Thank you so much for purchasing the 2nd volume of Gintama. I honestly thought they were going to end the series right away, but thanks to my warm fans and eccentrics all over Japan… I will carry on!
As for volume 1, since everyone underestimates its potential, it sold out in Japan. However, I’m not to blame, so I’m not going to apologize to anyone, dammit! I blame Shueisha, which is the den of evil, and my editor Monchicchi Onishi. Get mad at him, and in the subject line of the complaints write:
“I missed my chance to buy the 1st volume of Gintama! I want Mr. Onishi to apologize to me by doing a reverse mohawk.”
APOLOGY
Since there’s a lot in volume two that everyone should apologize for, I want to do so as well… Apparently a lot of people complained saying, “Because of the obscene title, Gintama, which links to Kintama, meaning ‘balls’, I can’t buy the volume, you damned gorilla!” … I’m really sorry!
At first, I wanted to recreate a familiar atmosphere in the whole nation and have all the Japanese high school girls say an ambiguous line like:
“Listen up! Have you seen Gintama this week?”, but it was a big flop and this time the fault is only mine, impatient to make a name for myself! So don’t pick on others! If you want to hit someone, hit me! My heart is here! Come on, you damn fools!
Yorozuya Shinigami 