I really like a good samurai story with lots of sword fighting for love and honor. But what started out to be good, became a total disaster. I've watched about 45 episodes and I couldn't take anymore of that mess.
The main protagonist, Gintaki, is a former samurai who had to abandon that profession because swordsmanship became outlawed when the Earth was taken over by the aliens. That sounds like an interesting premise to a great series, doesn't it? But that's where the good ends. Don't get me wrong, there are a lot of interesting aspects that make fun and somewhat clever jokes about a number of cultural cliches: geisha culture, pop idols, obsession with comic books (Jump magazine), and more. But there is absolutely zero plot and character development. All of the characters are lazy, loud, and obnoxious. They either don't do anything, get themselves into weird predicaments or just fight amongs each other.
It might've been funny for the first couple of dozen episodes, but further on the dirty jokes weren't funny anymore and the same humor is recycled in every episode. After the 45th episodes I still didn't know what the series were about and I did not care to find out. It is an animated mess that is best left alone.
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