To work closely with Hideaki Sorachi, the author of GintamaEven the manga editor could just have some problems with wheels. For no reason at all, he dared an achievement between madness and genius: that is, he counted the number of times the characters say "Hey".

The manga of Gintama is now finished for a while and Sorachi himself decided to retire from the mangaka career as soon as the last chapter is published. A legitimate choice as the Sensei has worked tirelessly and publishes well for 16 years 704 chapters divided into 77 volumes.

Apparently the editor of Gintama He had a lot of free time after the play ended, so he thought of rereading the story from the start to count how many faces the characters were screaming. "Hi there!", a phrase that is widely used in anime and manga culture. Well, in 704 chapters, the characters they repeated this expression 1883 timesin other words, about two and a half times per chapter. As if that wasn't enough, he pinned the boards with a post-it note so as not to lose the count. The character who likes "Hey!" The most. has been Shinpachi that far surpassed any other secondary work.

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