Progolgue
"Hurry! You're gonna miss the opening!" Shinpachi yelled from the living groom.
"Yeah yeah" Gintoki said lazily, entering from the kitchen. He carried a tray with tea and cold beverages, and placed it on the living room table. Otose had closed the snack shop early, and provided the gang with some finger food. Otae had also brought over some food of her own, but it had unsurprisingly gone untouched.
Shinpachi flipped through the channels until he found the one he was looking for. He wanted to make a comment, but Otae shushed him so he would stay silent during the opening credits.
After the song ended, a man holding a microphone popped up on the screen. The man wore a blue suit, a black shirt and a pinstriped tie. He looked like a proper game show host.
Good evening ladies and gentlemen. My name is Sakaguchi, welcome back to another exciting season of "Will They Fall in Love?". For those of you who don't know, our goal is to find love in a world where there is too little of it. This year, we found the perfect couple while we searched the Kabukichou district. Please give a round of applause.
"Here they come!" Otae exclaimed excitedly.
Sakaguchi gestured to a curtain opening up behind him. Two silhouettes emerged, and they walked up to him. Will you please introduce yourselves to the audience?
Sakaguchi handed his microphone to the female contestant.
She was clad in a red kimono, and her was fixed in a neat bun. She took a deep breath before she spoke. Hey, my name is Kagura. I'm 19 years old and I work at Yorozuya Gin-chan. I like eating, she paused for a moment, thinking about what to say next, she smiled and added, and punching those who deserve it. The audience laughed. She continued to smile, I want to fall in love, please take care of me. She handed the microphones to the male contestant standing next to her.
My name is Okita Sougo, he deadpanned, I'm the captain of the first division of the Shinsengumi. I want to fall in love, please take care of me. He handed the microphone back to the host.
Sakaguchi gleamed, Now that we've met the contestants. For those of you who're new to the show, I'd like to share the premise with you. As we've mentioned, the contestant were randomly picked from the crowd in Kabukichou. In previous seasons, the contestants haven't met until the beginning of their cohabitation. But the two of them together caught our eyes, and we knew we had found the perfect couple. Please roll the clip.
They rolled a clip of Kagura and Sougo fighting it out in a park.
Right now, the contestants view each other with animosity. Our goal for this season is to have the two of them fall in love. They will live together, and they'll be put through romantic challenges each week. If they manage to make it through the end, and fall in love with each other. We'll preform a marriage ceremony for them, and they'll be rewarded with one million dollars. So what do you think, will they fall in love? We'll find out, after these words from our sponsor.
Sakaguchi's words were followed by the shows logo, then assorted food and car commercial.
"Do you think they'll actually fall in love?" Shinpachi said and reached for the chips Otose had brought.
"She better act like she's in love, we need that money," Gintoki said and opened a can of beer. He took a sip, "they'll just get a divorce when it's over. It'll be fine."