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[azukisoul]

Translation of GinHiji manga/dj: "Together." by 礼央。(pixiv) [non-h]

This was requested on Twitter, a heartwarming reincarnation story :") I loved translating it.

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Translation

[page 1] S: Hijikata-san! H: Oh, glasses. G: Um, have you seen Gin-san?

[page 2] H: Oh, so you're alive. G: Huh!? G: Is it a bad thing that I'm alive? G: Wait. G: Hold on, you're on break? H: Well, yeah. G: Are you here to see me? H: I'm just taking a walk. G: Hmph. I know you're here to see me, though. H: Die, idiot. G: What have you been saying!? Am I not allowed to be alive!?

[page 3] H: Earlier, H: I saw glasses. G: Shinpachi? H: Yeah. H: He was looking for you, y'know. G: …. H: You… H: What are you H: thinking of right now? G: What's this all of a sudden? G: Is it because of Shinpachi? S: Gin-san has been acting weird lately. S: This morning, too, he said he's just heading out to buy Jump, but… H: Nah. H: Well… H: Yeah.

[page 4] H: He was worried about you. H: Hurry up and go home. G: Pfft. That's why you were surprised I'm alive? G: Hijikata-kun, are you an idiot? H: Shut up. G: Hey, wanna listen to me? H: Sure.

[page 5] G: You know, I… H: Mm. G: I found myself thinking that I'm happy. H: Mm. G: And then I ended up thinking about whether or not I'm allowed to be this happy. G: And then, somehow G: I suddenly got scared. H: I see. G: If I'm at home, G: there's Kagura, and Sadaharu, G: and during the day there's Shinpachi, too. G: It's fun there even if we're not doing anything. H: Mm.

[page 6] G: I ended up thinking that I don't want to let them go. H: …. G: It's silly, right? G: I've never even thought about what's ahead of me or what my future looks like. G: Someday, they all will go to walk on their own paths and leave my side. G: This won't go on forever. I know that, and I don't have a problem with that. G: I'll tell them that I'm happy they all found something they want to do. G: But then I thought about what I'm going to do by myself when that time comes. G: I closed my eyes G: and tried to picture that now emptier room. G: And then…

[page 7] G: I can only see you there, Hijikata. G: Hey. G: Will you live together with me?

[page 8] H: Those words made my heart clench. H: Ah. H: I want to protect this person. I want to be by his side. H: That's what I felt.

[page 9] H: Things progressed surprisingly quickly after that. H: Kondou-san cried and was happy for us. H: The kids welcomed us. H: And then, we H: someway somehow, became a family.

[page 10] G: Hey. G: Hijikata-kun. G: If I die first, what'll you do? H: Let's see. H: I'll put my ring on you H: and then I'll put your ring in a small bottle along with some small shards H: and I'll carry it with me until my death.

[page 11] G: So we can meet again up there? H: Nah. H: Not up there. *taps* H: So that in our next life H: I'll keep you from being alone again.

[page 12] H: Hey, hurry up!

[page 13] H: You're so damn slow, you fucking perm! You want us to leave together, right!? G: Wa-wait a minute, okay! I'm coming now, dammit! H: Your slowness is gonna make me end up being late! G: Sorry, sorry. *step step step* G: Man, Mr. Public Servant Police Officer here sure is strict about time. H: You're the one who's too loose about it! Also, hurry up and find a job already! G: No need. Right now, I'm trying to think about what I truly want in life. It's an important time for me. H: You'll probably go to the Employment Service Center today, anyway. G: I can't say anything to that! H: Hey. H: You…

[page 14] G: Okay, then. Be careful. H: What are you thinking about right now? H: Yeah. You too. H: What do you see? G: I'm gonna make dinner and wait for you, darling. H: That's freaking gross. H: Are you not afraid anymore? H: Right now, H: are you happy? *clack*

[page 15] H: Me? H: Yeah. I'm here with you, H: so I'm happy.

[page 16] The following is an additional story for "Together." that I drew for REOLOG (my doujin collection). *Depiction of death *Post-reincarnation

[page 17] G: I've been holding on to it as long as I can remember. G: I don't know who it belongs to.

[page 18] G: G to T… G: G is for Gintoki, I guess? G: Then who is T… G: I have absolutely no idea.

