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After 2 Years

This is a headcanon theory. Do not take this seriously, I’m just thinking about things and try to connect them. 

The issue One thing that always bugs about the soul switch arc is the fact that Hijikata uses a kiseru in Gintoki’s body instead of just his usual brand of mayoboro cigarettes. If he can’t quit smoking for that time while he’s not in his own body, why would he choose to smoke with a kiseru?

- Using something more classy doesn’t change the fact that it could appear weird and out of character to others that Gintoki suddenly started smoking. 

(In other episodes where Gintoki is shown to smoke, he smokes cigarettes btw)

So.. I had the thought that Hijikata might think Gintoki and Tsukuyo are connected in some way. Maybe he thinks she is his girlfriend or just someone he spends a lot of time with. 

So maybe, just maybe he concludes that it would be less suspicious if he uses this instead of cigarettes. 

Where did it come from?  Either, he got out of the appartement and bought it just for this -

or

- it was already in Gintoki’s possession. Stowed away in a drawer or a cupboard and he found it and thought he could use it, cause he already has it and it’s not that suspicious.

Why does Gintoki have a kiseru in his possession? Tsukuyo forgot it at his home when she came over for activities 

I’m sure you remember how Gintoki asked Tsukuyo to give him her Kiseru for lighting up her bombs and she did.

As you can see here already, her kiseru is not just any cheap model, it’s from a brand (Bicchi). 

You can see it more clearly here. She also says this in a later episode and that you can only buy it on the surface. She tells him to buy her a new one of those expensive kiserus if he loses it. Technically it’s not lost, but tbh I wouldn’t use that anymore, so I understand her wanting a new one from him.

It is never actually shown that he bought her one, or the one she’s using after that is a present from him, but what if the kiseru that Hijikata uses is exactly that? The kiseru Gintoki bought but he never actually gave it to her because it’s not a kiseru from the brand she likes. 

He bought it but kept it in his desk because he was scared to give it to her

or she already bought a new one herself because she knew Gintoki was too broke to buy it for her and then he never gave it to her (thank you claymorecut for that last thought)

As you can clearly see here, the kiseru he uses here doesn’t have any branding on it:

Just a little extra: The way he is holding the kiseru here is also how Tsukuyo holds it, but that is because there are different ways to hold it depending on your status and this one is how a samurai holds their kiseru (3, Big thanks to Rhenawedd for including this in her fics). 

(I scanned the page as best as I could without destroying the manga. I translated it from german into english, so deviations from original japanese texts might happen.)

Oishi: Yes, I have returned there. It feels like when I first started drawing manga.

Onishi (laughs): Then maybe you should go back to your parents first, Sorachi-Kun. Go back to a time when you were young and innocent and drew your manga with a glow in your eyes.

Saito: Exactly! To a time when you were still thinking, “Dirty jokes?!” “What’s that?”

Sorachi: I wondered back then what my parents thought about dirty jokes.

Saito: And I, as the editor of this series, wonder if it wouldn’t be better to have me replaced and return Gintama to Onishi-san’s editorial care.

Onishi: No, I’m finished with Gintama. I won’t put up with such a small number anymore. Anything that doesn’t have a circulation of at least two million per volume doesn’t interest me.

Oishi: Two million?

Onishi: That’s right, two million. Then we can talk about it again.

All: …

Onishi: At the end of the day, uninspired drawings also affect the overall quality of a manga.

Oishi: People buy a manga just because of a nicely drawn cover. That’s also why gag manga usually sell so poorly.

Onishi: While we’re at it… the cover of Gintama volume 23 was so bad… The guy with the cannon for an arm looked like Cobra: The Space Pirate.

Sorachi: You mean Kanemaru? I didn’t have any other chara for the cover.

Oishi: Or the cover with Prince Hata. I also wondered why you put him on the cover.

Sorachi: Because there were no other characters in that volume that I could have used!

(Text under image: Posing in front of the lake of Inokashira Park! A (at least in theory) successful souvenir for the participants who had heated debates!)

Saito: At least what Gin-san on the sleeve, that distracted people from the cover. However, with Hedoro, I also wondered why he was on the cover.

Onishi: We put him on because he was a key character… But we still got hit on the head for that. Our deputy editor-in-chief just said, “Gosh! Think about it!”

