"he had been gone for three months." "I've only been in three episodes." "Am I just imagining that I'm in the opening credits?" "I can't take it anymore." "So I figured out a way to make him one with me." "to get him to pay attention to me." "So I..." "Welcome!" "Excuse me." "I've got a coupon for a free cake here." "Can I use it here?" "Yes." "Of course." "Choose up to three of these cakes here." "[Chocolate]" "too." "Which should I choose?" "This cake is our newest creation." "Huh?" "Really?" "Hmm..." "Choose me!" "have become one and are right before your eyes!" "What do you think?" "Should we also become one?" "I did also mean it like that." "Now quickly." "Eat me all up." "Umm..." "Just give me a moment." "That is our most popular cake." "What?" "Really?" "What's up with that?" "!" "A moment"?" "How long is that?" "!" "How long are you going to make me wait?" "Ayame." "This is a type of role-playing." "sadistic tricks designed to torment a pig like me." "when he can't take it anymore..." "Sorry to keep you waiting." "I always eat the main dish last" "How wonderful!" "Gin is definitely the only one who can push my buttons!" "Shut up!" "Thank you very much." "Gi..." "Gin..." "["99 Percent of Men Aren't Confident in Confessing Their Love"]" "What's wrong?" "Why are you sighing?" "Sighing?" "That's called exhaling." "Rough fantasy abandonment just turns me on." "aren't you the one who's sighing?" "Sighing?" "that was just a burp of happiness." "That stinks." "It's great!" "It's a joy to help the one you love." "You can feel each other's love." "You've got thirty seconds to go buy Baagen-Daaz for all the staff." "I'll be right back!" "You're just a slave." "aren't you?" "Women are creatures who want a chase." "They like men who are uninterested in them!" "Men are also creatures who want a chase!" "cabaret-club hostesses or the class idol." "he's just ignoring you!" "Shut up!" "I'm still happy!" "I'd even like to share my happiness with you!" "Then you might be able to attain your impossible love!" "Try it if you can!" "I'm also more than happy." "I could even become your love cupid!" "Why is this masochistic weirdo so confident?" "I'm happier having Otae rely on me rather than like hers!" "What's with this gorilla stalker's triumphant smile?" "I'm happier than he is because I'm more human!" "then let's settle things to see who's happier." "Settle things"?" "Yeah." "Whoever can lead the other's love to success." "I see..." "The one who wins is truly filled with happiness." "I challenge you." "Bring it on." "Oh..." "Oh." "Sarutobi!" "Otae?" "I've heard something interesting." "Haven't you heard?" "That gorilla stalker who's been following you has developed an interest in someone else." "No way!" "Kondo?" "!" "He's already received a love letter from her." "Why do you have it?" "!" "And why is it in code?" "!" "It seems she's from some far-off country." "I love you so much that I'm embarrassed to appear in front of you." "I'd like to bury you in a hole." "It's "I'd like you bury myself in a hole"!" "The meaning's changed!" "I also found something that I believe was a gift to her." "Here it is." "Why a collar?" "!" "What kind of woman is she?" "!" "She's a bestial woman." "since he's half gorilla anyway." "women are creatures who want a chase." "It's only natural that she'd want to go after a man who leaves her." "I've won this battle!" "Wh-What?" "!" "What the hell are you doing?" "!" "I know you've been following me!" "Why are you acting surprised?" "!" "You couldn't be more obvious!" "fancy meeting you here." "you half-gorilla." "What is this?" "I don't remember doing anything to warrant getting stalked by a man." "that four-eyed assassin has recently fallen for another man." "but... he's alive." "What is he?" "A mole cricket?" "An earthworm?" "Men are creatures who want a chase." "he's sure to go after her." "I've won this battle!" "So how did you do?" "That Odd Jobs guy was easy." "[Hijiki Dango] and she wears glasses." "yeah?" "Huh?" "Gin thought of me in that way?" "!" "now." "Don't settle for that." "he still gave up on you." "So how did you do?" "!" "It was easy." "Otae said..." "Is that so?" "Tell her that I recommend Kondo." "He's really good person." "No way!" "Really?" "!" "That was the first time she ever talked about me like that!" "But your happiness aura still isn't