- DOES' Shura (ED5) is used as OP theme for this episode, in the vertical sub-heading in the beginning of this episode, the creators gave thanks to DOES, the band responsible for this OP theme.
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| Yamazaki's t-shirt logo vs Ryo-ma's
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Yamazaki's cap logo vs Ryo-ma's
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- this is a spoof of テニスの王子様 Prince of Tennis, another Jump serialization.
- Yamazaki spouted 越前リョーマ Echizen Ryo-ma's catchphrase 'まだまだだね' mada mada da ne, meaning 'You still have some way to go'. His cap logo is a spoof of Ryo-ma's cap with a Y-like design in place of Ryo-ma's 'R', while for the logos on the shirts, Yamazaki's 'Y' is seen replacing the double 'Y' logo on Ryo-ma's shirt.
- the students in blue and white shirts standing by the side are a reference to 青春学園中等部 Seishun Academy Secondary Department's characters, see image below:
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- the students on Musashi's side of the badminton court appears to reference 氷帝学園中等部 Hyotei Academy Secondary Department's characters, see image below:
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- the black cat is probably a stray, unlike カルピン karubin Carribean, owned by Ryo-ma's family, which is a Himalayan pedigree breed.[2]
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| Gintama's 'Kycilia Zabi'
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Gundam's Kycilia Zabi
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- While Yamazaki was interviewing Otsuu,
- The poster on the wall outside the room states 'TV Champions, The King of Good-Guys Contest, Contestants'.
- The character behind Otsuu is キシリア・ザビ Kycilia Zabi from Gundam. This contestant's entry is obviously ironical since this character is on the side of the 'bad-guys' in the Principality of Zeon in the Gundam series. The urn she is holding is the 北宋の壷 hokusou no go which can be found in the Gundam 0079 Card Builder arcade game.
- JUMP manga read out by Kagura to Gintoki -
- the first is a reference to Dragon Ball, with フリーザ Frieza being the character name referenced.
- the second manga Kagura read out to Gintoki was 『いちご100%』 Strawberry 100%, with the characters Manaka Junpei 真中淳平 and Nishino Tsukasa 西野つかさ being referenced. [3]
- Commercial plug for Otsuu's CD release -
- music producer is announced as Tsunpo, nom-de-plume for Kawakami Bansai 河上 万斉. For details on the meaning of Tsunpo, refer to Kawakami Bansai 河上 万斉.
- Recording label 'O Edo' has a Maneki Neko next to it, a charm that is supposed to bring in good fortune, or wealth.
- The SOL 740 (full name ストーカーおしおきレーザービーム suto-ka oshioki re-za-bi-mu aka Stalker Punishment Laser Beam). This is a reference to Akira's SOL 740 satellite that tried to destroy Tetsuo. [4]
- When Kondou was stuck in the pit, he asked why is his saviour's name in the form of a death spell -
- Yamazaki's name has the word 'zaki' in it, ザキ zaki is a death spell used in the Dragon Quest RPG game.
- Yamazaki replied then that he would go look for someone with the name ザオリク zaoriku, which is a resurrection spell in the same series, to save Kondou.
- Kondou then repented saying that he is glad that he is not Zaraki Kenpachi. 更木剣八 Zaraki Kenpachi is the violent captain of the 11th Division in Bleach series.
- The dish Otae prepared for Gintoki is actually porridge or congee, 粥 gayu, tamago-gayu, simply means porridge with egg. It became brownish-black because of the burnt fried egg.
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