Gintama: Gintama'
Season 5 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Picks up essential narrative continuity directly following the events of Gintama Season 4.
- Character alliances, factions, and personal loyalties undergo significant shifts under escalating stakes.
- Addresses unresolved cliffhangers and thematic mysteries introduced during previous seasons.
- Establishes the primary seasonal conflict that drives serialized character arcs toward the finale.
Episode Guide
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Everyone Looks a Little Grown Up After Spring Break
Apr 4, 2011 · 24 min
Shinpachi Shimura returns to the Yorozuya and discovers his friends drastically changed during the break. Feeling left behind, he returns home and discovers his sister, Tae Shimura
Everyone Looks Pretty Grown Up After Summer Break
Apr 11, 2011 · 24 min
As Katsura and Kyubei fight for the title of the best transgendered, Shinpachi leaves to find that the Shinsengumi members also suffered a sudden change in their selves; Sogo Okita
Use a Calligraphy Pen for New Year Cards / The Heart Comes Before Chocolate
Apr 18, 2011 · 24 min
As Gintoki complains of writing News Years cards, Yorozuya learn of what his friends have done over the holidays. He also receives cards saying his friends have gotten married, whi
Meals Should Be Balanced / We Are All Warriors in the Battle Against Fate
Apr 25, 2011 · 24 min
Yamazaki has a mental breakdown cause of Anpans and Kondo finally gets a date (Or does he!)
It's Too Confusing When Talking About the Poster Girl for a Poster Store, So Call Her a Sandwich Board
May 2, 2011 · 24 min
Catherine appears to have a boyfriend and has drastically improved her appearance. Her boyfriend is a regular at Snack Otose, an entrepreneur by the name of Suejiro. Catherine deci
Glasses Are Part of the Soul
May 9, 2011 · 24 min
The Odd Jobs' TV breaks out with Sachan inside. Gintoki tells Sadaharu to throw her away with the TV, but Sachan's precious glasses are broken in the process. Gintoki reluctantly b
Glasses Prevent You From Seeing Certain Things
May 16, 2011 · 24 min
Gintoki and crew continue to defend Sarutobi against the Lethal Punishers. But against such assassins as the Pillow Masa, T-shirt Tatsu, and the Chuubert Chu Brothers, will they wi
Nothing Lasts Forever, Including Parents, Money, Youth, Your Room, Dress Shirts, Me, You and the Gintama Anime
May 23, 2011 · 24 min
Due to a lack of budget, the Yorozuya try to use old footage to make a filler episodes. While Hasegawa first plays a theme song, the characters then watch a fake trailer a supposed
A Lawless Town Tend To Attract a Bunch of Whoohooey Fo
May 30, 2011 · 24 min
Pirako Chin is looking for the strongest man in the Kabuki District. Now Gintoki has an underling who wants to turn Kabuki District into a garden of bright red flowers.
Ghosts Aren't The Only Ones Who Run Wild Around Graveyards
Jun 6, 2011 · 24 min
Pirako has double crossed Gin! Her real plan is to help Jirocho, her father, take over the town. Can Gin stop a war?
Chains Of a Warrior
Jun 13, 2011 · 24 min
Pirako is pleased to hear that Otose, the reason for Jirocho's attachment to the Kabuki district, has been eliminated. With Otose gone, the balance of power among the Four Devas ha
Iron Town
Jun 20, 2011 · 24 min
Tama, Tatsumi, Tetsuko, Kozen, Madao, Kyoshiro. Everybody is out in full force to fight for the Kabuki District. Male escorts vs. trannies, Cabaret girls vs. Yakuza, robots blowing
'Tis An Honor!
Jun 27, 2011 · 24 min
Jirocho and Gin battle Kada's elite Harusame forces while the rest of the denizens of Kabuki-cho take on her main forces in the streets. Kada is utterly stunned when her elite forc
Odds or Even
Jul 4, 2011 · 24 min
Kagura's older brother, Kamui, visits Kada's cell where she is being kept after having been captured by the Kiheitai and loses at a game of odds or evens. He is approached by one o
I Can't Remember a Damn Thing About the Factory Tour
Jul 11, 2011 · 24 min
Kagura invites a bunch of kids to the Yorozuya. They, along with other characters get shunned by them and invites them into a "factory tour".
