Gintama 258

Late raws for the the lose again. >_> But I'm intrigued by Jiraia's objective. Sorachi took a shounen staple and turned it on it's head yet again. Bravo Gorilla, Bravo.

And now another PSA! People have been asking me for Traumiester raws, and while I do have the tanks I don't have a scanner to scan them in. However my bestest friend in the world MBG has access to SS and a scanner! Unfortunately she is running low on cash and will lose her subscription to SS in a little while. So if you guys ask nicely (and throw in a little tiny donation) Perhaps you'll turn on your computers, log into MH and notice that Traumiester scans have started appearing.

Don't take my word for it though. Just head over to www.conan-magic.com and do what's in your heart. I'll be posting this on Translations through mid-April, so no one can say they didn't know.

(Side text- You guys been waiting long?! Here it is!! The 'Gintama Five years alive' celebratory center color page!!)

GINTAMA
Lesson 258: Students should leave with their teachers, never before.

(Text from right to left- Let's dye the city and the people,

Our colors!!)

HIDEAKI SORACHI.

(Bottom text- The official second character book 'Gintama Five years live' will hit stores Friday May first.)

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(Top text- On may first, the Akamaru Jump will be released, and within it a special extra comic 'A second helping of Gintama five years alive' will be included!)

(Sfx- Gooooooooooo rrrrrrrrmmmmble)

(Side text- Yoshiwara is trapped within Jiraia's flame....)

Jiraia: Look Tsukuyo.

Yoshiwara is burning.

The people you protected...

And the place that you called home will be ash before long.

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(Sfx- Piin twap)

Jiraia: This is the last thread.

They've all been covered with large quantities of flame inducing powder.

Once I have set fire to them all, Yoshiwara will disappear into nothingness.

Tsukyo: STOP ITTT!!!

Please!! Stop it!!!

Jiraia: ….I like that face.

That face that hates being alone, and fears solitude....It's unbearably endearing.
(Sfx- futsu fwsssh)

(Sfx- Botsu poof)

Jiraia: This is how 'I' transcended mere normalcy, and found true strength and beauty.

(Sfx- Bouuu fwoooooo)

Jiraia: With this I'll end it.....

You too will begin to feel it once the ash has settled.

(Sfx- Uuuaaaaaaaaaahhhh!)

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(Sfx- Futsuuuun Foooooosh)

Jiraia: My threads....

They've been cut?

(Sfx- bin bin twang twang)

(Sfx- Zutsu swif)

Jiraia: Not just here, but in every direction...

Threads are being cut one after another.

This sensation...

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Jiraia: It seems this prey does not know when to give up.

Even now as it realizes that it's within my trap, it still stirs and wriggles about.

As if it still thinks it can oppose me.

Kagura: Shinpachiii! We must cut the thread until they are all gone!

This way the fire will not spread!!

Shinpachi: We won't let anyone harm Yoshiwara any more!!

Especially since everyone struggled so much to finally live here freely! This is their home!!!


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(Sfx- Gashraaa clatter)

Shinpachi: No matter what comes...

No matter how many times it comes....

We'll keep a steady guard!!

(Sfx- Wa wa wa wa)

Shin and Kagura: This is all for Yoshiwara's Messiah!!!

Hinowa: First unit, I want you to assist with the fire supression, and second unit, please aid the evacuation efforts!

Third unit, go and make sure that houses that aren't on fire stay that way!!

Listen well. The Hundred Blooms aren't the only one at risk...

But all of the escorts here! So you must act quickly and decisively!

It is our city,

And as such we will protect it!!

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Hundred bloom: Hinowa-sama, what of our leader.....

Hinowa: She will return.

(Handwritten- Ma! Will lotion put out tha fire?!)

(Sfx- Dopu dopu drip drip)

(TN- Where the heck did Seita get so much.....ah yeah...it is Yoshiwara.)

Hinowa: That's why we have to protect Yoshiwara.

She'll return. I'm sure of this.

But that's only if there is a place for her to return to....

Tsukuyo: Everyone...

Jiraia: How futile.

The whole city has been draped by my web.

Running is futile, as my web is everywhere.

There isn't anywhere they can run to, or any way they can keep their lives.

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(Sfx- Katsu step)

(Sfx- Zaza dooom)

Jiraia: Such is the fate of everyone that becomes my prey.

???: You...

You all....

Hundred bloom: Damn! They hid within the flames and then attacked!!

(Sfx- Kuwaaaaaa!!)

Hundred bloom: HINOWA-SAMA!!

Seita: MAAAAAAA!!!

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(Sfx- Dodododododo twoktwoktwoktwok)

Punks (And they are punks.): Hi.....

Hiiiiiii

(TN- Dunno how to translate that properly....?)

???: K...

Kunai?!

Hattori: Ah! My bad.

So THERE are my kunai!

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(Sfx- Gaaan dooom)

Hattori: I was looking for 'em....
I was so caught up in reading jump,

That I didn't even notice that I had dropped them.

Don't worry though, I have no interest in joining in this fight, as it's not my business.

Shinpachi: Zenzou-San!!

(Sfx- Ton tmp)

Hattori: Though, If someone wants to do business...that's a different story.