[page 19] G: My mom said G: I seem to have picked it up out of nowhere when I was a baby. G: Even when they took it away out of fear of me accidentally swallowing it G: or threw it away because it seemed strange, G: before they knew it, it always returned to the palm of my hands. G: My mom then had the idea of putting that ring around my neck.

[page 20] S: Heey, Gintoki! S: The entrance ceremony is about to start. G: Yeah, I'm coming. G: I have no idea if this ring even has any meaning at all. G: But, G: when I look at it, my heart becomes calmer, yet also excited, yet also painful. It's strange. G: I'm sure there is a meaning. G: I believe that. H: Haha. K: And then, Otae-san was like…

[page 21] G: Hiji… G: …kata.

[page 22] *glare* *ba-dump* G: Huh? H: Who the hell are you? G: Oh, sorry. Did I say something? H: Huh? Say something? Nah. You called my name, right? G: N… Name?

[page 23] O: Hijikata-san! What are you doing? H: Tch. You damn perm. G: His name is G: Hijikata, huh… G: Hijikata? I said his name? I did? G: Why? G: …. G: Hijikata.

[page 24] G: Hijikata. G: Who is that? G: Hijikata. G: Is that someone I know? G: Hijikata. G: Who the hell are you? G: Hey, Hijikata. G: Will you live together with me? G: Who?

[page 25] G: Hey, Hijikata-kun. G: If I die first, what'll you do? H: Let's see. H: I'll put my ring on you H: and then I'll put your ring in a small bottle along with some small shards H: and I'll carry it with me until my death. G: So we can meet again up there? H: Nah. H: Not up there. H: So that in our next life…

[page 26] H: So that in our next life… H: I'll keep you from being alone again. *rustle*

[page 27] G: Hijikata… G: …Toshirou. G: Yeah. I remember now. G: I remember now. G: G to T. G: This is G: the ring I gave him.

[page 28] G: In our next life… G: We met. G: We met, G: Hijikata.

[page 29] -

[page 30] H: I'll go too, soon. H: Wait for me, okay?

[page 31] H: Yorozuya.

[page 32] -

[page 33] H: I've been holding on to it as long as I can remember. H: Who does it belong to? H: What shards are these? H: I have no idea.

[page 34] G: And then, Zura and Sakomoto's like… G: Then, Takasugi fell (lol) G: Hilarious, right? H: …. H: Hey, Sakata. G: What is it, Hijikata-kun? H: Which class are you in? G: H (Ecchi) ♥ H: Don't say it in such a weird way. H: And this class is? G: A Class. H: Then, let me ask you this. H: Why are you always eating lunch here everyday!? We're not even on the same floor. H: Furthermore, here in front of me!

[page 35] G: That's clearly G: because I want to be next to you, right? G: Just kidding. *GROSSED OUT* *fidgets* G: Hey, come on! Don't look so clearly grossed out like that! H: Stop those jokes already. G: Hahah. It was just a joke. Don't mind it so much. H: Geez. I really don't date guys, okay? H: ….

[page 36] H: ? G: I know, I know. G: Hahah. H: Sakata Gintoki… H: The first time I met him was on the day of our high school entrance ceremony. G: Hiji… G: …kata.

[page 37] H: Who the hell are you? G: Oh, sorry. H: A guy with lazy eyes that resemble those of a dead fish. H: Rarely-seen silver hair. G: Did I say something? H: It should've been the first time we met, but it didn't feel like the first. H: You damn perm. H: After that day, H: For some reason, Sakata took a liking to me and popped up in my classroom whenever he had the time. O: Oh, it's Danna. K: Ooh, Gintoki, you're here. G: Don't interrupt us. Get the hell away, Gorilla. H: Kondou-san is not a gorilla!

[page 38] H: The guy is suspicious, H: but I don't think of it as strange and end up hating it. H: In fact, that smile H: perhaps even feels familiar to me. *ba-dump* G: Hm? What's wrong? H: Oh, nothing. H: I never knew you wear that thing.

[page 39] G: Oh, this? G: You're curious about it? H: Nah, not really. G: Don't worry. I don't have a girlfriend or anything. H: L-Like anyone even asked about that! G: Come on, just hear me out. G: This is something I've been keeping safe for as long as I can remember. G: I've been holding on to it without even knowing who it belongs to or why I can't let go of it. H: Without knowing… H: All this time? G: Yeah. G: All this time. H: For as long as you can remember? G: Yeah. G: As long as I can remember.

