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sharkiewrites · 3 years

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“you’re going to die in your best friend’s arms” kinda sounds like a gintama title, doesn’t it? - Excerpt #2

Excerpt #1

this part borders on NSFW, but nothing graphic.

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"— furthermore, how many probiotics are in the average strawberry milk? Not a single one. One bottle of Yakulk contains 10 billion unique probiotics."

"Yeah, one bottle?" the Shiroyasha parrots mockingly. He’s slightly older than the last time Hijikata saw him in a dream, taller and broader-shouldered. "One dinky bottle, too small to hold the average piss? Yakulk tastes fine, but strawberry milk is the elixir of champions. It comes in a variety of cartons. All adequately-sized."

Gintoki and the shadowy figure are back-to-back on a battlefield, surrounded by sneering Amanto forces and the countless corpses of their own men. Hijikata has never really seen a war. The closest he's come were the Shinsengumi mutiny and the battles against the Altana Liberation Army and Utsuro. But he's never been entrenched in a war, never had war imbued into every breath. Gintoki carries himself differently in the past, like war is both propping him up and weighing him down.

"The bottle size optimizes hygiene to avoid contaminating the probiotics," the figure argues. "Besides, there's nothing stopping you from drinking two Yakulks. Maybe three, if you're feeling adventurous."

"I can drink multiple cartons of strawberry milk, too! That's not a valid argument!" Gintoki blinks rapidly. "Oh. Wait. I get it now. It's because you're short, isn't it? You're fine with small bottles because you're short?"

An enraged yell, and the stoicism in the figure's eyes finally snaps as he hurls his sword at Gintoki. Gintoki ducks. The blade spears an insectoid Amanto through the chest. Screaming about infighting, Gintoki yanks the sword out and hurls it back at the figure, who catches the hilt in one hand. He stabs another Amanto without looking, because he's too busy glaring daggers at Gintoki.

The battlefield melts into a damp and dark room, smelling of stale sweat. The walls are papered in maps. Hijikata is about to examine them closer when the door slides open.

It's the Shiroyasha again. He's shouting as he backs the same shadowy figure into the room. Shoving them, really, until the shoves turn into slaps and the slaps turn into —

Oh. Uh-oh.

Hijikata has seen Gintoki do a lot of weird, humiliating, and downright appalling shit, but he's never seen him kiss someone on the lips. So. Uh. It's a shock, to put it mildly, to see him kissing a lot. Yet Gintoki is still closer to fighting than fucking his partner. For a full minute the now-familiar figure stays shadowy and silent save for heavy breaths but Hijikata knows they're giving as good as they're getting, based on how Gintoki moans into their mouth. The sound sets Hijikata's skin to goosebumps. Gintoki radiates satisfaction. He bites. The figure moans, too, and Hijikata's goosebumps multiply.

"Gintoki," the figure says, deep voice teetering between furious and wrecked. They snarl and pull Gintoki onto themselves, right on the hard floor. Their entire body clings to him: arms, legs, even the green gaze flashing in and out of Hijikata's comprehension.

Hijikata watches with his mouth hanging open. He doesn't know if he wants to kiss Gintoki or be him, oozing self-assurance with every movement, making the figure gasp. And Hijikata knows, somehow, that Gintoki's partner never gasps ordinarily — knows it from the way Gintoki smirks, how his grip on their waist goes from punishing to possessive.

Then Gintoki's hand slips up the figure's thigh and — okay, yeah, Hijikata would prefer to be the person writhing under Gintoki. But only just.

The figure surges upwards and captures Gintoki's lips in their own. They grab him by the chin and spit a single word so unbelievable, Hijikata can only see the shape and guess its contents. Maybe Mine. Maybe Yours. Gintoki slaps the hand away. He stares at his partner in silence, his scowl failing to suppress a smile, dead fish-eyes so fucking alive.

Hijikata's chest twists. There'd be hell to pay, but he wishes Gintoki would turn and see him. Just once, to look at him the way he's looking at his partner, even if it's an accident. Of course it would have to be an accident. Then the pain reminds Hijikata of his own body's existence. He discovers he can move. He turns and flees from the room.

It hurts. It hurts to see Gintoki with someone else...yeah, he can admit that, now that he's spent minutes transfixed by the sight. Part of it is the irritating infatuation Hijikata hates to acknowledge, a seed planted all those years ago after a quick fight on a rooftop. Part of it is plain old pride. Is this dream seriously saying Gintoki was getting laid while Hijikata wasn't?

But it also hurts to know it didn't last. Whatever Gintoki had here, he lost, just like Hijikata lost Mitsuba. Not just to death, but the first heartbreak. By his own hands, by his own fault.

And unlike Hijikata, Gintoki doesn't have a Gintoki to understand him.

#gintama #ginhiji #takagin #takahiji #takaginhiji #character: hijikata toushirou #character: sakata gintoki #character: takasugi shinsuke #fandom: gintama #year: 2021

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mariaantonnietta · 3 years

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Let’s talk about the Gintama 2 Movie!! (Be Forever Yorozuya)

AI wanna talk timelines, timelines!!, I saw the movie again and with the manga finished I want to discuss theories about it!!

Hello! Is me again, I want to talk about the second movie, because after seeing it I always want to try to desipher what happened in the timelines we didn’t see play out! Of coure these will be at best theories that are we can’t probe, but I still want to try to guess! And now with the manga finished, I think is time to revisit it with all the date we have!

I will talk about the second movie, the manga end, and everything, so stay with me having that in mind!

Firstly, this movie deals with time travel (fairly well I might add, I realycould follow all the time twists and make sense of them), and I believed it wise to add a timeline so everyone follows along. Behold my horrible graphic!

Haha, there are some things to say about the drawing. From left to right, The first line is to separate the time-points nothing else, (the movie was released at june 2013, the manga volume for the shinigami arc was december 2013, so I don’t know if I am being a bit generous there, but in timeline I think it only matters is before Shogun assasination (after which it get serious until the end), and that it is before that point)

The other are the first (and first’s branch), second and thrid timeline, I didn’t count Tama going to the past to bring past Gintoki as a separate timeline and more like a little branch of the first because when Gintoki is sent forwards they converge (you can also see it as the rest of that branch dissappearing). All of them are in a sense a branch from the first timeline, but this one converges so.

