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[VIDEO/ACTION] Fourth Walls Are Only Fun When You Get to Break Them Down
VIDEO
[ A caption, at the very top of the screen: When watching Gintama, keep the room lit and sit away from the screen yoooooooooooooo.
The camera zooms out and focuses on this particular cover of Weekly Shounen JUMP, which is being held by a manly hand. It is not clear who the owner of that hand is until the journal is turned and set down, to reveal that its owner in fact possesses the same face as the man on the cover(s).
Gintoki looks a quite smug, with some sort of strange grin on his face. ]
Ha! I knew I’d find it!
[ He holds up the copy of JUMP, right next to his head, and then slowly the smile that had been on his face turns into a flat line as he pauses for a moment to clear his throat.]
Oi, you JUMP bastards. [ He points at the screen. ] You better not continue pretending that Gin-san isn’t an important character! See? [ Waves the cover around. ] I’m on the front cover! The front cover, oi! You know who goes on the front cover of JUMP? THE MAIN CHARACTER!
[ Nevermind the fact that Zoro and Reborn and other side characters are on the cover, too. They’re not as important, clearly, because Gintoki’s face gets to be on the cover THREE TIMES. He makes sure to point his finger at the tiny Naruto. ]
See!?!? SEE?! I’m not makin’ this shit up. It’s time you guys stop treating us like a second-class manga and show some respect!
[ Until an admonishing “tsk" comes from off to the side. Kagura leans in, squeezing herself into the line of the camera, holding her own copy of Jump. ]
Gin-chan, no one cares anymore who is on the cover aru. What is important is the action or feeling in the manga itself. You have captured the essence of a main character here aru.
[ At which point, she’ll shove this page in front of the camera, trying to hide a smirk. ]
OI!
[ KAGURAAA YOU STINKIN’ BRAAAAAAAAT. Gin-san isn’t gonna let you live this down! Almost immediately a hand comes out and snatches the entire book out of the camera’s reach, knocking the video off in the process when a sword in the ass slams into the journal, and everything goes dark. ]
ACTION
[ It comes as no small surprise that when a sudden mass influx of people begin arriving in Luceti, Yorozuya Gin-chan is prepared. They have prepared a booth in the middle of town square, right next to the fountain, with a couple of tables and a big banner above that reads:
Another sign reads: BATTLE THE GREAT MONSTER GURA AND WIN A PRIZE
On the table next to the one Kagura is sitting behind is an array of different prizes, all lovingly labeled:
1 Magical Egg - Will Give You Wings! (Another Pair) Also Bankai
1 Magical Pudding - Cures Future Hemorrhoids & Bestows the Power of Rasengan
1 Magical Alien Shoe - Grants the Power of Super Saiyan & Another Bankai
12 Random Shounen JUMP Issues - Grants the Power of the Future if You Are From An Earlier Timepoint
1 Set of Gintama DVDS, All 6 Seasons, With Covers Lovingly Hand-Drawn By the Main Characters (There is a Poop-Shaped Drawing With Stink Lines on the Front)
1 Cursed Video Tape - Curses Your Enemy for All Eternity. Or Seven Days.
Gintoki struts about in front of the table, wearing a circus ringleader’s costume, complete with a top hat, waving a magician’s baton, because clearly that’s the way things should be. ]
Come one, come all! Challenge the Great Monster Gura and win a prize!! Place your bets now, ladies and gents!
[ He’s trying his best to sound like one of those announcer-types.
Your character has the option of entering the following competitions: arm wrestling; food eating; high striker; or kick the can. ]
[ A caption, at the very top of the screen: When watching Gintama, keep the room lit and sit away from the screen yoooooooooooooo.
The camera zooms out and focuses on this particular cover of Weekly Shounen JUMP, which is being held by a manly hand. It is not clear who the owner of that hand is until the journal is turned and set down, to reveal that its owner in fact possesses the same face as the man on the cover(s).
Gintoki looks a quite smug, with some sort of strange grin on his face. ]
Ha! I knew I’d find it!
[ He holds up the copy of JUMP, right next to his head, and then slowly the smile that had been on his face turns into a flat line as he pauses for a moment to clear his throat.]
Oi, you JUMP bastards. [ He points at the screen. ] You better not continue pretending that Gin-san isn’t an important character! See? [ Waves the cover around. ] I’m on the front cover! The front cover, oi! You know who goes on the front cover of JUMP? THE MAIN CHARACTER!
[ Nevermind the fact that Zoro and Reborn and other side characters are on the cover, too. They’re not as important, clearly, because Gintoki’s face gets to be on the cover THREE TIMES. He makes sure to point his finger at the tiny Naruto. ]
See!?!? SEE?! I’m not makin’ this shit up. It’s time you guys stop treating us like a second-class manga and show some respect!
[ Until an admonishing “tsk" comes from off to the side. Kagura leans in, squeezing herself into the line of the camera, holding her own copy of Jump. ]
Gin-chan, no one cares anymore who is on the cover aru. What is important is the action or feeling in the manga itself. You have captured the essence of a main character here aru.
[ At which point, she’ll shove this page in front of the camera, trying to hide a smirk. ]
OI!
[ KAGURAAA YOU STINKIN’ BRAAAAAAAAT. Gin-san isn’t gonna let you live this down! Almost immediately a hand comes out and snatches the entire book out of the camera’s reach, knocking the video off in the process when a sword in the ass slams into the journal, and everything goes dark. ]
ACTION
[ It comes as no small surprise that when a sudden mass influx of people begin arriving in Luceti, Yorozuya Gin-chan is prepared. They have prepared a booth in the middle of town square, right next to the fountain, with a couple of tables and a big banner above that reads:
THE GREAT MONSTER GURA |
Another sign reads: BATTLE THE GREAT MONSTER GURA AND WIN A PRIZE
On the table next to the one Kagura is sitting behind is an array of different prizes, all lovingly labeled:
1 Magical Egg - Will Give You Wings! (Another Pair) Also Bankai
1 Magical Pudding - Cures Future Hemorrhoids & Bestows the Power of Rasengan
1 Magical Alien Shoe - Grants the Power of Super Saiyan & Another Bankai
12 Random Shounen JUMP Issues - Grants the Power of the Future if You Are From An Earlier Timepoint
1 Set of Gintama DVDS, All 6 Seasons, With Covers Lovingly Hand-Drawn By the Main Characters (There is a Poop-Shaped Drawing With Stink Lines on the Front)
1 Cursed Video Tape - Curses Your Enemy for All Eternity. Or Seven Days.
Gintoki struts about in front of the table, wearing a circus ringleader’s costume, complete with a top hat, waving a magician’s baton, because clearly that’s the way things should be. ]
Come one, come all! Challenge the Great Monster Gura and win a prize!! Place your bets now, ladies and gents!
[ He’s trying his best to sound like one of those announcer-types.
Your character has the option of entering the following competitions: arm wrestling; food eating; high striker; or kick the can. ]
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