Gintama 339

Have you guys SEEN the amount text on 340? Do I need another reason as to why I haven't even attempted it yet? No? Well here's one anyway. GRAD SCHOOL.



{Summary of last time
During a new years party, a dead drunk Gintoki took on Otose, Otae, Sacchan, Tsukuyo, Kyuubee, and Hasegawa all in the same night. Fearing the impending threat of the PTA forces and the six finding out about the others, Gintoki sought the aid of Zenzou who knew about the incident. But the situation turned further into a quagmire as Gintoki ended up being on a date with five girls at once. Using the clone technique (se*x doll technique) that Zenzou taught him, Gintoki is trying to take on all five of them at once. Will Gintoki make is through this date of death alive?!}

Gintoki: Hang in there, number three!!

Come on, number three!!

Hold on buddy, I'm gonna try CPR!!

Come back to me, number three!!

Lesson 339: People are Able to Live by Forgetting Some Things

{Damn, this is bad...}

(Sfx- Futsuhh fwfff)

{I have to hurry up or the clone technique's gonna fall apart...}

Toujou: Princess!! Gintoki-sama has disappeared!

{I'm happy it looks like they haven't figured out it was a s*x doll yet, but...}

Kyuubee: Oh-no...I think I may have overreacted... Gintoki, are you okay?

{I have to hurry up and do something... or else!}

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{Should I leave the sleeping old bat here and go try to cover my mistake!?}

{No, if I do that I won't be able to control my other thee clones.}

{Moreover, sitting here gives me the best lookout position.}

{I've got no choice but to stay here and control for selves while I try to find a way to revitalize number 3.}

Written: Here [Next to the arrow]

Planetarium [Center inside the bottom of the circle.]

{Dammit, when's that asshat going to get his ass back here?}

Sacchan: I wonder what's going on with those people sitting in the middle seat there?

Gin: !

Sacchan: Don't they know we're trying to have a date here?

{Crap, now it's that M pig?!! She got annoyed by Kyuubee's group?!

Sacchan: Hold on a moment, I'm going to go talk to them.

I'll warn them that I have a zero tolerance policy for interrupting a date with my darling.

{Craaaaaap!}

{They're gonna meet!! Distract Sacchan, Number Two!!}

{Um... Now which one is the string to move number two...}

{It's this one... right?}

(Sfx- Gah grab)

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Sacchan: Huh...?

You don't want me to go, Gin-san?

Sacchan: Aww, you just can't stand to be alone, can you, darling?!

Don't worry, I'm not going anywhere! I'll stay with you forever!

(Sfx- Dakiii squeeze)

{S-Saved!!}

{I don't understand entirely, but apparently randomly pulling on the strings makes the hand clench.}

Tae: Um, Gin-san...

(Sfx- Busshaaaaaa blshhhh)

Tae: That's my juice...

{Huh?! By doing that, not just Number Two, but Number One also grabbed something?!}

{Hold on, don't tell me the movements of all of these things coordinated together?!}

???: H... Hey, w... wait...

N... No... W-We can't do at a place like this......

{T---the hell?! Even Number Four grabbed onto something?!}

{Hey? What are you gripping! What's sorta thing's being grabbed over theeeere?!!}

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Dude: S-Stop, we can't do that here...

(Sfx- Nigiiih griiip)

Dude: Ahuh..

{HE REALLY GRABBED A THING!}

{W-Waaaait! Number foooooour!!!}

Guy: AHUH

OHUH

{You have to get off of the neighbor's lawwwwwwwn!! Tearing up neighbor's lawn is a big ugly no-noooooo!!}

{There's no mistaking it now, all of these moves are linked!!}

{These clones are full of SO much suck!! We're well beyond "hard to use" at this point!!}

Dude: Oh stoooop Yukiko, AHUH...!!

{Luckily, because it's so dark, it looks like that guy thinks his woman is doing it, but...}

Tsukuyo: Geez, young ones these days...

{Tsukuyo's bound to notice sooner or later, since she's like RIGHT THERE....! I've gotta do something...}

Sacchan: Okay darling...

Ahhhh~

Gin: !!

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{Geh, and while I've been turned around, the situation changed over there!!}

Sacchan: Here, have an Ebisen.

Bag: Kappa Ebisen

TL Note: Kappa Ebisen is a shrimp-flavored fried Japanese snack food.

(Handwritten- Say aaah)

{I don't have the time to waste on you! I've got a lawn next door I gotta... Dammit, how do I go 'ahhh' on this thing?!}

{Which string is it? This one, or maybe this one?!}

Tae: Oh my, your suit's become all sticky.... how did that happen all of a sudden?

Could it be that you're nervous, too, Gin-san?

Tae: It's strange really, up until now I've always been fine when we were together...

But now my heart is racing...or maybe it's just that I'm no good at these things either...

How about you, Gin-san?

(Sfx- Nuuu)

Tae: Uh...eh....Gin-san?

