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THE CHARACTER

Character Name: Gintoki Sakata.
Series: Gintama.
Canon Point: Episode 317 (anime) / Lesson 552 (manga.)
Character Age: "26+" or "late twenties" so I head canon him around 28.
Background: ❝Don't be stupid. Stand up. If you have time to think of a beautiful end then why not live beautifully until the last?—❞

Personality:

Spoiler alert!

The setting in Gintama is sort of an odd one. It takes place during an alternate universe during the Bakumatsu period in which instead of Japan leaving isolation and reaching out to the Western world, they have instead opened up trading with aliens known as the "Amanto" who have ultimately taken over Japan and reign over the Bakufu government and the shogunate, using them as their puppets for domination. In exchange, one of the changes to this new leadership has been putting a ban on swords, leaving many samurai out of commission. This is no different for one "has-been" samurai, Gintoki Sakata, who has decided to open up his own business to pay his rent.
Gintoki is a freelancer, now, since he is unable to use real swords and fight as a samurai. He is the founder and president of the Yorozuya ( Odd Jobs ) and one of their key essentials to their job responsibilities is to accept any offer the city of Edo has to offer. This can be a simple task such as finding somebody's lost cat to something on a grander scheme, like fighting an Amanto alien that is causing a disruption and he must save somebody's life. Even though he is lazy, nothing really seems to stand in his way once he is motivated and he will do what he can to accomplish the task at hand, showing he is very ambitious in his endeavors.... only with some complaining a long the way.

He will help others out, showing his selflessness and, when given the right initiative, will go above and beyond for another person. This is a bit of a conflict with himself, because he also likes to procrastinate or take the easy route out. However, at the end of the day, when there are bills to pay and parfaits to buy, he will do what he can for money.
For traditional work that he is given, eager to do as little as possible for payment to spend on frivolous things such as Shounen JUMP and sweets, along with paying his rent. This is just some of the childish and silly traits about him, such as still being afraid of ghosts and the dentist. He even has a boyish crush on the weather girl and seems to have arguments with people over petty things as a kid would do. Gintoki admits that he has the "soul of a boy," and sometimes tries to use this as an excuse for his behavior, dismissing his responsibility as an adult frequently.

His temper is pretty quick to rouse and his tongue is sharp with people, especially if they are strangers that he feels no attachment to. Gintoki can be rude and insulting when he gets in spats with people, not having any fear and initiating a physical fight with them when it boils down to it. He is very brave and bold with a strong personality that really needs to be taught some manners when talking to people ( and ladies. )

Gintoki really can be lazy or apathetic when it comes to certain situations. There really is no doubt about that; the way he sleeps in or actually gives orders to his subordinates, Kagura and Shinpachi, instead of doing the task himself right off the bat. There is a lot of argumentative and immature conflict between these three, but all and all, Gintoki treats them like his only family left and considers life would be boring without them. They mean absolutely everything to him, and all together, they are a team with a mission at hand: run a business and make the clients happy.
Gintoki treasures them more than anything and would do anything for them. He considers having a family a very important aspect in life, which leads to the next point—

Gintoki is an orphan. No other family members are mentioned in the series, and the only father figure he ever had was his sensei, Yoshida Shouyou, who adopted him and raised him as his own child when he found him taking food from corpses who had died in the battlefield in a heated 20 year war between Amanto and samurai: The Jouishishi War.
When Shouyou-sensei was captured for breaking the law (running a school for samurai and talking about revolting against the Amanto-based government), Gintoki showed his first real signs of self-sacrifice to protect the thing most valuable to him... his teacher and adopted father. Gintoki joined the war in its final years in attempt to save Shouyou-sensei from captivity so he could bring him back into his world. Gintoki was titled "Shiroyasha" which translates to "White Demon" for his appearance and his fighting style, which included drenching himself in the enemy's blood without fear, slashing them down mercilessly.

Gintoki was driven; driven to do what he could to protect the person he adored.

