Reviews

Sigh... Gintama. I remember back when this used to be my nr. 1 favorite anime as well as being the funniest. I remember starting it right before summer vacation and just binging the hell out of it, laughing at the hilarious moments and being kinda touched by some of the serious stuff too. It became something very special for me and it was just constantly getting better and better the further I got into it. When I finished the first 201 episodes of Gintama I was so excited to start season 2 or Gintama' right afterwards. I was about a quarter way into it and that's where I started to question myself if I was even enjoying what I was watching. I think I said "Oh maybe it's because I've watched too many episodes", so I took a bit of a break from it. Then I came back and finished it and didn't really know what to think. I mean, I did enjoy it but at the same time I didn't. None of the "serious" arcs didn't really hit me as much as they did in season 1 nor did the comedy. After that I just continued to watch and at some points were kinda forcing myself through some of it, I kept making up excuses in my head as to why I wasn't enjoying it and now I've realized that I was just lying to myself.

Now were here with Gintama°, this was the highest rated season of them all so I had a lot of hopes that it would rekindle my love for the show. I only watched 17 eps of it but honestly I think I had just already given up at that point tbh.

First of all I have to say that I personally think it's absolutely ridiculous that this season is the second highest rated anime on MAL. How this is even possible is honestly beyond me, it's not even the best season of Gintama like everyone seems to think so. There are so many better shows out there that I would rank higher than this but MAL's rating system pretty shit to begin with though so maybe that's not too surprising.
I think the biggest problem I started having with the show after season 1 was that the arcs didn't have enough built up. Every single arc after episode 201 feels so short and underdeveloped in my opinion. Arcs felt like they had so much more built up to them before, they really benefited from that, or maybe it's just me who got tired of the Gintama formula, I don't know tbh.
Gintama in of it self is also way too long for it's own good, it feels like the Sorachi didn't know how the hell to even end the series. If from 201 it had gone up to 270 eps, then maybe I wouldn't be making this review at all.

All in all Gintama is still special to me, it sure ain't my nr. 1 and may not even be in my top 10 for that matter but I will still remember it as being something dear to me. It's just sad that I couldn't be there till the end.