All: (laughing)

Gintama lacks eroticism!

Onishi: Well, I guess that brings us to the crux of the matter. It’s about time a new character joined the main characters. It’s a breath of fresh air for the title.

Saito: And what role should she play? Name any other series as an example.

Sorachi: Gin Tama lacks eroticism?

Onishi: She could take a role similar to Lala in Love Trouble.

(Translator Note: Lala is the protagonist’s love interest in “To LOVE-Ru”, so basically they suggest Sorachi should introduce a love interest for Gintoki)

Oishi: That would make Gin-san and the others smaller …

Saito: Small enough to fit in her cleavage?

Oishi: Yes, exactly!

Onishi: Because the female characters in Gin Tama don’t exactly sparkle with eroticism.

All: !

Sorachi: And what’s the best way to go about it?

Saito: It would be great if she looked like the actress Mikako Tabe.

Sorachi: What kind of chara would be good?

Saito: Didn’t I just say a character that looks like Mikako Tabe?

Sorachi: Somehow I get the feeling that you’re not concerned with the readers’ wishes, but with your own.

Onishi: There’s something really wrong with you.

Saito: I have Mikako Tabe as a desktop image on my computer at the office!

Onishi: Mikako Tabe? Well… it’s okay.

Saito: Excuse me?! She’s insanely pretty!

Oishi: Let’s ask what Sorachi-san’s ideal female character looks like. And that is purely from the appearance.

Sorachi: Purely by appearance? Well… actually I like all girls who are pretty.

Onishi: That’s the worst!

All: (laughing)

Sorachi: When I was walking to Inokashira-Park, I noticed that the girls at Kichijoji are all really pretty.

Saito: Yes, that’s right.

Sorachi: Isn’t that right?!

Onishi: How come you’re both on one wave length at once?! (Laughs) Well, you really can’t say that ALL the girls here are pretty.

Sorachi: Yes, pretty much all the girls here are pretty.

Oishi: That’s just because pretty girls automatically attract your gaze, while you just overlook not-so-pretty girls.

Onishi: Just saying “all” doesn’t count! You must have some visual preferences after all. For example, big eyes, or long hair, short hair….

Oishi: Or big breasts, small breasts…

Sorachi: Well, I like big breasts better.

Onishi: What?!

Sorachi: What “what”?! (laughs)

Oishi: There are no characters with big breasts in Gintama.

Onishi: That’s right! In fact, not a single character with big breasts appears in your manga…!

Sorachi: Yeah, because I’d be kind of embarrassed.

Saito: Ah, I see.

Sorachi: Yes. There’s just nothing I can do about that. But maybe I would manage to jump over my shadow …

Saito: Good. Then do it.

Sorachi: You might think I have a Lolita complex because I only ever draw charas with small breasts.

Dishi: Kagura is also your female protagonist.

so the episode where Gintoki, Gorilla-sensei, and the manga staffs were brainstorming about a new heroine was somewhat inspired from real events??? (this is what I thought)

also, are they talking about THE Mikako Tabe? the LA actress of Kimi ni Todoke as Sawako Kuronuma? hohoho (good taste, she’s really pretty) *also remembers the episode where Tsukuyo’s reading a Kimi ni Todoke manga*

How it’s started :

How it’s going :

Chapters: 7/? Fandom: Gintama Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Underage Relationships: Sakata Gintoki/Tsukuyo, Hattori Zenzou/Sarutobi Ayame, Kondou Isao/Shimura Tae, Shimura Tae/Yagyuu Kyuubei, Kagura/Okita Sougo, Katsura Kotarou & Nishiki Ikumatsu Characters: Sakata Gintoki, Tsukuyo (Gintama), Sacchan | Sarutobi Ayame, Kagura (Gintama), Kondou Isao, Hijikata Toshirou, Yagyuu Kyuubei, Shimura Shinpachi, Shimura Tae, Katsura Kotarou, Nishiki Ikumatsu Additional Tags: Post-Canon, Fluff, Marriage, Angst, Romantic Comedy Summary:

“Couldn’t Be Better, Being With You” by @thef1rstmaster 

https://archiveofourown.org/works/33933607