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As I wrote in the previous one, the editor in charge of me has been replaced. It used to be Jelly Belly Honda, but now it’s Congalala Matsuo. He’s actually a newbie who was hired last year, and Gintama is the first work he’s been in charge of. So, he doesn’t understand anything, he’s like a newborn gorilla who doesn’t even know how to peel a banana. For a newcomer like him, the fact of dealing with this work, drawn by Jump’s slowest author, is the equivalent of being in the demon king’s castle at level 1. Well, it’s true that up until now, hero Sorachi’s team has never been much of a team: Onishi, a pleasure-lover who only thinks about getting things offered to him by Bandai employees… Saito, who despite looking like a warrior who prefers to use force, is actually a monk who only heals his own wounds by reading manga for girls in his room… Nakasaki, a sage who because he has the pride parameter at level 99 is difficult to deal with… Honda, a packhorse who only stays in hotels with a fancy bar, etc…
In short, a team made up of rubbish that can’t be useful for anything. Anyway, when the hero Sorachi was in real trouble, they would stop the printing press with the “Megante “* formula or bring Sorachi back to life by shaving his head using “Megazaru “*.
Any refusal will do, if only he’s able to use “Megante” and “Megazaru”, or even “Zaraki “*… Or if he’s able to throw holy water on the demon king, or if it’s Clift. In all these cases, the hero can keep a smile on his face.
Instead, a guy with zero experience who naturally can’t even use a magic formula has arrived. I checked his belongings to see if there’s anything effective, and that’s how I found out that he has a lot of “Congalala excrement”… Basically, a Japanese cypress stick covered in poop instead of a reliable team, just a step away from the demon king’s castle!
*Magic spells appearing in Dragon Quest.
CONTACT WITH THE READERS: QUESTION CORNER 117
QUESTION BY MISS NATSUNA, FUKUOKA PROVINCE
The Shinsengumi are only men… Who prepares the food? Do they take turns cleaning? I’d be happy to know.
ANSWER:
Since there’s a canteen at the Shinsengumi’s headquarters, everyone usually eats there. I think it has appeared several times so far. When they want some particular dish, they go out wherever they want.
CONTACT WITH THE READERS: QUESTION CORNER 118
QUESTION FROM MISS “I LIKE BOTH REBORN AND D. GRAY MAN BUT I WANT TO ASK ABUTO TO MARRY ME, AND I WILL MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO BECOME A GOOD WIFE”, FROM SAITAMA PROVINCE
How old is Abuto? Tell me since I like middle aged men!
ANSWER:
He is thirty-two. By the way, Abuto was originally supposed to die.
But since I liked him more and more while I was drawing him, he survived. Proof of this is the fact that in the first scene in which he appeared he had a typical face of a secondary character.
CONTACT WITH THE READERS: QUESTION CORNER 119
QUESTION FROM MR. “SOMETIMES I SEE MUMIN MUSHROOMS”, TOKYO METROPOLITAN AREA
Hello, Sorachi sensei!
I’ll ask you a question right away… In volume 40, your older sister started to sense something. After that, what happened to her psychic (?) ability?
ANSWER:
She sent me an email with a picture of an Anna Sui bag attached for me to find for her…
CONTACT WITH THE READERS: QUESTION CORNER 120
QUESTION FROM MR. FURUSATO, OF SAITAMA PROVINCE
Sensei, I’m writing to you for the first time. I respect three people: Ryoma Sakamoto, Ryotaro Shiba and Hideaki Sorachi.
I began to feel esteem for you when I read your answer to a question during an interview:
“What do you pay attention to when outlining characters?”
“I will never create any perfect superhuman. Having everything is the same as having nothing.”
Since I read these words of yours, I think you are a great person. But here’s the question…
I am a student looking for a job. The other day I went to take the exams for a certain teaching hospital in the Tokyo metropolitan area. Since I was asked at the final interview who is the person I most respect, I said, “It’s Hideaki Sorachi sensei!”.
I wasn’t hired. When you’re feeling down, what moral support do you turn to? Absolutely give me some advice!
ANSWER:
Since I’m feeling down right now, just ask some older men near you!
Having said that, the special “It can’t break suddenly” ends here.
Well, I was really surprised. I wouldn’t have imagined that Matsuo, at level 1, would be able to resort to “Megante” already. What’s more, in a place that has nothing to do with work, getting excited in a Sumo match during a trip, against Clift, in the carriage, before fighting the demon king!
I sped through the work with all my might, but my previous editors came to pick up the boards: Saito and Honda. They, by now, are used to the fast pace of the other authors, and seemed to want to say “Are you still living in a cesspool like this?”, or “Could you hurry up? I have a meeting for Naruto” … So I said, “Sorry to disturb you…”.
I don’t really understand why, but the hero Sorachi apologized. I don’t really understand why, but I felt like having a sumo match. I thought maybe I could break my right hand….
New topic: “No problem for me, because I wanted it, but at least apologise to Clift!”.
Yorozuya Shinigami 