Gintama 257

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(Sfx- Piin ding)

Tsukuyo: Ugh...

GINTAMA

(Sfx- Giii)

Jiraia: Oh you've awakened....

(Side text- Tsukuyo has been captured, and Jiraia draws near!!)

Jiraia: How does it feel?

002

Jiraia: I hope that being in your old bed....

Allowed you to sleep well.

Tsukuyo: T---

Teacher....

(Top text- The latest Jump comics volume #28 and 'Ginpachi Sensei 4' have been released!! Coming soon is the 2nd Character book 'Gintama Five years alive' on Friday May first!!)

Tsukuyo: Naw....

Jiraia....

(Side text- Her former Teacher......but now what....?!)

GINTAMA
Lesson 257: A single thread is flammable at it's base.
SORACHI HIDEAKI

003

Jiraia: Heheh...

You were quick to drop my teacher title....

That's fine I suppose.

{What you need isn't a shoulder to lean upon, nor is it a place to go to.}

{There is only one sword you need to wield...And it's name is solitude.}

Tsukuyo: I believed in ya....

I worked myself to death tryin' to live within tha nest....

I believed...

And so I chased ya' back......but...

Tha hol' time...

You were jus makin' a fool of me.

Jiraia: You can believe in me whether you want to or not.

But please don't forget how your gentle teacher protected you with his life,

And granted you life after you had lost everything....to abandon the womanhood that was holding you back from your true potential....

So I don't believe you can truly call this a farce.

004

Jiraia: Now I will strip you of your humanity as well....

And make you the perfect product.....just as you wished no?

???: Jiraia the spider.

The shape shifting puppeteer.

He goes and comes as he pleases, the thief who blazes through creating his own path.

Whether it's assassination or grand theft, the guy leaves a trail of bodies left and right.

005

Hattori: But what's really scary about him isnt' that...

Nah that's the tip of the iceburg.

(Sfx- Uha bwuah)

Hattori: It's his....

Loyalty.

Let me tell you something. Us Shinobi are different from you Samurai. You guys swear loyalty to your lords, and each other. We're totally different.
The only thing we can trust in is our skills, and money. With those two ingredients it doesn't matter one damn bit who we work for.

I guess you could call us handymen.

This is the root of our whole existence you know.

The Shogun had us oniwaban at his disposal in secret to do his dirty work.

(Sfx- Gubi siiip)

Hattori: To put it to ya straight, the best of us would go out and serve the Shogun with our swift moves.

But Jiraia was different.

The guy hung out with the Shogun a little TOO much if you know what I mean.

Back then the leader of the country wasn't a young guy like he is now either.

The Shogun was a guy who was pretty lowdown, and sent the shinobi out on life or death missions.

Death was an occupational hazard then.

006

Hattori: So in secret, he changed himself.

Turned his face to ash....

And in essence erased his own existence, and abandoning his name...

Eventually he became a whole new person.

Gintoki: Complete devotion....

Hattori: You got it.

It's exactly what that guy was going for.

And before even he had noticed it....

the darkness had completely taken him from head to toe.

Tsukuyo: A product...

'Cause of that you'd do this to Yoshiwara.....

For somethin' like that you...

did that to him....

007

Jiraia: Yes...this was all for you.

No, I should say that you are at the center of all of this Tsukyo.

You slipped out of my hand and fell into Yoshiwara.....

And even picked up people who depend on you....

And now because of you....that man is dead.

You're the one at fault....

Bear the responsibility for his death Tsukuyo.

While you're at it,

Bear the calamities that will occur because of your choices.

Tsukuyo: Wha---What are ya' plannin'....

Wait!....Jiraia!!

Jiraia: It is not because of those things that you have changed.

You threw yourself upon Yoshiwara and decided to protect it.

This is what you pledged....

To those scars on your face.....

007

Jiraia: However Yoshiwara means nothing to you.

All you want is something that you can embrace and protect.

Your place....

Isn't among those who depend on you.....

And as such you need nothing there.

So I will burn the threads around your heart..

By setting those roots aflame...
leaving nothing but ash.

Tsukuyo: Waaaaaaaait!!!

Jiraiaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!

009

???: Twenty years ago; the amanto invasion.

The Bakfu tried to be diplomatic, but in truth they were just scared of the Amanto's power.

So it wasn't long until they finally bent under the strain of their military strength.

But the oniwaban who were trained in the arts didn't sway.

Instead they continued to use their skills to wage a secret war against the amanto.

The Shogun decided to stay on their side, but because of that he had a falling out with the moderate party.

With no one to protect him, the Shogun got scared.

The Amanto would soon find him and get rid of him, as he was another obstacle in the path of domination.

So the families of the members who supported the Shogun were called out,

And then erased from the annals of history.

And it goes without saying, that the guy they contracted for that massive hit...

would be Jiraia.

010

Hattori: He doesn't care if he's contracted to kill his own mom. That's why he's perfect for this type of work, and with that face no one can identify him properly.

He has no equal.

When he felt like being loyal, there was no one better than him.

However if any of his fellow oniwaban should get in his way, he'll kill them without hesitation.

Shogun: Your loyalty is impressive.

But you know, those people were fellow assassins like you...was it okay to kill them?

