Un bellissimo manga, molto divertente!! Anche se (e so che qualcuno mi lincerà), secondo me, ha qualcosa in meno rispetto all'anime. In ogni caso m'è piaciuto moltissimo, è sicuramente tra i miei preferiti ♥ ( )

I read the whole book and am still not exactly how to classify it. Several times I asked myself "What on earth am I reading?" And quite a few times I laughed and reread a line and laughed again. This bizarre, mixed-up tale of samurai, aliens, and sisters in danger of being panties-less takes dark subjects and throws pure silliness at them until they put their hands up in surrender. I love the way the fourth wall is broken, but if you hate that sort of thing you might not want to read this manga. I'm already starting the next volume and am really glad I chose to read this almost at random. In a lot of ways, reading this at random is the perfect way to read it. I would give this 5 stars but it seemed to get a little lost in the last chapter or so. ( )

This manga was so funny, I literally had tears in my eyes. I love, love, love Gin. He cracks me up all of the time. Heck, everything about this series cracks me up. The anime is pretty good too. Lol! xD ( )

Overall Rating
One can say Gintama repackages the social issues of today (AI ethics, capitalist imperialism, terrorism, government vs. police corruption, stereotyping the Other, etc.) into 20 pages of metaphors and parodies involving pudgy aliens, virtual worlds, obsessive fans, and altogether WTF-ness that explodes onto the page.
Thus, one needs not really think too much to enjoy this series, though it can make you think if you let it. I do suggest cultivating a patience to go through mountians of text in every 20-page chapter since this is a very dialogue-heavy manga.
The punchlines are worth it though ;D

read a more in-depth review at my blog: http://angeltyuan.blogspot.com/2009/10/review-gintama-by-sorachi-hideaki.html ( )

http://easternstandard.pbwiki.com/Gintama ( )