Gintama 509

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[Gintama 509 Translation by Kewl0210]
Page 1:
SFX: GOGOGOGO
Shin: N... No way.
Th... They're the...
Yato...
Just how many are there?!
Insert: The shogun in dire straits----!!
Title: 'Gintama'

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SFX: DOONN
Kagura: Gin-chan!! Shou-chan!!
SFX: DOGAGA
Abuto: So you were alive, eh?
Sorry, but
once the night rabbits
set their sights on prey
they don't let it get away.
SFX: OOOO

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SFX: WAAAA
Abuto: I get it.
Revenge of the country of the shinobi, huh?
Interestin'.
If the captain saw this, he's be goin' nuts.
Shinobi and samurai.
The strongest warriors in this country
forming a tag-team to challenge the universe's strongest?

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Abuto: Let's see if you can protect
your country from us!!
Title: Lessong 509
Proof (Scar)
Sorachi Hideaki
T/N: The title is read as "Proof" and has the kanji for wound or scar.
Insert: Meanwhile, the annihilated air lane is being evacuated----
SFX: GOGOGO
Matsu: You did well, making it out of that disaster alive.
...The north got totally wiped out.
I've got to show my appreciation for protecting the princess the whole way through, Gramps.

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Mai: No, it was all
thanks to Okita-dono, sir.
He helped us escape up until just before the boat sank.
Okita-dono!!
I'm amazed he was able to make it out of the enemy's clutches alive.
It was also he who tampered with the life boats in order to fool enemy pursuers.
If it weren't for him, not one of us would've survived.
Matsu: Hmph... Sougo, that no-good brat, did all that...
Looks like we've been saved by somebody who's not only not a loyal retainer, but actually a real scoundrel.
And Zenzou.
Who'd a thunk it he'd put on a big performance like that in order to save Shou-chan.
You're sure of that, right?
Mai: Yes. That was not Shigeshige-sama.
I took it upon myself to check the corpse, just to be sure.
...And something that should have been there was not there, sir.

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Mai: A scar.
Matsu: A scar?
I've never heard about him having a scar.
Shou-chan was raised like a precious jewel under Lord Sadasada to be the nest Shougun...
If he ever had an opportunity to get one of those, there would've been a big fuss.
Mai: It's a secret that only Shigeshige-sama, the Oniwabanshuu, and I know of.
No.
It is the proof of the bond
between Shigeshige-sama and the Oniwabanshuu.
SFX: DODOOO
SFX: GOOAAA
Somebody: The ships are being sunk one after another...!!
SFX: OOOOO

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Somebody: All to take down a single shinobi
the entire fleet is...!!
SFX: ZAN
SFX: OOOOOO
SFX: DOPAAN
SFX: DON

Page 8:
SFX: BUSHII
Mai: ----Shigeshige-sama and them met
before Shigeshige-sama would become shogun and before they had become the Oniwabanshuu.
He had suffered quite a shock.
It was when he learned that there was another him in this world
and that they, people that were the same age as him,
had the job of risking their own lives in order to protect his life.

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Mai: It was a body double.
With Sadasada-sama as the shogun at the time, while he had dictatorial power, he also had many enemies.
In order to put an end to that regime, there were more than a few people after the life of Sadasada-sama's successor, someone highly influenced by him.
Fearing this, Sadasada-sama established that members of the Oniwaban's cadets would be body-doubles for Shigeshige-sama.
So Shigeshige-sama would no longer take a step out of the estate. All political events would be undertaken by body-doubles.
Although it was for Shigeshige-sama's sake, it was still painful to see people at such a young age being exposed to danger.
Sada: What?
A body-double was kidnapped by a group of people>?
Mai: We believe this is the work of the Mito Faction.
Their demands are...
Sada: Please ignore them.
This is no reason for me to go out of my way.
The job of the Oniwabanshuu is to protect the Shogun.

