Gintama

is a humorous Manga created by Hideaki Sorachi. It is published since April 2004 by Shueisha, under Weekly Shonen Jump. In French, the publication is ensured by Kana and in English, by VIZ Media.

The Anime is diffused since April 3rd, 2006 by TV Tōkyō.

History

With the era Edo, Japan was conquered by extraterrestrial called Amanto . Consequently, a radical futurisation slicing with the traditional decoration of Japan is set up and Amanto prohibits the port of the saber as a public. Despite everything, it remains about it which prefers to preserve to them bushido. In this completely anachronistic Japan, remain of the people who refuse of abandonnor their saber. Among them, Gintoki Sakata, old will samurai eccentric. With its (underpaid) comparse, Shinpachi Shimura and extraterrestrial Kagura, they form a group of freelancers ready with all in order to be able to pay their rent.

Characters

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the main character of the history. Its trade is odd-job man, he is ready to make any job for the money. In spite of the prohibition of the port of the saber, it always carries a saber of wood (which it would have bought at the time of an excursion according to its rather doubtful dires). Its non-chalante attitude, its tendency to output futilities are its most visible characteristics. It carries corrugated hair allotted according to him to a lack of love. It has its license and leads a Vespa regularly. It is also a question of the one of the rare characters of manga to be suffered from hyper-gycemy, always according to its clean dires.

Formerly, it acted of an active partisan of the movement '' jōi '' (a movement trying to expel Amanto in order to preserve the Bakufu), but when the occasion to join the movement again, Gintoki refused, preferring to follow its personal convictions.

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Shimpachi met Gintoki at the beginning of the history and was disconcerted by its off-hand, but sincere attitude. It joined it, after the rescue of his sister, in order to find her own way. With its great disappointment, since its association with Gintoki, the businesses are neither of any rest, nor prosperous and it seems more to help Gintoki to pay its rent more than another thing. Between Gintoki and Kagura, the belly with legs, it represents the most supposed element of the group (As well as more overworked!)

It has also a passion: He is the chief of the friendly guard of O-Tsū, a fanclub dedicated to an idol which goes up.

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Kagura is extraterrestrial belonging to the ethnos group of Yato, one of troops of mercenaries to the superhuman force. Army of its force, an armor-plated umbrella which acts also as firearm, as well as desharçonnant outspokenness, it joined the group of Gintoki (of force) in order to save to return on its planet. It is also about a belly with legs bottomless and which she adores the konbu on (an alga marinaded in the vinegar). It also adopted Sadaharu, a monstrous dog (It is acted in fact of a inukami, a divinity) in which she found a companion with his size with his force.

Manga

The series of Hideaki Sorachi began its in April 2004 publication in stores Shōnen Jump. The beginnings of this one, all was not ensured for this humorous series. One reproached him in particular a feature too approaching that of Masashi Kishimoto (Naruto). Fortunately for it, the beginning of its publication coincided with the end of another series headlight of Jump, Yu-Gi-Oh, enabling him to attract a public in the search of innovations, saving Gintama with the passage (the not very popular series are often abandoned in this stores).

Its great discretion is also to charge to the account of another series headlight having started during the same time, Death Note, literally eclipsing its presence near the Japanese booksellers. In spite of these surging beginnings, the series knew to conquer its public and continues its course in Jump #46 (October 2007), after three years and of many volumes.

Volumes published in French

Volume 1 - " Somebody who has the naturally undulated hair cannot be bad! " (March 2007)
Volume 2 - " The perserverance is not very far away from the importunité" (May 2007)
Volume 3 - " When one thinks of it, the life is longer once one is old, it is flippant! " (July 2007)
Volume 4 - " What the parents have of commun run with their children, they are only the bad côtés" (September 2007)

External bonds

Official site on Gintama
Gintama hub
Site of animates Gintama on TV-Tokyo
Section Gintama of the French editor Kana

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