Gintama 612

This chapter was a real stealth symphony. Not sorry at all.



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(Sfx- Zazazaaaah dssssh)
GINTAMA
(Side text- A huge army approaches..!!)
Dakini: CHAAAARRRRGE!!
Lesson 612: We are one with the universe, and the universe a part of us.
SORACHI HIDEAKI
???: The enemy's aim is that gigantic cannon.
Most likely they believe that if they're able to destroy it they'll be able to use their broken machines and reestablish contact with the rear flanks.

002
Hattori: That thinking has left their asses wide open.
They might be a hugeass army but that's what makes 'em weak.
Their size makes it that much harder for them to communicate and therefore move as a unit. Any sudden changes are going to trip 'em up.
We can trigger chaos in the ranks by comin' at them from different directions and picking away at their rhythm.
That being said, they've still got the leg up when it comes to sheer numbers and resources...if we push our luck we will get slaughtered.
So you are under no circumstances to try and dig deep into the enemy's forces. Attack from a distance.
???: Understood.
We of Kabuki-cho are connected by our will to see this through or die trying.
We cannot allow...
This ray of hope to slip through our fingers.

003
Someone: Vice Chief, we have completed preparations.
Hijikata: Maybe we might pull this off.
We couldn't use the newer –up to date stuff but...
With a set up like this we should manage...
You guys listen up. That army cannot be allowed in Kabuki-cho.
This fight has to be over with before they even reach city limits.
We'll wait until their forces are spread thin before attacking their underbelly and dividing 'em into two.
When I give you the signal, use it.
Kondo: And what about after that?
How many guys does each of us need to slice down?
Hijikata: Good question.
If someone's able to take down 200 of 'em, i'll give a nice bonus.
(Handwritten- 200?!)
Okita: Then netting 1000 gets me the Vice chief's position?
Hijikata: Heh...
I'll consider it.
Shinsengumi: Whoooa, the Vice chief actually let that slide?!
I wonder just how the world will be destroyed if Commander Okita takes charge?
(Sfx- Gera gera gera heheheh)
Yamazaki: Hah, yeah seriously...
Though, hey, I mean if we're gonna be destroyed anyway might as well have some fun with it.
Kondo: Oh?
Destroyed or not it doesn't matter to you, huh?

004
Kondo: To be frank, that's how I feel.
At this point we just gotta do what we can.
Hijikata: Whether the world is destroyed or it isn't...
We, the Shinsengumi will protect Edo.
Whether the world is destroyed or it isn't...
It'll be those idiots in the Yorozuya that swagger around Kabuki cho like idiots.
Dying isn't important.
Let's look forward to how we're going to live.

005
???: Get back here alive...
Yorozuya.
(Sfx- Dogaaaannnn booooom)

006
Everyone: LET'S DO THIIIIIIIIS!!!

007
(Sfx- Gashaaan clatter)
Mutsu: How did it go?
What's Earth looking like?
Sakamoto: They're hangin' in there.
It's sorta a miracle they're still swingin'.
But the numbers game ain't in their favor.
We've gotta put an end to this war while they're still able to take a swing.
'Cause there ain't gonna be another miracle.
???: There's got to be another way...

008
Shijaku: No, even if there is another way it's already too late.
This is not something you Earthlings can handle.
Even after enacting the non-aggression pact, I was not able to stop the liberation front.
Enshou---
I was not able to stop him.
Nobunobu: Commodore Shijaku...
You too were...
Shijaku: The flames of hatred have ballooned to a point that they cannot be extinguished.
Not until they have swallowed everything and reduced it to ash.
Sakamoto: If we ain't able to put it out, then we're just gonna hafta transfer that flame to somthin' else.
There's an opponent that we should be fighin' instead, after all.
Shijaku: If it's the Tendoushuu, they're....
Sakamoto: Naw, there's still someone else.
The guy who destroyed yer planets and killed off the Tendoushuu....
Is still alive.

009
Sakamoto: And if we keep squabblin' amongst ourselves, then not only will ya gents lose your chance at revenge..
He's gonna get exactly what he wants....the end of the world.
Shijaku: Then you already know?
Sakamoto: It's just that..
I know you're the only one in the Liberation front that we can put our trust into.
Shijaku, if you really believe in tha' Liberation front and wanna take back the freedom of the universe,
Then give us a hand...
It's not too late.
Shijaku: Would that be the kind of thing you'd say when locked up?
You people are already fighting without any assistance from anyone in the universe.
Sakamoto: You haven't noticed it yet?
How much resolve...
We had when we came out here?

010
Sakamoto: And we've...
already made preparations...
On our end for such an occasion.
Shijaku: A separate unit?
You had planned far enough ahead in this unpredictable situation to split your units in two?
Sakamoto: My beloved Kaientai....
Has a stealth ship that can block out radar.
That ship is already approaching the HQ.
(Sfx- Goso gosoh Sffft)
Sakamoto: Now all I gotta do is give the signal...
It's time to launch the counterattack, Zura.

011
Katsura: Not Zura, but...
Prisoner number 3692.
Sakamoto: Ah, my bad. Got the wrong number.
Mutsu: What happened?
Sakamoto: I called the wrong number....it wasn't Zura but 3692.
Katsura: Not 3692 but Katsura.
Sakamoto: YOU'VE ALREADY BEEN CAPTUUUUURED?!
Hold on dammit! Where are ya and what the hell are you doiiiiin?!
You're the one who said that we could count on you, right?!
Katsura: Worry not. We are a separate unit.
This incident that we find ourselves in is different than yours.
Sakamoto: IS THAT WHAT'S SEPARATE?!

