#Takaban

[hijiginhasmyheart]

Hey, new to tumblr. Here to yell about ships. Mostly hijigin. They make me so dfjkghdfjghdfkjgh

[hydrangeawrites]

A little thing I wrote for Takasugi and Bansai, since I can’t get them out of my head. 

Ghosts haunt the Kiheitai flagship. Some more obvious than others.

[dai-mori]

Takaban, Meguro, Tokyo / Apr. 2023

何とも混沌としてモヤモヤが収まらず。カツカレーでも食べるか！

[kraniumet]

#gintama #hes so good at playing toys i mean hes so good at being a tsukkomi character i mean hes so good at being an m to somebodys s #i mean hes so good at being an uke character. or something (?) #by virtue of being so good at being an normalgirl. #hes so serious about playing toys well. - @epicdogymoment

#← genuinely truly all alone in my room i am overjoyed every time in show hijikata brings out the joyful dom sadism in gintoki lol. #i have to say. kudos to his platonic ideal of a masochist karmic role. and [grudging takaban appreciator voice] kudos to hijigin. #congrats on their marriage or whatever. i fucking guess. rip to everyone else whos too busy being weird about gintoki to #be normal to gintoki skjfdg u lost out!!!!! now hes happy and enriched - @joelletwo

reversed manic pixie dream girl who enters your life and is normal about you

showing my hand I do fully believe gintoki WOULD top hijikata and it would make everybody else (just takazura) so so so jealous

[moontheoretist]

Everybody Wants This Man Because Edo Period Was Queer

You know why Gintama is amazing? Because Sorachi makes it in such a way that literally any pairing you ever had can be considered canon. Like, listen, Sorachi made Gintoki the most wanted man in town and he just tries to play it cool and hide it behind all this comedy and tragedy and shit, but we all know that basically everybody who met Gintoki wants to be his man or woman in either romantic, platonic or sexual way. It shows so much that nobody can even deny that everybody thirst for him. Happily I am a polyamory girl, so.... Gintama is literally Gintoki’s harem with men and women alike all wanting to be noticed by Gintoki-senpai to the point that he has to use his bokutou at them all to actually stay in one piece (thanks, Suchira, for this image).

Also every other ship you may think about, which doesn’t have Gintoki at the centre is also canon.

@suchira I count on you to provide manga evidence for every ship in this whole universe. I wish you good luck :)

[yuudamari]

bantaka hours

[razberryyum]

Gintama manga chap 703 (spoilers)

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Dear Gintama gods and Sorachi-sama,

This is really the best ending Takasugi could have ever hoped for. I was preparing myself for his inevitable death, for probably quite some time now, and the certainty became more solidified after the last chapter, so I was ready to just weep at the tragedy of Takasugi’s death and all the painful emotional repercussions that Gintoki would have to bear as a result of it. I was expecting extreme sadness and tears, and yet right now, I mostly feel…satisfied and at peace. I am sad that Takasugi is no longer with us, I’ve been invested in him since his first appearance, but I am also glad that he died on his own terms in the way he wanted while obtaining full closure on his life.  For so long his goal has been to destroy the world that took away his Shouyou-sensei from him, but now not only was he able to restore his beloved teacher to the world but he also saved the world as well. In killing Utsuro, he also was able to finally do what he couldn’t in the past: save everyone that was precious to him, his beloved friends and comrades, both of the past and present.  It’s also beautiful that the last image he sees with his remaining eye is Gintoki smiling, which of course acts as a perfect counterbalance to the last image his ruined eye saw in the past which was Gintoki in tears. Full circle, complete closure. I am almost happy for him.  

Would it have been nice if Henpeita and Matako and even Zura and Sakamoto got to see him one last time before he passed on? Naturally; it would have been lovely if each of them had an opportunity to offer their last words to him, but at the same time, if I really think about it, that really would have only served as closure for them, not Takasugi. Takasugi doesn’t need that. With Henpeita and Matako, when he left them two years ago, he had probably already made up his mind to never see them again. He has already closed the book of the Kiheitai in his life, I’d like to think he probably did it when Bansai died. That’s why he was able to leave them and carry out his personal mission these past two years without looking back once. With Zura and Sakamoto, they have already led completely separate lives, so their intertwining chapters have also been closed. What has always remained open were the chapters involving Gintoki and Shouyou, and therefore it is absolutely fitting that his last two people he would get to see and essentially say good-bye to would be just the two of them.

