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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!

The Best Episodes of Gintama

Life isn't easy in feudal Japan... especially since the aliens landed and conquered everything! Oh sure, the new health care is great, but the public...

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  1. 10.0/10(2 votes)

    #1 - Life Is About Making Consecutive Decisions

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    S3:E43

    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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  2. 10.0/10(2 votes)

    #2 - 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

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    S4:E39

    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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  3. 10.0/10(1 votes)

    #3 - Santa Claus Red Is Blood Red

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    S4:E50

    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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  4. 10.0/10(1 votes)

    #4 - Farewell Shinsengumi

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    S7:E51

    The complete fallout of the events at Kokujo Island come to light and brings about farewells nobody thought they'd ever see.

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  5. 10.0/10(4 votes)

    #5 - Siblings

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    S8:E10

    It is the Yorozuya and Abuto vs Kamui to save him from the brink.

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  6. 10.0/10(1 votes)

    #6 - Guardian Spirits Are Also a Part of the Soul

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    S9:E13

    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?

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  8. 9.7/10(3 votes)

    #7 - Even Mummy Hunters Sometimes Turn into Mummys

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    S2:E13

    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. 9.7/10(3 votes)

    #8 - Some Data Cannot Be Erased

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    S2:E22

    Gintoki, Shinpachi, Kagura, and the robot tinkerer head towards the main facility of the inventor and attempt to shutdown the rampaging maid android mob.

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  10. 9.7/10(1.9k votes)

    #9 - Love Is Often Played Out In Sudden Death

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    S3:E7

    Kagura accidentally knocks out an international soccer team when their captain was out by giving them water from a janitor's bucket. Now the Yorozuya and others have to fill the team's spots.

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  11. 9.7/10(3 votes)

    #10 - The Taste of Drinking Under Broad Daylight Is Something Special

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    S3:E47

    At last the sun rises above Yoshiwara Shangri-La, the city of eternal light. At the end of a fierce battle, Hosen finally reveals his true feelings for Hinowa and passes away. Observing the entire battle from afar, Kamui is greeted by Kagura and Shinpachi. Kagura is enraged with her reunited brother, but Kamui leaves after “declaring war” with Gintoki.

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  12. 9.7/10(3 votes)

    #11 - Sleep Helps a Child Grow

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    S4:E3

    Kagura can't fall asleep , so she goes to Gintoki's room and troubles him about her problem. After few methods, she finally fells asleep while listening to a story from a radio show. Unfortunately Gintoki listened to this Horror story as well, and now he can't fall aleep.

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  13. 9.7/10(3 votes)

    #12 - It's the Irresponsible One Who's Scary When Pissed

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    S4:E29

    Tsukuyo falls into the hands of Jiraia, her former master, and is held captive. Meanwhile Gintoki manages to survive the attack thanks to Zenzo, and he learns about Jiraia’s past. During the Amanto attack twenty years ago, Jiraia is said to have killed his own people within the Oniwabanshu, all for the sake of his devotion to the previous shogun. In the end Jiraia himself was the one to be terminated, but he managed to escape. Now his devotion is directed toward his own creation, Tsukuyo. Jiraia’s motive is to eliminate the bond that she has come to rely upon. And he intends to achieve that goal by setting fire to Yoshiwara and burning down everything!

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  14. 9.7/10(3 votes)

    #13 - The More Precious the Burden, The Heavier and More Difficult it is to Shoulder

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    S4:E30

    Gintoki strikes down Jiraia and frees Tsukuyo from his twisted web. Chiding Tsukuyo for trying to shoulder every burden herself, Gintoki goes on to say that rather than throw away your life to die beautifully, it’s far better to live and be yourself – even if your life is not a pretty one. And finally, Gintoki expresses his anger toward Jiraia for betraying his own student, despite calling himself a master.

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  15. 9.7/10(1.5k votes)

    #14 - Ghosts Aren't The Only Ones Who Run Wild Around Graveyards

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    S5:E10

    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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  16. 9.7/10(3 votes)

    #15 - There are Some Things You Should Not Forget When Drinking away the Past Year at Year-end Parties

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    S5:E38

    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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  17. 9.7/10(3 votes)

    #16 - People Can Only Live By Forgetting the Bad

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    S5:E39

    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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  18. 9.7/10(3 votes)

    #17 - Take the Initial Premise Lightly, and It'll Cost You

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    S7:E31

    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.

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  19. 9.7/10(3 votes)

    #18 - Keep Your Farewells Short

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    S7:E32

    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!

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  20. 9.6/10(1.6k votes)

    #19 - Kids Don’t Understand How Their Parents Feel

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    S3:E8

    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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  21. 9.5/10(2 votes)

    #20 - Men, Be a Madao

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    S2:E46

    The trial of Hasegawa's harassment charge comes to a conclusion.

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  22. 9.5/10(2 votes)

    #21 - Life and Video Games are Full of Bugs

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    S2:E50

    Yorozuya and Shinsengumi are divided into two teams to play against each other in a video-gaming contest for a chance to win a free "Owee".

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  23. 9.5/10(4 votes)

    #22 - From a Foreigner's Perspective, You're the Foreigner. From an Alien's Perspective, You're the Alien

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    S4:E10

    Tosshi finishes the preliminary race in first place by rounding up all the contestants to block Shinpachi’s team from making the goal. Despite Toshi’s scheming, team Otsu-chan fan club makes a surprising comeback to finish in second place! Hijikata points out that the team cheated by changing their member lineup, but with his own member suspected of using a taxi, the objection is dropped. Kondo and Kagura also finish the race after taking the wrong route and being dropped off by the police. Meanwhile, what happened to Shinpachi who’s still in the race? That being said and done, the main event finally takes place!

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  24. 9.5/10(1.0k votes)

    #23 - Glasses Prevent You From Seeing Certain Things

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    S5:E7

    Gintoki and crew continue to defend Sarutobi against the Lethal Punishers. But against such assassins as the Pillow Masa, T-shirt Tatsu, and the Chuubert Chu Brothers, will they win?

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  25. 9.5/10(1.0k votes)

    #24 - Nothing Lasts Forever, Including Parents, Money, Youth, Your Room, Dress Shirts, Me, You and the Gintama Anime

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    S5:E8

    Due to a lack of budget, the Yorozuya try to use old footage to make a filler episodes. While Hasegawa first plays a theme song, the characters then watch a fake trailer a supposed second film based on the series. The episode ends with a chapter of "Teach us Ginpachi-sensei", a story in which Gintoki is the teacher from high school class composed of anime's characters.

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  26. 9.5/10(960 votes)

    #25 - A Lawless Town Tend To Attract a Bunch of Whoohooey Folk

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    S5:E9

    Pirako Chin is looking for the strongest man in the Kabuki District. Now Gintoki has an underling who wants to turn Kabuki District into a garden of bright red flowers.

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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, "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".