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Sada: Dying to protect the next shogun
is just what those children want.
There is only one shogun in this world,
but there are as many body-doubles as we could ever need.
SFX: DODODODODO
SFX: GOOAA
Sa: Where are you going,
Zenzou?

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Sa: Don't tell me you
intend to go against the shogun's will?
Sa: Are you planning to go
to save Kagemaru on your own?
Zenzou: What shogun?
I learned this stuff in lecture.
The shogun's an important guy that protects the people and the country.
Our job as the Oniwaban isn't to protect the shogun.
It's to protect that shogun's duty.
That's why Kagemaru became a body-double.
Anybody who'd abandon him so easily is no shogun as far as I'm concerned.
I've got no obligation to listen to his orders to to swear loyalty to him.
I'm gonna just do what I want...
Someone: I see.
Is that was the shogun is?
In that case...

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Shige: will you lend a hand to my duty?
I want to save the body-double.
Mai: ....It's hard to believe that Shigeshige-sama did such a thing...
It was only after it had happened that I learned about it.
When Shigeshige-sama came back smeared with blood.
Not only did Shigeshige-sama go with them to force their way into the insurgents' dwelling,
he covered the body-double at the end of the fray
and suffered a deep wound on his chest.
If Sadasada-sama learned that the real person had suffered a heavy wound for the sake of the double
not only would he have done away with the Oniwaban, he would have had all of them and their families decapitated.
They were crushed when they learned how serious the situation was. But the one that saved them was none other than Shigeshige-sama.

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Shou: Don't get upset.
Times like this are what body-doubles are for, aren't they?
I'm sorry for all the frightening things I've caused you,
but could you pretend to be me a little bit longer?
Handwritten: Huh?
Mai: Yes. In order to keep Sadasada-sama from hearing about incident at all,
he switched places with his own shadow.
It took more than half a year for his wound to heal.
During that time, Shigeshige-sama his himself in the Oniwaban as a body-double.
And they
protected him.
Zen: Hey... Shogun.

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Zen: This how ya throw
a kunai.
Hey, Shogun.
A shinobi can't start sobbing over a wound like that.
Hey, Shogun.
Jump's the most fun to read when you do it during lessons.

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SFX: BUSHIIII
SFX: GAKU
Zen: Hey,
Shigeshige.
Shou: ....You've finally
called be by my name, huh?
Zen: Well that's because I'm not gonna have a chance to call you it soon.
Next time we meet it'll have to be 'Shogun-sama', huh?
Shou: You can call me what you like, but... whatever I'm called.
I'll never forget the time I spent here with all of you simply as Shigeshige.
And I'll never forget
what you all taught me.
The duty of the Oniwabanshuu is not to protect the shogun,
it is to protect the shogun's duty.
And the shogun's duty
is the risk his life to protect his people and his country.

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Shou: Someday, when you all will become Oniwaban
and someday I when I become shogun,
perhaps we can fight together? For the sake of this country.
I'll be looking forward to that day.
Zen: He...heh.
Looks like I
am pretty far off from being utterly loyal and devoted.
Even though... this moment's finally come...
I've finally... become part of your Oniwaban...
it looks like this is...
gonna be my first and last mission.

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Guy: I'm ready.
I threw away my face and life long ago.
I've lived only to be a shadow.
Please, use the life of the child that man saved back then
for his sake.
Zen: And it was a mission where I sacrificed a comrade
and gave a requiem to you... to the shogun.
......But
that's not too bad either.
It's actually really me-like.
Guys that die for their masters or their kings
are just idiots, but...

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Zen: Shigeshige...
guys that die for their pals
those are the biggest idiots of all, ain't they?

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SFX: KARAN KARAN
SFX: DOH DOH DOH
Sa: Do not
touch him...
Do not touch
the boss of the Oniwabanshuu.
Insert: ...Sacchan!!
Bottom: Gintama
...Lesson 509
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