# E331 - A Bowl of Ramen
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GYGG7KZ8Y/a-bowl-of-ramen)
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**[00:05] (Flashback) H**
Here's your ramen!
**[00:07] I**
Late on New Year's Eve,
**[00:09] I**
that scruffy-looking man ordered not
New Year's soba, but a bowl of ramen.
**[00:16] I**
"I can't eat this much."
**[00:19] I**
Saying that, the man took two extra cups,
divided his ramen into three portions,
**[00:23] I**
and shared them with my husband and me.
**[00:26] I**
And after devouring his
portion in an instant,
**[00:30] I**
he left, walking down the wintry
streets with his stomach rumbling.
**[00:38] I**
The next year, and the year after that...
***SIGN*** Hokuto Shinken
**[00:41] I**
Every New Year's Eve, that man would visit.
**[00:44] I**
He would always use
what little money he had
**[00:48] I**
to order a bowl of ramen
and share it with us.
**[00:53] I**
Each time, my husband would
divide it into three portions,
**[00:56] I**
load one of them up with pork topping,
and serve it to the man.
**[01:01] I**
Meanwhile, he would slurp on
ramen that was nothing but soup.
**[01:05] (Flashback) H**
Ikumatsu.
**[01:07] (Flashback) H**
This is our restaurant's
year-end tradition now.
**[01:12] (Flashback) H**
Should anything happen to me,
make sure you keep it going.
**[01:17] I**
That would turn out to be the last
bowl of ramen my husband ever made.
**[01:22] I**
It would also mark the end of the little
year-end tradition the three of us shared.
***SIGN*** Gintama
***SIGN*** Slip Arc
***SIGN*** A Bowl of Ramen
***SIGN*** Hokuto Shinken
***SIGN*** Watch the Slip Arc in a bright room
and at a safe distance from your TV!
**[03:07] I**
He didn't come last New Year's Eve, either.
***SIGN*** Ramen
**[03:11] I**
Ever since my husband passed away,
he hasn't shown up at all.
**[03:15] I**
He was a strange one.
**[03:17] I**
He clearly had no money to spare,
but he'd share his ramen with us
**[03:21] I**
and then leave, still hungry.
**[03:23] I**
He must've been really lonely.
**[03:26] I**
Maybe he was coming here
for company, not ramen.
**[03:31] I**
Who knows where he is
and what he's doing now?
**[03:34] I**
Meanwhile, here I am,
upholding my husband's last wish
**[03:36] I**
and waiting for him with a bowl
loaded up with pork topping.
**[03:40] I**
Here's your ramen—
**[03:42] Shin**
Don't try to hog the pork!
**[03:45] Gin**
Shut it! I'm the one who won big at pachinko!
**[03:47] Gin**
You sit there and sip on the soup!
**[03:49] Kag**
The egg! Let me just have the egg!
**[03:50] I**
Jeez, you three.
**[03:52] I**
Why not drink a soup of the dirt in that
old man's nails while you're at it?
**[03:56] I**
I hope he's doing just as
well as you seem to be.
**[04:00] I**
I can't help but be worried.
**[04:02] Kat**
Ikumatsu-dono, I would say
your concern is unnecessary.
**[04:06] Kat**
If that poor, lonely man was coming here
seeking company at the end of the year,
**[04:12] Kat**
it's actually a good thing
that he stopped showing up.
**[04:16] Kat**
He must've settled down in life
**[04:17] Kat**
and found someone he can eat traditional
New Year's food with instead of ramen.
**[04:21] Kat**
Or maybe the ramen here got
worse once you took over—
**[04:25] I**
Here's your soba!
**[04:27] Shin**
Y-You know that's not right, Katsura-san!
**[04:29] Shin**
Ikumatsu-san's ramen is the best in Edo!
No, the best in the universe!
**[04:33] Shin**
There's no doubt that man is just
dying to have it one more time, too!
