“Unfortunately, I don't have a nice eyeball like you, that can see this and that. All I can do to pursue one thing in front of me. So whether it's the abyss of death or an empty void, I won't fight for the manju offered to my grave. I'll fight for tomorrow's breakfast. That's all.”
“For a pregnant woman to give birth, she's gotta feel the pain of pulling a watermelon out of her nostril. For an Artist to create a masterpiece, he's gotta feel the pain of pulling entire galaxies out of his ass.”
“No matter whether you win or not, there's no meaning to war.”
“The night is in its darkest just before dawn. But keep your eyes open. If you avert your eyes from the dark, you'll be blinded by the rays of a new day. So keep your eyes open, no matter how dark the night ahead may be.”
“That's a good attitude. You should hate me more, curse me more, and detest me! Then you should take the power of that hatred and use it to survive in this rotten world. (parody of Naruto, Itachi)”
“Sake sure is nice. You can forget your troubles if only for a moment. You'll have to remember them tomorrow though, and they'll be even more painful than they were the night before. You can't run away from things like this. Especially from things you really want to forget.”
“Don't worry. When people break their old selves they embark a journey to find their new selves.”
“Happiness depends on each person. If you think you're happy, then you must be happy.”
“Even if you're a main character, you can still die... I better be careful-ttebayo.”
“When boys get to a certain age, family becomes a bother. That's how they become independent.”
“Ironic, isn't it? How people without truly important things know about them more than those who have them.”
“There are two things people fear... those are death and embarrassment. Those who try to overcome death are just idiots, but I won't laugh at those who try to overcome their embarrassment. I like those kind of idiots.”
“Goodbyes are only one side of the coin. You can't say goodbye until you've said hello.”
“Anime - it's not something that can be thought of in a hall for conferences. It is made out of strange juices current from the brain of animators.”
“A farewell is like the other side of a coin. It will only happen when there is an encounter. Rather than dreading the day we have to part, shouldn't we be happy that we had the chance to meet today instead?”
“Life is like a mountain - you can say you've reached the top, but only after climbing back down.”
“Even if you can't move anymore, or your back gets bent out of shape, it doesn't matter! What matters is what's inside! Not what someone looks like, dammit!”
“Life is basically like a soap bubble. It rides on the wind, flying here and there... and before you realize it - pop! It's gone. When it's about to disappear, you think that you could've flown a little higher. But by the time, it's already too late.”
“You yourself have to change first, or nothing will change for you.”
“If we're unable to climb down the mountain, then we won't know whether there's another mountain to climb up.”
“Manga endings might always end the same. However, if it comes to life. Neither you or I are mere readers. We are writers. We can change the ending.”
“So what if the government collapses or the country is ruined? I'm not civic-minded! All I want to do is stand tall and live on until the day I collapse and die!”
“Nobody can take anybody's place. There isn't a person in this world that could take your place. It doesn't matter if you were based on me or have the same face.”
“Stress makes you bald, but it's stressful to avoid stress, so you end up stressed out anyway. In the end, there's nothing you can do.”
“That's the kind of people they are. Whether it was me or not doesn't make a difference. A person falling to their doom, and without a second thought they would jump in to save them. It's impossible to just sit and let it happen. Without thinking of the consequences their bodies just move. That's what kind of idiocy is gathered here. That's the Yorozuya. Even if you forget everything else, as long as you remember that much, we're good. As long as you remember that, whomever your leader is, you guys will do fine.”
“Everyone's carrying something that matters. You just don't realize when you're carrying it. It's only after it slips out of your hand that you realize how heavy it was in the first place. So many times I thought that I'd never carry a load like that ever again. And yet, before I realized it, I was carrying it again. I'd feel so much better if I just got rid of it. But I just can't bring myself to do it.”
“I'm telling you, it's just that it's soooooo lolilolilolied that it smokes. Come on, girls. One of you loan me your whistle. I'll lolly it up!”
“But men are always boys at heart until the die.”
“Listen up, I don't care what you punks do around the universe. But with this, my sword… anywhere it can reach, is part of my country! Asses who blunder in and violate my things… whether it be a Shogun, whether it be space pirates, whether it be a meteorite - I'll destroy them!!”
“It's often said, "People who are similar can be called friends", right? You haven't been making a good life for yourself, have you? Well, I guess I'm no better.. People don't try to make a life that they can't be proud of... They have the intention of staying on the straight path, but out of blue, they're in the dirt. But, even so, with heart and soul you try to brake through. There will be a day, that even dirt will dry and fall off. (Gintoki to Catherine "Gintama chapter 24, page 19")”
“The Other Side of the Other Side of the Other Side would be the Other Side.”
“Whether I go or not, I'll die anyway. I have an organ more important than my heart. Although you can't see it, I feel it going through my head down to my feet, and I know it exists within me. It lets me stand on my feet, it lets me walk forward without trembling. If I stop here, I feel like it would break... My soul will break.”
“I don't have anything anymore, but if there's something on the floor, I'll pick it up.”
“Idiots in their idiotic way have their own idiotic worries.”
“The country? the skies? You can have them. I'm busy just protecting what's right in front of me. I don't know what'll happen to me in the future, but if something has fallen at my feet, then the least I can do is pick it up.”
“Shinpachi, just remember this... We aren't friends with justice or even your sister. We're YOUR friends.”
