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Mar 26, 2017 11:01 PM

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Yep i gave it a 9/10 for being only 12 episodes, should've had more!
Mar 26, 2017 11:04 PM

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Good start, decent middle part, painfully mediocre and generic-shounen last episodes.

Weak 6/10.
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Mar 27, 2017 12:19 AM

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So it ends...for now. I can't wait for the next arc to be animted.
Mar 27, 2017 2:17 AM

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Awesome season yet again. To all the crybabies that omg no comedy omg this season is shit 1/10, you have to realize the guy has been writing the manga for about 14 years now and wants to end it. And he knows if he just ends it with all the loose ends it will be a shit ending to a great manga. Do I miss the comedy? Ofcourse I do. Do I mind that this season wasn't that focused on comedy? Not really as it ties up a lot of loose ends.
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Mar 27, 2017 3:06 AM

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HaXXspetten said:
Disappointing season in general. Pretty much just one season-long serious arc and nothing else, I.E: everything I don't want to see from Gintama

I agree!!
I used to love Gintama, season 1 was the best imo, so many very different episodes, loads of comedy.
I am fine with the occasional serious arc but this was just too much.
Went from a 10/10 score for season 1 to 9, 8 and now a 7.
I too hope there will be some more comedy stuff in seasons in the future...

I agree that I can't believe how this is ranked way above season 1 most of all...
Mar 27, 2017 3:15 AM
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People bitch when it's only "just a comedy anime". People bitch when they include storylines. I'm going to conclude a lot of people just like to bitch. "Too many serious arcs". It's his FUCKING STORY!

10/10 Just as good as the rest. Shoyou's OST during Gintoki's recap of his execution, along with that last part when Sakamoto finishes his speech and the piano adds the high pitch notes just as GIntoki gets that look of determination was so great.
Mar 27, 2017 3:23 AM

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John_2001 said:
WTF guys 9.28 average score? And I am seeing people here rating it 7s and 8s. Something is definately weird.

Takes a whole day for MAL to get updated. It'll come around somewhere 9.1-9.2 after the first update maybe.
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Mar 27, 2017 3:32 AM
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Definitely the worst season of Gintama yet, but as a huge Gintama fan I still have to give it a 9/10.

I honestly miss the Gintama of old with silly episodic adventures and small 3 or 4 episode arcs that mixed in comedy perfectly. I still did find some of the comedy funny this season but it was very weak in comparison to the Gintama we all know and love.

I was also not very attached to this arc and just seemed a bit too "shounen-ey" for my liking. It's not that the story in this arc is bad, I just found the execution to be quite boring in some way (not too sure). I don't dislike serious arcs, since I loved the SA and FS arcs and were probably my favourite in the whole series.

tl;dr miss the gintama of old and its crazy quirkiness and amazing comedy </3 That's what I loved Gintama for

You are same as me. I missed comedy episodes. But i also enjoy serious arcs. SA and FS was perfect for me. But this arc was slight different. It was more shounen, i wasn't bored but i didn'like it as much as other seasons or arcs. But despite these, I give 10/10. Because its Gintama and. Just seeing characters is enough for giving 10. Other Gintama seasons 10000/10 maybe :)
Mar 27, 2017 3:42 AM
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This season is weaker than the others excluding first 4 episodes and this final episode. I liked it but not as muvh as other seasons. It was more shounen and animation was slight different. But final was perfect. Shinpachi's last lines which are anime's introduction at the same time, was perfect. Overall, even if I didn't like a few sides of this arc, it's still 10/10 for me. Because it was still better than all other animes and it is still Gintama :)
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I like how so many people are willingly admitting that this season was underwhelming overall but still give it a 9 or 10 simply because "it's Gintama"

Guess that's fanboy mentality for you >.>
Mar 27, 2017 3:56 AM

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Sure this season has flaws, and yeah we all did missed Gintama's classic gags BUT I can't deny that this is one of my favorite serious arc,
It has the best action, fights, and drama for me

We get to see some of the greatest moments of gintama,
-Joui 4 reunion, each members have their shining moments, and finally a Serious Katsura fight!
- BAD ASS FIGHTS! Umi vs Kamui, Kamui vs Kagura, Umi vs Utsuro, Kamui vs Gintoki, Kamui vs Yorozuya+Abuto
-Kagura's story: Umi's backstory with Kouka and Kamui's Redemption.
-Oboro's tragic past.

so despite it's minor flaws, Gintama will always be a 10/10 to me.

