Gintama 551

What a sad sadness.

[Gintama 551 Translation by Kewl0210]
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Insert: At a certain temple......
Hiji: You want us to flee Edo?
Title: 'Gintama'
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Hiji: You're telling us, the Shinsengumi,
to abandon Edo?
Zura: If you stay in Edo under these political conditions, the ones you ventured into the jaws of death to save: Kondou, Matsudaira
and all of your lives will be in danger.
To die without accomplishing anything would truly be abandoning Edo, Hijikata.

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Zura: There is no chance that Nobunobu will just overlook you.
You made the Bakufu lose face. If they just ignore the rebels that brought them to their knees,
the new administration will not be able to continue. They are most likely searching desperately for you right now.
Right now, Matsudaira and you Shinsngumi
are symbols of rebellion fighting against Nobunobu.
If we were to lose that again,
the flame of rebellion would be extinguished without the country changing at all.
It is because you truly care for this country
that you must now leave it and focus only on surviving.
Yama: Our duty is
to leave Central, instigate rebellion in different areas, and build the foundation of it as a rebel army.

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Yama: In order to protect Edo, we must abandon it.
Even if it makes sense to us logically, it's hard to accept.
That means
saying goodbye to the ones we've protected all this time
as well as
the ones that have supported us all this time.

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Yama: Also
it means saying goodbye
to the Shinsengumi we once were.
Insert: The time has come...
Title: Lesson 551
Farewell Shinsengumi (Latter Part)
Author: Sorachi Hideaki

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Hiji: -----I knew this is what would happen
but it sure is ironic.
No matter what we may be, we fought in order to be the Shinsengumi.
And because of that, we can't be the Shinsengumi anymore.
Sign: Fixed Meal Shop
Gin: So Zura stuck you with that job, huh?
I told you to be careful around that grifter.
Hiji: And what do you intend to do?
You helped us out
so I doubt you can stay in Edo, either.

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Gin: If we Yorozuya leave on top 'a you guys going
the people of Edo'll be lonely, won't they? Right, Granny?
Hiji: So you're staying?
Don't you understand...? Edo's no longer...
Gin: .........
Hiji: ......That's why, huh...?
Okita: It's because Edo
doesn't have the Shinsengumi or the Mimawarigumi anymore
that you're staying here, huh, Boss?
Unless you guys protect Edo in our place,
we won't be able to leave Edo with a clear conscience, is that it?
You've gotta be kidding me.
Whether it's this general or that general, we can't let anyone else die.

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Kagu: Are you perhaps saying that we are not enough to protect Edo?
Then why not test me out, yes?
SFX: DOPAA
Oki: GEHOO!!
The hell are you doing?!! I'm still recuperating!
Kagu: And what did you come here for?
To meekly bid farewell?
Like hell you would do that.
You have something you need to do before you start worrying about people, yes?
There will still be danger both here and there, yes?
From the looks of you, you guys will be the ones to drop dead first!

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Okita: ...Heh.
Yeah, you've got the idea.
I forgot that before I leave Edo
there's something I need to be clear on.
Which is stronger,
you or me?!!

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Okita: We don't need
any dumb words of farewell!
Tae: As long as you are there,
the Shinsengumi won't disappear no matter where they go.
Wherever you guys go,
I know you'll be fighting... for Edo and all of us.

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Tae: So please, don't make that face.
Hold you head up high and smile, won't you?
Otherwise, even though......
I promised Shin-chan,
I won't be able to say
goodbye or welcome back.
Shin: The next time you come back here,
it won't be from above the ceiling or under the floor.

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Shin: Please come in through the front door.
We'll have... tea waiting for you.
Hiji: There's some good booze up there.
I don't like drinking in crowds...... So once in a while I come here to drink alone.
You go ahead and drink it
It's expensive liquor. Do it one cup at a time.
When you've drank it all...
I'll come back.
I'll pay back the rest of what I owe you then.

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Gin: .........
I'll take the booze, but I don't remember lending you anything.
Hiji: You did.
That messed up head of yours might've forgotten it
but I remember.
And I
won't forget.
Gin: If that's the case, then you paid me that back a long time ago.

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Gin: The one who got back something he'd forgotten
was me.
So don't come back with something to pay me back with.
Next time, you won't be alone.
If you come back with one bottle of booze we can all drink together, that'll be plenty.
SFX: DON DON
Woman: Okay, sorry for the wait. Here are your usuals.
The Uji Gintki Bowl and the Hijikata Special.
Gin: .........
Woman: Hm? What's wrong. Neither of you are eating.
Gin: No,
sorry Granny, it's just that today...

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Both: It's the other way around.
SFX: KARA
Kagu: It seems that
both you and I... have a long way to go, yes?
SFX: GEHO
Oki: Yeah, that's right.
The battle with that weirdo crow ended without us even being able to touch him.
But remember this
for next time we meet...

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Oki: I sweat I'm gonna be stronger
than you or that crow!
So...
you'd better...
Not lose
to anyone else.
SFX: DON
SFX: GEHUH
Guys: Yup.

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Guys: That was gross.

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Kondou: We're heading out.

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Guys: Goodbye.
Not education,
not status,
all that we can believe in is our own swords.
We want to make names for ourselves with just that sword.
And so we gathered here in Edo.
Today, we have to part from that Edo,
but our dream is not ending.
We'll come back, I swear we will.
To the hometown of the Shinsengumi.
Bottom: Gintama
...Lesson 551
/ End

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Kon: We'll make that vow as many times as it takes.
We're gonna become samurai of Edo.
----Yes.
The Shinsengumi's dream starts here.
The end of our true path
is still far off.
Insert: Until the day they return to Edo...!!