#also does anyone shim madaozura here

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Otae, Gintoki, Hasegawa and Katsura on Friendship

Lesson 36 Otae to Shinpachi:

"If your friend is crying, the least you can do is sit there and cry with them! If your friend is suffering, you can rack your brains and suffer with them too! When your friend takes a sht you need to take one too Shin-chan! No matter what pain your friend is experiencing, you can always share it with them.

And then Shin-chan, when you see your friend moving down the wrong path, at that moment you must stop them, even if it destroys your friendship. That's the true friendship of a samurai."

Lesson 259 Gintoki to Tsukuyo

"When it's time to cry, let em' flow. When it's time to laugh let one out from the belly. When you face starts to contorst because you gotta cry, then bawl and nothing less. But when you feel a laugh coming from deep down, then do with a stupidly huge grin on your face. That's all they want from you. They'll lend you an ear or a shoulder... carry a heavy load and walk beside you when you need it. That's good enough. It's more important than tossing away your sense of self just to die a spectacular death."

Lesson 379 Hasegawa and Katsura to Kintoki.

"That's us comrades. When you believe the path you're walking on is the right one, no matter how difficult it is, they walk it with you. However when a time comes that their path just doesn't sit right with you, no matter how perilous that path may be and even if you're all alone having turned everyone into enemies, a friend will stand in their comrade's way.

anime ep 256

Katsura: We're friends Hasegawa: No doubt about it

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Hasegawa: That's who we are. Katsura: When we believe you're taking the right path we stick with you no matter how hard it is. Hasegawa: But if you're taking the wrong path, we'll stop you, even if it turns the whole world against us.

Thoughts:

I find it amazing how Otae's explanation of Samurai Friendship had been reiterated one way or another by Gintoki, Hasegawa and Katsura. I've mentioned before in my Otae Masterpost that the four of them developed quite a close knit friend group over time. Hasegawa and Katsura are even finishing each other's sentences in Kintama Arc. As we can see above their views on friendship are very similar to each other. They even teach it to others when they're given the chance.

Otae imparted it to Shinpachi while Gintoki and Kagura listened to her and also joined her to save Taka-chin.

Gintoki imparted the wisdom to Tsukuyo.

Hasegawa and Katsura taught it to Kintoki while Gintoki, the ladies and the rest of Kabukichou listened,

Otae's the youngest among them and yet the whole friendship motif kinda started with her. Now that I think about, it's no surprise that they've all grown quite close. It's fascinating tbh.