Now onwards here we go!


To our last fight! No shit! I'm not crying you!
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HaXXspetten said:
I like how so many people are willingly admitting that this season was underwhelming overall but still give it a 9 or 10 simply because "it's Gintama"

Guess that's fanboy mentality for you >.>


Underwhelming as the other seasons of Gintama yeah, but not in general. I guess it's the period of butthurt Haxx again.
Mar 27, 2017 3:59 AM

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John_2001 said:
WTF guys 9.28 average score? And I am seeing people here rating it 7s and 8s. Something is definately weird.
sequel always get inflated score. this is like the 17th season of gintama or something, only big fans watch it and once a fanboy, always a fanboy. instant 10/10. the lower score are only the more critical watcher, which is rare among fanboys.
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Mar 27, 2017 4:02 AM

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John_2001 said:
WTF guys 9.28 average score? And I am seeing people here rating it 7s and 8s. Something is definately weird.
sequel always get inflated score. this is like the 17th season of gintama or something, only big fans watch it and once a fanboy, always a fanboy. instant 10/10. the lower score are only the more critical watcher, which is rare among fanboys.


only big fans watch it? stop your nonsense already noone believes your shitty "facts" straight out of your ass.

i ain't even a big fan of gintama but still watch it and know many other people who do the same. your salty ass is really the most retarded shit i've seen in this section.

do us all a favor and go back to your fap material and stop wasting space in this section.
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Nishiou said:
HaXXspetten said:
I like how so many people are willingly admitting that this season was underwhelming overall but still give it a 9 or 10 simply because "it's Gintama"

Guess that's fanboy mentality for you >.>


Underwhelming as the other seasons of Gintama yeah, but not in general. I guess it's the period of butthurt Haxx again.
Just saying it's kinda silly rating something based on how much you like the franchise as a whole rather than every individual season for its own respective content

I mean don't get me wrong, I'm a fan of Gintama too but I won't automatically give it a pass no matter what just because it's been great in the past

And regarding the score, well it's obviously explainable with the crazy sequel effect and 1/5 rule of the first season combined so that's perfectly logical. Not much point complaining about that
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HaXXspetten said:
Nishiou said:


Underwhelming as the other seasons of Gintama yeah, but not in general. I guess it's the period of butthurt Haxx again.
Just saying it's kinda silly rating something based on how much you like the franchise as a whole rather than every individual season for its own respective content

I mean don't get me wrong, I'm a fan of Gintama too but I won't automatically give it a pass no matter what just because it's been great in the past


sorry, but your post doesn't make any sense.

how is it silly? people pointed out the what they didn't like and lowered their scores. A 8-9 of 10 Rating for this Season is well deserved. It has nothing to do with giving it the score jst because of fanboying. i don't really get the "flaw", which seems to be it isn't the old gintama in this season. for me this is bs because it s the same gintama it always have been.

it delivered great fights, backstory of one of the mc and side characters who are important for what to come and the reunion of the j4.
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Tsu-kki said:
GangsterCat said:
sequel always get inflated score. this is like the 17th season of gintama or something, only big fans watch it and once a fanboy, always a fanboy. instant 10/10. the lower score are only the more critical watcher, which is rare among fanboys.


only big fans watch it? stop your nonsense already noone believes your shitty "facts" straight out of your ass.

i ain't even a big fan of gintama but still watch it and know many other people who do the same. your salty ass is really the most retarded shit i've seen in this section.

do us all a favor and go back to your fap material and stop wasting space in this section.
what kind of non fans follow 300+ episode of gintama
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Mar 27, 2017 4:12 AM

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GangsterCat said:
Tsu-kki said:


only big fans watch it? stop your nonsense already noone believes your shitty "facts" straight out of your ass.

i ain't even a big fan of gintama but still watch it and know many other people who do the same. your salty ass is really the most retarded shit i've seen in this section.

do us all a favor and go back to your fap material and stop wasting space in this section.
what kind of non fans follow 300+ episode of gintama


people who appreciate good anime. not every anime i enjoy has to be in my top favorites.

try again kiddo
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Tsu-kki said:
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what kind of non fans follow 300+ episode of gintama


people who appreciate good anime. not every anime i enjoy has to be in my top favorites.

try again kiddo
lmao you are not making any sense
are u nuts or something? people who follow 300+ episode of any anime must have at least really like it. i didn't say FAVORITE u moron.
if someone dont like gintama they wouldve already dropped it since the first seaosn and wont bother watch the next next next next next seaosons at all
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GangsterCat said:
Tsu-kki said:


people who appreciate good anime. not every anime i enjoy has to be in my top favorites.

