Gintama

Anime Gintama enters its second year on air! Well, more like manages to slide by for a second year. Either way it’s the second season, as the Odd Jobs crew reflect on “securing a one-year slot on air” and reminisce about the many events that occurred in the past year. As expectations of high ratings have given way to many hardships, Gintoki suggests that something needs to be done as the seri...

A baby is left on the doorstep of the Odd Jobs office with a message that says, “It's your baby.” The baby has naturally curly silver hair and dead-fish eyes… in other words, the baby looks exactly like Gintoki, and everyone besides him believes without a doubt that the baby is his love child. Shinpachi, Kagura, and Otose all become smitten by the baby named Kanshichiro. Panicked over the ide...

Kahei is questioning the captured Ofusa about the whereabouts of baby Kanshichiro. When Shinpachi and Kagura, who are being chased by Nizo, come rushing in. Despite the commotion Kahei continues with his interrogation. Kagura makes a smoke screen while Shinpachi tries to save Ofusa, but Nizo is blind and smoke screens don't work against him. The group ends up getting cornered. Meanwhile, Gint...

Kabuki-cho has been plagued with a series of arsons. To prevent anyone from setting fire to garbage, rules about separating garbage have become stricter, so when Gintoki tries to sneak out magazines with the combustible garbage Otose sees him and gives him a lecture. But she unwittingly starts a small fire with a tossed-off cigarette, and when a panicky Gintoki tries to put the fire out, a yo...

A mother suddenly barges into the Odd Jobs office, wanting them to find her son Hachiro, who disappeared after coming to Edo. Though perplexed by the mother’s excessive concern, Gintoki and the gang begin their search for Hachiro. Using a photograph as a clue, they discover that Hachiro has undergone many plastic surgeries. They draw hair and a mustache on the photo for fun and a man named Ha...

Edo is in an uproar about the serial kidnappings of women. The Shinsengumi goes overboard in cracking down and sees a sudden drop in their public image. Kondo invites pop idol Tsu Terakado to be chief for the day in order to call on Edo residents to prevent crimes, as well as to boost the Shinsengumi's image. Otsu is eager to do her duty and begins reforming the Shinsengumi, beginning with th...

Mutsu's Pleasure Support Club tries to deliver batteries so powerful that one can power a space battleship to Aoki and Co. But a group of men dressed in black shows up and steals the batteries and the money. Mutsu asks the Odd Jobs to recover the batteries and the money and capture the Pleasure Support Club’s missing leader, Sakamoto. Gintoki and the others easily capture Sakamoto and go to A...

Elizabeth comes to Yorozuya, but Katsura, who is always with her, isn't there. Gintoki and the others are unsure how to treat Elizabeth. She doesn't talk and is difficult to figure out. Shinpachi decides to serve her tea, but Elizabeth doesn't react. He tries to serve her coffee next, but her attitude doesn't change at all. Kagura decides to serve her a certain drink as a last resort. Upon be...

Kagura has snuck onto a suspicious ship where she fights Takasugi under the bright moonlight. Kagura senses an odd presence and is attacked from behind. She escapes Matako Kijima’s double pistols, but Henpeita Takechi is waiting for her with the ronin he leads. Kagura wreaks havoc, but in the confusion of battle, Matako hits her with a gunshot. Even though her shoulder and leg have been injur...

The Katsura’s Faction launches a midair battle against Takasugi to avenge Katsura, who was attacked by Nizo the Butcher. Nizo fights back with Benizakura, a sword-shaped weapon that has become fused with his arm. Meanwhile, Henpeita Takechi and Matako Kijima have captured Kagura. Shinpachi sneaks on board Takasugi's ship and uses the confusion of a cannon shot to successfully save Kagura. Me...

Gintoki and Nizo battle to the death on the deck of Takasugi's ship. The anti-battleship weapon Benizakura has infiltrated Nizo's mind, driving Nizo out of control. Gintoki fights back with a sword forged by Tetsuko. Nizo attacks with overwhelming strength, but slowly, the battle begins to turn in Gintoki's favor. Meanwhile, within the ship, Takasugi plans to use the Benizakura to overthrow t...

Hijikata receives a report from Shinsengumi inspector Yamazaki about the struggle between the Katsura Faction and Takasugi Faction. Included is information on sightings of people who appear to be the Jacks-of-all-trades in the riot. Hijikata suspects that Gintoki has connections with the Antiforeigner Faction, so he orders Yamazaki to investigate Gintoki's affairs. Yamazaki questions Gintoki'...

