Gintama.: Shirogane no Tamashii hen

With the assassination of the 14th shogun, Tokugawa Shigeshige-sama,

A New Shogun Is Appointed

we were swallowed whole by the winds of change.

The Shinsengumi disbanded,

and no matter how many sacrifices had to be made, the desire to protect Edo

set each of us on a search for our own path.

Following a fierce battle on Kagura-chan's home planet, Rakuyo,

the untold past

and the true goal of the immortal Naraku leader, Utsuro, were revealed to us.

He made the Altana reserves of seven planets go berserk, destroying them.

The Tendoshu's Altana Preservation Agency had monopolized the universe's Altana,

but Utsuro's actions meant that it was freed and essentially relinquished.

The planets that retook their Altana decided to end the Agency's rule,

and to that end, formed the Altana Liberation Army

and descended upon Earth, where the Tendoshu were.

Utsuro's goal was to use this interplanetary war

to turn Earth into space dust.

Our final battle is about to begin.

We can't give up.

Even if we find ourselves in the depths of despair

or within the darkest abyss,

as long as we keep our eyes open,

we can still find a ray of hope.

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

He's been at it for about an hour now.

It's scary, Officer. Can you do something about him?

Hey, what's the matter?

Did you drop something down there?

Hey, are you okay?

Are you stuck? You can't get out?

Hang on! We'll get you out of there right now!

He's totally stuck.

Yeah. One, two...

I won't give up!

I won't ever...

What's that light?

...give up!

Children's Bank

Go to hell, world!

It really will!

Why are you wallowing in such trivial despair when Edo is in peril?

Do you realize the situation we're in?

Who cares about Edo?

Peril or not, my life is on the brink of ruin anyway.

All this means is that you people have finally found yourselves in my shoes.

Welcome to my world.

You know, maybe this guy is the final villain in this anime.

Such is the strength of one who has nothing to lose.

We should all try to avoid ending up like him.

I'm back.

How was the town, Tama?

It's like we've gone back in time twenty years.

Back to the Amanto invasion.

Our country had lived in isolation for centuries,

but aliens suddenly swooped down on it.

People ran around in constant fear of them,

and in their place, the Amanto walked around like they owned the place.

Basically, that fear has reared its ugly head again.

It's like we're a colony.

We actually are.

Sure, there was no war, but this country's under their rule now.

The Altana Liberation Army is an allied front against the Altana Preservation Agency.

Their goal is to wipe out the Agency.

They've already crushed the Agency's bases on several other planets

and taken back the Altana that was under its control.

And they've cornered the Tendoshu, who are in this country,

and taken over most of the major government bureaus.

But the Tendoshu went into hiding,

and the shogun, who was supposed to sort out this mess, can't be reached, either.

The bakufu has collapsed,

meaning there's nothing left to defend the people anymore.

Our country may have been done for long before all of this.

So we were caught in the crossfire between the Tendoshu and the Liberation Army?

If so, can we resolve this by bringing the Tendoshu's heads to them?

It's not just the Tendoshu.

Taking over this planet is part of their plan, too.

Should we chase those rowdies out, then?

At this point,

what moron would turn the entire universe against them by fighting?

You know who.

Tama-san...

Where are they now?

Odd Jobs Gin-chan

I wonder where those morons are and what they're up to.

Odd Jobs Gin-chan

Snack Otose

We can't give up.

You dare insult us?!

We're fighting to liberate people all across the universe from the Tendoshu's rule.

Are you saying you're not willing to cooperate with our effort?

P-Please spare me!

I'm just an old man living each day as it comes!

My house is all empty now! There's nothing more I can offer you!

That so? We'll take that house, then.

Even if we find ourselves in the depths of despair...

You have some nerve to serve this awful booze to the Liberation Army.

Are you one of the Agency's minions?

N-No!

Then bring us the most expensive booze you've got!

Okay, you've had too much to drink.

...or within the darkest abyss...

Huh? What are you doing?

I'd heard that this planet was home to proud warriors you can't find anywhere else,

but did you lose your pride along with your change while living under Tendoshu rule?

Well, go ahead and pick them up.

Even after the Tendoshu are gone,

you people will never get back what you've lost.

...as long as we keep our eyes open,

we can still find a ray of hope.

Odd Jobs Gin-chan

Job Request

To Odd Jobs,

I've gathered the wishes of Edo's citizens.

This job request entails just one task:

taking back the land of the samurai together.

Who the hell are you?

Immigration Bureau Chief,

Hasegawa Taizo!

Job Request

Looks like a temple's offering box, huh?

After learning that there are no gods in our world,

I guess people turned to this place as a last resort.

Who knows what they prayed to those blights on society for?

All this money is going to be used for is to pay off the rent they owe me.

I'm sure these people don't mind.

Even if they're blights on society, and this money will only be used to pay rent,

Job Request

it's okay if it brings Odd Jobs back here.

That's what everyone wants.

Is that so? How charitable of them.

If it were me, I'd wish for something more concrete.

Like what?

"I hope more rent money piles up here."

Job Request

Isn't that great? Your wish has already come true.

Good grief.

Looks like I'll need not just rent money, but also money for repairs now.

I won't let you do as you please in this country anymore.

Immigration Bureau?

Forget that, this country's entire government is already dea—

It's not dead.

The country may have fallen,

but the samurai still live.

Those guys will come back.

So we have to defend this country until they do.

We can't waste time wallowing in despair.

Kid, we may not be aware of it,

but we all live atop a pit of despair.

Tomorrow, we could lose our job, have nothing to eat,

or poop our pants at temple school.

Even the slightest slip-ups like those can make despair bare its fangs at us.

I used to wonder why I was the only one suffering.

But maybe I needed to go through those times to stand here today.

Maybe I needed that in order to prop up Edo when all of it fell into despair.

To become the last watchman of despair.

But while despair can bare its fangs at any moment,

so too can hope.

In my eyes, this despair is just one of countless many.

It's so trivial that just finding a coin on the street will make it evaporate.

Come, let's go find a ray of hope within this despair.

Take me to your boss. As Immigration Bureau Chief, I need to talk to him.

Mister!

Kid...

No, people of Edo.

Even if you're surrounded by despair, keep your eyes open.

As long as you do,

you'll find hope lying around everywhere.

Uh, you're the one lying on the ground!

Okay, that should be enough.

What do we do with him?

Throw him in a cell or something.

Sir!

Um, didn't you hear me? I asked you to... ow, ow, ow... take me to your HQ...

And why should we do that?

I mean, I'm from the Immigration Bureau!

Where's your ID?