E332 - A Family

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SIGN    Hokuto Shinken
[00:06] Kat
    Every year, late on New Year's Eve,
[00:08] Kat
    a man would visit Ikumatsu's restaurant.
[00:14] Kat
    He would always order a bowl of ramen,
[00:17] Kat
    say, "I can't eat this much,"
[00:21] Kat
    divide it into three portions, and share
    them with Ikumatsu-dono and her husband.
[00:28] Kat
    However, as time passed and her husband died,
[00:32] Kat
    the man stopped showing up.
[00:35] Kat
    Just who was he?
[00:40] Kat
    We investigated, using the scarf he
    forgot at the restaurant as a clue,
[00:45] Kat
    and the truth was brought to light
    through the word of an unexpected source.
[00:51] Kat
    That man was Ikumatsu-dono's
    father, Nishiki Matsugoro.
[00:59] Kat
    Ikumatsu-dono thought he
    had died 20 years ago,
[01:05] Kat
    but he was actually still alive
    and living somewhere around here.
[01:11] Kat
    Who is Ikumatsu-dono's father?
[01:14] Kat
    Why didn't he tell his
    daughter who he was?
[01:17] Kat
    And why did he disappear?
[01:23] Mad
    Seriously, where do you think
    you're taking a plunge?!
[01:25] Gin
    You've got it wrong, Hasegawa-san.
[01:26] Mad
    The Lawd's getting swept away!
[01:27] Gin
    This straight man really wants to
    plunge into Ikumatsu's pus—
[01:30] Mad
    Hey, knock it off!
[01:32] Mad
    I can't handle these three stooges!
SIGN    Gintama
SIGN    Slip Arc
SIGN    A Family
[03:11] Mad
    What's wrong with you guys?
[03:15] Mad
    I don't know who you came here to look for,
[03:17] Mad
    but forget about all this once
    you get back to the surface.
[03:20] Mad
    Here, eat some bread crust.
[03:25] Mad
    Like I said, everyone there wants
    to forget about their past.
SIGN    Watch the Slip Arc in a bright room
    and at a safe distance from your TV!
[03:30] Mad
    Nothing good will come out of digging it up.
[03:35] Mad
    Actually, I guess it's still
    okay if they want to forget.
[03:44] Mad
    Some of them have pasts that they
    can't remember even if they want to.
SIGN    Odd Jobs Gin-chan
[03:52] Oso
    I'm sorry.
[03:54] Oso
    I actually kept something from you.
[03:59] Oso
    And from the young miss, too.
[04:01] Shin
    You kept something from us?
[04:03] Oso
    But you seem to be trusted
    friends of the young miss,
[04:07] Oso
    so I figured I should tell you.
[04:10] Oso
    Someone once came looking for
    the master, just like you did.
[04:17] (Flashback) H
    Why?!
[04:20] (Flashback) H
    Why won't you tell Ikumatsu
    the truth, Mother?
[04:25] (Flashback) H
    She'll continue to have the wrong
    impression about her father for—
[04:28] (Flashback) Mo
    And that's fine.
[04:31] (Flashback) Mo
    He really did die once.
[04:33] (Flashback) Mo
    And he abandoned Ikumatsu
    and me in the process.
[04:35] (Flashback) H
    But he didn't!
[04:37] (Flashback) H
    All he did was forget...
[04:39] (Flashback) H
    And all because he saved someone.
[04:45] (Flashback) Mo
    Then what do you want me to tell her?
[04:49] (Flashback) Mo
    That her admirable father
[04:52] (Flashback) Mo
    saved some kid drowning in the river
[04:57] (Flashback) Mo
    and disappeared?
[05:03] (Flashback) Mo
    And when we finally found him,
[05:06] (Flashback) Mo
    he'd forgotten all about us
    and had married another woman?
[05:15] (Flashback) Mo
    The man we knew no longer exists.
[05:19] (Flashback) Mo
    It was all too late.
[05:22] (Flashback) Mo
    I believe that this is the best choice to
    make for both his sake and Ikumatsu's.