try again kiddo
lmao you are not making any sense
are u nuts or something? people who follow 300+ episode of any anime must have at least really like it. i didn't say FAVORITE u moron.
if someone dont like gintama they wouldve already dropped it since the first seaosn and wont bother watch the next next next next next seaosons at all


i just told you that i enjoy and like it. what is that you don't get, mongrel?
you don't have to be a super fanboy to appreciate the great comedy or the serious arcs, which are far better than any shounen out there has to offer these days.
no one has ever said People follow stuff they don't like. i said People follow series they aren't too fanboyish about as well. stop making up shit because your post is nothing but salty nonsense.
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after seeing where this went, I'm glad there's gonna be reruns, it's the smart thing to do.
it reassures us that the anime isn't wrapped up yet, and it's giving the manga (and itself) time to really polish everything.
Mar 27, 2017 4:40 AM

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HaXXspetten said:
I like how so many people are willingly admitting that this season was underwhelming overall but still give it a 9 or 10 simply because "it's Gintama"

Guess that's fanboy mentality for you >.>

There were people who said it was underwhelming and gave it a 6-8/10.

And others like me, that said it was weaker "compared" to other seasons and gave it a higher rating. No one said its weak in general, just weaker compared to other seasons.
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Mar 27, 2017 4:45 AM

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the rating will fall, that is for sure and it should.
this season was good as well, but 2015 just shits on it with all the greatness it had to deliver.
Mar 27, 2017 5:33 AM
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HaXXspetten said:
I like how so many people are willingly admitting that this season was underwhelming overall but still give it a 9 or 10 simply because "it's Gintama"

Guess that's fanboy mentality for you >.>


I can give 10/10 for any anime, which i really liked, ignoring a few negative things. Because you can find some problems in everything if you want. You can look at my profile, there are other animes i gave 10/10. this is my rating system. And for me, even if i didn't like this season as much as other seasons, it's still better than all other animes even ones that i gave 10. So what's the problem? 10 doesnt mean perfect. It means i really liked it.
Mar 27, 2017 5:36 AM

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Almost everyone here is criticizing this show for going complete serious mode. I dislike this mentality of Gintama fans. Gintama is also a shounen so it shouldn't be surprising if it has some big serious arcs dedicated to develop the characters and plot. Giving it a lower score because there was no "comedy" is not a fair criticism.

However, if Rakyou arc was actually bad, then the scores can be agreeable. I am not up to date with this season but I have heard many people say this arc was too "shounen" and "cliched". And those are the same people who praise SA so maybe the quality really dipped?

Here's hoping the final arc turns out be a great conclusion with good mix of comedy and action.
Mar 27, 2017 5:48 AM

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John_2001 said:
Almost everyone here is criticizing this show for going complete serious mode. I dislike this mentality of Gintama fans. Gintama is also a shounen so it shouldn't be surprising if it has some big serious arcs dedicated to develop the characters and plot. Giving it a lower score because there was no "comedy" is not a fair criticism.

However, if Rakyou arc was actually bad, then the scores can be agreeable. I am not up to date with this season but I have heard many people say this arc was too "shounen" and "cliched". And those are the same people who praise SA so maybe the quality really dipped?

Here's hoping the final arc turns out be a great conclusion with good mix of comedy and action.


nothing has dipped dude. this arc was the same gintama like before. the good old gintama People love and the talk about cliched and too shounen is used in every Little Thing these days. it isn't just gintama, ist about everything, while 95% of the People have no clue what they even mean with that.



this arc was about the reunion of the j4 and the important backstory of kaguras Family,which is important because of the informations for the plot and they have done it well. not as good as in the manga, but Close.
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Tsu-kki said:
John_2001 said:
Almost everyone here is criticizing this show for going complete serious mode. I dislike this mentality of Gintama fans. Gintama is also a shounen so it shouldn't be surprising if it has some big serious arcs dedicated to develop the characters and plot. Giving it a lower score because there was no "comedy" is not a fair criticism.

However, if Rakyou arc was actually bad, then the scores can be agreeable. I am not up to date with this season but I have heard many people say this arc was too "shounen" and "cliched". And those are the same people who praise SA so maybe the quality really dipped?

