E61 - On A Moonless Night, Insects Are Drawn To The Light

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SIGN    [GinTama]
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SIGN    ["On A Moonless Night, Insects Are Drawn To The Light"]
[00:36] Nizo
    After living a long time in darkness, I perceived a light too faint for the eyes to see.
[00:43] Nizo
    I don't recall when I learned that the light radiated from human beings.
[00:47] Nizo
    It shines brightest, like a brilliant flower of light, just before they die.
[00:55] Nizo
    But there are a few who shine just as bright while they're alive.
[00:59] Nizo
    These lights are extremely unstable...aggressive, and tinged with sad colors.
[01:07] Nizo
    Knowingly or unknowingly, people are attracted to this light, like moths to a flame.
[01:14] Nizo
    But once I saw that light, I could never live in darkness again.
[01:20] Nizo
    I, too, am a moth. A moth who fears losing his beacon.
[01:25] Nizo
    A moth, who struggles desperately to avoid being swallowed up by that fiery beacon of light.
[01:30] Nizo
    Moths guided by that beacon's flame. There are moths everywhere...
[01:35] Nizo
    But amongst all the bugs, there is an odd one among us.
[01:39] Nizo
    This one is not a moth.
[01:42] Nizo
    It's extremely difficult to see, but it emits a very faint light.
[01:46] Nizo
    It gleams like a sword-a cold steel blade drawn from its sheath.
[01:53] Nizo
    It's glint is sharp... Silver.
[01:58] Nizo (M)
    But why is it...
[02:01] Nizo (M)
    I just can't...
[02:04] Nizo (Mo)
    stand its color!
[02:09] Nizo
    Here I thought it was just some random punks barging in to interrupt our work...
[02:13] Nizo
    Who'd imagine you were one of them?
[02:18] Nizo
    Did you come to rob the place?
[02:21] Nizo
    What can you do in your condition?
[02:23] ---
    Have you grown so crazy that you don't even know what you're doing?
[02:28] Gintoki
    You don't look so hot yourself.
[02:31] Gintoki
    You're pale. Got a stomachache or something? Is it diarrhea?
[02:34] Nizo
    You're the one with diarrhea.
[02:45] Nizo
    Hey, what's the matter? You're bleeding.
[02:51] Gintoki
    Hey, what's the matter? You're bleeding.
[03:10] Takasugi
    Zura, look. Gintoki's shown up.
[03:15] Takasugi
    Looks like he's about to take on Benizakura.
[03:19] Takasugi
    He's as foolish as ever.
[03:21] Takasugi
    It's like taking on a battleship with a rolling pin.
[03:27] Katsura
    He no longer moves like a human.
[03:30] Katsura
    His body is crying out because it can't keep up with the Benizakura's commands.
[03:35] Katsura
    That man is going to die.
[03:38] ---
    You knew...
[03:40] Katsura
    what would happen if he used the Benizakura.
[03:43] Katsura
    You were his comrade. Don't you feel anything?
[03:46] Takasugi
    He chose to do that on his own.
[03:49] Takasugi
    If he dies because of it, he gets his wish.
[03:52] Tetsuko
    Gets his wish?
[03:54] Tetsuya
    That's right! That man truly wished to become a sword!
[03:59] Tetsuya
    A sword that protects Takasugi, his beacon light!
[04:02] Tetsuya
    He'd rather fly into the fire than return to darkness.
[04:05] Tetsuya
    He wanted the power to grow.
[04:09] Tetsuya
    His eyes have been blinded by light-he can't see anything else.
[04:13] Tetsuya
    How sad and foolish...
[04:17] Tetsuya
    But inside him is a beauty that transcends good and evil...
[04:21] Tetsuya
    Like a single sword stroke, there is beauty!
[04:25] Takasugi
    Swords kill. Master smiths forge swords. What then...
[04:29] Takasugi
    are samurai?
[04:32] Takasugi
    And an object that exists for a single purpose is strong, flexible and beautiful.
[04:39] ---
    Just like this.
[04:42] Takasugi
    They're simpletons. But I don't hate them.
[04:46] Takasugi
    I, too, can see only a single path before my eyes.
[04:49] Takasugi
    I don't care if my comrades or anyone falls by the wayside.
[04:54] Tetsuko
    What's so beautiful about bloodshed?
[04:57] Tetsuko
    Are you saying that's the goal of your art?
[05:00] Tetsuko
    Enough of this. I don't want to see blood spilt by a sword my brother made.
