E313 - Farewell Shinsengumi Arc Part Six: Undelivered Mail 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.) [00:00] (Flashback) Ymz     Hey! The hell are you? [00:03] (Flashback) Ymz     You're the punk who's been sneaking     around lately, aren't you? SIGN    Note: This is Yamazaki Sagaru. [00:06] (Flashback) Ymz     You can't fool this Mountain Zaki's nose. [00:08] (Flashback) Ymz     Do you know what this place is?! [00:10] (Flashback) Ymz     Try anything funny, and the     Roshigumi will arrest you— [00:12] (Flashback) Hij     You're the one who needs to be arrested. SIGN    Roshigumi Applicants [00:14] (Flashback) Ymz     H-Hijikata-san?! [00:15] (Flashback) Hij     Are you trying to piss about,     or are you trying to piss me off? [00:18] (Flashback) Hij     Either way, I'll gladly kick your ass. [00:20] (Flashback) Hij     If you don't want that, get back to training. [00:22] (Flashback) Hij     And do a thousand swings extra. [00:24] (Flashback) Ymz     Yes, sir! [00:25] (Flashback) Ymz     Yamazaki Sagaru, heading back right away! [00:28] (Flashback) Hij     One of our men seems to have     been rude to you. I'm sorry. [00:31] (Flashback) Hij     Wait, aren't you... [00:34] (Flashback) Sas     How you've changed. [00:35] (Flashback) Sas     In just a few days, the stray     dogs have been transformed [00:39] (Flashback) Sas     by a wolf that's mixed in with the pack. [00:43] (Flashback) Sas     What is his name? [00:46] (Flashback) Hij     Kondo Isao. [00:49] (Flashback) Hij     He's our general. [00:53] (Flashback) Sas     Kondo Isao... [00:55] (Flashback) Sas     He is both gentle and firm.     A most mysterious man indeed. SIGN    Farewell Shinsengumi Arc     Part Six SIGN    Undelivered Mail [02:35] (Flashback) Hij     Kondo Isao. [02:38] (Flashback) Hij     He's our general. [02:40] [Messenger] ---     I hope our child     will be someone like that,     and not a stiff like you. SIGN    Watch the Farewell Shinsengumi Arc in a bright room and at a safe distance from your TV!! [02:47] [Messenger] ---     I hope our child     will be someone like that,     and not a stiff like you. [02:49] [Messenger] ---     Delete? [02:51] (Flashback) Mat     Oh? [02:53] (Flashback) Mat     That's a pretty trendy item you've     got there. How unlike you. [02:57] (Flashback) Sas     L-Lord M-Matsudaira?! [02:59] (Flashback) Mat     Oh, yeah. You're newly wed, aren't you? SIGN    Sasakawa's [03:03] (Flashback) Mat     The elite Sasaki is still human enough to     flirt with his wife through email, huh? [03:08] (Flashback) Sas     Y-You've got it wrong! [03:09] (Flashback) Sas     She's at her parents' home for the birth,     and it's easier to keep in touch— [03:12] (Flashback) Mat     Ah, so you're not flirting by email. [03:15] (Flashback) Mat     You already flirted to your heart's     content someplace else, eh? [03:18] (Flashback) Sas     Knock it off! [03:20] (Flashback) Sas     I'm simply doing the bare     minimum to keep in touch. [03:23] (Flashback) Sas     I don't even know how to type an email. [03:25] (Flashback) Mat     Unless you learn, you won't be able to     seduce any girls in the era to come. [03:29] (Flashback) Sas     You're talking about cabaret     girls, aren't you?! [03:32] (Flashback) Sas     What I want from you is your reply. [03:36] (Flashback) Sas     You've heard what they're saying, haven't you? [03:40] (Flashback) Mat     You mean the decree making     them an official police force? [03:44] (Flashback) Sas     Yes. Ever since Kondo took charge,     their work has been exemplary. [03:50] (Flashback) Sas     The brass want to bestow upon them a     status befitting an important mission. [03:54] (Flashback) Mat     An important mission? Doing what, exactly? [03:57] (Flashback) Sas     Escorting the members of one     of Tokugawa's three houses, [04:00] (Flashback) Sas     Lord Hitotsubashi Narinari     and his son Nobunobu. [04:04] (Flashback) Sas     Or so they'll be told, [04:07] (Flashback) Sas     but they'll be attacked by rebels on the way. [04:10] (Flashback) Sas     Their job is to let the assassination succeed [04:12] (Flashback) Sas     and