[05:32] Mad
    Apparently, that geezer
    lost all his memories.
[05:39] Mad
    Memory impairment, was it?
[05:41] Mad
    Whatever happens one day, he forgets by
    the time he wakes up the next morning.
[05:46] Mad
    And after moving from place to place,
    he found his way to the waste dump.
[05:52] Mad
    That geezer had no idea about his
    past or his family, but one day,
[05:56] Mad
    a man showed up in front of him.
[06:00] (Flashback) H
    I finally found you.
[06:03] (Flashback) H
    I looked all over for you.
[06:05] (Flashback) H
    You probably won't remember me,
[06:09] (Flashback) H
    but I have never forgotten
    what you did for me.
[06:13] (Flashback) H
    If you can't remember, you don't have to.
[06:16] (Flashback) H
    And if you don't want to come
    with me, I won't force you.
[06:22] (Flashback) H
    But even if it's just one bowl, could
    you please come have our ramen?
[06:28] (Flashback) H
    I know this is nowhere near
    enough to repay my debt to you.
[06:33] (Flashback) H
    I know it won't make up for
    my sin of doing this to you.
[06:38] (Flashback) H
    But I want you to come see how
    well your daughter is doing!
[06:45] (Flashback) H
    That's my one wish as the boy
    whose life you saved back then!
[06:52] (Flashback) H
    Ikumatsu.
[06:53] (Flashback) H
    This is our restaurant's
    year-end tradition now.
[06:58] (Flashback) ---
    Should anything happen to me,
    make sure you keep it going.
[07:04] Mad
    I hear the geezer didn't pay much
    attention to the man's tearful plea.
[07:11] Mad
    But every time New Year's Eve came around,
    he would go off somewhere by himself.
[07:16] Mad
    It's strange.
[07:18] Mad
    He'd lost pretty much all his memories,
[07:21] Mad
    but he did remember just one thing.
SIGN    2/8 Soba
[07:26] (Flashback) Iku
    Dad,
[07:27] (Flashback) Iku
    are we having just one bowl
    of New Year's soba again?
[07:30] (Flashback) Mo
    Don't be greedy now, Ikumatsu.
[07:32] (Flashback) Fa
    Your mother's right.
    This is more than enough.
[07:36] (Flashback) Fa
    Besides, if we split it into
    three portions like this...
[07:39] (Flashback) Fa
    There.
[07:41] (Flashback) Iku
    Can I really have so much to myself, Dad?
[07:44] (Flashback) Fa
    Go ahead.
[07:46] (Flashback) Fa
    Your mother and I already ate at work.
[07:50] (Flashback) Fa
    I can't eat this much.
[08:03] Oso
    Daigo-sama talked about it so happily.
[08:07] Oso
    He said they finally got to eat
    soba as a family of three again.
[08:12] Mad
    At this point, on top of his memory
    impairment, he's also gone totally senile.
[08:17] Mad
    Looks like he's forgotten all about
    going to that ramen restaurant, too.
[08:23] Mus
    I can't eat this much.
[08:29] Mus
    Want some?
[08:32] Mad
    But he still hasn't forgotten
    about that, or so I hear.
[08:39] Gin
    Forgot everything?
[08:41] Gin
    That's not true.
[08:45] Kat
    If he remembers that much...
[08:47] Gin
    ...it's more than enough.
[08:49] Mad
    Gin-san... Zuracchi...
[08:52] Bro
    Is that Ikumatsu's old man?
[08:56] Mad
    Wh-Why are you guys here?!
[08:59] Bro
    Don't go looking down on the
    homeless information network.
[09:02] Bro
    I knew you'd make a move, Katsura.
[09:08] Bro
    Don't worry.
[09:09] Bro
    I've sent Ikumatsu an invitation, too.
[09:12] Bro
    After all, she is the main
    heroine in my revenge story.
[09:21] Kat
    That'd be a problem.
[09:25] Kat
    We just called that restaurant
[09:29] Kat
    and made a reservation...
[09:35] Kat
    For a bowl of ramen.
