Hmmm Gintama... I think I wil fell empty when this manga ends but I will still have a really good memories with it.

I started with Anime and when I moved out to Manga in the first time it was so hard for me to read it there's a lot of words and fast dialogues, but slowly and step by step I fall in love with it and it has become the best Manga I read so far.

The best thing in Gintama it's not the story that based on a critical period of Japan's history, between Edo period and the early of Meiji period or the comedy or the characters even if a lot of them based on real people but the touch, the soul of Gintama, the Mangaka Sorachi Hideaki, has succeeded in making something unique, in this story you can lough a lot in the same time you can feel sad or crazy, It's not based on the fighting or comedy or parody but on the life and that's what make it special and unique, you can find what you need or seeking for, in this manga.

A lot of time they making parody on more than one thing in the same time and this's what make it funny and hard to understand too, what they are doing? On whom they are mocks? And this's what make some people fond it not funny or they don't know what's going on? It's really amazing to read something makes fun on Ashita no Joe and Hajime no ippo in the same time as example and this's what's make it great.

Story : Some people think that Gintama it doesn't have any story they are just mocks people and make fun on another Manga or Tvs programmes..., but it's not true. As I said the manga is based on true facts and periods in Japan's history, and I can said based on what I read the author refer the Amanto and the first invasion of the Edo to the time When commodore Matthew C. Perry's four-ship squadron appeared in Edo Bay in July 1853 and what's called 'End of seclusion', that's what makes Gintama great it's based on Japan history in a comic way, and the author as I think he's try to presenting another view of this period.

In these last two years from the Shogun Assassination Arc and the manga but the comedia and parody aside, and go with the main story of the Manga deeply.

Art : It's really awesome and I fond it Improved from chapter to another, It's good in drawing of shapes, identikit, effects but ine the most part the background being empty and you can't recognise if it's night or day.

Character : When I talked about the Gintama touch I meant the Characters too, I think and as I saw there's just one detested Character is Tokugawa Sada Sada in the whole story even the villains you will love them, like Utsuro, Oboro or Hitotsubashi Nobu Nobu in the last, also you can't pickup your favorite charachter here when you will read this manga you will like them all because each one of them will make you smile and happy.

Sakata Gintoki is the main character and it's based on Kintarō (Sakata no Kintoki) a folk hero from Japanese folklore.

Here are some characters and what's they based on? :

Takasugi Shinsuke is a friend to Gintoli and he is the leader Kiheitai he's based on Takasugi Shinsaku the real Kiheitai leader who found it to fight against Bakufu for revenge to his teacher Yoshida Shoin (who is Yoshida Shouyou in the Manga) and his action lead to Meiji Restoration.

Katsura Kotarou the most funny and crazy character in the manga and he's based on Kido Takayoshi.

Enjoyment : There's nothing here to say more than Gintama is really meant it.

I don't think that you will wast your time in reading this Manga at all.