Gintama is a comedy that makes you pay emotional taxes. You will laugh until you pass out watching Gintoki try to win a "New Year's Card Game" (actually a death battle), and then, three episodes later, you will be sobbing uncontrollably as a dog waits for its dead master. The serious arcs ( Shinsengumi Crisis , Courtesan of a Nation , Farewell Shinsengumi ) rival the best of Attack on Titan in terms of stakes and sacrifice.
The Gintama complete series is 367 episodes of a man in a white jumpsuit trying to pay his rent. It is a show that will pause the final boss fight to argue about the nutritional value of mayonnaise (Hijikata) or the shape of a wad of rice (Matsudaira). It will make you love a sadistic policeman, a gorilla stalker, a terrorist with a sad smile, and a dog made of solid poop. Gintama Complete Series
"The soul of a samurai is not found in his sword, but in his strawberry milk." — Gintoki Sakata (probably) Gintama is a comedy that makes you pay emotional taxes