10.0/102 votesLoading...#1 - Life is about making consecutive decisions
Season 3 Episode 43 - Aired 1/29/2009
As Gintoki and the gang head toward Hosen’s lair, they encounter Abuki, one of Kamui’s subordinates, and are overwhelmed by the incredible fighting power of the Yato Clan. On Shinpachi and Kagura’s urging, Gintoki heads out to face Hosen alone. The remaining two fight desperately against Abuki, only to be cornered by the overwhelming difference in power. In the midst of the fierce battle Kagura renews her feelings toward her older brother Kamui and her reason for fighting. But with Shinpachi’s life in danger, Kagura goes through a dramatic transformation…
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10.0/101 votesLoading...#2 - Farewell Shinsengumi
Season 7 Episode 51 - Aired 3/30/2016
The complete fallout of the events at Kokujo Island come to light and brings about farewells nobody thought they'd ever see.
Director: N/A
Writer: Masaki Tachihara
10.0/101 votesLoading...#3 - Guardian Spirits Are Also a Part of the Soul
Season 9 Episode 13 - Aired 12/25/2017
The Kabuki District Sports Meet begins, and Shinpachi bears witness to the influence guardian spirits have on such events. Will he be able to fight through it and help Odd Jobs win the cash prize?
Director: N/A
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9.7/102,744 votesLoading...#4 - Be Careful Not to Leave Your Umbrella Somewhere
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 6/7/2007
Kagura gets captured. Tetsuko goes to visit the injured Gintoki and tells him the truth about the benisakura sword.
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9.7/103 votesLoading...#5 - The taste of drinking under broad daylight is something special
Season 3 Episode 47 - Aired 2/26/2009
While protecting Gintoki from the stray cats, Hoichi and the cats get caught. Soon Gintoki, Katsura and Kondo goes to save him.
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9.7/102,294 votesLoading...#6 - We Know It’s Best to Finish Yearly Tasks Before the End of the Year, But then You Put It Off Till Next Year for a Fresh Start. That’s How the End of the Year Goes / Radio Exercises are Socials for Boys and Girls
Season 4 Episode 39 - Aired 12/24/2009
Part 1 - While researching the Anti-Foreigner War, a reporter interviews Nagai, a former reporter from the war called Nagai in order to know about the White Demon's (Gintoki's alter-ego) activities in such time. He chronicles the events from war, explaining how the samurais decided to fight against the aliens. As Nagai is about to talk about the White Demon, he replaces him with the fictional robot Gundam to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the franchise with the same name. Part 2 - Kagura starts going to Kabuki-cho's physical fitness lessons where she meets a kid named Hongou Hiashi, whom she befriends. Suffering from a dangerous disease that weakens his body, Hiashi is absent from various lessons even though he promised Kagura to go to every lesson. During a rainy day, Kagura is the only person to come to the lesson, but Gintoki and her friends decide to join her. Next day, Hiashi returns to another lesson and sees Kagura once again.
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9.7/103,696 votesLoading...#7 - When Looking For Something, Try Using its Perspective
Season 4 Episode 40 - Aired 1/7/2010
Elizabeth and Dark Vader battle to the death and just when things are not looking so good for Elizabeth, Katsura shows up to save his friend.
Director: N/A
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9.7/102,075 votesLoading...#8 - Kabukicho Stray Cat Blues
Season 4 Episode 42 - Aired 1/21/2010
While protecting Gintoki from the stray cats, Hoichi and the cats get caught. Soon Gintoki, Katsura and Kondo goes to save him.
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9.7/102,156 votesLoading...#9 - That’s How I Wish to Be, Beautiful and Strong
Season 4 Episode 49 - Aired 3/11/2010
The Sasaki family is as elite as it gets, and one of its members, Tetsunosuke, has joined the Shinsengumi. He would have joined the Mimawarigumi, a police force with pedigree, but he is considered a troublemaker, which is why he was sent to the Shinsengumi. Kondo assigns Tetsu to Hijikata as an assistant, so Hijikata is forced to endure the new recruit...
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9.7/103 votesLoading...#10 - There are Some Things You Should Not Forget When Drinking away the Past Year at Year-end Parties
Season 5 Episode 38 - Aired 12/19/2011
It's a year-end party at Odd Jobs! The Gintama anime has been through a lot, but Gintoki tells Kagura and Shinpachi to keep it cool. And then the usual members join in for some real partying... The next morning, Gintoki wakes up to discover that he's made some very bad mistakes.
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9.7/103 votesLoading...#11 - People Can Only Live By Forgetting the Bad
Season 5 Episode 39 - Aired 12/26/2011
After getting drunk at the year-end party, Gintoki managed to become a six-timer in one night. In order to prevent the show from being pulled off the air, Gintoki is forced into engaging in a relationship with all of them. And now he has to go on dates with all of them at the same time...
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9.7/103 votesLoading...#12 - Take the Initial Premise Lightly, and It'll Cost You
Season 7 Episode 31 - Aired 11/4/2015
Whilst on a job tailing someone in the blistering summer heat, Gin steals Kagura's parasol, forgetting that the Yato are weak against sunlight. Kagura falls ill and is taken to the hospital.
Director: Taro Kubo
Writer: Masaki Tachihara
9.7/103 votesLoading...#13 - Keep Your Farewells Short
Season 7 Episode 32 - Aired 11/11/2015
Kagura's ruse has gone too far! After faking her illness things take a turn for the worse as everyone assumes she is dying. Even Soyo turns up and ends up planning a state funeral for her. It looks like it's too late for Kagura to correct the misunderstanding now!