[09:54] Iku
    You kids...
[10:00] Kag
    Wow.
[10:01] Kag
    When did this restaurant get popular enough
    to have people lining up, Matsu-nee?
[10:05] Shin
    Too bad.
[10:06] Shin
    And here we thought it was a hole
    in the wall that only we knew about.
[10:09] Shin
    Did people finally realize how
    good the food here tastes?
[10:12] G
    Enough of your nonsense, you brats!
[10:14] G
    Do you have a death wish? Outta our way!
[10:16] Kag
    Cutting in line isn't nice.
[10:18] Kag
    Sorry, but we have a reservation.
[10:20] Shin
    Ikumatsu-san.
[10:22] Shin
    Can we get a bowl of ramen on the double?
[10:26] Shin
    We've got a delivery order.
[10:29] Kag
    To an unknown address...
[10:33] Shin
    Nishiki Matsugoro-san's residence.
[10:38] Bro
    Katsura, are you thinking of
    not handing that geezer over?
[10:42] Kat
    Even if I did listen to you,
[10:44] Kat
    I don't believe scum like you
    would leave Ikumatsu-dono alone.
[10:50] Bro
    You're right. That's the way I like it.
[10:53] Kat
    Father, could you entrust
    yourself to us for a while?
[10:58] Kat
    We swear to help you eat
    Ikumatsu-dono's ramen one more time.
[11:03] Bro
    What can a samurai who ended up
    homeless and abandoned his sword do?
[11:07] Bro
    Go!
[11:08] Bro
    Get them, old man and all!
[11:10] Kat
    A sword isn't a samurai's only weapon!
[11:15] Mad
    Forget the samurai crap! That's not a weapon!
[11:17] Kat
    Here we go, Father!
[11:19] Mad
    Where? Is that what you meant
    by entrusting himself to you?!
[11:21] G
    What's wrong with you?
    Don't you wanna save that geezer?
[11:25] Gin
    To a samurai, everything
    within his reach is a weapon,
[11:27] Gin
    a hammer to crush scumbags like you!
[11:30] Mad
    People who call human beings
    hammers are much bigger scumbags!
[11:34] Mus
    Getting out of here takes priority.
[11:35] Mus
    Please hang in there, Father.
[11:37] Mad
    Hey! His senility's getting even worse!
[11:41] Gin
    Tch.
[11:42] Gin
    The old man's head is gonna be empty by
    the time we get him to Ikumatsu's place.
[11:46] Mad
    That's your fault!
[11:48] Gin
    If we waste too much time,
    Ikumatsu'll be in danger, too.
[11:50] Gin
    Oh, well.
[11:52] Gin
    I'll let you hog the spotlight, Zura.
[11:54] Gin
    Get going, before the ramen gets soggy.
[11:58] Kat
    Nonsense. There's no spotlight left to hog.
[12:05] Kat
    We were simply led here by the
    two men who loved Ikumatsu-dono.
[12:12] Kat
    All we can do is sip on
    their leftover ramen soup.
[12:18] Kat
    Maybe we never had a role
    to play in this at all.
[12:23] Kat
    Because Ikumatsu-dono only
    has eyes for one man.
[12:30] Gin
    But even then,
[12:32] Gin
    if the two men's feelings reach her,
[12:34] Gin
    then whether his own
    feelings reach her or not,
[12:38] Gin
    the third guy's still gonna go, right?
[12:41] Gin
    For the sake of his beloved Ikumatsu's ramen.
[12:45] Kat
    Not ramen. Soba.
[12:48] Kat
    But I've eaten enough to get sick of it.
[12:51] Kat
    Leftover soup will be enough to fill me up.
[12:54] Gin
    That so?
[12:56] Gin
    Then get going and sip on that leftover
    soup or a body shot or whatever!
[13:02] Bro
    Hold it, Katsura!
[13:03] Gin
    Whoa there.
[13:04] Gin
    You're dealing with me.
[13:07] Gin
    Let's play nice as fellow lonely extras.