012
Katsura: The truth of the matter is there was an accident we weren't expecting while awaiting your call.
Something must have occurred for Sakamoto to go this long without contact.
Everyone, we must be prepared to charge in at a moment's notice.
Dudes: Got it!!
Katsura: What's that?
Dude: Um, an enemy ship just passed us by...
Katsura: Worry not. They cannot see us as this is a stealth ship.
Dude: Th—They really can't see us right?
It sorta feels like the enemy has been loitering around us in circles for a bit...
Katsura: But of course. We are in their territory, no? As we are now we could even enter the ladies bath and not be discovered.
Dude: Though Katsura-san, I mean...has anyone here actually seen a stealth ship from the outside?
Like...to someone else how does this look? In fact, what does stealth even mean?
Katsura: Stealth is....well, that---you know, being invisible.
Dude: So...if the ship is invisible....we're still visible, yeah?
Which is to say...
WE'RE TOTALLY VISIBLE RIGHT?!
Elizabeth: That's not right, Katsura-san. As long as we're in here we cannot be seen from the outside.
Katsura: Then everything –including us is invisible then?
But wait even if we're invisible, what we take in from the outside is...
CLEARLY VISIBLE?!

013
Elizabeth: You idi---er, Katsura-san, that's wrong! Stealth isn't being invisible, it's blending in with your surroundings to hide!
Katsura: A—ah! I get it!
Then no matter what the ship looks like from the inside, the outside will camouflage itself and adapt...
THEN WE'RE TOTALLY STANDING OUT!?!
Sakamoto, you fool how could you give me this piece of garbage?!
Quickly, we must adapt and camouflage ourselves everyone!
Elizabeth: Whatever...
Katsura: Turn the lights off and still your breath!! Melt into the confines of space!!
It's not working! Become part of space!
All of you are a part of the universe, and the universe is you yourself!!
Guys: Um...Katsura-san..
We can't see---
(Sfx- Dododoooon Booooom)

014
Katsura: And so due to your defective ship we ended up crashing into another ship.
Sakamoto: YOUR BRAIN IS DEFECTIVE!
Katsura: And before we knew it we were surrounded by a strange bunch with guns and apprehended.
Sakamoto: So it wasn't the liberation front?
Katsura: It was not, no.
It is a group of strange Amanto who have obscene...things growing from their foreheads.
They said to us....
We are not...
Going to apprehend you...
But care for you...
An ark filled with species from that dying planet...
In order to protect them.

015
Hata: It is a real...
Noah's ark.
Good work gathering them here, Jiiya.
(Sfx- Gyaooohh ruff)
Jiiya: Of course. Taking advantage of the chaos to kidnap them and whisk them into space was a good idea.
The planet is doomed anyway, so anyone who would complain is already dead.
(Sfx- Wan wan woof woff)
(Sfx- Bau bau woof)
(Sign- Fighting Dog.)
(Sign- Guard Dog.)
Hata: Mm. In fact they should be happy as we saved them from extinction, and they will be well cared for as my pets.
But Jiiya...
Couldn't you have been a little more deliberate in your selection? What you've got here seems unbalanced...
Jiiya: It's because Dogs have several different species.
Hata: Ohh, I had thought they were the same type before but perhaps I imagined it.
(Sign- Mongrel// Matsudaira Ken// Shimura Ken.)
(TN- The Kanji for “Ken” here is the same as “Dog” Matsudaira Ken is an actor, while Shimura Ken is Shinpachi's namesake –a comedian.)
Hata: Hrm?
But this one over here has already died, no?

016
Jiiya: Oh, he's “dog-gone”.
It's surprising he's managed to live this long as he is...
(Sign- Dog-gone.)
Jiiya: Unable to protect those it loved or die with it's comrades...
It simply decided to stop trying and live.
Hata: I see....such a sad creature.
But there isn't any need to fret as I will not let you die.
I get this way when I see something that wants to be put out of it's misery you see....I just want to keep it alive as my precious pet no matter how much it wants the sweet embrace of death.
Anyway I heard you had captured some new specimens?
Jiiya: Yes, they're here.
Earlier our subordinates were hit by a ship and found these on board.
(Sign- Apetriots.)
Hata: Apetriots?
Are they related to the to the hamadryas baboons?
Hata: Whoa! Are you cleaning these properly?!
It's crap as far as the eye can see!
Jiiya: That's an ordinary sight at a Zoo. Even under close scrutiny the animals will spread their feces around without notice.
Hata: I'm not at all concerned with it's commonality....I just want to see the Apetriots!
Jiiya: That's an ordinary sight at a Zoo...to mistake Apetriots as coiled up crap.
Hata: Those are the Apetriots?! They can coil up?!

017
(Sfx- Zobooohhh thooom)
Hata: GYAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!
(Sfx- Gashiii Grab)
Jiiya: P—Prince!!
???: You'd better keep your guard up around Apetriots.
They often blend right into their surroundings to hide.
Do you know what that is?
It's Stealth.
Guards: Let the prince go!!
Katsura: An ark for protecting animal species? There's no need to be so stingy...
If you're doing this much...
Why not go all the way and create an ark capable of saving a planet?
(Side text- What is Katsura scheming?!)
GINTAMA LESSON 612...........END.