# E318 - Leave Letter
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**[00:04] Nob**
There's no telling how long
Utsuro has been living for,
**[00:09] Nob**
or whether Shoyo is still
a part of him or not.
**[00:15] Nob**
But one thing is for sure:
**[00:17] Nob**
he's currently the most dangerous
being in the universe.
***SIGN*** Gintama
***SIGN*** The Battle on Rakuyo
***SIGN*** Watch the Battle on Rakuyo arc in a bright room
and at a safe distance from your TV!!
**[01:59] Kat**
If Takasugi were alive, what would he say?
**[02:04] Kat**
We became Joi Rebels after the bakufu
took our teacher and friends from us,
**[02:09] Kat**
hoping to change this cruel
world for the better.
**[02:13] Kat**
If he were to find out that our teacher
was the one who created this world...
**[02:19] Kat**
I'd be lying if I said the whole
thing didn't come as a shock.
**[02:24] Kat**
But it's also true that a part
of me thinks it makes sense.
**[02:27] Kat**
Yoshida Shoyo was a bright
light that shone upon us.
**[02:32] Kat**
But, looking back,
**[02:34] Kat**
the vacant look he would
sometimes have in his eyes
**[02:37] Kat**
might have been him staring at
the giant shadow of his past.
**[02:43] Kat**
I may never know why he
spent years in the Naraku,
**[02:46] Kat**
then left it and started the Shoka Sonjuku.
**[02:52] Kat**
But I do know...
**[02:54] Kat**
that the man smiling there back then
was, without a doubt, our teacher.
**[03:02] Kat**
And I do know what I ought to do
now as Yoshida Shoyo's student.
**[03:09] Gin**
Zura, that's not Shoyo.
**[03:13] (Flashback) Sho**
A monster's sword cannot
cut another monster.
**[03:17] (Flashback) Sho**
You have to grow stronger than me
using the sword of a human.
**[03:22] Sho**
It's something else, something
not even Shoyo could defeat.
**[03:28] Sho**
Shoyo died back then...
**[03:31] Sho**
That's what Takasugi would say.
**[03:34] Kat**
I see.
**[03:35] Kat**
Even so, Gintoki,
**[03:37] Kat**
it's my turn now.
**[03:41] Kat**
I can't make you kill our teacher again.
**[03:50] U**
The Elders passed away in
an unfortunate incident.
**[03:54] U**
There's nothing shackling
the 12 Divisions anymore.
**[03:58] U**
You're free to do as you wish now.
**[04:00] Shirei?**
Utsuro-sama,
**[04:01] Shirei?**
we do not seek freedom after all this time.
**[04:04] Shirei?**
What the Harusame desires is governance...
**[04:07] Shirei?**
A leader to show us the way.
**[04:09] Shirei?**
Please let us join the Tendoshu's
forces, Your Excellency—
**[04:13] UB**
Good grief.
**[04:14] UB**
Pirates, of all people,
seeking governance? A leader?
**[04:19] UB**
You make me want to give you a drink
made from Luffy's straw hat.
**[04:23] UB**
You really call yourselves pirates?
**[04:27] G**
U-Umibozu!
***SIGN*** Odd Jobs Gin-chan
**[04:38] (Flashback) Gin**
Get on with it!
**[04:40] (Flashback) Gin**
Jeez, why do women take so long to get ready?
**[04:44] (Flashback) Shin**
There, there.
**[04:45] (Flashback) Shin**
Girls need to take care of a lot of
things boys will never understand.
**[04:48] (Flashback) Kag**
Sorry to keep you waiting.
**[04:50] (Flashback) Kag**
I just couldn't settle on the right outfit.
**[04:52] (Flashback) Gin**
Like hell you couldn't!
**[04:53] (Flashback) Gin**
What you settled on was an early lunch!
**[04:55] (Flashback) Gin**
Hey, what part of this thing is a girl?!
**[05:05] Oto**
What's the matter, Sadaharu?
**[05:06] Tama**
Did Gintoki-sama and the rest come back?
**[05:09] Cat**
He probably just needs to pee.
