Review of Gintama

So many anime series these days try to hard to cater to the people's tastes and try too hard to meet their expectations, but not this one. Gintama is a series that influences you, and not the other way around. Say you raise a baby. The child is ugly, is annoying, is foolish. Why in the world would anyone want to put up with such a monstrosity for twenty years of their lives? Why, indeed. But it's simply that you do - you love the baby despite it being ugly, you love the baby despite it being annoying, you love the baby despite it being ridiculous.And is it worth it? Yes, because you have grown to love the baby without a logical condition, and because it is a beautiful thing to watch it grow up, not to meet your expectation of it, but to exceed your expectation of it.