“*about Katsura, who apparently got his head hit very hard* Forget his name, this guy's questioning his own existence!”
“What is it, you? Bang bang banging on people's heads like that. Are you hoping to become a tambourine player? If you don't like Shin-chan, then how about Sen-chan from secret operation?”
“The best way to live a full life is to be a child, no matter your age.”
“Katsura, just stop this. No matter how elegant you think dying is, your death won't appease your conscience and won't change anything.”
“Oh crap! Today is Jump release day! I forgot it comes out on Saturday this week! We have to go back!”
“[after hitting Kagura with his motor scooter, Gintoki looks inside a vending machine slot] D-don't worry. A-all we have to do is find a t-t-time machine.”
“Do you really intend to lose even more of your friends for something like that? I'll pass on that. As long as I'm alive, I'll live by my own rules. I'll live as I see fit and protect that which I hold dear.”
“Shut it! Do you know the pain of having a permanent perm?!”
“*talking about a nosebleed* And why would a girl your age pick hard enough to get a nosebleed?!”
“In this country, we don't call someone who can stop a scooter with her bare hands a girl. We call her a mountain gorilla.”
“*after Shinpachi caught up to him, while running from the police* What a nice boy you are. Have you come to return my wooden sword? That's all right. It was just a souvenir I bought on a school trip.”
“*after Katsura asks him about what he is doing* Well, I suppose I'm doing something odd, like jogging or taking a walk or something like that.”
“Oi, oi, why are you letting them chase you, idiot?”
“Hey, what's that natto for, anyway? If you intend to seduce me with it, you're way off base, you know.”
“[after the client asks Shinpachi, Kagura and Ayame to get him stronger] Well, whatever. At any rate, raise his hit points another hundred or so.”
“The earth's rowdier than a group of five high school guys living under the same roof.”
“What are you, some tantrum throwing brat who forgot to buy his Jump? Having no money is like having a sinus infection. You just have to ignore it and not pick at it, and it'll go away.”
“Leave it at that. Even though she was raised by gorillas, she's still a woman.”
“That's like what an evil organization in some anime would do.”
“You can't just run away, especially from the things you want to forget!”
“Yeah, I know. It's not good to be reading Jump at my age.”
“They have a one-eye bandaged member, so we'll be better and have a two-eye bandaged member!”
“It may be tough now, but the worst is surely yet to come. Keep that in mind, and you'll be fine.”
“Having no money is like having a sinus infection. You just ignore it and it goes away.”
“A life without gambling is like sushi without wasabi!”
“*Gintoki stopped by a metal detector* Could it be that this can even detect the blade of the soul?”
“Listen up! What we need is this! Yes, calcium! If we have enough calcium, we can do anything!”
“Oi, oi. Why do you have red eyes? Have you been playing Tetris all night?”
“*staring at his hand in the toilet* Do you know why people have two hands? That's because...”
“Every since childhood we've dreamed of being pirates. We're looking for the fabled treasure they call "One Pack", right Zura? (One Piece parody)”
“You're absolutely right. I can't do anything alone. Everyone has their flaws and imperfections, but that's what drives us to work together... To make up for those flaws. Together, we make the perfect main character.”
“No matter how colossal a power you obtain, no matter how gigantic an army you bring with you, I ain't scared. While you've abandoned a hundred, I've connected with a thousand. While you've destroyed a thousand, I've been helped by ten thousand. So what's an army of a few thousand? We have protected everything as just three people. We're the Yorozuya.”
“What is right? What is wrong? In this mixed up world, deciding what is right and wrong is not easy. You can't just go by somebody else's rules. If you let yourself be controlled like that, you'll just become a puppet that can't make decisions on it's own. You have to live by your rules.”
“You STILL don't get it? When you tossed all of that away, a few important things were discarded as well. You abandoned your friends? More like you were afraid of BEING abandoned. You fight by yourself? More like you hid yourself in solitude from the beginning. You abandoned yourself? No... You just couldn't bear the pain of having a heavy load place upon you, or being a heavy load, so you ran. Like the coward you are. If you want to live your life abandoning one thing after another, that's your choice. But to try to incite your student to join you because you can't handle being alone, makes you a fool.”
“If you have time to think of a beautiful end, then live beautifully until the end.”
“Trying to shoulder the burden all by yourself? Don't be a stranger. Weep and ask for help. Lean on me with your runny nose. Cry when you feel like crying. Laugh when you feel like laughing. When you're tearing up with an ugly face, I'll give you a good cry with an uglier face. When you're laughing so hard your stomach hurts, I'll laugh in a louder voice. That's how it should be. It's far better to get dirty while living true to yourself, than to throw away yourself and die a clean death.”
“Listen up! Let's say you drink too much strawberry milk, and have to use the bathroom in the middle of the night. But it's cold outside your bed. You don't want to get up, but the urge to urinate is just too strong! You make up your mind to go! You run to the bathroom, stand in front of the toilet, and let loose! You think that all your life has led to this moment! But then you realize! It isn't the bathroom, you're still in bed! That feeling of lukewarm wetness spreads like wildfire! But you don't stop! You can't stop! That's what I'm talking about! THAT'S THE TRUTH OF THE STRAWBERRY MILK! DO YOU GET IT!?”