The BEST episodes directed by Shûji Miyahara

The Line Between Tenacious and Annoying Is Paper-Thin
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9.22
58 votes

#1 - The Line Between Tenacious and Annoying Is Paper-Thin

Gintama - Season 10 - Episode 4

The encounter with Utsuro leaves Gintoki feeling more helpless than ever before. That's when he receives a very powerful reminder.

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Fights Often Ensue During Trips
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9.20
96 votes

#2 - Fights Often Ensue During Trips

Gintama - Season 3 - Episode 32

Otose arranges for Gintoki and the gang to spend their winter break at a hot spring inn located deep in the mountains. Anticipating a secluded hot spring bath, the group hikes their way up the mountain trail, only to arrive at a completely deserted and run-down inn. With no available bus to return to Edo, the gang has no choice but to stay at the inn. The inn’s Okami Oiwa welcomes the group, but Gintoki and Shinpachi notice a transparent being standing behind her back!

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An Observation Journal Should Be Seen Through to the Very End
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8.93
107 votes

#3 - An Observation Journal Should Be Seen Through to the Very End

Gintama - Season 4 - Episode 38

Students at a temple school share their independent research projects completed during the past summer vacation. After one of the students finishes reading a well-written journal, the last one to present is a kid named Daigoro. Sleeping in on the first day of summer vacation, Daigoro arrived late at the radio exercises and met Madao, and decided to keep an observation journal about him.

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All Adults Are Instructors for All Children
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8.91
68 votes

#4 - All Adults Are Instructors for All Children

Gintama - Season 3 - Episode 48

It is shortly after the fierce battle at Yoshiwara Shngri-la. Shinpachi and Kagura, having faced powerful foes in Hosen and Kamui unlike any they have encountered, are training hard after realizing their lack of strength. Both announce to Gintoki their determination to become stronger. But Gintoki declines to become involved, saying it’s a pain. Learning of the situation, Otae and Hasegawa share their training secrets, but…

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Not Losing to the Wind
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8.89
92 votes

#5 - Not Losing to the Wind

Gintama - Season 4 - Episode 46

Weather girl Ketsuno Ana is giving the wrong weather forecast. Turns out she comes from a line of traditional Onmyojis, and her forecast is not derived from mere fortune-telling but actually by using her Onmyoji powers. But her weather forecast is being sabotaged by someone who is unhappy with Ketsuno Ana's career as a weather girl despite her being an Onmyoji. Gintoki and the gang arrive at the Onmyoji mansion where they come face to face with Seimei, Ketsuno Ana's older brother.

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Love Is Unconditional
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8.88
88 votes

#6 - Love Is Unconditional

Gintama - Season 4 - Episode 12

The time to settle the battle for the official fan club title is finally here. The match between Shinpachi and Hijikata is a card battle using Otsu chip playing cards. Never knowing such a thing existed, Shinpachi rushes to the vendor for some cards. Hijikata on the other hand is fully prepared and delivers the ultra powerful card “Melancholy 5-minutes before start”! Hijikata’s range of powerful attacks forces Shinpachi to stay on the defensive. Can he possibly find a way to make a counterattack?

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Imagination Is Nurtured in the 8th Grade
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8.68
97 votes

#7 - Imagination Is Nurtured in the 8th Grade

Gintama - Season 3 - Episode 23

Gintoki, Shinpachi, and Kagura go around in the online role playing game to find powerful players to be their companions on their search for the Amanto. Their new found companions however, are not what they seem to be.

Watch Out for a Set of Women and a Drink
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8.66
96 votes

#8 - Watch Out for a Set of Women and a Drink

Gintama - Season 4 - Episode 31

The city of Yoshiwara is making its recovery, though Tsukuyo has shut herself in her room. Hinowa asks Gintoki to help Tsukuyo have some fun for a change. It turns out that Tsukuyo is only pretending to be sleeping in her room, when in reality she is sneaking out to perform her routine patrol. The gang decides to come up with a plan to help Tsukuyo cheer up, even while working.

Don't Put Your Wallet in Your Back Pocket
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8.66
92 votes

#9 - Don't Put Your Wallet in Your Back Pocket

Gintama - Season 3 - Episode 40

Seita is a kid who makes his living through pickpocketing. One day Seita picks Gintoki’s wallet only to find it pretty much empty, and discovers that his own wallet was picked back in return. In the end Seita treats Gintoki to some parfait after getting caught red-handed. Brought into Snack Otose for questioning, Seita shocks everyone by revealing he needed the money to see a certain “遊女/Yujo (courtesans/ prostitute).”

Some Things Are Better Left Unsaid
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8.58
133 votes

#10 - Some Things Are Better Left Unsaid

Gintama - Season 3 - Episode 9

The Yorozuya's Yakuza client has died, and the group's young new leader carries a dark secret about the boss's son.

