| Gintama The FINAL | |
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| Air date | 2021 |
| Directed by | Chizuru Miyawaki |
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Gintama The Final (銀魂 THE FINAL) [titled: Gintama: The Very Final in North America] is the 3rd and final film adaptation of the Gintama anime franchise, adapting the remainder of the Silver Soul Arc from Lesson 699 - Lesson 704 along with new material. It premiered in Japanese theaters on January 8, 2021. The Insert Song by DOES is called Doraku Shinjou (道楽心情), while SPYAIR's theme song called Wadachi (轍) both release on January 6th, 2021. The movie premiered with English subtitles and an English dub in North American theaters on November 21st-22nd, 2021, distributed by Eleven Arts.
Introduction[]
The finale of the Gintama anime.
Summary[]
The movie begins with a summary of the key events that took place in the last two years, done in a DragonBallZ parody.
Gintoki, Takasugi and Katsura fight past the Tendoushuu forces, who have taken over the Terminal. The mothership at the top of the terminal is absorbing large amounts of Altana and channeling it into the body of the child Shouyou in order to resurrect him and obtain true immortality. As the group is attacked, they split up into two, with Katsura holding on to Shouyou's heart. Katsura and Hitsugi engage in a fierce battle, and the latter eventually stabs and destroys the heart, revealing that he had no intention of reviving the child; he only wanted to free Utsuro from the curse of immortality. Without the heart, Shouyou would only be able to regenerate and maintain his body temporarily.
Gintoki and Takasugi fight the Tendoushuu leaders, who are controlled by Utsuro, due to Utsuro's blood coursing through their veins. In the terminal, the Shinsengumi, Hyakka, Oniwabanshuu and the rest of the Kabukicho residents fight the rest of the Tendoushuu army, while Matsudaira shoots down the ships outside. To protect Takasugi, Gintoki falls off the ledge, but Shinpachi and Kagura jump after him. With the Yorozuya reunited, Sadaharu recovers to his original state and rescues Gintoki, and the group rushes to the top of the Terminal.
In the meantime, Takasugi reaches the Tendoushuu's ship to find that Shouyou has been revived and killed off the rest of the Tendoushuu. Shouyou's only wish is to put an end to himself and Utsuro. Takasugi begs Shouyou to return to Shoka Sonjuku with him. Shouyou apologizes for not being able to save his disciples, the ones that he truly wanted to protect. As he approaches Takasugi, the latter stabs him, revealing that Utsuro's blood has taken over his body as well. This causes a large explosion at the top of the Terminal. Gintoki is separated from the others and faces off Utsuro, now manifesting in Takasugi's body, on his own.
Utsuro taunts Gintoki with the warning he gave two years ago - tragedy will only recur as long as humanity continues to live on. Utsuro tells Gintoki that he could hear Takasugi's voice telling him to put an end to everything quickly. Gintoki replies that no matter what tragedy Takasugi goes through, he would never say something as admirable as that; he would only say "I simply destroy."
Utsuro comes to a realisation that Takasugi did not stab Utsuro earlier. Instead, supported by Oboro whose blood also runs through his body, Takasugi stabbed himself. The body that Utsuro saw lying on the ground was himself. Gintoki and Utsuro fight each other, and Utsuro asks if he really wanted to cut down his friend. Gintoki responds that the people he wanted to protect, including Takasugi, are right there in his soul. With a final stab and in a human body, Utsuro is no longer immortal and dies. He finally understands that humans are inherently empty, but because of that, they bring other people to live on within their soul and will not be destroyed even in death. Gintoki holds a dying Takasugi in his arms, who tells him that Gintoki has won again. He said that he could not let Gintoki cut down their teacher one more time and felt that he was much easier for Gintoki to cut down Takasugi, because of all the fights and bickering they had done since childhood. Gintoki tells him that Takasugi had won this fight because he was the one who protected both him and Shouyou, and said that he would have liked to exchange drinks with Takasugi, imagining the two of them on a boat cruising down a river. Takasugi tells Gintoki to get going because he still has people to protect. He said that the last thing he saw with his left eye was Gintoki's tearful face and asks him not to show a dishearted look when he closes his right eye too. Gintoki smiles and tells Takasugi to wait for him in hell; Takasugi dies in his arms.
Shinpachi and Kagura rescue and wounded Shouyou, who asks them why they would help someone who was the source of all the calamity. Shinpachi said that he always wanted to speak with the person who shaped Gintoki, and thanked Shouyou for allowing them to meet him and all their other friends as a result. Shouyou tells everyone to evacuate the Terminal via Sakamoto's ships, who was about to blow up due to the massive amounts of Altana that is escaping it. Shouyou said that he could use the Altana in his body to cancel out the energy bursting out of the Terminal, and remarks that it was the first time he wished that his body could hold on for a while longer. Shinpachi and Kagura join him and Katsura stays behind as well. He tells Gintoki, via a radio handed to him by the Shinsengumi, that he has spent his childhood covering up for Gintoki and Takasugi whenever they made mischief, and he couldn't leave until he did that again. He tells Gintoki to go wild, for Takasugi's share as well. The Shinsengumi helped Gintoki get to the room where Shouyou was, and the four join hands to push back the surging Altana. Shouyou tells Gintoki that just like how the immortal demon became human when he met Gintoki that day, the little demon Gintoki, who once had sad eyes, met a whole bunch of people and became human. As Shouyou disappears, Gintoki tells him that he wanted to show his teacher what he has been doing since then - running the Yorozuya with his friends. The voice of Shouyou echoes through the room, telling Gintoki that he could clearly see that Gintoki has become such a great person.
Some time in the future, Tama wakes up with memories of what has happened given to her by Tamako. She walks around the city, which has now transformed into Tokyo. After the final battle, Gintoki returned to the Yorozuya. Much of their old friends have remained the same and Tama watches as they celebrate at Snack Smile. Sakamoto writes to Gintoki and informs him that Katsura met up with the remnants of the Kiheitai. Matako scoured the land for Altana gates and found a baby that has emerged from one of the holes.
Tama runs to the location where the Yorozuya used to be, only to find the spot empty and the surroundings replaced by futuristic buildings. However, she spots Hasegawa who tells her that machines has taken over the world and humans are mostly unemployed like him. Suddenly, the Yorozuya kick him in the face and reveal that this was a sham ending. Tamako has been fed false memories by Hasegawa and the illusion around them shatters. The Yorozuya is still around and Gintoki tells her to wipe her tears away. Gintoki, Shinpachi and Kagura rush off to an urgent job, but have apparently forgotten what the task was supposed to be. But whatever it is, they would get it done - after all, they are the Yorozuya.
In the final edition of Ginpachi-sensei, Sorachi Hideaki makes a cameo to answer unresolved questions, including if Gintoki is half-Amanto due to his silver hair (no, it is just a manga) and if the baby was really Takasugi (they take a vote but did not come to a conclusion).
Cast[]
- Tomokazu Sugita as Sakata Gintoki
- Daisuke Sakaguchi as Shimura Shinpachi
- Rie Kugimiya as Kagura
- Akira Ishida as Katsura Kotarou
- Takehito Koyasu as Takasugi Shinsuke
- Susumu Chiba as Kondou Isao
- Kazuya Nakai as Hijikata Toushirou
- Kenichi Suzumura as Okita Sougo
- Kōichi Yamadera as Yoshida Shouyou
Net Special[]
A new Gintama net special streamed on Japanese service dTV to promote the movie. After the movie was aired, dTV also released 2 semi-final episodes, Episode 368 and Episode 369, that covers Lesson 687 to Lesson 698.
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