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Episode Title: Otaku are Talkative

MY 25 FAVORITE MOMENTS IN EPISODE 102 (manga chaps 160 and 161):

This might be my favorite episode of the arc. So much to love about it that I actually started out with close to 40 favorite moments, and only after going through them again and again was I able to pare it down to 25. I tried not to choose the same moments as I did for the original chapters, but I only half succeeded since the anime and seiyuus did such an amazing job bringing all my beloved scenes to life. 

1) Toshiiiiiiii!!!!

Three stories for the price of one!

MY 9 FAVORITE MOMENTS IN EPISODE 14 (manga chaps 15 and 23):

Soyo for President/Prime Minister/Shogunness 2019!

1) I don’t even remember what anime they were referring to originally but how cute are Kagura and Sadaharu?? 

2) Okita’s killer eyes...I totally got chills in the best way possible.

3) I mean, the image explains it all. Hijikata’s manly scream was super adorable. 

4) That rando dude in the back...lmfao. I love these little touches the anime team adds to scenes to make them funnier.

5) The dude on the left was being totally inappropriate with the Princess, how dare that peasant touch her shoulder without permission, and his leg hair are details the anime team added that cracked me up cuz he was ugly in a different way in the manga. 

6) Bless the Queen for being so protective of the Princess.

7) I actually started crying tonight when I watched this episode because I suddenly felt so sad for Soyo. I know she has Nobume and others around her but I just can’t shake how lonely she seems, especially now that Shi-chan is no longer with her. Omg I’m tearing up right now just talking about it again. I wish she could just move in with the Yorozuya so she won’t be alone anymore. She would be so happy living an ordinary person’s life, even though she is destined for greatness.

8) I wouldn’t want to learn any cooking lessons from this gang, but I would still want to watch their cooking show forever.

9) Yorozuya cuteness.

SHIPS TALLY:

Kagura x Soyo: in an alternate universe, they would grow up as BFF, eventually fall in love and live happily ever. 

Hijikata x Okita:  they bicker cuz they love. 

Kondou x Hijikata & Kondou x Okita: they both loveth their fearless gorilla leader.

Hijikata x Yamazaki: yeah, Hijikata’s on the abusive side, but maybe it’s like how boys express their affections to girls when they’re young, by picking on them and stuff? Lols.

Gintoki x Otae: yeah, Tae-chan’s on the abusive side, but maybe it’s like how girls express their affections to boys when they’re young, by stabbing them in the ass with a knife and stuff?

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.

Okita the Savage...sounds about right...

My New Year’s resolution for 2017: re-read a chapter of Gintama every day starting from the beginning and relive the joy that is Gintama lesson-by-lesson. Hopefully I will never reach the end of the series should Sorachi-sama have a change of heart and never conclude it.

What I Loved in Lesson 162: As if giving me everything to love wasn’t enough, Sorachi-sama upped the GinHiji level to 1000...almost blew out my shipper heart. 

Oh and of course the OKITA IS AWESOME level was off the fucking charts. 

Just...how can you not love him?? (Sougo, I mean...you can love Itou too but come on, Sougo is the man here)

Gintoki was thinking about this face as he tried to come up with a plan to help the Shinsengumi. This adorable, sexy, sweaty, tired, gorgeous face.

I squeed the first time and I will squee every single time no matter how many times I revisit this arc. I wonder if this moment inspired Sorachi-sama to come up with the Soul Swapping Arc.

I died.

This killed me too. Too freaking CUTE.

This whole scene...I don’t really remember for sure if I actually cried when I read it, but I wouldn’t be surprised if I got teary-eyed at the very least. However, I definitely do get weepy when I watch it in the anime, always.

Got...sand...in...my eyes....

I wanted this as moment as a poster. I still do. 

Had to include this because look at those pretty eyes. I am melting.

Their positions...their expressions...even their freaking dialogue...Sorachi-sama did this on purpose to please tease torture crazy GinHiji stans like me. I firmly believe that. 

Ships Tally:

GinHiji/GinToshi: the pages were dripping with GinHiji(Toshi)ness. So. Much. LOVE.

KonOki: so much love between them too.  Some might say it’s only brotherly, some might say screw that, it’s love love. Either way, I still love them.

Disclaimer: Gintama is not only about shipping. Gintama is hilarious, clever, exciting, poignant, heart-breaking, loving, brilliant, and just so freaking amazing.  It is only due to Sorachi-sama’s generosity that I can enjoy Gintama on yet another level, the shippy level, and I am forever grateful for that. GINTAMA IS LIFE AND LOVE.

This is my New Years resolution for 2017: to re-read a chapter of Gintama every day starting from the beginning and sum it up thusly...

Favorite Scenes from Lesson 15:

Again, so difficult to not just pick the entire chapter, but I did especially love this exchange between Hijikata and Okita. I love how they can go from this...

...to this in the blink of an eye in order to protect what is important to them. Whether or not I ship them, I still love the obvious respect Okita feels for Hijikata and how he listens to him when it matters, even when he’s trying to kill him the rest of the time.

Kondou being the cool commander that he is. You can easily forget his hairiness, his bowel issues, his inclination for exhibitionism, and just love him as a man when you see this side of him.

Ships Tally:

HijiOki (they actually had quite a few adorable interactions in this chapter)

KonHiji

KonOki

Honestly, at the end of the day, whether or not I ship any of the Shinsengumi boys, I still just love their undying devotion to each other and the unbreakable bond they share.

Disclaimer: Gintama is not only about shipping. Gintama is hilarious, clever, exciting, poignant, heart-breaking, loving, brilliant, and just so darn amazing.  It is only due to Sorachi-sama’s generosity that I can enjoy Gintama on yet another level, the shippy level, so I am truly grateful for that. GINTAMA IS LIFE AND LOVE.

TheNinja-RPG

I wasn't a big name, I has several actually, but I loved interacting in the Tavern of Konoki.

Sad to see something from my teenage years gone but not forgotten.