Gintama
Plot Summary:
The story takes place in Edo (known today as Tokyo because of the name change in 1868), Japan, which has been taken over by aliens called Amanto since the late Edo period. The samurai of Japan have fallen, and the Amanto placed a ban on carrying swords in public. The story focuses on an eccentric samurai, Gintoki Sakata, his (partial) apprentice Shinpachi Shimura, and a teenage alien girl: Kagura. All three are "free-lancers" who search for work in order to pay the monthly rent, which usually goes unpaid anyway. –wikipedia
Characters:
Gintoki Sakata – Gintoki Sakata is the main character of the story. He has naturally permed hair, which he blames for his lacking love life. He rides a motor scooter and wields a bokuto, which has "Lake Toya" inscribed onto it. His job, as is written on his business card, is a "free-lancer", meaning he will take any job for nearly any price. He enjoys reading Shōnen Jump comics and he has a sweet tooth and will go into crazed combat, if he does not have his sweets, (he has glycosuria).
Shinpachi Shimura – Shinpachi works under Gintoki to learn the ways of the samurai. However it seems more like he is just trying to help Gintoki pay the rent than to learn. Shinpachi is the captain of the "Otsu Imperial Guard," a pop-singer’s fan club.
Kagura – Kagura is an alien from the "Yato Clan," one of the strongest races in existence. Despite her alien heritage, she looks like a normal human and talks with a Chinese accent. She can stop Gintoki’s motor scooter single-handedly and has an umbrella that is bulletproof and can fire bullets from the tip. Her stomach knows no bounds and she apparently loves to eat sukonbu.
Katsura Kotarou – Katsura is a former comrade of Gintoki and is now the leader of the Joui. His nickname is "Zura", but hates that nickname and keeps correcting people that his name is Katsura. He is always hiding from the Shinsengumi and travels with an unknown space alien named "Elizabeth".
Reviews from other viewers:
Gintama has a plot in that a race of aliens called the Amanto have come to Earth in the time of the Samurai (when Edo was still the capital of Japan) and taken over Japan, bringing with them the modernization that the Meiji restoration was supposed to bring much earlier and at a much more rapid pace. Forget what you learned in your Japanese history class, in this series the sword ban takes place much like it should, but the Shinsengumi now walk the street with Bazookas and the Amanto’s airships cover the skies, casting a shadow of oppression over the population of Edo. –Kaoishin Sama
The problem with this show is this: it works for 25% of the time. The rest of the airtime is just stupid. The comedy, for example really works in some situations, as the parodies on samurai-shows become truly brilliant. On the other hand, the creators tried to give the main characters interesting personalities, and failed. They look a bit too fake and directed. The story itself is also most of the time entirely ridiculous, though at the end of the second episode, I have to confess that I was pleasantly amused by the climax. The characters, as described above, don’t work in some cases. In other cases, however, they’re brilliant. This brilliance mostly comes from the side-characters, though. –star crossed anime blog
First Impression:
This is kinda weird story. Just by reading the plot, it just not sounds right. Old century, in a present time and combine with the futuristic era, what could possibly the creators have done? I wonder how the story went. Moreover, to think Gintama already have a 100+ episode. I hope this will not be boring and not full of fillers.
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