[05:05] Tetsuya
    Then why did you bring that man here?!
[05:08] Tetsuya
    It's as if you brought him here to be killed!
[05:11] ---
    And with that dull blade of yours.
[05:15] Tetsuya
    You think he can defeat the Benizaka?
[05:22] Tetsuya
    I-Impossible!
[05:26] Tetsuya
    He's matched against Benizakura...
[05:29] Tetsuya
    No! He's even stronger?!
[05:33] Tetsuya
    It can't be...
[05:34] ---
    Benizakura's been draining Nizo's strength and accumulating data to discover its opponent's weaknesses.
[05:41] ---
    Benizakura's should be several levels higher.
[05:43] Tetsuya
    ...It can't be.
[05:50] Tetsuya (M)
    That man...
[05:52] Tetsuya (M)
    He's improving faster than the Benizakura?!
[05:57] Tetsuya (M)
    No, that's...!
[05:59] Tetsuya (M)
    In the midst of an extreme fight to the death...
[06:04] Tetsuya (M)
    have the memories of past battles lying dormant deep inside his body been awakened?
[06:16] Tetsuya (M)
    It's the White Demon!
[06:20] Nizo (M)
    It won't go out.
[06:22] Nizo (M)
    No matter how many times I try to extinguish it.
[06:25] Nizo (M)
    That annoying light won't go out...
[06:37] Buichi
    You appear to have studied sword fighting at a dojo before,
[06:40] Buichi
    but it seems this is your first fight with a real sword.
[06:45] Buichi
    You're shaking.
[06:47] Shinpachi
    This is called the Drunken Sword.
SIGN    [Note: Spoof of that Jackie Chan movie]
[06:49] Shinpachi
    A rare form where the drunker I get, the stronger I...
[06:53] Buichi
    Don't force yourself.
[06:55] Buichi
    For your information, my sword style is called Shimura-Ken.
[06:59] Buichi
    It's what that comedian often uses in his skits.
[07:02] Shinpachi
    You, too?!
[07:03] Buichi
    I'm more of the thinker type, so I usually leave these matters to that wild boar woman.
[07:10] Matako
    Who're you calling a wild boar?!
[07:12] ---
    Want me to shoot a slug into those lame chicken legs?
[07:16] Matako
    A real fight is all about guts, Senpai! It's kill or be killed!
[07:25] Matako (M)
    Gotcha!
[07:26] Matako (M)
    You can't move in mid-air. Die!
[07:32] Matako (M)
    Got her!
[07:40] Kagura
    You're a hundred years too young to be trying to kill me, little girl!
[07:53] Shinpachi
    Gin-san!
[07:54] Kagura
    Gin-chan.
[08:02] Matako
    Wh...What?!
[08:04] ---
    What the hell is this?
[08:06] Buichi
    Nizo-san?
[08:19] Buichi
    I told you, I'm not good at this sort of thing.
[08:25] Matako
    Senpai!
[08:26] ---
    Nizo! Have you lost your mind?!
[08:31] Matako
    He's conscious... He's being controlled by the Benizakura.
[08:33] ---
    Tsk, my nasty premonition hit the bullseye!
[08:36] Matako
    Stop, Nizo!
[08:47] Tetsuya
    He's been completely overwhelmed by the Benizakura!
[08:51] ---
    Nizo has lost all sense of self. His entire body has transformed into a sword!
[08:55] Tetsuya
    Not even the White Demon can stop him now!
[08:59] Tetsuya
    That is the Benizakura's final form. The ultimate sword!
[09:04] Tetsuya
    Such power comes only to those
[09:06] Tetsuya
    who discarded all meaningless distractions from their lives and devote themselves to a single goal.
[09:09] Tetsuya
    There's no way a person like you, always distracted by life's trivial things, can ever stop him!
[09:13] Shinpachi
    Gin-san!
[09:14] Kagura
    Gin-chan!
[09:16] Nizo (M)
    Won't... That annoying light...
[09:20] Nizo (M)
    won't go out...
[09:28] Tetsuya
    Tetsuko!
[09:29] Tetsuko
    I won't let him die! I won't let you kill him!
[09:32] Tetsuko
    I won't let that sword destroy any more lives!
[09:38] Kagura
    You!
[09:41] Kagura
    Let that mop head go!
[09:45] Tetsuya
    What the?!
[09:46] Shinpachi
    Let him go!
[09:59] Tetsuya (M)
    Why... Why?
[10:01] Tetsuya (M)
    Why can't you understand?
