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Introduction[]

Saitou, thanks to a disguised Katsura, has been slated for execution by the Shinsengumi while Katsura rose in the ranks to become a popular replacement. It is up to the Yorozuya to clear his name as well as exposing the Joui patriot!

Plot[]

Continuing from the last episode, Katsura, or 'Hashira Afuro' returns to the Shinsengumi with prisoners in tow. He is praised by the men, including the Shinsengumi trio (all of whom are wearing afro wigs), who congratulate him of his rise to a co-captain position and his dedication to the force. Katsura thanks them and swears his loyalty, only to be kicked in the face by Gintoki when he returns to the room. The hidden Yorozuya berate the terrorist for not only continuing his infiltration, but for losing sight of that plan by arresting his fellow terrorists. He tells them that they were terrorists pretending to be Joui rebels. He reveals that he needed to take down Saitou Shimura first before destroying the Shinsengumi. Katsura had manipulated events and Third Squad became a double unit; he had gained status and influence to the point that he became captain while spreading rumors that Saitou was neglecting his duties. With the silent man unable to defend himself, Saitou ended up imprisoned; the trial will begin the next day. Gintoki secretly tries to talk to the Wolfro to get him to speak to prove his innocence. But the man was asleep the entire time, annoying Gintoki.

The next day, Kondou, Hijikata, Okita and Katsura oversee the trial with the Shinsengumi watching. To their surprise, Shimaru starts to talk. In reality, a button-sized speaker was placed in the silent man's clothes while Gintoki speaks through it in Shimaru's voice; the Yorozuya is also watching the trial outside the barrack walls. While talking to Shinpachi, Gintoki accidentally answered through the walkie-talkie and Katsura took the chance to further accuse him. Kagura make it worse with her broken speech, forcing Gintoki to make Saitou's character a foreigner. While Saitou tried to reveal that 'Hashira' was actually Katsura, the Shinsengumi trio did not believe him because they believed a foreigner could misread words. Saitou provides proof that he has been doing his duty by revealing an investigation journal and 'reading' a few entries:

  • Someone has been illegally stealing food from the mess hall during the night and Saitou decides to investigate when he finds light in the mess hall... he 'didn't see anything' (The culprit is Hijikata was stealing and eating bottles of mayonnaise).
  • Sougo Okita Episode 295

    Poison Mayonnaise

    Hijikata has been having bouts of diarrhea and Saitou suspects that the mayonnaise he ate yesterday during the previous entry had gone bad. He goes to the mess hall to exchange the mayo...he 'didn't see anything' (Hijikata's illness was caused by Okita pouring poison into his mayo bottle)
  • Saitou hears sounds from the mess hall and find a naked Kondou cutting into Konjac gels, the next day, the officers are eating said gels and enjoying them (it was implied that Kondou has been using them as sex toys).

Before Gintoki could continue, the Shinsengumi trio quickly proclaim that Saitou was not guilty, to stop him from spilling more ugly truths about them. Angry that his plan was falling apart, Katsura demands that they still purge him. Hijikata decides that the trial should be conducted by the two fighting to see who was the real traitor. Katsura fights Saitou who does not fight back. Realizing that Saitou still wishes to follow their lines, Kagura and Gintoki end up making Saitou and Katsura misunderstand their sayings and giving each other useless attacks. Shimaru falls asleep standing up and Katsura, believing that it was an actual attack, decides to sleep, taking off his wig to sleep better and exposing himself to the Shinsengumi. Katsura quickly flees to the roof and tells the officers that he and Elizabeth have planted bombs all over the complex while holding the detonator. Before pressing, Saitou attacks him on his own, leading Gintoki to learn that he no longer needed the Yorozuya's help. While fighting the patriot, Saitou mentally expresses his gratitude to the Yorozuya for helping him try to overcome his shyness. But he realizes that it will never work and instead he can 'talk' through his blade in the battlefield.

The battles ends with Saitou too injured to chase Katsura and Katsura's detonator destroyed, calling it another tie. Hijikata calls the third captain to say that they disabled all the bombs except the biggest one and are unsure which lettered wires to cut. Katsura tells Shimaru that all but the Z wire must be cut; Katsura said that himself will defeat 'Z' when they meet again and then fled the site. Hijikata demands Saitou to tell him which wire, but the man has fallen asleep snoring. Hijikata misinterprets it as cutting the Z wire, causing the building to explode. A half burnt page falls to the ground, revealing that Saitou still considers that Katsura and the Yorozuya as friends.

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Trivia[]

  • When Gintoki/ Shimura states that "If it works for Conan, it works for us", he is referring to the manga/anime Detective Conan, where the title character uses a similar method to tell his deductions through.
  • Remember that Katsura's name is also a homophone for 'wig'.
  • Ogura Tomoaki is an announcer and radio personality that is widely known for wearing a wig.
  • Konjac is a plant whose large underground stems are used as flour or jelly in many East and Southeast Asian cuisine. A somewhat parallel to Western culture is the potato.
  • Z-Kai: the Kai comes from the first kanji of the word "gedatsu" that means "reaching nirvana".
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