[page 40] H: I was shocked. H: His story is exactly the same as mine. H: The ring in that bottle… H: And his ring… *thump* H: What is happening? H: There's a strange pain in my chest. *ruffles*

[page 41] G: Take your time. H: …. G: I'll wait.

[page 42] H: T to G. H: Does it mean from Toshirou to Gintoki…?

[page 43] H: That can't be the case. H: The first time I met him was on the day of our entrance ceremony. H: I don't think I've met him before that. H: But… is that true? G: I'll wait. H: Could it be that I've just forgotten? H: I want to remember. H: I feel like I have to remember. H: If there really is something to remember. H: Or do I just want that to be the case? H: I don't know. H: On his ring… H: Are there somebody's initials carved on it?

[page 44] H: Sakata. H: Sakata Gintoki. H: Who are you? H: Sakata Gintoki. H: Really? H: Sakata Gintoki. H: I called his name like that?

[page 45] G: Hey, Hijikata-kun. G: If I die first, G: what'll you do? H: Let's see. H: I'll put my ring on you H: and then I'll put your ring in a small bottle along with some small shards H: and I'll carry it with me until my death. G: So we can meet again up there? H: Nah. H: Not up there. *taps* H: So that in our next life…

[page 46] H: So that in our next life… H: I'll keep you from being alone again. *shock...*

[page 47] H: Right. H: I know him. H: I know Sakata Gintoki. H: Something as important as this… H: How could I forget… *grip* G: Hijikata-kun. H: Tch. H: Damn it…! *runs*

[page 48] H: Haa… H: Haa… *ring* *ring* H: Hey, where the hell are you? H: What? H: Heading back home from work? Where!? H: Whatever, just tell me! H: Huh? H: Near the park? Then right now I'm… G: Hijikata!

[page 49] G: Hey, what's up? H: Sakata… H: Gintoki. G: Hijikata? What's wrong? H: Sorry. G: Hm? H: I said I'll keep you from being alone, but… H: Sorry. G: … H: You've been in front of me all this time, but H: I didn't realize. I'm sorry. H: I've never even called your name properly. H: I'm really sorry,

[page 50] H: Yorozuya.

[page 51] G: Hijikata, you… H: Hey, Yorozuya… H: Can you put it on me, too? G: …

[page 52] H: Hah. H: It fits me perfectly. I've been holding on to it as long as I can remember. I don't know who it belongs to. But…

[page 53] G: We finally meet, Hijikata. G: Don't cry. H: I'm just sorry for making you wait. H: Also, I'm not crying. G: You're totally crying. H: I'm not crying.

[page 54] Those faraway memories, bond, love. The miracle of being able to meet again.

[page 55] I won't let you be alone. I'll be by your side. To make you happy. To become happy. From now on, too, always.

[page 56] Together.

[sysig]

Enecomimi Banzaiiii (Patreon)

[babygray]

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[sandreeen]

Interview with Domoto Tsuyoshi (Takasugi Shinsuke) || Making of Gintama (2017)

[symbieote]

Decided to gird my loins and struggle through a couple of sentences of this gintama fic doujinshi with a notebook beside me to write down unfamiliar japanese words that I had to look up. I made half a page of notes for the opening paragraph that is three short sentences establishing that the sky looks like it's going to rain. It also took me like half an hour. Girl this zine is 53 pages of A5 text I'm going to die of old age before I finish it. I bought three fic doujinshi of similar novelette size. I'm so stupid. I immediately went to read a manga doujinshi to make myself feel better because, you know, pictures and fewer words, but I then realised that the fic's premise had an iron grip on my heart and my balls and I couldn't give up on it

[miaitzia]

zura drew by Elizabeth He's beautiful <3

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[aptumi]

wip! i attempted to make a pngtuber model of teacher!sakamoto for fun :'3

[whosname]

[Id. screenshot a Gintama translator's note. "(TL note- Oh my god. He's still not done. How the hell is it still not done? I don't fucking believe this. Every single chapter. Who the hell's gonna read all this?)" End Id.]

