Thank you for purchasing the 33rd volume! In the short time I haven’t followed it, the Gintama anime, with which I shared the battlefield, died fighting, heroically. Hmm, more like… it’s on hiatus… Anyway, it ended. And that’s causing various reactions. Even if you tell me “Don’t do it!”, “Why did it end?”, I wouldn’t know what to answer, even though I realize the importance of the anime. However, I think it’s wrong to grieve over it, you should instead applaud the middle-aged men who created it and really put in the effort! Forcing them to make an anime out of a not-so-serious manga like Gintama was like condemning them to be beheaded, so for the mere fact that they put in the effort until now, we should thank them. Of course, their great feat was made possible thanks to the blood transfusion and the support you all gave them…
Thank you! It’s nobody’s fault, in fact, the fault is mine, that I didn’t invent any deadly techniques, that I refused a fighting video game and various gadgets. If you want to kill someone, take me out using any killing technique you want. But it’s too late… Even at volume 33, it’s not possible for a middle-aged man like me to suddenly come up with a killing technique. I really beg your pardon… but let me say one thing: for Touch, we can say that the real story begins when Kazuya disappears. Well, unlike Kazuya, Tatsuya doesn’t appear in such situations, and he’s not drawn with much care either. It’s even a nuisance to read his lines! Kazuya had a stylish hairdo with a parting in the middle, while Tatsuya has his hair all messed up. But he’ll be the one to make Minami happy for her brother too and take her to the Koshien! I swear on Kazuya’s hairstyle and Nitta’s scruffy hair!
CONTACT WITH THE READERS: QUESTION CORNER 87
QUESTION BY MR. GDS OF GUNMA PROVINCE
Regarding the Tsu Terakado Admirers Corps, whose commander is Shinpachi, why is it called that?
ANSWER:
Maybe young people today don’t know this, but the Idol fans of yesteryear, like Seiko Matsuda, were tougher individuals than the supporters of sports teams! They were like guards protecting their Idols, and were actually called that. All in all, it means that Shinpachi and his friends are part of such a hardened group of fans.
CONTACT WITH THE READERS: QUESTION CORNER 88
QUESTION FROM MS SAORI TAMURA, IBARAKI PROVINCE
What job could someone who’s bad at drawing do to support a mangaka? I guess editor…
ANSWER:
NO, THE READER.
What a great joke!
Excuse me, but it’s great!
I know I’m being rude if I repeatedly shout that he’s dead, but there’s still a movie! So, Kazuya might come back and give birth to “Katsuya” with the hairline on one side. I mean, a miracle could happen… In fact, with everyone’s strength, we’ll give birth to Katsuya! In order to make it happen, if all the Minamis and Minamis around the country could come and see the parting in the middle made by Kazuya with all their strength, I would be really grateful! Nitta, you come too, without shame!
PLEASE!
New topic: “It doesn’t look real, but that’s Gintama“.
Yorozuya Shinigami 