What Happen Twice Can Happen Thrice
Jul 18, 2011 · 24 min
Gintoki and Hasegawa have to help the shogun when he is at the pool
The Pincers of Crab Can Snip Through a Friendship
Jul 25, 2011 · 24 min
Otose sent a box of crab to the Yoruzuya. Before they can divide the crab's legs to themselves, suddenly, there came a blackout after the electricity came back one leg is missing a
People Forget to Return Stuff All The Time Without Even Realizing It.
Aug 1, 2011 · 24 min
Kagura helps a iwamatsu, the last part have the yoruzuya and shinsengumi in the bathhouse just as neighbor Hedero arrives with family members visiting Edo.
The Bathhouse , Where You're Naked In Body And Soul
Aug 8, 2011 · 24 min
Gin, Kondo, Hijkata, and Shin are stuck in the public bath with the demons. Every lie they tell digs their grave deeper. Can they really get away with kicking heads in, ripping off
Jugem
Aug 15, 2011 · 24 min
The monkey, aka "Jugem Jugem... (abbreviated) Runny Diarrhea," has grown close to Kyubei. However, their time together did not last. The Shogun family ordered that the Yagyu return
The Name Reveals the Person
Aug 22, 2011 · 24 min
The monkey, aka "Jugem Jugem... (abbreviated) Runny Diarrhea," has grown close to Kyubei. However, their time together did not last. The Shogun family ordered that the Yagyu return
The Man's Household Situation Is Hard , His Heart Is Soft
Aug 29, 2011 · 24 min
Katsura infiltrates Matsudaira's household and ends up pondering family values.
Blue And Red Ecstasy
Sep 5, 2011 · 24 min
The Yorozuya run into a mysterious Blu-ray DVD with a depressed female ghost in it. The ghost moves into their TV, making all the programs gloomy as well. Gintoki then attempts to
So In The Second Season Of Prison Break , They Already Broke Out Of Prison , But The Name Works When You Realize That Society Is A Prison
Sep 12, 2011 · 24 min
Gintoki gets thrown in prison after being framed, and while he's made an enemy of the warden, he's managed to become the boss of the prisoners. With his underling Shachi in tow, Gi
Everybody Loves Pajamas
Sep 19, 2011 · 24 min
Gintoki continues creating havoc in the prison.
Speaking Of Crossovers , Don't Forget About Alien Vs Predator
Sep 26, 2011 · 24 min
Gintama meets Sket Dance! But not without trouble...
Love is Neither Plus Nor Minus
Oct 3, 2011 · 24 min
Shinpachi introduces his new girlfriend to Otae...but she turns out to be Momo-san, a character from the popular Love Choris game. There are more and more boys in Edo who can no lo
Making It Through Love
Oct 10, 2011 · 24 min
Gintoki challenges Shinpachi in the ultimate Love Chorus tournament in order to break his illusion of his virtual girlfriend.
It Would Take Too Much Effort to Make This Title Sound Like a Text Message Subject
Oct 17, 2011 · 24 min
Kagura wants a mobile phone of her own in order to be able to text with her friends. Her wish is granted, and she starts harassing Gintoki and Shinpachi through text messaging.
When You Go to a Funeral for the First Time, You're Surprised By How Happy the People Are
Oct 24, 2011 · 24 min
The Shinsengumi and the Yorozuya attend the funeral of a close udon shop owner. Instead of moving on, however, the soul of the old man is overseeing the ceremony.
The People You Tend to Forget Tend to Show Up After You Forget Them
Oct 31, 2011 · 24 min
Katsura visit Yorozuya with a Elizabeth's placard to solve the mystery of Elizabeth's disappearance. But the investigation only reveals a shocking truth.
The Legendary Mercenary Tribe, Renho. Elizabeth Was in Fact, One of Those White Demons
Nov 7, 2011 · 24 min
The Yorozuya and Katsura follow Elizabeth to stop the Renho from taking over the earth.
Piggy Banks and Trash Cans
Nov 14, 2011 · 24 min
The Yorozuya, Katsura, and Sakamoto disguise themselves as Renho and infiltrate their base.