[10:05] Tetsuya (M)
    I've given everything I have to create the Benizakura.
[10:08] ---
    Discarded every shred of conscience and restraint.
[10:12] Tetsuya (M)
    It's everything to me. If I lose it, then I'll have nothing left.
[10:19] Townsman A
    We suffered a real loss.
[10:21] Townsman A
    No one else will ever be able to create swords like he did.
[10:25] Townsman B
    I heard he has a son. How good is he?
[10:27] Townsman A
    He's no good.
[10:29] Townsman A
    Had his father not been Jintetsu, the once-in-a-generation master swordsmith,
[10:34] Townsman A
    he'd have no problem making a living with his craft.
[10:39] Tetsuya
    From that day on...
[10:41] Jintetsu
    Tetsuko...your swordsmith skills are rough, but you possess something Tetsuya does not.
[10:46] Jintetsu
    I hope he understands that someday.
[10:49] Tetsuya (M)
    In order to surpass my Father, I completely devoted my life to swordsmithing.
[10:53] Tetsuya (M)
    I put my craft before everything else.
[10:56] Tetsuya (M)
    I don't need anyone...
[10:58] Tetsuya (M)
    I don't need anything but the sword.
[11:05] Tetsuya (M)
    It's everything to me. There's nothing else in my life...
[11:11] Tetsuya
    Tetsuko!
[11:34] Tetsuko
    Brother!
[11:59] Shinpachi
    Gin-san!
[11:59] Kagura
    Gin-chan!
[12:00] Tetsuko
    Brother! Pull yourself together! Brother!
[12:05] Tetsuko
    Brother...
[12:09] Tetsuya
    Now it makes sense...
[12:13] Tetsuya
    I thought I had forsaken everything in my life but the sword.
[12:18] Tetsuya
    I tried to live my life...not as a human being...but as a swordsmith...
[12:21] Tetsuya
    living only to create swords.
[12:26] ---
    But when it came to the very end,
[12:30] Tetsuya
    you were the one thing...I couldn't give up...
[12:34] Tetsuya
    With that kind of halfway commitment,
[12:37] Tetsuya
    there was no way I could forge the ultimate sword.
[12:42] Gintoki
    Nothing is meaningless!
[12:45] Gintoki
    Everything matters.
[12:47] Gintoki
    Devoting your life solely to making swords? Is that what a craftsman does?
[12:53] Gintoki
    Those are noble words. But you just don't want to be bothered.
[13:00] Gintoki
    Don't call yourself a craftsman when you don't even have...
[13:05] Gintoki
    the courage to shoulder the trials of life.
[13:11] Gintoki
    Watch. See how powerful the things you call meaningless can be.
[13:18] Gintoki
    Take a good look at this blade your sister forged and see how well it cuts.
[13:27] Tetsuko
    Gin-san! That's impossible!
[13:29] ---
    You can't take the Benizakura head on.
[13:31] Kagura
    Gin-chan!
[13:42] Jintetsu
    After all, swords are made for killing people.
[13:46] Jintetsu
    You can't change that, no matter how much heart and soul you put into it.
[13:50] Jintetsu
    But that's no reason for us to stop wielding our hammer. We'd go hungry.
[13:56] Jintetsu
    No, it's not just that. We are creating more than just weapons.
[14:00] Jintetsu
    That's why we have to keep on hammering at it over and over.
[14:04] Jintetsu
    We aren't just forging the iron, but our very own souls.
[14:09] Jintetsu
    You hammer your soul into shape just as you hammer the iron.
[14:14] Jintetsu
    Become a gentle person with integrity. Live your life beautifully.
[14:18] Jintetsu
    If you become a good person,
[14:20] Jintetsu
    those who would use your swords with decency will be drawn to you.
[14:26] Jintetsu
    What sort of sword do you want to forge?
[14:30] Young Tetsuko
    A sword that protects.
[14:32] Jintetsu
    Huh? I can't hear you.
[14:34] Young Tetsuko
    A sword that protects people.
[14:46] Nizo
    It's too...bright...
[14:57] Tetsuya
    A sword that...protects people... That's so like you, Tetsuko.
[15:05] Tetsuko
    It would seem I haven't hammered long enough...
[15:14] Tetsuya
    Tetsuko... Become a good...
[15:17] Tetsuya
    swordsmi...
[15:23] Tetsuko
    I can't hear you... Brother...
[15:27] Tetsuko
    You have to tell me the way you always do...in your loud voice...
