UB: Kouka?
UB: I see.
UB: I guess I messed up royally.
UB: But I can finally join you now...
UB: You won't let me, huh?
UB: I've now become
UB: a father who can neither b*at nor embrace his naughty children.
UB: What could I possibly do now?
UB: Come on, Kouka...
UB: Tell me.
M: You always were that kind of man.
M: Whenever I thought you couldn't survive something,
M: you came back to life like it was nothing
M: and told me of adventures that set my heart aflutter.
M: I can't wait to hear your story this time.
UB: Even if it's just complaining that'll make your heart burn?
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OP Card: The Battle on Rakuyo
Title: Battle on Rakuyo Arc Part
Title: First Student
Warning,Sign: Watch the Battle on Rakuyo arc in a bright room and at a safe distance from your TV!!
Abu: Such troublesome siblings.
Abu: What makes them think they need to pass out more than we do?
Gin: You can say that again.
Gin: If a babe's willing to let me rest on her lap,
Gin: I'd like to jump in there right now.
Gin: But, unfortunately, it looks like that'll have to wait.
Gin: All I see around me are the disgusting crotches of dudes.
Gin: It'd probably give me nightmares.
Abu: I feel like we're already having one.
Gin: Then we should hope for some rousing activity that'll wake us up.
G: Hold it.
G: Don't jump to conclusions.
G: Like we'd ever be cheap enough to fight wounded men.
Abu: Shokaku, one of the Three Mad Stars!
G: He was until a while ago, that is.
G: Now that we've lost to the samurai
G: and were cast aside by our master,
G: we're basically the same as you.
Abu: Were cast aside?
Abu: You mean you cast him aside.
Sho: One thing's for sure:
Sho: that man held no pride as a pirate,
Sho: and I never had any loyalty worth throwing away for him.
Sho: Pirates are supposed to be free spirits.
Sho: That's how I felt watching you guys...
Sho: You looked to be having so much more fun.
G: Now, let us ask you.
G: Does the th Division,
G: Harusame's thunderbolt, still remain unbroken?
Abu: Who knows?
Abu: I sure don't.
Abu: I don't even know if the guy lying there is our commander
Abu: or just another big brother.
Abu: The only thing I can say for sure is...
Abu: This isn't like you.
Abu: Be it on a b*ttlefield or on your sister's lap,
Abu: it's not like you to stay down.
Abu: It's not like you to stay down after being b*at up and losing.
Abu: I won't lose again.
Abu: Not to anyone.
Abu: I...
Abu: However long I spent as a son and a big brother,
Abu: I've spent far longer living as a pirate.
Abu: I never planned on turning back anyway.
Abu: I can only keep going.
Abu: So far ahead, my little sister will never be able to catch up.
Abu: So high up, I can look down on my old man.
Abu: And so far away, I'll be able to reach her.
Abu: Unless I'm willing to go that far,
Abu: I'll never be able to catch up
Abu: or go back there.
UB: I came here to stop that beast.
UB: I was even willing to k*ll him,
UB: because I thought that was my duty as his father.
UB: But I couldn't do it.
UB: And it was probably the same for him.
UB: No matter how far apart we drifted, we were family.
UB: The resolve we needed wasn't to cut our ties as family.
UB: Those ties weren't going to snap no matter what.
UB: So even if we got tangled up in them and suffered at times,
UB: we needed the resolve to hold on to those ties and draw them closer.
UB: I was made to realize that
UB: by the girl who never let go of those ties.
UB: And by the bizarre ties who always came with her.
Gin: Hey.
Gin: Enjoy your holiday?
Kag: Sorry for acting so selfish.
Kag: I didn't want to drag you guys into this.
Kag: But...
Gin: I'd always wondered where a kid
Gin: would have to be born to grow up into a crude brat like you.
Gin: I have my answer now.
Gin: What a filthy town.
Gin: But it's just like our own.
Gin: We got to see the family and town that brought you up.
Gin: Not a bad holiday.
Gin: So, put that thing away.
Shin: You can't ignore Umibozu-san and leave, right?
Shin: Even so, we can't accept a resignation letter.
Shin: A leave letter is good enough.
Shin: So come back again sometime
Shin: to your other home.
Kag: No...
envelope,: Paid Leave Request
Kag: That's not what this is.
Kag: Can we make this not an ordinary holiday, but paid leave?
Kag: What are you doing to a wounded girl, you scumbags?!
Gin: In Odd Jobs, a request for paid leave is the same as a request for death.
Gin: And I accepted yours.
Kag: My purse is empty thanks to your measly pay!
Kag: You could at least offer to share some of my load!
