Sorachi meets the readers, question corner 186

<Question from Pen name: Gorilla Gorilla Gorilla- san>

Great gift of nature Sorachi sensei hello. In chapter 516 comes to light the fact that Gintoki enrolled to Shouyou sensei school, first then Katsura and Takasugi, but in the Benizakura movie, Gintoki is shown as if he was a new student and Katsura and Takasugi were already Shouyou students. Being such a genious I think is out of question that is was your mistake, so is that a mistake caused by the incompetence of the anime staff? Please tell me, Great gift of nature Sorachi sensei.

<Answer>

Yes we will start volume 58 with this pointed tsukkomi here, Sorachi is ok, there’s nothing to be sorry about, all should think that i’m feeling nervous, but it’s ok. That’s because I came up with this question looking at the manga scrap myself. That’s question is for you and you only. I had a lot of sharp letters like that, so I wanted to cut them down. So instead to give apologies and be like the ones that let fall their worn out swords, I will try to put in order some points of view, that scene has nothing to do with the manga, it was put by the anime staff and it could be discard in a easy way, but seen that the anime is coming back and it can’t be left behind, Sorachi sensei decided to be very kind to the anime staff, that should be very grateful, and take things in hand. So guys here the idea for an answer.

The scene in question happens in the movie, after the fight with Nizo, Gintoki is wounded and there are some flashbacks, and there’s a scene like that:

1) kids are studying in Shouyou school

2) Here Shouyou is with a little Gintoki

3) We can see young Katsura and Takasugi

4) Gintoki is standing and is introduced to everyone

5) Shouyou hand him over the book.

So in this scene seems that Katsura and Takasugi enrolled before Gintoki, and so this scene seems to not be consistent with the manga. But if you watch the movie again you will realize that this scene has no speech at all. In this scene from the past, Shouyou words abut his teachings overlaps eachother, In short in this scene, what they say can’t be understood at all, well, WHAT THE HELL OF SCENE IS THAT? The author Sorachi Hideaki will add his own lines. Let’s see.

Shouyou: Every one listen please, Gintoki-kun had to get rid of his pants. So there’s someone of you that has spare pair of pants or a loincloth to borrow?

Katsura: Gross

Takasugi: Really gross

Shouyou: I got it, Gintoki, take this and clean your butt once more and come back to class please.

That’s it, at first look it seems that Gintoki just enrolled school, but truth is that in this scene, Gintoki shitted himself, and it was indeed a pubblic execution instead. Of course doing the movie, me and the anime staff had detailed meetings to decide how to do things. And this scen maybe was supposed to be Gintoki taking a shit from the start. But it’s not that I begged for it. “ Please, do a scene where Gintoki takes a shit and cut off the part where they enter the school”

So Gorilla Gorilla Gorilla -san you have to accept that. I did so you have to acconsent too.