Gintama 509

I wonder how Kondo and Hijikata are doing on the Gorilla and Mayo lines? It'd suck to think they got lost with all the fun happening right outside the door...




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950th Translation. TBH I really just got lazy with Kiriwo and haven't TL'ed it this week. I wasn't trying to save it for this week's Gintama...honest.

(Sfx- Gogogogogo *Rmmmmble*)
???: N—No way…
Shinpachi: Th—that’s…
Yato…!!!
Just how many are there?!
(Side text- The Shogun in a desperate situation…!!)
GINTAMA

002
(Sfx- Dooooon *doom*)
(Sfx- Dogagaaah *thuuud*)
Kagura: Gin-chan! Shou-chan!
Abuto: I knew it. So you are alive.
Sorry bro…
But once you’re a target…
Of us rabbits of the night…
You’ll never escape.
(Sfx- Oooooh *roaaar*)

003
Abuto: I see…
So this is the revenge of the Shinobi country huh?
Sounds fun.
If the boss were to get a glimpse of this scenery he’d go mad with pleasure.
Shinobi and Samurai…
The country’s strongest warriors…
Are in a tag team match against the strongest in the universe…

004
Abuto: Can you guys protect your country….
From us?!
GINTAMA
Lesson 509: Proof.
SORACHI HIDEAKI
(Side text- Meanwhile on the escape via the annihilated sky route…)
???: Thank goodness we were able to flee that scene of carnage alive.
Matsudaira: So the North has been annihilated.
I give you my thanks for protecting the Princess and getting her out of there gramps.

005
Maizou: No it’s all thanks to..
Okita-dono.
He was able to help us escape from the ship before it sunk completely.
I never thought we’d escape from the enemy camp alive.
It was thanks to his work that we were able to avoid further pursuit from the enemy while in the refuge shelter.
If it weren’t’ for him then not a single one of us would have escaped alive.
Matsudaira: Hmph, that brat Okita did all that?
Basically the loyal retainers we had were far from loyal and mostly more like villains he saved us from?
That damn Zenzou…
Who would have thought he’d go as far as putting on a big show for us just to save Shou-chan?
I hope you aren’t wrong old man.
Maizou: No sir. That was not Shigeshige-sama.
Just in case I decided to take another look at the corpse…
And a certain thing that should have been there wasn’t.

006
Maizou: A scar.
Matsudaira: A scar?
Now there’s something I haven’t heard before.
Considering Sadasada made sure to treasure Shou-chan like a jewel since he was raising him to be the next Shogun…
I’d imagine if he had something like that on him that it would have become a big problem.
This is a secret only I, the Oniwaban and Shigeshige-sama know of…
No..
It is the proof of the bonds between…
Shigeshige-sama and the Oniwaban group.
(Sfx- Dododdooon *Thoooom*)
(Sfx-Goaaaahhh *fwoooom*)
(Sfx- ooooooh *Fwoooorhmmm*)
???: One ship after another is…!!

007
???: Because of one Shinobi…
The entire fleet is…!!
(Sfx- Gaan *thoom*)
(Sfx- Ooooooh *voooom*)
(Sfx- Dopaaan *thooom*)
(Sfx- Dooon *doom*)

008
(Sfx- Bushiii *blooorsh*)
Maizou: When Shigeshige-sama and the oniwaban met…
It was a time before he had become Shogun and before they had become the oniwaban.
And he had received a huge shock.
There was another just like him in this world…
And despite being the very same age they..
Had risked their life in an endeavor to protect him.

009
???: This is a body double.
Due to the Shogun at the time –Sadasada’s tyranny, he had many enemies.
In order to put an end to the autocracy in his name, There were many of those who wanted to put an end to his heir, Shigeshige’s life.
Sadasada who had fear of this occurring took cadets from the Oniwaban and had them stand in place of Shigeshige-sama.
Thus Shigeshige-sama never took a single step out of his estate, and all of his public appearances were handled by body doubles.
In order to protect Shigeshige-sama the cadets who are still youngsters themselves would expose themselves to danger.
???: Whats that?
You say one of the body doubles has been kidnapped?
Maizou: It’s more likely than not the doing of the Mito faction….
It seems their demands are…
Sadasada: There’s no need. Abandon them.
There’s no need for me to do anything is there?
After all the Oniwaban’s job is to protect the Shogun.

