/r/Gintama

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This is a subreddit dedicated to the anime and manga Gintama (銀魂) and its spin-offs, created by Sorachi Hideaki.

  • Gintama (銀魂 lit. "Silver Soul") is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Sorachi Hideaki and serialized, beginning on December 8, 2003, in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump. Set in an Edo which has been conquered by aliens named Amanto, the plot follows life from the point of view of samurai Sakata Gintoki, who works as a freelancer alongside his friends Shimura Shinpachi and Kagura to pay the monthly rent. Sorachi added the science fiction setting to develop characters to his liking after his editor suggested a historical series.

    • /r/Gintama is a community dedicated to the anime and manga Gintama (銀魂) and it's spin-offs, created by Sorachi Hideaki.


    • Rules

    • 1. Posts:

    • All posts should be directly related to Gintama

    • Apply appropriate ‘Post Flairs’

    • Vague, contextless, or inaccurate titles will be removed

    • Spam products and links, advertising, self-promotional, and duplicate posts will be removed

    • 2. Avoid reposting (search before posting):

    • Use the search bar, your search engine and the FAQ to ensure that you are not reposting recent content or previously answered questions

    • Questions that are answered in the FAQ or that have been recently asked will be subject to removal

    • 3. Spoilers:

    • Apply the spoiler tag, especially for any content that includes scenes/discussion from episode 300+ onwards as well as The Final movie

    • Do not include spoilers in the title

    • Apply the spoiler tag if referencing major spoilers from another show

    • Use the spoiler text tags to hide spoilers in a comment (if the post itself is not spoiler tagged) this way: Spoiler here

    • 4. NSFW:

    • NSFW content should be appropriately marked

    • NSFW and mildly suggestive content is allowed but uncensored nudity and posts in the territory of porn and hentai will be removed

    • If in doubt, consult with the mod team before posting

    • 5. Fanart:

    • If it is your fanart, please mention it in the title or the comments

    • If posting someone else’s fanart, first check to see whether the artist permits sharing their art to other platforms

    • Providing the source link in the comments is mandatory if posting others’ artwork

    • Pinterest and other repost sites aren’t original sources

    • Falsely claiming another artist's fanart as your own work will result in a permanent ban

    • 6. Piracy:

    • Promoting pirated websites and illegally-hosted manga and anime platforms will be removed because they put the sub at risk

    • Encourage other users to search for legal alternatives and support the creators

    • You may DM the link to the user as an alternative to commenting

    • 7. Be civil and respectful:

    • Harassment, hate speech, personal attacks and insults, verbal abuse, and any -phobics or -isms, etc. towards other users of the subreddit are strictly forbidden and will result in a permanent ban

    • This sub is an open and welcoming place to people of all orientations, identities, cultures and races

    • Respect each other’s opinions, encourage discussion and be friendly

    • If you think someone is violating any rules, report the post or comment instead of getting riled up yourself

    • 8. Limit low-effort / low-quality submissions:

    • For example, everyone is tired of seeing posts of phallic-shaped objects termed “neo armstrong cyclone jet armstrong canon”

    • Be creative and make a proper effort for your posts

    • 9. AI Content:

    • We do not encourage the sharing of AI-generated content

    • If needed, use the AI content post flair when posting


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    72

    Poop war in India

    12 Comments
    2024/11/02
    21:16 UTC

    21

    Gin, Fanart by Me, Could've Added More Details But A Little Lazy.

    4 Comments
    2024/11/02
    15:18 UTC

    131

    I Drew Gintoki

    6 Comments
    2024/11/02
    14:52 UTC

    43

    let's watch one random Gintama episode a day! Day 174: 189

    8 Comments
    2024/11/02
    11:56 UTC

    193

    Watching silver soul arc and Gengaichad sama deserves appreciation

    4 Comments
    2024/11/02
    11:41 UTC

    198

    CENSORED JANAI KATSURA DA!!

    9 Comments
    2024/11/02
    09:30 UTC

    33

    Who is ken chan? Wrong answers only

    8 Comments
    2024/11/02
    00:10 UTC

    8

    Any good Gintama game on PC?

    Im absolutely starved for Gintama content and was wondering if theres any actually decent Gintama games on PC? I know theres that one Musou game for PS4 but it aint on PC.

    I know the new Anime is coming out next year but yeah.

