OP Card: Gintama

Silver Soul,OP Card: Silver Soul

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

 Gen: Why are you dying without a word?

 Gen: At least cough up a complaint  or two before you go.

 Gen: You pieces of junk normally  never listen to me,

 Gen: so why now, of all times,

 Gen: do you look like fine machinery

 Gen: as you silently break down?

 Gen: "Machines exist to serve people"?

 Gen: You're certainly right.

 Gen: But if you guys didn't want to,

 Gen: I wouldn't have minded one bit.

 Gen: Even if you didn't serve any purpose,  even if you were useless pieces of junk...

 Gen: As long you guys, my friends, were beside me,

 Gen: I was fully prepared to die with you!

 Gen: And yet...

 Gen: I'm sorry.

 Gen: I'm so sorry.

 Gen: I'm so, so sorry!

Kin: That man poured his heart and soul,  his whole life, into machines,

Kin: and now he has to throw them  all away to stop the w*r?

Kin: He's been forced to make a choice  far more painful than death.

Kin: But we still can't turn tail.

Kin: Because we're machines  built by Hiraga Gengai!

Kin: Have you said your goodbyes,

Kin: Tama-san?

Tama: No. There's no need for that.

Tama: Whatever may be destroyed or stolen,

Tama: they will surely take it all back.

Tama: We will meet again one day, for sure.

Tama: So I will not say goodbye to anyone.

Kin: That so?

Kin: Think it's possible?

Kin: Can they do it?

Tama: Of course. I'm sure they can.

Tama: After all, they're the people who  took the dullest piece of gold

Tama: and polished it enough for  it to save half the world.

Kin: They spared my life once, anyway.

Kin: So I'll leave it in their hands...

Kin: This life!

Tama: And the world!

Bo: Listen up, humanity!

Bo: We leave the rest to you!

 Tama: I don't need to say goodbye.

 Tama: If there's one thing I can say, it's this:

 Tama: Before, I never hesitated to  perform my duties as a machine.

 Tama: I was just another screw.

 Tama: But to those who filled me  with so much pointless data,

 Tama: to those who

 Tama: turned me into this oil-drenched screw...

Tama: Thank you for being my friends.

Gin: Tama!

 Shin: On that day, the machines chose to  quit being functioning machinery

 Shin: and became completely  useless friends of ours.

 Title:  Silver Soul Arc

 Title:  Machines That Pick Up Useless Habits Are Called People

G: We've totally lost contact with Earth!

G: No word on the well-being  of the squads in action!

G: Even the battleships on standby in  the main formation are being affected!

En: What is going on?

Sak: Too bad.

Sak: They wanted you ta have the best seats  to see the fireworks, g*n-sama,

Sak: but it seems they were all wet and soggy.

Sak: We're tired of standin' around.

Sak: Could you send us back ta  where our friends are?

En: Wait.

Nb: No need. I can tell what happened  without having to see it.

Nb: I believe I told you

Nb: that we will not lose!

G: Whoa. They sank all of the  Liberation Army's battleships!

Tae: Tama-san...

Cat: Otose-san, you don't think they...

Oto: They'll come back, no matter what.

Gen: You got into a huge fight with  machines from all over the universe.

Gen: Get a little rest for now.

Gen: But know that I'll repair you and  work you to the bone again...

Gen: No matter what.

Gen: It's a promise.

Gen: So let us...

Oto: Let humanity take care of the rest.

Oto: This place is your home...

Bo: And we swear to protect it!

Kon: Even firearms have been neutralized  because of their inner machinery.

Kon: That old man and his robots did it.

Kon: They really saved half the world!

Zen: Man, this sucks.

Zen: I'd finally prepared myself  for the worst here.

Zen: Don't be getting my hopes up again.

Zen: Technology and w*apon?

Zen: Are those the only areas  we were overwhelmed in?

Zen: Did you forget about numbers?

Dak: The battle is only getting started.

Dak: Damn earthlings had a pretty  amusing trick up their sleeve.

Dak: But we still have w*apon right here...

Dak: We Dakini, feared as t*nk of destruction.

G: Sotatsu-sama...

Sot: We'll have him carry the load.

Sot: I have no interest in  revenge, freedom, or glory.

Sot: But we will take all the spoils.

Kag: Are those guys going to head  toward the Kabuki District?

Shin: If such a huge army marches in there...

Gin: They knew that all along.

Hij: The geezer and the others used the Kabuki District as bait knowing this would happen.

Zen: The most important thing in w*r  is predicting the enemy's moves.

Kon: Right now, it's obvious where they  will go and what they're after.

Kon: Right now, we might be  able to cause a miracle.

Kon: Edo's biggest hoodlum district  has given Edo one last hope.

Oto: Close the gates!

Sign: Kabuki District First

Sign: Earth Defense Town

Sign: Kabuki District First

Tae: All right.

Tae: This is mankind's final stronghold.

Tae: Until our friends across Edo come here,

Tae: we must hold out no matter what.