(ask if something else isn’t clear, I tried T-T)

Well now unre the cut the rest of my silly ideas and theories!

A comment, but the only thing that is a bit out of place is Tama surviving in the second timelime?, like shouldn’t her be erased like GIntoki?, I think is either that she would otherwise cause a bigger loop (she doesn’t exist as time machine there->Gintoki cant kill his past self->Genma makes her a time machine->Gintoki kills his past self-> she doesn’t exist as a time machine->...infiinitum) She is the one that allows the timeline to exist. The other is that she is in a Schrödinger' situation that as long as the possibility that she will exist in the future exist she will (gintoki dissappeared because his posibility of future was erased as he killled his past self). Or time machine power makes her inmune to paradoxes, who knows...

Also, we don’t talk enough of Gintoki dying in this movie. Both Enmi Gintoki of the first timeline, the past Gintoki of the second, and the protagonist Gintoki we follow in the movie (first timeline branch) are erased, and from now on we are following the Gintoki who’s the future of the Shiroyasha of the third timeline. (the one who helped us fight the Enmi, from now on he’s the protagonist)

The same about the kabukichou people, I mean, nothing changes practically, except maybe the Joui members having seen something strange that day.

1) Now, something I wondering was if the events of the first timeline ocurred in the same way that in the third one. Was there a Shogun Asasination arc?, A silver soul arc?

Well, no. I think that there events unfloded differently...because GIntoki dissapeared for five years, and he did it before the shogun assasination arc (this not only for the date release, but also the jovial athmosphere at the start at the cinema)

But did the events of the story play on in another manner without Gintoki regardless?, Why, I sure they did.

Okay, follow me on this. I do not know if the shogun assasination arc happened or not (even tough a parallel can be made of Katsura and Shinsengumi alliance in both places), but I think that even if it did, it didn’t happen at all as planned.

I think everything went into disarray with the virus (don’t we know about that), any plan was left into the air, and Nobunobu or Shigeshige are in charge depending on their luck.

I also want to know what happened with Utsuro and the Tendoshou in this timelime.(Because cm’on, don’t tell me I am the only one who believed Enmi GIntoki looked a lot like a crow ) I want to know if Takasugi is dead or not, and how he died/where he is. (I asumme Sakamoto is fine, maybe helping people, is Zura with those clothes and Gintoki words, Gintoki going to the terminal that make me worry)

So, I started gathering those points and I believe I reached a theory about this.

Okay, so follow me. These are the things we know about the first timeline.

Gintok soon after watching the movie discovered he was infected with the virus. He suspected it was the Enmi, went to talk of the past with Zura to clear his mind, talked wiith Gengai about making a time machine if he didn’t came back.

Left the Yorozuya to investigate if there was a solution, tries to kil himself when he doesn’l find one. He fails. He has not other choice but to wander as he sees the world be destroyed by his own hands.

I posted this photo because of the ships that surround the tower and attack it. It doesn’t say when this attack took place after he left, we could only see that he wasn’t there. But this image looks fairly similar to the one when the Altana liberation force attacks.

The tower also looks very similar 5 years later as after attacked by the altana liberation army. (I checked also with how it was when the Tegenism ship fell, it looks more like the after the attack)

(After Initial liberation army attack. Third Timeline)

(Five years later. First timeline) Probably they didn’t have resources to rebuild with everything falling down with teh virus. Why would some army attack, I think that maybe the earthlings that escape, some had the virus, that probably expanded it onto another planets, that now made the problem worse in the universe and some people really mad at the planet from where the infection came from. Or, it could be rebels, like the Kihetai, that are taking advantage of the political turmoil to attack their actual objective (the terminal, with the minawabanwu maybe too ) Or both.

(Two years later third timeline) I added this to show how it doesn’t look like the terminal we discuss, so I think if something happened, it happened earlier more than later. (Or later, but it was only one incident and not 2)

Another thing we know is that the Enmi look a lot like the Tendoushu. I compared staffs and things. Wondered if there were related to Tengenism (the weir religion that launches the last arc)

Well, It’s not basic staff like tendoushou, but the decoration is different tha the tengeism. The clothes are also similar but not the same (I know the these arcs came later, but sorachi could have used different designs and not similar ones, you know, also, it’s just throwing ideas)

(Enmi at the start, checked, Enmi Gintoki uses the same one (and same clothes))

Oboro staff is different. Tengenism have the same type. Tengenism symbol are wings (phoenix), not Enmi. But the similarities are there too.

So, we all know the Enmi are nanomachines that are used to destroy worlds right?. I wondered if Utsuro could survive that. The answer I reached was that it depended. If the Enmi virus only worked on humans, it would probably not kill it. ut if after killing humans it affected animals, then plants, then destryed the planet vitality, well, that would do it. It would depend of how lethat it actually was. (in the last case, he would be the last to die, and Gintoki would be the only one who survives as the new vessel...moving onto the next world until he dies naturally or some poor bastard kills him)

Well, I’m gonna asumme that the Enmi would destroy the world to that point, because they were described as ‘beings that caused damage enough to leave a planet uninhabitable’ and the other ‘uninhabitable’ planet we see is Kouka’s, that is dying and its Altana was almost nothing when she left. Zura said they were forbidden or being restricted because of this.

So we know the Enmi were beings that could destroy worlds,(probably up to their lifeforce), that were contained by something, that someone attacked the terminal tower looking a lot like a pseude liberation army, and that Enmi’s dress is eerie similar (but not the same) to the Tendoushu.

I believe they were also a ting the Tendoushu kept to themselves, a fraction that can destroy a planet to the point of leaving without life (Altana) sounds like something they would regulate. Maybe mercenaries was a cover up, or maybe it was both.

Was the first timeline all Utsuro plan? Well, too many jumps there. I believe thst he vouldn’t do that trapped with Shoyou, I think that in the first timeline he did as in the last arc, he saw that mortals used that virus to harm the others, and decided to make use of that. He of course was the cause that they attacked the Terminal and is probably happy that all the universe may perish of disease.

