Gintama' (2015) Episode - 6

This episode perfectly captures why Gintama is beloved: it takes a potentially serious setup—a reunion of war veterans—and completely subverts expectations with "top-shelf gags". It manages to poke fun at Shonen tropes while keeping viewers invested in the bizarre mystery of Kurokono.

Watch the chaotic reunion unfold as the trio tries to remember their forgotten comrade: Gintama' (2015) Episode 6

: The central plot revolves around Gintoki, Katsura, and Sakamoto trying to remember a mysterious former comrade named Kurokono Tasuke . This is a blatant and hilarious parody of the "Generation of Miracles" from Kuroko no Basket , even featuring the actual voice actor for Kuroko, Kensho Ono , to lean into the joke. This episode perfectly captures why Gintama is beloved: