#Gintoki x Otae

[gintokey]

[forgloryforhonor]

may i ask if gintae can be considered as parallel characters? since they share a lot of similarities in values and all. what do you think? i love parallel characters as much as narrative foils

I always thought they were parallels as well as foils to each other

GinTae as Parallels

Roles in community and family

Both are in wish-granting or dream-fulfilling kind of business (otae in hospitality/hostess sector and Gintoki as an Odd Jobs guy)

Considered as bosses/leaders and top class in their specific areas of specialty

Aniki (boss man, big brother) / Anego (boss lady, big sister) persona

Gintoki is kind of the Joui Vanguard (in the Joui war he is the first to rush in, and in action scense he always works alone and is the first to deploy himself)

Otae is also first line of attack/offensive defense (Silver Soul Arc-Siege of Kabukichou)

both had strong mentors that defined their way of life and philosophy. Gintoki knew Shoyo best while Otae understood their father best.

Gintoki canonically sees himself as surrogate father to Kagura sometimes

Otae raised her brother on her own after their father died

Otae also wholeheartedly accepts the Anego title Kagura bestowed on him

Gintoki is considered by Shinpachi as his Aniki too

Speak and curse in the same kabukichou accent

Personality

both act as Boke (stupid man) to the other straight man characters (tsukkomi)

both tend to hurt the people they love in order to protect/save them

Both can be incredibly self-sacrificial and suicidal for others and for their core beliefs

Both can be truly cruel at insulting others and each other (fatphobia, ageism, classism, misogyny, etc)

both are very very good at finding each other's weakness and exploiting them to cause most damage (or get them to do what the other wants)

both are very good at finding/recognizing each other no matter where or when

both have been positive and negative change to each other in many ways

Friends and Admirers

Both of them have similar group of friends. They operate in the same circles.

both of them are well loved in their community for their strong leadership and cunning bastard personas

both of them have admirers that are mirrors of each other: Kondou-Sarutobi, Kyuubei-Tsukuyo

Both of then are parallels and foils of Hijikata

Both of them are used to mingling/hanging out with opposite sex and know how to play their charms well to their advantage

Storywise

In my old posts, both Otae and Gintoki have preached the same things to other people at different points in time, which means they seriously have a lot of shared values and both live under the same life philosophy.

Them doing dogeza in Beam Saber Arc (nuff'said)

Their tragic future selves dying at the same time in Be Forever Yorozuya Movie and Novelization

Both risked their lives/ imprisonment/death penalty for Hijikata and shinsengumi

Otae earning Queen of Kabukichou title from Otose, Gintoki seen as Tatsugurou/Jirocho Protege

Similar Stands

Lots of manga panels where they mirror the same actions and dialogue on different pages

And etc

GinTae as Foils

Opposite Genders

Otae usually needs to be saved; Gintoki is usually one of the saviors

Gintoki can be quite a gourmet pastry chef and cook; Otae cannot cook ever

Different social classes / poverty level

Gintoki usually needs to be found, Otae does the finding (or is the cause) of the Yorozuya getting back together

Fighting style: Otae is rooted in reality and the traditional martial concepts; Gintoki is more freestyle, fantastical and wild

Fighting Style: Gintoki is Vanguard, Otae is backup/Rearguard or Home Defense/Baggage Train

Sexual experience: gintoki isnt a virgin and have slept with men and women, otae is a virgin through and through

I'm quite rusty on the GinTae nowadays so I hope you can suggest more too. But may I recommend my big essay "Otae's Involvement With The Odd Jobs" back in my older sideblog called @ukaiknowsbest ?

Thank you so much for the ask. I love questions like these.

[ilchohand]

[starlightanya0wsblog]

♡~Making Gintoki Sakata flustered!~♡

This is how I imagine Y/n stealing a kiss from Gintoki when she wants to annoy him ;)

Hope you enjoy<3

(I love him<3)

*Y/n smiling softly at Gintoki*

Gintoki: *was trying to read Jump*

Stop staring at me like that you idiot *all flustered and red*

Y/n: Aww you're a little tsundere sometimes (^w^)

Gintoki: I'm not a tsundere! I'm just annoyed that you look at me with those eyes that makes my heart skip a beat.

Y/n: Then do something to stop me

Gintoki: *grabs her chin*

Maybe I should shut you up then.

Y/n: Maybe you should yeah

Gintoki: Tch...you're such a pain in the ass, you know?

*Presses his lips against hers*

Y/n: *smiles in the kiss*

Gintoki: *pulls away from the kiss*

That'll shut you up for a while...

*Confident*

Y/n: Mmm, I'm not sure, I don't think that was enough...

Gintoki: Not enough, huh? You're such a pain.

*Grabs her and pins her against the wall before kissing her again*

One thing is for sure, Gintoki definitely didn't finished Jump that day.

[8aylee8]

and some Gintama-crappy comics,hehe. :)

[daddytoki]

Fandom: Gintama Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Shimura Tae/Yagyuu Kyuubei

Valentine’s Day came and went with little fanfare, because neither Kyuubei nor Otae knew what to do with it. Who was supposed to be The Man in their relationship, anyway? Well, thought Kyuubei, I am clearly the more masculine of us two. I will wait for White Day to roll by, and then I’ll pull some romantic declaration out of my ass that’s so life-changing we get married on the spot. This plan is flawless.  Well, thought Otae, these gender stereotypes are pretty outdated anyway, I wouldn’t want to stick Kyuubei in The Man box against their wishes. The progressive thing to do would be to wait for them to make the first move for White Day and just follow their lead.  Suffice it to say, Kyuubei received zero chocolates on Valentine’s day. Everything went to shit.

[craftydragonperson]

Thank you to everyone who got me to 250 likes!

Idk what this is honestly but yay a hit a milestone

[souglias]

People Say To Take Things One Step At A Time For A Reason [GINTOKI]

OR: Gintoki makes a dire mistake about you in his drunken state

Gintoki x f!reader

c/w: gintoki has been drinking, alcohol mention, use of pet names (but for humour effect), all fluff no angst :>

word count: 1.2k

note: something I wrote for fun and sheesh finally a fluffy gintoki fic rather than my usual bittersweet fics. For my followers who saw my post about a gintoki multi-chapter fic a while ago, just in case you thought this is it, this is not it. Inspired by this (I couldn't find the image from the original artist's twitter 0-(-( )

All likes and reblogs are appreciated!

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The phone rings at your bookstore at 1am as you're finishing up some administrative logs. It must be a prank for a call that’s way beyond opening hours. Even if it isn't, you decide you don't want to deal with queries at this time. The phone quietens after 5 rings.

Not long later, the phone starts ringing again. It sounds like urgent business for someone to be calling a bookstore twice in the middle of the night.

"Hello, this is Kabukicho books. How can I help you?"

An all-too-familiar voice comes out from the receiver. His words are slurred and you press the receiver to your ears as you strain to listen to him.

"Heyy, are you free for... dinner?"

"Gintoki. It is long past dinner."

"Dinner is any time after lunch and before breakfast."

"I want to sleep and you should too."

You hear whining from the other end of the phone. "Can't you have at least a parfait with me? We haven't met in a while!"

Is this a secret, roundabout cry for help from him? Coming from the very lips of Gintoki, those words feel like stark yellow paint on a white wall.

Regardless, you are a little concerned he's going to die in a ditch somewhere instead of making it home. Even if he's gotten this drunk multiple times before he called you today. 

He prompts you again with a "hello" before you hear some crashing on the other side.

You suppose once is fine. It is a solid reason to see the person you harbour feelings for. On top of that, he's right that the two of you have not seen each other for a while. And just maybe, it is a sign that he chose to call you out of everyone else.

(Okay but maybe you're just being delusional. Who else he could even call? Kagura would simply smash the ringing phone at this hour. If he calls up the Shimura household, Otae would tell him to die rather than let her younger brother pick him up.)

You sigh, "Where are you now?"

He hums a little before telling you the bar he visited. You pack up your work (that is still 1% unfinished) and head out into the cold winter night to find him. Gintoki should thank his lucky stars that you like him, otherwise, you would have left him to freeze. Almost no one gets to interrupt your work.

You easily find the telephone booth near the bar he patronised. As you approach the telephone booth, you see a scene you find somewhat humorous. He's bent over backwards in the cramped space, face pressed against the clear glass of the booth and feet propped against the other side. His eyes are closed, mouth slightly open with drool.

Taking out your phone, you snap a photo of him before you knock on the door. He's so ridiculously unsightly, but it endears you.

One eye of his cracks open and his lips upturn. You swing the door open and give him an unamused look. That doesn't shake his half-lidded eyes and a wide smile.

"Yo, you pretty thing."

Your heart skips a beat. Gintoki is possessed, or he's lost it. All Gintoki has been calling you is an ugly hag and a shit-faced bitch. To call you pretty is... out of this world.

"You're way too fucking drunk. Get out of there by yourself, I'm not helping you."

As he twists and turns to get himself out of that difficult position, he whines again. "Help me, woman! You can do this little thing for me right?”

Seeing him struggle, you decide to milk this scene. “Well, who am I for you to assume this is ‘little’?”

“My girlfriend.”

You're sure your face is visibly red at this point, and your heart is beating in your throat. You manage to stammer out, "What?"

"You're my girlfriend duh!" He exclaims without an ounce of doubt in his statement.

He's lost it. He's lost it.

"Since when? Huh? Huh? Why was I not informed about this?"

"Huh? Why are you-"

Gintoki freezes and he narrows his eyes at you. It dawns on him that you are not his girlfriend. 

To be precise, he has not asked you to be his girlfriend. 

Suddenly, he's able to stand upright in the phone booth. He remains rooted there, his body turned away from you. What has he done? His heart beats at a thousand per hour and he thinks he might collapse.

"Did you mistake me for a girlfriend or something? Anyway, you should have told us you have one."

He could pretend to black out now. Or maybe he should try to be smooth.

"Well, no... I don't. I just forgot I wasn't in the future, that's all!"

Gintoki timidly looks over his shoulder to check your reaction. From the puzzled look on your face, he fucked it. He doesn't even remember the exact pick-up line if one like this actually existed. Something about a girlfriend but in the future. 

"What are you talking about..."

He averts his gaze again. The obvious way to clarify everything is to be honest with you. It's that easy. It's that easy. But he can't say it. Even in his half-intoxicated state, he feels like he'll keel over saying those three or five words. He did plan to say it some time, but not in this manner.

You watch his broad back slowly shrink inwards, and you hear him mumble something you don't catch. A gut feeling fills your chest. You breathe, slowly regaining your composure. Meanwhile, he decides he should pretend to black out.

"Look, if you wanted me to be your girlfriend, you should have asked me first. I would have said yes. Don't skip steps, please. I'd like some order."

Already amid Operation Pretend-To-Collapse, Gintoki falls backwards and lands on the ground. But his eyes are wide open instead of shut as he lies on the ground, searching for a sign of a joke from you. You lower into a crouch, continuing to stare into his bewildered eyes. 

“So, what will it be, darling?” 

The weight you put on what you just called him makes him shudder. His face is too distractingly hot compared to his body for him to come up with any kind of retort. He mumbles again with his eyes looking elsewhere. 

“Huh? I can’t hear you, you have to speak up.” 

Words come out in a murmur. All you hear is the word “girlfriend” but you egg him more. “What?? Is this all you got, Sakata Gintoki??”

His hand reaches for your face and he pulls you towards him, pressing your lips against his. You can smell a sweet alcohol scent on him. When you pull away, you find a fiery, intense gaze in his eyes.

“You’re my girlfriend now, stupid.”

Just like that, he renders you speechless. But a smile tugs on the corner of your lips, and you stifle a laugh.

Gintoki picks himself up from the ground, still a little woozy. You grab his arm to steady him, then decide to wrap your arm around his back. He stiffens slightly but eases into your arm for support. When he rests his arm around your shoulders, both of you begin the journey to his home.

“Just so you know, I have unfinished work thanks to your ‘little’ favour. You owe me now. Maybe you should be the one buying me a parfait instead, honeypie.”

