My list of GinZura fics that I love a lot.
This is my list of timeless GinZura fics that I love from ao3, in no order of preference, from oldest to newest:
1. Instinct by pyrrhic_victoly (cthchewy) Kitties being kitties. GinZura being stupid.
2. Fight on a Monday, Cry on a Tuesday, Throw Up on a Wednesday, but Always Laugh on Saturday & Sunday by mangemouth
Anything by this author is timeless in my humble opinion. It is a nice fic, it evolves in a lovely way and it is very funny.
3. Two Wrongs Don't Make a Right, But Sometimes Two Idiots Can Make a Genius by pyrrhic_victoly (cthchewy)
Everything by this author is legendary and funny in my opinion.
I had never read an mpreg fic before but this was just too stupid and crack-y and funny. I love this fic so much.
4. but it’s burning like an effigy in here by mangemouth
This is both onesided TakaZura and GinZura. It is very good.
5. creature comforts by mangemouth
More stupid GinZura cat business and lovely YoroZura.
6. Resuscitation by Xparrot
This is the fic everyone would recommend back in the day when GinTama was super popular. It is a gorgeous fic and I love Zura here. It also has ace Gintoki.
7. Toll by athena_crikey
This is one of my favorite fics. It’s very good with lot’s of supernatural elements and Gintoki’s relationship with Zura. Basically the yorozuya are sent to perform an exorcism and Zura is also there, but things do not go well.
8. Echo by athena_crikey
This author had so many awesome GinZura ideas. Anything by them is a really good read in my opinion. But this story in particular hits hard.
9. Festivales y peces. by OlivierCash (Spanish)
Esta historia es muy linda y corta. De los fics en español que se me hacen bonitos.
10. call when you're around by guycecil
“You’ve caught me,” Zura says, and the idea that his fingers are still inside him, that he still has a hand wrapped around his dick while he says it, probably shouldn’t make Gintoki’s heart skip in just quite the way it does. “Prepare for the end, Gintoki.” It is smut without plot ¿?, but I love it so much.
11. Hollow King by AvaCelt
It’s somewhat short, but I love it because it focuses on Zura so much.
12. the monkey on your back is the latest trend by guycecil
Mainly because I love Kagura here!
13. Beginner's Guide by tanktrilby
This is probably one of my fav fics of the GinZura week in 2015. Zura is just so stupid in this one. But stupid good. This fic is funny and cute. I love jealous Zura so much.
14. the spaces we fill together by swanfrost
This fic is just so, so sweet. The best Christmas fic I can recommend. It has such a heartwarming YoroZura and even more endearing GinZura.
15. your love is like bad medicine by Eddaic
Such a cute Valentine’s Day fic and I appreciate it is Gintoki reaching Zura.
16. and we'll ask if we can stay by Eddaic
Modern AU and ... the bickering!! The bickering! The sense of destiny. Of they being each other’s constant...!
17. Halloween Is Scarier As An Adult by experimentaldrama
Best Halloween fic with GinZura! But actually all the Kabukicho idiots appear in this story!
18. your armour is just skin by Eddaic
Katsura and Gintoki going together to Hagi for the first time in many years.
19. A Helping Hand by Liatheus
Written post-Rakuyo arc. This is one of my favorite ZuraGin fics ever. No, I would say it IS the ZuraGin fic. It is a mature fic but it is so, so sweet. It is the sweetest smut. I love Zura and Gintoki both so much in this fic. It is one of those fics I come back to re-read so many times. It is just that good. It’s just such nice smut with lots of feelings inside.
20. a good nurse is always doing a careful job with their patients by ginkitty
This fic is mature as well and I must say it is very delicious to read. So kinky. But I bet Gintoki enjoyed this so much.
21. a good ending by corvidity
A very heartwarming YoroZura fic and a good ending for Zura.
22. First Love by seke
A very cute fic with them as kids and silly crush confessions.
23. Mind if we join? by ginkitty
Glorious JOUI4 smut.
24. There To Stop Me If I Go Wrong by rainsometimes
Such a nice conversation between Katsura and Hijikata. About GinZura and their promise.
25. Human Beings Are Simple Creatures by rainsometimes
A wonderful fic with GinZura and some lack of communication, with some GinTakaZura vibes as well.
26. No worries allowed by JisooSZ (Spanish)
Gintoki preocupado por Zura después de Benizakura. Mucho bickering jajaja.
