#30 days of gintama

[sxfthannie]

Delusional

↦ pairing: yandere!hoshi x reader

↦ warning: high schoolers making out, hoshi looks at reader in a sexual way at some point, sensual.

↦ note: delusional obsessive boy hoshi sounds just about right!

↦ word count: 1k (damn wtf)

Hoshi's gaze had been fixated on you from the very beginning of senior year in high school. And he loved jotting down little details about you.

Her school skirt is always slightly shorter than the norm, leading to occasional scoldings from teachers.

Her hair reaches a little lower than her shoulders. (It’s been 3 years and she maintains the same length)

She always arrives at school at 7:30/7:40 A.M.

She always takes breakfast in class before the first class of the day. (It’s always sandwiches and strawberry milk)

Applies her strawberry flavoured lip gloss at least 4 times a day in school. (One, after breakfast, two, a few minutes before lunch break, three, after lunch break, four, before school ends.)

Has a bunch of strawberry flavoured candies in her school bag.

Loves strawberries. (cute.)

She doesn’t like participating in P.E. or any sports event.

She always sleeps during history class, stays in class during P.E and is always attentive during English class.

She likes to watch anime at the back of the class with her friends when a teacher is absent. (She seems to like Gintama recently)

She smiled at me today. (That must mean she loves me?)

And he seems to be persistent on the 11th detail. Both of you are in the same class, which means it’s not impossible to avoid each other and small interactions do happen here and there.

But though he hasn’t asked you directly about it, he seems to believe that you too are in love with him.