I think about the Gintama scanlators a lot. I thank 'em for their services 'cause I think I read all of it o7

[gintama-archive]

Sorachi’s Comments On Characters From Gintama-kun No Ayumi

Part One

Part Two

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[lotus-tower]

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okay not only do they literally use “ai” for love the lyrics also use “utsuro” (hollow) “kage” rather than silhouette and obviously there’s “silver dream.” and also. a more complicated phrase with the burning soul/lament duality part where “ura” I think implies them being each other’s other side of the coin yeah. specifically right before “is the proof that we once lived in this place together” mm.

normal pairing. Normal World

[arytha]

"hey mara what the hell is going on in that novel" - @joelletwo (cant copy tags on mobile lol)

A Lot!!!

right now Lin Huai is discount Tomie (of the famous author j*nji ito fame)

[azukisoul]

Translation of HijiGin manga/dj: "We Got Married" by 新飯田 (pixiv) [non-h]

Domestic married shenanigans. Comedy. Like, comedy. I swear this artist is secretly Sorachi.

CLICK HERE FOR MANGA LINK | Out of courtesy to the artist I'm not reposting their art here, please visit the page, refer to the translation as you read along, and show the artist some love!

I do not mind uncredited text reposts but please DO NOT use my translation to scanlate/edit the manga and post the edits. Keep it text only and link to the source.

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Translation

[page 1] H: Hey. Their first meeting was terrible.

[page 2] Whenever they see each other, they would always fight. But as time passed, they forged a strong bond. Their feelings towards each other started to change, and now, the two of them… …have gotten married. *DING DONG~* Don't think too much about it.

[page 3] (We Got Married)

[page 4] (Morning Routine) Zzz… Krrr…. Zzz… *tick* *Rrrring—* *SMASH* Zzz… zzz….

[page 5] *slides* S: Good morning… H: How many times have I told you!? Stop destroying our alarm clocks! G: Huh!? Like I care! Anyway, you're always so noisy every morning! S: Good morning, Kagura-chan. G: Don't use alarm clocks, then! Wake up on your own!! K: Yeah. Morning. H: Well, thanks to a certain someone's noisy ass snoring I keep not getting enough sleep!! G: What'd'ya say!? My snoring is not that loud! S: Good morning, Sadaharu. Sa: Woof. H: You snore so fucking loud, you know! Also I have sleep apnea! G: Wait, really!? S: Hijikata-san, time's running out. It's almost eight. H: Hey! Don't you have anything I can eat right away!? G: Shuddup! I'm making it right now!

[page 6] *clunk* G: Here.

H: …Hey… What is this… G: Huh? H: I told you before, I… G: What are you saying? Hurry up and eat. H: I told you I only eat rice for breakfast!! G: Huh? I didn't know that. H: Don't we have rice!? G: Stop nagging for rice. I forgot to cook some. G: Come on, just quickly eat that and go. Go eat rice or whatever you want with some girl who fell down from the sky. H: Don't justify this by saying it's fine because Ghi*li characters eat it!!

[page 7] *flip* H: Ah, dammit! There's no time left! *slides* G: Wait! You forgot something, hey!! H: Huh!? *grabs* *SMOOOOOOOOCH* G: Have a safe trip!!! H: See you when I get back!!! *rattles* *slam* S: When'll they stop doing this every morning? K: I know, uh-uh.

[page 8] (Husbands' Quarrel) G: I don't give a shit about you anymore! I'll be going back home!! H: Don't say anything and go then!! It's easier that way!! *SLAM* *SLIDES* G: This is my home though!! H: Oh!! You're right!!

[page 9] (Always Saying This or That) Y: Huff… huff… huff… *whoosh* *whoosh* Y: Huff… huff… huff… G: Are you always doing that? Y: Aaaahh! B-Boss!? Y: Why are you here!? G: I'm just delivering something, that's it. Y: Huh?

[page 10] G: Here. G: That damn Hijikata ran off without it this morning. Seems like it's something important? Y: This is… yeah, it's an important document! Y: But the vice chief is in a meeting right now… G: It's fine. Just pass it to him later. G: Gin-san went all this way to deliver it, so tell him he should be grateful. Y: Ah… Boss, hold on! Y: Wanna come with me for a bit?

