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Mr. Sakata Gintoki's Public Apology

We're here live at the press conference where Mr. Sakata Gintoki

is about to issue a public apology for the return of the Gintama anime.

We seem to be running a little late.

Please watch this press conference in a bright room and at a safe distance from your TV.

He doesn't seem to be here yet...

Oh, there he is!

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Thank you for taking the time out of your busy schedules to be here today.

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In light of the Gintama anime's recent failures,

I, Sakata Gintoki, the protagonist,

am here to represent all the producers and staff of the show

in publicly apologizing at this press conference.

First of all, for not ending with the final chapter...

We're very sorry!

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Mind if I ask some questions?

Go ahead.

Firstly, could you tell us a bit about how this happened?

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It's too early to be crying!

You haven't said anything yet!

I was in disbelief that the movie made 1.7 billion yen at the box office!

I had no words to express how thankful I was to all our viewers!

But then those money mongers in suits started coming for us again,

and before I knew it, we went from Sunrise to something else entirely!

What's more, the producer couldn't abandon his womanizing ways!

But the thing is...

You people don't understand anything!

What could you possibly know about the producer?!

I have no idea what you're talking about!

As such, there's something I need to tell you all today,

and here's what it is...

There. We apologized.

Gintama will be resuming now, then.

Screw you!

Psycho-Pass!

Odd Jobs Gin-chan

I'm only gonna say this once, stupid curly!

You'll cough up this and last month's rent,

and you'll do it right now, even if you have to sell your kidneys!

Uh, Gran?

Look...

I get it.

I see the wrinkles on your forehead, and your quiet intensity.

You'll get your rent and kidneys next month, okay?

Gran? Hello?

You listening to me?

Knock it off, you old hag!

You're being annoying!

How long are you gonna keep that filthy expression up?!

Spare a thought for our viewers at home!

They can't handle your mug for more than three second—

Odd Jobs Gin-chan Snack Otose

Uh, this is...

Pachi-boy!

Kagura!

Gin-san... Gin-chan...

I knew it.

Everything's

stopped moving.

People, animals, objects, all of it.

So, you're saying...

It's all frozen?

Sugar Content

Not just people or objects,

but time itself?

You Can Never Pause at the Perfect Time

Sure is quiet.

It's almost as if we're the only people in the entire world.

But now is the time to stay calm.

Let's analyze this situation with cool heads.

Basically, what this means is...

We don't have to pay rent anymore.

This is not the time for that crap!

It also means your paydays will never come again.

Screw you! That's illegal!

Time hasn't stopped for us!

Maybe it hasn't,

but our water and gas supply sure has.

That was your fault, not time's!

Also, who cares about that right now?

Time has been frozen in its tracks!

We're the only ones not affected by it!

And the anime only just resumed, too!

How did things end up like this?!

I'm not sure what's going on,

but just when I thought I'd gotten my hands on an unusual clock,

it immediately became useless.

Huh? Why are you worried about that?

Gin-chan, what is that?

Isn't it weird?

I'm pretty sure it's a clock.

I thought I could sell it for a nice profit.

Where did you get that?

I was wasted, so my memory's a bit hazy,

but on my way home after drinking last night...

I found it lying in the street.

There's something way more crazy lying next to it!

Come to think of it, I saw a drunkard on the ground with his face all flushed, too.

He wasn't drunk!

He was bleeding!

P-Please...

Take care of that for us...

Protect the Universal Clock in our stead.

It's an ancient clock from the age of the gods that has controlled time

on billions of worlds since the birth of the universe.

We, the Watchmen of Time, have guarded it for generations,

but we're incapable of doing so anymore.

If that clock were to fall into the hands of humans,

the universe's flow of time would be disrupted.

It would surely cause a massive disaster!

I beg of you!

Seal the clock where no human can ever find—

He's not even listening to the most important bit!

Don't! Giving him the clock is a really bad idea!

Odd Jobs Gin-chan

Ugh, I feel sick.

My head hurts...

I can't sleep...

Morning already...

I haven't gotten a wink of sleep...

Shut up! I've been up for ages already!

It's all your damn fault!

What is wrong with you?!

How could you mistake such a valuable object for an alarm clock and destroy it?!

So what are you telling me, moron?

That the guys protecting this clock got into an accident,

so it ended up in the hands of an idiot, leading to this situation?

Yeah. It sounds unbelievable,

but that clock's the embodiment of the universe's flow of time.

The reason we're the only ones unaffected...

Shut up! I've been up for ages already!

...is probably because we were nearby when it got destroyed.

Maybe it doesn't affect time in the direct vicinity of its user.

Either way, we have to fix this clock,

or the world's time will stay frozen,

and the three of us will be left stranded in a different plane of time for eternity!

What do we do?!

We can't even ask for help! Everyone else is frozen in place!

There's nothing we can do!

Our world is done for! And so are we!

We're finished in the very first episode!

Pachi-boy, nothing will come of being pessimistic when your back is to the wall.

A samurai must think positively at all times.

If he does, he is sure to find a golden opportunity.

That's rich, coming from the samurai who destroyed the world!

Sure, the world might stay frozen in place forever if we don't do something,

but look at it from another perspective!

You've gained the privilege of fondling Otsu-chan's boobs forever!

What kind of golden opportunity is that?!

You can be pessimistic after you've fondled her for about 30,000 years.

The idea that that's all I can do for 30,000 years

makes me nothing but pessimistic!

Her boobs would fall off!

Besides, do you really think I'd take advantage of this situation

to do something that disgusting?

I'll keep it to three hours.

All right!

Then I'll go after Ketsuno Ana's a—

Bank of Edo

Now that I'm a Watchman of Time, don't think I'll let you scum do as you please.

Stop fooling around and start robbing that totally unguarded bank.

W-Wait, Kagura.

Do you really think I came here for no reason?

Doll House

Doll House

Old man Gengai's place?

Are you stupid?

Yeah, normally he'd be able to repair anything.