**[05:11] Cat**
Even if those wanted felons did
come back, it'd only be a bother.
**[05:15] Cat**
Here, get going.
**[05:35] UB**
No vindication for the Elders, it seems.
**[05:38] UB**
Do you think you can drink some sweet
stuff if you follow the Tendoshu?
**[05:43] U**
You were asked by an old friend in the
Elders to dispose of the 7th Division, yes?
**[05:49] U**
I shall pay you in their stead.
**[05:52] UB**
I didn't put in enough work to get paid.
**[05:55] UB**
Those guys were already on their last legs.
**[05:58] UB**
You ordered that, didn't you?
**[06:01] U**
You may be the number one
hunter in the universe,
**[06:03] U**
but I figured it wouldn't be easy
for you to hunt down your own son.
**[06:10] UB**
Until now, I'd never gotten involved in
the internal disputes of crime syndicates.
**[06:15] UB**
It may have been out of obligation,
**[06:16] UB**
but do you know the real reason
why I helped pirates out?
**[06:20] UB**
It was to kill that rotten son
of mine before you lot did.
**[06:24] UB**
It was my own balls that
gave life to that monster.
**[06:27] UB**
Then it's my duty, balls and all,
to put an end to him.
**[06:33] UB**
So let me make this crystal clear.
**[06:39] Kag**
Take me with you.
**[06:41] UB**
I won't let anyone else...
**[06:43] Kag**
...kill him.
***SIGN*** Odd Jobs Gin-chan
**[06:48] Gin**
That idiot.
***SIGN*** Leave Letter
**[06:50] Gin**
She didn't have to write this crap.
Odd Jobs is already long since...
**[06:54] Shin**
"Odd Jobs isn't done yet."
**[06:57] Shin**
"I'll definitely come back."
**[06:59] Shin**
That's probably what she means.
**[07:03] Shin**
Gin-san...
**[07:04] Gin**
Don't say anything.
**[07:05] Gin**
I don't understand anymore, either.
**[07:09] Gin**
Not what I ought to do as his student,
**[07:12] Gin**
or what I ought to do as a fellow student.
**[07:16] Gin**
There's only one thing I do understand:
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**[07:20] Gin**
what we ought to do as Odd Jobs.
**[07:24] Gin**
This is a special vacation.
**[07:25] Gin**
You guys can go on a space
trip or wherever you want.
**[07:29] Gin**
But we're coming back here, no matter what...
**[07:33] Gin**
The three of us, and one critter.
***SIGN*** Battle on Rakuyo Arc
Part Two
***SIGN*** Leave Letter
**[07:42] U**
Are you saying your son is still alive?
**[07:45] UB**
Playing the fool, eh?
**[07:47] UB**
Surely you know already.
**[07:56] UB**
He's not the type to die from just that.
**[07:59] UB**
My hunt is still in the phase
where the prey has taken the bait.
**[08:04] UB**
But if you're going to stick your
nose where it doesn't belong again,
**[08:08] UB**
then you'd best be prepared to
be hunted down by Umibozu, too.
**[08:14] UB**
Of course,
**[08:15] UB**
the guy over there seems to
be prepared for it already.
**[08:19] U**
Stand down, Oboro.
**[08:22] U**
He may not be our ally,
but he's not an enemy, either.
**[08:26] U**
He's nothing but a hunter who pulls
back on his bow with no hesitation,
**[08:29] U**
even with his son in front of him.
**[08:33] Mat**
What are you playing at, Takechi-senpai?!
**[08:35] Mat**
We decided not to work with
them, even as a last resort!
**[08:40] Kag**
Seconds.
**[08:41] Hen**
Now, now, don't be in such a rush.
Nobody's going to take your food away.
**[08:45] Hen**
Chew properly, and eat
the boiled veggies, too.
**[08:48] Mat**
Are you kidding me?!
**[08:49] Mat**
What are you domesticating
her for, you moai mom?!
**[08:51] Mat**
Why would you let her,
of all people, on board?!
**[08:53] Mat**
Give your lolicon tendencies a rest!
**[08:55] Hen**
I'm not a lolicon. I'm a feminist.
