Kagura and The Bridge : an OKIKAGU HINT.
I am going to write a long okikagu sign that has been hinted from the start throughout gintama, it might not be so noticeable but it is definitely significant. That is the connection between Kagura and the bridge. The contents might be old but i never saw anyone really write about this yet so here i go.
Plus is there any lateness to any okikagu hints at all? After all we are on the verge of either cannonness or sinking right now that this is just the perfect time to indulge in some more okikagu hints, right?
(All credit to my good friend and okikagu soulmate : yuuki_cabbage//ig or c10ud10//tumblr - she’s the one who came up with these hints hehehe)
If there is one setting that we can relate Kagura to, much like you can relate Gintoki to Pachinko or Shinpachi to Otsu-chan, it is Kagura to the bridge. Why do I say this?
This entry is not in chronological order, but it will build up to a perfect okikagu hints at the end (i guess?)
1. Kagura will go to the bridge, whenever she’s feeling conflicted, sad and lonely. This is seen during valentine day episode (203) and the cellphone episode (230). But more than so, we can see it earlier in gintama ending 14 (Wo Ai Ni), where we can see the whole ending of Kagura walking alone, feeling lonely at night, where she ends up at the bridge in the end. This signify that the bridge is where she usually will be during her time of sadness and loneliness.
2. In both cases (Valentine Day and Cellphone episode) she has thrown off things off the bridge. Namely her chocolate and the broken yorozuya cellphone strap of hers, which are a set of 3. She has thrown it off as if wanting to get rid of the feelings that’s burdening her. It shows that she felt by throwing the things down the river, the flows of water will wash away her feelings and will make her feel better.
3. In the end, she still ends up giving chocolate to Ginchan and Shinpachi. And she did retrieve the cellphone strap and install them on her umbrella.
Now to the Okikagu hints.
Okay you all know where this is going. But before I even go there and state the obvious, let me bring you back to the 16th opening of gintama, Beautiful Days by Okamoto.
As you can see, the first 3 shots we got is Ginchan with the yorozuya building as background, Shinpachi with his Kodokan Dojo as background, and what? Kagura and the bridge as background! Wow what a shock right. This for me is such a huge sign, which likened the importance of the bridge to Kagura. Yorozuya Ginchan building and the Kodokan Dojo are respectively home for both Gintoki and Shinpachi. But Kagura got the bridge as background? Damn that’s such a huge sign.
So now we have established the importance of the bridge to Kagura right? You with me so far?
Now! Up to the obvious Okikagu hint, which we all already know about by now.
1. Kagura went to the bridge that day, because she is feeling conflicted and sad. We have already established this connection. The bridge is the usual place where she will find solace, or some kind of peace during her time of sadness. And guess who shows up? Out of nowhere?
At this point, Sougo must have knows that Kagura is feeling sad, maybe because he was too. We know that they always seems to know how to find each other, like how Kagura found Sougo sad and alone during the moment of Shinsengumi disbandment (and claimed that she was just taking a walk), or when she found him in the park during the Rokkaku incident.
So their meeting wasn’t at all coincidence, if not anything, Sougo knew Kagura would be there at the bridge, and he is purposefully come and meet Kagura (to say goodbye)
2. Okay ready your hat because this is big, Kagura did throw Sougo off the river! Huahahaha, sound familiar? Because that’s what she will always do, she throws the things (or person) which making her feel conflicted into the river, maybe in hope of washing away her feelings.
3. But as always, she went back after it, which she did to Sougo too, because no sooner than that she herself joined him in the river for a (full blown? Well no really) fight. This is where they fought and making that beautiful promise of not losing to anyone else.
Kagura and Sougo was smiling, a lot after that, who made you guys smile like that huh? Like you can literally read Kagura’s sadness but in the end she smiled so prettily like she’s content, and of course, Sougo too.
1. Kagura and Sougo’s reunion where they reminisce their promise <3
2. Sougo agreeing to Kagura like an old married couple <3
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