#here i am analyzing gintama lmao

[ryuukenden4]

I was talking to my roommate about how deeply anime openings affect me, and I have finally solidfied that Gintama opening 13 is the best anime opening ever created.

Sure you have your bangers like Bleach 13, Fire Force, Noragami Aragoto, Bungo Stray Dogs 2, and Black Clover 4 (those are some of my other faves), and I will accept those as your favorites over GT 13. However, no other opening I've seen conveys such a deep message as this one (at least to me).

It starts off showing Gintoki alone in a dark room (where he was during the Shiroyasha years). The moonlight softly illuminates him with silver light, showing off his silver soul (haha gin tama, right). Then we cut to Shinpachi and Kagura together on the balcony of the Yorozuya office. They're together but still in the dark. Their lives before Gintoki were difficult too, but they had people there for them. Nevertheless, they were really saved when Gintoki came into their lives. They were so touched by him that they became his kids (not really but still. LET ME DREAM). They are bathed in silver as well, showing Gintoki's effect on them.

Next we cut to Gintoki running through sakura blossoms. He stumbles once, showing that his path is not entirely clear and he's still overcoming obstacles from his past trying to knock him down. But he keeps running. And then we get glimpses of his past, namely the biggest regret of his life- when he failed to save his mentor and father figure. That haunts him to this day.

But suddenly, who comes up to remind him he's not alone? His kids Shinpachi and Kagura. They smile at him, reminding him of what's important- living for the now and not in the past. He smiles too, knowing he's not alone.

And then we get shots of the other characters. They've all got their own tragic pasts they're working through, and we're reminded of that as they're bathed in silver light as well. This shows us how many lives Gintoki has touched, regardless of how they feel about him or not. (We also get Madao on the lyric that sounds like Madao, so that's poetic cinema in and of itself.)

Then we get the fight scenes. They are the main focus of the arc (I believe. I'm not chronologically there in the anime yet, but I know a few spoilers, so I think that's it) These fights are rough on Gintoki, as he is nearly beaten again. And then we get his switch from present Gin to Shiroyasha, struggling with his guilt again. The amount of anguish Gintoki is going through internally is heartbreaking to me. He hides behind his humor so no one will be worried about him. But he really needs so much support and so many hugs I-

...but anyway. Back to the analysis.

Then we immediately cut to Kagura and Shinpachi running ahead through the cherry blossoms, calling back to the first chorus. They are the ones leading the way, not Gintoki. They are showing him the future he has, with them and for himself. They're giving him a reason to keep going, to catch up with their youthful innocence and drive. He follows them, smiling.

The last shot we get is of the trio standing in the silver moonlight, sakura petals dancing around them. It solidfies the trio's bond, and shows us they'll be together forever. The beauty of the sakura and the beauty of them as a unit is paralleled, and I think that is the cutest and softest shit ever.

No other opening ever has spoken to me like this. Gintama really is the best anime (besides Bleach, but I could go so in depth about my appreciation for that one).

#its 12:30 and i have a japanese test tomorrow i should be sleeping #here i am analyzing gintama lmao #ive never done an op analysis so go easy on me uvu #also feel free to add your own input! #i wanna know what you think #i just love anime ops so much andjdodlaksbdb #ryuu's thoughts #analysis #anime op #gintama #gintoki sakata #kagura #shinpachi shimura #sakuramitsusuki #gintama op 13 #for a comedy show this show is so beautiful and serious and I LIVE FOR IT

[yuzuria]

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Thanks~! :p

i - has tumblr caused you to stop liking any fandoms, if so, which and why?

If we’re talking about not liking fandoms anymore and not the series/franchise itself, of course, gintama fandom attitude drove me off its fandom and made me dislike a huge portion of content in the series because of a lot of toxic people, even people I had never talked to have me blocked for some reason, because I dislike their waifu then gotten me involved in their shit talking in their public platform which is hilarious if not I feel sorry for that deranged person, no bitter feelings attached personally but I dislike that person because of them attacking my friends but since it still has a special place in my heart as one of my favorite series, i still enjoy the content exclusively with my friends and I refuse to search for fan content anymore unless I happen to see it in my dash/timeline. Other than that I haven’t liked the series itself because of tumblr, gintama was the first series I became active in in fandoms and tumblrr, I was a lurker most of the time in my previous fandoms and didn’t get myself involved with drama or loud people so I just naturally stopped liking them.

u - three favorite characters from three different fandoms, and why they’re your favorites.

