Episode 73

Episode 73
Japanese Title:	そんなに松茸って美味しいもんなのか一度よく考えてみよう
Romanized Title:	Sonnani matsutakette oishii mon na no ka ichi do yoku kangae te miyou
English Title:	Think For A Minute Now, Do Matsutake Mushrooms Really Taste All That Good?
Airdate:	September 13, 2007
Manga
Chapters:	Lesson 41
Arc:	N/A
Theme Music
Opening:	Giniro no Sora
Ending:	Kiseki
Chronology

Think For A Minute Now, Do Matsutake Mushrooms Really Taste All That Good? (そんなに松茸って美味しいもんなのか一度よく考えてみよう, Sonnani matsutakette oishii mon na no ka ichi do yoku kangae te miyou) is the seventy-third episode of Gintama.

Introduction

While hunting mushrooms in the woods, the Yorozuya become infected with mentality-changing mushrooms while getting involved in a tragic war between a bear and a hunter.

Plot

When Catherine and Otose try to collect the rent, Gintoki, Shinpachi and Kagura escape to go looking for Matsutake Mushrooms in a forest. While Gintoki and Shinpachi are discussing a strange mushroom they have found, Kagura arrives carrying a wounded bear that has a mushroom growing on its head. As Gintoki and Kagura walk off, a giant bear arrives, and the gang plays dead. A hunter named Morinosuke arrives and attacks the bear, allowing them to escape.

The Yorozuya gang infected by the mushrooms.

Marinosuke explains that the bear, named Masamune, is being affected by a parasitic mushroom from an alien planet. While having lunch, the four of them realize they have been infected by the mushrooms after Kagura cooks one in the pot. After Marinosuke is rescued from the bear, he tells the others his story and admits the bear is his own sin, and that he must kill the bear to correct it. Marinosuke defeats Masamune and leaves the mountain.

Characters

• Sakata Gintoki
• Shimura Shinpachi
• Kagura
• Catherine
• Otose
• Morinosuke
• Masamune

Trivia

• Makes many references to Ginga Nagareboshi Gin, a Weekly Shonen Jump manga that won the 1987 Shogakukan Manga Award.
• The bear Masamune is a reference to Akakabuto, who is also abnormally large, has lost one eye which is often depicted as a shining red light.
• Masamune is also in charge of a mountain, just like Akakabuto in Ginga Nagareboshi Gin.
• Masamune is also harassing the nearby village, like Akakabuto does in Ginga Nagareboshi Gin. Masamune is also taking revenge against humans, like Akakabuto does.
• Shiitake is a much lower quality of mushroom.
• There is a museum in Japan's Ibaraki Prefecture called "Professor Mushroom's Museum" which is dedicated solely to mushrooms.