**[04:36] Shin**
Right, Ikumatsu-san?
**[04:37] Kag**
He's got some nerve to not show any
gratitude after all that pork he ate.
**[04:40] Kag**
If he's got money now, he should come
back and share some ramen with us.
**[04:44] Shin**
What do you have to do with anything?
**[04:46] I**
This is a task my husband left to me
after worrying about it until the end.
**[04:51] I**
Taking over the restaurant was all well
and good, but this lingers with me.
**[04:55] I**
And I haven't returned that scarf, either.
**[04:57] I**
But you're right.
**[04:59] I**
He must be leading such a happy life that
he forgot all about this dingy ramen shop.
**[05:05] I**
I'll just assume that's what happened.
**[05:06] I**
Either way, there's nothing I can do
but stay here and keep making ramen.
**[05:14] Gin**
Hey, Zura.
**[05:16] Gin**
Unlike you, I'm a busy man.
**[05:19] Kat**
I'm not Zura. I'm Katsura.
**[05:20] Gin**
I'm in luck today.
**[05:22] Gin**
The dice and the cards
are all waiting for me.
**[05:25] Kat**
What's that saying? A fool with a big
mouth and his money are soon parted?
**[05:29] Kat**
I said what I did earlier out of
consideration for Ikumatsu-dono.
**[05:32] Kat**
But Gintoki, what do you think
happened to that man, honestly?
**[05:37] Gin**
He had no home or family,
and he was old to boot, right?
**[05:41] Gin**
Probably died on the streets, at best.
**[05:43] Kat**
Probably.
**[05:45] Kat**
But that's only if the
man was truly homeless.
**[05:48] Kat**
This scarf he forgot at the restaurant...
**[05:51] Kat**
It's worn out from use,
but it's a high-quality item.
**[05:55] Kat**
It would also have stuck out like a sore
thumb if a homeless man was wearing it.
**[05:59] Kat**
We might be able to find him.
**[06:01] Kat**
If he's still alive, that is.
**[06:04] Kat**
But if you truly are in luck today,
**[06:07] Kat**
I might be able to clear
my tab at Hokuto Shinken.
**[06:10] Gin**
Not happening. Anyway,
what I want to know is...
**[06:13] Gin**
Zura, did you get all the way
to **** base with Ikumatsu?
**[06:19] Kat**
O-Of all the disgusting
accusations! Have some shame!
**[06:22] Gin**
I mean, you're always on
her side for some reason,
**[06:24] Gin**
and I keep running into you every
time I go there for ramen lately.
**[06:28] Gin**
So you haven't sealed the deal yet, huh?
**[06:29] Gin**
And here I thought you'd already sucked
on something else besides ramen.
**[06:32] Kat**
Don't be stupid!
**[06:34] Kat**
As if Ikumatsu-dono and I would
ever have ***, get **** and *****,
**[06:37] Kat**
or worse, **** like *******!
**[06:40] Gin**
Uh, I never said anything that vulgar.
**[06:43] Gin**
Yeah, you have always been the passive sort.
**[06:47] Gin**
So you wanna pound the pavement here and
then pound Ikumatsu while you're at it, huh?
**[06:52] Gin**
If that's how it was,
you shoulda said so sooner.
**[06:54] Gin**
I can give you a discount
on the cupid service.
**[06:57] Kat**
I didn't ask for that!
**[06:58] Gin**
Don't play dumb! I know
your tastes inside and out!
**[07:01] Gin**
You've always been into married women.
**[07:01] Shin**
That's one weakness I didn't expect.
**[07:03] Gin**
Come to think of it, your first love
as a kid was a neighborhood widow—
**[07:07] Kat**
You dare insult a samurai?! Keep it up
and I won't hesitate to cut even you down!
**[07:11] Kat**
I'm not into married women!
**[07:14] Kat**
I'm into cuckoldry!
