Gintama Extra Volume 25 - Toyako Summit #2
(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.
Onishi: That’s right, two million. Then we can talk about it again.
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!”
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?
Onishi: Because the female characters in Gin Tama don’t exactly sparkle with eroticism.
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!
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.
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.
Sorachi: Yes. There’s just nothing I can do about that. But maybe I would manage to jump over my shadow …
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.
Onishi: Yes. All of your charas have small breasts. That looks an awful lot like a Lolita complex.
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