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Gintama is a drama-comedy manga by Hideaki Sorachi, featuring a good-for-nothing silver-haired samurai who was once feared as the White Demon. It is set in an alternative Edo during which instead of westerners, alien came and conquered Japan. It is has lots of dirty jokes and parodies of other anime and manga.

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Gintama is a comedy/parody manga written by Hideaki Sorachi, with TV anime and movie adaptations. The story takes place in Edo, in a time where aliens have conquered Japan who have put a ban on carrying swords, and focuses on an eccentric samurai named Gintoki Sakata.

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What happened to kiheitai after war?

In Gintama, did they explain anything about after war life of Takasugi?. I was curious to know about that, after knowing the after-war life of Sakamoto and Katsura and of course Gintoki. But they didn't explain much about how Takasugi lived his life…
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Which chapter of the manga version of Gintama corresponds to the last episode of anime?

I've watched the 367 episodes of the Gintama anime which ended last year, when according to different sources the manga continued. Since there is only the manga now to keep following the Gintama story, which chapter of the manga version of Gintama…
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Why the Sword Ban?

Why did Amanto ban the use of swords at all when they had already defeated the Samurai with swords? What threat do they have even if the Samurais have their swords since they are already stronger than them (Samurais)? If they allow wooden swords…
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What's wrong with Kagura's pronunciation of "ka-wa-wi-i"?

This is more of a Japanese language question, but since it's based on goofy anime scene, I thought I'd ask here. The scene is from episode 88 of Gintama: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mBS9-EQbqw Gin asks Kagura to go to the ladies' room with the…
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How does Gintoki's wooden sword get fixed again after getting broken so many times?

We've seen Gintoki's sword being broken multiple times and the sword is made of woord, a special kind of wood. So how does it return back to normal again and again?
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What does it mean that Gintoki and his friends are "Yorozuya"?

In the Gintama series they mention a lot of times about Gintoki and his friends are "Yorozuya". What does this mean?
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Where are Yoshida Shouyou's "Other" students currently?

There is a class picture of Yoshida (Teacher), Gintama, Katsura, Takasugi, Sakamoto with "Other" students when they were a child. How come the "Other" students from the class picture did not appear when they grew up as an adult? (If I am not…
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Which Gintama episode has this scene of child Gintoki looking back upward to the camera in the sunset?

I am looking for this moment in Gintama where child Gintoki is looking back and upward to the camera in the sunset with blades and ravens. If someone can help like anything, season, story, episode.
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Why was "Mr. Raindrop" transliterated into hiragana rather than katakana?

Gintama's ending song from Ep.14 to Ep.24 is "Mr. Raindrop" by Amplified. It is the only theme which is in English. As you can see, the transliteration above the English words is done in hiragana instead of katakana. Since I can't confidently…
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How closely are the characters in Gintama related to their real life counterparts?

There were some gags like Kondou's fake sword etc. that were derived from real life rumors. I want to know how much data we actually have about the real life counterparts of the characters in Gintama. Are any of their personality traits known to…
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What is the Hitotsubashi faction?

It was clear that they were a traitorous faction within the Shogunate. In Gintama' episode 16, it's stated by Sougo that it's basically known that the Hitotsubashi were behind some bad stuff, but if they were called out for it, they could cause a…
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Gintoki's example: Shy school girl becomes slutty after mysterious summer holiday

I want to know the season and the episode number in which the following scene occurs. Gintoki speaks with some people (maybe with Kaguya-chan and megane-kun). I don't remember the topic of speech but he gives this as a supporting example: There is a…
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(Gintama) Which historical period is the Amanto invasion a reference to?

I've left uni ages ago and haven't had a History of Japan class since. The Amanto/aliens are clearly references to Americans, and more broadly, to the outside world/western world entering the tightly closed world that was Japan, but I can't pin…
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Sadaharu's form in Gintama

Since the Gintama anime recently ended, I dont think I saw what happened to Sadaharu after becoming small inside a sphere (of aura?). Will he always remain in that form now? Please clear this question. Its been bugging my mind ever since I watched…
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What is an "Enchousen situation"?

I came across this phrase in this r/Gintama thread about the Porori Arc mentioned in a "new season" announcement. The original poster said: Now this could STILL turn out to be an Enchousen situation, which I am hoping, but for now all we know is…
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