Gintama quotes

I choose my own battlefields. Not by my blood, but by my heart! I stand on the battlefield to protect what's important to me. And if anyone stands in my way, I don't care if it's one of my kind, my brother or anyone else… I'll crush them all!

It hasn't withered. I won't let it wither. We might just be little branches, but if the branches break off, the tree really will wither. That's why I won't break off. Even if winter comes and the leaves fall off, even if the wind comes and all the other little branches break off... Even if I am the last branch left, I won't break off. I'm sure we'll be together till the end.

Whether doing good or evil, I will be the boss.

You don't need a driver's license to hit and run!

I'm not eating early. In my country, we always ate hot dogs during class.

*talking about Gintoki* It's the same as always. He doesn't pursue those who leave, and ignores those who come.

I don't like men with glasses.

Gin-chan told me to pay people back double for revenge!

I'm on TV! I gotta call my folks!

Sometimes, it's necessary to look back at the past in order to move on to the future.

In this world, there are things you have to protect even if your hands get stained with blood.

You mean that we failed again to prevent a bombing? What are you doing, Hijikata-san? You should take this job more seriously.

Goodbye, vice captain. Why don't you suck on some mayonnaise in the afterlife? [he shoots, blowing up the whole wall]

*talking about Shinsengumi* Every time I'm with all of you, there's always a gap. I'm different from all of you.

Hijikata-san. I forgot my flute at the headquarters, so I'm gonna go back and get it real quick.

But I suppose it’s not so bad that an old friend is the same as ever.

Change is never easy in this world. I can't even change one friend, let alone a whole country.

Love is based on unpredictable events.

The zipper is a window to society.

Gintoki, will you take up your sword once again to cleanse this rotting nation? Lend me the strength of the fearsome white demon once again. [flashback to when they were fighting together] Is this it? Rather than falling into enemy hands, we should kill ourselves and die as warriors.

We could drive them off the entire earth if we had your strength, Gintoki!

There is no need for any proof. There is no need to create any. We just have to live every second to the fullest, and the traces of the path we lived will burn into the ground. That will serve as proof of our existence.

If you run into a wall and pretend it doesn't exist, you'll never make progress. The wall will never change, so you're the one who has to change.

*while eating Super Spicy Senbei* It's spicy... It's spicy. Damn it, why am I... It's so spicy I have tears in my eyes.

Inside your mouth, it's rat-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta, wonderful.

*to Okita, who tells him that he should take his job more seriously* Shall I put you to sleep, ingrate?

I just... ...want to make the woman I love happy.

There's no short-cut to becoming strong. Even if you try to look strong on the outside, that thin layer will soon fall off.

[Shinpachi and Kagura are stuck in a trashcan, and have been pushed onto the train tracks. Shinpachi sees a train coming]This timing's just like some manga!

Damn that sister of mine! She's always talking about our father, but what did that baldy ever do for us?! He just played Othello with us from time to time!

[Shinpachi is tied up, hanging from a tree, and the rope is held by the client] What kind of training is this? What kind of potential does he have?

Who the hell are they? Pedophile yakuza?

*to Okita* I don't care about that gap you created on your own. I'll jump across it as many times as it takes, and punch some sense into you.

I've told you before, he's not one to trust, Otae-san. No trustworthy man has eyes that look like a dead fish's eyes.

If someone went the wrong way, the other two would beat him up until he got back on track. That's how it always been. That's why we'll always stay on the right path!

Hey, if you take a step over that line, your territorial law won't mean shit!

A prison, you say? You think you'll be free if you go to the world above? A girl like you can never be free no matter where you go. After all, we humans are apes put in a cage called Earth. There is no difference between the world above and the world below. The only difference is which is bigger or smaller. People who pout about how confining the cage is can never be happy. They live their lives only seeing the iron bars. A true lack of freedom is when you cage your soul.

When you are down, how do you pick yourself up? People fall into two categories... depending on how they pick themselves up. The first one sees somebody who is worse off and thinks, "Hey! I am better off than that guy." And the second kind of guy sees a challenge and tries to raise himself to it.

Do you have any idea how stupid we are? Don't underestimate us!!!

Some lies are necessary for giving children dreams.

No matter how beautiful a person may be, they will still age and ultimately - die. But even so, even if appearances change, don't you believe that we have, in us, things that don't change? Even as our bodies crumble, even as the months and years take their toll... don't you believe that we all have something that time can't spoil? Even if you cover us with wrinkles, we won't lose to you. That's because we know what beauty truly is.

*To Shinpachi* When your friend is crying, cry with him. When your friend is worried, you should worry with him. And when your friend has an awkward bowel movement, then you must have an awkward bowel movement too, Shin-chan. If you are a friend, you should be able to share the other's pain, no matter what. And Shin-chan, if your friend goes down the wrong path... Then, you must stop your friend, even if it ruins your friendship. That is true samurai friendship.

It's as if you are stuck in some predetermined program, following some predetermined script. If you really want to live in reality, then fight against it. Break through destiny with your own hands, and build your own reality!

Gin-san, aren't you gonna make fun of me? Are you just gonna ignore me?!

I watch over Gin-san to protect him. Just like a fairy, like Tinkerbell!

It's true that your luster may not have been as bright as gold. You only shined on occasion. You were always arguing and fighting. You have wavy hair. You were lazy. You were the king of sexual harassment. You never paid the rent. You paid your people late. Still, you were brighter than the fake glint of gold plating. When you were angry, your entire soul was enraged. When you laughed, you laughed with all your heart. Your silver was much more beautiful.

If I were to survive, but couldn't protect what was important to me, then I might as well be dead.

It's quite easy for humans to become adults, but to always have a child-like heart that makes everything joyful isn't such an easy task.

Matsu, you said that people and fireworks bloom like beautiful flowers for an instant and then fade away. That may be true, but Matsu, even if it's only for a moment, I want you to bloom by my side and when you fade away... do so at my side. In return, I will... make beautiful flowers bloom by your side again and again.

If you have faith, your dreams will surely come true.

There’s no such thing as parents who don’t think about their children. But there are few children who understand their parents feelings.

Planets are just places for people to stand on. Planets are just rocks. It takes people to make it a world. You can have as many "Earths" as you want. I only care about what's inside.

The only people who say that money doesn't matter in this world are the ones with lots of it.

I think that in the end, I just care a lot about myself. I was the only one that I loved and respected. That's why I was scared to know what the others thought about me. I was afraid to get hurt, so I ran away and locked myself into my shell.

I like fish, biiiig FISH. I also have a crap haircut, kinda like Naruto.

Tears are handy for washing away troubling and sad feelings. But when you grow up, you'll learn that there are things so sad, they can never be washed away by tears. That there are painful memories that should never be washed away. So people who are truly strong laugh when they want to cry. They endure all of the pain and sorrow while laughing with everybody else.