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Grand Symphony
Profile Joined May 2015
51 Posts
May 22 2015 13:38 GMT
#21
The author's really got to stop with the same formula every chapter for the last 30 or so chapters. Everytime someone is about to have a killing blow landed on them, another character steps in to save them. It was good the first time it happened. He did it twice in today's chapter alone.
Vortok
Profile Joined December 2009
United States830 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-05-25 01:43:31
May 25 2015 01:23 GMT
#22
Yeah, combat loses a fair amount of its impact when everybody and their mother has plot armor. Every series doesn't need to kill people off as fast as Game of Thrones, but there's already plenty of manga that are essentially "through the power of friendship, nobody dies and everybody lives happily ever after." Did actually kill the shogun, at least.

Even if Gintama goes back and forth between serious chapters/arcs and comedy ones, there's still a limit. Replacing some of the characters would let him use new gags/character quirks instead of needing to continue reusing them past their expiration date. Hijikata's mayo fetish hasn't been too entertaining for awhile, though the rest of his character is interesting enough (such as his reasoning behind the mayo usage). Still, it's not an easy thing to decide to kill any character that is even remotely popular as there's likely to be a significant part of the audience whose primary interest in the series is because of that character.


As an aside, for anyone that's never come across it, here's an image that expresses Gintama's plot in comparison to a few other mangas.

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Grand Symphony
Profile Joined May 2015
51 Posts
May 25 2015 03:12 GMT
#23
On May 25 2015 10:23 Vortok wrote:Did actually kill the shogun, at least.


Don't count on it. Remember when Otose supposedly died? Or that machine building guy?

There's also the formula that the bad guy made you think he killed [insert character], only to find out their intentions were actually noble, and that they end up being good guys (after having a final fight with Gintoki).

I wouldn't be surprised Gintoki's master is still alive too, despite having his head chopped off.
Grand Symphony
Profile Joined May 2015
51 Posts
May 28 2015 00:58 GMT
#24
Grand Symphony
Profile Joined May 2015
51 Posts
June 04 2015 00:52 GMT
#25
This week's chapter... So full of surprises!

Oh no! Looks like Hijikata's about to die!

[image loading]

+ Show Spoiler +
Katsura and Elizabeth save the day!

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Oh shit, looks like Sogo's gonna get it!

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+ Show Spoiler +
Fuck yeah, Shinpachi!

[image loading]


Oh shit, Shinpachi, it was a trap!

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+ Show Spoiler +
Oh, Sogo, you sly old dog, you were only pretending to be unconscious!

[image loading]


Damn, that hot chick has been stabbed... Surely she will now die!

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Whoops, silly me, how could we forget that the main character will appear from above!

[image loading]
Grand Symphony
Profile Joined May 2015
51 Posts
June 04 2015 23:46 GMT
#26
On May 16 2015 11:40 Grand Symphony wrote:
Since this manga feels the need to have a "wow" moment every chapter, with 20 or so enemies suddenly turning good guys who were only pretending to be enemies saving good guys at the last second (the gag will never be up), the boss is likely Gintoki's former master, who's all evil and shit but as he dies and does a Darth Vader moment he will say I always believed in you Gintoki and this was my plan all along to see you rise to becoming a Samurai blah blah blah.


I FUCKING CALLED IT.

[image loading]


So predictable, really.
TMG26
Profile Joined July 2012
Portugal2017 Posts
June 05 2015 10:39 GMT
#27
How is he still alive?
Supporter of the situational Blink Dagger on Storm.
Grand Symphony
Profile Joined May 2015
51 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-06-12 10:49:54
June 12 2015 10:47 GMT
#28
Ahh, fuck, looks like the Mimawarigumi is on its last legs now...

[image loading]


Yeah, look, he's having flashbacks now to the time when he first recruited his right hand chick:

[image loading]


Such a shame that it all ends here for them, really, they had a good run together:

[image loading]


The enemy strikes, surely there is no-one left to sav...