    2 Comments
    2024/11/01
    22:10 UTC

    164

    Drop me your favorite funny Gintama face expressions.

    33 Comments
    2024/11/01
    18:37 UTC

    21

    I know I'm like 18 years late but I have to say this.

    Ichigo giuniu is the best. Just had some for dinner and now i feel like I understand him. I also like sweet things.

    0 Comments
    2024/11/01
    16:55 UTC

    209

    I made a part two

    45 Comments
    2024/11/01
    16:50 UTC

    4

    looking for an episode of gintama

    looking for an episode of gintama: the only thing I can remember is a small section which gintoki turns into a harem protagonist (parody perhaps) its not an arc or anything just a single episode i wanna say? and it was an early episode of gintama probably less than 100 im guessing. his personality was kinda meek you know how harem protagonists are, i think it talked about childhood friends trope in harem. does that sound familiar to anybody? 😂 again the bit i mentioned at the start, it was only a small gag out of the episode, and I dont remember anything else in the episode.

    edit: the small gag reminded me of omamori himari (please google the anime if you dont know) gintoki riding a bike, probably wearing a school uniform, recall him being in a bedroom/bathroom at one point (possibly looking into a mirror?)

    edit 2: its episode 135 thanks yall!!

    8 Comments
    2024/11/01
    16:13 UTC

    241

    Now I remember why this hurt so bad first time I watched it.

    I told myself “I don’t remember anything that would wrench my heart from the shogun assassination arc” till I rewatched this scene.

    I even forgot gin’s flashbacks :(

    23 Comments
    2024/11/01
    15:57 UTC

    58

    Is there really no other anime like Gintama?

    I finished the final a few months ago and I really need something to fill the void of gintama. Are there any other shonen that are mainly comedy but sometimes go to emotional moments and intense action?

    47 Comments
    2024/11/01
    15:51 UTC

    29

    a little ode to my favorite laugh of all time (and a Happy Birthday to Akira Ishida who voices it!!)

    1 Comment
    2024/11/01
    15:49 UTC

    694

    Happy 57th Birthday to Akira Ishida! (VA: Katsura)

    19 Comments
    2024/11/01
    15:00 UTC

    2

    Searching for a Shogun Assassination Arc ASMV

    Hey Gintama fans, most of you probably know that famous asmv of the Shogun assassination arc that got deleted from YouTube. If anyone had the chance to download it and still has it, please send it to me, I need it 🙏 I absolutely loved that video 🥲

    0 Comments
    2024/11/01
    13:33 UTC

    155

    let's watch one "random" Gintama "episode" a day! Day 173: Be Forever Yorozuya

    26 Comments
    2024/11/01
    11:41 UTC

    60

    Best Katsura moments?

    Drop ur fav zura scenes here

    33 Comments
    2024/11/01
    03:08 UTC

    3

    Are there any roblox games with gintama in it?

    The title pretty much explains it all but I was just wondering if there are any roblox games with gintama in it as I am a big fan.

    2 Comments
    2024/11/01
    07:52 UTC

    105

    Pulled up to the Halloween party with the best costume 👻

    9 Comments
    2024/11/01
    06:37 UTC

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    [20th Anniv Popularity Poll] TOP 20 Rankings will be released Nov 11th 6pm in this YouTube video! + Chance to predict rankings and get Sorachi's autograph! More in comments

    3 Comments
    2024/11/01
    04:27 UTC

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    I could write a whole essay about this character...

    As I have been rewatching Gintama a lot recently, I keep coming to the same conclusion that Kamui is such an interesting and complex character with good character development that definitely needed and deserved way more screentime than he already had been given overall.

    I'd like to provide this post with the broadest analysis on his character, personality and his whole story (with some headcanons). So where should I start?

    Personality and identity: Kamui is usually described as a psychopatic killer who just wanted to become stronger and, on the other hand, a "momma's boy". For me, if thinking deeply, he is more than all these things, he's more like a family guy who just wanted his family to live together happily. The reason as to why he's been walking on the wrong path is not only due to the severe childhood trauma he had received during his childhood linking to Kouka's death as well as his inability to protect and save her and his family, but also, according to my headcanon, it was Housen's brutal Yato nature-based "upbringing"/impact on Kamui, his mentality and the way of life later on, given the fact that we all know Housen was the literal Yato devil and Kamui was his apprentice sadly and he grew among the Harusame. That cheerful smile he's always been caring was just a mask to hide his true pain and sadness accumulated inside. Another possible fact would be that he is quite a tsundere to say the least, he acted brutally on the outside towards Kagura but later it was revealed that he deeply cared and loved his little sister and even father. Most of us didn't like how he acted typically Yato-like for the most part but logically speaking, the reasons as to why he had become like this are clear: he was a Yato with a broken psyche, which sounds extremely dangerous, don't you think?