then take responsibility     by disemboweling themselves. [04:22] (Flashback) Mat     That's not a job for police. [04:25] (Flashback) Sas     Exactly. [04:27] (Flashback) Mat     In order to eliminate the political enemies     of Lord Sadasada, the current ruler, [04:31] (Flashback) Mat     you're telling me to     sacrifice those stray dogs? [04:35] (Flashback) Sas     I suppose taking out one of     the three Tokugawa houses [04:37] (Flashback) Sas     will require sufficient smoke and mirrors. [04:41] (Flashback) Sas     And it seems the brass never saw them     as anything but sacrificial pawns. [04:46] (Flashback) Mat     What about you? [04:48] (Flashback) Mat     Do you still think that's all they're worth? [04:55] (Flashback) Mat     Talk about ironic. [04:57] (Flashback) Mat     We hold titles that are     appropriate for samurai, [05:00] (Flashback) Mat     but we're too shackled by them to     do anything befitting of samurai. [05:05] (Flashback) Mat     Unlike those guys, who try to act more     like samurai than samurai themselves. [05:10] (Flashback) Mat     Who can say which of us     are the real samurai here? [05:15] (Flashback) Mat     Sasaki, when is your child expected? [05:19] (Flashback) Sas     In a month's time. [05:21] (Flashback) Mat     I see. [05:26] (Flashback) Mat     In this era, you may not be able to do     anything befitting a samurai or a father, [05:32] (Flashback) Mat     but you should at least     respond to her emails. [05:51] (Flashback) Oki     What're we gonna do about the name? [05:54] (Flashback) Hij     The name? What are you talking about? [05:56] (Flashback) Oki     We can't call ourselves     the Roshigumi anymore. [06:00] (Flashback) Oki     We're gonna become real samurai. [06:04] (Flashback) Hij     You're jumping the gun. [06:07] (Flashback) Kon     Either way, we came from Bushu with     nothing but the clothes on our backs, [06:12] (Flashback) Kon     and finally made it this far. [06:14] (Flashback) Sas     What a coincidence. [06:17] (Flashback) Sas     I'm having a bit of trouble     deciding on a name myself. [06:22] [Messenger] ---     It's almost time. Did you     come up with a good name?     I can't wait to see you     with our child. [06:22] (Flashback) Sas     Oh, I'm talking about my child, though. [06:25] (Flashback) Kon     That's great news. Congrats. [06:27] (Flashback) Sas     But I have no idea how I should     raise a child in this chaotic era, [06:32] (Flashback) Sas     or what kind of father I should be. [06:36] (Flashback) Sas     What kind of samurai do     you people wish to be? [06:43] (Flashback) Kon     No idea. [06:45] (Flashback) Kon     Even after we become samurai, [06:50] (Flashback) Kon     and when the time comes     for us to die as samurai, [07:00] (Flashback) Kon     we probably won't find an     answer to that question. [07:09] (Flashback) Kon     But that's fine. [07:15] (Flashback) Kon     I believe that there isn't     one true way of the samurai. [07:20] (Flashback) Kon     Losing your way, doubting yourself,     seeking who you ought to be... [07:24] (Flashback) Kon     That attitude is what makes you a samurai. [07:28] (Flashback) Kon     So keep searching. [07:30] (Flashback) Kon     Keep struggling. [07:32] (Flashback) Kon     Choose your own true path and [07:35] (Flashback) Kon     push forward! [07:39] (Flashback) Kon     Yes, our name is... [07:49] Hij     The Shinsengumi! [08:05] Mat     Sasaki, you aren't exactly a     goody-two-shoes yourself, [08:09] Mat     but don't underestimate how much of a     scumbag a real Commissioner-General can be! [08:16] Hij     Commissioner-General, [08:17] Hij     you shouldn't control an organization     you're not fit to lead. [08:21] Hij     If you can't remember how     any of your men look, [08:24] Hij     you won't be able to babysit     a bunch of thornies. [08:32] Hij     We're taking our general back. [08:41] Kon     Toshi... [08:42] Hij     Sorry to have kept you waiting, Kondo-san. [08:45] Kon     I'm the one who should be sorry. [08:47] Kon     My incompetence is what caused all this. [08:50] Hij     We're the same as you. [08:53] Hij     