Maybe.

Or maybe that was the plan, and Takasugi stopped him. (There are too many factors to see how things developed. But either kihetai + harusame maybe + minawabanshu and some others killed utsuro, or they died either fighting him or from disease)

The way GIn is dtanding aside as the ships atack the terminal (he can’t join) makes me think some kind of final battle took place.

(Gorilla might not know how Gintama was fgonna end, but he did have some ideas, and final fight at the Terminal tower was one that stuck all the series)

Does Gintoki know of Utsuro?, Who knows? If you want my take, I think Takasugi and Utsuro both died figthing each other. As the terminal exploded.

I think he eventually at least, found out. Because he decided to go die there.

(also because you know, final fight at the terminal.)

2) In the second timeline everything is much more clear. Young GIntoki dies. I see 3 options unfolding

a) the one I call the normal one. GIntoki dies, people mourn him (because Gintoki just erased his future, not his past, young Gintoki body should remain), either Zura or Takasugi kills Shouyou (probably Takasugi, I’m thinkin so because Oboro mostly, he would pick if not shiroyasha, the other more known at the frontlines one, but could be either way), and is a bit diffrent but in practical mostly the same.(maybe some things are held back and the shogun asssination hasn’t happened yet, or maybe it did, who knows) We can’t tell more than thi.

b) Probably not route. shouyou discovers that Gintoki’s died and it gives him strenght to make keep Utsuru more in check, he uh...destroys things, there’s no need to kill him for now.things advance more or less like in canon, with a lot of things we don’t see

c) I cry route. Shouyou discovers what happened, and it kills off his personality (sends him to sleep at least). There’s no need for either Zura or Takasugi to kill him. They never find his master at the war (maybe they are told he is dead, and don’t believe it). They didin’t kill his master, but los Gintoki to who knows who, and don¡’t know what happened to master, Thingd happen more or less like in canon.

3) Here someone (probabky kurokono!...ok no, leave me dream), wakes GIntoki from his drunk sleep and he and the joui 4 see a bizarre image of people from 15 years in the future attack the Enmi.(of course they don’t know this) They brieftly join them. They see from a distance how the future people dissapear. They continue with their life.

(That last one is canon, haha)

As you can see nothing has been cleared and these are mostly cool theories, a lot of other things are possible. But I don’t know, wanted to talk about it.

#gintama #gintama spoilers #gintama movie #be forever yorozuya #gintoki sakata #utsuro #enmi #takasugi #katsura #some things that ocurred to me #I will probably have to correct some grammar mistakes #maybe if something else of this theory-idea appears I would add it with an edit #what abouth Tama ?#I could mention some things about Shinpachi and Kagura not forgetting Gintoki until his past self is dead to lead the Shcrodinger legitimacy #but other people forgot gintoki soo who knows #these characters are somentimes self aware #makes it more difficult #maybe they didnt forget becasue apart for their feelings they saw him dissapear #(and Tama too)#so their brain knew? maybe #tama told everyone in the second timeline about the first so kabucichou people knowing is not surprising #of course words alone don't cause their feelings to burn their souls do #Ithis post is so long thank you som much for reading

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harukafe · 3 years

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Almost Perfect Mix - Gintama: Silver Soul Arc (Season 7) Anime Review

Almost Perfect Mix – Gintama: Silver Soul Arc (Season 7) Anime Review

“After the fierce battle on Rakuyou, the untold past and true goal of the immortal Naraku leader, Utsuro, are finally revealed. By corrupting the Altana reserves of several planets, Utsuro has successfully triggered the intervention of the Tendoshuu’s greatest enemy: the Altana Liberation Army. With Earth as the main battleground in this interplanetary war, Utsuro’s master plan to destroy the…

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#anime #anime discussion #anime list #anime review #gintama #shounen #top 10 anime

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suchine-toki · 5 years

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Thoughts about Gintama’s ending

I decided to wait a few days to process the ending before praising it or condenming it since I was confused on how I felt. These will be my thoughts about Silver soul arc, by far the longest one in the series, from chapter 596 to 704.

I think the first part had the right elements, the Liberation Army, Shinsengumi's return, Kiheitai's backstory, Kagura's family reunion, Shinpachi's fight against the final boss. However, there was a lot of in between, with the Yorozuya just running to several battle scenarios with different bosses that had no greater purpose than being a simple obstacle and sadly that made me lose enthusiasm.

About the final boss, Utsuro, well... he did to Gintama what Obito/Kaguya made to Naruto. Also, the altana was convenient... way too convenient and never properly explained. I didn’t expect a power system as intricate as Hunter x Hunter’s or Jojo’s, just some rules, some limitations... I'll explain myself further in another post probably.

Then it seemed like it would end with a defeated Utsuro. I remember being surprised because I expected Katsura and Takasugi to be there to fight him alongside Gintoki and everybody else, so I felt a bit bad. Still, the thought of Gintama ending worried me since it’s my favorite series.

When the second part of the arc began, I was happy and hopeful because a lot of stuff was happening, lots of changes. But looking back now, nothing substantial really occurred. Sorachi undid practically everything he wrote, not only with the recent changes, but also development the characters and the story had over the years. To me it was frustating to see. Important events were repeated like a sort of inescapable fate and yet everybody went back to normal, except Tama and... Takasugi... Possibly I’ll talk about this on another occasion.

So I can't help but feel something is missing. I don't know if this is the ending Sorachi always envisioned, or if it was a thing that came up at the last minute, or if it's for a rather commercial reason, to give a future movie a plot, who knows. A lot of people dropped the series, so maybe he thought he should go back to how things were back then.

Finally, an unfulfilled wish more than a thought about the final. In the end I longed to see Gintoki smile. A bright, big smile. I wanted the “eyes full of sadness” to go away and be replaced by eyes full of life. But he was forced to repeat the story and everything is the same as before. He cried alone. He still gets himself dead drunk. The clousure he gets as the protagonist should shape the overall theme of Gintama, but did he really learn to move forward if he needs everything to stay the same way it used to be? He still can’t open up about his feelings and acts as if nothing had happened.