Here's hoping the final arc turns out be a great conclusion with good mix of comedy and action.


nothing has dipped dude. this arc was the same gintama like before. the good old gintama People love and the talk about cliched and too shounen is used in every Little Thing these days. it isn't just gintama, ist about everything, while 95% of the People have no clue what they even mean with that.



this arc was about the reunion of the j4 and the important backstory of kaguras Family,which is important because of the informations for the plot and they have done it well. not as good as in the manga, but Close.



Don't worry man I watched this season and enjoyed it toooo much and I know you will too

Don't care about what some people say...gintama is always the same
Actually iam sad the story is ending it will leave a space in my heart
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John_2001 said:
Almost everyone here is criticizing this show for going complete serious mode. I dislike this mentality of Gintama fans. Gintama is also a shounen so it shouldn't be surprising if it has some big serious arcs dedicated to develop the characters and plot. Giving it a lower score because there was no "comedy" is not a fair criticism.
I think this is a matter of perspective honestly. I agree that judging an anime for its genre is generally pretty stupid. For example people hating on ecchi anime for having sexual content in them just makes me roll my eyes, I mean what did you expect really? That's like the whole intention. But in that case the general counterargument is "why are you even watching the show in the first place then?"

In Gintama's case, you could make a similar argument that this is indeed a shounen in the end and thus arcs like these should be par for the ride and thus critizing it for them is also senseless. But the difference between this and the aformentioned ecchi example is that Gintama does actually have something else really significant going for it beyond the shounen aspects, namely the comedy. You can in fact watch this anime for some other reason than its shounen themes without forcing yourself because there are two main genres here. So saying something like "why are you watching this for the comedy rather than the shounen arcs" isn't anymore valid than saying "why are you watching this for the shounen arcs rather than the comedy". They're both just as relevant to what makes Gintama what it is, and watching it for either is just as good of a reason as the other. It just so happens that unfortunately not everyone can be a fan of both sides, and then you can't help but find it disappointing whenever the series starts heavily tilting towards the side which you're less interested in, not because you can't understand why but simply because you know you would've enjoyed the current content so much more if it had swung the other direction

So it's not like I'm blaming the author for writing the story this way; after all he has to cater to both sides of the somewhat split target audience which the series has. But I can't just pretend I like the serious parts just because they're "supposed to be there" either since that's never been what I've been watching this anime for. I mean at least to me the comedy parts are what makes Gintama so much better than (and different from) stuff like Naruto, Bleach, One Piece, Fairy Tail etcetera so whenever it doesn't take advantage of that strength I can't help but be disappointed by it
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Real glad Kaguras plot wrapped up. I loved the ending with the family reconciliation and the Joui reuniting. But really, this season is way bellow the level of SA and FS. Too many flashbacks I think, the only one I liked was the Kouka one. Utsuro backstory was a bit cliche with the immortal wanting to die and stuff.

Oboros death didnt have much impact unlike Isaburo and Shigeshige. We only ever saw him in serious arcs and do one liners. Isaburo and Shigeshige was better imo as we saw different sides to them (especially Shigeshige since he was like comic relief and had one of the funniest running gags). Its always cool to see a non-serious character switch moods. Would it have been better if Oboro was at least a little funny? No? Wouldve changed his personality but like..
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Decent arc, IMO Kamui should've died making his peace with his family and Umibozu sorta looked like he wouldn't live through being sliced up from Utsuro. Utsuro's backstory is alright, not that impactful though and the concept of final villain Utsuro being Gintoki's teacher and an immortal was introduced a bit late (Altana was introduced early, but you'd forget about it the next episode). Oboro's backstory was alright, but he wasn't as badass or menacing this arc perhaps because you get his semi tragic backstory and he was already pretty scratched up from previous fights. Also in general I think this arc had a little too much speech and flashbacks that sorta dampen the action. I did like the reunion of the Joui four in this arc though.
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Great Episode *_* btw which chapter did the anime end on ?


It's Chapter 595.
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Great Episode *_* btw which chapter did the anime end on ?