W-Wait a sec!

Y...You can't do that...

N-Not in a place like this!

People are watching us!

G----

Gin-san...

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(Sfx- Gafuuu omnomnom)

(Sfx- Aaaan)

{WHAT SHITTY TIMING IS THIS?!}

{Th... This is okay. She might still see that as a kiss!! Just a sorta wild Latin-style kiss.}

{Eh... No... Just as I'd expect, she's never seen that sort of violent kiss the latinos are used to.}

(Sfx- Dosu dosu dosu dosu thok thok thok thok)

Dude: No Yukiko! I really don't think... I really don't...

Gintoki: AAAAAAAAAHH!!!

{WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU "AAH"-ING ABOOOOOUT?!}

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{That guy is "aah"-ing way more!}

(Sfx- Aaaaaan)

Dude: N-No! I know we can't do this here, yet... I can't stop it, I DON'T WANT TO STOP IT!

{The hell kind of ebisen is that?! And, like, dude there's a limit to how much you can ignore what's going on there!!}

Sacchan: Okay darling, it's time for you to feed me!

Ahhh~

{Would you shut up already! Stop causing problems for me!!}

Sacchan: Hurry up, darling!

{I told you, I don't have the time to waste on you!! Dammit, how the hell do I make this thing feed her....}

Dude: Yukikoooooooooooooo!!!

{WHAT THE HELL'S GETTING FED?!}

{No matter how badly you want it, you can clearly see that's not Yukiko!!}

(Sfx- Bata bata fwap fwap)

???: What is that?

What are those people doing?

Dude: Y-Yukikoo!! Were you... always like this?!

{More like, Yukiko, can't you see how weird your boyfriend is acting right in front of you?!!}

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Tae: DON'T SCREW WITH ME, DAMMIT!!

{And the one over there, forget feeding, he's being eaten! That woman looks more like number 1 than number 1!!}

{TL Note: I think this is an Evangelion reference to EVA Unit 01, which is called the same thing.}

(Sfx- Ughaaaaaaaaaaah)

{Crap... Now number 1 has followed number 3 as the second one to fall in the line of duty?!}

{If any more go down, I'm really not gonna be able to follow this up anymore!}

{Go back to your seeeeeeeat! Just go back to your friggin' seat, number four!!}

(Sfx- Ofuuu)

(Sfx- Mukuri nod)

Tsukuyo: Hey.

Would you guys quit that? In public right in front of other people.

If ya gotta do that, could ya take it somewhere else?

Don't you know you're botherin' the people around ya? Right, Gintoki?

{Crap, she totally knows. Get back to your seat!!}

(Sfx- Sushaaaaa doooosh)

{Hot damn, just barely made it!!}

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Sacchan: Gyahhhh!!! Someone heeelp!!

???: What the?! What happened?!

(Sfx- Bata bata fwff fwff)

Sacchan: My darling... suddenly flew into that air vent!

{EEEEEEEH?!}

{The coordinated movement caused number two to dive into the pit of hell?!}

Sacchan: Oh no! There's air leaking out of his butt!!

Darling, don't worry I'm going to do CPR!!

{Number two's died in the line of duty toooooo?!}

Dude: Um, pardon but...

{The only one left is number four.......!!}

Dude: I think maybe you

should go somewhere else if you're going to do something like that.

Like Yoshiwara.

(Sfx- Psuh)

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(Sfx- Shakiiin sheeen)

(Sfx- Dodododo thokthokthok)

(Sfx- Gaaaaan craaaaash)

Guy: Hey, what's that?

Something got stuck on the sky again?

What is it this time? Which constellation?

{C---}

{Complete annihilatioooon!!}

{In the blink of an eye, all of the dummy Gintokis have been annihilated!!}

(Sfx- Fuki fuki wipe wipe)

{These chicks are friggin SCARY!}

{I knew partnering up with those bitches was impossible from the start.}

{At this rate, it won't be long till the original ends up sharing the same fate as the dummies!}

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{I won't let the lesson the dummies were taught firsthand go to waste.}

{I'm getting the hell out of here!}

{To a far away place...}

{Where there isn't a single person!}

(Sfx- Oooooorahhhh)

{If I want to keep my life, there's no other choice!!}

(Sfx- Sooo slff)

Otose: Hm?

Where are you going,

Gintoki?

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(Sfx- Basa basa fwap fwap)

(Sfx- Kaaa caaaw)

(Sfx- Kaaaa caaaaw)

(Sfx- Kaaaa cawww)

Hattori: Yo...

I went looking for you... You came out pretty damn far just for a date.

Gintoki: You were in the bathroom for a while there, buddy.

Hattori: Yeah, I ran outta Borraginol.

So it's all over?

Gintoki: ...........

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Hattori: I see...

Well, thankfully you still have your neck.

(Sfx- Kyupon poof)

Hattori: This was a foregone conclusion ever since the night you made that big mistake.

