Gintama 308

p.1
[1] DOSHAAAA*
* pssssh
[2] *huff* *huff* / *huff* *huff* *huff*
[3] They did it / With...
[4] With just two men... / *huff* *huff* / *huff* *huff* / My... Elites...
[Inset] Victory nears!?

p.2
[1] To these... inferior apes / ZATSU* / ZATSU* / Unthinkable...
* shff / shff
[2] YORO* / *huff* / *huff*
* wobble
[2-3] Unthinkable...
[3] *huff* / *huff* / *huff*
[5] ZATSU ZATSU*
* shuffle
[6] ZATSU ZATSU ZATSU*
* shuffle

p.3
[1] ZATSU ZATSU*
* shuffle
[2] Th... / That's...
[3] O... / ZATSU ZATSU ZATSU* / Otose...!!
* shuffle
[3 inset top left] This is Kabukichou!!
[Title] Reading 308: The Pipe and the Jitte**
** T/N: A jitte (also jutte) is a short metal truncheon used by Japanese police in the Edo period - c.f. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jutte

p.4
[1] Kada-sama
[2] The troops deployed in the city are encountering resistance from the residents on all fronts / Forces led by the Four Heavenly Kings will also be arriving here shortly... / SHAN*
* shing
[3] ZUBASHAAA*
* slash
[4] DOSHAA* / To think that those outrageous people, who couldn't stop their infighting
* spsssh
[5] would, in the face of this dilemma, / unite...
[6] ...Kukuku
[7] hahahahahahaha
[8] Certainly, this filthy town / had a gallant face to it after all... A truly deep town... this Kabukichou

p.5
[1] PEKI PEKI* / ......Re... Remember this, Jirochou
* crack
[2] The next time I come calling you'll see pandemonium across the face of this town / The Harusame will repay this debt without fail
[4] W... Wait a min...
[5] GAGATSU*
* thud
[6] DOSHAAAA*
* fwump
[7] *cough* / *huff* / *huff* / *huff*
[8] *huff* / *huff* / *huff*

p.6
[1] My my... Just chased a single she-fox out of town and look at us / GOROTSU* / Man, I'm not lookin' forward to gettin' old
* roll
[2] Be that as it may, what I'm sayin' is that the young are pathetic / When I was young, I was more...
[3] You seniors sure love to crazily rework your memories / Man, I'm not lookin' forward to gettin' old
[4] *strain* / BOTA BOTA*
* drop drop
[5] ZUZU* / *huff* / *huff*
* rise
[7] ...Brat / YORO* / *huff* / *huff* / Is that... / his jitte?
* wobble
[8] Why do you have...

p.7
[1] SUTSU* / I just... made a promise on a whim / Just swiped it on a whim on my way over
* fwip
[2] ...Hmph
[5] Me too
[6] When I puff the smoke like this it reminds me
[7] of the sight of his back, wandering casually around town / playing with his jitte in his right hand, smoking his pipe with his left
[8] It's this picture I have in my mind of him and this town / with that bastard looking like he loved this place
[9] I'm sure this town / loved Tatsugorou right back

p.8
[1] Are you sayin no matter how much you smoke / and no matter how much I twirl this jitte / we'll never be able to imitate him?
[2] .....I ain't even qualified / to imitate him
[3] He died on his own terms / chivalrous to the end / He died a dog's death for a guy like me, leaving behind all those things he was supposed to protect
[4] It's like I / killed him myself
[5] So even if / I have to throw away my manhood... throw away my humanity... / I've got no choice but to live on and protect the things that bastard left behind
[6] ...I can't let myself be swallowed up by the Amanto, or by this era... / Even if I have to grovel, I've gotta keep on surviving in this town and protecting it
[7] Even if, for example / this town ends up hating me
[8] ......You... / So you never intended to kill the old lady, after all, did you?

p.9
[1] That old lady's always been an impossible eyesore
[2] Every time I'd do something, there she was nagging from the side / Her scolding'd get so tedious
[3] Whenever I look at her / I feel like my determination's gonna desert me / When I look at you all / it makes me wanna go back to bein' the old Jirochou
[4] You're in the way, / Tatsugorou

p.10
[1] Shall we settle what's black and what's white?
[2] Settle whether it's me or you guys... that're fit to be the guardians of this pipe and that jitte?
[3] I'm not interested in bein' the guardian / It's just that I don't wanna break my promise a second time
[4] It's the same for you / ain't it?
[5] I'm sure we're both fully aware / that neither of us will bend, and neither of us can be bent
[6] So we've just gotta move forward even if it means one of us breaks

p.11
[3] BUN*
* fwip
[5] CHATSU*
* shink
[6] KACHA*
* clack
[7] I'm gonna live for the sake of the promises I made / so / for the sake of your promises,
[8] you're gonna die

p.12
[1] ---I get it now / That you and that man are the same
[3] The ties you have to this town are the same / You both exchanged one promise with one man
[5] An iron vow / you decided upon

p.13
[1] The chains of chivalry

p.14-15
[1] Pops!!!!

p.16
[6] KARAN*
* clatter

p.17
[1] KOROTSU*
* clop
[3] PATSHITSU*
* snag
[5] Your pipe's the one that broke / I win

p.18
[1] PIKITSU*
* shnk
[2] PAKIIN*
* crsssh
[6] You... Why didn't you cut me down?

p.19
[1] ....I told you / I wouldn't break my promise a second time
[2] Boss, / we'll definitely protect that which is important to you
[4] Now quit smoking / ZATSU* / you shitty old geezer
* shink
[Inset] The Conclusion!!