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..Oops, shit, yeah, sorry guys, this is Gintama we're talking about here, what the fuck am I going on about:

[image loading]
BLinD-RawR
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
ALLEYCAT BLUES50749 Posts
June 12 2015 11:39 GMT
#29
I swear if nobody dies this arc I'll be pissed.
Brood War EICWoo Jung Ho, never forget.| Twitter: @BLinDRawR
Grand Symphony
Profile Joined May 2015
51 Posts
June 12 2015 16:26 GMT
#30
On June 12 2015 20:39 BLinD-RawR wrote:
I swear if nobody dies this arc I'll be pissed.


You know what pisses me off? How they went through all that trouble to save Shigi Shigi after he pretended to be killed by that ninja guy but in the end he was really alive and fights alongside them with many near deaths if not for last minute saves by random characters and then after it all ends only later for him to die off screen apparently through being poisoned by some tea. Obviously I wouldn't bet on him being TRULY dead.
Grand Symphony
Profile Joined May 2015
51 Posts
June 20 2015 13:12 GMT
#31
Poll: Is Kondo dead?

LOL are you fucking retarded this is Gintama we're talking about here (5)
 
83%

The author has decided to do a 180 turn from everything he's done up til now and he is actually dead (1)
 
17%

6 total votes

Your vote: Is Kondo dead?

(Vote): LOL are you fucking retarded this is Gintama we're talking about here
(Vote): The author has decided to do a 180 turn from everything he's done up til now and he is actually dead



Grand Symphony
Profile Joined May 2015
51 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-06-27 13:34:59
June 27 2015 13:34 GMT
#32
GEE WHIZ WHAT A FUCKING SURPRISE I THOUGHT HE DIED I AM ABSOLUTELY SHOCKED THAT HE IS NOT DEAD THE FACT THAT HE WAS STILL ALIVE WAS COMPLETELY UNPREDICTABLE.

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TMG26
Profile Joined July 2012
Portugal2017 Posts
June 27 2015 14:31 GMT
#33
Well, at least last arc some guy did die. But it was pretty much a stupid death. No one must die in combat in Gintama it seems.
Supporter of the situational Blink Dagger on Storm.
TMG26
Profile Joined July 2012
Portugal2017 Posts
July 17 2015 14:45 GMT
#34
Hey, looks like someone died!
Supporter of the situational Blink Dagger on Storm.
TMG26
Profile Joined July 2012
Portugal2017 Posts
August 20 2015 16:59 GMT
#35
Lets go kill an immortal men
Supporter of the situational Blink Dagger on Storm.
BLinD-RawR
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
ALLEYCAT BLUES50749 Posts
August 28 2015 12:42 GMT
#36
yorozuya can into space.
Brood War EICWoo Jung Ho, never forget.| Twitter: @BLinDRawR
Bourgeois
Profile Joined June 2017
81 Posts
June 23 2018 12:41 GMT
#37
Jesus Christ, what the fuck is going on with this series now? Ever since they dug themselves into the hole of shit that was Utsuro, it has been pointless resurrection garbage after resurrection garbage. I did not want to see this manga go the way of Bleach (as in, being absolute shit every week), but unfortunately that is what it has become.
TropicalHaze
Profile Joined May 2014
Finland60 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-08-10 16:35:24
August 10 2019 16:12 GMT
#38
(Disclaimer: I've only watched the anime) but I gotta wonder if there are some major differences compared to the manga? People are trashing the manga here left and right but imo the anime was great thorough it's run and it is one of the most acclaimed ones in MAL
The eyelashes like umbrellas when it rains from the heart
ZerOCoolSC2
Profile Blog Joined February 2015
9037 Posts
August 10 2019 19:02 GMT
#39
People are just being difficult for no reason. Gintama resurrected like 2 people. Everyone else who died, stayed dead.

Not much is different from the anime to the manga. Anime has fillers obviously but there isn't much change.
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