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

Uts:  While an "ending" is a conclusion,  it is also a release.

Uts: Through an ending, we will be  freed of all that shackles us.

Uts: Such as the endless cycle of foolish wars,

Uts: or the sorrow and suffering they cause.

Uts: And still, Sakata Gintoki,  you stand your ground there?

Uts: You reject an ending and choose  to continue suffering...

Uts: You choose the suffering of  striking your teacher down?

Uts: Then I must make my own choice.

Uts: To choose the suffering of  striking my disciple down.

Nob: That's...

Nob: The third and last of the Three  Wings of Naraku, Hitsugi!

Gin: Teacher? Disciple?

Gin: That crap doesn't exist here.

Gin: The guy in front of me  is nothing but a villain.

Gin: And the guy in front of you

Gin: is nothing but Odd Jobs!

Gin: You took his blood, too?

Shin: There's no end to them!

Nob: Time's up, huh?

Nob: I'll secure an escape route. Run away.

Nob: We can't fight both Utsuro and the  Liberation Army at the same time.

Nob: I'm sorry. I didn't think things through.

Nob: That immortal man and his immortal army

Nob: can't be defeated by us alone right now.

Uts: It won't reach.

Uts: It can't reach.

Uts: Your sword...

Uts: can't reach me.

Gin: Utsuro!

Gin: Utsuro...

Nob: Hurry!

Kag: Your glasses broke.

Shin: I hope what I'm seeing right now is  a mistake caused by my glasses, too.

Shin: But unfortunately, it looks like my glasses  weren't the only thing that broke.

Shin: Gin-san!

Kag: Nobutas!

Nob: Hurry up and stop Utsuro  and the Liberation Army.

Nob: Forget about me.

Gin: We both did stuff we normally wouldn't.

Nob: I just didn't want to watch  our prospects get any worse.

Gin: Then keep this in mind:

Gin: In our eyes, you're a valuable  part of our prospects, too,

Gin: Mimawarigumi Vice Chief Imai Nobume.

Gin: We need you to put in your  chief's share of the work.

Gin: Don't you dare drop d*ad here.

Gin: He'll laugh in your face.

Nob: I'm sure he already is.

Nob: Isaburo, even in a world without you,  it seems I still have a purpose.

Nob: But I don't know...

Nob: You entrusted your hopes to them,

Nob: but I don't know how to protect  them from that huge evil.

Nob: I don't know how to protect Edo, which has  lost both its elite and hooligan cops.

G: Target has been silenced  by concentrated f*re.

G: No signs of any enemies remaining.

 En: What are you saying?

 En: The enemy's still there.

 En: Burn everything to the ground.

G: We're done for!

G: This is why I said we  should surrender at once!

G: But to surrender while Nobunobu-sama  was in the midst of negotiating with them?

G: We can't believe in a figurehead g*n!

G: I'm sure he has long abandoned  this country and fled!

G: If we waste time here, we'll end  up dying with the country, too!

Soyo: Go ahead and flee.

Soyo: No need to worry about the country.

Soyo: I'll watch over the castle  while everybody's gone.

G: P-Princess Soyo.

Momo: Princess Soyo did what?

Momo: Why didn't you keep a closer eye on her?  I repeatedly told you to take utmost care.

G: We're terribly sorry.

G: We couldn't really follow her into the  bathroom, and she took that chance.

Momo: Find her at once.

All: Ma'am!

 Zen: This country's done for.

 Zen: You only have one job now.

 Zen: Run away, Princess Soyo.

 Zen: Edo'll be engulfed in the flames of w*r soon.

 Zen: Arrange a ship that'll get  you off of Earth immediately.

 Soyo: Zenzo-san, I want to fight alongside you all.

 Soyo: After all, I am his...

 Soyo: g*n Tokugawa Shigeshige's sister.

 Zen: You're not the g*n's sister anymore.

 Mai: Watch your mouth, Zenzo-dono!

 Zen: You're just a sister, and it's your duty  to live your brother's share of life.

 Zen: And as the one who failed  to protect your brother,

 Zen: it's my duty to protect you to the end.

 Soyo: What happened to Brother wasn't your fault.

 Zen: Forget it.

 Zen: If you're going to throw a tantrum, I'll  drag you away even if I have to spank you.

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 Momo: Oh? And then what?

 Momo: Will you live in a land with no familiar  faces, counting all the friends you've lost?