595 though I suggest reading the skipped arcs and then from 501 which is start of SA arc,BNP did good but it didn't do complete justice to Sorachi's work especially in this arc.


thanks . also it turns out i already read that arc with the spirits . are there any other arcs that the anime didn't cover from the manga ?
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HaXXspetten said:
Disappointing season in general. Pretty much just one season-long serious arc and nothing else, I.E: everything I don't want to see from Gintama

If it had been an arc on the same level as Shogun Assassination or Farewell Shinsengumi I could maybe have forgiven it but it most definitely was not... so this just felt bland from start to finish. In general I pretty much only care about the comedy in this show so seeing arcs like this just bores me. I know that the series supposedly gets more serious now based on the manga but I really hope the rest of Gintama's future isn't going to be like this season was or I'll be really disappointed. It always feels so wasteful when you have perhaps the best comedy anime ever and instead just replace that with an average shounen action drama every so often

I'd still say this was probably better than Enchousen but other than that this was definitely the weakest Gintama season to date. This currently being at 9.28 and above both the 2011 and 2015 seasons is a joke if you ask me (not a very funny joke though, kinda like this season hue hue), though I'm sure that'll drop pretty quickly if I know MAL correctly

Still 6/10 overall I guess, but considering that this is Gintama we're talking about... I can't help but expect more from it. It can do so much better than this


It's not all about the comedy man, you should know this by now. Plus, while it was sparce compared to previous seasons, there was still comedy.

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Still really loved it, however... its going to break my heart but for the first time, i cant give this season a 10/10 :(

Not because it turned serious and all that, i loved the other serious arc and this one .. Kagura's and Utsuro's past were great, the motherfucking reunion of the Joui and all that but there has been some stuff that annoyed me and stops me from giving this a 10/10.

still, a 9/10 is still great tho.
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While not the strongest season, it's still up there.
Time to wait for the next season, whenever that comes.

OguriGin-chan was the best part of this episode! Too bad it was cut from the Crunchyroll ver.
//The big announcement turned out to be just a rerun and it kinda previewed the live action movie-ish..



9/10
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well quite a dilemma so utsuro was the reason for Samurai's downfall but also made samurai to fight those who were responsible for the downfall
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Sure this season has flaws, and yeah we all did missed Gintama's classic gags BUT I can't deny that this is one of my favorite serious arc,
It has the best action, fights, and drama for me

We get to see some of the greatest moments of gintama,
-Joui 4 reunion, each members have their shining moments, and finally a Serious Katsura fight!
- BAD ASS FIGHTS! Umi vs Kamui, Kamui vs Kagura, Umi vs Utsuro, Kamui vs Gintoki, Kamui vs Yorozuya+Abuto
-Kagura's story: Umi's backstory with Kouka and Kamui's Redemption.
-Oboro's tragic past.

so despite it's minor flaws, Gintama will always be a 10/10 to me.

Now onwards here we go!


To our last fight! No shit! I'm not crying you!


You know what... I put this picture my laptop background it's full of hype...

Excellent season 10/10 for me...

Don't know how much I will miss gintama sadly😢😢
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IMO Kamui should've died making his peace with his family.


I don't think so.
Kamui deserves to be happy w/his family and if he'd die,it would be another big tragedy for his family,esp Kagura.
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People bitch when it's only "just a comedy anime". People bitch when they include storylines. I'm going to conclude a lot of people just like to bitch. "Too many serious arcs". It's his FUCKING STORY!

It's not. According to wiki, there are at least five arcs before this huge scheme of serious Gintama that have not been adapted yet, and we've heard no plans for them. And another one that was adapted as a standalone OVA.

The anime has been missing a lot of stuff from the manga to get where it is now. So I wouldn't use that excuse.
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jal90 said:
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People bitch when it's only "just a comedy anime". People bitch when they include storylines. I'm going to conclude a lot of people just like to bitch. "Too many serious arcs". It's his FUCKING STORY!

It's not. According to wiki, there are at least five arcs before this huge scheme of serious Gintama that have not been adapted yet, and we've heard no plans for them. And another one that was adapted as a standalone OVA.

The anime has been missing a lot of stuff from the manga to get where it is now. So I wouldn't use that excuse.
Are you suggesting that there should be comedy arcs in between these serious arcs so as to balance the comedy and serious moments? That would ruin the continuity of the story.

I think the reruns will have those specific comedy arcs adapted just like in the case with Enchousen.
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jal90 said:

It's not. According to wiki, there are at least five arcs before this huge scheme of serious Gintama that have not been adapted yet, and we've heard no plans for them. And another one that was adapted as a standalone OVA.

The anime has been missing a lot of stuff from the manga to get where it is now. So I wouldn't use that excuse.
Are you suggesting that there should be comedy arcs in between these serious arcs so as to balance the comedy and serious moments? That would ruin the continuity of the story.

I think the reruns will have those specific comedy arcs adapted just like in the case with Enchousen.