After all the agonizing and fretting we did, [08:56] Hij     we ended up back here again. [09:01] Kon     I see. [09:03] Kon     If we're dawdling about here, [09:05] Kon     then I guess we're still a long     way off from our true paths. [09:09] Hij     Yeah, no doubt. [09:11] Hij     But there's one thing we've realized. [09:13] Hij     Be it our true path or a twisted one... [09:17] Hij     So long as we get to walk by your side, [09:21] Hij     we don't care where we go. [09:25] Hij     This is the path we chose, Kondo-san. [09:32] Kon     Then let's walk together. [09:34] Kon     Even if the road we walk takes us to Hell. [09:38] Kon     I will never let you guys go again. [09:41] Kon     Live with me and die with me, [09:43] Kon     Shinsengumi! [09:48] Hij     Out of the way, Sasaki! [09:52] Sas     If you wish to see the continuation of     your dream, then force your way through. [09:57] Sas     Even if it means trampling     over the dreams of others. [10:32] Nob     Why? [10:33] Nob     Why do you fight? [10:36] Nob     Why do you resist? [10:38] Nob     You Shinsengumi were supposed to     vanish before you even came to be. [10:42] Nob     So why? [10:44] Nob     Why do you point your blades at Isaburo? [10:48] Nob     Why does Isaburo alone have to... [10:56] [Messenger] ---     Are you still having trouble     deciding on a name? I'd be     fine with any name you suggest. [11:02] (Flashback) Sas     Hey, whippersnapper. [11:03] (Flashback) Sas     You shouldn't eat up there. [11:09] (Flashback) Nob     I don't want to be told what or     where to eat when I'm outside. [11:14] (Flashback) Sak     Sasaki-dono. [11:17] (Flashback) Sas     Sakon-dono, this isn't what I was told. [11:20] (Flashback) Sak     You mean this isn't an appropriate place     to secretly plan an assassination? [11:24] (Flashback) Sak     Rest assured. [11:26] (Flashback) Sak     Those kids are the ones     most suited to kill here. [11:30] (Flashback) Sak     They were taken in by Tenshoin Naraku     and raised as killing machines. [11:37] (Flashback) Sak     In particular, that Mukuro girl is     the bastard child of death itself. [11:41] (Flashback) Sak     She's skilled enough at her young age to     be called one of the Three Wings of Naraku. [11:46] (Flashback) Sak     Are you dissatisfied? [11:48] (Flashback) Sak     Surely you don't mean to say you     don't want to make children kill? [11:54] (Flashback) Nob     Are you going to do it or not? [11:56] (Flashback) Nob     Is it messed up for ignorant     children to kill people? [12:00] (Flashback) Nob     Or is it more messed up for     knowledgeable adults to kill people? [12:04] (Flashback) Nob     I'm a child, and yet I kill. [12:07] [Messenger] ---     Are you still having trouble     deciding on a name? I'd be     fine with any name you suggest. [12:08] (Flashback) Nob     You kill, and yet you worry about what     name to give a child soon to be born. [12:13] (Flashback) Nob     We've both strayed off the right path. [12:41] Obo     You guys don't know when to give up. [12:45] Obo     Sasaki Isaburo... [12:47] Obo     That viper in our bosom. [12:52] Obo     His goal isn't to solidify the new     government or his own position. [12:57] Obo     All he wants... [13:00] (Flashback) Sak     The plan will be put into     motion on April 13th. [13:03] (Flashback) Sak     Escorting the targets will be the     Roshigumi-turned-Shinsengumi. [13:06] (Flashback) Sak     Create an opening in a post town. [13:08] (Flashback) Sak     Ten seconds will be enough for those     kids to take the father and son's heads. [13:12] (Flashback) Sak     The Shinsengumi may be sacrificed. [13:15] (Flashback) Sak     They'll end up having to     disembowel themselves anyway. [13:17] (Flashback) Kon     All right, let's take a break here. [13:20] (Flashback) Hij     What about Lord Hitotsubashi, Kondo-san? [13:23] (Flashback) Kon     Matsudaira said not to let him out of the     palanquin 'til we reach the destination. [13:27] (Flashback) Hij     Sheesh. So he basically told     us not to take breaks, either? [13:30] (Flashback) Kon     This is the Shinsengumi's first mission. [13:33] (Flashback) Kon     We have to make sure it succeeds     and show off our strength. [13:38] (Flashback) Kon     What? [13:39] (Flashback) Kid     Sorry! [13:41] (Flashback) Kid     Throw the ball back, old man! [13:43] (Flashback) Kon     Who are you calling an old man?! [13:46] (Flashback) Hij     A VIP's riding in that palanquin.     