010
Sadasada: It should be those children’s greatest honor…
To die for the sake of the future Shogun.
While there may only be one Shogun in this world….
There are more than enough shadows.
(Sfx- DOdodododo *thoooom*)
(Sfx- Gooaaaah *Boooom*)
{Where are you going?}
Ayame: Zenzou.

011
Ayame: No way…
You’re not actually planning to disobey the Shogun-sama?
And save Kagemaru…
By yourself?
Hattori: Where the heck is this Shogun guy?
All we know is what we’ve been taught in lecture.
He’s supposed to be this exhausted guy who protects the citizens…
Which means we oniwaban aren’t working to protect him…
But the job he’s supposed to be doing.
And it’s for that sake that Kagemaru became his body double.
I won’t think of a bastard who can casually throw aside the people as a shogun.
And I have no obligation to loyally carry out his orders either.
I’m just going to do what I want.
???: I see…
So a Shogun is something like this…?
Then..

012
Shigeshige: Will you assist my effort in fulfilling my duty?
I want to save my body double.
Maizou: I wouldn’t in my wildest dreams imagined that Shigeshige-sama would do such a thing..
I only learned the truth of the matter after everything was over.
When a blood covered Shigeshige-sama returned.
Of all things that could have happened…Shigeshige-sama and the others broke into the brigand’s lair, and not only that…
During the fray in place of the body double…
He endured a grave injury to his chest.
For the sake of the body double, the genuine article had been injured…
If Sadasada were to find out about this, not just the brigands but the Oniwaban would have all been decapitated indiscriminately with no hope of leniency.
The situation was dire for all of them but the one who saved them wasn’t just anyone but Shigeshige-sama himself.

013
Shigeshige: There’s no need to worry…
Body doubles exist for times like these do they not?
But if you are that afraid of what might happen…
Then would you mind playing my role just a bit longer?
(Handwritten- Eh?)
{That’s right, Shigeshige-sama in order to resolve this situation and hide what happened from Sadasada-sama…}
{He changed places with one of his shadows.}
{In the half year it took for him to recover from his injury…}
{Shigeshige-sama hid himself within the Oniwaban.}
{And the Oniwaban…}
{Protected him.}
{Hey Shogun…}

014
{This is how you…}
{Throw a kunai.}
{Hey Shogun.}
{Shinobi don’t act like crybabies over injuries like those.}
{Hey Shogun.}
{Jump is the most awesome when you read it during class.}

015
(Sfx- Bushiiii *blorrrsh*)
(Sfx- Gaku *wobble*)
{Hey.}
???: Shigeshige.
Shigeshige: At last…
You called me by my name.
Hattori: Well it’s not like I’ll get the opportunity to again, yeah?
Next time we meet it’ll be ‘Shogun-sama’.
Shigeshige: You may call me whatever you like. However even if there comes a time where you don’t call upon me..
I’ll never forget this time I spent with you where I was simply Shigeshige
And I’ll never forget…
The things you taught me.
What the oniwaban strive to protect isn’t the Shogun…
But the work the Shogun must do.
And what the shogun must do is..
Be prepared to risk himself to protect his country and his people.

016
{If someday the time comes where you become the oniwaban..}
{And someday the time comes where I am Shogun..}
{I want to fight with you together for the sake of this contry.}
{I look forward to that day.}
Hattori: Heh…hh…
{Seems like I…}
{I’m quite the loyal guy after all. Here I was thinking loyalty was something far and above my reach.}
{At last that time came…}
{The time where you became the oniwaban has come but..}
{But he….}
{In the end will complete his first mission as the very last thing he does…}

017
Kagemaru: I’m already prepared..
After all I threw away my face and life long ago…
To live as a mere shadow.
The life of the child he picked up….Kagemaru’s life…
Please use it for his sake.
{Although that too was just a friend sacrificing himself…}
{For you….for the Shogun, I’ll endeavor to make this requiem.}
{But y’know…}
{This isn’t all that bad.}
{In fact this is exactly like something I’d do.}
{If a guy who’s willing to die for his lord….for his king…}
{Is just an idiot anyway…}

018
{Shigeshige…}
{A guy who dies for the sake of a friend….}
{Is an even bigger moron isn’t he?}

019
(Sfx- Karan karan *clatter clatter*)
(Sfx- Doh doh doh *thok thok thok*)
Ayame: Don’t touch him.
That man….
Don’t you lay a finger on..
Our boss, the leader of the oniwaban.
(Side text- …..Sacchan!!)
GINTAMA LESSON 509………….END.