[page 11] G: It's sho good!! Sho damn good!! *munch munch munch* Y: We got it as a gift and had leftovers… G: Sho good!!! Y: I'm glad you like it. G: Man, you guys sure have it good. Getting good food and high pay… Y: W-Well… It's really not as good as you think… Y: Our job is just that rough, so… G: Speaking of job, G: he's been coming home late recently, is he busy? Y: Huh? Ah… Vice chief duties have indeed been particularly busy lately. G: Hmmm… I see. *sips*

[page 12] Y: It's kind of… still a little bit hard to believe. G: What is? Y: Your marriage. Y: Never in my dreams had I thought that the vice chief and Yorozuya's boss would be bound together in that way… Y: Ah, but I don't think it's weird or anything! Y: I really sincerely wish you two the best… G: I get what you're trying to say. G: Well, I never thought things would turn out like this, either. Y: But, really. When you told us you were getting married, I was so surprised.

[page 13] H: We have… H: …decided to get married.

Y/K/O: HUHHHHHHHHHH!?

[page 14] Y: W-What do you mean!? K: Huh? What? Married…!? O: Are you saying this while understanding what's between both of your legs? H: I know what you're trying to say. H: It's true that we're both men. H: What I'm saying is, I want to be with him so much that stuff like that doesn't matter to me. K: To-Toshi… Are you serious…? H: Yeah. K: You're really getting married? H: Yeah. K: With the Yorozuya? H: Yeah. K: You're fine marrying him!? H: Yeah. K: Yorozuya… you're also fine with this? G: Sure, I'm fine, whatever. K: … *smack!*

[page 15] K: I understand. K: If you're saying this now, I'm sure you've properly given it a lot of thought and consideration. K: We're not in the place to tell you anything. K: Toshi… Be happy. H: Kondou-san…! H: Thank you… H: Thank you…! G: *yawns*

[page 16] Y: … Y: It's been half a year since then, huh… Y: Honestly, Boss, I thought that even though you married him, you don't really care for the vice chief that much, but… Y: That's actually not the case, huh? G: Huh!? G: I don't feel anything for him! I only think of him as my ATM, okay!? Y: Naaah, even if you're always saying this or that, Y: you're always concerned about him and worry about him, right? Y: I thought, I guess you really do love him. G: Lo-…!? G: It's not…

[page 17] G: It's nothing like that at all… H: Hrrrgghackh!? Ha: Vice chieeef!? What happened!? Ha: The vice chief suddenly coughed out blood!! H: Just now… I received signals of Gintoki's love… *faints* K: Toshiiiiiiiiii!!!! G: Sometimes I regret it, though. Y: … K: Pull yourself togetheeeer!!

[page 18] (Wedding Ring) Y: By the way, you two don't wear wedding rings? H: I bought a pair, but my job is like this, so. H: Better if I don't wear it. It'd be bad if I lose it. G: I-I also… put away mine… uh-uh… G: Somewhere. H: Hey, did you lose your ring!? H: No wait, it's you we're talking about. You pawned it off, didn't you!! G: I’m not that awful of a person, okay!! I can find it if I look!! Probably!!

[page 19] (Demon Wife) M: Alriiiight! I'm treating all of you today, M: so go ahead and order anything you want! ♀1: Ahh, Toshi-san, you haven't been coming here, so I've been missing you! ♀2: Me too! ♀2: Come on, drink up ♡ H: Nah… I'm good… O: Hijikata-san, what's wrong? You're sweating bullets. H: I mean, I should be sweating if I'm at a place like this. H: Even though I'm here because the old man forced me to, H: if he finds out, I'm screwed… O: Yeah… You're right.

[page 20] K: Tosshi is late tonight, uh-uh. S: He's probably busy working again. G: Yeah, probably. *chime* G: Who is it? (A phone Hijikata makes him carry ->) *flip*

[page 21] H: Nothing happened and I was there as a part of work, so I should just act like usual, right… H: I'm home… G: Welcome back! *peeks* *ah!* G: You're home late. H: A-Ah, it's because of work, y'know… G: Hmmm… I see. G: Hijikata-kun, you're tired from work, so… G: Do you want dinner? G: Or a bath? G: Or… G: A bloodshed?