[13:09] Bro
    My targets are Katsura and Ikumatsu!
[13:12] Bro
    I couldn't care less about y—
[13:15] G
    Boss!
[13:17] Gin
    Did you not hear me?
[13:19] Gin
    I'm saying he's too good to
    be taking on trash like you.
[13:24] Gin
    Did you guys know?
[13:25] Gin
    The people who were at rock bottom in
    the lower world can make it to the top here.
[13:32] Gin
    I don't know how far down
    you pieces of trash got...
[13:35] Gin
    It's gonna be great, huh, Hasegawa-san?
[13:38] Gin
    The hole this guy and me fell into
    is a bottomless pit of despair.
[13:45] Gin
    Zura...
[13:47] Gin
    You're no different from
    those two, if you ask me.
[13:52] Gin
    All of you are nothing but morons.
[14:00] Shin
    Go!
[14:07] Iku
    Why did I forget?
[14:12] Iku
    Why didn't I remember?
[14:16] Iku
    I loved him so much...
[14:20] Iku
    When did I lock him away in
    the depths of my memories?
[14:28] (Flashback) Iku
    I feel like we could clearly see what
    was important when we were poor.
[14:34] (Flashback) Iku
    If it weren't for that, I'm sure his
    eyes wouldn't have strayed from us.
[14:41] Iku
    I was the one who abandoned her dear family.
[14:45] Iku
    He watched over me for years,
    even though he'd lost his memories.
[14:52] Iku
    And he brought us together
    in order to tell me that.
[14:58] Iku
    But I...
[15:11] Iku
    Dad, I'm sure you've already forgotten
    about such an awful daughter,
[15:19] Iku
    along with the taste of the bowl of
    soba the three of us shared as a family.
[15:23] Iku
    But that's okay.
[15:24] Iku
    That's all right.
[15:29] Iku
    This time, I promise not to forget.
[15:33] Iku
    My eyes will never stray again.
[15:37] Iku
    So please, Dad, just one more time...
[15:42] Iku
    Just one more bowl...
[15:45] Kat
    Ikumat—
[15:56] Mu
    Ikumatsu.
[15:59] Mu
    I can't eat this much.
[16:03] Mu
    It's all right.
[16:06] Mu
    Ikumatsu...
[16:08] Mu
    I already ate with everyone.
[16:13] Mu
    I'm already full.
[16:17] Mu
    So share this ramen...
[16:21] Kat
    Ikumatsu-dono!
[16:23] Mu
    ...with the people dear to you,
    the ones standing by your side.
[16:24] Kat
    Ikumatsu-dono!
[16:33] Mu
    That's what both Daigo-kun and I want.
[16:39] Mu
    Really...
[16:44] Mu
    I'm so full.
[17:04] Iku
    Was it really his voice
    that I heard back then?
[17:08] Iku
    Did he really still remember me?
[17:12] Iku
    There's no way to tell anymore.
[17:15] Iku
    All I can say is that if it weren't for
    him, I couldn't have met my husband.
[17:21] Iku
    I couldn't have survived
    and seen these guys again.
[17:25] Iku
    That much, I know for sure.
[17:29] Kat
    Ikumatsu-dono.
[17:30] Kat
    I asked for soba. I don't
    remember ordering ramen.
[17:35] Iku
    Really?
[17:36] Iku
    Men shouldn't nitpick.
[17:38] Iku
    Look at your stupidly long hair.
[17:40] Iku
    You should get a crew cut already.
[17:42] Kat
    What does my hair have to do with this?
[17:44] Iku
    This is a ramen restaurant, y'know?
[17:46] Iku
    Wouldn't hurt you to have some
    ramen for once, would it?
[17:49] Iku
    Or do you mean to say one idiot
    eating New Year's ramen is enough?
[17:57] Iku
    Why did you, Gin-san, and the
    kids stop showing up after that?
[18:02] Kat
    I owed them one, you see.
[18:05] Kat
    So they made me look for something
    they lost and whatnot.
[18:08] Kat
    They drove me like a slave.
