Inside me, there is an organ more important than my heart. Although you can’t see it, I feel it going right through my head and down to my legs, and I know that it exists...

That’s a good attitude. You should hate me more, curse me more, and detest me! Then you should take the power of that hatred and use it to survive this rotten world.

(Episode 9. Hijikata finds Gintoki on a rooftop and challenges him to a duel to avenge Kondo’s defeat earlier. Gintoki doesn’t want to fight him, so breaks Hijikata’s sword easily, and leaves. It’s then revealed...