will literally never shut up about gintoki and otose’s relationship
i’m doing a rewatch of the show and i’m on the part where tama comes back, and otose takes her in. gintoki’s all like ‘this is literally illegal you’ll get in trouble for this’ and just look:
“I’ll be fine. I’m used to looking after people with questionable pasts.” she looks so FOND saying that, all the while staring right at him
dude says that last part as if he didn’t right up and claimed his place as her personal guard dog all those years ago as a promise to her husband to protect her until the very end back when they first met. (not to mention this takes place a few episodes after the noble guard dog arc, eps 107-108, the parallelism is RIGHT THERE)
and then gintoki just. looks away, sweat trailing out of discomfort, maybe part guilt too, knowing full well he’s one the one she took in all those years ago when he had nothing
the way we all know gintoki always looks away, turns on his back whenever he’s being fully genuine and honest in serious situations, whether it’s because he’s being wise, or that he feels like a kid too shy about being true to his feelings, we’ll never know
and then after that, gintoki just stays quiet for a while, taking it in and avoiding her eyes
and then finally, she says my favourite part:
“That doesn’t matter. Robot or cat burglar, I think of them as my daughters. I want them to enjoy life.”
and she wasn’t talking about him specifically, but you just know she meant him too
before robot and cat burglar, before a pair of glasses and a yato kid, who was with otose? literally him. sakata gintoki fresh from the war, beaten to half his life, frail and sick and barely breathing, about to pass out in a snowy grave
in gintoki’s eyes, otose was the one who saved him by feeding him and housing him when he was an inch from death, his will and stubborness the only things left keeping him alive. hell, at that point he was letting the beatings come without fighting back at all without even a snark.
otose took in this injured, rude, broken kid who took her dead husband’s manju right to her face.
this damned kid, who was practically blending in with the snow at that point with his white hair and pale skin. a kid no one in the area knew, or cared for, if he died then and there in that graveyard from the cold, sickness, or from simply giving up and closing his eyes for the last time. because that’s what he was, a kid veteran from a lost war with no friends, no family, no sensei
all jokes aside about rent and ugly grannies and broke gin-san, i just. love the subtle care and genuineness of the dynamic between a caring old woman and a broken, lost, young man
we all know they would do anything and everything to protect each other.
and even if gintoki won’t ever say something sweet or express gratitude outloud to otose, well. action does speak louder than words
i’m out of frames to add, but after the last shot, you can see his entire body shake and break down at the mere fact that he can’t even reach out to her.
gintoki and otose’s whole bond is one of the most underrated gems in this show and i need ppl to see the vision thank u for coming to my ted talk
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