Gintama: Gintoki and Katsura vs Harusame

Gintoki and Katsura vs Harusame

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[smug]

it's a nice little detail how they both have their own fighting style. gintoki fights like a beast while katsura fights like a proper noble samurai

[bradleycoates]

Notice how Katsura doesn't respond with his usual "it's not Zura, it's Katsura!" while they fight, then screws it up again as they escape.
Such an amazing little detail that went over most people here, then we get the "It's not Katsura, it's Zura!" payoff years later. Crazy to think how long the author was sitting on that.

[chrisroserva]

An interesting fact I think most people missed in this scene:
One of the reasons Takasugi sold Katsura and Gintoki to the Harusame without a scrap of guilt is because he had absolute faith in their abilities.

[vinnyt]

I think Katsura is one of the only characters who can make a helluva comic relief AND a super epic character

[TheClearSummer]

Watching this after the Shogun Assassination Arc, with Gintoki, Katsura and Takasugi's childhood together fresh in the mind... The words: "We were all the same, yet... We've grown so far apart." suddenly feels a lot more meaningful and really hurts a lot more ;_;

[specsdabeast]

You know it gets real when Gintoki picks up a real sword.

[soraichi]

Has anyone realized gintoki keep changing his weapon while fighting? He even started without holding any weapon goddammit just how talented can he be

[manavkala]

1)Excellent fight sequence
2)Excellent music
3) Excellent monologues
4)Perfect sync.
== The definition of epic.😰This is too good.

[B-KR]

In 5 minutes Gintoki killed more people than most shonen protagonists combined

[Fulubon]

Katsura and Gintoki's fighting styles are so differently detailed, and it's sooo good. Katsura fights calmly, using his sword like a noble. Gintoki is almost everywhere, using different weapons, he even uses punches and kicks, so his style is really mixed.
Fun fact that i discovered: Gintoki can use any technique or weapons once it is used against him (like how he immediately knew how to target vital spots using Oboro's needles after experiencing it once)

[das]

Shonen protagonist: I can't kill anyone. It's bad!
Gintoki: Seriously?

[kaslanacookies]

1:41 I love how everyone only shocked about Katsura's command but not Gintoki

[Lotusflower]

4:47 Who are you, Lupin? It's not Lupin, it's Zura! Oops, i screwed that up. It's Katsura!

[danzaseah]

At 3:40 gintoki feints with an overhead swing and goes for a kick to disarm the enemy instead, that's just awesome

[anekazucconi]

All the 3 weapons Gintoki uses in this battle scene:
You can see Gintoki appearing from the left with the dagger in his mouth at 2:28 (happens really fast)
Then you can see him use it against 2 or 3 amantos at 2:31, without a sword, only with the dagger as a weapon. At 2:34, there's a pink-ish amanto that appears from the front right holding a naginata and covers the whole screen for miliseconds, only to be stabed by Gintoki shortly after. You can see the dagger Gin used stuck in the amanto's body at the same time as he takes the same amanto's naginata to use it against those foes from 2:35 and onwards.
The naginata is then used at 2:44 to stab one of those green amantos in the air. By that time Gin already has two more swords, tho I can't find the frame where he gets them, 'cause the last time he's shown on sceen before the slow-mo-mid-air-thingy is at 2:41, in the general view of the battlefield and he still has none of the two swords.
He then leaves the naginata on the amanto's body at 2:47, uses one of the swords to stab another at 2:48 so Katsura can take it 'cause his broke at 2:43, and stays with the one he has.
Then that sword's dropped at 4:34 but we all know that last one.
This all happens really really fast.
I'm surprised by the amount of detail in this battle scene.

[rafaelperalta]

I love how Zura starts having a conversation with Gintoki after finishing the big guy off. Then, their talk temporarily stops when Gintoki's facing the leader of Harusame. They resumed talking after Gintoki kills the leader and they proceed to talk to like nothing has happened. 😊

[alaaobaid]

Katsura's laugh is so epic !!!! hahahahaha saraba !!!

[Malystrixiel]

"Zura, when did you start getting friends?" - reason why Gintoki and Gintama is the best!

[Moali.E]

i came here only to see elizabeth hit that guy 00:28

[hellowhat]

Gintoki spilled ramen on his textbook and threw it away. A very notable action that reflects well for his character.


He let go of the past. But Takasugi never did the same.


That alone gives them such a sad backstory but an epic differentiation in their charactors.