Cat: We don't have any means of communication.

Cat: Will anyone really come for us?

Tae: They will.

Tae: We don't need to communicate.  They already know.

Dak: Charge!

Tae: They know how much

Tae: we all love this town.

Dak: Charge!

Zen: The enemy's target is the cannon.

Zen: They think destroying it will fix

Zen: their broken machines and  reestablish contact with their rear.

Zen: They have huge numbers,  but that's also their weakness.

Zen: If we poke at them from multiple  sides and make then panic,

Zen: they'll soon lose their footing  and go out of control.

Zen: That said, be careful.

Zen: Don't go in too deep. Keep your distance.

Sac: We know.

Sac: Kabuki District's residents risked  it all to give us this ray of hope.

Sac: We won't let it be in vain!

G: Vice Chief!

G: We're ready!

Hij: Think we can do this?

G: If we set up that many, it should work.

Hij: Listen up.

Hij: Consider this battle lost if  they reach the Kabuki District.

Hij: We'll strike at the center of their  long formation and split them up.

Kon: After that, how many do  we each have to cut down?

Hij: Let's see...

Hij: If you cut down two hundred  each, I'll give you a bonus.

G: Two hundred?

Oki: Then if I cut down a thousand,  the position of vice chief is mine?

Hij: I'll consider it.

G: Wow, the vice chief finally  gave his blessing!

G: If Captain Okita becomes vice chief,  the world will end anyway.

Ymz: You can say that again.

Ymz: But if it's going to end either way,  that way sounds like it'd be more fun.

Kon: Yeah, I feel the same way.

Kon: At this point, whether the world ends or not,

Kon: it's not the Shinsengumi if  we're not protecting Edo.

Kon: And whether the world ends or not,

Kon: it's not Odd Jobs if they're not  raising hell in the Kabuki District.

Kon: Your resting place will find its own  way to you at the end of your life.

Kon: Go live your life,

Kon: Odd Jobs.

Kon: Let's go!

Mut: How'd Earth look?

Sak: They're doin' well ta hold out.  You could call it a miracle.

Sak: But given the difference in  numbers, that won't last long.

Sak: Unless we stop this w*r while  they're still hangin' in there,

Sak: there won't be any more miracles.

Shi: Do you have any ideas?

Shi: Actually, even if you did, it's too late now.

Shi: I've done a horrible thing to you earthlings.

Shi: Even though I agreed to  a ceasefire with you,

Shi: I couldn't stop that man.

Nb: Admiral Shijaku? You're imprisoned, too?

Shi: The Liberation Army's flame of revenge  has grown too large to stamp out.

Shi: It won't stop until it burns  everything in its path.

Sak: If we can't stamp it out,  we just gotta direct it elsewhere.

Sak: There's someone else we both must fight.

Shi: If you mean the Tendoshu, they're already...

Sak: Nah, there's still one.

Sak: And if we keep fightin' like this,  not only will you not get your revenge,

Sak: you'll be helpin' him reach  his goal of destroyin' Earth.

Shi: What do you people know?

Sak: Let's see...

Sak: We know that you're the only trustworthy  man in the Liberation Army, at least.

Sak: Shijaku, if you truly care  about the Liberation Army,

Sak: if you truly wish to give the  universe its freedom back,

Sak: then help us.

Sak: It's not too late.

Shi: That's not the kind of  line you say in a prison.

Shi: You people are now completely isolated  from the rest of the universe—

Sak: You realized, huh?

Sak: We were prepared for everythin'  once we were summoned here.

Sak: And we've already laid the groundwork.

Shi: Another squad?

Shi: You predicted that things could go south  and split your squad into two beforehand?

Sak: A stealth ship, our Kaientai's pride and joy!

Sak: It must be approachin' this HQ by now.

Sak: Once I give the word,  they'll come chargin' aboard.

Sak: It's time ta make our comeback, Zura.

Kat: I'm not Zura. I'm Inmate Number .

 Sak: Oh, sorry. Wrong number.

Mut: What happened?

Sak: Radioed the wrong person.

Sak: That wasn't Zura. It was .

 Kat: I'm not . I'm Katsura.

Sak: Wait, you're imprisoned, too?

Sak: Wait a second! Where the hell are you?

Sak: Didn't I tell you to take care of  things if anything happened ta us?

Kat: Relax. We're another squad.

Kat: We were caught for a reason  totally unrelated to yours.

 Sak: That's how you differentiate yourselves?

Kat: The thing is, after we split up from you,

Kat: something unexpected happened  while we were standing by.

 Kat: Men, prepare to charge in at any time.

 G: Whoa!

 G: What's the matter?

 G: Well, an enemy ship just  passed right in front of us.

 Kat: Fret not. They cannot see us.

 Kat: This is a stealth ship, after all.

 G: A-Are you sure they can't see us?

 G: I feel like they've been  circling us for a while.

 Kat: You're overthinking it.