Komaeda Nagito from Danganronpa: My ultimate favorite at this moment, to make things short he’s all in one package I’ve always wanted in a character: soft demeanor, sparkling fake that’s not considered charismatic by others ^_^✨, morally gray with idealistic view that eventually destroyed him, contrasting complex personalities that I never get tired of analyzing and each day I learn new things about him, has a tragic past that didn’t hinder nor trapped him forward but rather shaped him for who he was and moved on (he honestly gets little appreciation in this department, this boy had been through so much but smiles and accepts what was to come in full arms, in a way makes him so emotionally strong yet fragile at the same time) and ultimately, his death broke my heart the most, not because he died but his intention behind it made him capture my heart and crashed it literally with spear.

Toph Beifong from Avatar: My childhood sweetheart

Imai Nobume from Gintama: I fell in love with her even before I caught up the first episode she’s in. She’s so gorgeous and I love girls introduced to be ruthless and deadly, and her first appearance did that. She’s trained as an assassin as a child and had been cutting down people since then, even though she appears to be an emotionless killing machine, she has a sense of humor fitting to the series, has a childish streak and with that she gets along well with other (sadistic) girls (kagura and soyo), doesn’t give a fuck to senseless uninteresting things, and will bring down people she deems bad with no hesitation. Her story with sasaki is really emotional to me, the most this series has ever made me feel, I love them and their found father/daughter relationship. I love how her development went too in farewell shinsengumi arc, how of all people it’s kagura who understood her and saw her tears, telling her to stop fighting and live how she wants, that she can be more than assassin she grew up as and no one can stop her, not the organization who raised her to be a killing machine and not the promise she had with sasaki where she’s the one who’s going to end him as an assassin. I love the moment kagura told her too that earth is the star of freedom.

v - which character do you relate to most?

Ahh this is difficult, I never try to see myself in a character and ~relate~ to them, as much as possible I make myself disconnected to the characters, not associating them to myself. The only time I ever considered relating to a character was punpun lmao, I relate to his pathetic-ness when I happened to read oyasumi punpun during dark times.

z - just ramble about something fan-related, go go go! (prompts optional but encouraged.)

okay, i haven’t considered making a fanfiction ever but there’s an AU i’m fond of, AU with no hpa and where Komaeda and Servant(Meshi) are brothers and kamukura and hinata are twins :D In this setup it’s focused to meshi and hinameshi with kamukoma in the sideline uuuuu anyway it doesn’t go well, i have no concrete plotline and ending, all i thought of are sad stuff. Komaeda in this AU still has his cycle of good and bad luck but with meshi’s presence as his older brother(a year or two, i’m pretty undecided), and not so good relationship with their parents, he swore to never leave komaeda’s side so he’s the one who caught all the bad luck komaeda’s cycle produced, marking him the “unlucky child” in the family while komaeda is credited with the good luck he brings, although it doesn’t necessarily means he’s treated much better. (Anyway it’s my hc komaeda doesn’t experience bad luck himself unless there are no people around him therefore the bad luck he experienced with the kidnapping and diseases was because he already lives alone in that time) So with that, it was Meshi who experienced and endured the terrible things to keep Komaeda and other people from harm. I’m undecided if I’ll also include the cancer and dementia...

Things are rough from here, I’m still contemplating how Meshi would act in this setting and how similar it would be from dr:ae so i could change stuff from here. izuru, hinata, and komaeda were high school classmates where they all met each other. all of them have their internal conflicts which is similar in canon but with no hpa presence, meshi has a complicated relationship and attachment with hinata who feel overshadowed by his twin, meshi doesn’t like izuru, izuru and komaeda kind of get along as outcasts and hinata is intrigued with the komaeda brothers. Four of them used to hang out though, meshi and komaeda can’t cook so the twins come over from time to time to keep the house from burning and feeding them. Sometime after meshi graduated, there’s a shift in his relationship with hinata and the two started going out, meshi told about him and komaeda and hinata wanted to change it but how? when the three graduated, komaeda and meshi moved out and disappeared with no contact. Time skip happens and few years later, and things get even messier, komaeda is in uni and part times as a librarian while meshi doesn’t and works as a bartender (possibly fools around too), i’m still not sure what hinata does besides being in uni but he stumbled upon komaeda one day and brought the news izuru is in coma for overdosing. Hinata and meshi tried (or not) to reconcile due to their disappearance for years, and later komaeda took his own life... aha...

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