**[07:16] Shin**
You just exposed a fetish that's
totally unbefitting a samurai!
**[07:18] Kat**
And it's not Ikumatsu-dono
that I'm in love with!
**[07:21] Kat**
It's the taste of her soba!
**[07:23] Kat**
She inherited that from her husband,
**[07:25] Kat**
and I just want to make that
man eat it one more time.
**[07:28] Kat**
Eat that bowl of ramen she
promised her husband to serve.
**[07:31] Gin**
How admirable.
**[07:33] Gin**
You wanna pound the pavement to help her
fulfill her promise with your love rival?
**[07:38] Kat**
Unfortunately, we're not rivals in love.
**[07:41] Kat**
It's not something I will ever be.
**[07:44] Kat**
Because Ikumatsu-dono only
has eyes for one man.
**[07:51] Bum**
Hey, what's all that about?
**[07:53] Bum**
That's one young newcomer.
**[07:56] Kat**
Pleased to meet you.
**[07:58] Kat**
I grew sick of being a samurai,
quit sticking swords in people,
**[08:02] Kat**
and chose to stick myself in a cardboard box.
**[08:04] Kat**
My name is Katsura Kuzutaro.
**[08:06] Kat**
I hope to get along with all of you.
You may casually call me Kuzura.
**[08:10] Bum**
For someone who grew sick of his life,
you're awfully lively, Kuzura-san.
**[08:14] Kat**
I'm not Kuzura! I'm Katsura!
**[08:16] Kat**
And this here is my partner, Kuzuta—
**[08:20] Gin**
Hey, how did things end up this way?
**[08:22] Bum**
The other guy's got the same
look in his eyes as us.
**[08:25] Bum**
Welcome, Kuzuta-san.
**[08:27] Bum**
Hey, nice to meetcha.
**[08:27] Gin**
As if! Don't lump me in with you lot!
**[08:29] Kat**
The best people to ask about a
homeless man are the homeless.
**[08:33] Kat**
I came up with this cover to
make them less wary of us...
**[08:36] Kat**
But I'm amazed you blended in
instantly. That's my Kuzuta.
**[08:40] Gin**
That doesn't make me happy!
**[08:42] Gin**
I really should've gone looking for the
scarf store with Shinpachi and Kagura.
**[08:46] Kat**
Sorry, but who among you
knows a lot about this stuff?
**[08:49] Kat**
I have a lot of questions
regarding the cardboard life.
**[08:52] Bum**
Oh, then you should go meet the Lawd.
You can introduce yourself, too.
**[08:56] Kat**
The Lord?
**[08:57] Bum**
Yeah. The chief of cardboard boxes
and leader of all the homeless here.
***SIGN*** Lawd
**[09:02] Bum**
We call him Lawd, for
Leader At the Waste Dump.
**[09:04] Bum**
The Lawd knows all, and he can
solve most problems you might face.
**[09:08] Musashi**
What's going on? It's awfully noisy.
**[09:11] Bum**
It's the Lawd! The Lawd has
graced us with his presence!
**[09:19] Gin**
Hey, what are you doing, Hasega—
**[09:23] Mu**
Men, throw these two out of Eden at once.
**[09:27] Gin**
Uh, what are you talking about?
What the hell is "Eden"?
**[09:30] Gin**
Hey, stop talking through an interpreter.
**[09:32] Gin**
You're totally made in Japan.
**[09:35] Mu**
These two bring disaster wherever they go.
**[09:38] Gin**
Uh, I don't wanna hear that
from a walking disaster.
**[09:42] Gin**
I'm willing to ask as many times as it takes.
**[09:43] Gin**
What are you doing? Why are you
here at your age, Hasega—
**[09:47] Mu**
Quit chanting the Hasegawa death spell!
**[09:50] Gin**
It's your damn name! And use
your own mouth to speak!
**[09:52] Gin**
You're pissing me off!
**[09:54] Mu**
The lower realm's mores don't apply here.
