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Gintama's ending song from Ep.14 to Ep.24 is "Mr. Raindrop" by Amplified. It
is the only theme which is in English.

[![Screenshot from the "Mr. Raindrop" ED, showing the English and hiragana
subtitles](https://i.stack.imgur.com/f5NBv.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/f5NBv.png)

[![Screenshot from the "Mr. Raindrop" ED, showing the English and hiragana
subtitles](https://i.stack.imgur.com/KL39n.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/KL39n.png)

As you can see, the transliteration above the English words is done in
hiragana instead of katakana. Since I can't confidently translate hiragana, I
wanted to confirm that was this done intentionally for a joke (if yes, can you
please explain it) or it was a careless mistake.


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Why was "Mr. Raindrop" transliterated into hiragana rather than katakana?


> I wanted to confirm that was this done intentionally for a joke (if yes, can
> you please explain it) or it was a careless mistake.

It is perfectly normal to write furigana (in hiragana) on top of English words
for the audience, who are practically all Japanese, to understand and learn
how to pronounce.

In addition, furigana is always added on top of English words at any Japanese
karaoke in Japan.

So no, it is not a joke nor a careless mistake, just a very common practice.


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