Delusional, people would call him. But he knows the truth. He knows you better than anyone.

~~~

In the midst of P.E class, Hoshi found himself unable to focus and quickly excused himself, making a beeline for the empty classroom. His face flushed with embarrassment, his cheeks burning like a raging fire. The sound of his own heartbeat echoed in his ears, pounding loudly as if it were a drum. The cause of his distress? You. The teacher had coerced you into participating in P.E today, despite your previous disinterest in the class for the past year or two.

“It’ll be boys vs girls today and it’ll only tally when you participate so make sure to come.” The teacher told you.

But the clothes you had were only from your first year, and they hugged your chest so snugly, highlighting your figure in a way that Hoshi had never expected. He had seen you in your short school skirt before, which was more revealing than P.E. clothes, but this was different. It ignited a whirlwind of thoughts in his mind.

Perhaps he enjoyed the allure of someone exuding sexiness even when fully dressed? No, that wasn't it. He loved it because it was you.

With a slight shake of his head, hoping to dispel the thoughts of you, he couldn't help but feel overwhelmed. "Maybe if I write it all down," he mumbled to himself, retrieving his notebook filled with every intricate detail about you and he began to hastily jot down his thoughts.

33. She only has one P.E clothes, which was from two years ago. She had no choice but to wear it today and her che-

As the classroom door slid open, he swiftly concealed the book beneath his desk, trying to appear nonchalant. His gaze fixated on the entrance, his heart skipped a beat when he saw you walk in. A smile accompanied by a gentle nod greeted him, as you settled into the seat directly in front of him.

Usually, he’s happy to be in the same room as you but right now, no. Especially not when you’re still in your P.E clothes.

“Since you left, the boys were outnumbered by one person so I volunteered to sit out too.”

Huh? You’re talking to him? Him?

“Oh, I- I see.” That's all he managed to say, desperately avoiding looking anywhere below your face. An awkward silence fills between the two of you.

"Hey, are you okay?" You inquire, noticing his heavy breathing and his gaze that was fixed on particularly nothing behind you. "Hoshi?" Your voice pronounces his name, and suddenly he becomes acutely aware of the tightness in his pants.

It's the first time you've ever called him by his name. Of course, you were aware of his name, but you had never uttered it aloud before, as there was never a need to call out to him. Hoshi had often daydreamed about the melody of his name rolling off your tongue, but nothing could match the authenticity of hearing it firsthand.

“Are you sick?” You ask him in a worried tone. As you rise from your seat, your hand instinctively reaches out to check his temperature. The gentle touch of your hand against his forehead seems to ignite a feverish heat on his face. "Y/N," he murmurs your name, his grip tightening around your wrist.

Before you can comprehend his actions, he swiftly manoeuvres you, positioning you against his desk. His free arm encircles your waist, drawing you closer to him. Your chest brushing against his increases his already heightened state.

"Y/N," he whispers your name once more, his lips finding yours in a long-awaited kiss. Finally, he experiences the sensation of kissing the lips he had always yearned for. The taste of strawberries lingers on your lips, a delightful result of the lip gloss you adored.

Tongue. Her tongue.

That's all his mind could comprehend, but your lips remained tightly sealed, denying him the one thing he craved in this moment. Hoshi withdraws his hand from your waist, only to slide it beneath your shirt, his icy touch against your flesh causing you to gasp within the embrace. Seizing the opportunity, he thrusts his tongue into your awaiting mouth.

The kiss is messy with a blend of possessiveness and urgency, yet there also lingers a subtle desperation.

His hand continues its upward glide along your exposed skin, encircling your body with a possessive grip that sends shivers down your spine. The hand that once held your wrist is now entwined in your hair. "So soft... Just as I had imagined," he muses to himself.

His plump lips finally part from yours, granting you the sweet release of breath that you had been holding captive.

“Wha– What is wrong with you.?!” He grimaces at your voice, yet still refuses to release you from his arms. He wants to keep holding you like this, to keep you close. “I’m sorry, I–” Hoshi begins to speak, but his words trail off as he catches sight of the expression on your face.

There were many emotions displayed on your face but ‘anger’ wasn’t one of them. Instead, you appear flustered and embarrassed, your cheeks flushed with a rosy hue. "Are you... blushing?" he questions, his hand instinctively reaching out to caress your cheek, only to be swiftly pushed away.

You rush out of the classroom and at the same time, the other students walk into the class. "Y/N," he murmurs your name, his fingertips grazing his lips as he reminisces about the kiss and the emotions that played across your face mere moments ago.

