Gintama 503

[Gintama 503 Translation by Kewl0210]
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Insert: Due to a misunderstanding, here we have the next shogun beaten full of holes----...
Title: 'Gintama'
Guy: Nobunobu-samaaa!
Make a paaath!! There's been an attaaaack!!
Nobunobu-sama has been attacked by insurgents...!!
Who in the world was it?!
A-Anyhow, get him to a doctor!!
Th-This man is the man that will someday govern this country...
He's this country's last hope!!
We cannot let him die!!
Kamui: ...I see.
Hitotsubashi Nobunobu.

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Kamui: So that's
your game piece in this country-taking game, huh?
Is a weak-ass game piece like that gonna be of any use?
If it were me, I'd go for one with 100 strength and forget about all the other abilities.
Taka: It's just how it looked.
Even though people held him in such high esteem,
for his desire for the seat of the Shogun
he is the kind of fool that will take it upon himself to start a violent rampage in the palace.
That boy does not realize that if he is to make a mistake in his last move,
it will become a blunder that will result not in his enemy's head, but his own head being cut off.

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Taka: Well, he is a palanquin we've carried this far.
So even if one head it lost,
we made good use of him.
Now all eyes of suspicion from Central that the assassination of the shogun was being done by the he Hitotsubashi faction will be averted.
It now appears that Lord Hitotsubashi is a victim whose life was targeted, just like the shogun.
So even if we're a bit flashy in our assault, we won't draw suspicion.
In order to claim checkmate,
we're free to overturn the board itself, the country.
Kamui: Huhun.
It's time for the game piece with 100 strength to shine.

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Insert: Divided souls under a sakura tree----
Title: Lesson 503
A Horse From a Gourd
T/N: This title is an idiom for something very unexpected happening.
Author: Sorachi Hideaki

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Somebody: This is our plan.
In order to safely transport the Shogun to Kyou, we have readied 3 body doubles.
The real shogun will be mixed into the cargo of the purveyors to the Bakufu 's freighter.
He'll be going to Kyou by air.
The first shadow will be remaining in Edo in order to conceal this.
His job is to keep the enemy's eyes focused on Edo.
The second will be going north by sea.
This is a diversion to scatter the brunt of the enemy's attack and throw them off in case the Shogun's flight is exposed.
And the third will be going West by land as another diversion.
If the plan is exposed, this area is the one most likely to be attacked by enemies.

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Matsu: Rather than diversions, the body doubles are primarily bait to draw the enemy away.
A trap to eat away at the enemy from their stomachs... that's you guys.
For this, I gathered the very best most skilled soldiers from among those I control, regardless of their current position.
And positioned around those elite few
are two layers of the Oniwabanshuu.
Do not let the enemy escape. Crush their ambitions and expose their identity.
The people here are made up of all different positions and statuses.
But regardless of interests, everyone has been gathered here for the sake of the Shogun.
So even I will forget my social status
and face this war simply as a bad influence on Shou-chan.

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Matsu: Status and rank don't matter now.
We now simply fight together as those who love the same man.
It doesn't matter if you're a lord or a retainer.
We will now just fight together
for a pal.
SFX: GOGOGO
Matsu: Make sure you come back.
SFX: GOGOGO
Matsu: And we'll meet again
in that man's country.

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Matsu: I'm counting on you, pals.
And
shadows.
Gin: Uh, it doesn't matter much, but could you hurry this up? It's hot as hell in this thing.
SFX: GARARA
SFX: DOGAGA
Guys: Why are you the shadooooooow?!!

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Somebody: The body doubles will be the first ones targeted in an enemy attack. It is a dangerous role.
Sa: And Gin-san said that I couldn't be given have such a dangerous task...
Gin: Hey, pig bitch, I finished reading Kingdom, so go get me all the volumes of Terra Formars in the next 3 minutes. If you don't, you'll be beheaded.
Shin: You're clearly doing this so you can slack off!!
T/N: Kingdom and Terra Formars are manga that run in Young Jump. They're good, go read them.
SFX: GARA
Sa: It's okay. He's been fully disguised, so he's a fine shogun no matter how you look at him.
Gin: Aah, I'm boiling in here! Hey, are there any shogun sweats something around?
Shin: Uh, he's trying to change into sweats!! This is a really casual shogun!!
SFX: POI BASAH
Hiji: You've gotta be kidding!! Why do we need to guard an idiot lord like that?!!
And anyhow, it's clear as day that that body double is a fake!!!

