Gintama
288
Not even letting time destroy our smiles.
-> RTS Page for Gintama 288
Wow, movie tickets on sale THIS far in advance? I suppose it may be normal, but that's still pretty incredible. (Aren't you guys glad that I translate ads too?) lol Sorachi pulled out his inner Toriyama with this ending. (All Shounen Mangaka have an inner Toriyama. It's a requirement.) Anyway, I'm sure the aftermath will be interesting next week too.
Locked and loaded. Give kewl his cred, and leave my liner notes alone scantlators.
GINTAMA
Lesson 288: Not even letting time destroy our smiles.
SORACHI HIDEAKI.
(Side text- The ultimate evil reborn!!)
(Sfx- Gogogoggogo rmmmmmmmble)
(Bottom text- The movie's tickets are on sale in advance!! Go grab 'em December 12th (Saturday.) The details are on page 15!! Volume 32 hits stores January 4th!!)
Seimei: Antenmaru....
The monster who destroyed the capital more than a thousand years ago?
Our ancestors the Mikado clan fought him....
And managed to seal him, so why is the god of ultimate evil...
Back in the flesh?!
Gedomaru: He was revived.
That man, in his fury went seeking an even more provocative power,
Even extending his reach to heretical methods.
002
Gedomaru: It seems he even went as far as allowing Antenmaru
To take up residence,
Within his own body.
Seimei: To allow that demon,
To live within his body....to go that far...
You're just begging for the tragedy that happened a thousand years ago,
To once again occur aren't you Douman?!
Shirino clan: Douman Samaaaa!!!
Please regain your senses!!! Why on earth would you..
(Sfx- Dooooo doooooom)
Shirino clan: Ughaaaah!!
Seimei: Dammitall! He can't distinguish friend and foe any more!!
Run! All of you!!
003
(Sfx- Da tmp)
(Sfx- Bikiiiiin fwaaaaash)
Seimei: Open your eyes!!!
Doumaaaan!!
(Sfx- Dodoooon thoooom)
(Sfx- gogogogo rmmmmmble)
Seimei: The spell dissipated...?!
(Sfx- Goshaaaaaaa CRAAAASH)
Kuzunoha: Seimei-sama!!
004
Kagura: Shinpachi!
We can no longer just watch this fight!
(Sfx- Dokadoododooo thwoooooom)
Shinpachi: Uwaaaaah!!!
(Sfx- Koaaaa veeeeeem)
(Sfx- Dodododododo thooooom)
???: He has...
Completely allowed the darkness to penetrate his very core, all so he could destroy his hated enemy Seimei-sama...
(Sfx- Zuoooooooooo fwoooooom)
???: The more Douman hates, the more his power increases...
There isn't anyone,
Who can stop him now...
(Sfx- Dooooooon BOOOM)
005
???: He belongs completely to the darkness now...
It will not stop...
(Sfx- Goaaaaaaa Roaaaaaar)
(Sfx- Gogogogogogo rmmmmmble)
Kuzunoha: Seimei-sama!!
Seimei: Stay away!!
Gedomaru, Kuzunoha, take that man and his friends and get the hell out of here!!
(Sfx- Dooooon Thooom)
Kuzunoha: Seimei-sama!!
Gedomaru?!
Gedomaru: It's far too early to give up.
006
Gedomaru: After all,
He's still here.
Kuzunoha: What are you saying?
Gedomaru: If we hurry his medical treatment, we may be able to fix the right ball.
Kuzunoha: Are we supposed to leave Seimei-sama's life,
In the hands of this ball-less man?!
Gedomaru: True,
He has no balls....
But he makes up for it....
With his heart.
Because he has soul dangling in him that can never be crushed.
(TN- Tama 'Balls' can also be read Tama 'Soul'. Hence GinTAMA, or Silver Soul. Gedomaru is sort of playing with words here, and it's hard to convey in English.)
(Sfx- Mukuri wobble)
(Sfx- Buru buru wibble wibble)
007
Kuzunoha: Wha....
What are you doing?!
