Gintama.: Shirogane no Tamashii hen

I know you must be homesick this time.

I hear your wife back home is close to giving birth.

If you have the time to engage in particle cannon fire with neighboring countries,

why don't you stay by your wife and do Lamaze with her?

Or is the mighty hero of war afraid of becoming a father?

How about it, Gunpowder Prince Ensho?

Shijaku, in Military Empire Burei,

custom says a man who returns empty-handed from war cannot be a father.

His wife will kick his ass and send him back to the battlefield.

My wife is fighting, too.

I was told that we're competing to see which of us can claim victory sooner.

Then, as your archrival, I must fight in a manner befitting your resolve.

Archrival? As if.

Your head will be nothing more than a nice toy for my child to play with.

Prince!

We've received word from Burei.

It seems your wife emerged victorious.

What's the matter, Ensho?

The Empire's Altana Gate went out of control.

The cause was likely man-made.

The Imperial Capital has been destroyed.

Nobody survived.

For the first time, I fled from war and came back empty-handed.

But the one who would chastise me for that was nowhere to be found.

Why did you sit back and let me escape?

Why didn't you take this chance to attack my empire?

Like I said,

I must fight in a manner befitting the Gunpowder Prince's archrival.

And I realized that the enemy isn't in the neighboring countries, but elsewhere.

The Gunpowder Prince?

You still call me that after I've lost my empire?

Ensho...

You didn't come back empty-handed.

You've gained a comrade to fight the Tendoshu's unjust rule with.

Even after losing my empire,

I still belong on the battlefield?

Then from that battlefield,

from within the gunpowder smoke, let us seize it all!

Seize our freedom!

We, the Altana Liberation Army, shall liberate the universe from the Tendoshu!

Gintama

Silver Soul

Silver Soul Arc

A Delinquent's Kid Has Long Neck Hair

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

Shimura Ken

I knew it.

You were here, Sis.

It isn't safe to walk around alone right now.

But that's exactly why.

Are you going to tell Father that Earth will be destroyed?

Shimura Ken

Yeah.

"Earth could be destroyed."

"But your crybaby son, my unreliable kid brother,

hasn't shed a single tear and is fighting along with everyone."

"Shimura Shinpachi has grown into a fine samurai."

Sis, I haven't changed at all.

I just blindly chased after the back of the strange samurai I saw back then.

I kept chasing after it,

and I was here before I knew it.

All that stuff about saving Earth or protecting Edo is really beyond me.

It's not that I changed.

I didn't want to change.

I just wanted to stay by the strange samurai and his friends forever.

Do you think Father will forgive me for wielding my sword for such a reason?

Shin-chan, you don't have to ask for forgiveness.

You're now capable of finding all the answers for yourself.

You now stand side-by-side with the back you blindly chased all this time.

And if you want to protect that,

I'm sure Father feels the same way.

He's watching over you

from right beside you.

Get a load of them.

They're still walking around here.

Damn Amanto. Get off this planet already.

Say what? You were pissing your pants in front of the Liberation Army!

But you grow balls when you're up against women and children, huh?

That was a woman? I thought it was an old man.

You heard 'em.

Please don't lump Kagura-sama in with the Liberation Army!

She has the power to destroy Earth before them if she so wishes!

Uh, you're not helping, 'kay?

What's going on?

Even though there are Amanto who side with earthlings,

the discrimination only grows worse by the day.

Maybe it'd be best to abandon this stupid planet and bail.

Even if Earth does survive, there may not be a place for us here.

I never had a place here anyway.

I was just an unwanted guest squatting in a tiny space that I pried open for myself.

But before I knew it, those guys were squatting in my space.

They shamelessly made themselves at home without even paying any rent.

Turns out I was the one with unwanted guests.

Maybe that's what you call a real home.

Snack Oto

Even if you lose your house or your planet,

that place alone will remain strong and await your return.

It exists within us as well...

A place for you and everyone else to return.

Just know that my rent's higher than Otose-san's, though.

Same here.

That so?

Then I guess we'll all have to go out and earn that rent money.

Indeed.

But thanks to that, I can go wild until Edo is flattened.

The crucial battle was upon us.

While the Liberation Army isn't making any moves...

...we must find the Tendoshu...

...and defeat Utsuro.

Or else this planet has no future.

Gin-san suddenly went missing, and I'm worried about what he's up to.

I hope he's hit upon some kind of idea.

What? They're making a second live-action Gintama movie?

I had no idea this was decided while I was out in space.

"Oguri Shun returns in the role of Sakata Gintoki"?

Well, he barely passed with his long legs,

but they could've gone for a cute Johnny's idol for Gin-san, too—

Ow... What do you guys think you're doing to Oguri Shun's jaw?

Ueda Bookstore

Do you realize how many billions this jaw's gonna bring in again?

You're not Oguri Shun!

We thought you were looking for the Tendoshu! What are you doing?

Oh, shut it.

Even you ignored Earth last week and were Granbluing on a rooftop!

Granblue...

I wasn't Granbluing!

Even Granblue Masaki isn't making those ads anymore!

Sadaharu!

Oh, you're back? I've been waiting.

Gin-san, don't tell me...

To find the Tendoshu, we gotta investigate the bakufu.

They may hide, but they can't fool a dog's nose.

Look, he has something in his mouth.

Er, this is...

Jean-Claude...

Wan!

...Damme, huh?

He's just requesting an actor!

You weren't satisfied with the CG?

You want Van Damme to play you? You want him to be Wan Damme?

Don't give me that!

Do you realize how many billions that "wan" is gonna cost us?!

Ueda Bookstore

Knock it off! Earth really will be destroyed!

What's this? You guys wanna request actors, too?

Sorry, but these days, they can add as many extras as they want with just CG—

Wait, Gin-san!

These people...

What's going on?

After the Liberation Army, we're fighting the public?

Nah, these guys aren't ordinary folk.

Ack! They're coming from the front, too!

Took you long enough.

I'd grown sick of waiting.

Nobume-san!

No. I'll take someone like Kuriyama Chiaki, please.

You too?!

By the way, those masses

aren't who you think.

Naraku?

Why are they disguised as townsfolk?

How long do we gotta twiddle our thumbs here?

Admiral Shijaku's orders.

He told us not to act unless the earthlings attack.

The brass wanna take over this planet too, right?

Then why wait around...