Making a good manga that lasts long is tough, we've all read some manga that were so good yet end up being axed because they didn't get enough attention, we also know about lots of manga that are still popular and becoming even more successful because the author decided to follow what was popular and got rid of his ideas that made that manga stand out in the first place, there are some that ride on the popular trending genres and rarely do you find one that takes you to a whole new world with genuinely good characters, I think all this shows you how good Gintama is. A manga that is so unique that it went against so many things with the constant change in the industry and audience.

Gintama is by far one of the best manga I have ever read, At first I found it through the anime while looking for some actual funny anime to watch and ended up finishing the whole series even when the anime stopped. Most of us know the idiom "A jack of all trades is a master of none" but Gintama proved that this isn't always the case, you could go master anything if you put enough effort to it. The best thing about the author is that he was never afraid of going outside of the comfort zone, he found his comedy to be working yet when he wanted to do a serious fighting arc he went and did it. Taking a huge step that could easily damage your popularity yet still going on and doing it is a very brave thing to do and thankfully it worked out, him taking those chances helped create what is arguably one of the best manga ever.

Gintama excels at a lot of things, whether it be comedy, action, drama or almost any genre out there, the mangaka managed to take the standards to a higher level, now when deciding to watch a comedy anime, if you see gintama in the recommended tap then you will most likely watch it compared to something else like oreimo for example, that's the influence it has.

What is also great about gintama is the great great effort put into the characters, there is not a single character (apart from Tsuu) that I hated and even she was made to be that annoying idol character. Each one of them had unique characteristics, motives and goals that it wanted to achieve, their designs were also all unique that I don't think there is a single design I found to be repeated throughout the manga/anime, before I end this section just know this, the inarguably best character in the entire manga is "Taka-Tin"

One of the downfalls I found in Gintama was the final arc, I felt like the author started pulling asspulls to not end the lives of certain characters and I felt it to be longer than expected but thankfully he fixed that soon and managed to end the magna in a very great satisfying way.

Another downfall is that sometimes the jokes would be the written type (idk its name) where the entire page would be filled with sentences.

Finally, the art is great and consistent, I don't remember reading and finding a change or parts that I thought would be better to be redrawn or anything.


Overall I would give the manga a 9/10, the manga is entertaining and that is more than enough reason to make me rate it highly.
Would definitely recommend it to anyone looking to have fun, doesn't matter if it's a person that likes manga or reading in general.