Gintama. (銀魂)

Our mother was a mutant created by the outpouring of Altana on Planet Kouan...

An immortal who never would've died so long as she'd stayed on that planet.

There's no telling just how long she'd lived there all by herself.

But one thing's for sure:

that man made that solitary flower wither and die.

What killed our mother

was our father.

Gintama

The Battle on Rakuyo

Battle on Rakuyo Arc Part 9

The Lost Rabbit

Watch the Battle on Rakuyo arc in a bright room and at a safe distance from your TV!!

Don't ever mouth off at me again.

If you do, you won't get off this lightly.

We'll say it as many times as it takes!

Get out of this town already!

Hey!

What are you guys doing?!

Crap, it's Umibozu!

Run away!

Dad!

Don't bully the weak!

It was eight-on-one.

I was the one being bullied.

Eight ants can't bully an elephant.

Don't use the Yato's inherent strength for no reason.

You told me to grow stronger.

What kind of brother gets his dear kid sister mixed up in a fight?

Right, Kagura-chan?

I was wrong! There were two elephants!

But those guys called Mom a pathogen, even though they don't know anything.

Dad, just what is Mom's illness?

Will she really get better?

Is there nothing I can do to help?

Don't worry.

Do you have any idea how much you're helping just by staying by her side?

I'll take care of Mom's illness.

So stop being reckless.

I felt like I wasn't being taken seriously.

And I thought Mom's illness wasn't healing,

and that he stopped coming home frequently,

because I lacked strength.

Grow stronger.

So I tried to get stronger.

Kamui, you got into another fight, didn't you?

N-No, I didn't!

You're starting to resemble him.

You suck at lying.

Keep doing that, and you'll go bald.

As if!

Come here.

N-No.

Oh, so there is something you didn't inherit.

The baldy has no problem being babied when he needs it.

How nice.

Me, too!

It's big bro's turn today.

Good grief. You inherited all his stupidity.

I'm so sorry...

For making you bear so many burdens on this tiny back.

I became one with him because I wanted to be by his side.

I wanted to be by your side after you were born.

So, Kamui,

you two stay the way you are.

I started to understand even less what it meant to be strong.

Those guys...

It's the Harusame.

Here comes our sandbag.

Kagura!

Don't bully Kamui!

We promised Mommy we wouldn't make her worry anymore!

We promised we'd always be together!

Shut up, runt!

Kagura!

People on this planet don't teach their punk kids too well, huh?

I had to teach them a lesson.

Hey, baby rabbit.

If you don't want to end up a villain,

learn to protect your little sister.

What are you doing, Abuto?

Nothing.

I tried to take an outdoor dump, but the place was already filled with shit.

I thought I told you...

Strength is undone by strength.

You're confused about what strength truly means.

I don't get it.

What is strength?

Letting others beat you up?

Hurting others to protect your family?

Going off to fight alone, with no concern for your family?

I just don't get it anymore.

I don't get it, either.

But you're still going?

That's right, Kouka.

Just as you risked your life in the hopes that you could be with us,

I'll keep you alive, even if I have to leave you all to do it.

Even if I lose the right to call myself a father, I'll protect my family.

As the man who made the flower blooming on the planet of death wither,

that is my cross to bear.

What a vast universe we live in.

I'm amazed that there was a being just like me,

and others who watched her die.

What expression was she wearing?

One of relief as her times of emptiness came to an end?

One of hatred as her loved ones murdered her?

Why?

Why did you fall in love with Mom?

If you hadn't brought her off of that planet...

You're the one who's making her suffer.

That's exactly right.

She was all alone, and I couldn't ignore that.

I wanted to protect her.

But I was the one being protected.

I can't live on that planet.

But Mom can't live on any other planet.

That's why she came along without saying anything.

Instead of living forever alone,

she chose to live with us and die.

Blame me if you must.

But even if I had realized back then,

I still would've chosen to walk down this path.

Because it brought you two into my life.

The footsteps I'd always tried to follow in kept walking farther away.

The ones making Mom suffer

were the three of us, her family.

That's him. Let's do this.

Hey.

Those aren't the eyes of a brother who came to avenge his kid sister.

You might have the potential to become a much bigger villain than these guys.

I don't care...

As long as I can grow stronger!

Hey, what's this about?

Are you really here for lessons in how to be a villain?

Get a load of Abuto.

It's no laughing matter.

Get him, kid!

This brat!

That's a nice kick, brat.

The Harusame's 7th Division Commander accepts your challenge.

Hey, small fry.

Anyone who throws a serious punch at you, be they a whelp or otherwise,

must be met with a serious punch in turn.

That's basic courtesy as a man.

Do you wish to be strong?

Then learn how weak you are.

Come again.

That kid...

He had the same eyes as him.

I wanted to know a form of strength that was unlike his.

But at the same time that I realized how weak I was,

I realized that I, that man,

our family...

We couldn't save her.

Then I...

Then... I...

Damn rabbit.

You land a hit on me, the great Hosen?

Tell me what you want.

To be beaten to death right here and now, or...

Take us away.

Take Mom and me away from this planet.

Mom, let's go back to your planet.

When did you find out?

I'm sure you'll get better if we go back.

Even a withering flower can be saved if it's planted back into the earth...

Kamui.

Let me stay here.

I want to be by your side.

You don't have to.

I don't care if we can't call ourselves family anymore.

I still want you to live.

Why would you inherit that part of him, too?

Mommy!

What are you doing, Kamui?

Where are you taking Mommy?