Review of Gintama

This review is for all of Gintama. I went into gintama having never watched it as a kid. So I watched it for the first time as an adult with no sense of nostalgia for it. I also watched it having seen a lot of comedy anime and action anime to compare it too. So that being said my initial thought to gintama is good, but not great. I laughed, but I did not laugh consistently. I enjoyed the action arcs, but not all of them. I grew to like the characters more and more and by the last movie I did feel attached to them,but I can’t say I really loved them.

Speaking to the comedy in the show, it’s a combination of slapstick, reference jokes and even play on words jokes. I thought the slapstick stuff was the funniest, the reference jokes were fun and I got most of them. But honestly I’m not sure they aged well. And sense I don’t speak Japanese the play on words jokes always flew over my head. Lastly there was a lot of breaking the 4th wall type humor. In fact it felt constant. Personally I found this annoying, but I could see how someone else would enjoy the campy type vibe it brought to the show.

Speaking to the action portions of the show. It was good, but again not great. There are better action anime out there. Even the best action arcs in this show can be topped by other anime, but it certainly wasn’t bad and I enjoyed it most of the time. I especially enjoyed the action sequences in the final movie.

Speaking to the characters of the show. They will grow on you. It took maybe 100 eps before I could say I actually started to like them but once you do feel attached you will only feel more and more attached to them as you keep watching and learning more about there story, especially with the main character Gin.

Overall - 7/10
I’d say gintama is a bit overrated. But its still a show worth watching. It will make you laugh and entertain you if you give it enough time. But if your 100 eps in and you still don’t like it, it’s probably not for you.