Reviews

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.