Say Hinowa-san....

Would you like to purchase a handyman?

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Hinowa: Heh...

Offering yourself for sale?

But Yoshiwara's a place where women are on display.

Though I'll admit, you've got some guts.

(Card- Club ugly chica VIP card.)

(TN- Forget rappers, Hinowa's the one who's packing platinum! :-P She's a bigger pimp than Housen could ever DREAM to be. And the saying is true. Ninjas are priceless, but for everything else there's the Yoshiwara VIP card.)

Hattori: Heh...

Damn, you know about my weakness to homely women don't you...?

You guys get lost. I'm picking up the job from here.

I can't use a VIP card at a club that's a pile of ashes, so I guess I gotta do something.

Shinpachi: Don't be reckless! There are too many of them!

Hattori: Stomping some roaches isn't a big deal.

So hang out there for a little bit, and leave the messy work to me.

Let me show you bastards how scary a REAL ninja can be.

Watch and engrave it in your dirty eylids.
Because it'll only be a second before you guys are done.

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Hattori: Marishiten Hattori Zenzou.....

Is comin' at ya!!

(Sfx- Shaaaakiii shiiiing)

(TN- Marishiten is a Buddhist term for 'god of war.' Sounded better untranslated so I didn't translate it.)

(Sfx-Butsun twang)

Jiraia: Now all the threads have been cut have they...?

For little bugs, their will to live exceeds my expectations.

Perhaps I should have planned a bit more...

Tsukuyo: Jiraia....

I'm beggin ya...

Jus' stop this already....

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Tsukuyo: Ya'll don't have to do this...

No more...

I know it, I'm tha one at fault....

I'll...

I'll leave this place....

I won't rely on no one no more.

I won't involve myself in their business no more.

I'll live by myself.

Jus' like you said I should....

And if tha' mood ever strikes ya...

You can go 'head and end my life...
But ya gotta stop this...

Those people are my friends....

I'm beggin ya please don't hurt them....

I can't bear to watch them suffer no more....

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Jiraia: Offering yourself to me in their stead...?

(Sfx- Nya sneer)

(Sfx- Gatsuuuu grabbb)

Jiraia: YOU'RE WRONG!!!!

(Sfx- Ga guh!!)

Jiraia: WHAT I WANT FROM YOU ISN'T THIS AT ALL!!!

WHY CAN'T YOU UNDERSTAND?!

(Sfx-Gatsu gotsu gatsu biff, whack smack)

Jiraia: THIS PATHETIC SHOW OF SELF SACRFICE MEANS NOTHING TO ME!!!

WHY DO YOU CONTINUE TO POLLUTE YOUR SOUL WITH SUCH WEAKNESS?!

WHY DON'T YOU RECOGNIZE MY STRENGTH?!

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Jiraia: Why...why can't you....

Become like me?

Tsukuyo.

Why do you think I put so much of my own blood, sweat and tears into your upbringing?

It was all for,

You to kill me with your own hands.

In order to lure your prey into the web, you must becomes like them to gain their loyalty.

And then just when they are at their most succulent; you feed.
With this in mind I set building block upon building block being ever cautious to keep them from falling over. I put so much time into developing you into a product of perfection.

I wanted you to feel the same ecstasy I felt as I caused destruction.

I love this sensation above anything else.

The futile struggle of my prey as I feed upon them.

There was no need for me to have any other desire,

Other than seeking out stronger and more cunning prey.

Do you understand Tsukuyo?

I searched far and wide for an answer to my dilemma..and then found you.

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Jiraia: I must be killed...

By myself.

Doesn't the thought just fill you with excitement? To kill yourself....

To do battle with one as strong as me, and either kill or be killed.

For that purpose, I had to find someone who had the potential to be like me.

An aloof individual, who needs others for validation.

A potentially strong soul and body possessing a gift for carnage...

And I felt that you fit the bill perfectly.

But it seems that I was wrong about you.

Who knew that your web was made of rotten thread?

That you'd make it this far just to sputter out....if only If only I could change you back to how you were before....then you'd be worth killing.

You're no more than a major failure.

Even if I kill your friends, it seems that nothing will come of it.

Now how can I make you more like me?

Now can I make you as strong as I am?
(Sfx- Shan fwissh)

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(Sfx- Pesu stab)

Jiraia: I know....

How about I start here?

Your scars are still only skin deep.

If you are truly to become like me, I'll have to start with your face.

I'll erase your existence, so that even if you should meet your friends again, they'll never recognize you.

I will grant you the same solitude as I.

You will become as strong as I am...

And eventually a clone of myself.

(Sfx- Bishaaaa bloooorsh)

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(Sfx- Bushiiii splliiiish)

(Sfx- Karara Clatter)

Jiraia: Wha...

Gintoki: ….Hey.

Don't you touch her....

With those hands...

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Gintoki: Take your dirty paws off of her.

Don't touch that woman again.

Jiraia: Y---

YOU?!

Tsukuyo: ..Gi...

Ginto...

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(Sfx- GOGAAAAAAAA TWHOKKKKK)

(Side text- Smash through the delusion!!)

GINTAMA LESSSON 258.................END.