[15:33] Tetsuko
    I can't hear you.
[15:40] Katsura
    Takasugi, I never liked you. Back then, or now.
[15:45] Katsura
    But you were my comrade.
[15:47] Katsura
    Back then, and now.
[15:50] Kagura
    When did it all begin? When did our paths diverge?
[15:53] Takasugi
    Hmph. What're you talking about?
[15:56] Takasugi
    It's true that the two of us started in the same place.
[16:01] Takasugi
    But even back then,
[16:03] Takasugi
    we were heading in different directions.
[16:06] Takasugi
    Everyone is doing as they please.
[16:09] Takasugi
    We've all lived our lives...
[16:11] Takasugi
    looking towards different directions.
[16:13] Takasugi
    Nothing in me has changed since then.
[16:15] Takasugi
    What I look towards now hasn't changed a bit.
[16:21] Takasugi
    I...
[16:25] Member E
    Elizabeth-san, we've done all we can do! We can't hold out any longer!
SIGN    [For real?]
[16:29] Supporter
    Katsura-san is still...
[16:33] Supporter
    What are those battleships?
[16:34] Supporter
    Are they our allies coming to help?
[16:36] Supporter
    No...that flag is...
[16:38] Supporter
    Th-That can't be! What're they doing here?!
[16:42] Supporter
    It's the Harusame! The Harusame space pirates!
[16:45] Takasugi
    Zura, when you took up your sword for the sake of the country and your comrades,
[16:51] Takasugi
    I could've cared less.
[16:54] Takasugi
    Think about it.
[16:55] Takasugi
    Who was it that taught us how to use that sword you're holding?
[17:01] Takasugi
    Who was it that taught us the path of the samurai, how to survive and other things?
[17:07] Takasugi
    Without a doubt, the man who made us the men we are was...
[17:11] Takasugi
    Shoyo Sensei.
[17:14] Takasugi
    But this new world...
[17:16] Takasugi
    took him away from us.
[17:18] ---
    If that's the case, then our only choice is to fight this world.
[17:22] ---
    To squash the world that took away our master.
[17:27] Takasugi
    Tell me, Zura, what do you think about as you live in this world?
[17:32] Takasugi
    How can we live comfortably and relish life in the world that took our master away from us?
[17:38] Takasugi
    It makes me angry to no end.
[17:41] Katsura
    Takasugi...
[17:42] Katsura
    You don't know how many times I've thought about wiping out this world clean slate.
[17:47] Katsura
    But when I see Gintoki bearing it...
[17:50] Katsura
    When I see...
[17:52] Katsura
    him learning to live in a world he should be despising more than anyone, what can I do?
[17:57] Katsura
    I can no longer destroy this country.
[18:00] Katsura
    I now have...
[18:02] Katsura
    too many precious things here I care about.
[18:05] Katsura
    When I look at you, all I see is someone who can't sheathe his sword.
[18:09] Katsura
    You've become just a wild beast that enjoys destruction.
[18:12] Katsura
    If you don't like this country, then destroy it.
[18:16] Katsura
    But I won't just stand and watch you destroy the people I care for.
[18:21] Katsura
    There must be another way.
[18:23] Katsura
    Other ways to change this country without costly sacrifices.
[18:27] Katsura
    I'm sure that's what Shoyo Sensei would have wanted.
[18:30] Amanto A
    It's Katsura.
[18:32] Amanto B
    It's really Katsura.
[18:34] Amanto A
    Stay back. He's mine.
[18:36] Katsura
    Amanto?!
[18:39] Takasugi
    Zura, I heard about you. That you and Gintoki beat up the Harusame.
[18:46] Takasugi
    I was trying to link up with them to gain their backing.
[18:53] Takasugi
    But thanks to you, I think it'll go well.
[18:55] Takasugi
    When I present them with your head.
[18:57] Katsura
    Takasugi!
[18:59] Takasugi
    I told you... I will destroy this rotten world.
[19:07] Supporter
    Why are the Harusame here?!
SIGN    [Who knows?!]
[19:12] Supporter
    That damn Takasugi joined forces with the Amanto to destroy the Bakufu!
[19:19] Amanto C
    Bansai-dono...
[19:20] Amanto C
    We were told we could take the heads of Katsura and that other samurai.
[19:25] Amanto C
    Bansai-dono?
[19:26] Amanto C
    Are you listening, Bansai-dono?
[19:29] Bansai
    I'm listening. This is Edo's top singer, Terakado...
