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xparrotOnly 14 episodes of Gintama left to watch! *soooob* (Speaking of which, anyone know if this twitter is at all official? The bio says it's informal, but the 4th entry from the bottom talks about recording the DVD omake, so it sounds like it might be more than just a fan...?)
The Character Poll arc - I have 3 words: MS PAINT OPENING. MS PAINT OPENING!!!!11!! XDXDXDXDXDXDXD x INFINITY.
The Okita episode duo was pretty awesome, too, in totally different ways. The ultimate S does have a samurai soul, too, and while of course we knew that already, it was still beautiful to see it. And he and Kagura make a brilliant team.
The bodyswap half-episode, otoh, gets filed in the Things Best Forgotten for All Our Sakes. Even if it did do things I've never seen done in bodyswap before - nor have ever wanted to see done. Gintoki swaps minds with the pet dog. And yes, of course, the show GOES THERE. And KEEPS GOING THERE, BECAUSE THIS IS GINTAMA. ...and then he wakes up and is Shinpachi's glasses OMGWTFLOL?!?!.
Also the Dentist episode, which is possibly the most traumatizing crack in the show. Yes, even compared to the Screwdrivers.
I have also been flipping through manga scans at random - waiting to sit down and read it until I have no show; 'til then I flip. Happened across an item of interest in the second volume - Shirokuro, a one-shot manga Sorachi-sensei did pre-Gintama, about a modern-day onmyouji girl with attitude who gets schooled in her part-time-job cursing ways by a cranky crow spirit. It's comedic but not straight comedy, but has a lot of the same themes as Gintama (combative but loving families of blood and choice, chars with injured left eyes, unusual gender roles) - and it has the spirit, who happens to have crazy silver hair and wears boots and a white yukata with decorative trim. He's got one eye and more motivation than Gintoki (of course, sticks of butter and shed snake skins also have more motivation than Gintoki...) but the char design was clearly borrowed for Gintama.
And the brother has been suspicious for a while now that Gintoki isn't human, what with the natural silver perm and red eyes and unholy endurance (even for a shounen hero, he comes back from the brink of death a lot, often to his surprise). The Shirokuro char is neither human nor demon; he's a guardian spirit. And considering that protection is Gintoki's sole serious purpose...yeah, I wonder...
...Fic is at 41K words. Not done yet. OMGWTFBBQ.
The Character Poll arc - I have 3 words: MS PAINT OPENING. MS PAINT OPENING!!!!11!! XDXDXDXDXDXDXD x INFINITY.
The Okita episode duo was pretty awesome, too, in totally different ways. The ultimate S does have a samurai soul, too, and while of course we knew that already, it was still beautiful to see it. And he and Kagura make a brilliant team.
The bodyswap half-episode, otoh, gets filed in the Things Best Forgotten for All Our Sakes. Even if it did do things I've never seen done in bodyswap before - nor have ever wanted to see done. Gintoki swaps minds with the pet dog. And yes, of course, the show GOES THERE. And KEEPS GOING THERE, BECAUSE THIS IS GINTAMA. ...and then he wakes up and is Shinpachi's glasses OMGWTFLOL?!?!.
Also the Dentist episode, which is possibly the most traumatizing crack in the show. Yes, even compared to the Screwdrivers.
I have also been flipping through manga scans at random - waiting to sit down and read it until I have no show; 'til then I flip. Happened across an item of interest in the second volume - Shirokuro, a one-shot manga Sorachi-sensei did pre-Gintama, about a modern-day onmyouji girl with attitude who gets schooled in her part-time-job cursing ways by a cranky crow spirit. It's comedic but not straight comedy, but has a lot of the same themes as Gintama (combative but loving families of blood and choice, chars with injured left eyes, unusual gender roles) - and it has the spirit, who happens to have crazy silver hair and wears boots and a white yukata with decorative trim. He's got one eye and more motivation than Gintoki (of course, sticks of butter and shed snake skins also have more motivation than Gintoki...) but the char design was clearly borrowed for Gintama.
And the brother has been suspicious for a while now that Gintoki isn't human, what with the natural silver perm and red eyes and unholy endurance (even for a shounen hero, he comes back from the brink of death a lot, often to his surprise). The Shirokuro char is neither human nor demon; he's a guardian spirit. And considering that protection is Gintoki's sole serious purpose...yeah, I wonder...
...Fic is at 41K words. Not done yet. OMGWTFBBQ.
