Obo: There's something I must tell you.
Obo: Just what Yoshida Shoyo...
Obo: What Utsuro is.
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Title: Battle on Rakuyo Arc Part
Title: Hope
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Hen: Oboro, the chief of Tenshoin Naraku,
Hen: was Yoshida Shoyo's first and last student.
Hen: Utsuro, the previous chief, met Oboro and became Shoyo.
Hen: And he d*ed as Shoyo because of Oboro.
Hen: That's how that man came to be.
Hen: Or should I say, came back to life?
D: Altana mutants?
D: It can't be!
D: There's no doubt.
D: That man is immortal.
T: Utsuro.
T: Or would you prefer I called you Yoshida Shoyo?
T: When and where did you gain that ability?
U: Utsuro.
U: Yoshida Shoyo.
U: I'm both of those and neither at the same time.
U: One that has lived within this body for so long, I've forgotten my very name.
U: No, maybe I never had a name to begin with.
U: I was only showered with endless insults and hostility.
U: And the only name I remember is...
Hen: Devil.
Sho: I came here after hearing about a corpse-eating devil,
Sho: but you're awfully adorable for a devil.
Hen: It seems people persecuted Utsuro due to their fear of his immortality.
Obo: Chopped into pieces, skewered, and b*rned,
Obo: he d*ed over and over again.
Obo: But he came back to life each time,
Obo: inspiring further fear and animosity.
Obo: Even though he experienced suffering that would break anyone's spirit,
Obo: he couldn't disappear.
Obo: That is why he gave birth,
Obo: in order to overcome the endless suffering...
U: To countless versions of me.
U: And by the time the prison itself rotted away,
U: they began to act.
U: To bestow countless deaths upon people.
U: They did to others what others had done unto them,
U: like a devil trying to become human by imitating them.
U: And so, they were granted the mask of the reaper.
U: The court chose to use the reaper for their own benefit.
U: The years after that were spent in a maelstrom of bloodshed.
U: The one that hated humans,
U: the one that feared humans,
U: and the one that longed to be human...
U: They were all me.
U: It was inevitable that he would appear to stop them.
U: The only Utsuro that stood up to Utsuro.
U: That was Yoshida Shoyo.
U: He suppressed the countless incarnations of me
U: and fought to change.
U: He never stopped fighting.
U: However...
U: You're the only one left now,
U: Shoyo.
U: You don't need to suffer anymore.
U: I'll put an end to it all.
U: Farewell, me.
T: So what you seek is an end for yourself?
T: That's a shame.
T: If your power were used wisely,
T: we—this universe—could evolve even further.
U: If you'll find a way to k*ll me,
U: I don't mind if you chop this body up and investigate every last drop of blood.
U: But just keep this in mind:
U: I'm a man who doesn't know how to end himself,
U: but I do know how to rip my arms from these shackles
U: and put an end to this stupid game right now.
U: I know how to put an end to others better than anyone.
U: And, if one seeks the power of immortality,
U: I know how to grant it to them, too.
U: You needn't resort to these measures.
U: I would gladly cooperate with you.
U: But, in return, grant me power.
U: Power that can destroy me.
Obo: The Tendoshu feared him.
Hen: They gave him rank and honor, but not power or authority.
Hen: Utsuro sought the privilege that only the Tendoshu possess in all the universe:
Hen: the power to freely control each planet's Altana.
Hen: What makes that possible is a seal on the palm, known as the "key."
Hen: It is bestowed as a proof of authority upon the highest-level executives alone,
Hen: and it acts as a code that can open and close Altana gates.
Hen: Nobody knows how it's made,
Hen: but it is impossible to remove once engraved,
Hen: and ripping it off can prove fatal.
Hen: And when the wielder dies, the key disappears with them.
Hen: One needs the unanimous approval of the Tendoshu to procure the key,
Hen: so Utsuro cannot control Altana.
Hen: Or so it was thought.
T: Something terrible happened while you were away.
T: Planet Tanko's Altana went berserk.
T: The gate and terminal were blown to smithereens instantly.
T: Our branch there was destroyed, too.
T: The damage caused is believed to be unprecedented.
U: What led to that accident?
T: It was no accident.
T: Just before it happened, we received a report
T: that unidentified forces were attacking the gate.
T: It was clearly an act of rebellion against us.
T: So it was induced by man?
T: The only ones capable of such a thing are...
T: Yes, none but the Tendoshu who possess the key.
T: You're saying there's a traitor?
T: But where could they find soldiers who'd obey them?
T: True, any land that possesses a gate is under our control.
T: But what if it was a force that didn't belong to any land?
T: Like the pirate fleet you just took over, for example.
T: The goal of your trip was to gain control of the Harusame
T: and wipe out any rebels.
T: But what if half of them were used to achieve a different goal?
T: What if you used that whole battle to lull us into a sense of security?
T: What if making Altana go berserk
T: and destroying the planet was your true objective?
T: How did you steal a key?
U: I didn't steal anything.
U: I only gave away,
U: as you people wished,
U: my immortal blood.
U: And you people willingly parted with a great number of things to gain immortality.
U: The key, which causes death upon being stolen and disappears upon dying,
U: just became an indestructible key.
U: I only picked up a key you people dropped.
T: Wh-Who was it that handed over their key to him?!
U: My blood is certainly that of an immortal,
U: but it only functions as it should within an immortal's body.
U: Your bodies aren't immortal,
U: so infusing my blood is akin to pouring magma into a frail container.
