Gintama 563

[Gintama 563 Translation by Kewl0210]
Page 1:
Insert: In the Joui War days...
Guy: Huh? What the hell are you talkin' about?!
Title: 'Gintama'
Guy: It's Gintoki-san, hands down.
You saw what he did today, right? That total rampage he went on...?
The boldness he had in that surprise attack on that general?
That utterly demon-like fighting style that even warrior races can't even come close to?
None of our enemies or allies that can beat that guy.
The strongest of the Four Heavenly Kings
is obviously Sakata Gintoki!!

Page 2:
Guy: What are you saying?!!
Without the help of the Kiheitai, that surprise attacks strategy wouldn't have worked!
Without a doubt, the strongest is the one with the battle tactics that even modern weapons don't have,
the one with the military might that took down two battleships in the blink of an eye,
the commander of us, the Kiheitai, Takasugi Shinsuke!
Guy: The heck are you guys on about?! Are you guys forgetting
who it's thanks to that this side of the war was even established in the first place?!!
It's because there's somebody in the background finding a way to raise the soldiers, weapons, money, and everything else for it!
In other words, the strongest is......
The Dragon of Katsurahama, Sakamoto Tatsuma of co-
Guy: Uh, I don't think so.
Saka: ..........
Guy: That's one thing I can say with the utmost confidence.
Though I guess nobody can beat that guy when it comes to lust for money or loudness of voice.

Page 3:
Guy: .........Ah, I guess you're right.
Handwritten: He's not super-loud all of the time, though.
Guy: Yeah, I reckon it's gotta be either Gintoki-san or Takasugi-san that's the strongest.
What about Katsura-san?
......Hm.
Well, honestly...
I don't know much about him.
He would admonish and calm down Gintoki and Takasugi whenever they went really wild ever since they were little kids. You could say he's the leader of the Four Heavenly Kings.
Yeah, I've got nothing bad to say about him as a 'general' organizing and leading us, the Rebel Army.
But when you're trying to weigh the strength of the side of war and the strength of individuals... it gets tough.
His forte is steady 'fights to defend', rather than bold attacks.
Because of that he tends to let Gintoki-san and the others to get most of the glory.
It sounds nice when you call it 'steady', but if you're being less positive, you could call it cowardly...
Guy: Hey, watch your tongue!
Guy: Sorry, just let me say this.

Page 4:
Guy: He's never quick to launch an attack. And even when he does, he doesn't get into it easily.
SFX: GOGO
Do you now how the enemy is mocking his fighting style?
Runaway Kotarou.
Insert: A man that bares two names----
Title: Lesson 563
Runaway Kotarou
Author: Sorachi Hideaki

Page 5:
Shou: I'm pretty sure
they call you that, don't they?
I thought you would've gotten your comrades in order and then fled a while ago.
I never would 'a thought you'd turn yourself into a shield to let your comrades escape.
Zura: Unless I could tell which opponents I could escape from and which I couldn't,
I wouldn't have that nickname.
Shou: I see. So basically you've resigned yourself, then?
Zura: Not resigning.
I was resolving myself.
I cannot run anywhere now.

Page 6:
Saka: Zura, a coward?
You guys really don't get it, do ya?
Gintoki or Takasugi would laugh at ya fer that.
Guy: S-Sakamoto-san! How long have you been there?!!
Saka: Hm... Uh, I got here just now.
He's got fewer achievements than Gintoki and Takasugi?
That's only as far as you guys have noticed.

Page 7:
Saka: In a war, being on the losing side is much harder than being on the winning side.
Unless ya know when ta retreat and how to minimize yer losses, ya won't be able ta regroup.
Rather than the part of the war when you're attacking the enemy, the part of the war with no glory where you're just protecting your comrades
is the kind of war Zura is always shouldering.
Guys: !!
Saka: The only one you can leave that aspect of the war to is someone really skilled at war.
If it weren't for him, our war would be over a long time ago.
Guy: Th-Then you're pushing Katsura-san as the strongest, Sakamoto-san?
Handwritten: Sorry, but I still think Gintoki-san is the strongest!!
Saka: You still goin' on about who's the strongest?
...Well,
I doubt you guys'd understand unless he shed his coward skin.
When he was a little kid... he lost his parents ta illness.
Their mansion was seized, so he and his grandmother were wandering the streets fer a time.
Grave: Katsura Family Grave
Grand: Kotarou...