Beauty Is Like a Summer Fruit
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8.51
102 votes

#11 - Beauty Is Like a Summer Fruit

Gintama - Season 3 - Episode 18

The group goes to save Tae. On their way, Shinpachi, Gintoki and Katsura stumble upon a room where they learn about Otohime's past.

If You Want to Lose Weight, Then Stop Eating and Start Moving
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8.40
132 votes

#12 - If You Want to Lose Weight, Then Stop Eating and Start Moving

Gintama - Season 2 - Episode 42

Our female characters joined a "slimming" camp to shed off their extra weights.

The Other Side of the Other Side of the Other Side Would Be the Other Side
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8.40
93 votes

#13 - The Other Side of the Other Side of the Other Side Would Be the Other Side

Gintama - Season 4 - Episode 5

Hasegawa is tired of alway losing and being called a Madao, so together with Gintoki they bet on horse races. After many failures, Hasegawa tells him of his effort to leave the "Madao Spiral", unfortunate turn of events that happened since he gained the nickname. Together with Gintoki Madao decides to try one last time, betting on the horse Justaway. In the middle of the race Gintoki tells him that he bet on another horse and after a head on head race between Justaway and Gin's horse Cheap Impact, it seemed at first that Justaway won but then it got disqualified and Cheap Impact won instead. But by that time Gin has already shred his ticket into pieces and neither of them won.

If You Keep Copying, They Will Retaliate / A Loss Open Your Eyes to the Love You Have
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8.40
91 votes

#14 - If You Keep Copying, They Will Retaliate / A Loss Open Your Eyes to the Love You Have

Gintama - Season 4 - Episode 21

Part 1 - On top of the Odd Jobs building, two awfully familiar men seem to be scheming. They manage to hide themselves from several visitors, but they are spotted by the man who’ll cause the biggest mess of all: Katsura! Part 2 - Gintoki’s alarm goes off, and he decides to takes a shower to sober up. While in the shower, something happens to Gintoki! Seems Kagura and Shinpachi are also caught up in the mess, and they wonder how this could have happened to them... The three heroes face a crisis like none other!

When Someone Who Wears Glasses Takes Them Off, It Looks Like Something's Missing
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8.39
164 votes

#15 - When Someone Who Wears Glasses Takes Them Off, It Looks Like Something's Missing

Gintama - Season 2 - Episode 31

The battle between Gintoki and Binbokusai begins; meanwhile, Shinpachi discovered that Kyubei was girl.

Otaku Are Talkative
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8.38
134 votes

#16 - Otaku Are Talkative

Gintama - Season 3 - Episode 3

Itou Kamotarou (appeared on the previous episode) proceeds with his agenda. Hijikata seeks help from the Yorozuya to save the Shinsengumi from destruction.

Bushido Is Found One Second Before Death
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8.35
29 votes

#17 - Bushido Is Found One Second Before Death

Gintama - Season 10 - Episode 12

Gengai has gone missing, and Ensho has brought out his trump card. How can the Odd Jobs, the Shinsengumi, Katsura, Sakamoto, and Nobunobu get out of this desperate situation?

The Stairs to Adulthood May Not Always Lead Up
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8.34
30 votes

#18 - The Stairs to Adulthood May Not Always Lead Up

Gintama - Season 9 - Episode 1

Umibozu drops in to visit Kagura, but he and Gintoki get the shock of their lives when Kagura reveals she has a boyfriend now.

Over the Line
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7.87
238 votes

#19 - Over the Line

Noragami - Season 1 - Episode 8

Yato and Yukine are called to Hiyori's school at the request of a bullied student, with Yato giving him a certain something to use. Whilst at the school, Yukine laments that he never had the chance to go to high school himself and make friends with others. The student is driven by a phantom to confront the bully using a knife Yato had given him, but he manages to hold himself back and disperse the phantom with his own will. Yukine, however, gives into his frustration and starts breaking the school's windows, causing Yato's blight to spread further. As Hiyori discovers this, she risks herself to try and bring him to Kofuku and Daikoku, getting blighted herself in the process. Kofuku and Daikoku shut them out with a borderline.

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If You're a Man, Don't Give Up
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7.72
157 votes

#20 - If You're a Man, Don't Give Up

Gintama - Season 2 - Episode 47

A planet's attacked by mysterious beings. It is up to Umi Bouzu to settle things and to out an end to the attacks. How will the end turn out?

Bidden Calamity
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7.65
274 votes

#21 - Bidden Calamity

Noragami - Season 1 - Episode 3

As Yukine tries to adjust to his role as Yato's Regalia, he is scolded by Yato over allegedly having dirty thoughts about Hiyori, explaining that they share the same mind and body. Later, the three are summoned by the God of Learning, Lord Tenjin, who has taken on Tomone, now named Mayu, as one of his new Regalia. Tenjin commissions Yato to take care of some phantoms that have appeared near a railway track. Whilst fighting the phantoms, the three encounter a 'storm', which Yato and Yukine manage to destroy before it compels a schoolboy to walk into the path of a train.

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