A Gintama chapter a day keeps the ending away...Lesson 453
MY 10 FAVORITE MOMENTS IN LESSON 453:
Moment 1: Gintoki unsuccessfully trying to escape the party since he couldn’t remember who Kurokono is.
Moment 2: even before the reveal, I remember thinking there is no way in hell that would actually Takasugi. It would just seem OOC for him to just join the reunion party all cas like that.
Moment 3: I love that Zura easily reduced Henpeita to a lolicon who has been just hanging around Takasugi for no good reason. Burn.
Moment 4: I seriously cannot imagine present day Takasugi fool around on his phone...or even with a phone. This image totally cracked me up because it was so unbelievable. The nervous guys around him were funny too.
Moment 5: Takasugi looking all creepy menacing even with such an innocuous note.
Moment 6: Still funny the second time. And while Pocari might have been the sponsor of the previous chapter, looks like Yakult was the sponsor for this chapter. Lols.
Moment 7: First time I read this chapter, as soon as I saw this panel, I immediately thought, “oh shit, that’s a bomb”. I kept on waiting for the guys to figure it out...kind of made me nervous throughout the rest of the chapter.
Moment 8: I just love glimpses into the Joui War days and seeing their camaradarie before everything truly turned to shit. Not to mention, in this moment, I just thought Zura looked really pretty, even at less than ideal resolution. I love that man.
Moment 9: All their bickering is just so much fun to watch. Hurts my heart a little too imagining the years they were all separated and all of this interaction came to an end. In the past, it’s moments like this that made me really long for the Joui 4 to reunite and at least be in one place and talking again, and I get teary-eyed sometimes thinking how amazingly, we actually got to see that.
Moment 10: They looked like they had Mickey Mouse ears on! So adorable!
Gintoki x Takasugi: I felt the chemistry between them. Obviously they used to be in sync since they even chose the same geisha (and I loved the fact that Takasugi, who got her, didn’t even do anything with her, he just drank the night away and ignored her). I bet he actually wanted Gintoki instead. Kukuku!
Gintoki x Takasugi x Zura: the true 3P of the Joui Wars, despite what I said about GinSakaZura last chapter. It’s like sexiness x 3.
Takasugi x Kurokono: hmmm, I wonder how close. I can’t wait for them to meet up again in the current arc.
Disclaimer: Gintama is not only about shipping. Gintama is hilarious, clever, exciting, poignant, heart-breaking, loving, brilliant, and just so freaking amazing. It is only due to Sorachi-sama’s generosity that I can enjoy Gintama on yet another level, the shippy level, and I am forever grateful for that. GINTAMA IS LIFE AND LOVE.