Stay away from it. [13:50] (Flashback) Hij     Go play somewhere else, kid. [13:52] (Flashback) Kid     Oh, but... [13:54] (Flashback) Kid     There are scary old men with     swords hiding all over the place. [13:58] (Flashback) Hij     Is that true, kid? [14:00] (Flashback) Kon     Could it be an ambush? [14:01] (Flashback) Hij     Hey! Check the area at once! [14:04] (Flashback) Kon     Where are those scary old men, kid— [14:09] (Flashback) Kon     Don't tell me! [14:09] (Flashback) Hij     Stop right there, kid! [14:14] (Flashback) Kon     I believe that there isn't     one true way of the samurai. [14:18] (Flashback) Kon     Losing your way, doubting yourself,     seeking who you ought to be... [14:22] (Flashback) Kon     That attitude is what makes you a samurai. [14:25] (Flashback) Kon     So feel free to doubt and lose     yourself as much as you want. [14:31] (Flashback) Kon     About the baby's name, I mean. [14:32] (Flashback) Kon     That's how fathers are supposed     to be, don't you think? SIGN    O-Ero [14:44] (Flashback) Kid     Um, Lord Hitotsubashi,     I bought the book you asked for. [14:48] (Flashback) Mat     Oh, good work. [14:53] (Flashback) Kid     Sorry, I was asked to do this. [14:55] (Flashback) Kid     A long-faced old man told me he'd pay me     to deliver the porn mag to the palanquin. [15:02] (Flashback) G     E-Enemy attack! [15:04] (Flashback) G     For real this time! [15:05] (Flashback) G     Joi Rebels were lying in wait to ambush us! [15:07] (Flashback) Kon     Don't let them near the palanquin! [15:10] (Flashback) Kon     Let's roll, men! [15:16] (Flashback) Mat     Hey, I asked for a hardcore masochism book. [15:20] (Flashback) Sas     If you were killed holding something like that,     your reputation would be ruined, [15:23] (Flashback) Sas     Lord Hitotsubashi—I mean, Lord Matsudaira. [15:26] (Flashback) Mat     Shut up, Long-Faced Old Man. [15:30] (Flashback) Sas     I leaked information to the Joi Rebels. [15:33] (Flashback) Sas     If you're lucky, they'll attack     before the assassins do. [15:38] (Flashback) Mat     They already have. [15:39] (Flashback) Mat     Are you sure this will     prevent the assassination? [15:43] (Flashback) Sas     If the assassination ends in     failure due to unforeseen events, [15:45] (Flashback) Sas     the higher-ups won't be able to blame anyone. [15:47] (Flashback) Sas     So basically, their fate     rests in their own hands. [15:52] (Flashback) Sas     Goodbye, then. [15:53] (Flashback) Mat     Wait, Sasaki. [15:54] (Flashback) Mat     Why did you lend us a hand? [15:58] (Flashback) Sas     I don't recall ever offering     you a helping hand. [16:01] (Flashback) Sas     I only used my fingers to send emails. [16:04] (Flashback) Sas     I practiced using my cell phone, you see. [16:06] [Messenger] ---     It's a healthy baby girl.     Sadly, she's inherited     your long face, but she's     very cute. [16:06] (Flashback) Sas     Anyway, I need to respond to my wife now. [16:11] (Flashback) Sas     I may not be able to become a     fine samurai or a fine father, [16:18] (Flashback) Sas     but I do want to give her a fine name. [16:31] Oki     Sasaki saved us? [16:35] Nob     Not just you. [16:37] Nob     Back then, I think Isaburo     tried to save us kids, too. [16:41] Nob     But there was nobody to save him. [16:46] Nob     Nobody could. [16:51] (Flashback) Sas     I finally thought of a nice name. [16:54] (Flashback) Sas     I'm sure you'll like this one, too. [16:58] (Flashback) Sas     When are you getting here? SIGN    Sending failed. [17:01] (Flashback) Sas     Email me once you're nearby. [17:04] (Flashback) Sas     Actually, email me even if you're far away. SIGN    Sending failed. SIGN    Sending failed. [17:07] (Flashback) Sas     