27. They Say That Idiots Never Catch Cold But It's Only the Idiots Who Don't Take Their Medicine by dearfriendicanfly
This is one of my favorite fics. It has YoroZura, and it has Zura getting sick and the family taking care of him. It’s so lovely. This author always writes sweet stories.
28. fair is fair is fair, or something by hoshi_ni_natte
Another wonderful JOUI4 foursome mature fic!!! They are all in love. x3
29. It's Only Us When Words Fail by WordsWhisperInTheDark
I love Zura taking care of Gintoki and just, Zura and the kids being worried for him as a family. This fic is absolutely beautiful. Please read it!
30. Peace is Not A Part of The Option by fishingrods
Just a wonderful story of them through the story and after The Final.
31. like a barnful of feathers by pearthery
Not exactly just GinZura, it’s a gorgeous AU and a love letter to Gintoki.
32. There's No Together, There's No Apart, There Is Only Impossible Longing by rainsometimes
A marvelous fic centered in the GinTakaZura relationship. It has spoilers for the final.
33. I'M NOT NAKED, I'M KATSURA. by PENDRAGONISMS
A mature fic about romance between drunk people.
34. Marriage is Overrated by Official_Biscuit_Moron
GinZura got married a long time ago but Gintoki does not remember... such a cute fic!
35. There's Often A Spike In Nativity Numbers 9 Months After A Sudden Cold Snap by rainsometimes
Domestic GinZura, trying their worst to seduce each other.
36. what are scars but marks of the life you've lived by pearthery
Everything they write just has such high quality! This has both wonderful YoroZura scenes + Shouka Sonjuku reminiscences.
37. If your friend seems hurt, maybe you should check on them by kyojtanj
Heartwarming and lovely!
38. shinka no natsu by pearthery
Such a cute little fic, full of love and love and love! Small Zura is just love. This is one of my favorite fics I think.
39. Luangkan Sedikit Waktu Untuk Mengucapkan Selamat Ulang Tahun Untuk Temanmu Yang Sedang Berulang Tahun by youthfulfangs (Bahasa Indonesia)
Zura being the cutest boyfriend ever!
40. When an Editor Tells You To Follow the Mandated Shonen Action Ending Formula, Go Off the Rails and Do Something Else Instead by StarryDustandFluffyStuff
I love this fic to the Moon and back! I just think it is wonderful when all the GinTama cast is added to the story. When you have a fic where many characters colaborate to help the main pairing get together. Also, this fic is just so, so GinTama! From the title, to the dialogues, everything. I really appreciate it and it became one of my favorites since the first time I read it.
41. Catch You Catch Me by athena_crikey
athena_crikey suddenly came back in 2021 and posted this wonderful and interesting GinZura story. It is just so, so good! I appreciate the GinZura interactions in this one so much. All the politics and Gintoki being angry at Zura. It’s wonderful.
42. No, of course there's nothing impure about sharing a bath together! Especially when it's just between friends. by kyojtanj
It’s just so cute.
43. It's Always Okay to Cry (Yes, Even During Sex) by StarryDustandFluffyStuff
A mature GinZura fic about True Love, the kind of Love that is there in your low moments. Love that persists. Gintoki taking care of Zura. Everything about this fic is just so good.
44. Sudah Saatnya Kita Berhenti Merasa Sendiri by youthfulfangs ( Bahasa Indonesia)
Zura angst!!!! Zura angst!!!!!!!
45. Hot by grievingcain
As the title implies, it is hot smut (LOL). This fic is ZURAGIN (What? bottom Gintoki? What?) and BanTaka. It is just too hot and fun to read. Also Takasugi making fun of Gintoki for being a bottom (LOL).
46. Nobody ever said that there’s only one way to be in love (and if they did, they’re wrong) by Inkonstantin
All the joui boys love each other.
47. you should deep-clean your house at least twice a year by earth-dad (qrow)
This author gets GinZura so well.
48. Even After Everything, I Still Feel This Way by Inkonstantin
Layered and complex GinZuraGin emotions Post-Be Forever Yorozuya! Such wonderful and dramatic dialogue I appreciate this author so much.
49. Instead Of Admitting You’re One Day Late To The Party, Just Claim You’re 364 Days Early by rainsometimes
Best birthday fic!! I LOVE THIS AUTHOR SO MUCH! They get GinZura’s bickering so, so well. They inspire me to try to write bickering GinZura too... It is always so, so much fun to read their fics!
