Kin The Meaning of a Main Character
Tojo: Lady?
A: Boss?
B: Sarutobi-dono?
Kin: You're siding with him?
Kin: You're going to betray your friends, betray me,
Kin: for a man who att*cked your friends?
Gin: What do you think you're doing?
Gin: If you do this...
BoardA,Caption: Field Trip Groups
BoardB,Caption: Boys
BoardC,Caption: Sakata
Sa: Stop it, boys!
Sa: Let Sakata-kun join in!
Kyu: Are you okay, Sakata-kun?
Sa: Teacher, can we let Sakata-kun join our group?
Gin: ...I'll feel like that pathetic left-out boy who
ends up in a group of girls out of sympathy!
Kyu: Kintoki, we trusted you.
Kyu: That's why we're here.
Tsu: So trust us.
Tsu: This man isn't what you think he is.
Sa: The Kin-san I know would back off.
All: If you consider us friends...
Kin: I see.
Kin: I suppose you're representing the Yagyu and Hyakka.
Kin: Get out of this town
Kin: with Gintoki.
Tojo: Kintoki-dono?!
Kin: If you're taking that man's side,
Kin: you're an enemy of this town,
an enemy of the Kabuki district!
Kyu: I see.
Kyu: Is that your answer?
Zura: In that case...
Both: We also have our answer.
Kin: What do you think you're doing?
Kin: Women are quick to betray you,
Kin: but men are supposed to have honor.
Kin: Aren't we frien—
Zura: We're friends.
Mada: No doubt about it.
Zura: Kintoki, I once made a promise with a friend.
Zura: Never change.
Gin: If you ever change, I'll be there to cut you down.
Mada: Kin-san, a buddy of mine used to smack me around.
Gin: Fool! Don't blame everything on your sunglasses!
Mada: That's who we are.
Zura: When we believe you're taking the right path,
we stick with you, no matter how hard it is.
Mada: But if you're taking the wrong path,
we'll stop you, even if it turns the whole world against us.
Zura: That friend is...
Mada: That man is...
Kyu: That idiot is...
Tsu: That lazy ass is...
Sa: That sadist is...
All: Our friend, Sakata Gintoki.
Tojo: Huh?
Tojo: I-I kind of went with the flow, but I can't remember a thing.
Gin: Y-You guys are...
Reunion,Caption: Middle School Class Reunion
Zura: Yo, it's been forever. You been doing okay?
Mada: You still look like a loser. Have a drink.
Gin: ...acting all friendly and mature at our class reunion as though
you never shunned me when we were kids.
Screw you!
Gin: Bastard!
Kin: Impressive, brother.
Kin: So this is the power of a bond forged through
volumes of DVDs?
Kin: But it's no use.
Kin: You can try to win them back,
Kin: but I can undo your work with a wave of my hand.
Kin: Want to know why?
Kin: It's because the main character in this anime...
All: ...is Kin-san.
Kin: You thought I couldn't brainwash people anymore.
Kin: Tama threw away her life for nothing.
Kin: Come on, let's protect our town.
Kin: This sideshow continues to defy
the main character and his friends.
Kin: Send him packing!
Zura: Go ahead and try!
Zura: But we hold inside us
Zura: ironclad memories of the battles we fought together!
Zura: A silver sword lies inside our souls!
Gin: If you think you can break those swords,
Gin: break them!
Gin: My hypnotism isn't working!
Kin: Crush them! Beat them down!
Zura: Go!
Tsu: Gintoki!
Gin: Yeah, I'll let you watch my back!
Gin: While...
Both: I handle being the main character!
Kin: I'll obliterate you.
Kin: Erase your memories, your friends, your very being...
Gin: You're the one who's getting obliterated.
Gin: Let's see if your memory bank is fried first,
Gin: or if my soul burns out first.
Gin: Let's finish this.
Kin: Whether gold or silver wins this battle for existence,
you will be the one who disappears.
Kin: I installed a special program in myself that will activate
when certain conditions are met.
Kin: This program will cause a hypnotic expl*si*n
that will blanket the entire Kabuki district
Kin: and reset everyone's memory.
Kin: There are two conditions.
Kin: The first is when my core is broken.
Kin: The second
Kin: is about to happen.
Otae: Shin-chan! Kagura-chan!
Otae: What are you doing here?!
Otae: Come on! Pull yourself together!
Shin: Sis...
Shin: We remembered everything.
Shin: Who Sakata Kintoki really is,
Shin: who Sakata Gintoki really is...
Shin: The person who altered our memories just restored them.
Shin: After that, we lost consciousness.
Kag: Boss lady, we did terrible things to Gin-chan.
Kag: How do we say we're sorry?
Kag: How can we make up?
Otae: Stand up, you two.
Otae: Let's go back to our leader.
Kin: The second is when the four people
who started this all appear before me.
Kin: Understand?
Kin: If you defeat me or recover your friends,
Kin: everything will end.
Kin: That was my true objective.
Kin: You thought I wanted to take over this lousy anime?
Kin: Sorry, but I'm not going
to be satisfied with your sloppy seconds.