He glances at you only for a moment, unamused, before he turns away. You laugh, getting a kick from the whole night of teasing your friend-turned-boyfriend. Suddenly, you stop laughing.

“You didn’t throw up before you met me right?”

“I didn’t.”

Disgust starts creeping onto your face. “Are you sure? Are you sure?”

“I didn’t, you shit.”

[seigibathala]

So just wanted to know what your list of ships was

I'm currently in gintama fandom so expect this is all about gintama hehe

Gintoki x Tsukuyo - These two selfless characters, both are incredibly strong and independent. They also share the same pain of losing their masters, which makes their relationship deeper since they know a part of each other's past. Tsukuyo knowing not just the 'Yorozuya Gintoki' and the same with Gintoki who witnessed how Tsukuyo lose her master. They fought so many times in different arcs together that made them closer. And, both are hot and sexy, how can you stop me from shipping them for many years now 😔

2. Zenzou x Sacchan - After the Shogun Assassination's Arc, they've been in a situation where she almost died, that made Zenzou confess: "I love my fuglies Sarutobi, but I've had enough of your fugly crying faces. I won't let you cry in front of me ever again."

These two are childhood friends and suddenly in a situation like that, they are THAT close? So I love their relationship and the fact that Zenzou knows she likes Gintoki.. cute. But I think Zenzou can take care of Sacchan better, he knows her better <3.

3. Sakamoto x Mutsu - I haven't drawn them together as I am a heavy gintsu shipper, but I also appreciate Sakamoto who got a bad bitch like Mutsu on his side.

4. Katsura x Ikumatsu - It's pretty obvious in Homeless Arc how he care and love Ikumatsu.

5. Yamazaki x Tama - Well, I want to root for Yamazaki and Tama. I started to lowkey ship them in episode 268.

6. Gintoki x Takasugi - I like how they care for each other to the point they cannot ignore it until we reached SA. I think I also like how Gintoki tries to protect him and the same with Sugi, I appreciate them more in Gintama Final.

7. Kyubei x Otae - These two deserve more than what the series gave them.

8. Kamui x Nobume - This is a rarepair introduced to me by @/sararaiden. It has the same energy of Umibozu x Kouka in which another ship I like.

There are other gintama rarepairs I like that sometimes you'll see me draw them or add to my doujinshis. So you can just check my artblog. I'll just make an exemption to post the list of my ship today for the sake of anon hehe. Thanks for the ask!

[braveryhearted]

MUSE LIST AND AVAILBILTY

**SUBJECT TO CHANGE.

ANIME & MANGA

DEATH NOTE Light Yagami-Secondary L Lawliet / Ryugazaki-Secondary Misa Amane-Secondary

THE MELANCHOLY OF HARUHI SUZUMIYA Tsuruya-Secondary Kyon-Secondary

OURAN HIGH SCHOOL HOST CLUB Haruhi Fujioka-Secondary Tamaki Suou-Secondary Kyoya Ootori-Primary

BOKU NO HERO ACADEMIA Tenya Iida-Secondary Tamaki Amajiki-Request

JOJO’S BIZARRE ADVENTURE Johnathan Joestar-Secondary Joeseph Joestar ( Part 2 only )-Secondary Jotaro Kujo ( Part 3 only )-Primary Giorno Giovanna-Secondary Trish Una- Secondary Diego Brando-Primary

FREE!! IWATOBI SWIM CLUB Rei Ryugazaki-Request

FRUITS BASKET Yuuki Sohma-Request

BLACK BUTLER Sebastian Michaelis-Primary Madame Red-Secondary Lau-Secondary Ronald Knox-Request

SAILOR MOON Usagi Tsukino-Primary Rei Hino-Request

SOUL EATER Death the Kid-Primary Maka Albarn-Primary

FULL METAL ALCHEMIST Ling Yao-Primary Edward Elric-Primary Roy Mustang-Secondary

GINTAMA Gintoki Sakata-Primary Hijikata Toshiro-Secondary Sougo Okita-Secondary Kamui-Request Takasugi Shinsuke-Secondary Otae Shumura-Secondary

