Gintama. Porori-hen

Following the grim events of Iga, Kokujou Island, Rakuyou, and multiple fruitless confrontations with the Tenshouin Naraku and Tendoshuu, Gintama. Porori-hen takes its viewers on a trip down memory lane to when Yorozuya were mostly doing what they did best—odd jobs. The great space hunter Umibouzu has returned to Edo and is livid when he finds out that his daughter Kagura has a boyfriend. He blames Gintoki for being an incompetent guardian, but has the time finally come for him to let go of his daughter?

Back with shameless parodies, risqué humor, and lively camaraderie, Gintoki, Kagura, and Shinpachi are faced with unforeseen situations that manage to be both hilarious and emotionally stirring.

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Sakata, Gintoki Main

Sugita, Tomokazu Japanese

Kagura Main

Kugimiya, Rie Japanese

Shimura, Shinpachi Main

Sakaguchi, Daisuke Japanese

Katsura, Kotarou Supporting

Ishida, Akira Japanese

Hijikata, Toushirou Supporting

Nakai, Kazuya Japanese

Okita, Sougo Supporting

Suzumura, Kenichi Japanese

Hasegawa, Taizou Supporting

Tachiki, Fumihiko Japanese

Tsukuyo Supporting

Kaida, Yuuko Japanese

Elizabeth Supporting

Kondou, Isao Supporting

Chiba, Susumu Japanese

Miyawaki, Chizuru Director

Takamatsu, Shinji Sound Director

Ishikawa, Mariko Episode Director, Animation Director

Minami, Yasuhiro Episode Director, Storyboard

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Oct 22, 2024

raviwe

Recommended

The episodes in “Gintama.: Porori-hen” are some comedy bits and thematic conclusion for minor characters that the anime staff decided to bypass in order to get to the final stretch faster. Ultimately, that was a wise decision from the anime staff. “Gintama °” feels like a compilation of the best and very likely to spark a lot of interest as it was launched. This, in the other hand, feels like a compilation of passable or ultimately not quite as relevant arcs and would tank both pacing and excitement for the final stretch of “Gintama”.

Now that the whole thing is finished, these episodes honestly could ultimately ... be watched at any point after “Gintama': Enchousen”.

It is a good thing that “Gintama” does take its time to give the comedy characters and some comedy tropes their thematic conclusion, and although these are mostly arcs that are comedic with touching conclusion. It makes for a very high density of disconnected comedy bits approaching the ending of the series.

I do recommend watching this, as it is very interesting to see the conclusion to a lot of stuff that other series wouldn't even bother and the quality, albeit not “Gintama °” levels, is still pretty good. Also, it is canon. However, You do not need to follow any watch order. Treat this as part of the last bits of comedy from Gintama → Watch sparingly, sprinkle them whenever (after “Gintama': Enchousen”). Be it in the middle or after “Gintama °”, before or after “Gintama.” or even after “Gintama: The Final” too.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Sep 24, 2023

CyanCheetah

Recommended

Slip Arc is back to the humour and jokes that I was accustomed to pre-season 5 Gintama.

Gintama season 5 I gave a 5/10, since there was almost 0 humour in the show

This season? Holy crap this season never failed to make me laugh, really this is a piece of art.
There is little to no story, and this was a time travel as it was pre-farewell shinsengumi arc era Gintama

The humour is amazing. The Otsu arc, the noodle shop arc, all really funny and amazing episodes.

The OP is also quite good as well
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Animation is amazing as it is not that old.
my favorite part is there is little to no action. It is pure unfiltered humour. It is amazing.

9/10 This is an amazing season but it was too short :sob:

Thanks!
-CyanCheetah

Reviewer’s Rating: 9

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May 2, 2022

Im_Stuff

Mixed Feelings

I don't know who I should blame between Bandai and TV Tokyo, but whoever decided that this should be adapted after Gintama. has seriously dropped the ball.

If you take away anything from this review, just don't watch this season in the intended order. It would fit much better between Gintama' and Gintama° (yes, I do actually think it's funny).

For short, the Slip Arc is a return to the basis of Gintama, a back to the usual style, with 5 arcs and a few standalone episodes fitting in a 13 episode duration. Not only is it moving away from what happened at the end of Gintama° ... and during Gintama. where the story started ramping up, it's actually inferior to what happened before.

Older seasons of Gintama had a pretty large amount of episodes which means they could afford to make 5-6 episodes arcs, which, in my opinion are always better than the rest. However, with only 13 episodes to show for it, the Slip Arc's longest arc is only 3 episodes, which doesn't leave much wiggle room to make a good story, although that singular 3 episode arc was quite good.

For the people who dislike Gintama getting more serious, it's probably a breath of fresh air, but for people like myself who actually enjoyed the main story pacing up, well it feels like some people at Bandai were desperate for money, they probably wanted to fund that Gintama Rumble thing that was mentioned.

A shame really, I have a busy week and not much time for anime. Still a decent season, just a step down compared to everything else.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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