Write this was very hard since this series means a lot me. I started watching it when I was going through a difficult period in my life. It gave me happiness and it helped me to keep going... I’m better now, but seeing what happened to something I still care so much about hurts. I really wish I didn’t feel this way, but I can’t help it. So I write this in an attempt to express myself and feel a little less sad.

Thank you for reading 🌺

#this is also a cry for help haha #Gintama #Gintama Ending #Gintama 704 #Sakata Gintoki #I can write #my post #I'm tired

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sakukaguxxi · 5 years

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Additional Thoughts(kinda long)

Sorry I can't stop talking about Takasugi. Something that doesn't make sense is how Takasugi knew where the Tendoshu remains were exactly or that they were on the ship. It seemed like their fate was kept a secret, as Shijaku didn't even know until Enshou showed him. It was a big deal because the Liberation Army weren't actually fighting for anything since their enemy were already defeated. This is another plot hole that doesn't make sense. When did he have the opportunity to find it? He was busy fighting since they arrived, then he was getting treated for critical injuries and resting. Why was nobody around to stop him from just walking off in that state? Where were Matako and Takechi? Did Sorachi even think over the logic of this?

And he was acting like he was going to die, but exactly why? I thought after surviving the near-death experience, he was in the clear. Is it because his injuries were that bad? Because the ship was crashing? Either way he was trying to take out the Tendoshu before he died.

Then of course, he actually did get fatally wounded by the soldiers and was on the verge of death until he took in Oboro's ashes.

Under those circumstances, he wanted just a little bit more time to stop Utsuro. He was essentially on borrowed time to accomplish this and said he just postponed death. His body was starting to weaken and rot away and he didn't think he had much time left.

He feels thanks to that little time, he can do what he really wants to do.

HOWEVER, I'm still sticking to my opinion that Takasugi didn't deserve to die in the first place and had a reason to live in the Kiheitai. I would have done this arc differently so he didn't die at all. I know he was being selfless, but that doesn't mean there shouldn't have been another way to go about this. Takasugi said he could be just a bit honest in doing what he really wanted to do, but I would argue that he was more RESTRICTED to only being able to do one thing. Under the circumstances that unfolded, he had postponed death to do this, and thought he didn't have much time to live and wouldn't be able to stop that. If the situation were different and he hadn't had Utsuro's blood, he would be free to save Shouyou with the other disciples AND be with the Kiheitai.

I absolutely hate the things Takasugi had to go through over the timeskip and that he was doing it completely alone without his special family. He NEVER stopped caring about the Kiheitai and deserved to be happy with them. Takasugi and his relationship with them developed so well, but they were torn away from each other this timeskip and STUNTED. Takasugi and the Kiheitai got shit and far less than they deserved, which I'll never forgive Sorachi for. It's so painful to see them get treated so unfairly and for people to justify his death like "he chose to sacrifice hinself of his own free will"- that doesn't mean he deserved to die and couldn't ever live a happy life with the people he loved! There has to be another way! He deserves a chance to live! Someone doesn't always need to die! What about "instead of dreaming of a beautiful death, why not live beautifully until the end?"? Just another thing Sorachi botched along the way. He told readers that you should try to live, that it always gets better. Death is never a better option than living. The narrative implied you could overcome trauma by building up a new life and bonds, and to have the courage to cope with tragedy. Hope is always there, you just have to LIVE. It can't just end like this for Takasugi and the Kiheitai. He is worthy of a fulfilling life just the way he is.

I wonder what would have happened if the Kiheitai showed up to help. Surely it wouldn't be convincing to make it seem like Takasugi was completely FINE sacrificing himself if he wishes he could be with them. Their presence would be a direct argument against that. But Sorachi didn't want to bother dealing with a challenge like that at this point, getting lazy and rushing to end the series while also running out of ideas and not putting in his best work.

Shouyou didn't even want Takasugi to die. It pained him to think he'd been brought back to die as a human without being able to save one of his beloved students like he always wanted to. That would just be too sad and empty. He always thought his students were the ones giving him something valuable. A student shouldn't have to die for a teacher. A child shouldn't be responsible for a parent and it's exactly as bad as that. But "a teacher protecting his students can't be called a miracle. It's just how things are"- so it seemed like Shouyou saved his disciples in the end from within the altana. Takasugi shouldn't have died in the first place, so hopefully the real him returns as himself again and grows up fast and retains his memories to negate death. I want him to be happy like he's always deserved and reunite with the people important to him.

#gintama #takasugi #takasugi shinsuke #kijima matako #matako #takechi henpeita #kawakami bansai #kiheitai #yoshida shouyou #utsuro #gintama spoilers #sakata gintoki #my thoughts

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midnight-in-town · 5 years

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hello! :) i hope you are having a good day. i have 2 questions about gintama SS arc. 1) was it ever shown what happened to the liberation army on earth? we see the mercenary yato tell them to resume fighting else enshou will blow up the earth, but then they sort of disappear. are we to assume that abuto/shinsengumi/kabukicho were able to defeat ALL of them? 2) do you have any reasoning for why the naraku would follow utsuro? since they're sort of killing themselves by killing earth? thanks ^_^

Hello Anon and thanks, I am! I hope you are too. :)

was it ever shown what happened to the liberation army on earth?

Yep…

Utsuro and the Naraku killed what was left of them once it was clear they wouldn’t be able to beat Gintoki and everyone.

do you have any reasoning for why the naraku would follow utsuro?

Well, it’s been a while since I specifically read or watched that part, but from what I remember of when they were first introduced (courtesan of a nation arc) + of Utsuro’s backstory (rakuyo arc), he’s the one who founded the Tenshoin Naraku looong ago.

Over the centuries, the organization survived, taking in orphans and the like (Oboro, Nobume), and training them into assassins working for the government.

At some point, they were dismissed and replaced by the Oniwabanshuu iirc but, when the Amanto arrived, the Oniwabanshuu were disbanded and the Naraku were chosen to work under the Tendoshuu (and for Tokugawa Sadasada).

