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No way he hasn't tapped that

This fucker only rejects her in public.

#Gintama #Ginsachi #Back to rewatching and I kind of feel bad for her #Not at this stage though #Ep2

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while im in the reunion eps for the ten millionth time. clips my OWN gintoki singing doraemon theme so i can put him forgetting the second verse

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Ninjas in their most epic fight.

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Gintama E165

#pictures you can hear

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Gintama E102

#aha #gintama knows its audience well

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Shinpachi yelling from ep. 348, now easily accessible for all your listening or ringtone needs

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Guys..

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Strawberry milk 🍓🥛

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katsura kotarou

#katsura fanart #zura

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Joui Past Timeline (CONTAINS 100% MANGA SPOILERS)

Last night I have scavenged up all the Joui Past flashbacks and attempt to sort them into chronological order. It sort of worked out, if you ignore some of the parts that switches back into the present.

I can’t put everything up here. I have about 140+ pages in my file and I spend over an hour reading through the whole scene. So I’m only going to insert certain pages.

Well, here goes…

In the beginning, there was the leader of the Naraku who went missing. His name was Utsuro, but we’ve come to know him as Yoshida Shouyo.

Shouyo encounters Gintoki on a battlefield, where Gin steals from corpses to survive, getting the nickname “Corpse-eating demon.”

We don’t know Gintoki’s past any earlier than this, but he is most likely an orphan.

Gintoki and Shouyo went traveling to places, finally settling to teach at a school somewhere, and we reach the point where Takasugi and Katsura meets GIntoki.

Takasugi originally came to challenge the dojo as dojo-yaburi (I think it’s something to do with defeating a dojo and taking its sign or something??) nevermind it’s a temple school. So though he lost again and again to Gintoki, he kept coming back until he finally beats him.

By that point is when I inserted the flashback from the Benizakura arc. I think at this stage Takasugi came so much he’s practically a student anyway. Also something to note about was that Takasugi was disowned because he kept going to Shouyo’s school and beat up the bunch of assholes guys who were spreading false rumors about Shouyo teaching kids to overthrow the government.

Now because of these rumors, people are coming to tear the school down. Obviously these three aren’t going to let that happen. Then Shouyou came to the rescue, so the matter was resolved.

…Or was it? Eventually the Tendoshuu came and took Shouyou away. Gintoki makes a promise to protect his friends. We never saw any other Shouyou’s students in the manga, so there’s a high chance that they had all been killed aside from Katsura and Takasugi.

There’s another timeskip… the Joui trio are teenagers/young adults, and are ready to join the war effort to get their sensei back.

I figured that it’s during this time that Shouyou began to teach Mukuro (Nobume) in prison. For one, Nobume is a a teenager, around Sougo’s age during the official storyline. She’s way younger than Gintoki and the others, so this probably happened after the Joui trio grew up.

Also, Shouyou said something interesting. He said that “I had been thinking how with these hands that only took things away, I might be able to give something.” That hinted that Shouyou either knew or remembered his time as Utsuro (even though the present Utsuro doesn’t remember being Shouyo).

Alright, so then the Joui trio meet Sakamoto. Although Sakamoto also fought in the war, he mainly supplied them with weapon and money to fund the war.

And a fifth guy, who despite having his name as a joke, was actually real. He had a weird habit of helping people with Pocari, and had a very forgettable presence (lol).

And then this totally came in, because they elaborated in the Reunion arc (see below).

… And happy that Pokari was being sold here.”

“WHERE THE HELL DID THE POKARI COME FROOOOOOOM?!”

Kurokono faked his death by being inside an exploding temple during a game of kick the can.

This is where the second movie comes in, because Kurokono is not in the movie, and Sakamoto is still here. So it’s kind of the only place it can be inserted into.

Sakamoto’s samurai life ended when in one of the battles, Batou of a mercenary group injured his swords arm so badly he can’t use a sword anymore.

Sometimes after that, Sakamoto also left the war because of his crippled state. He was adrift at sea and got picket up by the Chidori pirates, where he met Mutsu.

This is the only time Gin met Oboro, other than during the Ikkoku Keisei arc. And Gintoki’s alone too, so that could mean Katsura and Takasugi are already captured. And Gin’s effort to save them only made things worse…

…Gin was too badly outnumbered, and with his friends and sensei as hostages, he had to make a decision.

This is where Takasugi lost his eyes, contrary to what we thought to the “Shiroyasha Koutan” we saw in the anime

After the Tendoshuu left with the body of Shouyo, the Joui 3 disbanded with nothing to protect, their reason to stay in the war is now gone. Takasugi kept his Kiheitai, Katsura regrouped with the rest of the joui to become terrorists, and Gin disappeared off to wander Edo.

The war is over.

But on the Tendoshuu/Naraku end, Their supposed traitor’s corpse was not a corpse. Because of the Altana, Utsuro did not die. Instead, he was reborn with no memory as Shouyo, only his past as the leader of Naraku. We knew this because he still remembered his first meeting with Oboro, which occurred before his time as Shouyo.

 So meanwhile Gin was wondering Edo, and saved a girl he barely knew from being sold out by her own father

And instead of beheading him, the previous head of the Ikeda believed he was a good man, and set him free. Take note of Gin’s clothes…

…Because it looks the same as the one he wore in the graveyard when he met Otose. He’s all bloodied up because they beat him up in jail.

And then Gin-chan formed the Yorozuya made up of black people, proceed to dump them in a river out of jealousy, and then the official storyline starts.