 Momo: Zenzo, using your life to make up for  failing your friend is all well and good.

 Momo: But don't forget that you have other friends  here who are doing their best to live.

 Zen: Jump is the only friend I have.

 Momo: And Bessatsu Margaret is my only friend.

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 Momo: But here's how I feel.

 Momo: Living a lost friend's share of life

 Momo: and fighting and dying with your  friends who are still alive

 Momo: are both fine displays of friendship.

 Soyo: Zenzo-san, he's fighting, isn't he?

 Soyo: Then I... We must fight, too.

 Soyo: We must struggle and crawl out of  the depths of sorrow and hatred.

 Soyo: We can't be outdone!

 Soyo: Not by him!

 Zen: That so? Got it.

 Momo: Where are you going?

 Zen: If the princess is staying back,  then I won't be of any use by her side.

 Zen: Take care of her, Momochi.

 Soyo: Zenzo-san!

 Zen: I'm gonna do what I want,  so you do as you please, too.

 Zen: Not as a princess, but as his kid sister.

Momo: Princess...

G: What are you thinking?

Soyo: You all should evacuate at once.

Soyo: I'll take care of this castle myself.

G: Of all the preposterous ideas!

Soyo: We cannot leave this castle empty.

Soyo: When its people are fighting to defend the  country, how can the country abandon them?

G: But what obligation do you  have to go to such lengths?

G: This country took your brother's life!

G: And you are...

Soyo: Not a princess.

Soyo: I am Tokugawa Shigeshige's sister.

Soyo: And I will remain that forever.

Shin: Then Utsuro is...

Gin: Sorry. I let him get away.

Gin: Or maybe he was the one who let me get away.

Shin: But he must have been  caught in that expl*si*n.

Gin: If he was the type to die from that,  we wouldn't be having such a hard time.

Kag: So in the end, we couldn't do anything?

Kag: We couldn't protect anything?

Kag: Is everything going just as Utsuro wants?

Kag: Can the w*r no longer be stopped?

Gin: Don't give up!

Gin: It's not too late! We can still stop it!

 En: f*re.

G: I told you so.

G: If they go crazy up in the skies, we ground  troops won't get any sh*ts at glory.

G: We're fighting over four dirty apes?

G: What matters in a hunt isn't the game,  but the hunters you're up against.

Gin: Run for it!

 Gin: I run and run, but I don't feel  like I'm getting anywhere.

 Uts: Your sword...

 Sho: ...can't reach me.

 Gin: Have I not taken a single  step forward since then?

 Gin: I don't think I'll ever reach him.

Kon: It's not over yet!

Kon: Don't go ending things for yourselves.

Kon: Keep your eyes forward and  your hands on your sword.

Kon: Fight, Odd Jobs.

Kon: Together with us Shinsengumi!

Gintama,OP Card:  Gintama

Silver Soul,OP Card:  Silver Soul

 Title:  The Line Between Tenacious and Annoying Is Paper-Thin

G: Wh-What's going on?

G: O-Our own t*nk suddenly fired at us!

Kon: Your friends are all gone.

Hij: They'd parked their vehicles in a  weird spot and were blocking traffic.

Oki: So we gave them tickets and  impounded their vehicles.

Oki: We're currently investigating the case.

Kon: But you guys won't get off that lightly.

Kon: For traffic violations, destruction  of property, et cetera,

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Kon: you are under arrest!

G: Y-You guys are...

All: The police.

Nob: They're back?

Nob: Edo's hooligan cops are back in town?

Kon: Charge!

Oki: What're you standing around for?

Kon: You'll get left behind.

Hij: The battle's just getting started.

Hij: This country...

Hij: isn't finished just yet.

G: f*re!

G: What?

Mat: Good grief.

Mat: I gathered troops to fell Nobunobu's country,

Mat: but look what I'm doing now.

Mat: Get lost, rubberneckers.

Mat: You guys were fighting an empty country,

Mat: but its owners are back now.

Mat: Whether we defend this country or destroy it,

Kon: the decision is for us, its citizens, to make!

Kon: You have no horse in this race.

Kon: Men, show them how strong  this country really is!

Hij: I thought you'd lost your  will to fight out of fear,

Hij: but I'm glad to see you're still  that same old unpredictable moron.

Gin: Look who's talking.