**[08:58] Hen**
I'm not putting my hands
on an innocent little girl.
**[09:02] Hen**
I'm extending a helping hand to her.
**[09:04] Mat**
Uh, no matter how you put it,
it just makes you sound like a lolicon!
**[09:06] Mat**
You're a creep, Senpai!
**[09:07] Mat**
What part of her is "innocent"?
**[09:09] Mat**
Knock it off already!
**[09:10] Mat**
How can you eat that much
off the enemy's table?
**[09:12] Mat**
Sure you didn't sneak in to
burn through our provisions?
**[09:15] Kag**
You guys would crash and burn even if
I did nothing. You're meaningless to me.
**[09:19] Kag**
If you wanna make a comeback,
**[09:21] Kag**
bet everything you have on my tummy.
**[09:23] Kag**
I'll destroy it all...
**[09:25] Kag**
The Harusame, my stupid dad,
and my stupid brother.
**[09:31] Hen**
You shouldn't say things you don't mean.
**[09:34] Hen**
You want to stop those two, don't you?
**[09:37] Hen**
That's why you came here all by yourself...
**[09:40] Hen**
To protect them as a daughter,
as a sister, and as family.
**[09:51] U**
It seems you're approaching your limit.
**[09:54] U**
Even if it does gain the
blood of an immortal,
**[09:57] U**
a human body cannot handle
that burden forever.
**[10:01] U**
All the times you've died so far have
clearly taken a toll on your body.
**[10:06] O**
Even so, what has kept me alive
when I should've died long ago
**[10:10] O**
is your blood flowing through my body.
**[10:13] O**
And the vow I made to you, one I
will keep until my body rots away.
**[10:19] U**
Even if you made that promise
to a different avatar of mine?
**[10:24] O**
Utsuro-sama, the enemy is not dead yet.
**[10:28] O**
During the operation to
mop up the 7th Division,
**[10:30] O**
we detected an unknown unit
moving around in the chaos.
**[10:35] O**
One of them was an experienced Yato fighter.
**[10:37] O**
We've received reports that the unit they
led was likely comprised of Earthlings.
**[10:42] U**
You're saying a third party got involved
and secretly rescued Takasugi and gang?
**[10:47] O**
They had a guide.
**[10:50] O**
Probably exactly who you think it is.
**[11:06] Ban**
*Is this...*
**[11:13] Ban**
*Where's Shinsuke?*
**[11:14] Ban**
*Where are the Kiheitai?*
**[11:16] Ban**
*Just what is this place?*
**[11:20] Sak**
Hey, you awake?
**[11:22] Ban**
Y-You people...
**[11:24] Sak**
Sorry.
**[11:25] Sak**
We couldn't save any more of you.
**[11:28] Sak**
But don't you worry.
**[11:30] Sak**
Your general, and our friend...
**[11:33] Sak**
We'll definitely save him!
**[11:37] Kat**
"Friend," huh?
**[11:39] Kat**
At this point, you're the
only one who calls him that.
**[11:43] Kat**
He should be thankful that
**[11:45] Kat**
there's a man who is willing to go to
the ends of the universe to save him.
**[11:50] Kat**
And he should lament that
**[11:52] Kat**
there's a man who is willing to go to
the ends of the universe to kill him.
**[11:55] Sak**
What, Zura?
**[11:57] Sak**
You're still havin' a fight with
Takasugi over somethin' stupid?
**[12:00] Kat**
I'm not Zura. I'm Katsura.
**[12:02] Kat**
A money-minded businessman
wouldn't understand.
**[12:03] Kat**
Samurai risk their lives to
fight for their stupid bushido.
**[12:07] Sak**
That so?
**[12:09] Sak**
In that case, I wonder what stupid thing
that happy-go-lucky fool's fightin' for.
**[12:17] Hen**
Do you realize why I let you board this ship?
**[12:21] Hen**
It's because I can bend your friends
to my will if I take you hostage.
**[12:26] Mat**
Takechi-senpai?
**[12:28] Hen**
I'm the Kiheitai's strategic advisor.
**[12:30] Hen**
My job is to get us out of this predicament
using any and all methods available.
