What Made Hideaki Sorachi Start Writing Gintama?
Hideaki Sorachi was inspired to start writing Gintama because he wanted to create a series that combined his love for comedy and samurai stories. Plus, he wanted to break away from the usual serious samurai tales and add some ridiculous humor!
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Sorachi-sensei was basically like, 'I love samurai and I love making people laugh鈥攍et's mash 'em together!' And voila, Gintama was born!
As someone who loves the series, I remember reading that Sorachi wanted to create a unique and entertaining blend of action and comedy, which he definitely nailed!
He got bored, picked up a pen, and the rest is history.
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