I will come pick you up wherever you are. [17:37] (Flashback) Sas     I will come pick up [17:39] (Flashback) Sas     both you and Nobume. [18:01] Obo     The crow didn't kill its target. [18:06] Obo     And Sasaki didn't kill his. [18:09] Obo     Because he saw at the time the     enemy he really ought to cut down. [18:15] Obo     He's trying to dye this era     in the colors of rebellion. [18:20] Obo     By making you guys start a revolt, [18:22] Obo     he's trying to end the samurai     era, along with himself. [18:28] Obo     He is but a rebel, just like you people. [18:44] Hij     What's going on? [18:49] Sas     Playing the villain is no     walk in the park, I must say. [18:54] Sas     I have enemies all over the place. [18:56] Sas     It doesn't seem like anyone's willing     to be my mail buddy, either. [19:01] Sas     Very well. [19:02] Sas     As the evil overlord, I shall     take you all on at once. [19:06] Sas     But Hijikata-san... [19:09] Sas     I can't take on a demon     like you while distracted. [19:12] Sas     Could you please wait a while? [19:18] Nob     Isaburo fired a burning arrow     of rebellion at society. [19:22] Nob     But Naraku's trying to extinguish     every last spark of it. [19:27] Nob     That's why Isaburo [19:33] Nob     plans on using the flames being lit here. [19:40] Nob     He wants to destroy everything and     significantly weaken the country. [19:47] Oki     Are you gonna sit back and watch your     general commit suicide with the country? [19:52] Nob     That is my duty. [19:58] (Flashback) Sas     Why didn't you cut me down, whippersnapper? [20:01] (Flashback) Sas     Back then, you said we were already     murderers who'd strayed off the right path. [20:07] (Flashback) Sas     Well, you were right. [20:10] (Flashback) Sas     Right now, I feel no hesitation     to kill a child like you. [20:15] (Flashback) Sas     So why... [20:17] (Flashback) Sas     Why are you shedding those? [20:20] (Flashback) Nob     I don't know. [20:22] (Flashback) Nob     I don't know where these are coming from. [20:26] (Flashback) Nob     I don't know why I can't cut you down. [20:28] (Flashback) Nob     I don't know why I must kill all of you. [20:32] (Flashback) Nob     A certain someone once told me something... [20:36] (Flashback) Nob     He said people are born weak, [20:39] (Flashback) Nob     but we have the freedom to defy our weaknesses     and struggle to change ourselves. [20:49] (Flashback) Nob     Maybe that's why. [20:51] (Flashback) Nob     You were struggling with all your might. [20:55] (Flashback) Nob     I must struggle, too. [20:58] (Flashback) Nob     I don't deserve to kill you. [21:01] (Flashback) Nob     The only thing I deserve     is to be killed by you. [21:10] (Flashback) Sas     If you wish to be cut down, then I won't. [21:15] (Flashback) Sas     What I really need to cut down [21:18] (Flashback) Sas     is this era where the country     commits such acts of brutality. [21:22] (Flashback) Sas     And myself, for being unable to     protect anything from this era. [21:29] (Flashback) Sas     Keep swinging your sword for my sake. [21:33] (Flashback) Sas     And when the time comes, use it to kill me. [21:39] (Flashback) Sas     That is my vengeance. [21:45] Nob     Yes, that is my duty. [21:49] Nob     Even though I took everything from     Isaburo, I couldn't cut him down. [21:54] Nob     I made him live on. [21:56] Nob     But this time, for sure, I must kill him. [22:00] Nob     I have to put an end to that man. [22:05] Kag     Stop right there! [22:08] Kag     That's enough. [22:10] Kag     You two have done enough. SIGN    To Be Continued SIGN    Farewell Shinsengumi Arc     Part Seven [23:45] G     Just who... [23:46] Obo     It wouldn't be any fun otherwise. [23:46] Gin     Who the hell is that?! SIGN    Karma [23:47] G     You know. [23:49] ---     In the past, Sasaki chose to uphold     his pride as samurai, [23:49] ---     deceived the Tendoshu,     and lost everything. [23:56] ---     As Gintoki and the rest keep     struggling against their fates, [23:56] ---     a reaper, a crow, suddenly     swoops down before them.