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Kagura: Perhaps it is you lot that are the idiots. I am traveling incognito and heading for Kyou. So a little disguise is natural.
Hiji: Forget disguise, a totally different shogun just came outta there!!
SFX: GARARA
Shin: If we are to deceive the enemy, then we must enact a performance for all of you as well. Does a shogun really need such haughty retainers?
Hiji: Heeeeey! Just how the hell many shoguns are in that palanquin?!! How did you guys get in there?!!
SFX: GARARA
Gin: Didn't you know? Shogun is a job with three different shifts, you idiots.
Hiji: That's not what Sankin-koutai means, you idiots!!
SFX: GARARA
T/N: Sankin-koutai is an old system where a daimyo had to reside in Edo several months a year. It sounds like the shift thing Gin said.
Gin: Hey, the next time I hear casual speech I'm seriously cutting your head off.
Hiji: Fine! I'd prefer to assassinate an idiot lord like you!!
Gin: Hey, did everybody hear that?!!

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SFX: BUWA
SFX: ZUGAGAGA
SFX: JYAKI JYAKI
SFX: ZAN
Sa: I will ask only once more.
Do you really intend to assa...
Kon: Of course we don't~~!!
Hiji: IT was a joke! Just a joke! Just some black comedy!!
Guys: You should be careful.
The Oniwabanshuu
and the Okachishuu
are ready to battle at a moment's notice if there are abnormalities.
T/N: The Okachishuu were a band of low-ranking samurai serving on foot as bodyguards to the shogun in the Edo period.

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Sa: Even if he is a double,
if you do anything imprudent, you're Swiss cheese.
Gin: Have you realized it now? You'd better be careful about how you speak to me from now on, manservant.
Hiji: You be carefuuuul!! Even the body double is gonna end up a Swiss cheese!!
Gin: I don't care if you're the Shinsengumi Chief or Vice Chief,
today all you samurai and ninja are my retainers.
So get a grip and buckle down.
For now, you guys can carry me as punishment.
If it shakes even a little, it'll mean your heads.
Hiji: Y... You bastaaaard!!
I can't believe this is happeniiiing!!

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Hiji: If the Shinsengumi were just brought with him,
then we wouldn't be stuck here with these idiot lords or these ninjas!!
Yama: A top-secret mission?
He said we couldn't move the Shinsengumi on a large scale, so you guys go protect the Shogun or whatever.
Guy: Hey, you can only be so rude.
Is there any mission more important than protecting a shogun?
This palace is stressed enough already after that poisoning incident the other day.
An assassin could come targeting the shogun's life at any moment.
Yama: I dunno... Does he really trust us all that much?
Well, Captain Okita is here, too. We'll figure something out.
...
Huh? Oh yeah.
Where is Captain Okita?

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Somebody: No chances on radar.
As of now, there seem to be no changes in any of the escort vessels.
It looks like
this is all going to end with just a bunch of needless worrying.
It seems that the body doubles' units are going off without a hitch as well.
Is there really anything surprising about this?
No one could penetrate all these layers of security we've established in our plan.
No, even if they did penetrate them and found out that Shogun-sama was on this ship,
no one could hope to take his head.
Because that man
is by Shogun-sama's side.
He protected the Shogun Family from numerous dangers in the past.

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Guy: The most powerful ninja in the imperial Oniwabanshuu,
The Marici, Hattori Zenzou.
T/N: Marici us a deva associated with light and sun.
Mai: It's been quite a while, Maizou-dono.
How many years has it been you've met with Shigeshige-sama?
Hattori: Beats me.
Probably not since you still had one arm,
Old Man Maizou.
Maizou: Kakkakkah! It seems you're the same person you always were!
I suppose quite a lot has happen to the both of us.
Hattori: Enough to forget about all the time that's passed.
But the debt I owe you
is one thing I can't forget.

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Zenzou: I came to pay that back,
Shogun.
Maizou: There is nothing that could reassure us more than to have someone like you by our...
SFX: TON
Maizou: KAH...
Hattori: You said this back then, right?
SFX: DOSA
Hattori: The duty of the Oniwabanshuu is not just to protect the Shogun,
it is to protect the duty of the Shogun.
And the Shogun's duty,
is to protect the people and the country even if he must risk his life to do it.

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Shige: Yes, Zenzou.
I leave the rest to you.
Insert: -----?!
Bottom: Gintama
...Lesson 503
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