Jiraia: It doesn't bother me.

They weren't my companions anyway.

There is only room for prey in my spider web anyway.

Shogun: Heheh...No need for friends?

Yet you slayed them like a beast upon it's prey...

Jiraia: Sir, I have no need for friends.

A Spider is a creature that only exists to feed on it's prey.

Shogun: I guess I can follow that.

So you just wait for your prey to become weak and wander into your web, and then you feed upon them?

Jiraia: Of course not, thats what a normal spider does.

I'm a little bit different.

011

Jiraia: My prey won't even notice that' it's been ensnared in my web.

And I don't care for the weak.

I simply use them a bait.

Shogun: Bait?

Jiraia: Yes...acting like a loyal retainer....

Acting like one who is devoted....

I strut outwards on my web appearing to have every intention of not hutting my prey....

And I allow my prey to become comfortable, and fat.

And when it's just right I strike.

The thrill of the hunt comes from allowing my prey to become completely docile...

I can't be satisfied until the prey litterally offers itself up to me...

It's most beautiful when it trusts in me enough to surrender itself believing that I am it's ally.

Those fools aren't my friends at all...

Just bait....

The one I want to invite into my nest is....

012

Jiraia: YOU SIR.

(SFX- SHAAAAAN SHIIIK)

(Sfx- Pikkiiii winnnnd)

(Sfx- Dan TMP)

(Sfx- Shagaaaan Shssssh)

013

Hattori: And in an instant,

My old man,

Saw through the attack and stopped it.

….He could smell Jiraia's treacherous stench from miles away, and hid in the shadows watching his moves.

History changed there you know.

My dad was the guy who saved the Shogun's life. Bet you didn't know that did ya?

Jiraia knew staying with the oniwaban after pulling a stunt like that was suicide...

And therefore he ran.

The old man tried to get some ninjas together to chase him down,

But then Jiraia completely disappeared.

That guy's really bad news though, probably the evilest on the planet.

The Oniwaban wants to be rid of him....

The horror that they set free upon this world.

014

Hattori: This responsibility has been shoved on my shoulders too....

They're really serious about doing that guy in...

But meeting him face to face makes me lose my resolve.

I can't deal with a weirdo like that.

But if you know what's good for you, you won't bother either.

'Cause now that she's loyal to him...

She's as good as spider feed.

(Sfx- Gatsu sheen)

Hattori: And he'll use that loyalty....

To drag that student of his to his side.

Tsukuyo: Yo—Yoshiwara....

015

Jiraia: Yes...Yoshiwara.

At one time this was the Night King's throne.

I have prepared the stage for you....

So that you won't miss any of the show.

Let's hit rewind, and go playback what happened 4 years ago.

The scene is a great fire that billowed through the land.

(Sfx- Pin dddnnn)

Jiraia: However this time,

Everything you treasure will become ash.

I want to view the moon shining above....

a land reduced to nothingness.

(Sfx- Boshi fwoosh)

Jiraia: Let me begin the show.
(Sfx- Futsu fwiiish)

Tsukuyo: No....

STOPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP!!!!

016

(Sfx- Yofooooooo fwooooooosh)

Hattori: I'm positive that his aim is to create a perfect 'product'.

And so he had to have bait to lure out his prey.

This time though, he's not going to be happy with a side dish, he wants a huge helping of supremacy...which he'll get by destroying this place.

(Sfx- Bofuuu foooom)

Hattori: And you, careless as always have ended up becoming the bait.

But I'll bet you didn't know anything.

(Sfx- Kyaaaaah!!)

(Sfx- Gaaaaaah!!!)

(Sfx- Kyahhhh!!)

017

Someone: FIREEE!!

Someone2: There's a fire here tooo!!!!

Look there!!

The fire's running about in the sky?!

What is that?!

What the hell is going on here!?!

Hattori: Damn. My bad man...I thought I saved the day by dragging you here...

But it looks like this place is a part of the spider's web.

Gintoki: We've played right into his sick little game....

He's going to burn this place city down, and not leave a single survivor.

018

Gintoki: The spider will devour us all.

Hattori: ...You okay...?

Shinpachi: Gin-Saaaan!!

(Sfx- Pata pata Tmp tmp)

Shinpachi: Wha---

What the heck is going on here?

Kagura: It is the ones who took Tsukki!!

Seita: Gin-san, Everyone from tha Hundred blooms is tryin' to put out the fire!!

(Handwritten- Here! Your Bokuto and kimono!)

Seita: Ya'll should get out of here fast! Yure too beat up to stay 'ere, so Ma says to run!!

Gintoki: Thanks.

(Sfx- Gashi rub)

Gintoki: Shinpachi, Kagura, I'm leaving you to deal with this fire.

Listen up, I don't want either one of you to end up dead.

So if it starts to look really bad, evacuate the city with everyone else. Got it?

019

Kagura: What are you saying Gin-chan?

You cannot fight in that state! You are the one who is in the most....

Gin---chan?

(Sfx- Giiii griiiind)

Gintoki: It's pissing me off.....

I can't stand it....

I fucking can't stand it....

In the name of my teacher....

I'll take that bastard out, even if I die doing it!

(Side text- His anger burns!!!)

GINTAMA LESSON 257...........END.