some things that must be protected.
[11:57] Kon
    Give Toshi and the others a message for me.
[12:00] Kon
    Tell them not to do anything stupid,
    and that Edo still needs them.
[12:05] Kon
    Well, I've passed the torch.
[12:11] Kon
    I'm glad the three of us got
    to share a drink in the end.
[12:15] Kon
    Though I wish we'd done it sooner.
[12:19] Nb
    Let Sasaki investigate the case.
[12:22] Nb
    Matsudaira, what you need to do
    is take responsibility for it.
[12:27] Nb
    Lord Shigeshige's assassination was the
    result of your failure to keep him in check.
[12:33] Nb
    Thus, I order
[12:35] Nb
    Matsudaira Katakuriko and his subordinate,
    Shinsengumi Chief Kondo Isao,
[12:43] Nb
    to be beheaded,
SIGN    Special Police
    Shinsengumi
[12:45] Nb
    and the Shinsengumi
[12:47] Nb
    to be disbanded as of today.
[13:07] G
    How horrible.
[13:09] G
    Those guys were maintaining order
    in Edo until just the other day.
[13:12] G
    Why did they meet such a fate?
[13:13] G
    What are you talking about?
[13:15] G
    They're the horrible ones.
[13:17] G
    Apparently it's their fault
    Shigeshige-sama died.
[13:25] G
    Who needs police who can't
    even protect their lord?
[13:44] HB2
    Sheesh.
[13:46] HB2
    Falling asleep during a stakeout?
    Talk about a shameless newbie.
[13:50] HB2
    But I guess that's understandable.
[13:52] HB2
    You haven't slept properly
    these past few days, have you?
[13:54] Hij
    S-Sorry.
[13:56] Hij
    Go home for today.
[13:58] Hij
    Don't worry.
[13:59] Hij
    The only criminals here are petty
    ones that'd put you to sleep.
[14:02] Hij
    That won't do. Switch with me.
[14:04] HB2
    Don't push yourself, Vice Chief.
[14:06] Hij
    Don't call me that.
[14:10] Hij
    The vice chief is no more.
[14:16] HB1
    Let him do as he pleases.
[14:18] HB2
    Boss...
[14:20] HB1
    All men have times
[14:21] HB1
    when they want to forget everything
    and drown themselves in work.
[14:25] HB1
    That's right.
[14:26] HB1
    The only thing you can do for
    a hard-boiled man like that
[14:30] HB1
    is take him to a bar after work
    and treat him to a glass of Camus.
[14:36] HB1
    Bartender.
[14:38] HB1
    The usual, please.
SIGN    Strawberry Milk
[14:40] Gin
    You won't find that crap here.
[14:42] HB1
    All men have times when they
    get bars and perms mixed up.
SIGN    Odd Jobs Gin-chan
[14:45] Gin
    Who're you calling a perm,
    you perm-boiled constable?
[14:48] Gin
    But I didn't expect him to
    be transferred to your place.
[14:53] Gin
    How's he doing, Kozenigata?
[14:57] HB1
    "How," you ask?
[15:00] HB1
    I invited him to join me for drinks and
    hijinks, but he just wouldn't accept.
[15:04] Gin
    What do you mean, "hijinks"?
    What the hell are you inviting him to?
[15:07] HB1
    That's the demonic vice chief for you.
[15:08] HB1
    He won't be tamed so easily.
[15:10] HB1
    I've ended up with one hell of a subordinate.
[15:14] HB1
    Some men are noble wolves that can't
    be tamed by the leash of authority.
[15:19] BG
    Come on! Listen to your queen!
[15:20] HB1
    Apparently he's one of them, just like me.
[15:23] (Flashback) HB
    Leashes don't arouse me anymore.
[15:25] (Flashback) HB
    Bring out the chains!
[15:27] Gin
    You've totally been tamed!
[15:28] Gin
    Use those chains to hang yourself!
[15:32] Gin
    What about the others?
[15:33] HB
    Similar story for all of them.
[15:35] HB
    Following the new shogun's appointment,
[15:37] HB
    the police force underwent a complete change.
[15:39] HB
    All that sounds well and good,
[15:41] HB
    but all it means is that Lord Nobunobu
    eliminated those who opposed him,
[15:44] HB
    leaving only his soldiers.
[15:46] HB
    People who had been under Lord
    Shigeshige's patronage got purged,
[15:50] HB
    and those who weren't purged ended up
    unemployed or assigned to dead-end jobs.
[15:56] HB
    And the Shinsengumi were disbanded,
    splitting everyone up.
[16:00] HB
    Edo no longer has a hard-boiled
    group of watchdogs...
[16:05] HB
    It no longer has a Shinsengumi.
[16:15] Gin
    Hold it right there.
[16:17] Gin
    What's the meaning of this?
[16:18] Gin
    Gorilla, you...
[16:20] Nobume
    Too bad.
[16:22] Nobume
    I thought there'd be sword fights,
    but the others are away.
