Review of Gintama Season 5

I am a die-hard Gintama fan. I have watched it until now, and all of the previous seasons were 9-10/10's. They were just really good and nothing was like it. Then Gintama. rolls into my watchlist. I was expecting more of the same, and for Gintama that is a very very very good thing. All I find is Shonen battles, plot vomit, more shonen battles, plot vomit, and a lot of stories basically just handed to us. WHY?!??! Can you not take it slow? The First 200 episodes took it very very slow, with almost no plot, and it was one of the best seasons of any animeever. I loved the first season. For one reason...

The Comedy!!!!

This season has almost NO comedy. Now I am sure people LOVE shonen battles and drawn-out sequences, I do not. I am a fan of Slice of Life, so I enjoy comedy and everyday life more than drawn-out battles. This season was almost unwatchable for me. Like every single episode in this season is just so so so many battles. It is almost like a 12-episode Arc which almost no animes do. At least the other shonen animes I watched (Hunter x Hunter, Naruto) had some filler or breaks in between. I know Naruto filler is not good, I skipped it, but like even between the Naruto battles there is some comedy and tension-relievers if you know what I mean.

Here there is nothing. Oh? one battle done? Well, heres another one. I got quite lost following through it hurt my brain

If not a drawn out battle, guess what else we have?

Thats right, 10 minutes of backstory!! Yayyyyy!!!!!

I was so so looking forward to this season just to bring it down like this.

If the other seasons are like this, I might have to DROP Gintama which is a sentence I never expected I would type out. It is just beyond wild they took this severe of a turn with this season. Season 4 was really good too with some of the best comedy! Why?!??!?!?

*sigh*

With a filled chest, I regretfully have to give Gintama season 5 a 5/10. I enjoyed *some* of the battle sequences and there was a couple one liners I laughed at but other than that my god Gintama get yo act together

Thanks!
-CyanCheetah