

However, after Tama is hurt, the entire town has it out for Gintoki and will stop at nothing to kill him. It is up to the trio to bring the town to their senses. When it looks like it’s over for Gintoki, Tama and Kagura’s dog Sadaharu appear, and Tama tells him Kintoki hypnotized everyone into forgetting him.
#GINTOKI GINTAMA SERIES#
Gintoki comes home one day and finds that he has been replaced by Kintoki who everyone likes a lot better than him and the series is also renamed Kintama. This is one of the arcs Gintoki makes constant complaints and threats against the author, Hideaki Sorachi. Gintama is known for breaking the 4th wall and crude humor at times. They pull through with the power of friendship and successfully finish Tama Quest. The journey is also filled with some ridiculous dialogue between Gintoki and King Leukocyte that leads them to get into some trouble.

As King Leukocyte uses his magic to burst through enemies, the rest of the party relies on their physical strength to destroy the virus. This leads them to meet King Leukocyte who is another Gintoki, and he joins the party. It is up to the trio to go inside Tama and stop the virus from turning her to a doll. They take her to the local mechanic, Gengai who tells them Tama has a virus. At that moment, an 8-bit Tama pops into the snack bar with her own text box and pixelated corpses. The arc begins with Otose, Tama’s boss stating that she’s been acting odd. This is a spoof on Dragon Quest featuring the maid robot (maidroid), Tama. Tama Questįans of Dragon Quest are in for a treat in this arc. The rest of the cast only fuels this by adding on their own chaotic farewells to her, making this arc a go-to for non-stop laughter. Since Kagura is friends with the Princess, she gets an extravagant state funeral which further fuels the ridiculous plot. She awakens inside a coffin at her own wake. With Kagura hospitalized, her friends begin to speak as if she’s dead and one of them knocks her out. This starts off as a prank that goes a little too far, but in true Gintama nature, it goes from 10 to 100,000 really quick. This whole arc revolves around Kagura faking an illness to get back at Gintoki and Shinpachi for making light of her forgotten weakness to sunlight. It’s only two episodes long, but it’s something you have to watch if you really want to laugh. This arc not only has a good plot and action, but it also gives the audience information about Gintoki’s past and how he is related to the Kiheitai. This leads to an intense battle on the ship which leaves the viewers on the edge of their seats. The trio, Katsura, and his pet alien Elizabeth face off against members of the Kiheitai in order to neutralize them and the parasitic sword. The search for both leads the trio to a ship filled with members of Kiheitai and is where they find Katsura. On top of that, Gintoki’s friend Katsura has gone missing. It sets up the bigger storyline plot with one of the main antagonists, Takasugi and his group, Kiheitai.Ī dangerous sword, Benizakura, is stolen from the local blacksmith, Tetsuya. This arc is the first serious arc in the series.

This list includes both serious and comedic arcs and is in no particular order. So, this is a list of some of the best arcs in the series. This makes it difficult to narrow down the best arc of the series since there are so many. Gintama is one of the longer animes with 367 episodes and over 50 arcs.
#GINTOKI GINTAMA FULL#
While the series is mostly episodic and full of gags, there is a dramatic storyline that gets developed throughout the series. The series episodically follows the messes the trio gets into with the Shinsengumi police force, aliens, terrorists, and many more characters just as chaotic as them. Together, the chaotic trio becomes known as Yorozuya. Through his odd jobs, Gintoki recruits Shinpachi Shimura and an alien girl, Kagura into his business. In this world, we meet Sakata Gintoki, a samurai who runs his own freelance business. However, out of fear, the shogun makes an agreement with the aliens that results in the ban of samurai swords and allows the aliens to live amongst the humans. In an alternate Edo period (1603-1868), aliens invade Earth, and the samurai of the land are ready to fight against this new threat. If you haven’t heard of Gintama, here’s a quick summary. With an anime as epic as Gintama, it’s very hard to put arcs into a top 10, so we’re going to talk about some fan-favorite Gintama arcs that show people what to expect out of this legendary show.