**[09:57] Mu**
This is Eden.
**[09:58] Mu**
A different world where those who have
been liberated from everything gather.
**[10:02] Gin**
That so?
**[10:03] Gin**
I don't care if you're Hasegawa-san
or the Lawd anymore.
**[10:05] Gin**
Just trash either way.
**[10:06] Mu**
Who're you calling trash?!
**[10:07] Gin**
Say, did you ever see anyone
wearing this scarf—
**[10:10] Mu**
Can't answer that.
**[10:12] Mu**
Everyone here is truly free.
**[10:15] Mu**
Nobody is allowed to pry into
or bring up their past lives!
**[10:18] Mu**
And we have no information
to share with outsiders.
**[10:22] Mu**
If you wish to become one of us so badly,
**[10:25] Mu**
offer me 30 bags of empty cans and
**[10:28] Mu**
60 discarded convenience
store lunch boxes as tribute.
**[10:31] Mad**
Got that, uh... Kuzuta-san, was it?
**[10:34] Mad**
Only the people who were at rock bottom in
the lower world can make it to the top here.
**[10:40] Gin**
If you're gonna laugh, do it yourself!
**[10:44] Bum**
Lawd!
**[10:48] West**
Pick up empty cans?
**[10:50] West**
Save yer sleeptalkin' for when yer asleep.
**[10:52] West**
I thought we made it clear this was our yard.
**[10:56] West**
All the empty cans and discarded
convenience store lunch boxes are ours!
**[10:59] West**
You louts hurry up and get
outta this park already!
**[11:01] Gin**
Who the heck are those guys?
**[11:02] Bum**
The Westside Gang!
**[11:03] Bum**
The armed cardboard gang who control
the west side of this park!
**[11:07] Gin**
What the hell is an armed cardboard gang?
**[11:09] Bum**
They're upstarts that use violent oppression
to expand their rule on cardboard!
**[11:14] Gin**
Wait, what? Did we enter the Warring
Cardboard Era while I wasn't paying attention?
**[11:20] Mu**
Get outta here!
**[11:22] Mu**
This is a free utopia!
**[11:24] Mu**
We won't hand it over, no
matter how many times you try.
**[11:26] Gin**
You're stepping on the Lawd!
He was trying to say something!
**[11:28] Mu**
We won't give in to violence!
**[11:30] Mu**
We only fall to our knees
in our cardboard boxes!
**[11:33] Gin**
But the Lawd's totally giving
in to violence beneath you!
**[11:35] Gin**
And this interpreter's just
running his mouth now, isn't he?
**[11:38] Bum**
Interpreter? What are you saying, Kuzuta-san?
**[11:41] Bum**
This is the Lawd.
**[11:43] Gin**
What?! *He* was the Lawd all along?!
**[11:46] Gin**
Then what was with the old man next
to him who was dressed all godlike?
**[11:49] Bum**
That's the guy always mumbling
something by the Lawd's side.
**[11:52] Gin**
In the end, you've hit rock
bottom in this world, too!
**[11:56] Bro**
Now there's a face that takes me back.
**[11:58] Bro**
I found an unexpected diamond
buried in the trash.
**[12:03] Bro**
I see.
**[12:04] Bro**
So you came here, too...
**[12:07] Bro**
Katsura!
**[12:08] Kat**
Y-You're...
**[12:14] Gin**
Who are you, again?
**[12:15] Bro**
Don't interpret for the
people watching at home!
**[12:17] Bro**
Don't tell me you forgot...
**[12:20] Bro**
How you got me thrown in jail for that woman
**[12:23] Bro**
and reduced me to being homeless!
**[12:29] Gin**
I see.
**[12:30] Gin**
After crossing swords with
you at the Land of Korin,
**[12:32] Gin**
I never expected you to return as a cyborg.
**[12:35] Bro**
That's Mercenary Tao!
