The Kiseru - Soul Switch Arc
This is a headcanon theory. Do not take this seriously, I’m just thinking about things and try to connect them.
The issue
One thing that always bugs about the soul switch arc is the fact that Hijikata uses a kiseru in Gintoki’s body instead of just his usual brand of mayoboro cigarettes. If he can’t quit smoking for that time while he’s not in his own body, why would he choose to smoke with a kiseru?
- Using something more classy doesn’t change the fact that it could appear weird and out of character to others that Gintoki suddenly started smoking.
(In other episodes where Gintoki is shown to smoke, he smokes cigarettes btw)
So.. I had the thought that Hijikata might think Gintoki and Tsukuyo are connected in some way. Maybe he thinks she is his girlfriend or just someone he spends a lot of time with.
So maybe, just maybe he concludes that it would be less suspicious if he uses this instead of cigarettes.
Where did it come from?
Either, he got out of the appartement and bought it just for this -
- it was already in Gintoki’s possession. Stowed away in a drawer or a cupboard and he found it and thought he could use it, cause he already has it and it’s not that suspicious.
Why does Gintoki have a kiseru in his possession?
Tsukuyo forgot it at his home when she came over for activities
I’m sure you remember how Gintoki asked Tsukuyo to give him her Kiseru for lighting up her bombs and she did.
As you can see here already, her kiseru is not just any cheap model, it’s from a brand (Bicchi).
You can see it more clearly here. She also says this in a later episode and that you can only buy it on the surface. She tells him to buy her a new one of those expensive kiserus if he loses it. Technically it’s not lost, but tbh I wouldn’t use that anymore, so I understand her wanting a new one from him.
It is never actually shown that he bought her one, or the one she’s using after that is a present from him, but what if the kiseru that Hijikata uses is exactly that? The kiseru Gintoki bought but he never actually gave it to her because it’s not a kiseru from the brand she likes.
He bought it but kept it in his desk because he was scared to give it to her
or she already bought a new one herself because she knew Gintoki was too broke to buy it for her and then he never gave it to her (thank you claymorecut for that last thought)
As you can clearly see here, the kiseru he uses here doesn’t have any branding on it:
Just a little extra: The way he is holding the kiseru here is also how Tsukuyo holds it, but that is because there are different ways to hold it depending on your status and this one is how a samurai holds their kiseru (3, Big thanks to Rhenawedd for including this in her fics).
That’s it already with this little thought it had. So…what do you think?
jacobvanloon
turnnoffyourmind
kianamaiart
janainaart
discoholicmusic
annaxmalina
titsay
origamiaround