[page 22] *step step step step* H: Heeeeyy!! What's this all of a sudden! Why are you so clearly trying to kill me!? *step step step step* G: It's no use playing dumb!! Okita-kun contacted me earlier…

[page 23] G: …and sent me this picture! *bam* (From: Okita. Subject: Having fun) H: Sougooooooooooo! G: How was it!? How was the alcohol poured by pretty ladies, hm!!? G: It definitely tasted good, huh!? Man, I'm so jealous, you bastard!! H: That's what you're jealous about!? H: The old man forced me to come with him! H: He's my superior, so I had no choice, okay!? G: Well, I guess there's no choice if it's a superior… G: Looking at it again, you clearly looked like you hated it anywa…

[page 24] G: You didn't hate it at aaaaaall!! *GRRAAAHHHH* H: It's not that! It's because I was drunk! H: I wasn't enjoying it at all! G: …Then… G: You should've at least contacted me beforehand!!! *whoop* *rattle* H: Alright, then I'm sorry for not contacting you!! H: My bad!! *clink* *clang*

[page 25] H: Ah!! H: Heey! Help me convince him!! *PUNCH* H: Why is no one in this house on my side!? S: That's not the case at all. *pat* H: Glasses…! S: As long as you keep putting your money into Yorozuya, I'll be on your side. G: Alright. Good job, you two. S: Um, Gin-san… To the point of telling us not to be on his side, isn't that too much… G: It's fine. He should have this much done to him.

[page 26] (Wife-Bragging) G: Here. H: Huh? H: …. G: Come on, hurry up and take it.

[page 27] H: Wait, wait, wait! H: What are you doing here!? G: What'd'ya mean, "what"? I'm making lunch. H: Lunch…? What happened to our usual lunch lady? G: Ah, about that… G: Seems like all the old ladies at the barracks had a cold all at once, so I was asked to make lunch G: by the gorilla. H: If that's the case, you should've told me that this morning… ♂: Boss! ♂1: The lunch was absolutely delicious! ♂2: Thanks for the meal! G: Sure. H: ….

[page 28] Ha: Yorozuya's boss is amazing, huh. Y: Why suddenly say that? Ha: I mean, not only that he can be said as the strongest when it comes to swordsmanship, Ha: but he's even also good at cooking. Ha: Isn't he perfect? Ha: To add to that… Ha: When you get a good look at him, he's also quite good looking, right? Ha: Although I don't swing that way. Y: I totally get that! Y: Ah, this miso soup is good. *sips* *SLAM*

[page 29] Ha/Y: Vice chieeeeef! *sits* Ha/Y: Shit, here comes the hassle-maker! H: Huh? This tastes different than how he usually makes it. Y: O-Oh, really… Ha/Y: He's trying to brag about how he eats his cooking all the time! H: Usually it goes down the throat easier. H: Today, it's like, thicker, or like, saltier… *CRASH* G: Don't eat it if you're going to complain about it!! Ha/Y: He has a point. Y: V-Vice chief, are you alright? H: No big deal. H: It's always like this, you see. It's his way of showing affection, you see. Ha/Y: He's still saying that.

[page 30] Ha: I guess the vice chief is the one being lead by the nose, huh? Y: He's walking all over the vice chief, huh? Y: Hm!? *hides* Ha: What's wrong? Y: It's the boss. Y: He's coming into the vice chief's room. Y: Is the boss going to yell at him again? Heh heh. H: Gintoki! G: Hey. ….

[page 31] H: ! H: What's wrong? G: …Something we don't usually do… H: Huh? G: Usually, there's Shinpachi and the others, or you'd be away at work, so… G: …I tried doing it. H: I see. H: You're right. Ha/Y: The ending is pretty wholesome, thoooough!!!!!? (end)

[page 32] I released this book in 2015, but I came up with this concept 8 years ago… (I drew it on my drawing blog) The wife who would become Shiroyasha in fights. Hijikata-kun, who in fact wasn't enjoying his time with the girls, but was actually bragging about his wife. H: My wife… H: Then, he's like… Thank you to everyone who has read this book!

[ozmatippetarius]

Class 3-Z Ginpachi-Sensei Lesson 2: Scaring People is Also a Technique (Part 1)

Years back I tried my hand at translating some of this novel. Since the adaptation is coming out soon, it reminded me of the project and I decided to pick it back up again. Since a translation of Lesson 1 already exists on the internet, I started with Lesson 2. This is a very amateurish fan translation, so keep that in mind! Please enjoy.