Ninja Zenzo Hattori runs through the city at night. His job requires him to be on time and fulfill his clients' requests perfectly. The job: pizza delivery. One night, as Zenzo is about to land, Gintoki crashes his scooter into Zenzo's backside. Ignoring the pain of his hemorrhoids, Zenzo grabs the pizza box to make his delivery. But instead of the pizza box, Zenzo accidentally grabs Gintoki'...

Katsura, who is secretly a member of the Joi Faction, is visited by a reporter from the talk show The Edo. Katsura tells reporter Hanano that he wants the citizens to know about the work that the Joi Faction has done and think about what they can do for the country. Led by Okita, the Shinsengumi barges in, and Katsura is forced to run. He takes out a corn potage-flavored Nmaibo from his kimon...

Stag beetle wrestling has become popular in Edo. Kagura enters Sadaharu 28, a dung beetle that she is fond of, into a competition. But Okita of the Shinsengumi barges in and defeats Kagura with his jumbo stag beetle. Meanwhile, Gintoki learns that stag beetles can be sold at high prices and plans to go to the forest to catch some. Kagura says that she wants to catch a stag beetle to avenge Sa...

Gintoki is stuffing himself with dango at Konpeito, a quiet dango shop. The shop's customers have been lured away by the sweets shop Andromeda, which is across the street. The owner persists in promoting his shop with his enthusiasm for dango. Gintoki learns that Sweets, the owner of Andromeda, is trying to drive Konpeito out of business because he wants the land. Konpeito's owner won’t agree...

Gintoki gets robot puppeteer Gengai Hiraga to fix his bike. But when Gintoki tries to leave Gengai's shop without paying the repair bill, Gengai activates the modification he had secretly made. Gintoki loses control of his scooter and crashes it into another scooter belonging to Amanto express messenger Noriko Mach. Now Noriko is injured and unable to ride her bike. But it turns out she has a...

It is the day of a festival, but Gintoki and the others head to the temple grounds. Kagura complains that she wants to enjoy the festivities, but Gintoki tells her that they have to take over someone's shift. Ochi, a man dressed up as a fallen samurai with an arrow in his head, appears before them. He manages the haunted house at the festival. Gintoki and the others have come to help him. Och...

Gintoki tosses out his magazines on the day for combustible garbage pickup. Scared off by a terrifying commercial, Gintoki goes back to retrieve his magazines, but passes out after seeing a woman's severed head at the dumping ground. The next day, Gintoki wakes up in his room and is relieved when he thinks it was just a dream, only to find the severed head in Kagura's hands. Shinpachi informs...

Gintoki and the gang are suddenly attacked by maids and split up into two groups. Gintoki and Kagura act as decoys to draw away the enemy maids, while Shinpachi takes Tama to Gengai. Tama tells Shinpachi that he has a 5 percent chance of surviving and suggests that he should leave her and run away. But Shinpachi tells her that a samurai protects the person they have sworn to protect no matter...

Gintoki and the others rush to Number 502, who plans to take control of Edo with machines. They head to the terminal in Gengai's tank. Gengai and the tank are lost in an attack by a giant maid. Gintoki parts ways with Kagura and Sadaharu, and heads further in with Fuyo. Gintoki and Fuyo finally confront 502. 502 tries to welcome Fuyo as a reincarnation of his daughter, but Fuyo refuses. Obeyi...

Katsura is reporting the shogunate's recent activities at a salon where Joi faction members gather. But the faction members are only interested in talking about the latest popular drama and don't listen to what he says. Katsura becomes angry and leaves the salon. He proceeds to a video rental store. When he tries to rent a video, the store employee asks him to show his driver's license as ide...

The Odd Jobs gang has gone to the mountains to go hunting for matsutake mushrooms. Gintoki is in high spirits, but a hunter named Marinosuke appears before him and warns him to leave the mountain quickly because it's dangerous. But Gintoki and the others don't listen and are intent on finding matsutake mushrooms. Masamune, a giant bear that's being controlled by a space mushroom, appears befo...

One day, Kagura and the others notice that Catherine's eyebrows are on the verge of connecting. While the group is watching a report about an accident nearby where a truck fell over on its side, Catherine comes back and her eyebrows have connected. Catherine becomes violent for some reason and attacks Otose. When things settle down, Otose's eyebrows are also connected! Gintoki and the others ...

Despite the danger of being canceled, Gintama has reached its second year. Gintoki claims that they were able to overcome it through manipulation, but Shinpachi reveals that they were almost canceled because of that. The Odd Jobs keep talking on and on and discover something terrible. They used up half a year's worth of their production money on the episodes up to now! They decide to look bac...