"She definitely likes me."

[ilyokkgsmiabf]

It's in my own opinion, guys!!

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.

Link here;

https://www.tumblr.com/ilyokkgsmiabf/756621408524730368/i-was-kinda-disappointed-because-in-the-anime-they?source=share

[reductionisms]

bitchslap again: deception volume

today, i return to my longtime enemy: the 4devas bitchslap. this is partly in response to @joelletwo 's 4devas poll propaganda, which I promised to respond to in 3-5 business days (obviously, this didn't work out, my sincerest apologies), but it also reflects the expanded thinking i've been doing through joelle's bitchslap exegetical developments. very fun.

in any case, despite the years i've spent thinking about this, i still can't integrate the bitchslap into my gintama cosmology. why? because i find it annoying. in all seriousness, though, i've come to the point where i think that if kagura, katsura, hasegawa, or literally any other character in the entire series, punched gintoki through two walls for saying "hey kids, i don't want you to die", i wouldn't have this issue. unfortunately, the world doesn't work out how you'd like it to. which is essentially what shinpachi tries to say. somehow he just makes me want to pull my hair out when he does.

but honestly, i'm consciously someone who sat through shoass flashbacks getting mad at takasugi for making everything about him (incredible way to watch gintama, btw. i highly recommend). thus, in light of my own strange prejudices, i've never been able to textually justify my hatred of the bitchslap. if the 16,000 words i spent on it showed me anything, it was the seeming impossibility of personal justification.

yet joelle points out something very valuable, no, essential, to 4devas bitchslap exegesis, that i am ashamed to say i missed: inevitability. everyone here is being forced to act in the way they are acting, including shinpachi. not one person can help their self-sacrifice(?), deception, fighting, or bitchslap; the layers of deception and sheer circumstance simply force them to act in the ways that they're acting, to push along this dogged plot. in other words, just as gintoki has to, is required by the essence of who he is, to say that life is loss, his kids are forced to refute this. yay, no one wins.

to make this point, joelle locates 4devas' plot-generating instance in the communication-deception dichotomy (which i also missed. head in hands). this dichotomy gave me an opportunity for personal bitchslap-anger introspection. that is: why does shinpachi punching gintoki through two walls annoy me here, and nowhere (kagura arc, yagyuu arc) else? because shinpachi is being annoying (don't worry, i'll be more nuanced later).

finally, when i made the ill-fated promise to produce this in 3-5 business days, i had the foresight to allow myself such a hilariously insufficient turnover period because i needed to formalize some thoughts on time. it was only after struggling through 4devas complaints that i realized i should think about gintama time; so now, i take the reverse route and think about 4devas complaints through gintama time. that is, as joelle says, the (mathematical) kernel that is the bitchslap comes down to a youthful optimimsm versus jaded layabout in his 30s, a conflict that is deceptively about time.

1. inevitability

joelle lays this out in the poll propaganda, so there's little else to say. what i would like to expand upon is that, for someone who thinks about gintama-loserhood as much as i do, here i miraculously failed to see the other essential side to losing: being wrong about your own pessimistic view of the world.

this is exactly what gintoki says in many other places. the loser is the one who stands up in irrationality. this is equally against the optimist-- if we work hard enough, things will work out, because that's what's rational-- as it is against the pessimist-- nothing will ever work out because the world sucks. in other words, the proper gintama Loser will lose against optimism and pessimism. gintoki, in what looks like his "assurance" of defeat, is committing actual seppuku-- or, in loser terminology, winning. he should know that he has to lose against his own pessimism to be a real loser.

again, this is just another way to look at the bitchslap. it fits quite nicely into the seppuku question, which i have dealt with elsewhere (namely, is gintoki actually trying to commit seppuku/win in pessmism?). but just as i can say that gintoki is being forced into saying what he says, so is, perhaps, shinpachi; there really is a manipulative sense of inevitability that hangs over 4devas kabukicho like a cloud. included in this inevitability is perhaps the inevitability that gintoki is wrong. which, without its visceral content ("life isn't about losing!") could be mapped efficiently onto guardian dog arc, kintama, or even the cliff. in other words, if gintama is about accepting inevitability, gintoki also must accept the inevitability of being stupid; the world doesn't work out how you want it to, et cetera.

2. communication-deception

for this, i had the fun time of going back and thinking: okay, when else has shinpachi pissed me off (and not for actual heinous crimes)? there is no other situation that gets to me quite like 4devas, but he does get on my nerves in yagyuu and beam saber arcs.

