#self imposed duty better. enter mobcop
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well i think mobcop has everything to do with hijikata being an alivegirl
#leologisms#gintama#gintameta#so if 'we're' (i am) talking about hash tag alivegirl hijikata im gonna have to talk about mobcop#hijikata who has been assigned the title alivegirl on the basis that he does not want to be the alivegirl. his lose condition is still being#left alive after everything. farewell shinsengumi arc beheading nightmare and kondou 'death' come to mind#but also the chapter where kondou gets shot protecting that frog amanto. specifically the part where hes addressing the men afterwards#(lesson 15. truly one of the chained government dog moments ever.) 'not the bakufu nor the shogun. i only take orders from kondou-san'#<- words from the mouth of a dog on a short chain#shinsengumi crisis as well. 'you are the soul of the shinsengumi we are the sword that protects you'#and of course rengokukan arc and 'you know how kondou gets'. which also brings up hijikata and his oni mask#which he dons in an attempt to save kondous face in exchange for his own. to redirect any animosity towards himself#AND in an attempt to remove himself from his own humanity (something which merely gets in the way of the duty hes imposed on himself)#gestures broadly at mitsuba arc. of course both that arc and rengokukan (wherein the actual unmasking takes place) reveal that hijikata#really is nothing but human (with vices like mayonnaise and smoking. behaviour of a guy who thinks he is Definitely going to live to see the#ill effects of his own actions) but yes. hijikata and hes desire to be stronger. to be helpful. to justify his own existence#hes decided for himself (pre timeskip) that his sole purpose in life is to protect kondou and that anything else should be (SHOULD be)#discarded. hes someone who would gladly never have been alive (a living human being) in the first place if it meant he could carry out his#self imposed duty better. enter mobcop#yamazaki fellow resident alivegirl of the shinsengumi. by virtue of his mob nature. of being so jimmy.#yamazaki former hooligan reformed into a Normal Guy. and hijikata 'self flagellation is always the answer' toushirous treatment of him#yamazaki who did what hijikata couldnt and actually became the Most Normal Guy Youve Ever Seen. and then went on to die and become a robot.#but also interesting is that this happens post timeskip. at which point hijikata is less single mindedly driven by his self imposed#duty to kondou. we even first meet him and realise who the hell he even is once hijikatas tracked gintoki down.#which doesnt necessarily mean that hes let go of the oni mask human mask sword thing.#i dont have a good way to end this. theres a lot of implications here and i dont know what to make of them. good night to one and all
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