mutsu – midnight-in-town

I just realized that 3 out of the joui 4 have a Yato as (one of their) partner(s).

And then you’ve got Elizabeth.

For me as well @allodoxaph0bia! Sakamoto and Mutsu are not as recurring as other characters in the series, but I just love them for having such an odd dynamic and way to have come together.

This arc just gave me many ??? about the Yato species though, because we don’t really have a lot of facts about them, despite having met quite a lot of them for an almost extinct race.

So I’d love to know more about any sort of hierarchy or things related to that, because we know they were united for the most part (since we faced them in the first part of the silver soul arc) and yet many famous Yato warriors left the main tribe long ago (Umibouzu left to have his family with Kouka, Mutsu’s dad created the Chidori pirates and Hosen became the Night King of Yoshiwara).

In general, that’s why I find Mutsu kinda stands out the same way Umibouzu and his kids do, but for Mutsu in particular, between her nickname and the fact that she ended walking on a completely different path from her father’s, she makes for even more of an oddity to me.

And let’s not mention that Umibouzu was a friend of her dad, but he and Mutsu are still on good terms today, while Kagura is like Gin’s adopted daughter, when Gin is Sakamoto’s old friend. IDK I just love all the ties. 😀

Best part gotta be how Sakamoto has no idea who Yato warriors are even if he’s well aware of how super strong and reliable his vice captain is. xD

Copy pasting my list for my ten favorite characters from this post. 🙂 I could ramble for hours about

more than just my ten favorite characters, which is why I’ll talk about just them:

Gintoki

Who doesn’t love him? He might not be the absolute favorite character of everyone but I guess everyone ends up falling for him in many different ways through reading/watching Gintama.
Frankly, I find he is unique as a protagonist in general, but also especially as a Shounen one: it’s not about being stronger, Gintama is the story of a guy who was empty after the war ended, but who slowly managed to rebuild his life thanks to the help of others.
That’s why the series is so different from all the others of the same genre, in my opinion.

Zura

Again, I’m pretty sure Zura is a favorite of 98% of Gintama readers/viewers and there are so many reasons for that. He’s not just about comic relief, he’s just…so much more that it’s hard to put it into words.
To be honest, I’m quite fond of the Joui 4 and how they changed and all went down a different path after the war ended, but Zura is…

Zura is…

…he remains our pretty darn important general and I love how he seems to always be the missing link between everything: past and present, friends or foes, war and peace.

Tsukuyo

I find it hard not to like Tsukuyo when I like Gintoki and I find that Tsukuyo parallels Gintoki on so many aspects. I really am fond of all the recurring women in Gintama in the first place, but I have an even softer spot for her because of her personal story, her skills and how she developed throughout the story.

No shit, this girl went from living only for her older sister figure…

…to acknowledging that she wanted to go support the man she loves, no matter if that meant she was going to die. From someone who had supposedly thrown away “being a woman”, that’s an amazing step forward, but then again Sorachi is a genius with his characters.

Otose

Seriously, has there been a more generous character in the whole cast? I don’t think so and I’ll forever be grateful to her for taking Gintoki in when he was at his wits’ end, without hardly really ever asking for anything in exchange. She’s absolutely amazing and that’s why so many characters look up to her, why so many love her and would do so much for her. She might be old but she’s a true badass.

Elizabeth

I think Eli is the character everyone frowned at upon seeing him at first, then went “????” about him until a point where we all accepted that we might never learn about the enigma behind the character, but that it was okay because he was amazing anyway.
Well, I can say that I’m happy that we actually find stuff during the last arc x) but all in all, he’s like Zura, one of an amazing kind and that’s why I like him so much.

Kyuubei

One of a kind as well and I think Sorachi did pretty amazing with her character, especially considering the controversy about such topics IRL. All in all, Kyuubei is great and her strength of character comes from accepting who she wants to be and her feelings, and that’s how everyone else respects how she sees herself as well as the woman she fell in love with.

Hijikata

I was initially tricked into thinking he was a cool character. Then it was revealed he was also mostly a dork, but I was already fond of him and nothing could make me change my mind afterwards. He’s got a great development from a very early point, that’s why I think he is one more absolute favorite characters of the series’ fans and of mine as well. :3 (also the dekobokko arc, just… wonderful)

Mutsu

Ex-space pirate, businesswoman, Yato, constantly deals with and cleans up after Sakamoto’s shit, badass and beautiful => do I need more reasons to love her? xD

Sakamoto

Okay, so you know how Sakamoto actually is the only one out of the Joui 4 who has no relation to Utsuro? Well, I personally love how he still naturally found his place amongst Zura, Gin-chan and Takasugi, as if it was as easy as breathing.
His laugh can be annoying sometimes and he sounds more stupid than Zura at some other times, but that guy is like a breeze of fresh air and I’ll forever be grateful to him for what he taught Nobunobu and for never giving up on his friends.

Jirocho

Badass, with badass skills, badass backstory and a lot of feelings, so I just love him, okay? Some things can’t be explained rationally, he’s just too amazing and too beautifully written for me not to love him as much as I do. ~~I wish he and Otose would just remarry each other once the war is over again~~.

There you go! Obviously I love many (if not all) other characters, but you already have my personal opinion on my ten favorite ones, so I hope it answers your question 😉 Have a nice day!