Gin: What did you use all your money on?
Kag: Staying at hotels, buying art, China dresses for calligraphy.
Kag: They were all necessary expenses.
Shin: Who are you, an ex-governor of Tokyo?!
Kag: I'll also need to pay for the baldy's treatment now!
Kag: Cut me some slack, you outsiders!
Gin: What treatment does the baldy even need?
Gin: So what if he lost an arm or two? That monster will be just fine.
Gin: Apply some aloe, and they'll grow back eventually.
Shin: They're not hair!
Gin: I don't think his hair's gonna grow back.
Shin: Why is his hair more hopeless than his arms?!
Abu: It's true!
Abu: My arms grew back!
M: Yes, I figured combat prosthetics would be best for you.
Adlib: Asura Temple!
UB: I'd like some more firepower.
UB: Oh, and put it on their tab.
M: Certainly.
Gin: Screw you!
Gin: He's the picture of good health!
Shin: Someone pay for our treatment, too!
Sak: I'll put the ship's repair fees on your tab, too.
Sak: Now, then. The trade talks are over.
Sak: So how about we close this deal, too?
Sak: Members of the Kiheitai.
Sak: You ran off partway without a word.
Sak: What happened?
Sak: Where's Takasugi?
Hen: I bring a message from Shinsuke-dono.
Mat: So annoying!
Mat: How far are they gonna chase us?
Hen: It seems we've been separated from Katsura and the Kaientai.
Hen: At this rate...
Tak: I don't recall teaming up with them in the first place.
Tak: I don't want to be further indebted to them.
Tak: I'll pay them back with interest someday.
Tak: Of course...
Tak: You too,
Tak: Oboro.
Mat: Wha...
Ob: Good job leading them here.
Ob: The Harusame have started to retreat.
Ob: You all should leave, too.
Ob: Hurry up and go.
Mat: What are you playing at?
Obo: Your survival was unexpected,
Obo: but the true purpose of this battle lies elsewhere.
Obo: Compared to that man fulfilling his longstanding desire,
Obo: what happens to the lives of insects that crawl on the ground doesn't matter.
Tak: Then why are you here?
Tak: To make excuses for losing to mere insects?
Obo: Because I know.
Obo: That some insects will never give up,
Obo: flapping their wings until they reach the heavens.
Obo: I got my wings from the same man, so I know.
Tak: The same man?
Tak: The monster crow you follow and Sensei?
Tak: Yoshida Shoyo d*ed.
Tak: And one of the people who k*lled him stands before me.
Obo: I don't care either way.
Obo: I merely wish to remove all obstacles in his way.
Obo: I will use the last remaining flames of my life to burn your wings away!
G: Is that all of them?
G: Yeah.
G: It's all over now.
Obo: Is this what they call death,
Obo: reaper?
U: This is all I can do for you.
Obo: What are you...
Obo: Forgive me.
Obo: I can't even die as your target of revenge.
Obo: So I hope you at least
Obo: live and continue to hate me forever.
Obo: Back then, I d*ed.
Obo: I decided to dedicate everything to him.
Obo: I was an insect fated to die like a sl*ve, with no one to grieve for me.
Obo: So I decided to serve him until I shed all the blood that kept me alive.
U: I told you to leave once your wounds healed.
U: We took your home away from you.
U: That said, if you stay here,
U: you'll end up a k*ller.
Obo: Please teach me.
Obo: I'm willing to do anything to help you.
U: I'm no teacher.
Obo: In my eyes, you're a teacher who I owe my life to. One who deserves respect.
U: That's not something you say to a leader of assassins.
U: I cannot offer anyone anything.
U: In fact, I wish I could be one of the children, and learn along with them...
U: How to clean my bloodstained hands.
Obo: In that case, how about running a school yourself?
Obo: A school where a teacher and his students learn together...
Obo: That sounds wonderful.
U: Who would join a school run by a m*rder*r?
U: All I can teach anyone are techniques to k*ll.
Obo: But you refuse to teach me those.
Obo: If you truly were evil, I'd already be a k*ller by now.
Obo: I'll give up on learning k*lling techniques,
Obo: so make me your first student at that school, okay?
G: The chief has run away.
G: As you know, quitting is not an option for us.
G: He must be dealt with.
Sho: Oh? Did you finally decide to leave that place?
Obo: Sensei!
Obo: What are you fooling around for?!
Sho: I couldn't lure you outside without doing this much.
Sho: If I want to get you out of the group,
Sho: the best way to do it is by leaving.
Obo: Sensei, you can't mean...
Sho: No. I've been plotting this since before you came.
