Thank you for purchasing the 11th volume! Having said that, thanks to the support you’ve given me, it’s been happily decided to adapt the manga into an anime for the TV this spring!
HOORAAAAAY!
To tell you the truth, I’ve known about this decision for a long time, and I apologize for hiding it until now for “adult” reasons. As if to say… since it’s Gintama there are many elements that will have to be censored, so it looks like they’re going to have a hard time… When I said that the work would also fit a suspension for criticism from the PTA, I was severely reprimanded by everyone. Well, it’s up to the TV people to think about these things, I’ll continue to write the jokes without paying too much attention to them, as I have done until now! In fact, I’m going to make up jokes so bad that the voice actors will have to report me for sexual harassment…! Well, I’m giving them too much weight… I’d like to point out that you should never stop buying the volumes because you only watch the anime with the excuse that the drawings are better!
We’ve had fun together so far, right? It’s true that I only received complaints about volume three, but that’s all in the past! By overcoming friction, we’ve strengthened our bond! So… ah, geez! There’s no more room to write!
CORNER “SINCE IT’S A HASSLE, MAKE UP YOUR OWN AMANTOS!” (1)
CORNER “SINCE IT’S A HASSLE, MAKE UP YOUR OWN AMANTOS!” (2)
Since I have already presented Noriko Mahha, having accumulated quite a few, I think I will be publishing many excellent works from now on. Speaking of which, maybe I’ll have the characters I’ve introduced here appear in the magazine as well. Maybe appearances… it will be fun to look for them!
CONTACT WITH THE READERS: QUESTION CORNER 30
QUESTION FROM MR. FLYING DOG, KYOTO PROVINCE
Hello! I’m a young man of sixteen and I like this manga as much as Kinnikuman. I’m suddenly asking you this question: how did you become a mangaka? Did you have to go to a school? Tell that to an aspiring sixteen-year-old mangaka like me!
ANSWER:
When I was a kid I used to lose myself in fantasies, having fun drawing comic strips secretly in an exercise book, but when I was in the 4th grade, my father read them, laughed at me, and so I gave up my dream (what a lousy father, eh?). Then I changed my dream: architect, copywriter, seitai expert… but even after graduating I couldn’t find a job, so, dejected, I took refuge in the world of comics and, fortunately, I won a prize! By the way, at university I studied advertising, which has nothing to do with it.
Since being teased by my father was traumatic, I didn’t say anything to my parents or friends. If you think you have to go to school or things that are too formal, you don’t enjoy making comics anymore. Anyone can draw anywhere, if they just have a pen and paper… this is a comic book! I think that drawing while having fun, without getting too caught up in a stereotypical way of thinking, can be useful! Get busy!
CONTACT WITH THE READERS: QUESTION CORNER 31
QUESTION FROM MR. “BECAUSE I ATE TOO MUCH CHOCOLATE, I GOT A NOSEBLEED, I’VE GAINED 2.5 KG, I WANT TO CHANGE MY GLASSES, AND THEY MAY THROW AWAY ALL MY JUMP NUMBERS. HELP ME, MAYBE I’M CONTRACTING A DISEASE CAUSED BY BAD HABITS”, FROM KAGOSHIMA PROVINCE
In the 51st Lesson of Volume 7, Yamazaki said, “…EVEN IF OUR DIRECTOR AND COMMANDER OKITA SEEMED TO BE STIMULATING YOU.” But did Okita become commander?
ANSWER:
CONTACT WITH THE READERS: QUESTION CORNER 32
QUESTION FROM MISS “THE GIRL WHO ADORES OTAE AND WOULD HAVE PREFERRED TO HAVE A YOUNGER BROTHER LIKE SHINPACHI”.
The other day, as soon as I got home, my father said radiantly, “I was wandering around the comic book section in a bookstore, and a guy I don’t know asked me, ‘Are you Sorachi sensei?’ I refused to give him an autograph. But who is this guy?”
So, I have a question for you, sensei! Have you ever thought about how the family members of a person who is mistaken for you might feel?
ANSWER:
Ooh! It happened to him because I once wrote that I’m always wandering around bookstores… I apologize.
Because my father insisted on asking me: “Listen, what’s he like? What does Sorachi sensei look like?” my younger brother showed him a picture of Konomi sensei and said, “There he is!” So I have a question! Have you ever thought about how Konomi sensei might feel about being passed off as you?
ANSWER:
Sensei, I apologize if someone’s younger brother acted the way he did!
Since my father seemed very happy with the photo he saw, he will surely also say to his colleagues, “Well, I’ve been mistaken for Sorachi sensei!”. So, I have a question for you! Have you ever thought about how my father would feel if he ever found out the truth?
ANSWER:
I DON’T GIVE A DAMN ABOUT YOUR FATHER!
As you’ve seen, volume eleven, the hemorrhoid special… ends here. Despite an auspicious event, such as the anime adaptation of the opera, those damn hemorrhoids finally started grinding their teeth. May I ask the readers to let me know how to defeat them, Mr. Onishi? …Is that not okay? Is it too private a matter? Can I give them autographs made from blood? Can’t I? I thought so, but the condition of my haemorrhoids got worse because of you, because you made me work on New Year’s Eve without a day off, forcing me to use my anus too much! I don’t know if you were reading Nana on your way back to your parents’ house, but while you were reading Nana, my “ana” got so bad! I feel great anger! Damn you! Yeah, you readers are the only ones who support me by always sending me nice letters. Even if my “ana” is in pieces, keep following Gintama!
New topic: “Ana”.
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