You can't be rash, your left ball is still crushed...
(Sfx- Yoro yoro wobble wobble.)
(Sfx- Gara gara clatter clatter)
Gintoki: Gedomaru's got it right.
(Handwritten- Heh, I've got no strength left...)
Gintoki: I'm not a Tanuki, so my balls aren't all that huge.
(TN- Tanuki is a Raccon-dog animal that's said to be packing a set of huge ones.)
Gintoki: This'll help me balance....
(Sfx- Kara clatter)
Gintoki: Cause when it comes to tama of the soul...
This'll do.
Now for some demon busting.
Dress it up for me, would ya?
Something nice enough
(Sfx- zasshiii)
Gintoki: that it can kick that dirty ass.
008
(Sfx- Poki poki poki crack crack crack)
Seimei: AGHHHHH!!!
(Sfx- Gotsuuu bllorsh)
Shinpachi: Seimei-san!!
Kagura: What are you doing?!
(Sfx- gugiiii griiind)
Kagura: This is not the time to remain enemies or choose allies!
If you do not leap into action, the Shirino, Ketsuno and even Edo will meet the same fate, yes?
We need your strength!
Forget about everything else, and fight together for the sake of Edo!!
Seimei: Run away....don't you understand the situation?
Kagura: Sister Complex!! I am going to save you now!! Just wait!!
Seimei: This is...also a part of the Ketsuno and Shirino's fate...
The inescapable connection our two clans have had over a thousand years has finally come to this...
Long ago our clan was destroyed by one woman that was taken away...
It was our ancestor that stole their precious one from their group and made them fall into the darkness.
(Sfx- Poi flick)
(Sfx- UWAHHHHHHH!!!)
Seimei: We've just repeated our ancestor's mistakes....
009
Seimei: But this time, I wont let the fight end...
With the death of a lady...
And you Douman...
You won't have to die either...
If someone must die,
Let it be me alone.
Douman, I already know that your feelings for Christel were genuine.
That's why you tried your very best to ignore the feelings of hatred in your body that were directed at me....despite the pain it caused you.
You tried to bridge the distance between us,
Hoping that some day, the time where we could all live with smiles would come....
But in the end Christel,
and you...
just got hurt...
It wasn't your fault Douman...
Even though I can use a thousand spells....
010
Seimei: But I don't know a single spell
To heal a fractured frienship.
The one who changed you into this beast before us.....was me...
I have a responsibility to stop you...
A responsibility to accept all of your hate and sadness...
It was because of me that the darkness could lay claim to you.
To continue this nonsensical fight for another thousand years is ridiculous....so I will end it by offering my life to you.....it's a fairly reasonable price.
So lets just end this now Douman.
Looking for everything... losing yourself. I cannot let that error occur again!!
Come back from the darkness, Douman!!
Remember Douman!!
There was a woman you would part the skies for!! A woman you'd brave the rain to be with!!
The Christel you fell in love with...
My beloved Sister Christel....!!
011
(Sfx- DOOOOON FOOOM)
Shinpachi: SEIMEI-SAAAAAN!!!
(Sfx- Gogogogogogo rmmmmble)
{ It's already far too late,}
{For the descendants of the Mikados.....no one voice will be able to reach him now...}
{You fools think you can tread in my darkness with your pathetic words and powers? Don't make me laugh.}
{But this man's powerful hatred is truly a marvelous thing for me to manipulate. I'm grateful....}
{You all should understand that this is only natural for the Mikado linage...}
{Since for a thousand years, I have cursed you, waiting until you all disappear without a trace.}
{Once I have destroyed all of you, the seal that the Mikado clan has placed upon me will disappear...}
012
???: Wha...
Antenmaru: Y---
WHO ARE YOU?!!
Gintoki: Just a fan.
(Sfx- Doggagoooo THOOOOOM)
013
(Sfx- Zuzunnn dhooom)
Kagura: Gin-chaaan!!
(Sfx- Zugogogogogo thodooooom)
Gintoki: You like that buddy?! Cause there's plenty more where it came from!!