Protection and self-sacrifice is important to Gintoki. It's his way of life, and if he cannot protect or save somebody of worth, he finds himself useless. Obviously, Gintoki and the rest of his classmates lost in the war, and their teacher was decapitated. Not only was this bad news for Gintoki and his classmates, but the execution placed a burden on Gintoki, seeing as he was the one who was forced to execute his own teacher and send him to his grave by Amanto officials who captured Gintoki and his classmates. Gintoki was given two difficult choices: kill your teacher and save your classmates or release your teacher and we will kill your classmates.

Gintoki chose the other by swearing to his teacher to keep them safe before killing him.

He has a hard time forgiving himself for this, even though it really couldn't be helped. It's a burden that Gintoki carries but he keeps it secretive to himself. He often reflects on the wrong things of the past to feel guilt or remorse for the things that he has done. This leads him to humble and almost belittle himself in certain ways with people. For example: Even though he is the legendary Shiroyasha, he feels no need to boast about it, and hardly ever reveals his identity for the mark he left in history. There are other wonderful people out there who have done more wonderful things than he could ever do, no matter how many times people say they appreciate him and who he is. Gintoki ultimately feels indebted and maybe doing good things for other people will help him redeem himself. This could be the reason why Gintoki is reckless with his own body, not caring about the fact he's practically diabetic or that he is an alcoholic. What good is a body and a soul that cannot protect? It doesn't say why Gintoki decided to draw back out of the war and seems to not do anything about reforming the world like his comrades, Katsura and Takasugi, but it may have to with his own remorse mentioned here. One thing is for certain, Gintoki doesn't have any interest of accomplishing things for traditional honor, refusing to commit seppuku during the war and "dying beautifully." He believes living beautifully with the cross you bear is even more honorable. To this day, Gintoki often reflects on his own personal bushido to make resolves in the situations he is put in, and they coincide with the words and lessons spoken by his teacher.

For somebody who seems nothing to do with people sometimes; hard on the outside but soft on the center; Gintoki sure seems to care a lot about the people who are close to him. As good as a soul as he can be, Gintoki seems to be a bit of a womanizer, shamelessly peeping at girls or visiting brothels. He will agree to the fact that he, and other men, are pretty gross in that regard. Even so, he cannot stand to see a woman mistreated or abused, and will gladly butt in to kick anybody's ass who treats them wrongly. It's his violent way of respecting women, I suppose.

Gintoki has a dry sense of humor and often says things without much interest in them. It's his own way of guarding his emotions to keep them from showing, though he can be very animated as well. He gets enjoyment out of flippantly insulting others, though this could be his way of showing affection for them, as he gives a hard time to Kagura and Shinpachi and his other friends.
Another humorous aspect about him is the fact that the "straight-mans" often, questioning the logic of a situation and often getting frustrated and cranky when he doesn't understand. He can boss others around for an explanation even though sometimes his own antics are pretty ridiculous.

All and all, Gintoki has a heart of gold, even if his quirky personality is a little unusual than the typical shounen protagonist.

Powers/Abilities:
✗ Skilled samurai: He's a legendary war hero who is feared by his enemies and grew up learning how to fight with a sword with his own fighting technique.
✗ Skilled at close combat & fist fighting: A good strong punch from him can send somebody flying across the room.
✗ Excellent physical endurance & strength— even though he's a mortal human being, he's hard to kill and has immense strength.
✗ Intelligent with military and battlefield tactics as a former patriot.
✗ Speed: He's said to be as fast as a ninja.
✗ Musical talent: He has a decent singing voice and has been noted to play the shamisen.
✗ 4th walling: Gintama is infamous for it, but Gintoki is known to especially do it.

Power Nerfs (if applicable): N/A.

Inventory:
✗ His canon outfit: his blue and white yukata with black and red undershirt, black pants, boots and belts.
✗ His nearly indestructible bokken, made from the wood of a celestial alien tree. This bokken can slash through almost anything and even though it is capable of splitting and breaking, it is very difficult to destroy. It's seen breaking before by other opponent's attacks, and Gintoki simply orders another one through an infomercial.


Incentives:
✗ Safety for all of his friends.
✗ Tokugawa Shige Shige's life restored (if possible.)
✗ Abilities and powers that are similar to those seen in JUMP (exp: Kamehameha from Dragon Ball Z)
✗ Money.
✗ Endless parfaits and sweets.

SAMPLES

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