Part 2

What is important in life is life, and not the result of life.　（Goethe

I think so too. (Sakata Ginpachi)

No, please think for yourself sometimes. (Shimura Shinpachi)

Hyuu, the wind blew, shaking Shinpachi’s bangs.

10:00 p.m. He was in front of the main gate of Gintama High School.

It was scary, Shinpachi thought. The school at night was really scary...

No, whether it was a school, or a shinto shrine, or a temple, going anywhere at night would be scary. Although the phrase ‘School at Night’ was particularly creepy.

Really scary. Shinpachi didn’t have any thoughts besides that.

Shut away on the other side of the tightly closed iron gate, the unspeaking (obviously) school building sat. In the sky above the school building a huge full moon hung, or, should I say, the final boss was about to come out? It was an atmosphere like that.

Even so, Shinpachi hadn’t gone in.

Into the school at night.

To retrieve an item he’d left behind.

Scary. But he couldn’t wait until tomorrow morning. Couldn’t wait for the thing that he’d left inside his class desk. After returning home, and finishing his dinner and bath, he’d noticed it.

That was why he had come to retrieve it now.

Shinpachi placed his hands on the school gate firmly. The height of the school gate was just short of Shinpachi’s jaw. Climbing over it wouldn’t be easy, but it wasn’t impossible.

But the cold touch of the school gate, the sensation of the rough rust, and the sound of the metal creaking all shook Shinpachi’s resolve.

Well, Shimura Shinpachi, muster your courage!

So Shinpachi said to himself. He gripped the school gate hard with both hands, pulling his body up forcefully. In this way he got his right foot over the gate, and in that moment-

“What are you doing, punk!”

A sharp voice sounded behind him.

With a start, Shinpachi turned his head in that direction, and fell on his butt to the ground.

Ouch! Scary! Ouch-scary!

Panicking and in pain, Shinpachi got on all fours and raised his surprised face.

“What are you doing, aru? On the ground like that.”

Standing before him was class Z’s boisterous exchange student, Kagura-chan.

“Kagura-chan!” Shinpachi started to protest vehemently.

“What are you doing, you surprised me! Because of you my heart is beating like an alarm bell!”

“Trespassing is a criminal offense, aru.” Kagura-chan was remorseless.

“I wasn’t trespassing. I came to retrieve something I forgot.”

“Something you forgot?” Kagura-chan raised one eyebrow, and suddenly grabbed Shinpachi’s collar.

“Idiot! In life, sometimes by the time you realize you’ve forgotten something it’s too late!”

“What are you even talking about! I don’t get your vibe right now!” Shinpachi shook off Kagura’s arm.

“Or rather, why are you suddenly Kitakata Kenzou?”

And just as Shinpachi was getting into his tsukkomi role,

“I see, something you forgot.” Kagura-chan had already returned to his pace.

“If that’s the case then I’m the same, aru.”

“Huh, Kagura-chan too?” Shinpachi touched his glasses.

“That’s right, aru. I came to retrieve a lost item too, ne.”

“Is that so…”

Nodding his head, Shinpachi was struck with an idea.

The school at night was scary. But if they went together, the fear would be diminished, right? So, at once he said.

“Well then, Kagura-chan, let’s go get our lost things together. Look, since the school at night is frightening.”

Thereupon,

“No way, aru!” Kagura-chan said, grabbing his shoulder.

“You’re planning to take me to the field house at night and do something, aren’t you, aru?”

“Um, I, I didn’t say a single word about the field house, did I?”

“Men are all wearing wolf’s clothing, ne.”

“No, that is, I don’t need to be wearing that kind of thing.”

Oh, geez, Shinpachi thought to himself.

“We should go. You’re being too loud here; tomorrow at school there will be complaints.”

Yeah, yeah, I understand, aru, Kagura-chan said with a reluctant nod of agreement. 

And so together they pulled themselves over the gate.

“Heave-ho,” said Shinpachi.

“Set-go,” said Kagura-chan.

Then, at the moment when they both forcefully lifted their bodies.

“The school isn’t a love hotel, punk!”

It was the unexpected sharp voice, Part 2.

With a thud, Shinpachi and Kagura-chan both fell to the ground.

Again! Who was it! Shinpachi thought while lying on the ground on all fours. When he raised his head, there was - white-haired Sakata Ginpachi standing, with a cigarette in his mouth and a labcoat on even at that time.

