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In Gintama episode 349, Agomi mentioned that the gate "she" is guarding is
called "Morocco Gate"?

What is the joke here? What "Morocco Gate" is supposed to mean?


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What is the Morocco Gate?


I don't know for certain, but my best guess is that it's a reference to a
Japanese actress called [Maki
Carrousel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maki_Carrousel "Maki Carrousel"), who
got a gender reassignment operation in Morocco in 1972. Back then, gender re-
assignment surgery wasn't legal in Japan, so people wishing to have it
performed had to travel abroad, and the most common location for it as first
was Morocco. In fact, it wasn't for another [3
decades](https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2004/10/05/national/transsexual-
wins-fight-to-alter-register/#.Wv1586Qvypo) that Maki Carrousel had her
official documents labeled as female.

I would suppose this gave the public perception of a connection between going
to Morocco and changing one's gender. Put the fact that just prior to this
line, Gintoki was just chasing his own testicle and runs into Agomi, the joke
(while obscure to us that don't live in Japan) writes itself.

(I found a pretty decent paper that goes into more detail on the history of
transgenderism in Japan
[here](https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/9c80/b865c51694dd432312177110b20bc6f0b3f9.pdf)
for further reading, it's possible I've overlooked some more important
details)


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