And then Utsuro was chosen to join the Tendoshuu, sometimes after Shoyo was killed and he was reborn.

The reason why the Naraku would follow Utsuro till the end in the last arc is because he gave them his blood, just like for the Tendoshuu. Remember Oboro? It happened years earlier, but he was semi-immortal thanks to Utsuro’s blood fueled by Altana (altho’ in Oboro’s case, his real master was Shoyo and not Utsuro).

In the end the Naraku was as much Utsuro’s puppets as the Tendoshuu. And so he used them during the Silver soul arc.

There you go, I hope it answers your question. :)) Have a nice day!

#gintama #utsuro #yoshida shoyo #tendoshuu #tenshoin naraku #anon #answers

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razberryyum · 6 years

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Gintama manga chaps 681 - 682

Dear Gintama-gods and Sorachi-sama,

I must ask, just how stupid are these Tengenist followers? I found myself massaging the bridge of my nose in frustration a number of times as you revealed to us what they’ve been doing for these past two years and the chaos they are still carrying on with. Are they no better than dumb sheep that are constantly in need of being bossed around by undead overlord? I understand that they want immortality—I mean, who wouldn’t want that—so I’m all for them gathering up the bits and pieces of Utsuro and harnessing the power of Altana (though I absolutely do not condone their acts of terrorism to achieve that), but why, oh why, did they have to revive those Tendoshuu old farts and then worship them?? Keep those a-holes in their water glass prison and just grill them for instructions on how to resurrect Utsuro. Or just ANYTHING but restore their form and then fall to their knees to kowtow to them. Complete idiots. I mean, those old farts get to rule again while sending these red shirts off to do all the self-sacrificing, dirty work. They’re the ones on the front line risking their lives, I just don’t understand why they would put themselves in such a vulnerable position again. You would THINK they’d be happy that the war finally helped them get rid of their old masters. I just…I’m frustrated for them. I really hate the Tendoshuu or Tendenists or whatever they decide to call themselves next. Honestly, I dislike their new name even more than their old one since it doesn’t even roll off the tongue…I know the name is probably an unfortunate side effect of Japanese-to-English translation, but I have to keep on stopping myself from referring to them as the Tendonitis instead.

I hope I’m not coming off as criticizing the new direction the story has taken. You know me, anything that would logically prolong your beloved series, I am all for. I just wish destroying Edo once again wasn’t part of that plan. Poor Zura just finished rebuilding Edo, for the gods’ sake; I wish these bird-worshipping losers would just leave the city alone already. I also feel bad for those other places that they destroyed for their Altana-hoarding mission…I don’t care how long it takes, Sorachi-sama, but can you make sure to completely wipe out these annoying troublemakers this time around. I don’t care that they’re trying to revive their loved ones with Utsuro’s powers…they’re going about it in a genocidally crappy way so I just want them to be permanently obliterated, once and for all. If they can’t learn to leave well enough alone, they don’t deserve to stick around.

I wish I didn’t have to spend so much time complaining about those guys because I actually want to focus on Takasugi and Zura instead, two people I actually really like and love, respectively. It’s odd, I thought I would feel much sadder knowing that Takasugi would probably not live long, but instead I feel a sense of acceptance about it. After Bansai’s death, the Kiheitai no longer feels like a whole unit, and with his tumultuous history with his Joui comrades, I don’t know where Takasugi belongs anymore. There was a time that I had hoped he would be able to enjoy life again, sitting and drinking sake with his old comrades, but I don’t know if that is even a possibility anymore since Takasugi has lost too much and is simply too changed. He used to always talk about destroying the world since it took away his beloved sensei from him, but obviously, Utsuro’s own destructive actions has pretty much neutralized the necessity of his previous goal. After he leaned the truth about Shouyou, I don’t even feel that he is angry at the world anymore. Takasugi just seems…sad…and tortured. I worry that death may be the only peace he could ever attain. I know that would completely break Matako’s heart, and I would be bawling my eyes out too—in fact, just thinking about it now is already making my eyes well up—but it’s becoming harder to deny that perhaps that would be the best end for him. At least with his final mission of destroying all the fragments of Utsuros in the world, he would be doing something positive for mankind before he dies; not to mention, thanks to Oboro’s remnants, he has now been granted the opportunity of a far more dignified death than being brought down by a bunch of Liberation Army nobodies due to a moment of distraction. When his actual final moment does arrive, all I ask is that you allow Bansai to appear before him so that he could guide Takasugi into the afterlife. I look forward to being emotionally destroyed by such a touching scene. Again, I’m getting weepy just thinking about it…I should move on to happier things.

And who can make me happier than our dear Prime Minister Zurump Zura! I am so proud of him! From all appearances, he has been doing a really fine job; if ShigeShige was still checking in on everyone from whatever higher place he’s currently residing at, he must be so proud of his friend. In a short two years, with the help of old Legolas, Zura was essentially able to repair most of the damage that the Liberation Army had caused to Earth. That’s really impressive! I mean, sure, he has had years of experiencing leading a group of drama-watching rebels, but that’s still kind of a far cry from actually leading the entire country to successfully rebuilding from their previously devastated state. Honestly, considering how good a leader Zura seems to be, I really don’t understand why Matsudaira and Sougo is even trying to get rid of him. I mean, the only flaw I can detect on Zura is that horrible Hitler mustache. If Sougo does catch up to him, I hope he holds him down and shaves that ugly caterpillar off. But otherwise, why all the assassination attempts? I’m sure we’ll find out soon enough, but I still with the people I love can all just get along.

But I’m glad everyone is slowly but surely converging on each other. Gintoki and Takasugi are back in Edo, and I hope the long-awaited reunion of our Yorozuya will finally take place. Please give us some hugs between them, Sorachi-sama? They’ve waited two years, we’ve waited a few months which have felt like two years, we deserve some Yorozuya family love, don’t we? Your kind consideration is greatly appreciated.