With sleepy eyes, Ginpachi said,

“Hey, hey, Shinpachi. Are you having an illicit sexual relationship at school at night? Ozaki Yutaka is crying.”

“We weren’t doing something like that! Or rather, please don’t surprise me like that!”

The person beside Shinpachi protested,

“That’s right, aru! I think I’m having a heart attack, aru!” Kagura-chan also said.

But, ignoring their combined Sino-Japanese objection, Ginpachi asked,

“Or rather, what were you guys doing?”

“‘What,’ he asks. Kagura-chan and I came to get some things we forgot.”

“Things you forgot?” Ginpachi squinted.

“Well, if that’s the case, I guess I’m the same way.”

“Huh? Sensei too?”

Shinpachi asked, and Ginpachi replied, “That’s right,” listlessly.

“Yeah, the Jump I bought in the school store today, I left it in the staff room. Even though I returned looking forward to reading it, my plans all went awry.”

“Jump, was it…”

Although that seemed a very Ginpachi-like thing to forget, Shinpachi spoke up.

“But if that’s the case, it’s fine if you buy Jump at the convenience store. Why go through all this trouble…”

“You idiot,” said Ginpachi, breathing out smoke.

“Why would you buy two copies of the same Jump. Unless it has a Gintama cover, that is.”

“No, you’re a perfect narcissist, aren’t you.” Shinpachi gave a bitter smile.

“And?” said Ginpachi.

“What things did you guys come to get?”

“Um, I came for a CD,” Shinpachi answered.

“CD?”

“Yes. Today Otsuu-chan’s new album was released and I bought it from the school store, but I left it in my classroom desk.”

“Hmm.” Then with a small uninterested nod, “Then, you?” Ginpachi said, looking towards Kagura-chan.

“Sukonbu, aru!” Kagura-chan said cheerfully.

“Today during fifth period, I left my sukonbu behind in the art room. Moreover, it was unwrapped. Unless I retrieve it soon, tomorrow morning the art room will be filled with the smell of sukonbu.”

“Um, was that meant to be some new kind of terrorism,” Ginpachi interjected with a low voice.

“I mean, that kind of thing doesn’t even smell that strongly, does it.”

“Since I left behind seven pieces, the smell is intense, aru.”

“Yeah, we probably don’t need to discuss that any more,”

Ginpachi said, and then added, “Well, it’s fine, right.”

“So the three of us have matching faces. Together let's go on a lost article recovery tour.”

“No way, aru! What are two people planning to do bringing me to the science prep room at night, aru!”

Disregarding that Kagura-chan was grabbing onto her own shoulders, Shinpach and Ginpachi quickly held onto the school gate.

*

Well then, inside the school building at night.

Walking through a hallway devoid of life, Shinpachi, Kagura-chan, and Ginpachi were the Forgotten Item Recovery Trio.

The fluorescent lights in the corridor were out. The light source that illuminated their path was the moonlight shining in from the window.

Shinpachi and Kagura-chan’s slippers made a squish, squish sound, and behind them, Ginpachi’s cheap sandals made a slap, slap sound.

Three people were now walking towards the staff room. First they would recover Ginpachi’s Jump, then they would recover Shinpachi’s CD in Class 3-Z, and finally they would recover Kagura-chan’s sukonbu in the other building’s art room; that was the route that the three people had arranged.

“Even so it’s scary, to walk this way…”

As they walked through the dim corridor, Shinpachi timidly muttered.

Before long, the party was close to the staff room. Ten meters down the hallway, they could see a plate with “Staff Room” hanging from the wall.

Just as he saw the plate, Shinpachi suddenly remembered something.

A chill went through him, and he stopped in his tracks.

“Shinpachi, what’s wrong, aru?” Kagura-chan asked.

“Y- yeah,” Shinpachi gulped and said.

“No, I just recalled something unpleasant…”

“Something like shitting yourself on Parent Visitation Day during your first year?” said Kagura-chan.

“No, I don’t have that kind of past. Don’t make up things as you wish.”

After instructing the Chinese girl, Shinpachi continued.

“No, the thing I remembered was, you know… the ‘Seven Mysteries of Gintama High’ type of thing.”

“Seven mysteries?” Kagura-chan tilted her head.

*

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