Why are the ratings of Gintama decreasing on My Anime List?

MehmetY said:
"1. Higher Ratio of Gintama Haters."
You can be sure there is more Gintama lovers than haters.

DenkiDestroy99X said:
because the jokes get old and people reevaluate their opinion on this matter as they are exposed to the same jokes over and over again, pretty clear it would decrease to some degree with the amount of episodes it has its bound to have an insane amount of overused humor

and more and more people get tired of it the more episodes come out

also im not a fan of gintama
i really hate it now tbh
i still gave it a 7, so you can't really say all haters give a score of 1 although i get ur point

Zetsuke4 said:
You guys are all wrong. It has nothing to do with haters. I have no idea what the hell you guys are on about with overused jokes either, that's not it. The reason is the story. Silver Soul is overdoing it, there's just too much of this Utsuro stuff. Classic Gintama is wonderful, with touching stories and characters in just 1-2 episodes. Now the whole thing is just overly dragged on like a Shounen. There aren't smart poetic metaphors and subtle references to other pop cultures anymore. The themes now are much weaker, and the dialogue are not as meaningful. It just looks like a bunch of mob clashing now, and for an action anime, it doesn't even have that good art and animation.

It tries to give a false sense of grand scale by putting the planet's destruction at stake and bringing the whole universe into battle. But it didn't even have to reach planetary scale, when more compelling story is possible through the vast scale of a fewer cast's emotions. I would rather watch the Yorozuya or Kabuki District have a conflict from within with the protag cast and it would be far more powerful than watching a bunch of clashing with aliens. It's just that Sorachi isn't as good when he overdoes it and stretch the story too much.

I miss Classic Gintama, it was way more well written than these long arcs. Shogun Assassination and Farewell Shinsengumi were absolutely fantastic. They were the zenith epitome of Gintama. We step down slightly in Rakuyo Decisive Battle but it was still very good. From there, that's when we were really overdoing this whole Utsuro thing. But it was amazing seeing everyone come together and unite. I loved watching Oniwaban ninjas joining the Yorozuya and shogun retainers. I loved watching Shinsengumi teaming up with their rivals Mimawarigumi and Katsura's Joi. I loved watching the Joui Four reuniting with Sakamoto's Kaientai and Takasugi's Kiheitai. Also seeing the story pull together with the Yato family's Umibozu and Kamui. But I thought Edo coming together was too corny, they didn't even bring back all the characters, it wasn't too meaningful. I could see they continued from the Four Devas Arc in Kabuki District and Courtesan of A Nation and the other arcs, but it wasn't good enough. They could have executed it better, with Gengai's robots, Four Devas, Yagyu, Yoshiwara, Host Clubs, etc etc etc. The story is just weaker now. This planet busting Shounen story fighting Utsuro is just a bit too corny, still good, but not as good as previous arcs.