Gintama Characters As Flowers, part 3

For Gintoki, I considered both the lotus and the cherry blossom. Ultimately I went with the lotus mostly because I have other plans for the cherry blossom.

It might be weird to give this canonically sleazy and even sometimes stinky character this hallowed symbol of purity, but a major theme in Gintama is having him work as a purifier for many of the people he meets, paradoxical yet powerful. Such is the strength (or fate) of his silver soul.

Gintama Characters As Flowers, part 4

For Otae's flower, I picked the plum blossom!

I could have gone with a cherry blossom here as well - Otae is often associated with it - but again chose not to. The gentle but beautiful plum blossom that signals the arrival of spring is also associated with Otae in the series at times, and it just seems to fit her. Of course, the cup she’s seen with here contains plum wine…