Empty Planet
Nov 21, 2011 · 24 min
Elizabeth and Dark Vader battle to the death and just when things are not looking so good for Elizabeth, Katsura shows up to save his friend.
Goodbye Lionel, Why Don't You Say Something!
Nov 28, 2011 · 24 min
The Renho join forces with Sakamoto and the Yorozuya against Dark Vader and their home planet in order to bring peace to the universe.
Please Take Me Skiing
Dec 5, 2011 · 24 min
The Shinsengumi are forced to guard the Shogun on his first snowboarding trip, but they run into the Yorozuya and mayhem ensues.
A Vacation in Disorientation
Dec 12, 2011 · 24 min
Everybody's stranded in the middle of the mountains. To make things worse, the Shogun goes missing.
There are Some Things You Should Not Forget When Drinking away the Past Year at Year-end Parties
Dec 19, 2011 · 24 min
It's a year-end party at Odd Jobs! The Gintama anime has been through a lot, but Gintoki tells Kagura and Shinpachi to keep it cool. And then the usual members join in for some rea
People Can Only Live By Forgetting the Bad
Dec 26, 2011 · 24 min
After getting drunk at the year-end party, Gintoki managed to become a six-timer in one night. In order to prevent the show from being pulled off the air, Gintoki is forced into en
We Are All Hosts, In Capital Letters
Jan 9, 2012 · 24 min
The number one host in the Kabuki district, Kyoshiro, summons the Odd Jobs members to his club, Takamagahara, and tells them that he intends to quit because of a lady named Madame
Girls like Vegeta, Guys like Piccolo
Jan 16, 2012 · 24 min
The Madame's arrival is imminent. Kyoshiro, Gintoki, and friends attempt to scout some help, but they end up with a bunch of oddballs. And it turns out that Otae has invited guests
Draw Your Life on the Canvas We Call Manga
Jan 23, 2012 · 24 min
Jellybeans Vanguard Honda is on his fifth year as a Jump editor. However, he's been assigned to the manga Gintaman, which has driven multiple editors insane. In order to save himse
Check It Out!
Jan 30, 2012 · 24 min
The Sasaki family is as elite as it gets, and one of its members, Tetsunosuke, has joined the Shinsengumi. He would have joined the Mimawarigumi, a police force with pedigree, but
Thorny and Rosy
Feb 6, 2012 · 24 min
Tetsunosuke has completely changed as he sincerely tries to perform his new job. Isaburo despises Tetsunosuke and tells Hijikata that he should dispose of him, but Hijikata, who ca
Festival of Thornies
Feb 13, 2012 · 24 min
Tetsunosuke has been ordered to deliver a letter for Hijikata. However, he's captured by the radical Joi Check It Out gang in the process. Tetsunosuke had concealed his identity to
Letter From Thorny
Feb 20, 2012 · 24 min
The Shinsengumi attempt to save Tetsunosuke from the Check It Out gang, but the Mimawarigumi stands in the way. Neither side is willing to back down, but Gintoki, who had infiltrat
Madaodog Madaonaire
Feb 27, 2012 · 24 min
The middle-aged dumb-ass oldie, or Madao, Taizo Hasegawa finds himself on a game show with a chance to win ten million yen. Will he be able to endure the pressure and become a Mada
Presents Are Meant To Be Given Early
Mar 5, 2012 · 24 min
A character from 2 years ago is back with a request for Gin. This favor will take the Odd-Job Trio right in the middle of Satan Festival in this very special Christmas episode.
New Year's Envelopes Are Perfect for Dirty Jokes
Mar 12, 2012 · 24 min
Gin is trying to hand out New Year Envelopes but the lack of children characters make it hard. To make matters worse, everyone seems to have their mind wrapped around long cylindri
When Sleeping Under a Kotatsu, Make Sure You Don't Burn Your Balls
Mar 19, 2012 · 24 min
Nobody cares anymore, the animators, producers, not even Hideaki Sorachi. Aww, it’s such a drag even the characters are airing their grievances. Where do we go from here?
We're Sorry
Mar 26, 2012 · 24 min
Its last episode and Gintama' is going out with a bang. A Gintama clip show!