**[12:35] Kag**
Don't worry.
**[12:37] Kag**
Whether I do something stupid or not,
**[12:41] Kag**
those guys will come
**[12:43] Kag**
to protect my family.
**[12:46] Kag**
That's why I must go...
**[12:50] Kag**
To protect my other family.
**[12:55] Ban**
*The Dragon of Katsurahama, Sakamoto Tatsuma.*
**[12:58] Ban**
*The Rampaging Noble, Katsura Kotaro.*
**[13:01] Ban**
*The White Yaksha, Sakata Gintoki.*
**[13:04] Ban**
* The men of legend who fought*
* with Shinsuke in the Joi War...*
**[13:08] Ban**
*Why are they here?*
**[13:11] Gin**
Thanks for bringing us here.
**[13:13] Nob**
You should hurry up and get going.
**[13:15] Nob**
Nobunobu has caught wind of our movements.
**[13:18] Nob**
I'll take care of things here.
**[13:21] Nob**
Figure the rest out on your own.
**[13:23] Shin**
Nobume-san...
**[13:25] Nob**
Can I ask you one thing?
**[13:27] Nob**
Are you here as a student of Shoyo's,
**[13:31] Nob**
or as a friend of Takasugi's?
**[13:34] Gin**
Odd Jobs does whatever's asked of us.
**[13:38] Gin**
Can I ask you something?
**[13:39] Gin**
Did you help us out as a student of Shoyo's,
**[13:44] Gin**
or as a friend of Takasugi's?
**[13:47] Nob**
Because your foolish face
**[13:51] Nob**
looked just like his.
**[13:56] Nob**
So stupid.
**[13:57] Gin**
Yeah, both you and me.
**[14:02] Kat**
Gintoki...
**[14:04] Sak**
Everyone's here now.
**[14:06] Sak**
Set sail!
**[14:16] U**
The Kaientai?
**[14:18] O**
Sakamoto Tatsuma.
**[14:20] O**
He fought in the Joi War with
Takasugi and the others.
**[14:23] O**
We've received word that a combined fleet
with his and Katsura's people has left Earth.
**[14:30] O**
They were probably the ones who
rescued the remnants of the Kiheitai.
**[14:34] U**
I see.
**[14:35] U**
Former comrades have come together
again to save their friend, huh?
**[14:40] U**
Will you indeed be the ones to
fight me until the very end?
**[14:45] Ban**
What are you all playing at?
**[14:48] Ban**
You cut ties with Shinsuke a long time ago.
**[14:52] Ban**
So why are you doing this now?
**[14:55] Ban**
Only Gintoki and Zura got
into a fight with Takasugi.
**[14:58] Ban**
That's how they've always been.
**[15:00] Ban**
They keep quarrelin' over methods,
even though their goal is the same.
**[15:04] Kat**
You were wandering across the universe,
so you don't know what he did.
**[15:09] Kat**
Tell him about all his evil acts, Gintoki.
**[15:12] Gin**
One bad thing about Takasugi...
**[15:15] Gin**
Two bad things about Takasugi...
**[15:17] Gin**
Three—
**[15:18] Kat**
Look, there were so many that he fell asleep!
**[15:21] Kat**
You helped out a man who's basically
an incarnation of all things evil.
**[15:24] Kat**
Why don't I count and see if he has
enough good points to be worth saving?
**[15:28] Kat**
One good thing about Takasugi...
**[15:29] Shin**
There are tons of good
things about him, too?!
**[15:32] Shin**
You two just want to sleep, don't you?!
**[15:33] Sak**
Once the battle begins,
there will be no time to sleep.
**[15:36] Sak**
Preserving one's energy
is also part of bushido.
**[15:39] Shin**
I don't wanna hear that from you!
You're losing energy just by being on a ship!
**[15:43] Mut**
There was a leak from the Harusame side
**[15:46] Mut**
that said they were planning an operation
to mop up the 7th Division and Kiheitai.
**[15:51] Mut**
All we did was act on that information
as per Sakamoto's orders.
**[15:56] Ban**
Who leaked that information?
**[15:58] Mut**
There's no need for you to know.
