Gintama

Gintama (2006 – 2018)

2006 • 11 seasons • Action & Adventure, Animation • TV-14

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Episode 38 — An Observation Journal Should Be Seen Through To The Very End

Season 4 • Gintama

Released: 2009-12-17 • Action & Adventure/Animation/Comedy/Sci-Fi & Fantasy

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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.

Episodes

Episode 1
A Conversation With a Barber During a Haircut is The Most Pointless Thing in The World
2009-04-02

Episode 2
The Heavens Created Chonmage Above Man Instead of Another Man
2009-04-09

Episode 3
Sleep Helps a Child Grow
2009-04-16

Episode 4
That Person Looks Different from Usual During a Birthday Party
2009-04-23

Episode 5
The Other Side of the Other Side of the Other Side Would Be the Other Side
2009-04-30

Episode 6
It Takes a Bit of Courage to Enter a Street Vendor's Stand
2009-05-07

Episode 7
Any Place Can Become a Battlefield When Men Gather
2009-05-14

Episode 8
If a Friend Gets Injured, Take Him to the Hospital, Stat!
2009-05-21

Episode 9
If One Orange in the Box Is Rotten, the Rest of Them Will Become Rotten Before You Realize It
2009-05-28

Episode 10
From a Foreigner's Perspective, You're the Foreigner. From an Alien's Perspective, You're the Alien
2009-06-04

Episode 11
Laputa's Still Good After Seeing It So Many Times
2009-06-11

Episode 12
Love Is Unconditional
2009-06-18

Episode 13
The Black Ships Even Make A Scene When They Sink
2009-06-25

Episode 14
That Matsutake Soup Stuff Tastes Better than the Real Deal / If a Person Is Dead, They Can't Come Back to Life
2009-07-02

Episode 15
If It Works Once, It'll Work Over And Over Again
2009-07-09

Episode 16
Two Is Better Than One. Two People Are Better Than One
2009-07-16

Episode 17
Smooth Polygons Smooth Men's Hearts Too
2009-07-23

Episode 18
The Human Body Is Like a Little Universe
2009-07-30

Episode 19
The Chosen Idiots
2009-08-06

Episode 20
And into the Legend...
2009-08-13

Episode 21
If You Keep Copying, They Will Retaliate / A Loss Opens Your Eyes to the Love You Have
2009-08-20

Episode 22
Using the Carrot and the Stick Method Depends on the Situation
2009-08-27

Episode 23
It's What's On The Inside That Counts / It's What's On The Inside That Counts, But Only To A Certain Extent
2009-09-03

Episode 24
Are There Still People Who Go to the Ocean and Yell "Bakayaro!"? / When a Person Is Trapped, Their Inner Door Opens
2009-09-10

Episode 25
No Matter How Old You Get, You Still Hate the Dentist
2009-09-17

Episode 26
Countdown Begins
2009-09-24

Episode 27
It's Bad Luck to See a Spider at Night
2009-10-01

Episode 28
Once You’re Entangled in a Spiderweb, It’s Hard to Get It Off
2009-10-08

Episode 29
It's the Irresponsible One Who's Scary When Pissed
2009-10-15

Episode 30
The More Precious the Burden, The Heavier and More Difficult it is to Shoulder
2009-10-22

Episode 31
Watch Out For A Set of Women and A Drink
2009-10-29

Episode 32
Screw Popularity Votes
2009-11-05

Episode 33
Popularity Polls Can Burn in Hell
2009-11-12

Episode 34
Popularity Polls Can...
2009-11-19

Episode 35
Hometowns and Boobs Are Best Thought of from Afar / The Whole Peeing on a Bee Sting Is a Myth. You’ll Get Germs, So Don’t Do It!!
2009-11-26

Episode 36
Beware of Foreshadows
2009-12-03

Episode 37
It’s Goodbye Once a Flag Is Set
2009-12-10

Episode 38
An Observation Journal Should Be Seen Through To The Very End
2009-12-17

Episode 39
We Know It’s Best to Finish Yearly Tasks Before the End of the Year, But then You Put It Off Till Next Year for a Fresh Start. That’s How the End of the Year Goes / Radio Exercises are Socials for Boys and Girls
2009-12-24

Episode 40
When Looking For Something, Try Using its Perspective
2010-01-07

Episode 41
Freedom Means to Live True to Yourself, not Without Law!
2010-01-14

Episode 42
Kabukicho Stray Cat Blues
2010-01-21

Episode 43
Cooking is About Guts
2010-01-28

Episode 44
Whenever I Hear Leviathan, I Think of Sazae-san. Stupid Me!!
2010-02-04

Episode 45
Not Losing to the Rain
2010-02-11

Episode 46
Not Losing to the Wind
2010-02-18

Episode 47
Not Losing to the Storm
2010-02-25

Episode 48
Never Losing that Smile
2010-03-04

Episode 49
That’s How I Wish to Be, Beautiful and Strong
2010-03-11

Episode 50
Santa Claus Red Is Blood Red
2010-03-18

Episode 51
Everybody's a Santa!
2010-03-25

Information

Episode air date	17.12.2009
Episode runtime	24 min
Episode rating	8.50
Genres	Action & Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Sci-Fi & Fantasy
TMDB series rating	8.1
IMDb series rating	8.7
Series status	Ended
Age rating	14+
Country	JP

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Cast

Tomokazu Sugita

Tomokazu Sugita
Gintoki Sakata (voice)

Rie Kugimiya
Kagura (voice)

Daisuke Sakaguchi

Daisuke Sakaguchi
Shinpachi Shimura (voice)

Akira Ishida
Kotarou Katsura (voice)

Fumihiko Tachiki

Fumihiko Tachiki
Taizou Hasegawa (voice)

Kazuya Nakai
Toushirou Hijikata (voice)

Kenichi Suzumura

Kenichi Suzumura
Sougo Okita (voice)

Takehito Koyasu

Takehito Koyasu
Shinsuke Takasugi (voice)

Yuhko Kaida
Tsukuyo (voice)

Satoshi Hino
Kamui (voice)

Kujira
Otose (voice)

Mikako Takahashi

Mikako Takahashi
Sadaharu (voice)

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