Yours truly,

A silly fangirl with yaoi dreams

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#gintama #gintama manga chap 681 and 682 spoilers #takasugi #takaban #prime minister katsura zura zurump kotarou #gintoki #yorozuya #shijaku #okita #nobunobu #tendoshuu tendenist tendonitis #thank you sorachi-sama

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sparda3g · 6 years

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Gintama Chapter 681 Review

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When a series pulls a time-skip, the reason is usually for the sake of powering up the characters and refills the element of surprise in their arsenal. When Gintama jumped time, I was under impression that it entered the epilogue and end like many series tends to do, and that’s fine. It was this very chapter that has changed my mind. Sorachi is doing an excellent work on delivering something meaningful and reasonable than simple powered-up characters or ending with a new family. It’s a rare outlook of the war aftermath that it has more harm than good and it will only grow worse.

Sorachi has been on his A-game in writing for the past chapters and there’s no sign of slowing down. Not only his comedy delivery has been top notch, vintage level if I may add, but so as his dark portion with Shouyou’s disciples with powerful scenes that are grander than a standard Shounen level. Praise the sun for the editors giving him the opportunity to end wonderfully. By this point, I don’t care when it will end; I simply enjoying every piece.

Takasugi has been a hell of a character since Shogun Assassination Arc. Sorachi has proven that even late in the game, he made sure his character’s development will be as significant as any other. I was surprised yet glad that we received the flashback of his. I truly like how sincere he has become with others. It’s rather a touching scene with him holding on Oboro’s remains and apologizing for unable to be the one to bury him with Shouyou. It moved me the fact he kept his promises and actually care deeply. It did sadden me that he was really going to die. This series has no friend.

It’s confirmed that he went to the room with Tendoushuu to kill them all before he goes out. It’s a hell of a scene with him glaring with eyes of death at the guy, the same one who ordered to kill Shouyou, and destroy the tube. It felt so good for the long awaited revenge to be done. If it wasn’t for the last chapter, I would have thought this is the end for him, but it did make me question on his survival. Another question popped up was if Takasugi only went there to kill them, not solving the falling ship issue, how they did stop it. The answer is most likely for another time.

Sorachi is one step ahead with the use of writing technique since he doesn’t let any opportunity pass by. In this case, it transitions to a crazy and eerie mind game against Takasugi. Tendoushuu warned him that the chain of enemy will not end when they are disposed, but Takasugi didn’t care. He’s one of the Shouyou’s disciples that live to see the day to avenge him. It was supposed to be a moment of glory, moment we have wanted to see. Then, it becomes dark, eerie, and mind numbing.

I was lost at first to believe that guy legit turned into Utsuro, but it was clear by the next page that it’s all in Takasugi’s mind. I got serious chill with the scene, surrounded by Utsuro, with Takasugi trying to grip on reality. The trigger was saying Shouyou made him this way, insinuating that he is the cause of his transformation. Was Takasugi taking on someone else for his anger? Imagine, a villain telling to a more or less hero about revenge won’t bring justice. That’s new. It also pushes further with the theme of humanity to be the problem of everything in which has been developing strikingly well.

I gasped loudly at the end of the flashback. I like how Takasugi got a grip on reality, though felt a bit terrified, only to resume on his path to kill them all. If his slow countdown to death wasn’t convincing enough to believe he was going to die, the end scene will. I don’t know if Sorachi really wants every one of the disciples to suffer miserably, but he getting stabbed by soldiers was simply brutal. I cannot believe there are people from Liberation Army that still worshipped Tendoushuu, but it would make crazy sense later on. Bottom line, Takasugi was in fact going to die here, one way or another.

There’s a nice touching reunion with Shijaku and Katsura at the graveyard. I thought he was paying a visit to Enshou, but it was for Nobu Nobu. I am still not ready for the anime to cover that moment; such a sad scene. I love the fact his final action was influential for everyone to make the unification happen. If it wasn’t for him, the war would have gone on and their hate would not have them working together to repair the damage. Basically, Shijaku and Katsura pay their respect and gracious for his sendoff. It’s telling with Katsura showing up, buried their hatchet a long time ago.

It’s pleasing for Shijaku and Katsura to be in a leadership role, carrying off Nobu Nobu’s wish. I like how those two have to work together to repair Edo as well as working on their side of the issue. It’s the reason why Edo is getting repaired at a faster rate. Imagine if Edo was alone on this; it would have look like post-apocalyptic. I’m glad that Sorachi didn’t brush Shijaku away like just a one-time thing for the arc and it makes sense for him to take over Enshou’s place. I also like how wise he is, unwilling to accept any praise because it was his people that brought war upon them. It’s not cooperation; it’s atonement. He is a nice noble character that fits well with the series.

The conversation becomes dark and like many times before, it intrigues me greatly with how Sorachi manages to expand the lore at this time. I do love how ending the war doesn’t result to happiness, but instead, good and bad will occur like hand-to-hand. Earth has it bad enough with shady Government and Katsura is likely running the city to push them away from creating any damage. Shijaku sadly has it worse because there are planets that have people forming an organization that essentially become terrorists. It’s rather dark for Sorachi to write terrorism in the series, including their action that revolves with suicide.

The plot becomes grimmer yet more appealing with the introduction of a religion called Tengenism. It feels odd to read a Shounen Jump series that talk about religion that could have gone controversial. It is true that religion can be a belief in which people depend on through the midst of chaos, but it can be misled as well. I won’t go too deep since it can get personal. Tengenism consist worshippers of Altana and with multiple planets that has its own, the collision can change the ideal. This is getting close to home.

The ideal made the writing clearer on why we have a time-skip as well as Tendoushuu’s revival. The main point of bringing Tengenism into the discussion is the symbol of a phoenix, which means undying. With this religion that is interchangeable, it now translates to worshippers of Utsuro. That is horrifying how corrupted it can become. For the record, when Katsura gets serious, it’s actually haunting at times, so with him elaborating the detail of their major problem, you know this is very serious.

