Gintama.: Shirogane no Tamashii hen

Gintama

Silver Soul

Silver Soul Arc

Geezers Carve the Things They Shouldn't Forget into Their Wrinkles

As you can see, Boss,

we haven't changed one bit.

We came back with our desire and ambition to protect Edo still intact.

We're the same old Shinsengumi.

But you alone are a completely different person now!

Yamazaki-san! What happened to you?

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

Why do you look like you just got back from the Vietnam War?!

Huh? Do I look that different?

"Look"? You are different!

Way to go, Zakiyama-san!

The vice chief and Okita-san couldn't handle it, but you took it out in one shot!

As long as we have you, the Liberation Army is no match for us!

Zakiyama! Zakiyama!

Hey, even their power structure has changed a little!

That plain guy's become the nucleus of the squad!

I quit mosaics.

I quit smoking.

I quit quitting messing with Hijikata.

I quit Yamazaki.

Why'd he alone grow far beyond his potential?!

Zakiyama! Zakiyama!

I don't really get it myself,

but if I had to say, I guess I liberated myself, too.

I tried to be like the chief, who realized his weakness and trained with restraints.

But I was even weaker, so I couldn't handle the weight.

One day, I noticed that my body felt heavy, even though I wasn't carrying anything.

And that I may have been shackled by restraints all along.

So...

I threw off the restraints, and this is the result.

Restraints? That's your body!

What's going on here?

Zakiyama came out of Yamazaki's ass? No, Yamazaki came out of Zakiyama's ass?

What the hell are you? What the hell is he?!

That's something like the heavy T-shirt Goku took off.

It seems I was born wearing a heavy T-shirt called Yamazaki Sagaru.

Did you really just compare him to an object?!

Once I threw it off, my body felt lighter than ever before.

Sometimes, it's so light, I feel like I might drift all the way to the heavens.

You shouldn't throw it away! It's probably your soul or something!

How impressive.

Even you reached the blank state of mind where you cast even yourself away?

Chief, don't tell me... You too?

Hey, who are you talking to?

The chief is over here.

Forget blank state of mind! There's no sign of the chief anymore!

Why'd he turn into a gorilla just by taking off a T-shirt?

He looks like gorilla dung now!

It seems I was a gorilla born wearing a heavy gorilla T-shirt.

Now I've finally been freed from the gorilla.

No, you haven't! You've become a more concentrated version of gorilla!

New enemies?

Let's go, Yamazaki! Let's show them what we can do without T-shirts!

Yeah!

Hey, hey, hey!

The T-shirts got tangled up!

The T-shirts got caught!

The T-shirt's crying!

Hey, timeout! If you're gonna take them off, take them off right!

You're gonna rip the T-shirts!

Untangle it, please!

Like this?

Not that way!

Like this.

You're not even trying!

Are you pissed off at them? Are you pissed at them after all?

Hey! Both the gorilla and Rambo collapsed!

I knew it! Those T-shirts weren't supposed to be cast off!

Hurry up and put them back on!

The explosion blew the gorilla T-shirt away!

If we lose it, the gorilla's going straight to heaven!

Don't worry. For now, I dressed the gorilla again...

in an Ahodas T-shirt.

Let's go! The match isn't over yet!

Shoot for tomorrow!

Hey! Ahodas took over his body!

Why is a T-shirt that calls him an idiot dictating his personality?

Well, this is better than before! Follow him!

Aim for the goal!

Goal? Where is that?!

What the hell did you tax thieves come back for?

Shut it! We haven't gotten any pay in ages!

We're trying to save the world for free! Cut us some slack here!

If this is all you've got, the world is doomed for sure!

There, there. Relax a bit, Hijikata-san.

Here you go.

Cheers.

Wait, why're you ruining my attempt to quit?!

You don't get to live longer when Earth's heading for destruction!

She's right.

If we're all bound for destruction, your lungs should be the first to go.

Why does all responsibility rest on my lungs?!

Hey! Yamazaki-san's speeding ahead toward destruction by himself!

Y'know, if you hadn't left Edo wide open, this would never have happened!

You guys were the ones who neglected it! You got the world destroyed!

Screw you! Half the blame lies with you guys!

The other half lies with your lungs!

In the end, it's all my fault?!

Hey, what's so funny?

Do you realize the situation we're in?

I do, Vice Chief!

The terminal was broken and the town destroyed,

but this town came out of it without a scratch!

The Edo we fell in love with is right here!

The old bakufu army?

After all that's happened, they still want to die with their country?

All ships, lock and load!

Fire!

Wh-What's going on?

The muzzles exploded as soon as we fired!

What's this black haze?

Flame Haze.

A smokescreen that reacts to high temperatures and prevents use of all firearms.

I see.

This isn't only the land of the samurai.

It also belongs to you guys, huh?

The civilians have been evacuated.

The town's completely empty now.

Everything's ready,

Leader.

Now we're free to go wild.

As ninja, our duty is to live in the shadows.

But we don't need to anymore, now that we've lost our lord, the light.

Show off the skills you've honed all you want in broad daylight.

Etch into their memories the fact that this country is also home to ninja.

Not in the shadows, but under the light that shines upon you.

Live and die to the fullest.

Is that the answer you've found?

There's no right answer.

But if, just as I tried to protect the princess as Shigeshige's buddy,

she's trying to fight as Shigeshige's sister,

then I have no right to stop her.

In that case,

all I can do is protect everything.

That's the light that shines upon me right now.

The Oniwaban are joining the fray!

Give me a status report.

The old bakufu army suddenly showed up at Edo Castle

and dealt a critical blow to our first wave.

Charge!

The Oniwaban?

Sacchan!

Looks like they've finally stepped out of the shadows.

Playtime's over!

I'll show you what a ninja can do!

Here I come...

Gin-san!

Why Gin-san?!

Why are you jumping at me with that face?

You looked more like an enemy than the enemy does!

How cruel.

We haven't met in so long, and you shame me like this?

Your abuse really is a cut above.

I'm your sow for life, Master!

This deviant is too much to deal with after so long.

I forgot how to defend against this, so it's landing body blows. I'm gonna puke!

But I believed in you.

I knew you'd come back.

I did my best, you know?

I was sure things would work out if we held on until you returned.

Sorry I kept you waiting.

You don't have to apologize.

You've come back so big and sturdy.

But I don't know about this size. I might not be able to handle it.

That ain't Gin-san.

Gin-san ain't that much of a showoff.

I didn't think I'd see that stupid shtick again before the world was destroyed.

I didn't think your asshole would be destroyed before the world, either.