There's no way you can ever see those girls again of course.

......So you could certainly say you've been freed from hell now.

Drink up.

Forget all the crap you've been through.

Gintoki: ...........

About that, I think... I've already forgot it all.

Hattori: Really? Looks like you've really been through quite a rough time.

Gintoki: ............

From trying to be in six places at once, they said they'd break my k*ntama into six pieces and been scattered all over the world. Then make me go look for those balls.

And in high spirits, they hung me here.

They said they'd have to head home for minute to get some tools,

but... that was it, they didn't come back.

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Hattori: Well they probably don't want to see your face ever again.

But you've done pretty well surviving for two whole weeks.

Gintoki: When I woke up

on the third morning...

Someone had an unidentifiable substance below me

like they were trying to hide it somewhere.

And on the fourth day...

there was a hot pot.

The fifth day, curry.

And on the sixth and seventh days...

there were familiar things left, too.

Booze was

a taste I thought I could never forget.

And it's a taste I needed to forget.

(Sfx- Shabaaah blssssh)

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Gintoki: I was thinking of nothing but honor and that stuff you were talking about.

I didn't think one iota about them.

And yet, even though I deceived them,

they even snuck out here to bring me bad-tasting food.

I...

Want to do something for them.

(Sfx- Kyuuh wiff)

Hattori: ......

It's not a big deal...

You just...

gotta quit booze.

Gintoki: If I could settle this by quitting drinking I'd do it as many times as you want.

But with just something like that, those guys aren't...

Hattori: ...They know.

Have a look at your soup bowl.

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(Bowl- You've been Punk'd!)

(TL Note: This is sort of the Japanese equivalent to that. Literally it means more like "Startling - Big Success!")

Hattori: Just now...

you promised to lay off the booze.

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Hattori: Just now...

you promised to lay off the booze.

(Sfx- Gyahahahahahah)

Shinpachi: Turn it off! Please! Oh god it hurts!! I'm gonna die laughing!!

Tae: His face! I can't take it!!

Otose: Who~~~ we really got him. He actually promised.

Kyuubee: But Otose-san, I really think we may have gone too far with this.

Sure it was to get him to stop drinking, but he was really innocent.

(Sfx- Bufuuu)

Kyuubee: The whole thing about him perpetrating some mistake with us was a complete lie, wasn't it?

Otose: He wasn't innocent. Did you forget the End of Year party already?

He got drunk off his ass and bothered the hell out of everybody.

And on top of that, he ran around like a drunken idiot and trashed my shop and made everyone split the cost for repairs.

I think this punishment is perfect.

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Tae: That's absolutely right! There's a strong movement against having something like a protagonist who drinks in a shounen magazine these days.

There's no better way for us to have punished him into quitting drinking.

Shinpachi: Uh, sister? You do remember that you work at a cabaret club, right?

Tsukuyo: Yeah, there's such a thing as good booze and bad booze.

And that guy's is bad. It's gonna be for the sake of the manga, so we really had no choice.

Sacchan: You're the least qualified to say that. Moreover, you destroyed the shop along with Gin-san.

Well, although normally I'd never agree to entrapping Gin-san,

Getting to live together with him made me make an exception.

I helped out, so make sure to send me the video recording of just the part with me and Gin-san living together.

Toujou: Ah, then be sure to send me the part where the young master was naked except for an apron...

Kyuubee: I don't recall wearing something like that!

Otose: I can't do that, now. This is is an important video to show him whenever he's about to take a drink.

Hattori: C'mon granny. I'm the one who shot that. Can't I get something in return?

Oh, I know. Could toy let me see that last face one more time?

Shinpachi: Eh~? We've already seen it so many times already.

I'm already getting tired of....

(Sfx- Gyahahahahahah)

Dude: Hey Gin-san! Why don't you stop in for a pint?

Boss Yorozuya, I got some cute girls in today... how about a drink?

What's up with you boss? You stopped drinking?

Must be a huge storm about to hit then...

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Hasegawa: Hey boss...

Want a glass to forget your troubles?

Gintoki: There's absolutely nothing I'd like to forget.

I can't want to forget any of you guys' faces until I've gotten my revenge.

...Why are you the only one here anyway?

Hasegawa: ......There's something I want to forget.

Gin: You sure are drinking a lot for somebody who set someone up to get them to quit drinking?

Hasegawa: Gin-san, I didn't set you up...

Wasn't the one who did the setting up....

you?

(TL Note: The verb he uses here "hameru" can mean "to set someone up" "to entrap" and also a casual term for "to have sex".)

(Sfx- Zah zah sfff sff)

(Sfx- Zah zah zah sff sff sff)

(Sfx- Gararara raaaatle)

Gintoki: POOOOOOOOPS!! GIVE ME THE STRONGEST BOOZE YOU GOT IN THE STORE, ON THE DOUBLE!!