It is insane for people to worship a murderer, but it’s his immortality that grasped their attention, wanting one for themselves. Their mind is at a desperate state for a desire to take back their loved ones; that’s the misleading part. It’s eerie but it’s not far from reality. It’s why we have a time-skip; to build up the religion to have a large capacity. The effect won’t happen overnight, so it’s convincing how it has grown so large in the matter of 2 years. Not to mention, Tendoushuu’s revival would have taken time as well. It also appears that they have regain power with religion worshippers. This whole time-skip has been meaningful and justified with many new plot threads that could have happen realistically. It’s as if Sorachi has decided to work on part 2 without announcing it to be as such. He’s making sure all plot threads are complete.

The last scene was gut wrenching and heartfelt. Takasugi has steadily growing to be in my top 5 favorites with his development and sincere personality. I was awestruck on how he felt like everything was going to end for him on a sour note with history repeating itself. His action would have gone in vain and pained him how he couldn’t keep any wish, especially for his beloved master.

The final two pages are powerful because he was left no choice but to abandon his humanity not for his sake, but for others. I love that he is carrying on Oboro’s wish behind him and motivated him to keep standing and take whatever means necessary. It becomes literal when he used the remains and stabbed across it and himself. That’s how he obtained immortality. That was jarring. The last panel is pure tensed. Now I really don’t know if Sorachi will kill him off in the end. He never ceases to amaze me.

This chapter was very gripping and intense. The artwork is pretty stellar with the intensity of vengeance and the brutality Takasugi suffered from mental and physical torture. I believe there are very few panels that aren’t finalized but they’re not distracting. The important ones are drawn to perfection. The connection with the flashback and the uncovered story of Tengenism was thought-provoking, which is why it didn’t feel out of place. In doing so, it created a strong narrative. This arc has been outstanding so far and it’s only getting started.

#gintama #chapter 681 #review

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uniquestream · 5 years

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Gintama: Season 10 Episode 1 Utsuro's master plan is in full effect as Earth is taken over by the Altana Liberation Army. With Odd Jobs still not back from Rakuyo, the residents of Kabuki District have a hard time adjusting to life as a colony. 22 more words

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the-anime-haven · 3 years

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Gintama Stills for Every (Canon) Episode → [355/316] “Rabbits Leap Higher on Moonlit Nights”

↳ “Hey, retreat now and let your allies know. The universe's craziest big bro and the universe's stupidest big bro have teamed up. Nobody can stop these siblings anymore.”

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katsura-ishidaakira · 3 years

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[EP 353] Bushido Is Found One Second Before Death

Silver Soul Arc XII

PLOT: Back on Katsura's ship, he explains that the plan was to have Prince Hata's fleet surround the Altana Liberation Army, to lure them away from the SS Heavenly Bird, so that Katsura and the Joui Rebels could enter stealth mode and raid the mothership. However, the plan backfires as an argument between Prince Hata and Hasegawa over stolen pudding accidentally activates the ship's laser beams, which caused the Altana Liberation Army to retaliate. The two fleets fire at each other and Katsura's ship was caught in crossfire. A missile hits the ship and leaves it unable to steer towards the SS Heavenly Bird.

(Prince Dragonia, not Elizabeth)

#gintama #katsura kotarou #zura ja nai katsura da #gintama elizabeth

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lunosamentelunitoo · 7 years

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Gintama 629 spoilers

TITLE: Logic is really important in detective stories”

Sonroshi: So you are Hirata Genkai, I can’t believe i am getting to know the one guy, that helped the humans to archieve the defeat of the liberation army that way, the fact is that is quite surprising that the person we looked for in all galaxy that was able to sink such fleet in just one day and restore it back is someone like you

Genkai: Hey you old jeez, i don’t have any paper to wipe my ass, do you want to wipe it?? I only helped to kick the liberation army’s butt, aren’t you guys courious to see how they are doing where are they now?

Sonroshi: We are not interested to the situation in the main stroghold, they understimated the enemy, and we are not interested to fight alongside those idiots. If we stay with them we will be intossicated by their poison and our limb would rot and fall. But us, will by no means look down to you, It was on this planet that our compatriot.. the king of the yato was... Rearranging the army and defeat you will come later... But now.. genkai you have to stop that nanomachines.

Toshi; Big trouble!! THe old genkai!! Genkai fell in enemies’ hands...

Tsukuyo: eh? What do you want??

Toshi: No.. nothing

Matsudaira: Good job, thanks for providing us the enemies’ movments for all this time. Even if it’s night, such quiet is so weird, this is a good time for that party to cool their heard after all this heat. Watching without moving.. Keep their breath, they sure will come somehow, but we are waiting for them. We will rpvide tehm a bonus stage, how much it will last? But a little of rest will be good for us too.

Soyo: I can’t sleep, you too Nobume san?

Nobume: My injuries are keeping me up, i really can’t rest. But at least in this way I can keep watch over you princess and made you sleep without worries.

Soyo: I am so sorry, I ididn’t realized that, but I am ok, the one that should rest it’s you Nobume san.

Nobume: If the peincess will fall i asleep I will fall...ZZZ

Soyo: Well, you already sleeping Nobume san, I am sorry, you should be really tired, while I am getting more wake up.. When it comes to watcho over we can leave all to the yorozuya, and with such of a bodyguard we are just ok, he is looking over my bed now, so you can sleep Nobume san.... It’s ok!! Please don’t give him that kind of rest!!

Nobume: Awww.. it feels so goodz...

Soyo: I am sorry Nobume san, but I don’t knpw how to do tsukkomi on this... but this really feels so good. if we sleep near to this... That remind me.. we already did something like that. I was so selfish and couldn’t sleep alone, so i slept with all of you. Who could image that a night like that would come then.. A really lonley night.

Nobume: Princess, you two siblings, opened those eyes, we are Hitotsubashi’s faction, No one of us is useless, Shige shige sama.. me... I really have now the quaifications to be by your side.

Soyo:... This night we can have a proper sleep after a long time,from that time , i always have a good bodyguard next to me, i am not able to understand difficult things, but i know who was protecting us for all this time. Isn’t that good Nobume san? You know my pain and I know yours, Isn’t that a good reason to spend the night together? Isnt’t that enough? So let’s go throught this night togetherz...

