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Nov 29, 2015 7:39 PM
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Before the biggest arc in the Gintama takes place, what is your favorite serious arc from the series?

* = Not Yet Animated

For me its:
10. Beam Sword Style Arc - More of Shinpachi's glasses past and more of Gintoki's and Shinpachi's brotherly relationship. Though it's not as entertaining or deep as what Gintama is capable of.

9. Shinigami Arc - A hearwarming arc with a heartwarming ending. Though it does fall weak compared to others, it's fine on its own.

8. Red Spider Arc - With this arc, we got more more of Tsukuyo's past and more Gintoki x Tsukuyo fanfictions. Not to metion it's manga-style fight sequence.

7. Okita Mitsuba Arc - The arc that actually made me cry, this arc showed more of Hijikata's and Sougo's past and gave us one of the most saddest deaths in Gintama.

6. Thorny Arc - This was Hijikata's arc. We got to know more of his childhood and him doing some crazy stunts, such as that bullet slicing part :D

5. Shinsengumi Crisis Arc - Started of with an Otaku Hijikata and ended with off with a man dying with honor, this arc represents how flawlessly Gintama jumps between genres (and what a heartless b*stard Sougo is :D).

4. Benizakura Arc - The first time Gintama slapped us in the face with deep character development, intense action and emotions. Those who kept on watching Gintama felt rewarded for not dropping this series after watching the first couple of episodes.

3. Yoshiwara in Flames Arc - The longest of all arc, this arc had a wide range of emotions and let Kagura shine with her epic fight and Kamui making his appearance. It had an emotional ending that almost made me cry.

2. Kabukicho Four Devas Arc - The first time we ever see Gintoki being angry and his relationship with Otose. Not to mention that badass ending.

1. Courtesan of a Nation Arc - We get to see more of Gintoki's past, some badass fights and Gintoki raging (and that blade break!). Not to mention it had a great comedy beginning (SHOGUN KA-YO!)


Favorite semi-serious arc: http://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=1456617
Favorite comedy arc: http://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=1456609
GoldenDevilGamerNov 29, 2015 7:56 PM
Nov 29, 2015 7:55 PM
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Four Devas arc
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Nov 29, 2015 8:11 PM
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The Red Spider Arc - Had my favorite villain, the best fight (with the black and white sequence), got some fantastic insight into Tsukuyo's past, Zenzou being a badass, the themes of Masters and their students was utilized perfectly and the artistic choices in this arc are the best in Gintama (the black and white sequences involving Shoyo, the back story for Jiraia with a very unique art style etc).
Nov 29, 2015 9:07 PM
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4 Devas is one of my favorite arcs in all of anime. That arc is the greatest five successive episodes I've ever seen.
Nov 30, 2015 6:30 AM
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Kabukicho Four Devas Arc and Courtesan of a Nation Arc, thought I voted for Kabukicho Four Devas Arc because of Gin's rage face.
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Nov 30, 2015 6:44 AM
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Well I pretty much disliked all them except for 4 Divas and Yoshiwara. And I feel about them the same, good but not great. I guess I will vote for Yoshiwara because I like Tsykou (probably spelled her name wrong)
Nov 30, 2015 4:27 PM
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Yoshiwara ♥

Kagura fight highlight was just too good.
Nov 30, 2015 4:32 PM
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I'll wait for the addition of SA and FS in the poll before I vote. My favorite serious arc is those two, respectively.

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Nov 30, 2015 6:33 PM
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lagba2 said:
I'll wait for the addition of SA and FS in the poll before I vote. My favorite serious arc is those two, respectively.
If those two were part of the list, 90%+ of the votes would go to them. That's why I wanted the poll to be arcs before SA.
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Nov 30, 2015 6:35 PM

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Yoshiwara
Nov 30, 2015 6:40 PM

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I'm not really sure that the Obi-wan arc counts as "serious", you know with all the Star wars stuff.

Anyways, Yoshiwara for now.
Nov 30, 2015 7:57 PM

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Praland said:
I'm not really sure that the Obi-wan arc counts as "serious", you know with all the Star wars stuff.
Yeah, it should be in the 'semi-serious arc' poll.
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1. Courtesan of a Nation

2. Red Spider

3. Yoshiwara in Flames

Basically anything with Tsukuyo in it. Red Spider is a close second for the Gintoki and Tsukuyo interactions, but Courtesan of a Nation was definitely by far the most epic arc in Gintama. Yet.
Dec 2, 2015 6:51 AM
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Shogun prostitute arc. Don't remember the actual name.
Dec 2, 2015 7:21 AM

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lequack said:
Shogun prostitute arc. Don't remember the actual name.
Courtesan of a Nation?
Dec 2, 2015 7:24 AM

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Yoshiwara in Flames, with Courtesan of a Nation as a close second.
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Dec 2, 2015 7:26 AM

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VanishingKira said:
Yoshiwara

untill now
Dec 2, 2015 11:28 AM

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20 Minutes with Hasegawa-san arc. But seriously 4devas was best in my opinion.
Dec 2, 2015 11:38 AM

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4 devas for me
Dec 2, 2015 11:45 AM

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okita mitsuba arc for me. it was really emotional, but i truly enjoyed every second of it.
Dec 2, 2015 6:22 PM
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Benizakura Arc got me into the anime more.
Dec 2, 2015 6:22 PM

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Yoshiwara is the best arc.
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4 Devas > Yoshiwara in Flames > Courtesan of a Nation > Benizakura Arc(Movie specifically) > Thorny > Mitsuba

4 Devas: Probably some of the best 5 episodes in shounen that I've seen. Everything about it was great, peak moment would probably be Gintoki's Rage mode.

Yoshiwara in Flames: Has good comedy, introduced the second best Gintama Girl, Tskuyo, has an amazing fight to end it.

Courtesan of a Nation: Gintoki's past is always welcome.

Berizakura(Movie): The arc was what got me seriously into Gintama, the movie made me love it.

Thorny: Shinsengumi vs Miwarigumi was really entertaining to watch.

Mitsuba : The only (animated) arc in gintama that legitimately made me really sad, not cry though.

Worst serious arc would be Beam saber arc. Not that it's bad, it's just not as good as Gintama can be.
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well of course for now i'll chose 4 devas, and lets add SA and FS to the poll when Gintama 2017 air
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Definitely Shinsengumi Crisis Arc, that arc made me start to appreciate Hijikata character and after finished that arc he suddenly became my fav character of all time. I can't believe it took me 105 episodes to recognize how GREAT Hijikata is.
But yea, all arcs that focused on Hijikata are definitely my favorite 🥰.


My personal Top 5 Serious Arcs :

1. Shinsengumi Crisis Arc
2. Thorny Arc
3. Okita Mitsuba Arc
4. Kabukicho Four Devas Arc
5. Yoshiwara in Flames Arc
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1. Courtesan of a Nation Arc
2. Four Devas Arc
3. Yoshiwara in Flames Arc
4. Shinsengumi Crisis Arc
5. Benizakura Arc
6. Okita Mitsuba Arc
7. Thorny Arc
8. Beam Sword Style Arc

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