MOB PSYCHO 100 Ritsu Kageyama-Request Reigen Arataka-Primary Shigeo / Mob Kageyama-Primary

SLAYERS Lina Inverse-Primary Xelloss-Primary Zelgadiss Greywords-Primary Naga the Serpent-Secondary

SKIP BEAT Kyoko Mogami-Secondary Ren Tsugura-Request Reino-Request

HORIMIYA Izumi Miyamura-Request

SK8 INFINITY / SKATE THE INFINITY Langa Hasegawa / Snow-Request Tadashi Kikuchi / Snake-Request Ainosuke Shindo / Adam-Primary

BLEACH Byakuya Kuchiki-Primary Kaien Shiba-Secondary Ichigo Kurosaki-Secondary

TIGER & BUNNY Barnaby Brooks Jr.-Primary Karine Lyle / Blue Rose-Secondary Ryan Goldsmith / Golden Ryan-Secondary Yuri Petrov / Lunatic-Secondary

FAIRY TAIL Gray Fullbuster-Primary Jellal Fernandez-Secondary Lucy Heartfillia-Secondary Loke-Primary

DETECTIVE CONAN / MAGIC KAITO Ai Haibara / Shiho Miyano-Secondary Heiji Hattori-Secondary Saguru Hakuba-Primary Akako Koizumi-Secondary

TRIGUN

Meryl Stryfe-Primary Vash ( Saverem ) Stampede-Primary Knives Millions-Seconday

CHAINSAW MAN

Kobeni Higashiyama-Secondary

NARUTO

Hinata Hyuuga-Request Itachi Uchiha-Primary

TRINITY BLOOD

Abel Knightlord-Primary Cain Knightlord-Primary Ion Fortuna-Request Esther Blanchett-Primary

JUJUTSU KAISEN

Maki Zenin-Secondary Satoru Gojo-Primary Kento Nanami-Secondary Suguru Geto-Request

BLACK CLOVER

Asta-Primary

SNOW WHITE WITH THE RED HAIR

Zen Wisteria-Primary Shirayuki-Primary

CORRECTOR YUI

Yui Kasuga / Corrector Yui-Primary Synchro-Secondary Control-Secondary

CODE GEASS Lelouch vi Britannia / Zero-Secondary Suzaku Kururugi-Secondary

BLUE EXORCIST

Rin Okumura-Secondary

MLB

Adrien Agreste-Request

SPY X FAMILY

Yor Briar / Forger-Primary

TRC

Fai D. Flourite / YUI-Secondary

ONE PIECE

Tashigi- Primary

PRETEAR

Himeno Awayuki

VIDEO GAMES

FINAL FANTASY SERIES Sephiroth-Request Noctis Lucis Caelum-Primary Zidane-Secondary Aerith Gainsborough-Secondary Vincent Valentine-Primary Clive Rosfield-Primary Cidolfus Telamon-Primary

FIRE EMBLEM SERIES Micaiah-Primary Charlotte-Secondary Celica-Secondary Niles / Zero-Primary Hilda Valentine Goneril-Request Ferdinand von Aegir-Secondary Griss / Gregory-Primary Alcryst-Primary Diamant-Primary Ephraim-Secondary F! Alear-Primary

ACE ATTORNEY SERIES Phoenix Wright-Secondary Athena Cykes-Primary Simon Blackquill-Primary Franziska von Karma-Secondary

PERSONA SERIES Maya Amano-Primary Akihiko Sanada-Primary Mitsuru Kirijo-Primary Sho Minazuki-Secondary Labrys-Primary Naoto Shirogane-Secondary Yukiko Amagi-Primary Tohru Adachi-Secondary Toshiro Kasukabe-Primary Wonder- Request

SMT SERIES Aogami-Secondary

DANGANRONPA SERIES Byakuya Togami-Request Kaede Akamatsu-Request

DEVIL MAY CRY SERIES Nero de Angelo-Secondary Dante Sparda-Primary Lady / Mary-Request V & Vergil Sparda-Primary

TWEWY: NEO Sho Minamimoto -Secondary Nagi Usui -Secondary Shoka Sakurane -Secondary Rindo Kanade -Secondary Hishima Sakazuki -Secondary