[18:11] Iku
    Lies.
[18:13] Iku
    I bet you stayed away out
    of needless concern for me.
[18:16] Iku
    So distant.
[18:19] Iku
    At least let me thank you...
[18:21] Iku
    You could at least let me make
    you some ramen on the house!
[18:25] Kat
    I don't see why we must be thanked or fed
    ramen by someone with such a sad face.
[18:34] Iku
    Please eat that.
[18:37] Iku
    You're the only one left.
[18:39] Iku
    I went through the trouble of making it...
    I waited all this while...
[18:44] Iku
    But the family I wanted to feed it to
[18:50] Iku
    are all gone now.
[18:55] Kat
    All the more reason not to eat it, then.
[18:58] Kat
    I don't have the right to.
    I'll come some other time.
[19:07] Kat
    Ikumatsu-dono.
[19:09] Kat
    There's just one thing I want to say.
[19:12] Kat
    I couldn't possibly bring
    myself to eat that ramen...
[19:17] Kat
    But even if we can't share ramen as family,
[19:21] Kat
    we can share your suffering as friends.
[19:26] Kat
    Let us know when you want to
    look for something you lost.
[19:31] Kat
    Also, let me make this clear.
[19:34] Kat
    It's not like I hate ramen.
[19:40] Kat
    It's just...
[19:43] Bo
    I can't eat that much.
[20:01] Iku
    Late on New Year's Eve,
[20:04] Iku
    that man ordered a bowl of ramen.
[20:11] Iku
    "I can't eat this much."
[20:14] Iku
    Saying that, he took his ramen...
[20:28] Iku
    and divided it into six portions.
[22:10] Mad
    I've tripped and stumbled my
    way through life until now.
[22:15] Mad
    So at least in the end,
    I'll stay far away from the dirt
[22:19] Mad
    and fly high toward the blue sky above.
SIGN    Life, Death, and Shades
[22:30] Gol
    Don't do it. You'll be mincemeat
    if you fall from this high up.
[22:34] Gol
    Put yourself in the shoes of the man
    who runs the BBQ place down there.
[22:37] Mad
    Don't get the wrong idea.
[22:38] Mad
    I just want to know if I
    still have the wings to fly.
[22:43] Mad
    And I came here to find out, is all.
[22:46] Gol
    Dunno what happened, but surely you have
    family and friends who will mourn you.
[22:51] Gol
    Most of all, if you died here,
    it'd cause problems for me.
[22:57] Gol
    Life is precious. Don't throw it away.
[23:05] Gol
    Didn't you hear me?
[23:07] Gol
    If you cause a fuss here,
    everything will be ruined.
[23:11] Gol
    Life is precious. Don't waste that gift.
[23:14] Mad
    Look who's talking!
[23:17] Mad
    You totally wanna lay waste to a life!
[23:19] Mad
    You're totally trying to kill someone,
    right? You're an assassin, aren't you?!
[23:22] Gol
    Don't get the wrong idea.
    I'm just here to hunt boars.
[23:24] Mad
    From how far away are you
    trying to hunt boars?!
[23:28] Mad
    Really, don't be stupid.
    Don't commit a murder.
[23:31] Gol
    I don't wanna hear that from a suicidal man.
[23:32] Mad
    I don't wanna hear that from an assassin!
[23:34] Gol
    I don't wanna hear that from a
    man wearing filthy-ass shades.
[23:35] Mad
    I don't wanna hear that from
    a man wearing lame-ass shades!
[23:37] Gol
    Your shades are more lame.
[23:38] Mad
    Nah, your shades are more lame.
[23:41] Gol
    Let me be honest.
[23:43] Gol
    I couldn't care less what kind of shades
    you wear, or when and where you wear them.
[23:46] Mad
    We're talking about shades now?!
SIGN    The next episode
SIGN    will go something like that.
SIGN    Hasegawa wants to take off ahead of schedule.
SIGN    Next time, find out if he gains wings.
SIGN    And it won't just be about shades.
SIGN    We'll also run a story about cops.