The BEST episodes directed by Chizuru Miyawaki
#8 - Love Wanders
Cute High Earth Defense Club LOVE! - Season 1 - Episode 8
As usual, Kinugawa and Yufuin are walking to Binan High School together as friends. But after a stop at the convenience store, Yufuin suddenly gets angry at Kinugawa and yells at him. A rift forms between the two, and soon a panic develops over them potentially leaving the Defense Club. Yumoto works blindly to try to get the two to make up, but Naruko and Zaou rebuke him for it. Will Yufuin and Kinugawa ever make up?!
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#15 - Siblings
Gintama - Season 8 - Episode 10
Kagura, Gintoki, and Shinpachi take a stand against Kamui, hoping to bring his true self back.
#16 - Everyone Looks a Little Grown Up After Spring Break
Gintama - Season 5 - Episode 1
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, engaged to Isao Kondo. Tae and Kando enlists Shinpachi into the Shinsengumi and reveals that Tae is pregnant. Shinpachi runs to the ocean and laments the sudden change of those around him. There, he learns about Kyubei Yagyu's sex change to modify her life. They are interrupted by and Kotaro Katsura who also changed his genre due to his Kyubei's characters similarities.
#17 - First Student
Gintama - Season 8 - Episode 11
As the gang comes to grips with the aftermath of the battle with Kamui, a familiar figure appears before Takasugi and the Kiheitai.
#18 - Ogres Are Weak Against Tiny Heroes Like the Inch-High Samurai
Gintama - Season 10 - Episode 8
The Kabuki District is under siege, and the fearsome Dakini race arrive on the scene. How can the District and its residents cope with this onslaught?
#19 - Geezers Carve the Things They Shouldn't Forget into Their Wrinkles
Gintama - Season 10 - Episode 5
The return of some familiar faces breathes new life into Earth's resistance, but they're as troublesome as they've always been! And when the Liberation Army brings out its big guns, it's up to Gengai to respond.
#20 - Flavoring Is Best in Small Quantities
Gintama - Season 10 - Episode 2
Katsura, Sakamoto, and Nobunobu arrive at the S.S. Heavenly Bird and try to bring the Liberation Army to the negotiating table. Meanwhile, the various factions in Edo begin to make their move.
#21 - Machines That Pick Up Useless Habits Are Called People
Gintama - Season 10 - Episode 6
The machines have done their part and left Earth's future in the hands of humanity. But Gengai's cannon has also painted a huge target on the Kabuki Distruct, and the Liberation Army immediately marches toward it.
#22 - The Day the Demon Cried
Gintama - Season 7 - Episode 43
Following Shigeshige's assassination, the new Shogun, Nobunobu begins a purge of the old guard. Matsudaira and Kondo are blamed for failing to prevent the assassination and sentenced to be beheaded and the Shingengumi are disbanded. Lost and without a leader, they must now decide what to do next.
#23 - Men Must Live Not Long or Thick, but Hard
Gintama - Season 10 - Episode 7
Prince Hata's past is revealed along with the history of Planet Okoku. Can Katsura and Hasegawa really get them on Earth's side?
#24 - Paths
Gintama - Season 8 - Episode 7
The Joi Elite Four come together once again at last, with explosive results.
#25 - Ninja Village
Gintama - Season 7 - Episode 36
Zenzou and the Iga clan have betrayed the Shogun! Their forces are ambushed from all sides as forces loyal to the shogun desperately fight back.
#26 - The Two Fools
Gintama - Season 8 - Episode 5
The Kaientai fleet comes under attack from the Harusame division without any troops. Can Sakamoto, Mutsu, and Nobunobu get out of this alive?
#27 - Master of Kouan
Gintama - Season 8 - Episode 8
As Umibozu faces Utsuro, he recalls the strongest enemy he has ever faced: someone you can find in every corner of the universe.
#28 - Farewell Shinsengumi
Gintama - Season 7 - Episode 51
The complete fallout of the events at Kokujo Island come to light and brings about farewells nobody thought they'd ever see.
#29 - Ninja Soul
Gintama - Season 7 - Episode 37
After it becomes clear that the Iga clan didn't actually betray the Shogun, Gin and co are taken to their village and learn the truth about the Shogun's deep involvement with the clan in the past.
#30 - A Delinquent's Kid Has Long Neck Hair
Gintama - Season 10 - Episode 3
With the Odd Jobs looking for the Tendoshu, things heat up on the Liberation Army's main ship. Shijaku has promised his cooperation to Nobunobu, but now he must convince his comrades.
#31 - Specter
Gintama - Season 10 - Episode 22
Shinpachi is forced into a plot to assassinate the inaugural prime minister of Japan, Donald Zuramp!