this is actually really sad for shinpachi. i get mad at him here for essentially being the annoying shounen heroine who stands in the way of the angsty male protagonist and ultimately derails the plot (yay, misogyny transferred onto the average Guy of all Guys). sorry shinpachi. i do think that being a girl would fix you. i also think it's really funny that you do this and not kagura or any other woman (thank god). rare and unintentional sorachi w.

yagyuu setup is basically the same as 4devas. otae (who is actually gintoki) self-sacrifices in silence to protect everyone. shinpachi naively-- and shounenly-- tries to "take her back"; when otae says she's staying with the yagyuu, he tells her she doesn't know anything and slaps her across the face. BUT. key here. otae slaps him back! (if memory serves, the slap sends him into the ground) and tells him that he doesn't know jackshit, that she does want to go back, but she can't. the narrative setup leaves her justified and shinpachi developing his character for a couple episodes.

beam saber. shinpachi doesn't actually annoy me that much, just some key points that echo 4devas. why doesn't he annoy me? because when he starts to annoy me with his protestations of naivete and optimism (again, hilariously similar to the shonen author's misogynist caricature of Woman) gintoki gets to prove him wrong, or, better put, slap him back (push him into a tree) (obvious disclaimer: i don't think we should be pushing kids, or women, or anybody, into trees). is gintoki particularly justified in this instance? not really, the situation is more complex. so when the shimura siblings go against gintoki's wishes and shinpachi saves his life, i'm far more at peace with that, because gintoki's the one butting in.

which begs the question: why am i so irritable about this sort of thing in general? actually, what was most illuminating to me on this point was recovering my first-watch thoughts about takasugi. joelle draws the direct parallel several times in his essay; and though i brought takasugi up in seppuku appendix, i never thought to directly compare the two, cliff vis a vis bitchslap. so here we are.

takasugi pissed me off... because he was annoying (yes, circular answer). he pissed me off because to me, the insane watcher with no outside influence at the time (twitter break), it seemed like he kept trying to ruin gintoki's life for no apparent reason. he pissed me off because, again, to me, the insane watcher, he was the average darkhaired shounen rival who screams and cries just like a shounen Woman but more masculinely, and who ultimately can only be fixed by joining the protagonist's harem as docile wife no. 32 (poor gintoki). yeah, whatever.

but really, what pissed me off was how takasugi (through my unknowing eyes. i was in for the shock of a lifetime) shamelessly inserted himself into a horrible and tragic situation between gintoki and shouyou and "made it all about him". in those few minutes before my life was irreparably changed for the worse, i thought to myself: gintoki wouldn't have had to kill shouyou if not for you, so why are you so whiny that you can't die? why so ungrateful? how can you so explicitly and callously trample all over their dying wishes for you like that? you're not actually being filial! die die die. et cetera. (forgive me. i was a much worse hater back then).

my life was irreparably changed for the worse because i realized, oh, he knows.

let me unpack this. my life was ruined when i realized takasugi knew. and my life was ruined worse (i was forced to forgive him) when i was struggling through silver soul and had to watch him say, if you want to follow me, pick up that gun and shoot yourself through the head, because that's what i'm trying to do.

from the beginning, takasugi was trying to kill gintoki. he equates this with killing himself. the reason he's trying to kill gintoki in the first place is because he knows. he knows why gintoki did what he did, and he forgives him for that in the same instant that he hates him for it. hence the beast, et cetera et cetera. but: communication.

go back to shinpachi. in yagyuu arc, shinpachi doesn't know anything when he slaps otae, and otae rightfully slaps him back. in beam saber, shinpachi "doesn't know anything" (is holding onto childish delusion rather than true irrationality about obi-wan), and thus gets slammed into the tree. he can only come and fight with obi-wan after he is, quite literally, taught a lesson. equally, joelle comes back to, why the bitchslap after gintoki's confession? why this placement? which i would agree with. when shinpachi acts like this (annoys me, sorry shinpachi) the resolution is almost always to teach him what he doesn't know. why not here?

transparently, because that's not the lesson that sorachi wants to "teach"; he wants to force gintoki through being jirocho's narrative parallel, so gintoki has to learn a lesson about passing down your promises to your descendants to fulfill. the only problem is that this just. doesn't work for gintoki, the yorozuya, or otose's family at all. we might ask, equivalently, should jirocho "learn" to let pirako fight people much, much stronger than her (even though she's strong herself)? again, shitty writing.