Page 8:
Grand: For a general that leads an army,
what do you think is the most important quality?
No matter how mighty a warrior he is,
and no matter how cleverly he can use his soldiers,
if a general's head is taken, the war ends in his loss.
If you die, you cannot protect your soldiers, your country, or anyone at all.
Therefore a general
must be the most cowardly person on the battlefield.
Being more fearful than anyone else, more cautious than anyone else, and surviving is the job of a general.
So Kotarou,
feel no shame in crying.

Page 9:
Grand: It's okay to cry, it's okay to be a weakling.
As long as the general lives,
as long as you alone live,
our family will not perish.
It's okay if people call you a coward,
live on, Kotarou.
No matter how people speak ill of you, we will know
that you are a great general.
Saka: His Grandmother died too, and he was left without a single relative. At a very young age, he became tha head of tha Katsura family.
Bearing that heavy responsibility, he put on tha skin of a coward.

Page 10:
People: I've heard that boy has a reputation for being quite clever.
I've heard talk of him being adopted as well, but
they say a samurai
is someone who raises themselves.
Zura: Grandma,
being a general is tough.
even if you live alone
constantly running from all sorts of danger,
you cannot
run away from loneliness.

Page 11:
Zura: You can't get through the night just by being a coward.
So I will become
a samurai that is both more cowardly and stronger than anyone else.
And I won't do it alone.
I want to become
a strong enough coward
to be able to protect comrades
to make it through the night with.

Page 12:
Saka: In order to carry on his family line,
and in order to protect his comrades,
he fought on and on as a coward.
Even if people mocked him as Runaway Kotarou.
But
if a general that could hold onta everything fer him showed up,
if there was an enemy he had ta bet everything against
or he couldn't win,
then ya might learn the true name
of that man once he sheds his coward skin.

Page 13:
SFX: GAKIKIKII
SFX: DOOON
SFX: GAH

Page 14:
SFX: KIIIN
SFX: DOH
SFX: GAKAAA

Page 15:
SFX: GOPAAA
SFX: GAJAA
Gin: ...ra.
Zura......

Page 16:
Gin: Hey, Zura.
How 'bout going a round with me once in a while?
Zura: Huh?
Who's Zura?
Gin: Well duh, it's you. Saying Katsura is a pain in the ass.
Zura: You basically just need to add the 'Ka'! Say peoples' names properly!!
Gin: Whatever, just fight a round with me.
I'm bored of fighting that idiot. I can already see victory with him.
Taka: Hey, it's 57 wins and 56 losses. I'm winning.
Anyhow, you're wasting your time asking him to fight.
Apparently, a general doesn't recklessly dirty his name with private disputes.
Zura: There you have it. Be happy you're not getting injured.
SFX: ZAH
Gin: Okay, then
I'll become the 'General' guy in your place.

Page 17:
Zura: ...Huh?
Gin: Like you said, because you're a general or whatever you can't just do whatever you want.
I'll be your general.
So when I'm around
you can just be Zura.
Zura: Wh-What are you talking about?
Gin: That way he can have private disputes or whatever.
And when he's with you, you can he his general.
Taka: Hey, don't just assign whatever you want to people, dammit!
Gin: It'll be easier if we share it, right?
Okay, then you take Monday to Wednesday. Zura'll take Thursday to Saturday. And if I'm free on Sundays I'll take those.
Sign: Mon. Tues. Wed. Thurs. Fri. Sat. Sun
Takasugi
Takasugi
Takasugi
Zura
Zura
Zura
Day Off
Taka: Don't turn it into a system of shifts!!
Small in Bubble: And you're barely even doing anything in this!!
Gin: ...So, what is a general exactly? About how much does one make an hour?
Taka: You don't get anything! In fact you're the one giving out money!
Gin: Oh, like a store general.
Taka: What the hell's a store general?! It's not a store manager, you moron!
SFX: GONYO GONYO
Zura: ---I see.
I guess that's right.

Page 18:
Zura: Take out your sword.
Guys: !
Zura: Can people like you do the job of general?
Take your stances.
I'll determine just who is suited to be a general.
SFX: HYAN
Zura: You guys
were like that.
Gin: All right then! Let's goooo, Zuraaa!!
Zura: It's not Zura, it's Katsura!!
SFX: GOGO
Shou: Too bad.
With that skill, you could've become one of the 12 Division Captains.
But anyhow, I had fun,
Katsura Kotarou.

Page 19:
Shou: !!
SFX: MISHIH
Zura: It's not Katsura,
IT'S ZURAAAAAA!!!
SFX: DOGOOO
Insert: Attack of determination!!
TItle: Gintama
...Lesson 563
/ End