Gintama.: Shirogane no Tamashii hen 2

Watch the Silver Soul arc in a bright room and at a safe distance from the TV!!!!!!!

He's alive?

What are you talking about, Okita-san?

Don't tell me...

You mean...

Utsuro.

Yoshida Shoyo.

Nah.

He might've taken a completely different form that's neither of them now,

but he's still alive.

Gintama

Silver Soul

Silver Soul Arc

Salvation

When did you know that he wasn't dead yet?

I knew all along.

Back then, he willingly threw himself into the ley line.

But he was born from Altana anyway.

So it'd be no surprise if he came back reborn from some part of it.

To top it off, I heard what he said.

Humans.

This isn't the end.

You have gone and chosen...

An endless war,

and a life dyed in sorrow and suffering.

Nobody can save your teacher anymore.

He tried to end the world.

We managed to stop that,

but we couldn't manage to save our teacher.

So I went back to being alone.

Not a member of Odd Jobs, but just a student again.

I found something I needed to do as Shoka Sonjuku's Sakata Gintoki.

Investigate all the gates?

But why?

Gates are spiritual points where energy from the ley lines gushes out to the surface.

They differ in size and are scattered all across the world.

Not even we, the priestesses of the Golden Dragon, know about all of them.

And you want to go around checking every single one?

We've worshiped that gate for generations.

As such, we've witnessed strange happenings in these lands every now and then.

But that one stood out among them all.

At first, we thought it was an animal corpse.

But within a few days,

it began taking a different form.

But that, um... What do I even call it?

I'm not the least bit certain.

Is this child human?

I couldn't put an end to it.

I don't know if he knew how I felt or not.

He just grew rapidly in the blink of an eye.

Not only did he never talk to me, but he never even expressed any will or desire.

He just quietly followed me,

no matter where I went.

Sheesh.

Can't you at least ask for help?

Actually, I guess I'm the one being unfathomable here.

I feel like I'm raising a final boss.

You have to grow stronger than me using your own sword.

Is this how you used to feel, Shoyo?

No, I don't think so.

Compared to how you were as a kid,

I was a much cuter, much better boy, wasn't I?

Shoyo?

Are you... Shoyo?

Shoyo? That sounds so nostalgic.

I've been called many, many names and have lived just as many lives.

But of those countless old names, I remembered just this one.

That's who I am.

You're the one who made me remember, Gintoki.

So I want to tell you while I still can...

Entrust you with this while I'm still myself.

Gintoki, I...

Good grief.

It seems we have some unwanted visitors.

I'm sorry,

but I won't let you have him.

This is my heart right now.

Utsuro... We must not be left to roam free in this world.

I entrust it to you.

I'm sorry I caused you trouble to the very end.

And I'm truly happy to have met you again...

Utsuro lost his body in the battle two years ago.

But the massive amount of Altana within him

combined with the Altana he fell into and regenerated his body.

So now that I have this, Utsuro will never come back to life again.

Looks like the remnants of the Naraku were working behind the scenes to bring him back,

but he stopped them by gouging out his own heart and giving it to me.

I spent these past two years wandering everywhere, trying to save him.

But in the end, he had to go and save me yet again.

What exactly is the salvation you speak of?

Putting an end to Sensei and Utsuro as he wished?

If so, why carry that around like it's some precious treasure?

Maybe it's your resolve that's wavering and wandering.

Then why not just give it back to Utsuro?

Takasugi, you...

Not a bad idea if it means we can see Sensei again, right?

Though it'll be a gamble on whether he or Utsuro shows up.

What's wrong with you?!

Don't get so worked up.

I don't intend to take that gamble. There's no need.

Huh? What do you mean?

Why bring him back to life?

His body's still alive.

After you received his heart, the Naraku took Utsuro's body back.

It's in an inanimate state, but that's probably more convenient for them.

Convenient?

Weren't they coming for the heart so they could bring Utsuro back?

Nope.

I don't know about the Naraku,

but the people controlling them...

Wait, you mean...

Takasugi, you...

How'd your body end up like that?

What did you see, and where?

What did you learn?

Takasugi, you...

How'd your body end up like that?

What did you see, and where?

What did you learn?

I'm sorry.

I don't think I can take your ashes back to the Shoka Sonjuku.

Before I drop dead, there's something else I need to do.

I must destroy them, if nobody else!

To think there'd still be someone who'd point such eyes at us.

Right now, we have no power.

We can't even die.

So what?

My left eye knows...

What you did,

and what it is I must do.

If you don't know how to die, I'll teach you.

How cruel is that?

They were no more than pawns.

The one who really cursed you students and your teacher to this fate

was me, was it not?