Chris Beveridge
02-24-2011, 06:43 AM
http://cdn-www.mania.com/content_pics/000006/41/64/ed417a49998e5070_thumb.jpgReview by Chris Beveridge (http://www.mania.com/gintama-collection-04_article_126314.html)
Mania Grade: C+
In Summary:
Gintama's end run for the first season is pretty good and it has some very fun episodes right from the start in dealing with Kagura. I've had a very hot and cold relationship with this series right from the start and that does continue here. When a story works, the episode is definitely fun. When it doesn't, it's not that it's just okay or serviceable, it just leaves me feeling bored or completely disinterested. Sometimes the gags just don't work or the subject overall feels even more trivial than it should in order to sustain the whole episode. With there being just ten episodes here, Gintama has more positives than negatives and is fairly fun throughout but it does have its weak moments as well. With just under fifty episodes so far, it's easy to see why it ran as long as it has and has kept an audience, but it's one that would be hard to handle on a week by week basis for me.
Mania Grade: C+
In Summary:
Gintama's end run for the first season is pretty good and it has some very fun episodes right from the start in dealing with Kagura. I've had a very hot and cold relationship with this series right from the start and that does continue here. When a story works, the episode is definitely fun. When it doesn't, it's not that it's just okay or serviceable, it just leaves me feeling bored or completely disinterested. Sometimes the gags just don't work or the subject overall feels even more trivial than it should in order to sustain the whole episode. With there being just ten episodes here, Gintama has more positives than negatives and is fairly fun throughout but it does have its weak moments as well. With just under fifty episodes so far, it's easy to see why it ran as long as it has and has kept an audience, but it's one that would be hard to handle on a week by week basis for me.