**[12:37] Bro**
Just look at the quality
difference in our comebacks!
**[12:39] Kat**
I remember now! You're Ikumatsu-dono's
brother from back then...
**[12:43] Kat**
Fancy running into you here.
**[12:46] Bro**
I'd rather you didn't sum it up so easily.
**[12:49] Bro**
I mean, ever since then, I've lived my
life thinking of nothing but you guys.
**[12:54] Bro**
You two ruined my life,
**[12:55] Bro**
so I was chomping at the bit for a
chance to get my revenge on you two!
**[13:00] Kat**
Oh? By becoming king of
this cardboard mountain?
**[13:04] Kat**
Talk about a roundabout revenge.
**[13:06] Bro**
Look, I know that you're
here to look for that man.
**[13:12] Kat**
What are you talking about?
**[13:14] Bro**
Don't play dumb.
**[13:16] Bro**
I know all about it.
**[13:18] Bro**
How my brother desperately looked for
him here while he was still alive.
**[13:23] Kat**
Ikumatsu-dono's husband did what?!
**[13:25] Bro**
How that man visited that
filthy ramen place every year,
**[13:30] Bro**
and just who he is, too.
**[13:37] W**
Um, if I may ask, where did you get this?
**[13:42] Shin**
Oh, we're looking for its owner, too.
**[13:46] W**
This crest on the lining
certainly is Nishikiya's.
**[13:50] Kag**
Really? Does it ring any bells?
**[13:53] Kag**
Did some filthy old man come here to buy it?
**[13:56] W**
This isn't one of our products.
It belonged to the master of Nishikiya.
**[14:00] Kag**
Master? Like the boss of this place?
**[14:04] W**
Yes. I remember him wearing it
with style whenever he went out.
**[14:10] Shin**
Where is he? Where is he now?
**[14:13] W**
He passed away around 20 years ago.
**[14:18] W**
Why would this thing show
up after all this time?
**[14:20] Shin**
Um, was it given away to
someone after he died?
**[14:24] Shin**
Are there any family members who might know?
**[14:27] W**
Just the young miss.
**[14:29] W**
But she was very young when her father died.
**[14:34] W**
She probably doesn't remember anything.
**[14:36] W**
Nishikiya is a textile store that the
master and mistress built themselves.
**[14:42] W**
Right when they'd overcome hard times
and put up shop, the master passed away.
**[14:47] W**
After that, the mistress made the
store grow this big all by herself.
**[14:51] W**
But she died six years ago, too.
**[14:54] W**
On top of that, the young
miss lost her husband.
**[14:59] W**
So even if she doesn't
remember anything anymore,
**[15:01] W**
I'm sure the young miss will
be delighted if she sees this.
**[15:07] I**
I wonder about that.
**[15:09] I**
After having the scarf
taken without permission
**[15:11] I**
and people sniffing around
without her knowing,
**[15:14] I**
even the gentle young miss might get angry.
**[15:17] I**
Just kidding.
**[15:18] I**
Delivery for you, Osono-san.
**[15:21] Bro**
Katsura, I came here to kill that man.
**[15:27] Bro**
"That man" being Ikumatsu's dad,
who is said to have died 20 years ago.
**[15:43] I**
Oh, you're trying to find that
homeless man using this scarf?
**[15:48] I**
Jeez, you could've just told me.
**[15:51] I**
Sorry you went through all
this trouble for my sake.
**[15:56] I**
Yes.
**[15:57] I**
The scarf belonged to Nishiki Matsugoro,
Nishikiya's founder, who died 20 years ago.
**[16:03] I**
And I'm Matsugoro's daughter,
Nishiki Ikumatsu.
**[16:08] Shin**
Y-You're Nishikiya's heiress?
**[16:13] I**
Sorry I didn't mention it.
It's just not me, you know?
**[16:17] I**
Running a ramen restaurant
suits me much better, right?
**[16:20] I**
Of course it does.
