Oh well, at least it gave me another entry on the Kagura in a Suit counter, so I can’t complain too hard.
But that’s also all this ED is, and the song has the same ED 27 problem of being too screechy to really get into. Listen, I’m a sucker for stylish, James-Bond-esque spy noir trappings as much as the next guy, and everyone looks really damn stylish in a suit here. It may have started this grand adventure off, but this is one first step I don’t mind never returning to. Plus, Gintama itself will utilize this same basic framework with much more style and talent later on, so it just feels superfluous now. I like the song fine, but the slow, languid scroll through character shots plopped randomly in space is probably the laziest possible execution of an ED imaginable (Looking at you, first Golden Wind ED). Well, good news, everyone, it’s all uphill from here! In all honestly, I don’t dislike Gintama’s first ever ED as much as I’m just bored by it. Oh well, at least its matching OP still kicks all the ass. It’s all tacky, garish style that doesn’t do justice to just how fucking incredible this arc is. I don’t like the screechy, obnoxious song, I’m only vaguely impressed by the Shogun-style flashback cards for everyone that don’t have that much personality, the color palette feels pretty inconsistent, and there just isn’t that much substance to it. The Battle of Rakuyo is still my favorite arc from the entire show, but this ED just does not do it for me. So click the Keep Reading bar to see how, in my opinion, theses EDs stack up against each other! Warning: It’s a looooong post. But I persevered, because if Gintama’s taught me anything, it’s to never give up on being and doing what I want to be and do. As promised, just as I ranked the Gintama OPs for my closing day with that show, now I finally get around to ranking its EDs! This was a much more difficult task in a lot of ways, just because there’s so much goddamn variety across these 30 entries in what they’re setting out to do.
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