    Yato nature: Yato are famous for killing, brutally fighting, bloodlust based on their pure instinct. However, they can also express feelings.....through fighting. If you think about it, by our human standards, their nature and the way of life are incredibly insane, yet it's perfectly normal for them and it's not so easy for them to control their Yato instincts (of course, Kagura is the main exception thanks to the partial assimilation with her Earth family).

    Backstory (criticism included): Everything started when Umibozu and Kouka accidentally met on a deserted planet, which eventually lead to their romance and then the birth of Kamui and Kagura. Kouka couldn't live anywhere else but Kouan, yet Umibozu "forced" her to come with him. Ultimately they settled on a criminal planet instead of the planet they had been excited to see (Earth). They gave birth to Kamui and Kagura on that gloomy planet full of thugs, Harusame and bullies that would bully the living daylights out of them later everyday. They used to seemingly live a decently happy life before Kouka's health condition started to gradually degrade, which became the starting point for the family drama.

    Kamui had it worst: he had to carry all the burdens at a small age, from doing chores to babysitting Kagura and attempting to protect his family while his mom was slowly dying from an "illness". In order to do so, he wanted to learn more about what strength is and become strong only because Umibozu had been constantly telling him to, without any explanations, and he only kept leaving his family for god knows how long. As the strongest Yato in the Universe he couldn't explain his son what strength is? This absurdity only led Kamui to extreme confusion on this subject and eventually had to find out about it on his own. Kouka didn't want Kamui to get involved in any fights at all. So dad told him to become strong (he has to fight to gain experience and feel stronger?) and mom told him not to fight at all? What should and could he do then? Who should he have listened to then? And why on earth did baldy have to headbutt Kamui for having protected himself and Kagura from bullies? That was a really stupid thing to do.

    As Kamui was trying to understand what strength is, he started to do the figuring out in his own way. However at one moment he secretly overheard his parents revealing the truth about Kouka's genuine condition and reasons as to why her health was inevitably decaying and there might not be any possibilities to save her anymore. That was the last straw for Kamui's psyche as after all that he gradually started to lose his grip. He was always ready to do everything to preserve his family, hoping there would still be hope to prevent her from dying, but Kouka objected to being saved from death. Kamui was ready to do anything, even stage a crime involving him attempting to "kidnap" his mother in order for the Harusame to acknowledge him as an eventual "villain", therefore allow him to take Kouka back to her planet. Realizing the failure, Kamui finally snapped. As he blamed himself and Umibozu for all the failures, Kamui attacked him. As Abuto stated, "Kamui wanted his dad to punish him" and Kamui wanted to punish his dad too. In the Rakuyou arc, this reason's been officially confirmed. Another sad thing is that Kamui was a victim of Umibozu's way of thinking (especially when it comes to the opinion of "casting aside the importance of them being a family") and he had to copy it as he kept following him on his footsteps, he had no other mentor to follow or be inspired by at all. Then Housen came to his life as another "mentor", while Umibozu was never able to be a good and competent dad. Kamui had no other places to go other than the Harusame, after all, Rakuyou was always crawling with various kinds of criminals and bullies. Kagura and Kamui had to go and live their new separate lives due to this reason after Kouka died. It's clear why Kagura vigorously protested against her dad wanting to take her back to their planet in the Umibozu arc, she definitely knew why.

    In Yoshiwara Kamui protected Seita (the little kid) from Housen's female assassins that wanted to capture both of them (and probably kill them as well), and took him to Hinowa, his adoptive mother and encouraged both of them to escape immediately from Housen's grip. It is thanks to him, the significant impact on the further plot of the arc was committed. He saw himself in Seita and atoned for his 'sin' of leaving his family as Housen already guessed.

    Speaking about his mom, I don't get Kouka's logic in the story either: first she objected to being saved and preferred staying, but when she almost died, her last words were "we can finally go to Earth together". Like what?