50. More Than A Free Meal by InfiniteInMystery
This is one of my favorite GinZura, YoroZura, GinZuraHiji authors and how wonderful this YoroZura piece is. I giggled. It’s cute. Bickering x 4.
51. Pushy People Are Totally Tops by InfiniteInMystery
This is a mature GinZura fic. I love how playful the Zura this author writes always is. I love your Zura so much. And your GinZura, no matter the story.... they are always so in love and I’m such a big fan of it!! They can write GinZura in so many different settings... in both heartwarming and dramatic stories. It’s so admirable.
52. If Your Mind Feels Muddy It’s Probably Because In Your Head It’s Raining by Inkonstantin
The descriptions in this fic are just so wonderful and I need everyone to read this.
53. Some Of Us Are Better Actors Than Others by InfiniteInMystery
This is a wonderful mature fic treating topics such as self-harm. Basically Zura screaming for help. Just made so much better by the inclusion of Otose here. Everyone cares about Zura so much.... It’s just one of my favorite fics.
54. The Little Things We Don't Say by InfiniteInMystery
So much fluff and happiness. x3
55. Press your lips against mine and engrave your name on my heart by WordsWhisperInTheDark
This has joui4 with endgame GinZura. The GinZura is truly sweet.
56. Let Me Be Washed Up Right Next To You, Over And Over by rainsometimes
This fic became one of my favorites and the most recent one I have read. I love this author to the Moon and back and they just write the absolute best GinZura bickering ever!! I had already said this in another story by them, but I must insist! It’s just so much fun.
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1, 3, 13, 14, 20 for the ask game!
Ohhh, thanks thanks, sorry I'm days late answering!
These are questions for the ask game!!! Which I'll still do answers for btw! I'm going to throw it under a read more bar because I am already off to a really long start for the first question, ^_^;)/
1. What led you to start writing fan fiction?
You see. I was an avid fanfic reader, back in the wee era of 2015 when I was in my early 20s, for a certain fandom that I shall not name. And I realized after reading hundreds and hundreds of fics for my favorite pairing that my preferred genre of fanfic (*coughs in major trigger warnings*) were all so.... so... Well. Every fic for that fandom was The Same. And I don't mean 'the same' in the way that enemies to lovers is always the same (where the enemies become lovers through some plot that forces them together) I mean that I can tell you plot point by plot point, scene by scene, argument by argument, exactly what happened in all of these fics because they were all the same. Every. Single. Time. There was no diversity in the plot. No creativity. It was the same scene setup, the same lines/same arguments, the same hurt/comfort every single fic. It was like a group of people who liked these topics all got together and brainstormed the Same Idea and then wrote the Same Idea a dozen times in the exact Same Way with very little deviation from the "hurt in an alley, rescued by their enemy, nursed back to health in the bedroom, and then they sleep together" plot and posted it on AO3. The first couple of times, it slapped. But then when the entire tag became Just That, or some variation of Just That because people branched out from "the alley" to "the almost alley" I sort of had enough.
I wanted to be a writer. I've always loved to write. So I thought "wow, what if I take this idea that wasn't bad the first time but it sucked the fourth fifth sixth and seventh time, and just make it crazier out of spite" and thus, I wrote the worst 140k first POV fanfic for my ship (and discovered that I enjoy almost setting this man on fire) and then I just? Never stopped writing because it was fun and low-pressure and I could read fic and go "I dont like that" and learn from other peoples mistakes, and then my own. This fic, however, is dead to me. Looking back, I'm glad I started somewhere and yes it was insane and wildly different than the others, but me @ me, first-person POV? are you insane?
And here I am, easily five million words later (not an exaggeration, I've written at least 5 mil since then because I wrote 3 mil 2019-now).
And now, I'm a Horror waiting to happen to your blorbos, ehehehehheeh.
3. What experiences/influences have shaped your writings the most?
The polite answer is: life experience of my chaotic luck that sounds fake. Listen. If you send me to the store for milk, there is no way for you to prepare for what kind of trouble I will get into, of no fault of mine.
The real answer: a life of misery. I get a lot of comments about how 'real' some of my fics feel, to an uncomfortable degree. Well. There's a reason for that :wheezesmiley:
I always recommend a few gintama fics starting with Pandemonium. This is like, a staple Gintama fic to read and it's gen! I really enjoyed this one even though I haven't reread it in a long time and I only remember the ending which was probably my favorite part. (I should do a reread) but I remember I liked the characterization and it sort of touched on all of my favorite things about Gintoki being unhinged, and how he could end up there down at the bottom ready to throw it all away. It was a real aspiration of mine to keep to the characterizations and to always drag out Gintoki's little horrors until the juicy last moment, and this fic is the reason for all of that.