Director: N/A
Writer: Masaki Tachihara
9.6/101,358 votesLoading...#14 - Even Mummy Hunters Sometimes Turn into Mummys
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 6/28/2007
Yamasaki is sent by Hijikata to investigate what has happened with that fight between Katsura and Takasugi groups. He goes around asking different people, though fails to get any real answers.
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9.6/101,771 votesLoading...#15 - Love Is Often Played Out In Sudden Death
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 5/15/2008
Kagura accidentally knocks out an international soccer team when their capitan was out by giving them water from a janitors bucket and now The Yorozuya and others have to fill the teams spots.
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9.6/101,505 votesLoading...#16 - Kids Don’t Understand How Their Parents Feel
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 5/22/2008
The Yorozuya are requested to help a Yakuza boss's son who has become a hikikomori, but little do they know how dangerous this job could turn out to be...
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9.6/101,751 votesLoading...#17 - Beware of Foreshadows
Season 4 Episode 36 - Aired 12/3/2009
The Shinsengumi and the Yorozuya attend the funeral of a close udon shop owner. Instead of moving on, however, the soul of the old man is overseeing the ceremony.
Director: N/A
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9.6/101,390 votesLoading...#18 - It’s Goodbye Once a Flag Is Set
Season 4 Episode 37 - Aired 12/10/2009
Gintoki and Shinpachi start re-investigating the Rokkaku incident. Upon learning what really happened from Kamiyama, one of Okita’s subordinates, they leave to save Okita. Meanwhile, Okita is captured by Sotatsu Tendo after falling into his trap involving Kirie. Tendo babbles on about how he returned to seek revenge against Okita, who destroyed the Sokai Faction, and goes on to reveal the truth about Kirie’s father.
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9.6/101,616 votesLoading...#19 - An Observation Journal Should Be Seen Through To The Very End
Season 4 Episode 38 - Aired 12/17/2009
Students at a temple school share their independent research projects completed during the past summer vacation. After one of the students finishes reading a well-written journal, the last one to present is a kid named Daigoro. Sleeping in on the first day of summer vacation, Daigoro arrived late at the radio exercises and met Madao, and decided to keep an observation journal about him.
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9.6/101,490 votesLoading...#20 - Freedom Means to Live True to Yourself, not Without Law!
Season 4 Episode 41 - Aired 1/14/2010
Having turned into cats, Gintoki,Katsura and Kondo (who turned into a gorilla) are brought by Hoichi to Otose to get food. While eating, Otose tells them that if caught, they can never return to this town.
Director: N/A
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9.6/101,398 votesLoading...#21 - Never Losing that Smile
Season 4 Episode 48 - Aired 3/4/2010
Jellybeans Vanguard Honda is on his fifth year as a Jump editor. However, he's been assigned to the manga Gintaman, which has driven multiple editors insane. In order to save himself, Honda must find a new talented artist so he can be reassigned. One day, he is visited by an aspiring manga artist by the name of N3016. Is this artist as juvenile as his name suggests?
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9.6/102,093 votesLoading...#22 - Santa Claus Red Is Blood Red
Season 4 Episode 50 - Aired 3/18/2010
It's Christmas in Edo and Kagura writes her father a letter. She is sad that Santa Claus never visited her. Moved, her father Umi Bozu dresses himself up as Santa and hides watching Kagura, Otae, Shinpachi and Hasegawa celebrate Christmas. When he finally jumps out of the bushes to surprise her there is another Santa, a dressed up Gintoki. Both of them think that their counterpart is real. They start punching each other when another three Santas show up (Sachan, Kondo and Kyubei). Kagura decides on a contest to see who's the real Santa.
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9.6/101,312 votesLoading...#23 - Ghosts Aren't The Only Ones Who Run Wild Around Graveyards
Season 5 Episode 10 - Aired 6/6/2011
Pirako has double crossed Gin! Her real plan is to help Jirocho, her father, take over the town. Can Gin stop a war?
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9.6/101,586 votesLoading...#24 - Path
Season 8 Episode 7 - Aired 2/20/2017
The Heavenly Kings are reunited to fight against the Harusame and Utsuro. Meanwhile, a certain father and son also reunite to kill the other; but not if Kagura have anything to say about it.
Director: N/A
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9.5/101,189 votesLoading...#25 - Hometowns and Boobs Are Best Thought of from Afar / The Whole Peeing on a Bee Sting Is a Myth. You’ll Get Germs, So Don’t Do It!!
Season 4 Episode 35 - Aired 11/26/2009
The Odd Jobs are requested to remove a hornets’ nest on the temple grounds. Fully armored in protective suits, what awaits the trio is a ginormous hive, like none they’ve ever seen before. Arguing that this wasn’t what they signed up for, Gintoki prepares to leave, but Kagura goes off and destroys the hive. The trio quickly plays dead to avoid getting attacked by the raging hornets, but are instead greeted by something quite unexpected...
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The Best Episodes of Gintama
Every episode of Gintama ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Gintama!
In an era where aliens have invaded and taken over feudal Tokyo, an unemployed samurai finds work however he can.
Genres:Action & AdventureAnimationComedySci-Fi & Fantasy
Best Episodes Summary
"Life is about making consecutive decisions" is the best rated episode of "Gintama". It scored 10/10 based on 2 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 1/29/2009. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Farewell Shinsengumi".