Seimei: Th—that's...!!
They're using a spell on the Boktou?!
Antenmaru: AS IF PETTY TRICKS,
WILL BRING ME DOWN!!
(Sfx- ORAHHHHH!!!)
014
{Not like that Douman,}
{The spell works like this.}
{You're awesome Seimei-kun!}
{You know a bunch of spells I don't!!}
(Sfx- Zubaaaaa SLISSSH)
Antenmaru: NGUGH!!! MY BODY WON'T....!!!
{The adults do nothing but fight...}
{But I want to be your friend Seimei-kun!}
{Yeah, so when we grow up, the plan is to protect Edo together.}
{Together, we're the ultimate team Douman.}
{It's a man to man promise Seimei-kun.}
{You bet. We'll become stronger together.}
(Sfx- Dooou thooom)
Antenmaru: Ngahhhh!!
These memories!!!
015
{It sucks....}
{I thought that we'd be able to become friends...}
Antenmaru: THIS IS....
THIS ISSSSS!!!
{I thought so too...}
{Seimei-kun....}
Antenmaru: DOUUUUUUUUMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!!!!!
016
Seimei: Do---Douman...
You couldn't have...
You couldn't have sealed away Antenmaru's movements....?
Douman: S--
Seimei....
Who the hell do you think you are...
Acting like your death will solve all of our problems...
You think I'll let you hog the glory,
Until the very end?
Let me.....
Have my time in the spotlight.
017
Shirino clan: Douman-sama....
Douman: Quickly destroy me....
While you can...
(Sfx- Zawaaa fwissssh)
(Sfx- Zazaza sssshhhh)
Antenmaru: NO WAY IN HELL DOUMAN!!!
(Sfx- Goshaaa thuuud)
Antenmaru: You think I'd let someone like you stop meeee!!
(Sfx- Gigigigi grnnnnd)
Douman: DO ITTTT!!!
End this pointless struggle between the Ketsuno and Shrino now!!
Only if you exterminate me will our families ever see peace!!
Cut through the endless cycle of hatred!!!
018
Shirino clan: DOUMAN-SAMAAA!!
(Sfx-Bushiiii weeeen)
Shinpachi: T---
This is....
(Sfx- Fooooooooo FWOOOOSH)
Shinpachi: Gin-san's Bokutou!!
Everyone's power is gathering within it!!
(Sfx- Zugogogogogo rmmmmmmble)
Seimei: Do---
Douman...!!
Douman: Seimei...
I understand how we can make peace...
Together,
So we can protect Edo.
019
Seimei: ORAHHHHHHHH!!!!
(Sfx- Doooon booooom)
(Sfx- Katsuuu sheeeen)
(Sfx- Dogooooooon THOOOM)
Gintoki: I've got all your thoughts right here...
And they're deep enough that they'd be able to reach anyone....
NO MATTER HOW DARK THE CLOUDS....
WE'LL SLICE RIGHT THROUGH THEM!!!!
(Side text- With our souls!!!)
GINTAMA LESSON 288..............END.
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I gotta watch that now. >.>
This chapter's really short, low on words, which is probably why you finished so soon.
I love Gintama that much. :)
Awesome chapter though. Can't wait til it gets animated.
I'll PM it to Bomber, too...
Gintama 288 Edits
001
Lesson 288: Despite the times, a smile can never be destroyed.
Lesson 288: Not At Any Time at All Will the Smile Be Destroyed
[Parallel to the last two months of your life.
Don't you get the pattern yet? "Not even lose to" is altered here for the last chapter as "not even at any time destroyed"]
Seimei: Antenmaru....
Seimei: A... Antenmaru....
The monster who destroyed the Kyoto capital more than a thousand years ago?
[Course this is my fault for not giving you the last edits before you translated this one, but it's just capitol, not "Kyouto". And it's all your fault for making such a dumb mistake.]
Our ancestors the Mikado clan fought him....
[fought him many times.]
And managed to seal him, so why is this ultimate evil...
And managed to seal him, so why is this ultimate evil god...