very impressive." "she recommended you." "You're still at Yamcha level." "I'm not Yamcha!" "I'm at least Master Roshi level!" "you're a turtle-headed hermit." "What did you say?" "!" "But I still haven't clinched victory in this battle." "I need to plan something more direct." "That's it!" "I've got a direct and decisive plan." "assassin?" "but... what's with that outfit?" "!" "I'm trying to draw attention to the fact that we're supposedly a stupid couple that's attached to each other." "We really are attached to each other!" "But it's definitely not a bad plan." "Women are creatures who want a chase." "If someone whose presence they took for granted really disappears... they'll realize how important that person was." "That's right!" "But you've made one mistake." "too." "Huh?" "Really?" "I'm glad for the two of you." "Huh?" "Well..." "Kondo." "Umm..." "Well..." "Huh?" "What do you two think about living here?" "hold on..." "I've got to let everyone know." "Hold on!" "Wait!" "Here." "In celebration." "I feel kind of stupid." "Where are you going?" "That's enough." "Leave me alone." "Okay." "that half-gorilla is... that masochist is..." "Sarutobi?" "Otae!" "I'm actually not going out with Kondo!" "We made it all up!" "She doesn't love me." "She is wholeheartedly and seriously is in love with a certain someone!" "[MIND YOUR SUGAR LEVELS]" "Kondo only truly loves one person. and is a terrible heroine." "don't you?" "!" "That's right." "Both men and women are creatures who are happiest when they're loved." "I have no choice." "What a waste of time." "How bothersome." "Hey." "G..." "Gin." "O-Otae..." "I heard from that half-gorilla stalker about you." "I heard about how serious you are." "Don't hold back." "Right here declare your feelings." "Yes..." "This is the conclusion to the battle." "Our fighting was pointless." "Kondo." "Satchan!" "Thank you!" "I will be happy!" "I've always loved you!" "Go out with me!" "Huh?" "right? and a terrible heroine." "right?" "you half-gorilla?" "right?" "and seriously in love with someone... right?" "But I'm married." "[Kabukicho 1st Street]" "I want some sweets." "Geez. old men who get carried away at year-end parties..." "When did the wintertime become so much of a pain in the ass?" "000 yen an hour!" "All you can drink." "We've got a Christmas event today..." "With an optional Santa role-playing service." "This service is free." "[Cabaret Club]" "[Lipstick Whale] 000 Yen]" "come on in!" "He's... gramps!" "huh?" "!" "I-I'm working right now." "but could you wait until afterwards?" "What did you say?" "Don't fool around with me!" "Tell that to me after you pay us back." "I'll have it by tomorrow..." "I can only pay you the interest..." "Just the interest?" "!" "Don't talk nonsense!" "Stop right here." "I'm saying that I want you to return all my money." "000..." "What?" "!" "you thug." "What do you want?" "I'll shoulder that old man's debt." "was it?" "Here!" "It's been a while..." "Gramps." "You're..." "Ben!" "it's all here." "000 Yen]" "Thank you very much." "Excuse me." "don't go borrowing money at crooked places." "Ben..." "You... you two." "This looks like a fateful reunion." "You're..." "You Contentious Bastard"]" "So the three of us meet again." "What a coincidence." "haven't you?" "[Oden]" "A lot's happened..." "Oh yeah?" "I quit being a Santa..." "Oh?" "You quit being a Santa?" "Is that why you're a tout?" "That's right." "I see." "Your skills from your former job can be put to use." "Not at all." "It's a completely different world." "right?" "But why?" "Why did you quit being a Santa?" "things have been rough for Santas..." "The laws have been revised and Santa-pension allowances have decreased while our medical expenses have gone up." "Martinez in the official Santa Division says that there's nothing that can be done." "What's a Santa-pension?" "And who is Martinez?" "!" "it was a better age for Santas." "let alone eat." "We're not needed." "I see..." "They take advantage of us because we have criminal records..." "Criminal records?" "Yeah." "We'd get arrested by the police while we're doing our Santa job..." "You got arrested?" "Why would they arrest you?" "but I figured it out." "isn't it?" "Exhibition of an obscene object... it's not!" "What the hell?" "!" "What kind of present would we have to give to be arrested for