**[16:21] I**
Nishikiya may be one of the
top textile showrooms now,
**[16:25] I**
but until it was started,
we lived in abject poverty.
**[16:29] I**
But while life was hard, we had fun.
**[16:32] I**
Even if we had nothing to eat, the three
of us supported one another as we lived.
**[16:37] I**
But it all came crashing down the moment
we became able to live a decent life.
**[16:42] I**
Ironic, right?
**[16:43] Shin**
If I may ask, how did your father pass away?
**[16:47] I**
I was really young back
then, so I have no idea.
**[16:51] I**
Besides, he was living elsewhere
with his mistress back then.
**[16:57] I**
As soon as our store got on track,
**[17:00] I**
he apparently made a move on
one of the girls working here.
**[17:03] I**
Mom found out and threw him out.
**[17:06] I**
Not long after that, we heard
that he'd died of illness.
**[17:11] I**
People were saying he deserved it for
abandoning his wife and daughter,
**[17:16] I**
but I still remember how
sad my mother looked then.
**[17:22] I**
I don't know how the scarf found
its way to that homeless man,
**[17:26] I**
but I'm guessing it means my dad
was living a similar life to him.
**[17:32] I**
Thinking about it that way, I just
can't think of him as any old man.
**[17:36] I**
Sorry I made you waste your time for me.
**[17:39] I**
Ultimately, maybe people are best off when
they have to fight to live another day.
**[17:46] I**
The moment we have more than we
need, our eyes start to wander.
**[17:51] I**
I feel like we could clearly see what
was important when we were poor.
**[17:57] I**
If it weren't for that, I'm sure his
eyes wouldn't have strayed from us.
**[18:04] I**
And we would've been able
to forgive him, too.
**[18:10] Kat**
Ikumatsu-dono's father is alive?!
**[18:13] Bro**
That's right. He was barely
scraping by in this dump.
**[18:18] Kat**
No way. You mean the homeless man who
kept visiting the restaurant was...
**[18:24] Bro**
Wait, you really didn't know?
**[18:27] Bro**
And Ikumatsu didn't realize
that he was her father?
**[18:33] Bro**
That's funny.
**[18:35] Bro**
She forgot what her own dad looked like?
**[18:40] Bro**
Of course you'd forget about a scumbag
who left his family for another woman.
**[18:46] Bro**
Isn't that right?
**[18:47] Bro**
How long are you gonna stay
silent? I know you're here.
**[18:52] Bro**
Whatever.
**[18:53] Bro**
I'm sure the kindhearted Katsura-san
can't sit tight after learning all this.
**[18:57] Bro**
Katsura, you bring Ikumatsu's old man to me.
**[19:00] Kat**
What?
**[19:01] Bro**
Don't get any funny ideas.
**[19:05] Bro**
I control pretty much all
the homeless in this town.
**[19:08] Bro**
I think some starving homeless even camp
out at the dump near the Hokuto Shinken.
**[19:13] Kat**
You knave!
**[19:15] Bro**
This is my revenge.
**[19:17] Bro**
Bring me the head of the
father of the woman you love.
**[19:26] Bum**
Lawd, what should we do?
**[19:29] Bum**
The Lawd was right.
**[19:31] Bum**
Those guys really brought about a disaster.
**[19:34] Bum**
We should've thrown them out right away.
**[19:36] Bum**
Who's Ikumatsu's old man, anyway? I've
never even heard of someone like that.
**[19:40] Mu**
No need to worry.
**[19:42] Mu**
We already found Ikumatsu's father.
**[19:47] Mu**
Hurry up and take this man
in shades to that punk.
**[19:51] Mad**
What're you pulling the Lawd's strings for?!
**[19:54] Mad**
Who're you calling Ikumatsu's old man?!
**[19:56] Kat**
You must endure this, Hasegawa-dono.
**[19:58] Kat**
Ikumatsu-dono has practically
been taken hostage.
