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Gintoki vs Takasugi

#Hurting each other is much worse than hurting themselves #Sakata Gintoki #Takasugi Shinsuke #gintaka #takagin #Fanart

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#Shimura Shinpachi #Fanart

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待て! Stay!!

#Sakata Gintoki #Kagura #Shimura Shinpachi #Yorozuya #Fanart

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Let me in the walls You’ve built around We can light a match And burn them down

#Sakata Gintoki #Takasugi Shinsuke #gintaka #takagin #Graphic

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Thinking about this official art and how it looks like Sakamoto is teaching Takasugi to do fingerguns

Look at him he's so concentrated. Furrowed brow and all

#It's not that difficult Sugi #Sakamoto Tatsuma #Takasugi Shinsuke #Katsura Kotarou #Sakata Gintoki #Joui 4 #Joui War #Official art

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Momochi Rappa manga “GINTAMA” color y @modestrogue

#Momochi Rappa #Edit

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Tsukuyo - Spider Lily: An obvious choice with Tsukuyo being known as the Courtesan of Death and red spider lilies having an association with death.

Hinowa - Sunflower: Hinowa's name means the sun so sun flowers felt apt here!

#Hinowa #Tsukuyo #Gintaladies #Fanart

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#Hijikata Toushirou #Fanart

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#You know you've hit a low point when even Kondo is ashamed of you lmao #Hijikata Toushirou #Kondo Isao #Okita Sougo #Shinsengumi #Video

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how is this about anyone other than zura

#Idk about the far-right reactionary but everything else checks out #Katsura Kotarou #Random

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“It doesn’t matter if we’re cat or gorilla.

We fight for our friends.

That is the samurai way.”

#This arc was great for teaming them up #Katsura Kotarou #Sakata Gintoki #Kondou Isao #pls #Gif

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gintama said you have to live even if life sucks and it's embarrassing even if you only live for the small things even if you live day by day still you have to live. and it said when you live you pick up the burden that is caring about other people and you have to carry it always even if it's heavy even if you feel like you can't anymore even if you don't even realize you're carrying it until you drop it and you never ever want to pick it up again because what if you drop it this time too how can you do it all again but you do you always do. and it said when you care about someone else they care about you too. when you protect something it protects you back. how can this burden be so heavy when you're all carrying it together

#I wish this applied to Takasugi as well 💔 #Exploration

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I'm fine, I'm just thinking about how canonically we could classify Takasugi's love for Gintoki as agape, that is, a selfless, unconditional, sacrificial love that transcends personal interests and desires. When you just want to see the person you love happy. Often considered the highest form of love. So yeah, I'm completely fine.

#I remembered the agape stuff bc of YOI #Damn you Mappa #Gintama #Sakata Gintoki #Takasugi Shinsuke #gintaka #takagin #I can talk #my post

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No problem fam I just wanted an excuse to make the comparison and talk about how beautiful Gintoki is (❁´◡`❁)

I’m sick of pretending Gintoki isn’t physically beautiful. People shit on him for his perm and dead fish eyes, but that just adds to his charm. And despite that, he’s still drawn with a pointy chin and nose. If you compare him to any background character, it’s like night and day. He was even played by a model in the live action, come on 😩

#I guess Oguri looks more masculine and that's why? #But yeah Gintoki probably thinks he's not handsome #mainly bc of his hair lol #Reply #My post

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Thoughts about Kyuubei

Kyuubei is a very interesting character. At first she’s introduced to us as a man (although the anime's ending spoils that she’s biologically a woman), but then we learn that her masculine behavior was an imposition from her family, and that she would’ve actually liked to do the things that girls typically do. Apparently, Sorachi's idea was to make her feminine at the end of her introductory arc, but he felt it wasn't right. This is how Kyuubei's journey with gender begins.

It has been said before, but it’s important to mention that Sorachi's approach to gender issues is strongly linked to the modern Japanese perception. Still, he tried to give depth to the character. Kyuubei sacrificed her eye to protect Tae, which caused the latter to feel guilty and want to please her by marrying her, but then they both realize that it was the wrong path and decide to continue with a healthier relationship, resuming their friendship. However, Kyuubei is in love with Tae.

It's a good start. Nevertheless, of the three characters in her love triangle, I feel that she was noticeably the least developed (I talked about Tae and Kondou previously), often feeling like a mere satellite character to Tae. Kyuubei is where she is and does what she does. Do we know what Kyuubei does in her free time when she's not with Tae? Train? And how much do we know about what she likes? Tae and train again? Do we know if she works?

Regarding the latter, it would make sense for her not to work because she’s part of an aristocratic samurai family. This is a very interesting point, except for the fact that it’s never used for anything in the series, when she could’ve been crucial on more than one occasion. Let’s remember that the duty of the Yagyuu family is to serve the Bakufu and the Shogun. She could’ve been involved in several political arcs, however, her connections were only used for her to take care of a little monkey once. And she couldn't even keep the monkey!

This would’ve also served to give more substance to her relationship with Kondou, beyond loving the same woman, and develop her relationship with Zura, beyond his envy for believing they’ve the same character traits. Because I feel like, instead of exploring her ideals, Kyuubei's character was limited to jokes about wanting a penis, being embarrassed to wear feminine clothing, or throwing away any man who touches her.

The most important development she has after her introduction is in Dekobokko (or gender bend) arc. Here Kyuubei declares that she’s neither a man nor a woman. However, later in Silver Soul arc, Sorachi decided to address the topic of gender once again, establishing that Kyuubei does, in fact, perceive herself as a woman (which is why I refer to her as she in this post). And while there's nothing wrong with exploring gender and you're certainly allowed to change your mind, it was a shame to lose one of the few non-binary characters in media.

#TL;DR: I really like Kyuubei but I feel like she’d a lot of potential that was never used #And it was cool to have a non-binary character while it lasted #Gintama #Yagyuu Kyuubei #I can write #Thoughts about #my post

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happy birthday kyubei!!!!!!!

#Happy Birthday! #Yagyuu Kyuubei #Fanart

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And yep, this is the result of a Gintama binge. I lived for Dadtoki and Kagura moments when either they were totally in sync or they would antagonize the hell out of each other.

If you're thinking, "dang this blog's art style is all over the place" then you're not alone. I also question why I can't stick to one style across fandoms.

#Kags: call an ambulance... but not for me! #Sakata Gintoki #Dadtoki #Kagura #Yorozuya #Comic #Fanart