APP POST
Character: Gintoki Sakata
Series: Gin-Tama (Silver Soul)
Character Age: Under 30 (but too old to be reading Shounen Jump)
Job: Sugar Rationer
Canon: Gintoki Sakata is a samurai (formerly) and a freelancer (currently). Head of Odd Jobs Gin, he's technically the boss of his freelancing outfit, but it's more of a trio outfit in reality. Based in an alternate Japan set in the 1860s, there is one dramatic difference between it and any normal reality: aliens have invaded. Gin-san fought in the war to fight back the aliens and earned a name for himself that even his enemies feared (but in the end, the aliens won). Rather than join some fancy rebellion or live the rest of his life in regret, Gin-san decided to live life by his own rules. He'll protect who he wants to protect, as long as it's within reach of his sword.
That sounds pretty cool right? Well in reality, he's not. He's a bit of a bum who sits around reading Shounen Jump all day, complaining that they don't have money but not really doing anything to fix it. He spends what money they DO receive on sweets and he's borderline diabetic as a result, which really doesn't dissuade him, he just makes a half-hearted effort at rationing himself. But that bit about him living by his own rules? That's totally true. Well, everything else is too. Between bouts of medium self-awareness and other breaches of the fourth wall, Gin-Tama is a show about a samurai fighting by his own code of honor. It's just his own personal Bushido!
Which is something he might say as he's running away from a fight, stumbling over his words and scared ten seconds after vowing to save the world from a threat. His Bushido is just a bit more selective than some. Prone to rambling on for minutes at a time, it should be no coincidence that he shares a voice actor with Kyon of Haruhi fame- he can rant and rave about anything that comes to mind, which when including the meta tone of the series can go so far as to commenting on budget cuts and re-using animation footage to save time and money. He can be as rude and abrasive as he wants to be, and at other times be rather stoic and kind- though that part of him is something he won't easily show: it's much easier to be a lazy good for nothing bum, nobody expects anything from you.
Sample Post:
It's hot! It's so hot! It's not only hot, it's humid! If it were dry heat it'd be bad, but this is horrible! Unfathomable! Downright cruel! So why, why is it that I am here? It's not right! Why am I here when it is so hot! It's so hot! Not only hot, but humid! Ah, it's so hot I'm repeating myself! Maybe it's the humidity...
Who decided to build a camp here, huh? In a swamp? With this humidity? Isn't it supposed to be November? Ah... then I missed it! I'm finally at the home of commercial holidays, and I miss the one holiday where you can get free candy by throwing a sheet over your head. Hey, I'm not too old for that, you're only as old as you feel! Everyone has a mask in their heart! Who scheduled this thing? Who can I yell at about this? This is depressing...
What's with this place anyway, it's a natural greenhouse here, with its own greenhouse effect! Don't talk to me about the ozone layer, that's not my responsibility, you say? WRONG! I'm sweating right now because of all your freons, your halons, your CFCs and your ODSs letting all the UVBs in! They're worse than flies! There are flies too! Lots of flies! Too many flies, they're biting! Ow, they're biting! I was only prepared for frostbite! Ah! I contradicted myself, which is it- is it supposed to be hot or cold?
Okay... okay, calm down, my bloodsugar level will go down too fast if I don't calm down. I was hired for a job, but before I get to that- those- those aren't real zombies are they? They're not right? They look too real! CGI real! You can't get that kind of realism from cheap Korean inbetweens! (Can we afford this? Is this coming out of my paycheck?) The walls are bleeding! --oh that's just the blood splatter. Wait, what splattered? What splattered it? I'm not s-scared, it's just a waste. Do you know how many anemics are out there who can't afford to waste that? Has the genre shifted to survival horror? Am I going to start hearing noises from the edges of my vision? Where's my gun? Out of bullets?! What kind of game starts you with no ammo! This isn't Fatal Frame, I don't have a camera!
I'm not feeling so good... my blood-sugar... my blood-sugar must be low. Luckily I have this peppermint, oh-! It's curiously strong! So curiously strong! Wait, who do I complain to this about? This counts as a red herb, right? But my health didn't go up! Red herbs are useless on their own?! I want to complain about this too- I don't know where to get green or yellow herbs! Wait, what would they even be? Spearmint gum and butterscotch candies? Someone get me the contact information for Capcom! What do you mean you don't know it? Kids these days... I bet you don't have the Nintendo help line memorized either! That's why you'll never find the ninth dungeon! It's not a secret to everyone, only you!
I'm not cut out for this! Let me go home, already. At the least, let's cut to commercial. Come on! Have some compassion for the voters, they've already read about 969 words so far, then there's voter fatigue! Who cares if I haven't addressed my job yet, that'd double the app length! Today's kids don't have any consideration for others, they need to drink more strawberry milk! Calcium would help even those zombies! Anything's possible you know, if you have enough calcium. (They'll need more than the daily recommended value of it!) Look at this, the app just keeps going, what does the writer hope to accomplish anyway? Has he been paid off by the Dairy Council? Will I start going around with a milk mustache? Oi, just stop already, it's just painful for everyone.
Poll #1485134 Vote!
Open to: Friends, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 61
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In!
57 (93.4%)
Out!