Kin: I take everything from you
and become the worst enemy you've ever faced.
Kin: But still, you're able to recover your friends singlehandedly
and work together to defeat me.
Kin: Yes, that is what I was hoping to see in this final battle.
Kin: I wanted to give this show its last episode
Kin: so I could return as the main character
of a show that was neither Gintama nor Kintama.
Kin: Sakata Gintoki, this anime returned
Kin: as a tombstone to mark an end to your pathetic existence,
to this joke of an anime.
Kin: Well done.
Kin: You and your friends have
made the atmosphere perfect for a final episode.
Kin: Don't worry about me.
Kin: I've backed up my data and prepared a new body.
Kin: Rest easy.
Kin: The finale will be very soon.
Gin: That's it?
Gin: Is that all you have to say?
Gin: Sorry, you took so long that I missed half of what you said.
Kin: Y-You'll pay for ignoring my warning!
Kin: If you k*ll me...
Gin: You're finished, right?
Kin: B-Bastard...
Kin: You think you can end this yourself?
Kin: Without recovering everything you've lost?
Gin: Nothing's going to end.
Gin: Except for
Gin: you and me, brother.
Kin: Seppuku?!
Kin: You'll lose more than your memories!
Kin: You're going to cr*pple yourself!
Gin: That's just fine.
Gin: Everyone else forgot about me.
Gin: It's my turn to forget.
Kin: Fool!
Kin: Have you forgotten that I've made a copy of myself?!
Gin: I have my own copies.
Gin: They don't listen to a word I say,
but they share the same soul.
Gin: Listen up, Kintoki.
Gin: The main character in Gintama
Gin: is every last idiot alive in this show!
Kag: Gin-chan!
Gin: Can I hold him back by myself?!
Gin: Sorry, everyone.
Gin: You finally remembered me,
but I doubt we'll be seeing each other again.
Gin: I was hoping to see your stupid faces one last ti—
Shin: Sorry, Gin-san. We kept you waiting.
Kag: We won't let you go off by yourself, Gin-chan.
Kag: We'll always be together.
Otae: Don't worry.
We won't forget you this time.
Otae: If you forget about me, I'll punch you.
Gin: Fools...
Gin: Now that you're here, this anime is really going to end!
Gin: And it just started again!
Shin: That's not true.
Shin: You'll be there.
Shin: We'll all be there
Shin: to save the day.
Kag: So it doesn't matter how many times we forget,
how many times we're separated.
Kag: Isn't that right, Gin-chan?
Gin: Yeah...
Gin: I'll find you.
Gin: We'll see each other again.
Toki: A sword isn't meant to be sheathed in underwear.
Toki: It belongs in a scabbard.
Toki: I don't think I can be your scabbard anymore,
Toki: but I'm sure there's a girl out there
who's worthy of being your scabbard,
Toki: so you must find her so you can be happy.
Kin: I don't wanna.
Kin: I want Tokiko-chan.
Toki: Geez, you're so stupid.
Toki: Will you make me a promise then?
Toki: If I'm reincarnated, I'll find you again.
Toki: So promise you'll also find me.
Kin: Uh-huh, I promise.
Kin: I'll find my precious scabbard.
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Man Episode : A Man's Sword
Kin: Love Country.
Caution: ,Be sure to watch Mantama in a well-lit room and sit some distance from the TV!
Kin: There was a time, long ago, when our
: country was called by that name.
Sponsors,Kin: {\an\fad(,)} Years Ago
Kin: Twenty years ago, a mysterious building appeared out of nowhere
Kin: and spread a mysterious virus
Kin: that caused every man's pride to rot and fall off.
Kin: Where men and women once talked of love,
Kin: we now had trannies and women bitching.
Kin: Where men and women once spoke of love...
A: Fantabulosa!
Kin: ...was all that remained.
Kin: However, there was one last samurai with a resistance to the virus,
: whose sword of steel remained strong.
Kin: Sakata Kintoki.
Kin: Yes, he was the last hope for mankind.
Kin: The man who had the right to claim every woman on the planet,
Kin: but instead continued to search for a single scabbard.
Kin: That man was me.
A: Good morning, Sakata-kun!
A: Let's go to school together!
B: I made an extra lunch today.
B: Would you like it?
C: Sakata-kun promised to have lunch with me!
D: What are you talking about? He promised me, too.
Kin: Sorry, but I don't remember making
: any promises to you girls.
Kin: My promise is to someone else.
Kin: A promise that was made long before you were born.
B: Huh? What does that mean?
Kin: How much time has passed
since I started looking for you?
Kin: To keep my promise to you,
I changed my sword, my body, into metal,
Kin: so I could remain a man, even if I was no longer human.
Kin: Eventually, the human race will die and I'll be left alone.
Kin: But my sword will never break.
Kin: Even if you're reincarnated as a cockroach,
Kin: you will still be my precious partner.
Toki: Oh no!
Toki: I'm late on my first day at my new school!
Wham,SFX: Wham!
All: Are you okay, Sakata-kun?
Kin: Ow...
Toki: Ouch.