back to takasugi. [takagin] as Platonic form creates a new sort of reality, in part because takasugi hates gintoki in the same instant that he understands and loves him entirely. shinpachi doesn't know, or understand, or try to understand, gintoki, when he bitchslaps him. we could say, well, he's young, or, well, there wasn't time, but that would be a little bit facetious. after all, if we're to believe sorachi's fucked up ages, takasugi was only 17 when gintoki kills shouyou-- and that's one year older than shinpachi. again, the routine is that shinpachi acts out of this misunderstanding and then learns a lesson that helps him better understand the situation. kyuubei tells us this, quite literally, in yagyuu (you have no awareness of how you've been supported and helped by everyone around you). and honestly, this set up makes sense-- shinpachi is the most Normal Shounen protagonist in the entire gintama cast, so of course he would need the most character development and growing up. it just got fumbled here. for jirocho development purposes. maybe.

in which case, i guess i'm advocating for the bitchslap-- but the bitchslap needs an actual gintoki response. if 4devas was caused by deception-- if maybe the cliff could have gone differently because of miscommunication-- then why can shinpachi refuse, so blatantly, to listen to gin?

3. time

time is related to self and change, so this actually circles back to 1. here i'm specifically thinking about my bootleg concept of [time], but it takes a lot of effort to read my prerequisite temporo-ontology (thank you joelle. i love you), so i'll try to summarize it: [time] is the irrational instance that births all of time because it is uncountable infinity. that is, [time] is an irrational decision (to cut off shouyou's head, to work in a shabu-shabu hostess bar to protect your vacant dojo) that is predicated on a paradoxical, unrecoverable past and gives birth to a future beyond imagination (an uncountable infinity). et cetera, et cetera. what is important here is the absolute irrationality and its inaccessible past.

[time] is found, always, in losing. another name for it would be winning-in-losing. again, to lose properly, you must lose against pessimism as well as optimism; hence gintoki's standing-up does not feel pessimistic, even though it speaks to an impossibility ("even if i have to walk over your corpse"). i guess we're talking about a sort of impossible-impossibility hope, which i first put into words when considering the bitchslap temporally. that is, i thought, what if shinpachi is calling us to that weird, loser-ish hope? i won't necessarily say he is anymore. but anyways, for such a hope, you must lose.

equally so, this irrationality-hope-winning-in-losing is founded in an inaccessible past (itself, perhaps, an uncountable infinity). the content of that past is itself irrationality; so it is the mother of all irrationality, that produces all uncountable infinity, i.e. the future. both otae and gintoki fight to protect this, and from the first chapter set up, we see that it's something shinpachi is supposed to learn. the kid who couldn't understand why his sister would protect such a past must grow up into someone who does so himself; i think he does, by the end of the series. maybe.

but irrationality says: even if nothing changes (even if i can't change anything), even if everything changes (even if i can't hold onto anything), i'll still stand up, because of, for, this past. is gintoki doing this in 4devas? who the hell knows. is shinpachi doing this? who the hell knows-- but there's perhaps a bit more evidence that he isn't. after all, he refuses to understand gintoki's past, much less his sister's. his hope is first-level, not impossible-impossibility, because it hasn't squared with the fact that he might lose. which is only a slight difference, but it makes all the difference in the world.

to be truly irrational, you have to look at both possibility and impossibility and decide to keep going anyways. if i suggested gintoki might not be looking at possibility (he's being too pessimistic), then shinpachi is probably not looking at impossibility (he's being naive. which again, is an established character trait). does this mean that gintoki should go kill himself to protect his kids? not necessarily-- though i've argued back and forth on whether he's actually trying to kill himself, and whether he is justified in dying for his children. but again, it means that shinpachi needs to listen. communication is a two-way street. back to joelle's question: why after gintoki's confession? yes, maybe gintoki should've been more open with his kids, but here he is being open (well, open for him) and he gets bitchslapped for it. mystifying writing choice.

(the jirocho parallel won't work to tell the lesson you want it to here!)

again, i'm somehow resistant to certain types of "gintoki character development" and/or knowing what's going on gintoki's head. should you tell kids all of your struggles as an adult? certainly if it helps prevent a worse outcome; but whether or not it can, it's hard on the kids in another way. so communication might have been able to solve something here, but i also think that maybe everyone was just doing what they had to, which also means that gintoki had to say nothing and do what he did. that's just who he is.