#32 - Rabbits Jump High on Moonlit Nights
Gintama - Season 10 - Episode 14
Kagura senses Yato presence and runs off to stop them, and she has some unexpected backup!
#33 - Countless Kings
Gintama - Season 10 - Episode 17
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.
#34 - Hope
Gintama - Season 8 - Episode 12
Oboro tells the students of Shoka Sonjuku the truth about Utsuro and his ultimate goal.
#35 - Stray Dogs
Gintama - Season 7 - Episode 47
Odd Jobs and the Shinsengumi make land on the prison island, but to reach Kondo and Katsura they must content with the Tendoshu and the Mimawarigumi first.
#36 - And Then There Were Five
Gintama - Season 7 - Episode 38
As Sarutobi attempts to rescue the critically wounded Zenzou, Odd Jobs, Hijikata and Kondou desparately fight back against the ruthless Yato clan, trying to get the Shogun to safety. Meanwhile, Takasugi seeks out Gintoki to end things once and for all.
#37 - Zura
Gintama - Season 8 - Episode 4
Kotarou's nickname is "Kotarou the Runner". He's a master of defensive battles, and minimizing losses when things turn bad. His quiet, unassuming nature and the way he fights make him less likely to stand out than his other friends. However, if he was put up against a real foe, someone who he couldn't beat unless he gave up on running, you might just learn his true name...
#38 - The Crows Caw After the Battle Ends
Gintama - Season 7 - Episode 41
As various conflicts draw to their conclusions, the Tendoshu swoop in to finish off the survivors.
#39 - Prison Break
Gintama - Season 7 - Episode 46
The Shinsengumi and Joi Rebels team up to rescue Kondo and Katsura from the prison island known as Kokujo, but things do not go to plan and they are soon ambushed by a familiar enemy.
#40 - Try As You Might to Make a Natural Perm Go Away, It Will Always Return
Gintama - Season 10 - Episode 1
Utsuro's master plan is in full effect as Earth is taken over by the Altana Liberation Army. With Odd Jobs still not back from Rakuyo, the residents of Kabuki District have a hard time adjusting to life as a colony.
#41 - Heroes Always Arrive Fashionably Late
Gintama - Season 7 - Episode 44
Gin and Hijikata are drinking away their sorrows when Nobunobu and the Mimawarigumi storm the place. Nobunobu, not satisfied with having crushed Shigeshige and thei Shinsengumi attempts to antagonize Hijikata. Suddenly, an unexpected ally arrives.
#42 - Shoguns of Light and Shadow
Gintama - Season 7 - Episode 35
After the Shogun nearly falls victim to an assassination attempt by unknown forces, a plan is put into motion to help him escape Edo. Several diversions, each with body doubles set off in different directions, guarded by those loyal to Shigeshige. However the loyalty of some remains uncertain...
#43 - Ten Years
Gintama - Season 8 - Episode 6
Gintoki comes across a man who has waited over a decade to exact his revenge on him. The question is, does he really have the right guy?
#44 - Undelivered Mail
Gintama - Season 7 - Episode 48
Sasaki Isaburo's past with the Shinsengumi, Matsudaira, and Imai Nobume is finally revealed.
#45 - When Compared to Time in the Heavens, Fifty Years of Human Life Resembles Naught but Dreams and Lottery Tickets
Gintama - Season 7 - Episode 8
Whilst buying his cigarettes, Hijikata is persuaded to take a lottery ticket someone left behind. Against all the odds, it's the jackpot winner! Hijikata becomes paranoid that somebody knows he has the ticket and then bumps into the last person he wants to see!
#46 - The Song of a Samurai
Gintama - Season 8 - Episode 3
Tensions heighten on Rakuyo as several factions arrive on the scene and confront one another.
#47 - Dog Food Doesn't Taste Like You Think
Gintama - Season 6 - Episode 13
Sadaharu, fed up with the lack of food at Odd Jobs, decides to leave to fend for himself. On the way he meets a starving puppy that he can't ignore.
#48 - Leave Letter
Gintama - Season 8 - Episode 2
When they learn the truth about the current situation, the gang realize that they must go into battle. And so, too, does Kagura.
#49 - The Monster and the Monster's Child
Gintama - Season 8 - Episode 1
Gintama kicks off its late-night airing with Odd Jobs "hiding" in Akiba. That's when they get a visitor with a request...
#50 - An Inspector's Love Begins With an Inspection
Gintama - Season 7 - Episode 3
Yamazaki is on the verge of breaking down after staking out Odd Jobs' place for days on end. Tama offers some words of encouragement at just the right moment. Unfortunately, Yamazaki's new found affection for Tama soon turns into full-blown stalking. Concerned, the Shinsengumi send Okita to help fix things...