OkiKagu

OkiKagu is the het ship between Okita Sougo and Kagura from the Gintama fandom.

Canon
Sougo calls Kagura 'China Girl' or 'China' because of her Chinese appearance. Meanwhile, the latter calls him 'Sadist' for his sadistic personality. They are usually seen fighting or bickering with each other.

Gengai Arc
They are shown to be enjoying themselves at a shooting booth. Soon after, they reappear together again to fight the robots, this time however with a blue aura for Okita and a red one for Kagura.

Episode 27
Kagura criticises Sougo for his sadism while watching woman fight. Later, he invites the Yorozuya to an underground fighting arena, Kagura again shouts at him for bringing her to this scary place, while he stays unfazed. At the end of the episode, Okita makes a joke about Kagura, in which she jokingly responds with 'This guy definitely likes me.

Lesson 72
In order to stop a ginat Sadaharu (with a Kagura clinging on it's body), Okita drives next to it with a megaphone and tells Kagura that she's arrested for 'violating the traffic law'. After being shouted by a frustrated Kagura, he presses a charge of 'resisting a police officer', which he adds hurts his feelings. Okita then tries to use his bazooka to forcibly stop or most likely kill the creature, but is flung to the side by the creature's paws, which Kagura finds hilarious. Unfortunately for her however, Okita survives and is then also clinging to the creature's body. She then tries to push him off Sadaharu by kicking him.

Lesson 83-84
The Yorozuya decide to go beetle hunting for the day. Shinpachi spots a huge beetle and the trio decide to knock it off the tree. Kagura feels great as she'll have a beetle to avenge her previous beetle, Sadaharu No.28, but turns out it was just Sougo in a beetle disguise. In order to find the beetle, the Yorozuya sleeps at the forrest with only a sleeping bag and very few food. Sougo later mockingly walks near their tent with some barbeque food, causing the famished three to become jealous. Kagura later pukes on the Shinsengumi's barbeque equipment as revenge and smirks at the unsatisfied Sougo. The next day, Kagura challenges Sougo for a beetle battle. She lets out the shogun's golden beetle and for Sougo, a monstrous man-eating beetle king despite knowing about the Shinsengumi's mission.

Quotes
"WHICH ONE'S STRONGER, YOU OR ME?!!"

- Both Kagura and Sougo, chapter

"Aren't you a policeman? At least deal with the traffic, then. I can't even walk my dog like this."

- Kagura, Episode 309

"Wait, are you cheering me up right now? Did you think I was depressed?"

- Sougo to Kagura, Episode 309

"TOO LATE TO BEG FOR YOUR LIVES! You're hindering our walk!"

- Kagura and Sougo Episode 309

Fanon
OkiKagu is one of the most popular ships within the Gintama fandom. People love their love-hate dynamic.

There is a theory of Kagura and her relationship with the bridge. She would go to the bridge and look down at the water to reassure herself. Fans think that in the Farewell Shinsengumi arc, her kicking Okita down the bridge is possibly a way of her showing the negative emotions she feels at the moment because of Okita leaving Edo. They also believe that the two promising each other to get stronger and not losing to anyone else is their way of saying 'stay safe'.

Fans also enjoy calling Kagura's older brother, Kamui, Sougo's 'brother-in-law'. This may be one of the reasons why the fight between the two mad men is one of the most popular fights in the series.

OkiKagu week is usually held on September 1st to the 7th, with fans creating social media accounts to post various fan art, fan fiction and all things related to celebrate the two characters.

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