Nobume: Princess, I don’t knoew how to tsukkomi too... WHAT!! A radio? Did someone of the guards put this radio here??

Dude: A..an... answear

Soyo: A communication? Weren’t all the communications in Edo down, cause all the machine were stopped?? And then.. this voice..

Dude: Someone.. there is some one? answer..

Soyo: Yes!

Dude: Rogetr that! You are...?

Soyo: I am Shigeshige’s sister, Nobunobu sama is that you?

Dude: It.. it’s back!! Communications with earth are back!! Form the analysuis it results that the nanomachines didn’t destroy all the machines! The collegues from the tech group prob thought of some means to contrast the effects in such a short time... maybe taking the central sistem that is being affected is taken in a different place..

Enshou: That makes me so happy!! I don’t care how!! Nothing is settled donw yet, Wwe can’t still get near that planet!! The grop letf behind is still in danger! Soon check the situation on earth and then decide how to move!!

Dude: Yes!

Toshi: What? communications are back? Is that possible? That the enemy got it from Genkai? I can’t believe it, that gives to our enemies more weapons and chance of victory! Soon!! Doesn’t matter how !! Let’s go to search for Genkai, and take him away from the enemies!!

Gintoki: Calm down you idiots, ther eis no change that the old man told something to the enemy, the granpa is not like that. He is surely silent and cold now

Shinpachi; Do you mean he is dead???

Gin: I told it’s ok! His sense of community is hight both in space than in the underworld.

Shinpachi: So that means he is dead???

Gin: SO first of all, we should take some Heparize, prepare some vomit bag and go to sleep. God, all this shaking is making me feel sick gorgorgorgoro...

Shinpachi: Kyahahahaha!!!

Toshi: Oi!! you bastard why did you drank until to feel so sick during war!!

Gin: ‘Cause I thought that i saved before to face the last boss! I thought I had recover all my HP!!

Yamazaki: Oi please, wake up...

Gin: But I fell into a pond of poison as i woke up... and instead to recover HP the screen became green.

Toshi: Real life doesn’t have save points! n life every progress hurts! And the damage zone is really wide!

Gin: And the fact that the old man is been took by the enemy is a proof.

Okita: Somehow he left a trace made of shit... where he is been caught he didn’t had paper and could not move...

Gin: Of course, that is such a proper way to die too, old man!

Okita: On the place there are still some remains of poop left, this is a proof that he didnt wiped his ass. SO the remains left on his ass is leading us

Gin: Somehow this makes so much sense... Did you called the old man by name? Did you put him on shame?

Shinpachi: SO do you really think that that was a way for Genkai to leave some trace?

Okita: His hands were cuffed, Somehow we been invested in luck!

Shinpachi: Okita san... actually we got invested in shit

Okita: Look there!

Shinpachi: The poop is keeping going..

Okita: While he was kidnapped by the enemies he showed his position to us. He didn0t had nothing with him, so he left this mark.

Shinpachi What kind of Hansel and Gretel is that??

Okita: If we follow that we can reach Genkai!

Toshi: Oi Sougo! Did you just called the old man by name? is that good??

Gin: What if that is just poop by a really big dog?

Shin: Other than that, isn’t all of this against every conventions?

Toshi: Is even possible for a single human being to poop tht much?

Okita: Probaly not in a normal situation, but now he is in danger...

Kondo: It was so long i didn’t meet that person and I drunk too much, to think it was prune’s juice... Anyway.. it doesn’t matter in how deep the forest where i am is, I knew you will surely found that out.. can you go to bu me some pants?

Okita: So it asn’t a poop trail

Toshi: Well it was a gorilla trail. There, there was no human, understand??

Shin: Well that was your general gorilla trail! Are you ok with that???

Gin: I thought from the start that he was running in strage way... but he was going headed from us just to wash his pants.

Toshi: Forget all of that!!

Gin: I wanted to.. but that made me feel sick again

Shin: What do we do now? We have no clue left.

Toshi: look there

Shin: Blood? that means...

Toshi: Maybe that is a trail left by Genkai.

Shin: That means that Genkai san is...

Toshi: I don’t know. ut this is a race against time for sure!

Okita: Hijikata san, call for some gopchang

Toshi: Why I should be the only one to call for intestines?? I want to call for the old man too

Shin: Look! the amount of blood is getting bigger!!

Toshi: That’s bad! move!!

Zenzou: I drank too much and my hemorrhoids exploded. But I knew that you would notice that... please move, put that into my ass...

Toshi: Oi! That’s all cause your drinking party!! You all have some leak, manly from your lover body!

Gin: Don’t deceive things with tsukkomi! Move! use some logic and pull out the intestines!

TOshi: So Okita should pull out the old man tho!

Okita: I am sorry Hijikata san, but my granpa died a really long time ago, so die now Hijikata san

Toshi: What logic is that?? You have no qualifications to tell mistery stories!!

Shin: Hey!! Are things to say in this situations!!

Toshi: If every one is abl to use communication of us is over!!

Kagura: It’s here

Shin: Kagura chan?

Okita: Do you know what it’s happening?

Kagura: It’s only my intuition, but I trust it.. a night like that yato become hunters

Enshou: Sonroshi, from Daikini to Shinra I collected the stronger, but in the end only the yato are left. Is that the man?

Sonroshi: Yes, he still have ears and mounth , but the only thing that we really need it’s his head and skills. As we will lead him to torture he will beg let us know where his companions are.

Genkai: SO you are the liberation army’s boss? happy to talk with you

Enshou: Yeah, where is the thing that is blocking all battleships. arms and communications?

Genkai: well, communications seems to be back. Prob you were once worshipped, you look to have such sweet establishment. A for the nanomachines they can be stopped only by the bees. And I can’t grant your wishes to come near earth cause I don’t know a way to stop them too

Enshou: Is that so? As I though, That means that weliberation army can’t be stopped too earthling. we, the altana liberation army, got this from the Tendoshu collecting it from various stars in order to release it against the one that will refuse this holy war, so if you don’t want to grant our wish and fight with us, the best thing will be to reduce to dust all the life in the entire universe.

#gintama #gintama spoilers

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