4 (6.6%)
Series: Gin-Tama (Silver Soul)
Character Age: Under 30 (but too old to be reading Shounen Jump)
Job: Sugar Rationer
Canon: Gintoki Sakata is a samurai (formerly) and a freelancer (currently). Head of Odd Jobs Gin, he's technically the boss of his freelancing outfit, but it's more of a trio outfit in reality. Based in an alternate Japan set in the 1860s, there is one dramatic difference between it and any normal reality: aliens have invaded. Gin-san fought in the war to fight back the aliens and earned a name for himself that even his enemies feared (but in the end, the aliens won). Rather than join some fancy rebellion or live the rest of his life in regret, Gin-san decided to live life by his own rules. He'll protect who he wants to protect, as long as it's within reach of his sword.
That sounds pretty cool right? Well in reality, he's not. He's a bit of a bum who sits around reading Shounen Jump all day, complaining that they don't have money but not really doing anything to fix it. He spends what money they DO receive on sweets and he's borderline diabetic as a result, which really doesn't dissuade him, he just makes a half-hearted effort at rationing himself. But that bit about him living by his own rules? That's totally true. Well, everything else is too. Between bouts of medium self-awareness and other breaches of the fourth wall, Gin-Tama is a show about a samurai fighting by his own code of honor. It's just his own personal Bushido!
Which is something he might say as he's running away from a fight, stumbling over his words and scared ten seconds after vowing to save the world from a threat. His Bushido is just a bit more selective than some. Prone to rambling on for minutes at a time, it should be no coincidence that he shares a voice actor with Kyon of Haruhi fame- he can rant and rave about anything that comes to mind, which when including the meta tone of the series can go so far as to commenting on budget cuts and re-using animation footage to save time and money. He can be as rude and abrasive as he wants to be, and at other times be rather stoic and kind- though that part of him is something he won't easily show: it's much easier to be a lazy good for nothing bum, nobody expects anything from you.
Sample Post:
It's hot! It's so hot! It's not only hot, it's humid! If it were dry heat it'd be bad, but this is horrible! Unfathomable! Downright cruel! So why, why is it that I am here? It's not right! Why am I here when it is so hot! It's so hot! Not only hot, but humid! Ah, it's so hot I'm repeating myself! Maybe it's the humidity...
Who decided to build a camp here, huh? In a swamp? With this humidity? Isn't it supposed to be November? Ah... then I missed it! I'm finally at the home of commercial holidays, and I miss the one holiday where you can get free candy by throwing a sheet over your head. Hey, I'm not too old for that, you're only as old as you feel! Everyone has a mask in their heart! Who scheduled this thing? Who can I yell at about this? This is depressing...
What's with this place anyway, it's a natural greenhouse here, with its own greenhouse effect! Don't talk to me about the ozone layer, that's not my responsibility, you say? WRONG! I'm sweating right now because of all your freons, your halons, your CFCs and your ODSs letting all the UVBs in! They're worse than flies! There are flies too! Lots of flies! Too many flies, they're biting! Ow, they're biting! I was only prepared for frostbite! Ah! I contradicted myself, which is it- is it supposed to be hot or cold?
Okay... okay, calm down, my bloodsugar level will go down too fast if I don't calm down. I was hired for a job, but before I get to that- those- those aren't real zombies are they? They're not right? They look too real! CGI real! You can't get that kind of realism from cheap Korean inbetweens! (Can we afford this? Is this coming out of my paycheck?) The walls are bleeding! --oh that's just the blood splatter. Wait, what splattered? What splattered it? I'm not s-scared, it's just a waste. Do you know how many anemics are out there who can't afford to waste that? Has the genre shifted to survival horror? Am I going to start hearing noises from the edges of my vision? Where's my gun? Out of bullets?! What kind of game starts you with no ammo! This isn't Fatal Frame, I don't have a camera!
I'm not feeling so good... my blood-sugar... my blood-sugar must be low. Luckily I have this peppermint, oh-! It's curiously strong! So curiously strong! Wait, who do I complain to this about? This counts as a red herb, right? But my health didn't go up! Red herbs are useless on their own?! I want to complain about this too- I don't know where to get green or yellow herbs! Wait, what would they even be? Spearmint gum and butterscotch candies? Someone get me the contact information for Capcom! What do you mean you don't know it? Kids these days... I bet you don't have the Nintendo help line memorized either! That's why you'll never find the ninth dungeon! It's not a secret to everyone, only you!
I'm not cut out for this! Let me go home, already. At the least, let's cut to commercial. Come on! Have some compassion for the voters, they've already read about 969 words so far, then there's voter fatigue! Who cares if I haven't addressed my job yet, that'd double the app length! Today's kids don't have any consideration for others, they need to drink more strawberry milk! Calcium would help even those zombies! Anything's possible you know, if you have enough calcium. (They'll need more than the daily recommended value of it!) Look at this, the app just keeps going, what does the writer hope to accomplish anyway? Has he been paid off by the Dairy Council? Will I start going around with a milk mustache? Oi, just stop already, it's just painful for everyone.
Poll #1485134 Vote!
Open to: Friends, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 61
In or out?
View Answers
In!
57 (93.4%)
Out!
4 (6.6%)