in which case shinpachi had to bitchslap gintoki, and the issue is that gintoki should have responded (like otae in yagyuu). we can almost say that he had to respond, and somehow, did not. because the truth is that shinpachi does need to learn that there are things-- and pasts-- so sad they can't be solved, that "tears cannot wash away"-- which he eventually learns in beam saber, which has kind of always acted for me like a resolution to 4devas. perhaps gintoki needs to learn to be less pessimistic, which would be a completely valid development; i just struggle to see this in his character.

4devas' plot commitment should be to progress time (in another loop) through [time]. by looking at this through inevitability, communication, and some of [time] itself, i'm paradoxically more reassured that the bitchslap is not annoying (everyone was just acting as they had to) at the same time that i am more reassured the bitchslap should never have existed like this (why no lesson learned?) i guess that's life: things don't work out as you want them to. and if 4devas' overall lesson was, via jirocho, to give birth to the you who is not you and entrust the unimaginable future to them, then 4devas does generate time through [time] (albeit convoluted-ly). in the end, as it is with all things, the trouble might just be bad writing.

[ghostiekins]

30 Color Challenge -  Day 30: The Same Sky (Happy 19th Anniversary Gintama!!)

[midnight-in-town]

can i just say i'm afraid black butler will never end... i don't know how to bet invested back in it...

Hey Anon!

Awww, well, as long as the story makes sense and the author is happy working on it, personally I really don't see a problem with long serialization. :))

Of course, that's always up to each reader's personal taste (some people like short stories with a quick-to-solve plot) but take One Piece, or take Berserk that ran for 20 to 30 years (or even Gintama, or several other series) : I'm of the opinion that it's absolutely possible to write a long series, as long as it has a solid plot, good character developments and a good amount of detailed worldbuilding.

Sure the pace for Kuroshitsuji is slow (has been for a few years now), but I've made my peace that it's all we're going to get every month and I'd rather have a slow but steady pace, rather than irregular updates (because I've had those, for Berserk namely, and as much as I can totally respect the time an author needs to be happy with their work, it can be really difficult for fans to keep up with the story).

Additionally, please don't hesitate to take a break from reading every now and then, in case you really don't enjoy the content you currently get or that it stresses you out and depresses you. A hobby is meant to provide relief and enjoyment and you don't have to feel guilty about needing to take a break or about not enjoying a series anymore.

You can also follow different series that are released weekly or monthly on different dates during the month, so that you don't feel like all you do is waiting every month for barely anything! Again, it's personal but it works wonder on me when it comes to waiting. :)) Typically, the 18th is a few days away and I didn't notice the past month going by, because I enjoyed reading about other series (One Piece, Ao no Exorcist, Purple Hyacinth, Vinland Saga, Chainsawman, Akatsuki no Yona etc). :))

Finally, I'm also of the opinion that, even though it's going slow, Yana-sensei knows where she's going, considering the few hints she throws here and there every now and then and the lack of definite plot holes (at least as far as we can tell for now), so I decided to trust her, even if it takes some years to get to the answers I'm seeking.

So please don't worry too much Anon (be it about the way Kuro is headed or about feeling guilty in case you decide to take a break) and always remember that a hobby is a plus and that it's supposed to be enjoyable! That's all you have to care about!

Have a good day!! ^3^

[regnigt]

Gintama Inktober, Day 30: Sorachi Day

Drawing a young gorilla reading Dragon Ball. 🥺

Sorachi, will we ever see a new story from you...? 😭🦍

[babygray]

I’ll say this much:

The treadmill without an episode of Gintama to keep me company is really, really boring.

I’m not sure if limiting my exercise to the length of one episode, about 22 minutes, is good. I know for a fact that most days, I can’t do more than 30 minutes before I have to tap out because of exhaustion or pain. But there have been a couple of times that I could do a little more but stopped because the show was over.

That said, I exercised while watching a different show tonight and it just didn’t keep me going like Gintama does.

(Maybe because the show was boring….)

[nullians]

I posted 6,850 times in 2022

That's 2,954 more posts than 2021!

455 posts created (7%)

6,395 posts reblogged (93%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

@celeryw

@crazymadredfox

@mangoberri

@jester-mereel

@fangirlsleep

I tagged 3,609 of my posts in 2022

