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Gintama: Gintama. - Silver Soul Arc 2

14 episodes Premiered Jul 9, 2018 Updated Oct 30, 2026

Following the temporary retreat of the Altana Liberation Army from the Kabuki District, the state of the war appears to have improved. However, as the Oniwaban, Shinsengumi, and residents of the district fight the army's remnants, Edo's greatest inventor Gengai Hiraga is abducted. Gengai is responsible for causing the enemy's withdrawal by rendering their weapons useless, and his nanomachine virus is now at risk of b

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Season 11 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • ⚡ Aliens have invaded and taken over feudal-era Japan, replacing the simple life of Earth inhabitants with skyscrapers, trains, and motorbikes.
  • ⚡ An unemployed samurai, Gintoki Sakata, also known as Yorozuya Gin-san, still carries the soul of a samurai and finds work however he can.
  • ⚡ Gengai Hiraga previously deployed a nanomachine virus that rendered the invading enemy's weapons useless, forcing their temporary retreat.
  • ⚡ Shinsuke Takasugi and the Kiheitai are involved in the ongoing conflict alongside the Yorozuya and their allies.
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Season overview

Following the temporary retreat of the Altana Liberation Army from the Kabuki District, the state of the war appears to have improved. However, as the Oniwaban, Shinsengumi, and residents of the district fight the army's remnants, Edo's greatest inventor Gengai Hiraga is abducted. Gengai is responsible for causing the enemy's withdrawal by rendering their weapons useless, and his nanomachine virus is now at risk of being shut down. Meanwhile, a planet-obliterating laser is activated in Earth's orbit on the Liberation Army's mother ship. Another battle begins when Shinsuke Takasugi and the Kiheitai arrive on the vessel to stop the weapon from firing. Forced to fight a war on two fronts, the Yorozuya and their allies must prevail on both sides to save Edo and the rest of the world.

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Season 11 Episodes

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S11·E1 Mytharc

The Evildoers Who Do Good

Jul 9, 2018 · 24 min

Takasugi enters the fray, and he and the Kiheitai change the entire dynamic of the battle in the Heavenly Bird.

S11·E3 Core

Making a Dull World Interesting

Jul 22, 2018 · 24 min

With the Earth's Altana reserves going berserk, and the Flame of Kagutsuchi nearly ready to fire, the Kiheitai are left with hard choices to make in order to prevent the destructio

S11·E5 Core

Countless Kings

Aug 5, 2018 · 24 min

The story shifts back to Earth, where Utsuro has made the Altana ley lines go berserk. Some old, familiar faces rise up to combat it.

S11·E6 Core

The Unemployed Cannot Be Stained By Anything

Aug 12, 2018 · 24 min

Shijaku presents his brother, Prince Hata, with an impossible choice. As he finally makes his decision, Hasegawa suggests a different solution.

S11·E7 Core

Always Hold On to Your Trump Cards

Aug 19, 2018 · 24 min

As Sadaharu fights to quell the rampaging ley lines, the gang puts it all on the line to take down Utsuro.

S11·E8 Core

The Creatures Known as Humanity

Aug 26, 2018 · 24 min

The Odd Jobs are joined by old friends in their battle to save the Earth. Utsuro is surprised by a side of humanity he had never seen before.

S11·E9 Core

Sign

Sep 2, 2018 · 24 min

Two years have passed, and Gintoki has shut down the Odd Jobs business and gone off to do something only he can do. Shinpachi has other ideas, though.

S11·E10 Core

Specter

Sep 9, 2018 · 24 min

Shinpachi is forced into a plot to assassinate the inaugural prime minister of Japan, Donald Zuramp!

S11·E12 Core

Salvation

Sep 24, 2018 · 24 min

Gintoki and Takasugi reveal to each other what they've been doing over the past two years, and decide to go save the one thing they never managed to save in the past: their teacher

S11·E13 Mytharc

Dun Dun

Oct 1, 2018 · 24 min

Now back in Edo, Gintoki doesn't know how to face his old friends, and so he decides to try and avoid running into any of them. However, that won't be easy.

S11·E14 Mytharc

There Are Lines Even Villains Can't Cross

Oct 8, 2018 · 24 min

Having caught Takasugi Shinsfake, the ladies' gang decides to teach him a lesson and try and get him to spill the beans on where Gintoki is. How will Shinsfake survive this?

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