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 ban on the use of swords has left a lot of defeated samurai with a difficult decision to make concer…ning their future career paths! This is especially true if, as in the case of Gintoki Sakata, they're not particularly inclined towards holding a day job, which is why Gintoki's opted for the freelance route, taking any job that's offered to him as long as the financial remuneration sounds right. Unfortunately, in a brave new world filled with stray bug-eyed monsters, upwardly mobile Yakuza and overly ambitious E.T.
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You should watch it because it can make you cry with laughter at the silliest of things and then use those same characters to nail an incredible action arc.
It's a good fit if you're looking for parody, samurai, science fiction and a very long series.
What sets it apart from other long comedies is that it makes fun of the anime, the budget and itself for hundreds of chapters; that accumulated affection makes the drama really hit when it arrives.
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