**[16:00] Mut**
But Takasugi's not dead yet.
**[16:02] Mut**
That much is for sure.
**[16:03] Sak**
You guys have turned an
absolute monster against you.
**[16:08] Sak**
If we all don't work together, we'll all die.
**[16:10] Sak**
We're willin' to help you out.
**[16:13] Sak**
So you help us out, too.
**[16:15] Ban**
As if we could do that—
**[16:17] Sak**
You can.
**[16:18] Sak**
I don't know why Takasugi
and these guys had a fight.
**[16:22] Sak**
There must've been some extraordinary
circumstances involved.
**[16:25] Sak**
But things are the same as
back then, if you ask me.
**[16:29] Sak**
They're just partners in crime who fight
the moment they run into each other.
**[16:35] Sak**
It's always been my job to
put an end to their fights.
**[16:40] Sak**
And I don't mind if it's only for a moment...
**[16:42] Sak**
I'm gonna turn him back
to nothin' but a punk!
**[16:47] Shin**
Sakamoto-san...
**[16:48] G**
Captain!
**[16:51] Shin**
Th-That's...
**[16:53] Nb**
I'm sorry, gentlemen, but
your fun space trip ends now.
**[16:58] Nb**
You will be reduced to space debris here.
**[17:02] Ban**
Tokugawa Nobunobu!
**[17:04] Ban**
The shogun himself? Impossible!
**[17:07] Gin**
Jeez...
**[17:09] Gin**
He's here, huh?
**[17:11] Nb**
Sakata Gintoki, you cast a
stone at my new government.
**[17:16] Nb**
Did you think I,
**[17:18] Nb**
or heaven, would forgive you?
**[17:20] Nb**
You'll never escape, no matter
where in this universe you run—
**[17:25] Nb**
What's going on?
**[17:26] G**
A-Artillery fire!
**[17:27] Nb**
Artillery? They haven't lifted a finger.
**[17:30] G**
Not from the front!
**[17:31] G**
From the rear!
**[17:33] G**
That's not artillery!
**[17:35] G**
It's a raid ship fitted
with optical camouflage!
**[17:38] G**
The fleet in front is a decoy!
**[17:40] Nb**
What?
**[17:41] G**
Run away, shogun!
**[17:43] G**
The enemy is already—
**[17:46] Sak**
Oh? Is this what your new
government is made of?
**[17:49] Sak**
The old one we went to war
against had a bit more backbone.
**[17:54] Sak**
But we can take your country
down in thirteen seconds.
**[17:59] G**
You fiends!
**[18:00] Nb**
Don't move!
**[18:01] Nb**
If you do, my entire armada
will fire at your fleet!
**[18:05] Gin**
Just try it.
**[18:07] Gin**
Will you destroy our fleet first,
**[18:10] Gin**
or will we take the shogun's head first?
**[18:14] G**
P-Protect the shogun!
**[18:32] Ban**
* They turned that hopeless*
* situation around in a flash?*
**[18:36] Ban**
*These are the men that fought with Shinsuke.*
**[18:40] Sak**
*All ships, cease fire!*
**[18:44] Sak**
*This fight is over, guys.*
**[18:47] Sak**
*We've kissed and made up.*
**[18:49] Gin**
* We found out there were a*
* bunch of misunderstandings.*
**[18:52] Gin**
* Like how we laughed at his*
* sperm-like eyebrows or something.*
**[18:56] Kat**
*But we cleared that up.*
**[18:58] Kat**
* We didn't laugh at his eyebrows,*
* but his cropped hair.*
**[19:01] Kat**
* Isn't it funny that a man as*
* old as him has that hairstyle?*
**[19:05] Kat**
* In that case, your long*
* hair is funny, too, Zura.*
**[19:08] Kat**
*It's not long hair. It's Katsura.*
**[19:09] Gin**
* Anyway, we resolved the whole thing by*
* saying Zura would crop his hair, too.*
**[19:14] Kat**
*Why must I get such a messed-up hairstyle?!*
**[19:16] Gin**
* Also, as a sign of reconciliation, the*
* shogun invited us to a "Hawk-Crop Party."*
**[19:22] Gin**
* It's a meetup where we go around cropping*
* the heads of every hawk in the universe.*
**[19:25] Gin**
*As such, the operation is canceled.*
**[19:26] Gin**
* He wants you retainers to*
* return to Earth before him.*
**[19:31] Nb**
No need for that.