Toki: Oops, I screwed up!
Kin: Could it be...
Toki: I'm sorry. Are you hurt?
Kin: Is it truly...
Kin: ...her reincarnation?
Toki: Um, excuse me.
Toki: That's my plastic bottle.
Kin: Sh-Shit!
B: A plastic bottle is stuck on
the only sword left in the entire world!
Gor: What's all this fuss about?
C: Ms. Goriko!
C: It's terrible!
C: Look at Sakata-kun's crotch!
Gor: This is...
Gor: Don't touch it!
Gor: If the main character of this anime loses his crotch,
his only unique feature,
Gor: Sakata-kun will no longer be
qualified to be the main character!
Kin: Teach!
Don't make it sound like my crotch is all there is to me!
Gor: For now, let's carefully carry him to the nurse's office.
Gor: Here we go!
A: Teach! Could you be any less careful?!
B: Look out! There's a ball coming your way!
E: Teach! Please go to the nurse's office!
E: Thanks, Teach!
Kin: Hold on!
Kin: You've got two balls and a bat in your mitt now!
Okay, here I go!
Kin: Wait!
Kin: Those are my balls and bat!
E: Kick off!
Kin: Aren't you playing baseball?!
Kin: She hit the school!
Kin: My sword!
F: What's going on?
F: This came flying into the art room.
Kin: Is it okay?!
F: Yes, there was a broken screw in the bottle,
so I repaired it.
Kin: Bon voyage!
A: Sakata-kun's crotch has gone bon voyage!
Gor: Okay, let's take attendance!
Kin: It's over...
Kin: I finally found someone who appeared to be her reincarnation,
Kin: but my scabbard is a plastic bottle,
Kin: and my sword has set sail for a new world.
Kin: I can no longer...
Toki: Excuse me!
Gor: Hey, what do you think you're doing?
Gor: You're late on your first day.
Toki: I-I'm sorry.
Toki: Nice to meet you.
Toki: I'm a new transfer student.
Toki: Sorry about being late.
Toki: I was looking for something.
Toki: It took forever,
Toki: but I was finally able to find it.
Toki: Find you...
Toki: Sorry it took so long.
Kin: Tokiko-chan!
Toki: You don't need to cry.
Toki: Didn't we promise
Gin: that we would meet again?
Gintoki,Caption: Sakata Gintoki
Gin: Let's start over.
Gin: I'm the new transfer student, Sakata Gintoki.
Gin: Hey, what's with the look on your face?
Gin: Did you forget the promise we made?
Shin: Of course not.
Shin: It doesn't matter how many times we forget...
Kag: How many times we're separated.
Otae: We'll find you.
All: Right, Gin-san?
Gin: There you go, brother.
Gin: Sorry to ruin your main character gig, but Mantama
Gin: was created to be your tombstone.
Tama: Did you enjoy your brief experience as a main character?
Tama: Did you enjoy having everything important
to you taken away?
Tama: That's what you were doing.
Kin: I see...
So that world was a virtual one that you created.
Gen: When I was repairing you, I added a few safety measures.
Kin: That's why they still have their memories
after being hit by the hypnotic expl*si*n?
Gen: Heh, they didn't need my help.
Gen: Kintoki, the bond people share
Gen: goes deeper than the memory.
Gin: Tama, I've settled my score with him.
Gin: He's all yours now.
Gin: Boil him, fry him, do whatever you want.
Shin: Please wait, Tama-san!
Kag: Can you spare him?!
Shin: We were the ones who asked you to make him!
Kag: He was just trying to take Gin-chan's place as our leader!
Kag: He just went too far!
Shin: We'll join him in begging everyone for forgiveness!
Shin: Please!
Tama: Did you hear that?
Kin: You people are too soft.
Kin: Gintoki, this is the reality of what you've achieved.
Kin: See how your friends are too weak to finish off your enemy.
Kin: See how you were too powerless to do anything alone.
Kin: Your imperfect character was
: destined to fail, even without my intervention.
Gin: You're absolutely right.
Gin: I can't do anything alone.
Gin: Everyone here has their flaws and imperfections.
Gin: But that's what drives us to work together
to make up for those flaws.
Gin: Together, we make the perfect main character.
Gin: If you don't believe me, you can come back.
Gin: We'll take you on again.
Gin: See ya, imperfect plastic model.
Kin: Wait! Did you say I was imperfect?!
Kin: Take that back!
Tama: No, you are certainly imperfect.
Tama: You were so focused on altering other people's memories,
Tama: you didn't realize that other people were altering your soul.
Tama: You should treasure the life your friends spared.
Kin: Gramps...
Kin: Can you polish me up?
Gen: No idea. I can start by making you shiny gold.
Gen: No, shiny gold won't do.
Sa: Gin-san!
Gintama,Caption: Gintama
All: Welcome back!
Gen: Let's try making you
Back,Caption: Gintama Episode
shiny silver.
Back,Caption: We're Back
06x04 - The Meaning of a Main Character
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Japanese manga series where aliens have invaded and taken over feudal Tokyo, an unemployed samurai finds work however he can.
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