U: What's more, you poured it until the vessel was overflowing.
U: The vessel is sure to start melting.
U: It won't just be your arms.
U: Soon, your legs will fall off,
U: and so will your head.
U: But even as your mind experiences suffering that could break anyone,
U: you can't die.
U: You won't end until your body rots away.
T: Utsuro, you bastard!
T: You said there was a way to save me if I offered you the key!
T: Are you going back on your word?!
T: Impossible... There were so many traitors?
T: Wait, then the keys you took...
U: I have lots more of them.
U: You should receive reports soon
U: about how for every key you dropped,
U: an entire planet was destroyed.
U: And the people who survived will swear
U: that they'll never forgive the Tendoshu.
U: That you can't be left in control of the gates.
U: They will eventually come here,
U: to Earth.
T: Are you trying to start a w*r with the entire universe?!
U: I'm a monster that Earth created.
U: As long as I consume the Altana of this planet, I cannot die.
U: My suffering, your suffering,
U: and all the suffering repeated on this planet
U: will never end as long as this planet exists.
U: Then we need only put an end
U: to this planet.
Obo: Wresting control of Altana from the Tendoshu's clutches
Obo: to cause a universal w*r.
Obo: That is his goal.
Obo: Fighters, take down Utsuro.
Obo: Yoshida Shoyo fought the Utsuro within himself and lost.
Obo: But his battle gave birth to you.
Obo: His spirit still lives on.
Obo: Put an end to him, before everything ends.
Obo: Don't hesitate.
Obo: Don't be afraid.
Obo: Fight as your heart wills you to.
Obo: Since I lost sight of my own spirit,
Obo: I couldn't fight for Sensei, that man,
Obo: or for myself.
Obo: If I could do it all over again...
Obo: I...
Obo: I...
Obo: I would've loved to be one of you guys...
Tak: Let's go.
Tak: This is not his rightful resting place.
Tak: Though who knows whether it'll be next to his master or next to us students.
Tak: We're going back to Shoka Sonjuku.
Sak: Gintoki, Zura...
Gin: Nothing anyone says is going to surprise me anymore.
Gin: None of it changes anything.
Gin: Maybe Utsuro was the one who k*lled the Shoyo persona.
Gin: But we, his students, were the ones who cornered him, giving Utsuro his chance.
Gin: The one who ignored his request not to go after him,
Gin: started a fight that put his friends in danger,
Gin: and gave Shoyo the final blow that awakened Utsuro was me.
Gin: We were the ones who k*lled Shoyo and gave birth to Utsuro.
Gin: Even so,
Gin: back then...
Sho: Thank you.
Gin: That's what he said.
Gin: With total disregard for his impending death, he looked at me
Gin: and smiled.
Kat: Perhaps Sensei always knew this would happen.
Kat: That, someday, the monster within him
Kat: would consume him and become a massive shadow that would destroy entire planets.
Kat: And maybe Shoka Sonjuku was created to give the world hope to fight that darkness.
Sho: A monster's sword cannot cut another monster.
Sho: You have to grow stronger than me using your own sword,
Sho: the sword of a human.
Kat: Even as he faced death,
Kat: there wasn't a hint of fear or sorrow in his eyes.
Kat: You, who were willing to walk over your teacher's corpse
Kat: in order to protect Shoka Sonjuku and its spirit,
Kat: appeared to him as a great ray of hope.
Kat: That must be why he,
Kat: and you,
Kat: smiled back then.
Sak: The battles of the man called Yoshida Shoyo gave birth to you guys.
Sak: And your battles gave birth to us and our comrades.
Sak: There's more than one ray of hope now.
Sak: Let's see what all our battles will give birth to
Sak: and show it off to the two Yoshida Shoyos!
UB: Are you going?
UB: To a planet that might be destroyed soon?
UB: Actually, should I ask if you're going home?
UB: That's what that planet has become to you now, hasn't it?
UB: I'd like to stop you,
UB: but I'd rather not be the kind of father
UB: who whines to a daughter he married off to another planet.
Kag: Who're you saying got married off?
UB: Could you pass on a message to him?
UB: "Utsuro is not immortal."
UB: "There is a way to k*ll him."
UB: "Hang in there until I find out what it is."
UB: "If anything happens to my daughter, I'll k*ll you along with Utsuro."
Kag: Daddy...
UB: Your mother shooed me away, you see.
UB: "You have neither the right nor any arms to punch our children,
UB: but you still have a job to do," she said.
UB: I don't know what exactly that is yet, but...
UB: Even with these arms, I could at least pick up rocks off the ground.
UB: I could at least pick flowers for her.
Kag: Those weren't the flowers Mommy liked.
UB: Quit nitpicking.
UB: Flowers are all the same.
UB: But I'm amazed you remembered that.
Kag: I only remembered when I saw that, too.
Kag: I still have a job to do, huh?
Shin: The land of the samurai.
Shin: There was a time, long ago, when our country was called by that name.
Shin: Those dream-filled blue skies upon which the samurai once gazed
Shin: are now filled with ships from strange worlds.
Shin: The towns where the samurai once proudly walked
Shin: are now filled with swaggering, arrogant aliens.
Shin: We were stripped of our swords and status,
Shin: and we lost our honor and everything else.
Shin: However, even so,
Shin: the samurai spirit is still alive here.
Shin: Our final battle is about to begin.
08x12 - Hope
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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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