Sho: But it may have been thanks to you that I finally made up my mind.
Sho: I may bear sins that won't go away even after death,
Sho: but I can keep atoning for them as long as I live.
Sho: I will fight, too,
Sho: with the reaper within me.
Obo: B-But...
Obo: You'll be targeted because of me.
Sho: That goes for you, too.
Sho: If anyone even considers you a member of Naraku, that is.
Sho: But I will make you one of my own.
Obo: Shoka Sonjuku?
Obo: What's that supposed to be?
Sho: The name of the school.
Obo: What does it mean?
Sho: A school born under a pine tree...
Sho: Just now.
Sho: Right now, it's just you and me,
Sho: but I hope many more will join us under this pine tree one day,
Sho: and that you'll have many junior students.
Obo: Junior students?
Sho: Yes.
Sho: In Naraku, you were the weakest,
Sho: but from now on, you'll be the most advanced student.
Sho: We both need to do our best.
Obo: Y-Yes.
Obo: Junior students, huh?
Obo: I can't wait to see them.
Obo: There's no escape.
Obo: Not even for Sensei,
Obo: if he takes me along.
Sho: This is a trap to delay your pursuers.
Sho: You must never use it to k*ll.
G: Aren't you the chief's page?
G: Hey!
G: What happened?
Obo: I helped him escape...
Obo: But once he found out how many were after him,
Obo: he cut me off, saying I'd hold him back.
G: Which way did he go?
G: Wait.
G: This certainly is the chief's sword.
G: But why are you alive, then?
G: If he decided to k*ll someone, he'd never fail.
G: Especially not a brat like you.
Obo: He didn't fail to k*ll me.
Obo: He just chose not to.
Obo: Sensei won't k*ll anyone anymore.
Obo: And I'll make sure he never has to.
Obo: Sensei,
Obo: I'm really sorry.
Obo: I broke our promise.
Obo: I decided that, since you saved me, my life didn't belong to myself.
Obo: That I would use it for your sake.
Obo: If I can't protect your ideal,
Obo: if I can't protect the junior students I have yet to meet,
Obo: how can I call myself your first student?
Obo: Sensei, I know our school,
Obo: Shoka Sonjuku, will...
Obo: Apparently, he thought I was dead,
Obo: but his blood coursing through my body
Obo: told me to live and continue to serve him.
Obo: Having covered up my betrayal,
Obo: I strove to keep Naraku's fangs away from Sensei.
Obo: I went against his teachings and didn't hesitate to dirty my hands with blood.
Obo: I didn't mind, even though I wasn't by his side,
Obo: if it meant I could protect him and his ideal...
Obo: That's what I thought.
Obo: That's what I thought...
Obo: Or so I thought.
Obo: I'm the one who got him captured.
Obo: Even so...
Obo: Even so,
Obo: I believed he would come back.
Obo: You and I are the same.
Obo: We lost our teacher due to our weakness.
Obo: One swore to never betray him again.
Obo: The other swore
Obo: to bring him back, even if it meant having to k*ll him again.
Obo: Until the spirit your teacher gave you completely dies out,
Obo: keep fighting.
Obo: That's what we...
Obo: Yoshida Shoyo's students are all about.
Obo: Come out. It's time.
Sho: Can you pass on my last words
Sho: to my students?
Sho: Without you, I never would've gotten to meet them.
Sho: Without you, I never would've become Yoshida Shoyo.
Sho: Thank you.
Sho: And I'm sorry.
Sho: If possible, I would've loved to bring you together.
Sho: Those kids,
Sho: and my pride and joy, my first student.
Obo: I have seen with my own eyes, Sensei,
Obo: my junior students I'm so proud of.
Obo: It dried up, huh?
Obo: This blood has dried up, at last...
Obo: Now I can finally go back.
Obo: It's been so long...
Obo: But this pain is nothing.
Obo: Compared to your eternal suffering,
Obo: my suffering must be no more than the fleeting pain of a needle prick.
Obo: Hear me, Takasugi.
Obo: Rather than Utsuro's minion,
Obo: there's something I must tell you as Yoshida Shoyo's first student...
Obo: Just what Yoshida Shoyo...
Obo: What Utsuro is.
TBC,Sign: To Be Continued
Title: Battle on Rakuyo Arc Part
Obo: Put an end to him before everything is all over.
Title: Hope
Obo: The Battle on Rakuyo Arc that took us into a late night slot,
and even into outer space, is nearing its end!
Obo: Also, there'll be a major announcement next week!!!
Be sure you stay tuned to Gintama until the end!
08x11 - First Student
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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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