Disclaimer: Spoiler for a season 2 arc in the last paragraph
Wow wow wow. Where do I begin? Lol I really don’t know where to start, there’s so much to talk about in Gintama. It’s a series with an extremely lovable cast and hilarious comedy that got me laughing more than anything else I have ever seen. Gintama also has one of the most enjoyable main characters I have ever seen: Sakata Gintoki. He is just hilarious and serious when the situation calls for it, Gin has a sweet tooth, he loves to read Weekly Shonen Jump magazines, drink strawberry milk, and he has a crush on the wheather girl Ketsuno Ana. Gintoki runs a business called Odd Jobs where he does, well, you guessed it, odd jobs for people alongside his friends Shimura Shinpachi, Kagura, and of course you can’t forget the adorable Sadaharu. His interactions and relationships with Shinpachi, Kagura and all of his friends are just hilarious; whether it’s Otose getting mad at him for not paying rent, Gin gambling and losing money with Hasegawa, Shinpachi’s sister Otae always being stalked by Kondo, Shinpachi and his fan club always cheering for their favorite pop star Otsu, Tsukuyo throwing kunai knives into Gin’s head after he says something stupid, Katsura always correcting someone when they call him Zura ir anything else, Ayame simping for Gin, Hijikata putting an absurd amount of mayonnaise on anything and everything he eats, and just so much more. I could go on and on about how enjoyable and hilarious the Gintama cast is lmao.
Another thing I love about Gintama is how often they reference and do parodies of other series, especially Dragon Ball which they referenced quite frequently. Gintama’s references and parodies never miss. I remember this one episode that had me DYING: Hijikata was trying his hardest to quit smoking so much, I remember he travelled to different planets where cigarettes or tobacco didn’t even exist, and that episode turned into a Dragon Ball parody and instead of trying to quit his tobacco addiction, Hijikata set out to defeat Frieza LMAO. Literally anything can happen in Gintama, you think an episode is going in one direction then it turns into something completely different like the one I just described. The S tier voice acting only make the jokes hit so much better.
Gintama also has its fair share of non-comedy arcs and those arcs make you love the cast even more. After seeing characters be funny, seeing them in a serious tone only make you love them more. After seeing Gintoki in comedy episodes for a while, seeing him in a serious tone is just awesome, same for any other character in serious arcs. For example, Gintoki fighting to protect his friends like Otose in the Kabukicho Four Devas arc. This arc really highlighted the relationship Gintoki has with Otose when he fought the man who killed her husband. Ight, I gotta wrap this up, I’ve been typing for a while: Gintama is a hilarious series with an incredible cast, and whether the tone is funny or serious, Sorachi always delivers.