gintama a small question

[smoke123]

in this series which is spanning 200 episodes...im really hoping there is some REAL character development

i mean is there any romance that happens
any proper arcs?
im at episode 34 and not seeing much...but im guessing thats because theyve just about introduced all the main characters or somethng..

PLS ans yes or no in spoiler form (assuming uve watched it till the end or till the point u can ans the above questions)

[Enzedder]

Wow. You got further than me. I got to 20 and stalled it for when I was majorly bored. Apparently there is never a major storyline so I couldn't handle it any more. I don't know about development but without a major storyline I am unsure how far it could go.

[sungman]

Its a comedy show so.....

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no, just watch it for laughs, it never takes itself too seriously.

[kyubixmunky]

there were a ton of episodes that literally made me lol nonstop. I love that show...

[Daedalos]

So do I.

Almost every episode is full of laughs and true stories.

And yes, there are some arcs, but they only span about 3 oder 4 episodes.

Gintama is a comedy show most of the time, but sometimes it changes to a fighting show, a horror show or whatever, and I think it does the transitions quite good.

There seems to be some overall plot connecting most of the arcs - but it's not too obvious in most of the episodes.

[erious]

Tried watching gintama like 3 times, got trough few eps and dropped every time.
But the manga is great.
Guess the anime is just too slow for me.

[kyubixmunky]

favorite scene of all time:

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Kyubei story arc, and Gin is stuck in the toilet with Kondou and the old ninja master and another miscellaneous character. Sandpaper.

Also

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The episode where Kagura couldn't sleep, and does crazy stuff. Then they finally listen to the radio that tells sad stories... the ending of the story where the dog dies and ends up as a horror story. so many lulz...

[HazukiChan]

I have only seen one episode of the anime so far, but I read the above favorite scene, and I was laughing so much it hurt my sides.  I have read through volume 14 of the manga so far-I have gotten behind.