Gintama The Final

So, after fifteen years we have finally reached the end of the Gintama saga unless Mr.Sorachi is trolling us again. The movie seems to act as a conclusion to the storyline in the anime series, in classic Gintama style, but who knows what he is going to come up with next... Anyway, this finale was classic Gintama, alternating top-quality action scenes with crazy and sometimes even stupid comedy that parodies many things, including other popular long-running anime series. It can also have a more sensitive tone and is sometimes skilfully philosophical, at other times it blatantly tugs on the heartstrings. In other words, once again it covers a lot of ground, throwing a lot of disparate elements into one unexpected and harebrained thing, that is meant to both entertain the audience and leave them feeling they have seen something really cool. I thought it was a fitting conclusion and I was quite surprised that it was not as overly emotional or intense as I had expected it to be. So, due to that I am not as emotionally devastated as I thought I would be at the end of this long journey, as a huge fan of this anime series, which I have enjoyed so much over the years. On the contrary, I think it was all good, and I am happy I can watch it again sometime, and that maybe, just maybe, they have not finished with Gintama just yet, although no one knows what is going on in that head of Hideaki Sorachi, and what he is going to come up with when he gets tired of playing Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice… (17/07/2021)