Gintama question (happy for replurks): I thought Nobume being 18 when she first turns up (Thorny arc) was canon. Even though that doesn't fit so well with what we see of her backstory later.

I saw her age as 18 on the wiki but idk where it came from.

considering the main cast doesnt even have ages i wouldnt think too much about it

I'm trying to put together Nobume's backstory...

or at least

remind myself of it

Here's her entry in the Koujien book

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I can't see any numbers there that might refer to her age, but actually I don't even see such numbers for characters we know very well have canon ages - Kagura, Shinpachi, Otae...

The supplementary material like that is so unfortunately unreliable with number details - Isaburo's birthday is listed completely differently in a few

when did kagura get a canon age...

ᴄᴀᴘᴛᴀɪɴ ʀᴜᴅᴇ I feel like there are several points in canon where her being 14 is explicitly pointed out? But I can't think of when/where right now (except for one instance that i think you might not have reached yet, but I'm also pretty sure it has been said much earlier)