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Apr 20, 2010 6:08 AM
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Felt more like a recap filler. :/
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Jun 19, 2010 5:14 PM
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I thought the OVA was pretty good! Mobile Suit Gintama! LOL! And...how is Gin-san able to cause SO much damage with just a stick?


Aug 6, 2010 3:27 AM
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The fight between Kagura and Okita was really funny!
Sep 4, 2010 1:10 AM
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LMFAO!! Very funny OVA!!

I think the best part was the "sausage"!!

"Oi, there's a sausage too? That settles it...let's do this!"
I lol'd so hard!

I'm glad I decided to watch this before the series, it was a good start!

And, the Bleach parody was fantastic!!

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Nov 6, 2010 4:00 AM
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Mar 26, 2011 4:24 PM
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Gundam references. I hope the TV-anime has more of those.
Apr 6, 2011 11:22 AM
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I remember parts of this from a later episode.

Still great fun
Apr 14, 2011 5:03 AM
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Tomokazu Sugita's Masakazu Morita impression was fucking hilarious.
Jul 6, 2011 2:15 AM
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Funny special. :D
Aug 30, 2011 6:08 AM

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"Bleach is up next!" hahaha

Good special, tho it indeed felt like a recap.
Nov 4, 2011 3:30 PM

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That was more funny than the first four episodes imo.
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Sep 3, 2012 3:05 PM

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Awesome.. The fight between Okita and Kagura was so funny they look like kids brawling...
Nov 19, 2012 1:19 PM

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Anybody got a working link with english subs?
Thx!
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Sep 6, 2013 11:18 AM

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This was mostly a short filler where they even made full episodes about in the actual series, while only a couple scenes are new it does seem to be the same. Me finishing the first season before watching the specials makes me rather disappointed about this special, either way lets see what's next!
Nov 5, 2013 3:15 PM

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Pretty great ova.
Dec 21, 2013 11:11 AM
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Mobile Suit Zura.
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Felt more like a recap filler. :/
Aug 31, 2014 2:47 PM

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Hijikata/Gin was hilarious. I love them.
It sucks that Katsura was the villain in this though.
Oct 3, 2014 1:52 AM
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can any one tell me where can i watch all the episodes of gin tama's ova?
Oct 5, 2014 10:04 AM

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Excited to jump into the world of Gintama. I was told to start with this episode, so here I go!
Oct 11, 2014 1:56 AM

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Excited to jump into the world of Gintama. I was told to start with this episode, so here I go!

I thought I was wrong watching this first, but I think I'm correct.

This is so random, I just like that Bleach ending XD
Oct 19, 2014 10:01 AM

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Pretty good.

Dec 14, 2014 1:22 PM

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sub-par gintama quality, imo.
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Feb 7, 2015 4:30 PM
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That Bleach ending. Gintama really fit well into Shinigami clothes. :D
Apr 2, 2015 2:44 PM

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Man, looking back at that now, it's like I had gone back in time after those 265 episodes. Completely crazy how Gintama changed :3
Didn't that OVA became an episode? Because I do remember that episode.
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Jul 20, 2015 2:47 AM
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Is it me or look Gintoki five years younger as in the TV series?
Nov 3, 2015 1:26 AM
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Justus_ said:
Is it me or look Gintoki five years younger as in the TV series?

Not just you, he looked younger in some part of the OVA special...imo, anyways X) It was fun revisiting some of the earlier and funny stuff. The sakura viewing is still hilarious the second time around.
Nov 17, 2015 6:14 PM
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Nice special to get people to watch/read Gintama.

5/5
Jan 27, 2016 10:18 AM

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BRRRREEEAAACCCCHHHIIIII



A blast from the past :)
Cherry blossom viewing with Katsura and his gundam crashing it XD
Apr 10, 2016 1:37 PM

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That was funny, better than the first two episodes of the series which I watched before it even though I meant to watch this first but I forgot lol.

The fighting was funny and getting drunk! lol.

Mobile Suit Gintama and the Bleach bit, Gin suits Ichigo's look.

I liked the bit after the end credits with Gin as a teacher as well, that was funny. He looked hot there, but he is anyways but hotter lol.
Jun 20, 2016 7:08 PM

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This episode was my first experience with Gintama. I gotta say I'm totally confused. I felt like I had no idea what was going on throughout the episode. Do you need to have read the manga prior to watching this episode to understand it? Was I supposed to watch something else first? It seems like a show that I would enjoy, but it was just kind of all over the place and left me totally confused.

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Jun 20, 2016 8:02 PM

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Talon184 said:
This episode was my first experience with Gintama. I gotta say I'm totally confused. I felt like I had no idea what was going on throughout the episode. Do you need to have read the manga prior to watching this episode to understand it? Was I supposed to watch something else first? It seems like a show that I would enjoy, but it was just kind of all over the place and left me totally confused.

This is a Jump Festa Special whose only purpose is to celebrate, along with the fans, the fact that the manga has gotten an anime adaption.

Start the actual anime from episode 3.
Jun 20, 2016 9:48 PM

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This is a Jump Festa Special whose only purpose is to celebrate, along with the fans, the fact that the manga has gotten an anime adaption.

Start the actual anime from episode 3.


I figured it was something like that. Thanks! It really seems like an anime that I'll enjoy once I figure out what's going on so I'll definitely stick with it!

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Jul 31, 2016 1:37 AM

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Lmao this is where it all started.



7/10
Jan 9, 2017 1:28 PM

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Gintoki nailed that Ichigo impression xD
Aug 4, 2017 1:49 PM
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When gintama was a comedy series. Man I miss those days :(
Aug 19, 2017 10:34 PM

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I watched this special episode in 360p, but this episode was made in 2005, so that's ok.

Yeah felt little more like a filler episode.

3/5
Oct 23, 2018 5:53 PM

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THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE.
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Felt more like a recap filler. :/


True, but it still managed to be better than the first two episodes, which were really bad.
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Nov 26, 2019 5:26 PM
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Watching this after finishing the entire series felt nostalgic and nice, miss these episodes.
Jan 25, 2020 5:10 PM

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Pretty good introduction into the first series, which I just finished.
I'd say they picked out some fantastic scenes that really show the appeal of the show and what it's about.
Apr 9, 2023 1:31 PM

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The viewing party story is still funny. 
Come on man,where is that Noragami season 3 masterpiece.We want it, Bones!

Nov 23, 2023 12:53 PM

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Funny way to start my Gintama journey!

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