TALES OF

Jude Mathis-Secondary Alphen-Secondary Law-Secondary

RESIDENT EVIL SERIES

Karl Heisenburg -Primary Ethan Winters -Secondary Leon Kennedy -Secondary Clair Redfield-Request Jill Valentine-Request Albert Wesker-Primary

DOT HACK GU Haseo-Primary Atoli-Secondary Ovan-Primary

BAULDER’S GATE 3 Astarion Ancunín-Primary Shadowheart-Request Tav / Serenity Caldwell-Primary

FNAF MOVIE Mike Schmitt-Request

THE LEGEND OF ZELDA

Link ( Twilight Princess )-Secondary

TWISTED WONDERLAND

Skully J. Graves-Secondary

METAPHOR: REFANTAZIO

Leon Strohl da Haliaetus-Primary Louis Guiabern-Primary Juani Cygnus-Second

[averagelonelypotato]

What’s your fav ship in Gintama? (Aside from Utsuro/Oboro that I may or may not manipulate you from liking?)

hehe I think my main ships are anyone with gintoki tbh 😭

anyone who makes gintoki happy tbh if i really thing about it

but i shall list my fav ships (not ranked, they are literally just Gintoki ships 🫠 )

Poly joui4, just all the bros together🫶

Sakagin🫶

Hijigin

bantaka my beloved 🥺

gintoki and tsukuyo

whatever zenzou and saachan have going on 🥺

Zuragin

sakazura

takazura

sakataka, takasaka??? (hehe it sounds funny)

Kyuubei and otae 

takagin or gintaka (same thing tbh idk why spell it's differently)

Hijikata and Mitsuba 🥺 (it's just pure angst)

ik it's not a ship but sometimes the vibes between Otae and Kondo are so soft 🥺 so i think about them sometimes 🫣

gintoki x happiness (rare but my fav ship)

gintoki and hasegawa (they really are bros, sometimes bros share a bed and a drink to cope with losing at pachinko but the feels they have 🤝)

also shoutout to all the amazing people who make any gintama fics/fanart/content and stuff, y'all the main reason we get to eat so good with the stuff you guys create 🫶

[gintokey]

[forgloryforhonor]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: 銀魂 | Gintama (Anime & Manga) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Sakata Gintoki/Shimura Tae Characters: Sakata Gintoki, Shimura Tae Additional Tags: Domestic Fluff, Children of Characters, there's a baby now Summary:

Gintoki hears humming from the other room. Chaos ensues. Well. Kind of.

[ilchohand]

2023 is the year I descend into Gintama madness

[tiodolma]

thank you @the-king-and-the-druidess and @twisted-shipper for tagging me

3 ships: Merlin x Morgana (merlin bbc), Gintoki x Otae (gintama), Prussia x Hungary (hetalia)

First Ever Ship: prolly ryoma x sakuno (prince of tennis) like i've shipped other stuff like syaosaku from cardcaptor sakura before but.. i was most obsessed with RyoSaku

Last song: Under Pressure by Queen (it was on the radio)

Last movie: Kaamelott: Premier Volet (Kaamelott: The First Chapter)

Currently reading: Prose Merlin/ The Prince (Nicollo Machiavelli)/ Mists of Avalon(audiobook)

Currently watching: im not watching it anymore but was invested in Empress Ki for a few episodes. / "Introduction to Western Esotericism" playlist by ESOTERICA youtube channel

Currently consuming: hot choco with milk

Currently craving: a cheeseburger T.T

[melancholicwriteaholic]

Not to Gintama on main (4th) but though I shipped Otae and Kyuubei on my first readthrough, the ship makes me kind of icky on a second and third read.

Tae keeps insisting that Kyuubei will become a man’s bride one day (which is pretty gross), and generally seems uninterested in being anything other than friends. Not a lesser form of love by any means, the series makes it clear they are the most dear to each other two people can be, but not romantically specifically.

And Kyuubei is shown to be just as possessive about Tae as Kondo.

All I’m saying is, although I still love their friendship and Kyuubei is great, how the hell did Otae x Gintoki of all ships become the most wholesome Tae ship???