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Gintama

367 episodes released under seven different titles, which streaming services list as seven separate shows in no particular order.

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Where to start with Gintama

There is only one order, and the trouble is that nobody writes it down where you can find it. Seven titles, 367 episodes, one continuous story, and the episode numbers run straight through all of it. Follow the numbers and ignore the names.

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    Gintama, episodes 1 to 201 Gintama

    The original run. It opens as a joke-a-minute parody and spends about fifty episodes convincing you it is nothing else, which is the point most people quit at and the reason everyone else says keep going.

  2. 2
    Gintama', episodes 202 to 252 Gintama'

    Picks up straight from 201 after a year off the air. The apostrophe is a broadcast branding change, not a reboot, and nothing about the story restarts.

  3. 3
    Gintama' Enchousen, episodes 253 to 265 Gintama' Enchousen

    Thirteen episodes that run directly on from 252 under yet another title. This is the block services most often file out of sequence or leave off the shelf entirely.

  4. 4
    Gintama degree sign, episodes 266 to 316 Gintama°

    After a three year gap. This is where the long serious arcs take over from the comedy, and where most people who stayed say the show becomes the thing they recommend.

  5. 5
    Gintama full stop, episodes 317 to 328 Gintama.

    Twelve episodes carrying one arc. Short, and easy to miss because the title is the previous one with a different piece of punctuation on the end.

  6. 6
    Gintama. Porori-hen, episodes 329 to 341 Gintama. Porori-hen

    A block of lighter episodes deliberately placed between two heavy arcs. Skipping it is survivable, but it is where several running jokes get paid off.

  7. 7
    Gintama. Shirogane no Tamashii-hen, episodes 342 to 367 Gintama. Shirogane no Tamashii-hen

    The Silver Soul arc, twenty-six episodes, and the end of the television series. It stops before the manga's ending, which is what the last film exists to finish.

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    Gintama: The Semi-Final Gintama: The Semi-Final

    Two episodes that cover the gap between episode 367 and the film. They came out a week after the film, which is why almost everyone watches them in the wrong order.

  9. 9
    Gintama: The Very Final Gintama: The Very Final

    The actual ending, adapting the last of the manga. Without it the series simply stops mid story, so this is the one film that is not optional.

Then what? That is the whole story. Gintama: The Movie retells episodes 58 to 61 and can be skipped outright; Be Forever Yorozuya is an anime-original side story that fits after episode 265; the 2026 Yoshiwara in Flames film re-animates an arc you have already watched; Ginpachi-sensei is the cast in a school and is connected to nothing.

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