[16:27] Nobume
    Would you like to take me on instead?
[16:30] Gin
    Depending on your answer, I'd be
    glad to dye that uniform blood red.
[16:35] Gin
    What's the meaning of this?
[16:37] Nob
    What a surprise.
[16:38] Nob
    You were always at odds with them.
[16:41] Nob
    And yet here you are, making that face.
[16:43] Nob
    Did sharing the sin of letting the shogun die
[16:46] Nob
    develop a sense of camaraderie between you?
[16:49] Nob
    He must be smiling up in heaven.
[16:52] Nob
    You lost something that
    meant the world to you,
[16:54] Nob
    but you've recovered to the point
    where you hold something dear again.
[16:58] Gin
    You're unusually talkative today.
[17:01] Gin
    What the hell do you know about me?
[17:04] Nob
    Nothing.
[17:05] Nob
    But if you don't want to lose it all again,
[17:09] Nob
    then don't you have something else to do?
[17:11] Nob
    That man probably knew
[17:14] Nob
    that the Shinsengumi wouldn't last long
    in Lord Nobunobu's administration.
[17:19] Nob
    If he were to be arrested
    in front of the squad,
[17:21] Nob
    they definitely wouldn't take it lying down.
[17:24] Nob
    That's why he put them on funeral detail.
[17:27] Nob
    But he called you alone here.
[17:30] Nob
    You should know what that means.
[17:35] (Flashback) Kon
    Give Toshi and the others a message for me.
[17:38] (Flashback) Kon
    Tell them not to do anything stupid,
    and that Edo still needs them.
SIGN    Mimawarigumi
[17:52] (Flashback) Kon
    Well, I've passed the torch.
[18:35] Gin
    Forgive me.
[18:47] G
    This is bullshit!
[18:48] G
    What crimes has the chief committed?
[18:50] G
    Is Nobunobu trying to make him take the
    fall for the shogun's assassination?!
[18:55] G
    Let's raid Nobunobu's place!
[18:58] G
    The Shinsengumi will be destroyed anyway!
[19:00] G
    Then let's use our lives to save our general!
[19:04] All
    Yeah!
[19:11] Hij
    Even so,
[19:12] Hij
    he told us to live.
[19:15] Hij
    The Shinsengumi organization may
    disappear, and we may be torn apart,
[19:21] Hij
    but we each have to do what we can
    as members of the Shinsengumi.
[19:26] Hij
    Isn't that what Kondo-san said?
[19:32] Oki
    Even if it means walking over his corpse?
[19:35] Oki
    Is it really worth it, Hijikata-san?
[19:39] Oki
    If we have to watch Kondo-san die,
[19:42] Oki
    is there any point in serving this
    rotten bakufu and being samurai?
[19:48] Oki
    Do we still have to protect Edo, even then?
[19:52] Oki
    I say to hell with that.
[19:56] Oki
    If we can't protect our general
    after failing to protect the shogun,
[20:00] Oki
    then we're no longer samurai.
[20:02] Oki
    Just cowards.
[20:10] Hij
    Do what you want.
[20:12] Hij
    If that's your brand of Shinsengumi,
    then I won't stop you.
[20:17] All
    Vice Chief!
[20:19] Hij
    I can't tell who's right at this point.
[20:23] Hij
    But just like you guys,
    I don't want to let Kondo-san die.
[20:30] Hij
    And just like Kondo-san,
    I don't want to let you guys die.
[20:36] Hij
    I don't have the authority
    to tie you down anymore.
[20:39] Hij
    The demonic vice chief and
    Shinsengumi code are no more.
[20:42] Hij
    But if there's still something
    that ties down your hearts,
[20:47] Hij
    then I'm sure that's the most
    important thing to the Shinsengumi.
[20:53] Hij
    Believe in that and fight.
[20:56] Hij
    No matter what path it takes you down,
[21:01] Hij
    you guys are Shinsengumi.
[21:22] Oki
    That's just cheating.
[21:25] Oki
    When the demon gives us a look like that,
[21:28] Oki
    we can't do anything.
[21:36] Hij
    It's raining, huh?
[21:38] Oki
    Yeesh.
[21:40] Oki
    Being homeless is tough.
SIGN    Farewell Shinsengumi Arc
    Part One
SIGN    The Day the Demon Cried
SIGN    Preview
[23:26] Hij
    I can't do anything.
[23:30] Gin
    Forget something?
[23:31] Kag
    We know that you're cops.
[23:35] Oki
    I'm going with him.
[23:37] Kat
    The promise we made as friends...
[23:40] Kat
    I'll definitely fulfill it.
[23:43] Hij
    Kondo-san, I'll be honest.
SIGN    Gintama Farewell Shinsengumi Arc
SIGN    So this week marks the start of
SIGN    the "Farewell Shinsengumi Arc."
SIGN    Don't miss the soulful screams
SIGN    of the samurai who crawl and fight.