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Introduction[]

Kamui tries to put an end to his father's life. Gintoki confronts Kamui, and tells him he should remember his true title.

Plot[]

In a flashback in front of Housen’s grave, Umibouzu told Gintoki about how Kagura was still desperately trying to save her brother. He admitted that Gintoki may be the one to find a way to help Kamui when the two will someday face off in the future. In the present, Gintoki and Kamui strike each other. Kamui declares that the moniker of “stupid big brother” for the both of them ends now before kicking Gintoki twice, the first the human dodged and the second slams him into the cliffs. Kamui follows up by quickly punching Gintoki in the stomach while Shinpachi, Kagura, Umibouzu and Abuto watch on. The hunter mentally comments that the difference in power level between the two was too great for Gintoki to win; Kamui’s strength had now even surpassed Housen’s.

Kamui stomps on Gintoki’s right hand, making him lose his grip on his bokuto, before grabbing his head. He tells the human that he had resolved to empty himself to gain that large title called “strongest”. Gintoki should have stayed on Earth to protect his family; since he was not empty, Gintoki was unable to defeat him and he was going to die here, unable to protect anything and making Kagura suffer the loss. Kamui throws one last punch but Gintoki blocks and deflects it with his other hand, allowing the samurai to hold Kamui’s arm in place to knee it, breaking the arm and kicking him away. Gintoki tears off pieces of fabric from his yukata sleeve to rap his broken hand around his bokuto to secure it. He tells Kamui that there was no need for resolve to become empty. He admits that he was far from being the strongest but he was not going to lose. Strength that has nothing to lose was the same as weakness that was unable protect anything. Gintoki declares that Kamui cannot take anything from him.

Kamui abruptly punches the samurai in the face, mocking him for his “inability” to protect himself from Kamui or the people around him. He remarks that one should keep their hands off what they cannot protect. He flinches at Gintoki’s gaze, allowing Gintoki to dodge his kick and retaliate. Umibouzu notices that Gintoki’s stubborn endurance was causing Kamui to falter. Shinpachi responds that the two were similar in how they were fighting for an abstract title. The two fighters slowly rise to their feet and Kamui comments that Gintoki was not really fighting him; in all the battles the Yato saw him fight in, it felt like the samurai was in another battlefield. Gintoki admits that he was once empty: after losing everything, he chose to live an empty life on his own for many years. However, after meeting Kagura, Shinpachi and the others, he realized that he had never lost anything and had only been running away the entire time. He declares he would not run away anymore, not from protecting or losing something, and that he wore on the title that his friends gave him - “Yorozuya Gin-chan”. He would not lose to Kamui or himself, so he pleads to the Yato to remember who he really was before the two restart their fight.

Umibouzu quietly agrees with the samurai, understanding that a samurai’s strength comes from trying to protect what was important to them. They will go beyond their limits or “walls” to defeat their biggest enemy, themselves, and would get stronger every time they did. In the fight, Gintoki stops Kamui’s umbrella before it stabbed his eye with the bottom of his wooden sword, resulting in the umbrella breaking. Kamui counters with a roundhouse kick but Gintoki stops it by stabbing the Yato’s leg. Kamui was shocked that Gintoki was starting to keep up with him while Gintoki wonders how many walls remain before striking Kamui into the cliff. Gintoki rushes for his final strike but he suddenly stumbles and collapses, his body reaching its limit. Kamui walks up to him and punches him away before rushing to hit him. Kagura stands in front of Gintoki and cries out for Kamui to stop. He hesitates but it was enough for Gintoki to strike him and finish the fight. Gintoki then tells the defeated Yato that despite his “empty” self, he was able to see his real title of “idiotic big brother”.

Suddenly, a voice in Kamui’s head chastises him for not discarding that "big brother" title, which allowed Gintoki to beat him. It insists that it will erase everything for him and Kamui slowly rises to his feet, sporting a psychotic smile. Shinpachi recognizes that same expression as one that Kagura had worn before in the Yoshiwara in Flames Arc. Abuto reveals that Kamui had let himself be consumed by his Yato instinct, his inner beast, his limiters completely off. Kamui attacks Kagura, ignoring his injuries, and Gintoki tries to protect her, resulting in him being kicked into a cliff. He attacks her again and Abuto saves her. He tells the teens to flee with Umibouzu and berates his commander for running away and giving in to his instincts, instead of enduring the pain of fighting his family. He admits that he was used to following his foolish boss and he will continue to follow him even towards death. In the past, a young Abuto waits for Kamui and his mother before setting off, but only the child arrives. He was disappointed that Kamui failed to kidnap his mother using the pirates then tells the child to leave. Kamui instead insists that they “kidnap” him; Abuto deduces that he wanted someone to stop him, which was why he tried to get his mother while his father was around. Abuto again warned him to leave but Kamui walks into the ship without turning back. He was impressed by Kamui’s determination to move forward, and compared himself and the 7th division to the child; they were also Yato who had nowhere to go back to. Through the years, the division was drawn to their future boss’s unwavering determination to go forward and always with a smile on his face.

Kamui quickly overwhelms Abuto, while the elder Yato ask him to smile again. Kamui hesitates when he recongnizes his vice-commander but still goes in for the kill. Kagura jumps on his back to stop him and he tries to elbow her off, but Shinpachi attacks him. Kamui deflects the hits, but the two declare on their Yorozuya name that they will save Kamui and protect his “big brother” name. Kamui easily knocks them away then sees Sadaharu fleeing with Umibouzu on his back. The two teens stop him from chasing the dog but continue to be knocked aside, while Abuto watches in surprise. The two teens continue to be pushed back by Kamui but continue to rise again and fight the berserk Yato, as they think back to their promise of wishing to get stronger to protect what they want to protect and not lose against themselves. Shinpachi and Kagura declare that they protected and lost many things and wondered if they had gotten stronger.

Kagura thinks back to her past on Rakuyou, where Kouka talks about the stories Umibouzu told her about Earth. Kagura suggested that they should all visit the planet when Kouka recovers and Kamui returns home. Kagura tells her mother to rest but before leaving Kouka thanks her for being by her side. As long as Kagura was around, their family would be fine. She tells her daughter that when she start her own family someday, she should make it similiar. It would not matter if her family members were fools or idiots but as long as they stay together by her side through good and bad times. As she watches Gintoki and Shinpachi fight Kamui off, Kagura tells her mother in her head that although her family never made it to Earth together, she had found her family in Gintoki, Shinpachi and the Yorozuya, whom she was happy to have by her side. As long as they continued to laugh and cry by her side, she would fight for them and never lose the fight. She rushes in to punch Kamui in the stomach but Kamui had shaken off the two humans and kicks her. Kamui slams into a wall while Kagura is thrown to the ground.

The four injured males and Kagura slowly rise to their feet but sees Kamui do the same. The siblings drag their injured bodies toward each other; Kamui tells his Yato instincts to stay away and not interfere in a family spat. He tells Kagura that he would lose to her anymore and the two throw one final punch. Instead, Kamui collapses with Kagura telling him that he could never beat her. In the past, Kagura and Umibouzu stays by a dying Kouka’s side as she welcomes back her husband and her “son” who was not there. She tells her daughter that they were back together now and can finally visit Earth. Present Kagura tells Kamui that had never really have left his family, no matter how much he ran. Kagura begins to shed tears while Kamui sees the image of Kouka as he lays on Kagura’s lap. Shinpachi, Gintoki and Abuto watch on, with Abuto commentating on how his powerful commander was defeated not by fists but by his sister’s tears. He compares what he sees to a child crying himself to sleep on his mother’s lap.

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