Only 47% of my posts had no tags

#d0 stuff - 467 posts

#fandom life - 247 posts

#gintama - 202 posts

#tumblr stuff - 192 posts

#funny stuff - 168 posts

#the ninja kids - 162 posts

#pokemon - 160 posts

#personal interest tag - 150 posts

#pokemon paul - 85 posts

#sakata gintoki - 82 posts

Longest Tag: 139 characters

#i’m always like ‘wait. i know a perfect post for this situation!!’ and then it’s like ‘sorry we couldn’t find what you were looking for :/‘

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

See the full post

103 notes - Posted June 3, 2022

#4

It's about hope, it's about dreams

Happy confirmed Paul back in the anime day!!

106 notes - Posted March 4, 2022

#3

121 notes - Posted March 4, 2022

#2

Happy birthday @mangoberri!

Sorry for being off by a few hours, I really wanted to finish this properly :3

127 notes - Posted July 30, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

I’m down bad 🤧

588 notes - Posted September 20, 2022

Get your Tumblr 2022 Year in Review →

[anime-ops]

FAQ & updated request/tagging info

When requesting a theme, you must include the following information:

- the name of the anime. - either the name of the theme, or which number theme it is. - it is NOT required to include whether it's an opening or an ending, but appreciated.

You can request more than one opening/ending at a time, but you still have to follow the guidelines above in some sort of form, please. Request examples at end of the post.

- I do not answer asks on this blog unless it's to deny a request, let someone know I cannot post a request for whatever reason, or to answer questions. I will not respond to you otherwise.

- Currently, I have a queue going on this blog that lasts over a month with 1-2 posts a day. Your request should be posted at some point within that amount of time, if not then be patient.

- If you're wondering whether I've posted your request yet, you can check the #requests tag. If you do not see it there, either it is not posted yet or tumblr is being stupid. Either way, please do not spam my inbox wondering when it's going to be posted.

- You may request multiple themes at once, whether they're in one ask or in multiple.

- The mod of this blog works 30+ hours a week and sometimes has limited amount of free time throughout the week and often lets the requests pile up a little bit before queue-ing them. Be patient and don't constantly pester me to post the theme you want.

- People sometimes request themes from western animated cartoons, and I sometimes post them simply because this is my blog and I can. If you do not want to see these, filter the #cartoons tag.

IF YOU WANT TO REQUEST A CARTOON THEME, FOLLOW THESE GUIDELINES. I WILL NOT POST THEM OTHERWISE.

[image id: a tumblr ask that says "hiiii. i'd like to request either soramimi cake or raspberry heaven, both from azumanga diaoh. they're the opening and closing songs respectively". the username and profile picture of the asker was crossed out in red. /end id]

[image id: a tumblr ask that says "Death note Opening 2 "WHAT'S UP, PEOPLE!?" by Maximum the Hormone, made in 2005 (Or put in the anime in 2007) [This is also EXTREMELY loud >-<]". the username and profile picture of the asker was crossed out in red. /end id]

[image id: a tumblr ask from an anonymous user that says "gintama endings 1-4". /end id]

[leanmois]

[rockleeamadeus]

Gintama Week 2021 | Day 1 | “You Guys!! Do you even have ‘Gintama’?”

Favorite Arc | Kintama Arc | “Sorry Gin-san, we kept you waiting.”

[ghostiekins]

30 Color Challenge - Day 1: Shiroyasha

[frostfires-blog]

30 DAY ANIME CHALLENGE

~ Part 2 ~

For awhile now I haven't been unable to continue this because of time constraints...but I'm finally determined to finish it off now.

I had to make a separate new post since tumblr kept gliching because of my long reblog chain😭

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DAY 15 -

Favourite Anime Endings

1) Akuma no Ko (Shingeki no Kyojin ED 7)

2) Haruka Kanata (Bleach ED28)

3) Shura (Gintama ED5)

4) Glorious Days (Gintama ED25)

5) Samurai Heart (Gintama ED13)

There were a lot to choose from but these would be my top 5... What's yours?

[regnigt]

Gintama Inktober Poll (3/3)

Which of these rough Gintama Inktober pictures do you like the most (or dislike the least)? Day 22-31.

[babygray]

For health reasons, I decided to cut back on my coffee drinking. Maybe 2-4 cups of coffee plus 1-2 cans of redbull a day is a bit too much. It barely keeps me awake half of the time.

Or so I thought. Two days into this ‘no coffee’ thing has me thinking that going to bed at 8:30 is a great idea, actually.

Instead of coffee, I’ve been steadily going through all the Gintama teas I bought. I’ve been sticking a couple of tea bags into my water bottle and letting them brew in the fridge overnight. So far:

Gintoki’s blend was fine.

Kagura’s blend is bitter.

Sakamoto’s blend tastes slightly medicinal but I think I liked that one the most.

… I feel like I’m missing something. Are my tastebuds shot? Am I drinking it wrong?

I put some of Tae’s blend in the bottle for tomorrow. I think I liked that one the last time I drank some.

[kraniumet]

scrapped ideas for a fourth variation that wasn’t funny enough