**[20:01] Kat**
We can't do anything unless we shut
up that knock-off Mercenary Tao.
**[20:04] Mad**
Before that, do something about
this knock-off Commander Ikari!
**[20:08] Mu**
Listen up. Use Shades as a
decoy to distract the enemy.
**[20:13] Mu**
In the meantime, I'll guide these men
outside the park via this secret passage.
**[20:18] Mad**
Why's the Lawd getting into it, too?
**[20:21] Kat**
Lawd...
**[20:23] Mu**
Instead of looking for her father,
**[20:27] Mu**
you must first ensure the daughter's safety.
**[20:31] Mu**
Don't lose sight of your cause.
**[20:33] Mu**
And my cause is... No matter whose
father or how big a scumbag they are,
**[20:38] Mu**
I will protect everyone here!
**[20:40] Mad**
But you're not protecting me at all!
**[20:43] Mu**
We should work together.
**[20:44] Bum**
What are you talking about, Lawd?
**[20:46] Bum**
You're half-senile, fool.
Can you really show them the way?
**[20:49] Mu**
Who're you calling a fool?!
**[20:51] Mu**
I plunged into the straight man
routine the moment I was born!
**[20:53] Mu**
This way! Follow me!
**[20:55] Bum**
Where are you taking a plunge now?!
**[20:58] Bum**
Hey, we'll handle things here,
so take care of the Lawd.
**[21:03] Mad**
In the end, I get to lead
this band of idiots?
**[21:06] Mad**
I'm done with this crap. I'm gonna
leave this place and find a proper job.
**[21:09] Kat**
I still can't believe that homeless
man was Ikumatsu-dono's father.
**[21:14] Kat**
He was going to see her
unbeknownst to all, huh?
**[21:17] Kat**
And he hid who he was due to the
guilt over abandoning his family?
**[21:21] Kat**
In that case, why did he
suddenly stop showing up?
**[21:25] Kat**
Because he'd seen that his daughter
was blessed with happiness?
**[21:28] Gin**
She lost her husband, and now a weird
guy with long hair is stalking her.
**[21:32] Gin**
Nobody would consider her blessed.
**[21:33] Kat**
I never stalked her!
**[21:35] Gin**
Keep it down. What if they hear you?
**[21:37] Gin**
You're not used to straight man
work. Don't push yourself.
**[21:39] Mu**
Yeah! Let me plunge into the
straight man routine instead!
**[21:41] Mad**
Seriously, where do you think
you're taking a plunge?!
**[21:44] Mad**
The Lawd's getting swept away!
**[21:45] Gin**
You've got it wrong, Hasegawa-san.
**[21:47] Gin**
This straight man really wants to
plunge into Ikumatsu's pus—
**[21:50] Mad**
Hey, knock it off!
**[21:51] Mad**
I can't handle these three stooges!
**[21:54] Gin**
H-Help!
**[21:55] Gin**
I... I can't swim!
**[21:55] Kat**
Screw you!
**[21:57] Kat**
When did I say I wanted to plunge into
Ikumatsu-dono's *****, *****, or *******?
**[21:59] Mad**
Look, we don't have time for that!
Help me rescue him!
**[22:03] Mu**
I'll take the plunge instead!
**[22:05] Mad**
Why?!
**[22:06] Mad**
I can't deal with this!
***SIGN*** To Be Continued
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**[23:41] Mad**
Once this chaos blows over,
I'm going to seriously look for a job.
**[23:45] Mad**
I mean it. This isn't a death
flag or anything, okay?
**[23:48] Mad**
I'm serious, by the way.
***SIGN*** A Family
**[23:50] Gin**
Next time: "A Family."
***SIGN*** A series of surprising reveals
***SIGN*** from a complex web of relationships.
***SIGN*** The next episode features so many twists and turns,
***SIGN*** you'll stop worrying about who would ever hire Madao.