I can’t deny that a small part of me still wishes that Takasugi had survived so that he could live out the rest of his life with Shouyou now that he seemingly is back with the world. It would have definitely been a fairy-tale ending for Takasugi. But at the same time, I do understand that he doesn’t deserve such a happy ending since, despite the warmth we feel about him now, for the majority of Gintama, Takasugi has unquestionably been the villain. Most of his earlier plans were put into motion without any regard for the innocent lives that would be lost in the process. Just because he wasn’t completely successful since his schemes were thwarted, doesn’t make his intentions any less heinous. By your grace we have grown to love Takasugi and forgive him of all the questionable things he’s done because we know how much he has suffered internally, but that doesn’t mean his cosmic scales has been balanced. With this sacrificial act of his, I think his scales are more than balanced; they’ve probably been tipped into light. Takasugi died as a hero, in the arms of someone who is important to him. He could not have asked for a more noble and fulfilling death.

As for Utsuro, I still would’ve really loved to see a 10-on-1 pile up on him; if I have one complaint it would be that I wish the final fight against him could have lasted just a little bit longer and with more outside contribution (and I’m saying all that under the assumption that Utsuro is finally, truly dead), but in lieu of that, having Oboro make an appearance one last time and actually contribute to his death was a fair consolation prize. I must admit I don’t completely understand the sorcery involved that led to Utsuro being tricked and defeated—I can only gather it mostly had to do with Takasugi creating an illusion of Shouyou’s death when in fact he had stabbed himself, and thereby weakening Utsuro to the point where he can be killed—but I’m sure Gintama fans smarter than me will either figure it out so that it all makes sense or dismantle it to prove it doesn’t. Personally, I don’t think it matters anymore. After all, Utsuro’s defeat was a long time coming. If being stabbed by the entire gang and then melted in the Altana stream didn’t do it, then he might as well be felled by an illusion. I’m not going to lie and not say that the whole thing doesn't have a whiff of deux ex machina about it, but then again, you are the god in this machine so why not. I just hope that he is actually, truly, permanently gone this time and that all that remains is Shouyou, completely untainted by any of Utsuro’s darkness.  It would be nice if he still had a smidgen of Takasugi and Oboro in him, but I could live with Shouyou being just Shouyou. But please, Sorachi-sama, no force ghosts. I know you love Star Wars, but I hope you refrain from paying homage to it in that way. I’m fine with not seeing them lined up behind Shouyou. If you are going to give us any more ghosts, give us Bansai, leading Takasugi to the afterlife. In fact, I am still hoping we will get to see that in the next chapter.

I know the word is out that the next chapter will be your last, but I honestly wish it wasn’t. And I promise it’s not ONLY because I want to be in denial and I am being greedy: I know you have been MORE than generous with us, to ask for more is downright disgraceful at this point. But if you were to end everything by the next chapter, I just hope that you have a very long chapter planned, perhaps one that is at least a hundred pages long, including a meaty epilogue as well. I hope that you are not rushing to the end because of outside pressure. I know it’s odd of me to say that considering the time you have taken with this final arc, but so much of the last couple of chapters have just been our beloved characters running around and fighting, I hope you reserved time in the next chapter for some quiet, significant conversations. I am actually most concerned about Gintoki’s state of mind since he was once again forced to strike down someone he loves. I know he had Takasugi’s blessing and he at least got to say proper last words to him, not to mention this time, he didn’t do it under extreme duress, but the fact remains that Takasugi still died by his hands. I hope we have time to see how he will recover from this event, if he needs recovery at all, or if this has provided him with closure as well since it did seem that way. Honestly, the more I think about it, the more one chapter sounds woefully insufficient to cover everything. I can only continue to have faith in you as I always do, that you will give Gintama as noble and fulfilling an end as you have blessed Takasugi with. 

Yours truly,

A silly fangirl with yaoi dreams

(^3^)

[feuer-fliege]

bantaka for @grievingcain

[tokyogourmand]

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[razberryyum]

Omg bless the Gintama gods for giving us this beautiful calendar for 2020. Can’t believe I get to start the year with GinHiji! I wish we had some OkiKagu and KonTae, but TakaBan, ZuraEli and OkiKamui are good consolation prizes. 