that?" "!" "trespassing!" "Why would a Santa be arrested trespassing?" "Isn't that weird?" "it had to do with the way we looked." "There was a problem with that." "[Oden]" "[Yakitori]" "[Sake] but I figured it out." "wasn't it?" "Your junk was hanging out... that's not it!" "What's wrong with you?" "!" "but that's all you ever think about!" "Our look was that thing..." "That thing you forced us to wear." "We couldn't make any excuses dressed like that." "We instantly became ex-convicts." "That was the beginning of my downfall... but once you fall off..." "It's hard to get back on." "we did all sorts of jobs... convenience store clerks..." "But none of them lasted long..." "We couldn't make a living." "There was no point in remaining together..." "So we decided to walk our own paths..." "But life wasn't so easy..." "Everything I did backfired." "I was neck-deep in debt..." "I've fallen as far as I could fall." "My future is dark." "I want to borrow a reindeer's nose." "I'm not lending you mine." "you really helped me out." "Thank you... too." "Dark?" "haven't you?" "I'm not talking about money." "I'm talking about my heart..." "Your heart?" "my soul doesn't even have a single watt of shine in it." "I worked in a small money lending business." "It seems I had a knack for it and I quickly became successful... and now I'm the president of my own loan sharking business." "I extended into real estate and stocks and tons of cash comes in every day." "But I feel kind of sad." "I have money and my life should feel fulfilling..." "But there's a hole in my heart..." "I always end up remembering my time with you..." "I had no money." "I had nothing." "But life seemed to have meaning to it." "Everything shined..." "I felt encouraged just when I thought of the smiles children had when they got presents... gramps?" "gramps?" "After all this time... what do you want for Christmas?" "I want a Crucian carp set!" "What are you talking about?" "There is no Santa!" "No!" "I'm going to have my dad buy it." "I see." "That's right." "There is no Santa anymore." "What are you talking about?" "don't believe in the things of dreams." "How can I run in such a world?" "How can I fly?" "I already sold my sleigh." "A sleigh..." "A simple request!" "Get on." "What are you talking about?" "!" "Its former residents are still in it!" "I told you two years ago that he's a fairy called Cardboard Box O-san" "No way." "This is just like two years ago!" "I can buy a sleigh." "so I can get one no problem." "wealthy habits have come out." "That's not good." "You've got to work hard when you don't have any money." "Why a bicycle-drawn cart again?" "!" "It's not a cart." "It's my sweet home!" "sorry." "does it?" "It doesn't matter what you use." "All that matters is what you give." "But..." "I'm in debt and I'm a barker for a cabaret club..." "Does a ruined man like me have the right to grant children their dreams?" "Stop acting so cool." "You suffered and suffered and now you realize that being a Santa is what you're good at." "You you know what you want to do now." "Aren't you glad?" "right?" "Mom!" "Mom?" "What's wrong?" "Mommy..." "Mommy..." "Little girl!" "You're Yuri." "You asked for a kendama and a kind mother." "She's going to give birth!" "This is bad!" "Shall we call an ambulance?" "Mom!" "No." "We don't have time to be waiting for an ambulance!" "I'll take her!" "let's go!" "All right!" "Fly!" "All right!" "Mommy!" "Mommy!" "It'll be all right!" "Hiyah!" "[Oedo Hospital]" "Thank you so much." "Who knows what might have happened if you weren't there... you gave birth to a cute baby." "What do you mean by that?" "!" "we shouldn't stay too long..." "Yeah." "Santa!" "Thank you." "Thank you for giving me a cute brother and a kind mother." "Of course." "Santa will always come if you're a good girl." "Pass!" "We'll be giving a present..." "[Odd Jobs Gin]" "Shinji Takamatsu of Shakuji-machi." "That's right!" "They haven't read Shinpachi's letter." "don't they?" "but could you be quiet for a moment?" "Gin-chan." "Want me to turn up the TV?" "Naw." "I want to hear..." "The sound of Santa's bells..." "The next episode:" "Let's Talk About The Past Once In A While." "[A photograph of Gintoki and a beautiful woman found by Kagura while cleaning out the house.]" "[And that gets Gintoki talking about how the Odd Jobs business used to be.]"