13. What are some must-read fanfics in your fandoms? Why do you admire these, and how have they impacted your works?
Otherwise, I just have a few self-indulgent angst fics I like to reread. But for inspiration, I will admit that my timeloop fic, which i wrote obsessively like a madman and those of you who were dming me know I was ripping out my hair because you need an excel sheet for this level of insanity, was inspired by the other timeloop fic, because while I enjoyed that timeloop fic, I was severely disappointed that Gintoki never mentioned the timeloop to Hijikata, and more importantly, Gintoki never mentioned the fact that he witnessed Hijikata's death dozens of times and it has negatively impacted him to a severe degree. And then I was more annoyed that this is completely in character, so I decided to force Gintoki's hand on my own by making him the victim of the timeloop. (and then I accidentally killed Sakamoto, and the rest is history, ngl idk wtf happened I just sat down and wrote 40k one day and went "oh, ok, this is gonna be a long one")
I would also like to go out of my way to recommend a Witcher fic. I don't go here anymore and I likely will never go here again, but this fic had me hooked for two solid days. I did nothing but read this fic for two solid days. (I skipped the smut because I was more invested in the plot than the relationship LMFAO) I was so convinced that the plot had somethign to do with werewolves (or some other kind of shapeshifting/vampiric/demonic monster) that I actually binge wrote a 70k fic in one week because of this LMFAO
14. What aspects of your creative process do you enjoy most? Which are most challenging?
THEREFORE, the most challenging thing is me sitting down and going "okay this needs to not be vibes, it needs to have very specific crafted elements and also be creative while also being clever and meaningful and metaphorical and deep" and then I just don't write for three months (me rn, trying to force myself to write one (1) hyper specific thing I could care less about)
I just sit down and the brain and hands go 'brrrr' there is no creative process there is only me leaving my body and coming back like "noice". This is my favorite part. Or the part where someone goes "wouldn't it be wild if" and then goes to sleep and then suddenly they wake up to a 10k fic link in their inbox because they left me unattended with their left-field idea.
20. What’s your favorite work you’ve ever written?
Oh god. Ok. I can't pick one so I'm going to rec some of my favorites and explain why they're my faves.
I feel like Don't You Know That Timeloops Suck? (gintama, no warnings) has to be my most recent favorite because I was on an entire other level of insanity for this one and it was unfortunately very personal and looking back its a lot of things to me. lololol BUT the ending is... listen. Guys. I didn't want to finish it because I hated it at one point. It's rough. The second Sakamoto enters the timeloop everything went to shit on my end because I just didn't want anything to do this fic anymore, I was sick of writing it, I was sick of Hijikata, I was sick of Gintoki being too much like me. It's not my cleanest work, that's for sure and rereading it, I can see it clear as day and it drives me insane tbh. If I could rewrite any fics end/write more for a fic, it would be this one and I would be screaming the entire way.
But. This JJK fic, In the Vastness of the Cosmos, We Are But Nothing was a lot of fun to write. Like. A lot of fun. And I mean, I would love to write another one like this, but I need some delirious combination of cosmic horror and colours and higher level of clarity. It's not my strongest work technically and easily could have been double, triple the length to really drive the finer points home, but it is what it is and it's great considering I wrote the whole entire thing in one sitting and then just posted it without even an edit.
I have another fic like this for danny phantom, but I haven't re-uploaded it yet because I lost it in the deletion. (It's somewhere, I'm sure)
BUT. Fill the Void, Lest the Void Fill You (Trigun, content warnings beware) is my favorite, most solid ending. Like this fic? Is probably my favorite in terms of technical writing. It's solid the whole way through. I had actually discussed with a friend where my writing was lacking, and determined that my endings need some work (because I usually end things when I'm sick of writing them and it shows) but this fic? Solid. 10/10.
Okay I'll stop rambling, thanks for the ask! I love talking about my own fics lololo
Also. That “If Utsuro’s ‘Totally Not Meteor From Final Fantasy VII’ Attack Had Ended The World In Episode 361 But then Gintoki Tried To Go Back In Time And Save Everyone” AU deserves more love.
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