Gin: You took awfully long to drag out your  grapefruits after they'd shrunk back inside.

Kon: When your enemy goes from one  country to the entire universe,

Kon: no grapefruits are big enough.

Shin: Sorry! We tried to prevent this, but failed!

Oki: Jeez. Who was it that cockily  said to leave Edo in her hands?

Kag: And whose stinking mouth was it that said  he'd come back stronger than anyone?

Oki: If nothing else, I have grown  strong enough to one-sh*t you.

Hij: We gathered up rebels  from across the country,

Hij: used the old bakufu's connections,  and gained support from other countries.

Kon: We have more political power than  we could even imagine before.

Kon: We even bought cutting-edge  w*apon and battleships.

Gin: That so?

Gin: And how long will all of that  last against the entire universe?

Kon: Even if we can't win the w*r,

Kon: we might be able to create an  opening with which to stop it.

Kon: Besides, it wasn't just our political  power or w*apon that grew stronger.

Shin: Kondo-san!

Kon: Do you really think we were twiddling  our thumbs while we were away from Edo?

Kon: We swore to protect Edo for sure this time,  and that we'd grow stronger to do it.

Kon: Sit back and watch the  reborn Shinsengumi's strength.

Shin: No way, was that...

Kon: A restraint to keep my  excessive strength in check,

Kon: and a special-alloy headband that constantly  put strain on me to make me stronger.

Kon: Did you really think I'd change  my costume for no reason?

Kon: The time has finally come  to release this power.

Kon: Gori...

Kon: Ah, my head hasn't felt  this light in a long time.

Shin: Of course it does! There's nothing in there!

Shin: You're taking the "release" thing too far!

Shin: Who the hell coordinates their  entire getup with weights?!

Kon: Oops, nearly forgot to take this off, too.

Shin: Don't take off the mosaic!

Kon: What's this? I can't even feel my own weight.

Kon: It's like I've become one with the universe.

Shin: Kondo-san!

Kon: Hey. What are you looking at, tree trunk?

Shin: What are you showing off, your junk?!

Kon: I see it.

Kon: I see it.

Kon: I see it all!

Kon: The rounds are clearly visible,  like they're a slow-ass turtle.

Shin: Uh, your turtle, rounds, and  ass are clearly visible, too!

Shin: But wow. He's so fast.

Shin: Oh, the mosaic.

Shin: Why?!

Shin: What happened, Kondo-san?!

Shin: Don't tell me the real thing  was behind that mosaic!

Shin: Did you step on your own dick?!

Oki: Oh, well.

Hij: Hey, take care of Kondo-san.

Shin: Hijikata-san! Okita-san!

Hij: We wanted to save this for a turning point...

Oki: But now, we have no choice but  to release our powers as well.

Shin: Wait, are you two...

Oki: We attained this to protect Edo once again.

Hij: Behold our new powers!

Shin: Th-That's...

Hij: Nicotine Dispel!

 Hij: Allow me to explain.

 Hij: Nicotine Dispel, which involves quitting  smoking to increase lung capacity

 Hij: and make food taste better,  is Hijikata's new power.

Shin: All you did was start  taking care of yourself!

Oki: Mayonnaise Burst!

 Oki: Allow me to explain.

 Oki: Mayonnaise Burst, which involves wasting  mayonnaise in front of Hijikata,

 Oki: who lives only for mayonnaise,  is Okita's new power.

Shin: That's nothing new!

Shin: In the past and now, all you've  ever done is harass the guy!

Hij: This is the new Shinsengumi's strength!

Oki: Watch and be amazed!

Shin: Hey! They haven't changed one bit!

Gin: They've gotten worse, if anything.

Ymz: Well, duh, boss.

Ymz: People can't change that easily.

Ymz: In other words...

Ymz: Our desire to protect Edo hasn't  changed one bit, either.

Gin: Uh, who are you? A new character?

Ymz: What're you talking about?

Ymz: It's me, Zakiyama.

Gin: You're a totally different person now!

TBC,Sign:  To Be Continued

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

Ymz: We're the same old Shinsengumi.

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

Gen: Let's show them what Earth  is truly capable of.

 Title:  Silver Soul Arc

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

 TextR: The hooligan cops are back,

 TextL: but who knows if they've  grown or regressed?

 TextR: With even more dangers  looming large on the horizon,

 TextL: the golden man makes his move!
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