Gintama 597

[Gintama 597 Translation by Kewl0210]
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Title: 'Gintama'
Insert: At the empty Yorozuya...

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Otose: It's like an offertory box at a temple, ain't it?
I guess knowing that there's no God or Buddha in this world,
this was the last place they had to plead to.
I can't imagine what sort of prayers they offered to those gods of plague,
and this is aaaall just gonna be collected by me to cover their rent anyhow.
Tae: ..........
I'm sure... they don't mind.
SFX: GOSO
Tae: Even if they are gods of plague and it's only going to cover the rent,
as long as the Yorozuya comes back here to Edo...
Papers: Job Request
SFX: PASA

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Tae: After all,
those are
Papers: Job Request
Tae: everyone's prayers.
Otose: .........Really?
I guess they've got some redeeming factors.
Though if it were me, I'd have a more substantial prayer.
Tae: Like what?
Otose: To gather more rent.
Tae: That sounds good. It's already been granted.

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SFX: DOOON
Otose: Sheesh.
It looks like,
it's not just rent we'll need,
but they'll have to cover some repair costs, too.

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Guys: Wh-
Who are you?!!
Hase: Chief of the Bureau of Immigration,
Hasegawa Taizou.
And I'm not going to let you
do whatever you want with this country anymore.

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Guy: Bureau of immigration?! What sorta bullshit is that?!
Who even gives a shit? This country's government is already...
Someone: It's not dead.
Sign: Celeb Way
Guys: Even if the country is crumbled,
and the Bakufu is crumbled,

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Guys: we Samurai
still survive.
They will
come back.
So until then
we have to protect this country.
So until then,
we sure as hell cannot fall into despair.

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Hase: Boy, it's normal for people to live with despair, even without realizing it.
Like if you lose your job tomorrow,
if you don't have anything to eat tomorrow,
if you have a bowel movement in temple school tomorrow...
With just a little slip, the door to despair could easily open in front of us.
I've been living my life gazing at such an abyss of despair.
I don't know why I was the only one that though that... But maybe those days were all in preparation for this day.
For when all of Edo fell into despair.
So I could support it from underneath.
Perhaps the reason I stood here in the pit of despair
was so I could be the last guard to despair.
If the door to despair can be opened so easily, then so can the door to hope.
to me, this despair is one one of countless.

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Kyuu: It can easily disappear
just*+ by picking a coin up off the ground.
A cheap despair.

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Hase: Now them, let's go.
To pick up the hope
within the despair.
I have something to say as Chief of the Bureau of Immigration.
Take me to where your boss is.
Boy: Mister!
Hase: Boy... No, people of Edo.
Even in despair, do not shut your eyes. As long as you do not shut them,
despair is sure
to be lying around all over the ground.

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Kid: Uh, mister!
You're the one lying on the ground!
SFX: KAS KOS GAS
Guy: Okay, that's enough.
SFX: GESH
Guys: What do we do with this guy?
Throw him in a cell or something.
Boy: ............
SFX: ZURU ZURU (DRAG DRAG)
Hase: ...Ummm...
Huh? Hold on a second.
Heh? Weren't you listening to me? I said bring me to your headquarters, guys!
Guy: Why we gotta do that?
Hase: Uh... Because I'm the Chief of the Bureau of Immigration.
Guy: Well let's see some ID then.
Hase: Uh, well I'm on leave right now so I don't have one on me.
Guy: Okay, take him away!
Hase: Wait!! Wait!! Wait!! Wait!!
SFX: ZUZAZA
HaseL Uh, hold on! That boy is staring straight at me! So now the guy who was talking about hope and stuff a minute ago is gonna be falling to despair in no time!
Can't you cut me a break here?! Please?! Don't you see what I'm trying to do here?!
Guy: You were the one who decided he had to be a hero!

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Hase: I'll get down on my hands and knees and apologize later!! As long as the kid's not watching, I'll lick your boots or whatever the hell you want!!
Even if it's just here or it's just the edge of it, please, just let me into your headquarters!
I mean I'm already on my hands and knees already!
Boy: Misteeer!
Hase: Don't look at me like thaaat!!
Close your eyes and never open them agaiiin!!
Guy: Uh, didn't you just tell him not to close his eyes?
Hata: This planet is as noisy as ever, isn't it?
SFX: GYAAA GYAAA GYAAA
Hata: Perhaps a chimpanzee escapes from the zoo?
The creatures of this planet may soon disappear along with the planet itself.
I'd like to pick up some rare creatures here.
Hey, you over there!!
SFX: GYAA GYAA
Hata: Might I see that chimpanzee over the-

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SFX: DOGA
SFX: DOGA
Both: AAAHHH!!
Guys: What do you guys think you're doing?!
GUys: The Great Liberation Army that is saving planets from the Tendoushuu's rule,
and now that we've blown up the terminal, next we're doing people's houses.
Otose: Unfortunately, we don't have any Tendoushuu as customers here. In fact we get nothing here but penniless old men with body odor.
Guys: Unless you present your money and provisions to us, we'll have to deem you as underlings of the Association and destroy your shop.
Cath: What sorta Liberation Army are you?! You are nothing but thieves! Otose-san's assets belong to me!!
Otose: You're the thief.
Guy: Securing supplies for the battlefield is par the course for a war.
If you say that you cannot cooperate in our fight, then we'll simply have to collect from you.
For some reason it seems there's a lotta people in this town that are having trouble understanding.
It might be quicker to just crush the entire town.

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Tae: You people...
!!
Otose: Take what you want.
Taking the cigarettes might actually be doing me a favor.
Tae: Otose-san.
Otose: It's fine.
Even if it's emptied out,
as long as you all are here, this will be the place for the Yorozuya to come home to.
Guys: Is that so? Then we'll go right ahead.
SFX: GACHA GACHA
SFX: DODOKAH

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Guys: We never had any interest in a dirty old shack like this in the first place.
This'll be a good example to anyone that'd try to cross us.
We're fine just taking this young lady.
She should make for good supplies for some soldiers after fighting any long, tiring battles. ['supplies' in italics]
Cath: Y...
You bastaaaaards!!!
So you're putting me in the same crummy category as this old bat?!!
Oto: That's what you're mad abooooout?!!
Guy: Let's go.
Get walkin'!!
Otae: ..........

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Otose: The Yorozuya...
Everyone's...
prayers...

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Gin: Understood.
We hear your requests
loud and clear.
Shin: What are the request specifics?
Kagura: That does not matter, yes?

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Kagura: Whether it's anything from walking a dog to protecting the peace of the world,
the Yorozuya is on the job.
Left insertt: The "last samurai" descend-----!!
We enter into the final chapter!!
Title: Lesson 597
Even if a Natural Perm Gets Limp and Bent, It'll Eventually Spring Back Part 2
Author: Sorachi Hideaki
Bottom: Gintama
...Lesson 597
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