#Timeline reference #Manga

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Thoughts about Kagura

Kagura was the reason I started watching Gintama, I think that explains everything. Her fight against Abuto was the first approach I’d to the series and I remember being surprised that a girl would’ve such an intense fight. At the same time, watching other videos, I found it strange that her voice was so squeaky and that she’d such a childish attitude.

The contrast is something that defines Kagura, not only as a character, but also with the medium. Unlike traditional heroines, Kagura doesn't have a love interest, she's a girl with no sex appeal and who isn't afraid to be impolite. That doesn't take away from the fact that she’s someone who’s very strong, both physically and mentally, and is still feminine, even if she has behaviors that could be considered masculine.

I love that she's silly but has a big heart, which has always shown through her interactions with others. She is one of the funniest characters in the series and balances the Yorozuya in terms of warmth and craziness (Gintoki is colder, Shinpachi more focused). Also, the fact that she has found in Gintoki a father figure and in Shinpachi an older brother is very sweet.

This is because the relationship with her biological father and brother is the main conflict Kagura faces. I honestly wish this had received more attention throughout the story, more serious battles, see her struggles against her yato instincts; but I understand it's probably because Sorachi didn't have a clear plot from the beginning, just loose ideas.

However, when the family drama unfolded in Rakuyo arc, I was somewhat disappointed that the conflict focused primarily on Kamui and Umibozu, rather than between Kagura and Kamui. It felt like she played a supporting role in her own story. On top of that, some elements didn't make much sense and overall the execution wasn't the best.

Despite this, there's no doubt that Kagura was one of the characters that changed the most throughout the series. She matured, became more grounded, and went from seeing Earth as a strange land to seeing it as her home, having planet-sized love for those around her. My only lament is that at the end of the story she didn't go off to hunt aliens, which was her dream, but I like to think it's implied that she’ll in the near future.

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Thoughts about Kagura

Kagura was the reason I started watching Gintama, I think that explains everything. Her fight against Abuto was the first approach I’d to the series and I remember being surprised that a girl would’ve such an intense fight. At the same time, watching other videos, I found it strange that her voice was so squeaky and that she’d such a childish attitude.

The contrast is something that defines Kagura, not only as a character, but also with the medium. Unlike traditional heroines, Kagura doesn't have a love interest, she's a girl with no sex appeal and who isn't afraid to be impolite. That doesn't take away from the fact that she’s someone who’s very strong, both physically and mentally, and is still feminine, even if she has behaviors that could be considered masculine.

I love that she's silly but has a big heart, which has always shown through her interactions with others. She is one of the funniest characters in the series and balances the Yorozuya in terms of warmth and craziness (Gintoki is colder, Shinpachi more focused). Also, the fact that she has found in Gintoki a father figure and in Shinpachi an older brother is very sweet.

This is because the relationship with her biological father and brother is the main conflict Kagura faces. I honestly wish this had received more attention throughout the story, more serious battles, see her struggles against her yato instincts; but I understand it's probably because Sorachi didn't have a clear plot from the beginning, just loose ideas.

However, when the family drama unfolded in Rakuyo arc, I was somewhat disappointed that the conflict focused primarily on Kamui and Umibozu, rather than between Kagura and Kamui. It felt like she played a supporting role in her own story. On top of that, some elements didn't make much sense and overall the execution wasn't the best.

Despite this, there's no doubt that Kagura was one of the characters that changed the most throughout the series. She matured, became more grounded, and went from seeing Earth as a strange land to seeing it as her home, having planet-sized love for those around her. My only lament is that at the end of the story she didn't go off to hunt aliens, which was her dream, but I like to think it's implied that she’ll in the near future.

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You know what? I think what gets me about this quote is that it kinda captures Gintoki's overall headspace in regards to his life.

Like, I feel like the driving force for Gintoki to keep living — for a lot of the series — is all the promises he's made throughout his life and his absolute determination to keep them. He is determined to never break another promise again, because the last time he did... well.

And it's these promises that drive him. These are the chains he's placed upon himself to keep going in this life. But he's just existing. And that focus on survival is what he wants for the kids. Life doesn't have to be fun as long as your alive. As long as you can wake up the next day and put one foot in front of the other.

But it's not what they want to hear. It's not what they want. Because they don't want to just exist. They've already done that, when they were existing alone on rainy planets and struggling to keep their family's home. Life was something to live for as soon as they met Gintoki. A chaotic world filled with danger and death is worth living in, as long as Gintoki is with them.

And I think it's kinda here at this point that Gintoki realises that and starts to want to live. For them. And maybe start to live for himself.

#you are absolutely right #and like it really gets me because at the start of the series we don't really know anything about Gintoki #he is just a fool #a bum #a madao or whatever #but he's only these things because that's the best he can be #literally he is doing his best just to wake up everyday #and to go from that to actually have a little bit of motivation in his life #people to protect #moments to cherish #ah ugh I'm at work and Im tearing up #gintama #gintoki #meta

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I have two gintama action figures: One is of Gintoki and the other is of Takasugi as a child. When I bought them (2019) I didn't have a place for them so I decided to put them together with images of Catholic saints that I have in my room, at least for a while until I find a new place.

One day there was a party here at home and I let my cousins sleep in my room, while I slept at my aunt's house.I wasn't there, but they told me that they saw Gintoki and Takasugi and thought they were new saints from the Catholic church.

Moral of the story, my cousins spent the night praying to the Gintama action figures.

#hilarious #you should have said yes #one of them is immortal and came back to life #and the other is the god of poverty #now that I think about it gintoki would fit right in with the norogami gods