WHEN WAS ANYONE GOING TO TELL ME THE GINTAMA MUSIC CLIP Collection is finally free to watch on Youtube?? I missed my babies so much. It's even for sale at JUMP FESTA 2025. Why can't I be in Japan right now? (T^T)
I've been looking for these everywhere! And as always I love the 'official' song choices as a theme for each character dynamic. Shipping okikagu and kontae (heck throw in YamaTama in there too) in 2024?? More likely than you think.
If you'd like to know why I feel that way to those shipped characters, check below 👇
You can use the second picture to do the same as I did but in your perspective.
It's up to you guys if you like what I ship!
Hate:
• ShinKagu
I think the relationship between them is pure family love, NOT ROMANTIC LOVE. I just hate it when they ship characters that somehow just see each other like siblings.
• GinKagu
IT'S PATERNAL LOVE NOT ROMANTIC! As I said at ShinKagu, they just love and respect each other Father&Daughter/Brother& little sister style. And if you know their age (27 and 14), they have a freaking 13 age gap. I just hate this ship.
• OkiNobu
So the main reason for me hating this ship is because I ship okikagu, actually that's also the 30% reason why I don't ship ShinKagu and GinKagu. Well I do know they might have a little chemistry but thinking that made me sick! I'm loyal to OkiKagu, mind you. I actually kinda feel jealous at OkiNobu at Baragaki Arc (thorny arc) when Sougo smiles while he is fighting Nobume, what calms me down was thinking how Okita smiles just fighting Kagura or the moments they have. I have more to explain but I kinda feel lazy to sort it out all.
Dislike:
• GinSachi
I really hate thissss!!! Well the reason is, I HATE SACCHAN'S ATTITUDE TOWARDS GIN! like she is a real perv! I hate her masochist side! I just hate it. I don't completely hate her but this ship sank for me, even Gintoki hates her.
• KamuKagu
I don't get why people ship them romantically, they're freaking siblings, like blood-related siblings so far! But I'd like them to interact more as siblings ready to protect the other.
• HijiKagu
Well, reading fanfictions I can't help but think why they ship the two. Maybe because I'm OkiKagu again, but for me Mitsuba and Hijikata are fitted to be canon! Why did Mitsuba even die! I'd like to see her interact with other characters too! Like HijiMitsu is in my top five!
Don't mind:
• HijiGin
I don't really get why they ship the two, they were just rivals but Okita and Kagura were the same so, I pretty much don't mind them. I'm also not a Yaoi fangirl so maybe that's the other reason, I can't just picture them. But many fans ship them so okay, I already accepted that Okikagu was not the most popular ship and it was HijiGin, but not that I care. I have my own opinions right!
• KyuuTae
I'm not a Yuri fan either. They're better off friends than nothing.
• HijiTae
Some ship Otae with Hijikata and so I don't mind it. They could work but Mitsuba is the one and only (for me) to be shipped with Hijikata.
• TakaMata
Matako is doing her best, I don't mind this ship because... I don't really know. We can all see that Matako is truly in love with Takasugi, and I think you did great Matako-san!
• GinTama
I was really planning on giving them the dislike category but I realised and also remembered the time where they both went to relax on Tama's day off and also on the silver soul arc, so i kinda understand why you shipped the two!
Like:
• KamuNobu
I actually ship Kamui and Soyo more than Nobume, but I also ship the two, okay! Well they don't interact much or maybe they didn't even interact yet but I think they could work it out. Also I read a lot of OkiKagu fanfics and sometimes they were shipped to each other and the way the authors did it made me ship them so thank you Authors!
• GinTae
The most previous fanfiction I've read has hints of GinTae and they do work out well I must say. Well they have nine years of age gap but for me Otae didn't look, feel or act as an eighteen year old woman, maybe because her father died when she was just a child.
• YamaTama
Zaki deserved to be loved! Thank you! Well
They do work well together, especially Yamazaki who is now a robot just like tama!
Love:
• KonTae
I ship Otae to Gori the most! I can see Gori's hard work for Otae and I think even if Otae already married someone else, Gori would still live and stalk her. Him being attacked by Otae was sometimes the funny part of the show so I love this ship! I. The Farewell Shinsengumi Arc, I feel like Otae's into Kondou all of the sudden, she even tried to defend and trust Gori from Nobu Nobu. I even think Otae was disappointed and sad Gori was gone and is not stalking her like usual. When the Shinsengumi was leaving, Tae-san was bidding her goodbye to Gori peacefully and was hoping to see her again.
• SakaMutsu
I just shipped them cause I feel like they were meant and fitted to each other even if Mutsu is always annoyed at him. If he hates him and her busy work, she should've quit already.
• ZenSachi
Just feel like this ship would work much better than GinSachi!
• KatsuEli
It was meant to be at BROTP but I was not in the mood to edit (lazy mode:ON). I liked the strong bond between them, and how both sides were eager to protect the others! (Proof: Farewell Shinsengumi Arc and Episode 44)
• GinTsu
My top two shipped characters in Gintama! I just love the interaction between them and based on the fanfiction I've read, they work well and deserve to be canon!
BROTP:
• GinHase
Admit it, you also like their friendship. When they're together, it's funny!
• GinZura
• GinSaka
• Shige shigexKatsura
• KatsuKagu
I like the Leader and Zura duo. Both are childish and slow!
• TsuSachi
• TakaBansai
• OkiKamu
I'd like them to be close friends or friends. Nothing just like it.
• HijiOki
They do work well when needed, Okita is just jealous of Hijikata for getting all the attention but he still respects him.
OT3:
• Yorozuya
I like how strong the bond they have, that's all
• Joui 3
Pretty lazy to type so, just saying they were good!
OTP:
• Okikagu
I have already explained why, just gonna put the link of my post and check it out if you want! There's more to it but I'm quite lazy.
Kondo started as a joke character who became more and more relevant in the story. He’s genuinely kind and has a big heart, which has earned him the undying loyalty of his comrades. He can also be extremely naive, as seen in Shinsengumi Crisis arc, he trusts others too much. This contrasts with his police work, in which someone more cautious and distrustful would be expected.
That's the serious side of him, but most of the time Kondo is an over-the-top character, usually the butt of jokes. He has no complexes about being semi or totally naked, or doing gross things, which makes him very versatile and fun. However, when talking about him it’s impossible not to refer to his infatuation with Tae, which largely defined his character.
He initially falls for her because Tae says that she would be willing to accept the less attractive parts of him (a hairy ass lol), which indicates certain self-esteem issues. In this way, for better or worse, his stalking becomes a running gag. While it never feels like anything dangerous, their interactions for most of the series remained in the limbo that comedy provided, with occasional moments of more seriousness.
Towards the end of the manga, it can be seen Sorachi understood that if he wanted to develop this relationship, he needed to break the old dynamic. This is how in Farewell Shinsengumi arc the change happens (and it's when I really started to like this couple). Later it’s known they spent two years together in which Kondo even cooked for Tae in her house and they managed to have a domestic dynamic, sadly off-screen.
I wish their relationship had stopped being stalker-stalkee much earlier, to appreciate how they gradually become closer, instead of it happening through a time-skip. Otherwise, it would’ve been interesting for Kondo to accept that his love is unrequited and get over it. Here he could stop chasing love or he could fall in love with someone else. Both cases would allow exploring other facets of him.
Despite this, although the love triangle in which he found himself dominated a good part of his development, his relationship with other characters and his role as leader of the Shinsengumi also received a lot of attention, in situations in which his personality got to shine. That's why I think that, ultimately, he was a well-rounded and well-developed character.