[19:33] Amanto C
    Not that! What I just said!
[19:34] ---
    Who's this guy? Why'd they send him to negotiate?!
[19:38] Tsunpo
    No need to worry.
[19:40] ---
    They're probably just small fries that Katsura brought with him.
[19:42] ---
    They'll be taken care of very quickly.
[19:52] Kagura
    Move... You're in the way!
[19:54] Shinpachi
    Odd Jobs Gin-chan coming through!
[19:56] Gintoki
    Ow ow.
[19:58] ---
    You guys sure are full of spirit.
[19:59] Amanto D
    Ack... What's that?!
[20:01] Amanto E
    No mistake! It's that samurai...
[20:06] Katsura
    Out of my wayI I'm in a bad mood!
[20:10] Supporter
    Katsura-san!
[20:12] Gintoki
    Yo, Zura. What's with the new hair?
[20:15] Gintoki
    Somebody break your heart or something?
[20:17] Katsura
    Shut up. It's a new look. What about you? Get hit by a bomb?
[20:22] Gintoki
    Shut up. It's a new look.
[20:24] Katsura
    You call that a look?
[20:26] Supporter
    Katsura-san! Your orders.
[20:28] Katsura
    Retreat.
[20:29] Supporter
    What?!
[20:29] Katsura
    The Benizakura's been destroyed.
[20:32] Katsura
    There's another ship behind us. Hurry.
[20:35] Amanto D
    You're not getting away!
[20:36] Amanto E
    Hunt down and kill every last one of them!
[20:44] Katsura
    We'll secure your escape route.
[20:46] Gintoki
    Go.
[20:47] Shinpachi
    But...!
[20:47] Kagura
    Gin-chan!
[20:49] Kagura
    Let us down, Lizzie!
[20:50] Kagura
    Gin-chan!
[20:53] Amanto F
    Go! Take their heads!
[21:09] Amanto G
    D-Don't back down!
[21:11] ---
    Push forward! Forward! Don't give them any openings!
[21:14] Tsunpo
    So they're Gintoki Sakata and Kotaro Katsura...
[21:17] Tsunpo
    They're strong... I'd like to face them someday.
[21:21] Katsura
    Gintoki!
[21:23] Gintoki
    Huh?
[21:23] Katsura
    The world doesn't go the way you hope, does it?
[21:27] Katsura
    It's not easy changing a friend, much less a country!
[21:31] Gintoki
    Zura, you mean you had a friend? Stop fantasizing!
[21:36] Katsura
    You want me to kill you?!
[21:38] Katsura
    Gintoki!
[21:39] Gintoki
    Huh?
[21:40] Katsura
    Don't change, okay.
[21:42] Katsura
    It would take a lot of mettle to kill you. I wouldn't take the job.
[21:46] Gintoki
    Zura, the day you change, I'll be the first one there to take you out.
[21:55] Katsura
    Takasugi! This is how it is!
[22:00] Gintoki
    The next time we meet, it won't be as friends or comrades!
[22:04] Gintoki/Katsura
    We'll cut you down...with every ounce of our strength!
[22:07] Gintoki
    So you better watch out.
[22:09] Gintoki
    Don't bump into us on the street!
[22:14] Katsura
    Farewell!
[22:15] Amanto F
    Don't let them get away!
[22:16] ---
    Fire! Fire!
[22:20] Gintoki
    That's being well-prepared. Are you Lupin or something?
SIGN    [Note: Refers to the anime character Lupin III.]
[22:23] Katsura
    I'm not Lupin, I'm Zura. Oops, I mean Katsura.
[22:26] ---
    There's a reason why I've been able to give the Shinsengumi the slip all this time.
[22:32] Katsura
    But I never imagined he was holding on to this, too.
[22:38] Katsura
    We all started at the same place. And yet...
[22:42] Katsura
    We're now worlds apart.
[22:46] Katsura
    Gintoki... Do you remember this?
[22:51] Gintoki
    Yeah...
[22:53] Gintoki
    I tossed it after I spilled ramen on it.
SIGN    ["Even Mummy Hunters Sometimes Turn into Mummys"]
[24:26] Yamazaki
    What? You want me to kill the boss of Odd Jobs?!
[24:28] ---
    Hijikata-san!
SIGN    [Gintoki is suspected of being an Anti-Foreigner Faction member. Working under Hijikata's order, Yamazaki closes in.]
SIGN    [Sorachi-san, thanks for the other day. Let's go and have a drink of that with that.]