Gintama 557

[Gintama 557 Translation by Kewl0210]
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Insert: At the docks at night----
Title: 'Gintama'
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Bansai: The Dragon of Katsurahama
Sakamoto Tatsuma.
The Noble Youth of Madness
Katsura Kotarou.

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Bansai: Shiroyasha
Sakata Gintoki.
They once
fought alongside Shinsuke in the Joui Wars.
What are these legendary men
doing here?

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Gin: Thanks for guiding us here.
Nobume: You had best hurry.
Nobunobu has discovered our movements.
The only thought he has in his head right now is getting revenge against all of you.
I will take care of things down here on earth.
You all find a way to take care of the rest.
SFX: ZAH
Shin: Nobume-san.
Nobume: ..........

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Nobume: May I ask something?
Did you come here as Shouyou's disciple, or did you come as Takasugi's comrade?
Gin: ............
We came as the Yorozuya that'll do whatever someone asks of us.
Can I ask something?
Did you help us out as Shouyou's disciple or did you help us out as Takasugi's ally?
Nobume: .........
It's because you're similar.

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You both have the same
dimwitted-looking face.
How foolish.
Gin: Yeah.
Me... and you, too.

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Zura: ...Gintoki.
Saka: .........
Looks like the actors
are all here.
Let's shove oooooff!

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Insert: The Space Pirate Base controlled by Utsuro---
Title: Lesson 557
The No-Good Brats From That Era
Author: Sorachi Hideaki
Someone: The Kaientai?
Sakamoto Tatsuma. One of the Four Heavenly Kings that once fought with Takasugi and the others.
We've just received word that the fleet led by this man has has left earth in a fleet combined with Katsura and his men.
It is also very likely that the ones that infiltrated Harusame in that battle with the Seventh Division
and rescued the remnants of the Kiheitai were them as well.
Utsuro: I see.
So in order to rescue an old friend, they have gathered together their old comrades?

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Utsuro: As I expected, the ones who will resist me to the end
are you disciples of Shouyou.
SFX: GOGOGO
Bansai: Just what in the world
are you people planning?
Where did you help us?
You parted ways with Shinsuke long ago, did you not?!
So why have you now...
gathered here in space?

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Saka: It's only Gintoki and Zura that've got a bone of contention with Takasugi.
They've always been like that. Even if they've got the same goal, they start quarreling over how to achieve it and whatnot.
SFX: GAHHAHHAH
Zura: Someone like you who puts a price tag on anything in the universe would not understand! Do you know what that man did?!
Gintoku, tell them. Every one of the misdeeds he has done up to this point!!
Gin: One bad thing about Takasugi, two bad things about Takasugi...
Zura: Look!! There are so many bad things he fell asleep!!
You lent a hand to that man even with him being the incarnation of evil that he is, Sakamoto.
I would actually like to hear from you if there are any good aspects about him that make him worth saving!!
One good thing... about Takasugi Z~~~~
Shin: So there are a ton of good things, too, theeen?!!
SFX: DOSAA

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Shin: Enough already!! You guys are clearly just exhausted!!
Saka: Once the war starts, there won't be time to sleep. Preserving your stamina before the war like them is a necessary quality of a samurai.
Shin: That's rich coming from a guy that constantly loses his stamina just from riding on a boat!
SFX: OBOROSHAA
Mutsu: There was a leak from the Harusame side.
SFX: ZAH
Mutsu: That there would soon be a search-and-destroy operation to take out the Seventh Division and the Kiheitai.
This comes from a reliable source of mine.
We acted based only on this information
under Sakamoto's orders.
Bansai: Who in the world gave you such information?
Mutsu: There is no need for you to know,
but Takasugi is still alive.
That much is certain.

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Mutsu: Now you all have an extraordinary power as your enemy.
Unless we all join forces, we will all die.
Saka: We helped you guys out,
so you guys help us out.
Bansai: We cannot do such a...
Saka: Yes you can.
I dunno the details of why these guys ended up in a quarrel with Takasugi.
I'll bet it was somethin' pretty out 'a the ordinary.
But from the scope 'a the universe, it's a pretty minor problem.
From where I'm standin', these guys are the same
as those partners in crime that would get in a fight whenever they saw each other
from back then.

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Saka: It's been like that since way back.
When those two would start fightin',
it'd be my job ta make 'em stop.
Even if it's just fer a little while,
I'd really like Takasugi
to go back
to being just the no-good brat he was back then.
Shin: Sakamoto-san...
Guys: !!
Captaaain!!

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SFX: GOGOGOGOGO
Guys: Th... That's!!
Nobu: Gentlemen.
Unfortunately, your little jaunt into space is going to be cut short.
Because you
are about to become space dust.

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Bansai: !!
Tokugawa Nobunobu!!
Impossible...!!
The Shogun himself... has come all the way out here...?!
Saka: Good grief.
SFX: ZAH
Saka: He's at it again, eh?
Nobu: Sakata Gintoki.
Did you perhaps think that if you fled earth, you could escape my grasp?
Did you actually think that you, who has cast a stone at my new administration...
could be...
forgiven by me, the very heavens?!!
SFX: GOUN GOUN
Nobu: You cannot escape! No matter where in this universe you run,
your death is a fate decreed by the heavens...
SFX: DODOON

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Guys: !! What's going on?!!
A... A bombardment!!
B... Bombardment?! They haven't moved an inch!!
And anyhow, with such a desperate difference in military force...
Not from in front!!
It came from behind!!
!!
There's an enemy behind us?!
That can't be! The radar doesn't say anything about......!!
C... Could it be...?
This... isn't cannon fire...
SFX: JIJI
Guys: It's an assault ship with optical camouflage?!
SFX: ZUOOO

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GUys: The fleet in front is a decoy!!
Separate from their main force...
Narration: Kaientai Main Force
Bakufu Fleet
Assault Ship
Guys: A stealth ship that can even block our search technology secretly slipped behind our fleet!!
What... did you say?
So... then you mean...
Shogun-sama, you must flee!
The enemy has already...
SFX: DON

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Somebody: Hoh.
So this is yer new administration, eh?
Back in the era when we were out there fighting together
I remember it being a much tougher opponent.
Your country
is soft enough ta take out in just 5 pages.
Insert: The counterattack of the no-good brats has begun!!
Bottom: Gintama
...Lesson 557
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