#Yorozuya family

[ana-pla-art]

Yorozuya as idols >^<

[theqrianana]

Happy Birthday Gin-san!

cc - cosplaysimmer (fits), soloriya (sweet decors), Beto_ae0 & toysofdukeness (pose)

[nurnimm]

I've been lying sick in my bed for the past week and have been rewatching Gintama again 🥺

[kitamars]

how can you drop a heavy burden if it's holding you up as well

[demiesop]

family

[gintamayorozuya]

“Gintama: Class 3-Z, Ginpachi Sensei” ♥

[akkivee]

in the hypster magazine, when asked if there was anything he reeeeeaaaaally wanted, ichiro responded that he wants one of those robot cleaners and you know else has been asking for that exact thing lmao????

[silversoulsociety]

Gintama: Class 3-Z ✰ Ginpachi Sensei

Bonus:

[byakkun0]

starting to get chilly

[hows-itgoagain]

i know it’s so simple but the magical banana episode will always be one of my favorites of gintama. the way shinpachi is desperately trying to get them to lighten up and when he inevitably passes out is when they realize that they can get out of this situation the way they do every single time they’re stuck. and just… “what does yorozuya remind you of?” “… the best.” GOD i adore that line. it’s such a cute episode i don’t see people appreciate enough <3

[suchine-toki]

Thoughts about Katsura

Katsura is an amazing character that could’ve been even more amazing. He was always a chaotic presence in the daily life of the series, not for nothing his blood type is AB (according to him). But he has other facets. One aspect to highlight is the dichotomy of his character. He’s serious in nature but is so eccentric that he ends up being one of the funniest characters in Gintama. He’s very smart and a complete idiot at the same time. He can be extreme and measured. He’s a revolutionary.

I remember thinking that it was selfish of him to want to force Gintoki back into the Jouishishi. And he in a way he is. But then I realized that he’s probably just lonely. He lost his parental figures several times. His biological parents, his adoptive parents, his grandmother, his sensei…

That’s another matter. The relationship between Zura and Shouyou is usually not considered, other than Zura (apparently) imitating his appearance. I think this is one of the two most important aspects of his character that should’ve been explored more. At the end of the series, they’d a brief encounter, although it wasn't even in person, in which Shouyou called him his prodigy student. While it's an important acknowledgment, it's striking that this type of bond hasn't been shown before and that Shouyou never calls him by his name.

The series puts much more emphasis on Gintoki and Takasugi's feelings towards his sensei. In fact, the main reason they were fighting the war was to save Shouyou. However, while it's acknowledged that Zura was there for that reason as well, it wasn't the only one. He was more idealistic, and his goal was beyond rescue. He seeks political change in his country. Although the historical component of the series was never very developed, it presented enough elements to create a comprehensible story for the characters.

It’s here that I must mention another important aspect of his character that should’ve been explored further: his political career. In the time skip Zura is shown as prime minister. However, this gets involved with Utsuro's plot, missing the character’s initial goal. Certainly, one could argue that he wasn’t seeking a political career and that it’s okay to step aside once the changes have been set in motion. But there’re a couple of things to consider.

Although Zura starts out as an extremist, part of his development is that he realizes that taking a violent path can hurt people he cares about, like Ikumatsu. This opens the way for moderation, and pursuing change through institutionalized political avenues makes sense for his character. The other point has to do with the fact that it’s absurd to step aside when social changes have not yet taken hold because because they’ll most likely be reversed.

This is why I feel that Katsura's character is great, but it could’ve been better if his bond with Shouyou had been explored more and if at the end of the series he had been allowed to grow. To become a masked vigilante on the run is to end pretty much the same way he started, without much sense.

[xostrawberry-milkyox]

GINPACHI SENSEI IS GETTING AN ANIME!!

[soo-won]

gintoki: you should forget about me and do what you want

shin&kagu: we want to be with you

gintoki: you should go back to your family

shin&kagu: you're our family too

gintoki: ik you can replace me

shin&kagu: no we cant. it's all of us or nothing

gintoki: i can't protect anything you should leave me i can't lose you

shin&kagu: we will share the burden with you. we don't want to lose you just as much.

gintoki: im not your big brother

shinpachi: and you dont need to be. just be here

kagura: you are 100% my earth big brother tho.

gintoki: i can't involve you in my problems

shin&kagu: please involve us your fight is our fight

gintoki: you dont need me or yorozuya anymore

shin&kagu: you were always our destination we don't want to be anywhere else but with you

gintoki: ok fine

[lostusagis]

tag drop

[kitamars]

pretty expressive huh

[rampagingnoble]

the symbolic implication of the shouka sonjuku text book/notebook serving as a "shield" for both katsura and takasugi in the benizakura arc

seems that even in "death" (lol), shouyou never ceased protecting his precious kids (even from each other)