**[19:33] Nb**
You won't be able to escape.
**[19:35] Nb**
Not you or the retainers.
**[19:37] Nb**
If you can't slaughter the traitors, then you
retainers should disembowel yourselves.
**[19:42] Nb**
Kill the enemy or kill yourself.
Make your choice.
**[19:45] Nb**
What's wrong? Stand up already.
**[19:47] Nb**
Are you aware of who I am?!
**[19:50] Nb**
I'm Shogun Tokugawa Nobunob—
**[19:57] Ban**
There's no need for retainers to protect
the shogun or give their lives for him.
**[20:02] Ban**
*Leave.*
**[20:03] Ban**
* This country no longer*
* has a deserving leader.*
**[20:08] Gin**
Oh, man.
**[20:10] Gin**
The shogun's lost his teeth again.
**[20:12] Gin**
How does it feel,
**[20:13] Gin**
now that your long-standing wish of taking
down the bakufu has come true here?
**[20:18] Ban**
Nothing's come true.
**[20:20] Ban**
The Shinsengumi, Mimawarigumi, and the
retainers have all abandoned this castle.
**[20:25] Ban**
Felling it just makes me feel empty inside.
**[20:29] Ban**
How ironic.
**[20:30] Ban**
This man was left all alone because
he stood at the summit of the country.
**[20:35] Ban**
And that man had his wings ripped
off and fell to the ground,
**[20:38] Ban**
but there were those that joined him there.
**[20:41] Ban**
Shinsuke had you guys.
**[20:45] Ban**
There is something I must tell you.
**[20:48] Ban**
We have a secret base where we promised to
meet in case of unforeseen circumstances.
**[20:55] Ban**
*Forgive me, Shinsuke.*
**[20:56] Ban**
*You might yell at me for this,*
**[20:59] Ban**
*but we need these men to fight the Harusame.*
**[21:04] Ban**
*No...*
**[21:05] Ban**
* Before all that, I've ended up*
* wanting to see with my own eyes*
**[21:09] Ban**
* how you looked back when*
* you lived with these guys.*
**[21:14] Ban**
*Shinsuke...*
**[21:17] Ab**
What a graceful sleeping face.
**[21:19] Ab**
No matter how many people get burned by
the flames of war outside his eyelids,
**[21:23] Ab**
he coolly spends his time in his dreamland.
**[21:25] Ab**
I see generals everywhere are messed up.
**[21:30] Ab**
I swear...
**[21:31] Ab**
At a time when the 7th Division is
on the verge of destruction,
**[21:34] Ab**
just where is our general dreaming?
**[21:37] Ab**
I didn't expect him to pick this
as the gathering spot, though.
**[21:42] Ab**
The abandoned planet, Rakuyo.
**[21:44] Ab**
The ruins of a world ravaged by a great war.
**[21:48] Ab**
Rogues driven away from various
planets gather here,
**[21:52] Ab**
so it's the perfect place to hide.
**[21:55] Ab**
But I thought he'd never want
to come back here again.
**[22:02] Ab**
So even people like you
**[22:04] Ab**
can get homesick, huh,
**[22:07] Ab**
you family of monsters?
***SIGN*** To Be
Continued
***SIGN*** Preview
**[23:44] Ban**
Shinsuke, are these the samurai
we were trying to wipe out?
***SIGN*** Battle on Rakuyo Arc
Part Three
**[23:49] Sak**
The next time we meet,
***SIGN*** The Song of Samurai
**[23:52] Sak**
it'll be as the four of us.
**[23:53] SignR**
At last, the Odd Jobs take to space!
**[23:53] SignL**
"Rakuyo" was Kagura's birthplace.
**[23:59] SignR**
Will the split-up family and former friends
**[23:59] SignL**
reunite on the abandoned planet?