A general Gintama community

A GinZura-ZuraGin exchange is being organized on Twitter/Tumblr!

I'm not one of the mods but I am happy to spread the word!

Link to Tumblr post
Link to Twitter post and to the Twitter account in charge.

Apart from GinZura/ZuraGin shippy content, the exchange also welcomes Yorozura content (i.e. Zura together with the Odd Jobs).
Rules post here


1. Participant & pitch hitter sign-ups (Jan 19-Feb 13)
2. Participant matching (Feb 14 - Feb 15)
3. Match up announcement (Feb 16)
4. Creation period (Feb 17 - Apr 1st) So a month and a half.
5. Cancellation deadline: March 10

Tag: #ginzura_exchange2023

We've heard this several times now since last autumn, but looking at where the story has preceded, as well as things like the announcement of the final manga volume being published later this summer, it really does seem more possible now that the chapter to be released on the Gintama app this MondayThursday will actually be the last one.

Has anyone else here kept up with the manga?

What are your impressions of and reactions to the latest chapters?

What are your hopes and fears for the ending?

Finally, how do you go about preparing mentally for reading the (maybe, possibly) final chapter?

EDIT because I just saw the latest announcement changing the date of the chapter from June 17th to 20th. (And doesn't that just say it all...)

Some recent Gintama meta posts (plus a tag for one specific blog) on Tumblr that might strike the comm as interesting. Beware of spoilers if you're not caught up.

The formatting on some of my own posts are a bit wonky. Sorry for that! Tumblr gets weird with reblogs at times.

On episode 309 by eclipseofshadows

Me on Kondo and Katsura during Farewell Shinsengumi arc and later

eclipseofshadows responding to the Kondo & Katsura part

Me responding to eclipseofshadows' response

Me and eclipseofshadows keep talking about Katsura, now about his leadership style and his antics

The reviewer animebw is still doing amazing reviews/analyses/reaction posts of the Gintama anime, and is up to episode 313 as I speak: https://animebw.tumblr.com/tagged/gintama

A very interesting piece on Gintama and Gintoki.

Another excellent look at Gintoki, this one containing spoilers up to episode 305

Question to any Gintama fans who happen to read this: looking back, what do you think made you fall for the series and stick by it? Was there any specific arc or episode/chapter or moment where you realized that "damn, I'm really into this now", or did it happen gradually? Did you start with the manga or the anime? Did you read/watch them in order or did you skip around?

Also - were your initial impressions of the main characters and prominent secondary characters similar to how you feel about them now, or did you change your mind a lot as you got to know them better?

Hiya! I only really gave Gintama a chance this year and after some 40+ episodes I realized I'd fallen for it good and proper. Now with the recent Tumblr unpleasantness, I would love to find people on other platforms to talk to about the series. I just hope someone out there will see this and respond...

Now to a specific question. Does anyone have Gintama icons that aren't stored on Photobucket and which it's fine to use? Or know where such icons can be found? I will credit the icon-maker, naturally.