I'm telling him to stop using "it's his story" as the excuse when the anime has given zero shits lately about adapting the manga properly. It made a decision, it's standing by it, and it has left a lot of manga content behind in the process. This has already diverged a lot from Sorachi's original creation.

Also, the old debate about what is Gintama is back I guess. Comedy arcs are still the majority of the series, so I don't know which continuity should be respected.

I hope you are right about the reruns, though.
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How am I gonna survive without Gintama :( One of my favorite arcs finished and now it's time to wait.... BTW, 10/10
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John_2001 said:
Almost everyone here is criticizing this show for going complete serious mode. I dislike this mentality of Gintama fans. Gintama is also a shounen so it shouldn't be surprising if it has some big serious arcs dedicated to develop the characters and plot. Giving it a lower score because there was no "comedy" is not a fair criticism.

However, if Rakyou arc was actually bad, then the scores can be agreeable. I am not up to date with this season but I have heard many people say this arc was too "shounen" and "cliched". And those are the same people who praise SA so maybe the quality really dipped?

Here's hoping the final arc turns out be a great conclusion with good mix of comedy and action.
It is fair criticism. The comedy was a whole new level of bad compared to previous seasons and the action arc that it is currently in is far beyond of the level we got in previous seasons as well.
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Tyrel said:
It is fair criticism. The comedy was a whole new level of bad compared to previous seasons and the action arc that it is currently in is far beyond of the level we got in previous seasons as well.


Well, this Arc was more about character development and background information.
Even though the comedy and action weren't the same level as before, it was still good imo but there story itself was really nice, maybe even the best arc storywise.

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Curian said:
Tyrel said:
It is fair criticism. The comedy was a whole new level of bad compared to previous seasons and the action arc that it is currently in is far beyond of the level we got in previous seasons as well.


Well, this Arc was more about character development and background information.
Even though the comedy and action weren't the same level as before, it was still good imo but there story itself was really nice, maybe even the best arc storywise.
Yes, but you gotta rate it as a season, not just because of previous stuff. Since Gintama likes to take breaks, you gotta review it and rate it as it airs, not as a whole. And because of this season being weaker in terms of everything, this is why people are rating it as so. While the previous seasons did give background and development, this season lacked in every other aspect. It paled in comparison.
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John_2001 said:
Are you suggesting that there should be comedy arcs in between these serious arcs so as to balance the comedy and serious moments? That would ruin the continuity of the story.

I think the reruns will have those specific comedy arcs adapted just like in the case with Enchousen.

I'm telling him to stop using "it's his story" as the excuse when the anime has given zero shits lately about adapting the manga properly. It made a decision, it's standing by it, and it has left a lot of manga content behind in the process. This has already diverged a lot from Sorachi's original creation.

Also, the old debate about what is Gintama is back I guess. Comedy arcs are still the majority of the series, so I don't know which continuity should be respected.

I hope you are right about the reruns, though.
It had to make a decision because obviously the Production Committee's gave BNP a Set amount of episodes to make(which was 51), so they either had to pick the comedy chapters or do the SA and FS arc(and they picked these because these were the most important MOST LIKELY), hell even if you look at interviews(you need to no Kanji or have someone translate it for you) the director was apologized for skipping those chapters
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Kja95 said:

You know what... I put this picture my laptop background it's full of hype...

Excellent season 10/10 for me...

Don't know how much I will miss gintama sadly😢😢

Yeah, considering that it's their final battle its certainly has the amount of feels.

and you're not the only one. The day Gintama ends is the day half of my life ends as well. HAHA! Yes, I will miss Gintama that badly.
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IMO Kamui should've died making his peace with his family.

I don't think so.
Kamui deserves to be happy w/his family and if he'd die,it would be another big tragedy for his family,esp Kagura.

@GaryMuffuginOak Well, Death is not always the solution for peace. If he would've died then whats the use of kagura's goal? She always wanted to fix her family and get kamui back ever since Yoshiwara, and after what she and her family have gone through, fighting to hell and back only for kamui to have died, then shit thats devastating.
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Ah I cried so much for the last 1 minute T_T
I don't think I'll ever be ready for the SS arc.

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The problem with this season is not in the low amount or the low quality of the comedy but in the subpar and nonsensical plot developments - those really entangled reasons for Kamui's hate (Umibozo not explaining shit to his children, Kouka's decision) and the complexity of the Utsuro’s plan.

Yes, in idiosyncratic terms of battle shounen they make sense but Gintama knows better. It's previous serious arks were way more superior. They maid it distinctive from other shounens.
Now it became generic like them.
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