[Jyashin directly means "god".]
Even extending his reach to outside methods.
Even extending his reach to heretical laws.
[I think we went over this... Though it's less clear here. The "ge" can mean "unorthadox/heretical", and in this case is much more likely.]
002
Please regain your senses!!!
Please regain your senses!!! What on earth are you...
003
[Fine]
004
[Fine.]
005
???: He belongs completely to the darkness now...
???: Until everything is covered in darkness
No one can stop it....
It will not stop...
[止まる is intransitive. It doesn't take an object.]
006
No matter how bad things get, or what gets smashed, you cannot destroy his soul.
Because he has soul dangling in him that can never be crushed.
[Very specifically uses the verb "to dangle/hang"]
007
If you move around too much, your left ball will become smashed again...
You can't be rash, your left ball is still crushed...
Aren't you a big'un though?
Dress it up for me, would ya?
[He's talking about the sword.]
I'll show you that even a dirty ass,
Something nice enough
Gintoki: Can have an elegant shine.
that it can kick that dirty ass.
008
Kagura: What are you doing?!
Kagura: What are you guys doing?!
If you do not leap into action, the Shirino, Ketsuno and even Edo will meet the same fate yes?
[Make sure you use commas before those "yes"'s... If you insist on making Kagura talk like that アル.]
For us Ketsuno, it was reclaiming a woman that was taken away...
Long ago our clan was destroyed by one woman that was taken away...
And to think that she was important enough to you Shirino that you'd incite the darkness...
It was our ancestor that stole their precious one from their group and made them fall into the darkness.
Seimei: We're just repeating our ancestor's mistakes...
Seimei: We've just repeated our ancestor's mistakes...
009
And I...
and you...
Only deepened your pain...
just got hurt...
010
Seimei: I still didn't have the power,
But I don't know a single spell
To realize the pain of my friend....
to make piece with my friend...
The one who changed you into this beast before us.....was me...
The one that chased you until you reached a form like this... was me...
I have a responsibility to acknowledge this.
I have a responsibility to stop you...
A responsibility to accept all of your hate and sadness...
Your hatred, sadness, send it all at me.
It was because of me that the darkness could lay claim to you.
I will accept all of your darkness.
[Most of what you're saying is missing the mark as to what he means...]
Even if you maraude and destroy, nothing will come of it!! We can't continue to make the same mistakes over and over again!!
Looking for everything... losing yourself. I cannot let that error occur again!!
There was a woman you would part the skies for!! A woman you'd brave the rain to be with!!
Wasn't the woman you loved one that would get soaked by the rain under a dark sky?
011
{But this man's powerful hatred is truly a marvelous thing....}
{But this man's powerful hatred is truly a marvelous thing for me to manipulate. I'm grateful....}
[A bit too unclear]
{Once I have destroyed all of you, the seal that the Mikado clan has placed upon me will disappear...}
{Every drop of the Mikado clan's blood that keeps me sealed will be gone.}
012
[Good. Good. Let the hate flow through you.]
013
[Maybe like a D+, but still a pass.]
014
[No errors on the "let's be friends" and such lines.]
015
{I thought so too...}
[There's no "Seimei-kun" so I would just split it between "I..." and "thought"]
016
Acting all cool...
You think I'll let you act cool...
Even until the very end....
until the very end...?
[It's supposed to be more forceful.]
Let me.....
In the end...
Have the spotlight just this once won't you?
let me have the spotlight for once.
017
Douman: Quickly, finish me...
You have to stop...
While you can...
[For clarity more than anything]
Antenmaru: Do you think I'll let you get away with thissss?!
You think I'd let someone like you stop meeee!!
[More like thissn.]
End this pointless struggle between the Ketsuno and Shrino now!!
End this thousand-year long struggle between the Ketsuno and Shrino now!!
018
I understand that we must make peace...
I understand how we can make peace...
Together,
To protect
We can protect Edo.
Edo together.
019
[This was the easiest Gintama chapter since that one where no one could
speak. Which never happened.]
[Ok, done, fix the few things.]