CONTACT WITH THE READERS: QUESTION CORNER 259
QUESTION BY MR. BUSHI NO UMI, FROM FUKUOKA PROVINCE
Hello, Sorachi sensei. There is a doubt that has always plagued me: between Sacchan, Tsukuyo, and Nobume, who has the biggest boobs? Please let me know!
ANSWER:
Wart Kagura* > Tsukuyo > Sacchan > Nobume > Matako > Kyuubei >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Tae.
While we’re at it, to look at the size of the dong:
Yamazaki > Jirocho > Hosen >>>>>> The others.
*See Lesson 324.
CONTACT WITH THE READERS: QUESTION CORNER 260
QUESTION FROM MR. “BY READING THE NICKNAMES OF THE SENDERS OF QUESTIONS 235 (VOLUME 68) AND 253 (VOLUME 70) ONE AFTER ANOTHER, YOU CAN COME UP WITH A SENTENCE!”
Good morning, Sorachi sensei! Going back through the first volumes, on page 68 of number 2, I found the sentence “For me, publishing what I draw is the same as being bare-assed”, accompanied by the image of a shy gorilla (Sorachi sensei) a little different from the one we have today… By the way, do you still have these feelings or has the shame faded away?
ANSWER:
Honestly, I no longer have the slightest sense of shame or embarrassment. It’s as if I’ve always drawn completely naked, so in my manga I continue to expose my privates in an impassive way, regardless of whether it’s demented scenes or dramatic moments.
In the end, I inevitably bare all sides of me. However, I think manga where this doesn’t happen are not to be appreciated, so I go in front proudly, mindful of what I just said.
CONTACT WITH THE READERS: QUESTION CORNER 261
QUESTION FROM MR. “BUSINESS AGENT TO WHOM NOTHING INTERESTING HAS EVER HAPPENED,” FROM FUKUOKA PROVINCE
Starting with the big Gintama exhibition, and then the anime, the live action transposition, and ending with the ranking of favorite characters, 2017 was literally the year of Gintama! I therefore have two questions for you:
– What made you the happiest?
– What has challenged you the most?
ANSWER:
– WHAT MADE ME THE HAPPIEST.
I would say the fact that I was able to meet a huge movie star like Shun Oguri. I only got to see him on one occasion on set and found him to be five times bigger in person than I imagined. Maybe it was the star aura that made me see him that way? The fact is that the package of ready-to-eat meal he was eating looked about as small as the box of Frisk’s candy. In one bite he devoured the whole thing.
– THE THING THAT GOT ME INTO THE MOST TROUBLE
About two hours before I went to see the shoot, my editor had called me and said, “Come because Oguri wants to say hi!” I, besides the fact that the realization of the panels would be delayed, didn’t care in the least about going to a set where Masami Nagasawa, the actress playing Tae, wasn’t there, so I declined the invitation with the excuse that I was very busy. At that point, the editor handed the phone to Oguri, who told me, “If you don’t come, I’ll sue you!” So much for saying hi! At that instant I knew on the fly that he was the only man I could trust to play the role of Gin-san, otherwise he would have sued me.
CONTACT WITH THE READERS: QUESTION CORNER 262
QUESTION FROM MISS “I WOULD LIKE TO BE THE DAUGHTER OF SORACHI SENSEI”, FROM TOKYO METROPOLITAN AREA
Sorachi sensei, I have a question. In the Shogun Assassination arc, Takasugi was still wearing the bandage, right? However, after fighting Gintoki, he took it off. Why? Is it in his way to treat the wound? Does it bother him to put it back on after he’s treated it? Or is there a reason of a more poetic nature?
ANSWER:
In a nutshell, Takasugi’s bandage represented resentment, that is, the reminder “I will not forget this pain, nor what I have seen with this eye”… Thinking this, he had covered his own now empty eye socket. Now, the fact that he took off the bandages means that his battle has entered the phase of release from that grudge. That’ s how I feel about it.
CONTACT WITH THE READERS: QUESTION CORNER 263
QUESTION FROM MISS “MY NAME IS NOT MIKI, BUT MINORI!” OF FUKUOKA PROVINCE
In the 580th Lesson, about Kouka, Kamui says that she couldn’t live without the altana of her home planet, and indeed, she died after moving away from Koan. However, Utsuro remains in great shape even if he goes to the Harusame elders or to Rakuyou, which are at the far reaches of space. In the 583rd Lesson he himself says, “It seems that my Altana has been depleted…”. So, can the Altana be transported from one place to another?
ANSWER:
In this volume, the Altana pours out in spurts on the earth’s surface because Utsuro made it lose control, but also normally it comes out little by little and remains suspended in the air (see the little drawing above). Immortal individuals like him incorporate it by converting it into life energy, so they can keep moving practically non-stop. Kouka, on the other hand, had moved away from her energy source, so she could not replenish it, but even if she could, the planet Koan was dying, and her Altana was almost completely exhausted. For this reason, she chose to die as an ordinary human being, close to her family. Utsuro, on the other hand, has an extraordinarily large Altana reserve tank in his body, so even if he temporarily moves away from Earth, his supply is not easily depleted. During the fight against Umibozu he ended up using it up completely, but since the Earth is still healthy and strong, all he had to do was return to it to accumulate new energy.
CONTACT WITH THE READERS: QUESTION CORNER 264
QUESTION FROM MISS “I CONSIDER MYSELF AN UGLY WOMAN”, TOKYO METROPOLITAN AREA
In the 650th Lesson, Okita says to Kamui, “Your sister is ugly!”, and the latter replies, “Right back at ya!”. What does that mean? Does Okita also have a sister?
ANSWER:
Normally a response like this would be interpretable as, “Your sister’s ugly, too!” But in this exact case it means, “Oh, yeah, you’re right!”.
That said, the volume 72 special “May I call you Mr. Yamazaki?” ends here. I keep saying that the work is on the home stretch, but it’s stretching out beyond what was planned. I even set up a stage at the “Jump Festa” in no time, despite the fact that it wasn’t on the schedule. I can see the finish line in front of me but it seems that with every step I take, something too much is coming out of my ass so I have to stop and clean it up. This has no solution… Someone do something about my loose sphincters! Given the situation, I’m afraid that when I cheer crossing the finish line, I won’t be able to contain a rush right over the finish line! When I was in elementary school, a friend of mine pooped outside and couldn’t contain himself on the ride home. His poop stayed on the road we took to school every day, so every time he passed by it was abused by others. Guess who it was that cleaned it up?
New topic: “Please take care of the cleanup when the time comes, dear readers!”
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