    And at the end of the story Kamui had to continue on his path of becoming the strongest as the only thing that he could ever fill his own empty void with.

    Not saying Kamui was making the best decisions, but who's here to blame in this whole story? Kamui? I really don't think so.

    Relationships with Kagura, Abuto, Umibozu and Gintoki:

    Let's say all their mutual relationships have always been complicated yet made logical sense.

    • Kagura: Despite what Kamui has always said about his little sister, he deeply cared about her and she was never his main target to fight or kill. He's been trying to avoid her every single time as she always reminded him of Kouka, both by voice and appearance, which must have hurt him deep down as a reminder of their past and the outcome. However, Kagura never stopped losing hope for her brother to come back to his old self and kept fighting him to protect him from himself, his extreme Yato-ness, which wasn't an easy task, of course. The Yorozuya and abuto had to assist her in the Rakuyou fight eventually and barely managed to succeed. Now, fortunately, he has started to change for the better, protecting her and assisting her in the final battle. I just love their sibling relationship. The fact that Kamui acts like a tsundere towards her is funny.
    • Abuto: He seemed to have been quite a man of wisdom. From day one he already seemed to have cared about Kamui, which indicates they were destined to become friends and allies in the future. Even though Abuto finds him annoying, he still cares about him as a comrade and a great captain of their team. He was willing to suffer enough in his fight with Yato blood-driven Kamui, still hoping he'd hear his voice inside before the Yorozuya intervened. Their dynamic was always overlooked rather and I wished it had been explored and shown more often.
    • Umibozu: Aside from his strength complex towards his father, Kamui had a reason to hate him as he had been promising him that he would save Kouka yet failed. They both blamed themselves so much they wanted to settle their scores once and for all. Umibozu was a very incompetent dad both in the past and present He thought killing his own son would have been the "right thing to do" without taking Kagura's concerns into account. Yet Kagura was the one who managed to gather them together as a family and make them both leave their past behind and move forward. Glad they are now in good terms with each other.
    • Gintoki: both him and Kamui eventually had something in common: they both used to be empty as they felt their lives had been becoming meaningless in light of their own respective circumstances, yet Gintoki finally managed to find himself some right people to befriend and become "one as a big Yorozuya family". I liked the small lecture he gave to Kamui during their fight, it was very touching. Good thing they somehow became allies at the end of the day.

    Abilities: Aside from being a butt-kicking powerful fighter with great durability and acrobatics, the new age-altering technique via Qigong has been impressing me the most. I mean, who wouldn't want to have such a unique ability only the Yato clansmen can possess? It allows a Yato individual to change their age-based forms: they can become either old men, or little kids. It's been confirmed that the Elder Yato mercenary had been living for hundreds of years thanks to this technique, at least. We've seen Kagura showing us how it works, then, in the manga, there was a small glimpse of Kamui undergoing the same technique in his kid form when he was assisting the rest in the final battle. So, technically speaking, they can at least live for hundreds of years due to their new ability. It's also been revealed that Kamui was the one who tuaght Kagura that technique, but I wonder who taught them both? Master Son, perhaps?

    Overall opinion: Consequently, despite him not having had too much screentime, I think he's a pretty amazing yet ambiguous character with lots of complexities, due to which, unfortunately, some viewers aren't destined to understand his character enough.

    Also I'm glad to know that in the latest Populaity Poll with over a million votes, he has presumably managed to end up in the top-10 again.

    What I've always wished for this character:

    - That Kamui would have followed in Kagura's footsteps rather than becoming another blood thirsty Yato monster even though we know the outcome of their story.

    - Him being allies with both the Yorozuya and the Shinsengumi would have been a great plot.

    - More comedy moments involving him and the main cast.

    - More screentime and info on Kamui and Abuto dynamic revealed, both in the past and the future.

    - More revelation of the new age-altering technique showcased by the Yato siblings (and maybe Abuto if he's also learned it).

    - More Kamui/Kagura/Umibozu teamup moments + comedy involved.

    - That he would've fought Utsuro more, showing his full strength and other abilities instead of what's been shown in the actual series.

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    2024/10/31
    18:46 UTC

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    Is this the same sleepingmask as sougos?

    Seiko Ayase from DanDaDan wears the same sleepingmask as Sougo :D

    28 Comments
    2024/10/31
    16:26 UTC

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