 G: But Katsura-san, have you ever actually  seen a stealth ship's exterior?

 G: What do we look like from the outside?

 G: And what is "stealth," anyway?

 Kat: Stealth, well...

 Kat: It must be see-through, or something.

 Kat: Wait!

 Kat: Even if the ship is see-through, we aren't!

 Kat: Which means...

 Kat: We're totally visible!

Sign: You're wrong, Katsura-san. This ship and all of us on it  can't be seen from the outside.

 Kat: O-Oh, okay. So everything is  see-through, including us?

 Kat: Wait!

 Kat: Even if we are see-through,  what we take in from the outside

 Kat: and all of its residue...

 Kat: It's totally visible!

Sign: You're wrong, Katsura-san. Stealth here refers to technology  that conceals an object using  camouflage which adapts to  the surrounding scenery.

 Kat: Oh, is that how it is? I see.

 Kat: So even if our insides are visible,

 Kat: this technology will make the ship  adapt to that and hide us all.

 Kat: It's totally visible after all!

 Kat: Damn you, Sakamoto!

 Kat: How dare you make us ride  this piece of junk?!

Sign: Forget it.

 Kat: Men, hurry up and camouflage yourselves!

 Kat: Turn off the lights!

 Kat: Hide your presence!

 Kat: Become one with space!

 Kat: You are nothing! Blend in with  the space all around you!

 Kat: You are a part of space, and space itself!

 G: Uh, Katsura-san?

 G: We can't see anything.

 Kat: So yeah, we rammed into some ship  thanks to your piece of junk.

Sak: You mean thanks to the junk you call a brain!

Kat: Before we knew it, we'd been surrounded  and captured by some strange group.

 Sak: Not the Liberation Army?

Kat: Yeah, not them.

Kat: They're a weird bunch with something  indecent-looking growing from their foreheads.

Kat: You know what they said to us?

Kat: "We didn't capture you.  We took you into our care."

Kat: This ship exists to safeguard the  species of Earth from its demise...

Hata: Noah's Ark.

Jii: Truly.

Hata: Good job gathering all of these, Gramps.

Jii: Thank you.

Jii: We took advantage of the chaos of w*r and  went around cattle mutilating everything.

Jii: That planet is doomed to destruction.  Anyone who would complain is going to die, too.

Hata: Yes. If anything, they should be thanking me.

Hata: I'm saving these animals from extinction  and even making them my pets.

Dog,Sign: Mongrel

Hata: But couldn't you take a more uniform  sample? This is really lopsided.

Dog,Sign: Matsudaira Dog

Dog,Sign: Watanabe Dog

Jii: Dogs are a truly diverse species.

Dog,Sign: Shimura Dog

Hata: Oh, really?

Hata: And this one's d*ad!

Dog,Sign: Underdog

Jii: That's a loser underdog.

Jii: Believe it or not, it's actually alive.

Hata: Is that true?!

Jii: It can't protect its loved  ones or die with them.

Jii: It's a creature that goes through  life simply withering away.

Hata: I see. Such a pitiful creature.

Hata: But don't worry. I won't let you die.

Hata: Even if you suffer so much you want to die,

Hata: I won't let you die.

Hata: You're my dear pet.

Hata: Anyway, I heard you captured a new species?

Jii: Oh, it's over there.

Dog,Sign: Joi Rebill

Jii: It seems our men picked them up  after our ship ran them over.

Hata: Joi Rebill?

Hata: Like a type of billed duck?

Hata: Hey, are you cleaning the cage?

Hata: All I can see is dung!  The thing's nowhere to be found!

Jii: Ah, the old zoo cliché.

Jii: A cage where you can't see  the animal, wait as you may,

Jii: and can only see its poop all over.

Hata: Look, forget about the cliché.  Where's the Joi Rebill?

Jii: That's a zoo cliché, too.

Jii: You think it's poop, but it was  actually a coiled-up Joi Rebill.

Hata: That's a Joi Rebill? Joi Rebills coil up?!

Jii: P-Prince!

Kat: You'd best be careful.

Kat: Joi Rebills adapt to their surroundings  and hide their presence.

Kat: Do you know what that's called?

Kat: Stealth.

G: Unhand the prince!

Kat: An ark to safeguard the species?

Kat: Don't be such cheapskates.

Kat: Why not build an ark big enough  to save the entire planet?

Hata: No, wait... Don't...

 I'm... I'm gonna... I'm gonna... I'm gonna...

Hata: I puked...

TBC,Sign:  To Be Continued

Preview,Sign: Preview

King: I don't have long left.

King: So I must resolve this problem before I go.

G: That's what you call a king.

E: My name is Dragonia.

 Title:  Silver Soul Arc

 Title:  Men Must Live Not Long or Thick, but Hard

 TextR: Huh? Wait a second.

 TextL: What kind of story is starting up here?

 TextR: What about the g*ng in space? Who the hell is Dragonia?

 TextL: If that's what you're thinking, look forward to next week!
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