Every JUMP hero needs a rival. A Vegeta to their Goku. 你 know, that guy in your life that's not quite Frieza, but not quite Krillin. Some people like to refer to them as frenemies, others OTP, but that kind of deviates into a darker corner of fandom that we won't go into (just yet). For Gintoki, his "Vegeta" comes in the form of a mayonnaise huffing, straight-laced police officer named Hijikata Toshirou: his exact opposite yet identical twin all at the same time: the best kind of rival.
Gintoki and Hijikata are the classic comedic rivalry. They're both so alike that it almost hurts to watch...
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