A Gintama episode a day keeps the ending away...Episode 30
MY 8 FAVORITE MOMENTS IN EPISODE 30 (manga chap 19):
1) Unless Douman lost some weight and grew out his hair by the next time we see him, that is definitely NOT Douman. Can’t blame the anime team: they couldn’t have guessed we would get a whole badass arc on the weather girl a few years down the line.
2) I just love how randomly we would sometimes see Kagura just picking her nose in the background. It’s happened a few times before but I think from now on I’m going to actually capture those moments. Obviously she picked up that gross habit from Gin-chan but it’s still cute because it shows how much he’s rubbed off on her.
3) I would’ve loved to see their version of Men in Black.
4) Shinpachi’s badass moment brought to life faithfully from the manga.
5) I think this was a Phoenix Wright reference--honestly, there were a lot of random references in this episode...I didn’t get half of them--not sure but really all I cared about is the fact that Kagura-chan looked SUPER FREAKING ADORABLE.
6) I just really loved her little ponytails!! Unbearably CUTE!!!
7) It’s weird, sometimes when I watch Gintama, I would forget about the existence of Amantos, like I did when I first watched this episode. So the whole time, I was just like, wtf is up with this gimp looking dude? Like Kagura, I thought he was just in a bodysuit too. Btw, none of this was in the manga. There was no murder mystery. The chapter was really just about Otsuu being dumped by some dickhole.
8) I think Gintoki and Kagura were like on their own separate adventure in this episode, based on the many costume changes.
SHIPS TALLY:
Shinpachi x Otsuu: Pachi-kun would be such a good boyfriend to her...too bad she’s into the shitty pretty boy types (and I’m not including their ship because that guy was a dick).
Gintoki x Kagura: they’re like two immature nutty peas in a pod. Even though they’re not my ship, I do think it’s cute how in sync they are when it comes to mischief and goofing off.
Gintoki x Ana: at this point it’s totally in his dreams of course especially since she JUST got married.
Disclaimer: Gintama is not only about shipping. Gintama is hilarious, clever, exciting, poignant, heart-breaking, loving, brilliant, and just completely unbelievably amazing. It is only due to Sorachi-sama’s immense generosity that I am able enjoy Gintama on an extra another level, the shippy level, and I am forever grateful for that. GINTAMA IS LIFE AND LOVE.
1/30/2019