Gintama 2020 Calendar

[purplemagehawke]

Sake Hits Twice as Hard on a Full Moon

The night that changes Takasugi and Bansai's relationship status from ‘it's complicated’ to ‘it's even more complicated’.

read on AO3

[thefatedmeeting]

MMMMMM been participating in 2 game projects, plus the rpg maker one im doing, plus my new theather scholarship, plus the freelancing PLUS UNI. so. ive been super fuckin busy 

but sometimes i doodle so here are Some doodles

[bantakaweek]

Monday/16.10: You can’t get attuned to my song?

First day of bantaka/takaban week has started!

The prompts for today are music or alcohol (or both or neither). 

Once again, any kind of content is allowed and welcome, and the prompts don’t have to be followed or posted in order, nor does the content have to be strictly #bantaka or #takaban. General Kiheitai family content is allowed, too!  

Make sure to use the tags #bantakaweek or #takabanweek, and send an ask/message/submit if there’s any problems with posts not showing up in the tags/not getting reblogged here. 

If there are any questions, feel free to ask/message! 

[dai-mori]

Takaban, Meguro, Tokyo / Aug. 2023

[gintama]

Who knows? All I know is that watching the backs of idiots like you is never boring.

[razberryyum]

A Gintama chapter a day keeps the ending away…Lesson 702

MY 13 FAVORITE MOMENTS IN LESSON 702:

With chapter 704 looming nearer on the horizon, I figured it’s time that I play a little catch up for the last two chapters since I never picked out my favorite moments from each. After revisiting this chapter tonight, I was reminded again of how heart-broken I was when I first read it and I got a little weepy again…and I know it’s only going to get worse with the next chapter. I really should’ve spaced these two chapters out so that I’m not in a dark hole of gloom by the time 704 rolls around. Ugh. 

1) My heart started hurting for Takasugi just about here.

2) Gintoki being hit by a piece of ceiling was so random it actually made me laugh.

3) LOVED THIS. So meaningful and beautifully put by Takasugi about Gin-chan.

4) I actually borrowed the corrected translation from @raphaelaan for this because the original translation didn’t make sense in the context of what Takasugi was saying about Gintoki (but of course I will always be eternally grateful to the scanlators…it was a minor mistake). Takasugi’s “and my role is to be your companion” was most definitely directed at Shouyou, which just reinforced my belief that Shouyou really is the love of Takasugi’s life (regardless of whether its in the parental, platonic or romantic sense). 

5) Ugh, Takasugi trying so desperately to reach his teacher made my heart hurt so much…but at the same time I was so happy that he was finally ACTUALLY going to get to reunite with Shouyou.

6) I was actually relieved that Utsuro was finally mortal…that he might become a human being again in his Shouyou form was definitely a wonderful bonus. Things were finally looking up.

7) I was so touched by the fact that Shouyou even mentioned Oboro. I was so glad that his first disciple was still within his heart.

8) And this is where I started crying. I was SO FUCKING HAPPY for Takasugi.

9) And then of course, everything started to spiral downwards: I clearly remember thinking “oh shit’ just based on Takasugi’s reaction, even though I had no idea what happened.

10) I SCREAMED. 

11) My stomach basically dropped to my feet. I was crying now for a completely different reason. I immediately thought about what Takasugi last saw with his good eye and if there was any of him left in that body as he stabbed his beloved Shouyou and even just remembering what I felt at that moment makes me want to vomit now because it was all so horrible.

12) And then things went from worse to even worse and it looked like the world was ending all over again and I just felt sick to my stomach.

13) Yep, by the end of this chapter, I was feeling pretty fucking miserable. I was a ball of HURT. I couldn’t believe that Gintoki would be forced to strike down Utsuro while he’s in Takasugi’s body…so essentially he would be taking the life of someone he loves once again. So. Damn. CRUEL. Can’t believe we had to sit with this last image for weeks until chapter 703 came out. I honestly don’t even know how I survived that ordeal.

SHIPS TALLY:

Takasugi x Shouyou: even though I’m 100% TakaBan, I also absolutely believe Shouyou is the love of Takasugi’s life and he would’ve been so content if he were able to live happily ever after with Shouyou back in their Shoka Sonjuku.

Gintoki x Otae: it was a small moment but Otae’s soft expression as she handed his sword back to Gintoki was still sweet. I mean, gods know if it had been Hijikata doing that I would be flipping the F out so of course I had to note it. 

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.