Introduction
The red-light district, Yoshiwara, is suddenly taken over by "Aizen Kou," an incense that has the ability to make anyone fall in love with the first person they see. Having been outlawed for its strong potency, the love drug was thought to have disappeared from the red-light district for good; however, it seems to have found its way back inside Yoshiwara's walls and now has the entire district under its influence.
Of those affected is the cold-hearted Hyakka captain, Tsukuyo, and the first person she sees after inhaling the smoke is none other than the brazen Yorozuya leader, Gintoki Sakata. Unbeknownst to everyone else though, she was already attracted to Gintoki. With those hidden feelings now intensified, Tsukuyo must overcome her afflictions and work with the Yorozuya to return everyone back to normal.
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Audience reviews
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TheSlyRomano
I actually quite liked this arc of Gintama and I'm glad that I didn't miss it, Almost did because the timeline with this ova is a bit complicated in the Gintama lineup
I think this was pretty good, Tsukuyo is also one of my favorite characters in this series so having an arc focused on her even if it's short I really like to see, The gags are good in this I found almost all of them funny
Timeline wise, This is supposed to be watched after season 3,But I watched it after season 4 and still enjoyed it so you can watch this series never you want in my opinion
Since it's so short there really isn't that much to say or over analyze here, I did enjoy it though for what it was, I'll give it a 7/10 it's a solid part of the Gintama series
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It's pure comedy, the kind only Gintama can deliver.
Gintama°: Aizome Kaori-hen takes a simple idea and transforms it into absolute chaos: an incense with the power to make anyone fall in love with the first person they see. And of course… that person ends up being none other than Gintoki Sakata.
From there, the special becomes an avalanche of absurd situations.
Several characters end up being affected, and the result is exactly what you imagine, or rather, worse than you imagine. Female characters falling madly in love, exaggerated declarations, ridiculous disputes… and, to make everything even more chaotic, male characters also get in on the act, like Isao Kondou, raising the level of absurdity to another level.
The most interesting thing is how the simplicity of the premise works en…
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Probably this review won't make justice to the love I have for Gintama, but there are only two OVAs that go straight to the point so it's easier for me to write about this than write another parts of the anime. The moment I found out there was a "love potion" arc in this show that never fails to make me laugh out loud, I wanted to check it out immediately.
It's another stupid Gintama arc somehow, but it's simply marvelous (it sustains my theory that Gintama shines the most when it's stupidity gets overbearing). Basically this is Sorachi subverting the "love potion" trope that we have already seen a thousand times in eastern and western shows, and taking that trope to the most ridiculous posibilities it can offer. Even the law that you "fall in love with the first person you see" after co…
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This short OVA series is an adaptation of some manga arc which decided not to fit into the main story line, which honestly makes sense, not only is it a self-contained story, in terms of quality it feels more like the late season 1 rather than season 3 (4?) material.
The arc has virtually no value as a story, and it can be easily skipped, take it from someone who despises skippers in pretty much any anime. The antagonist was introduced in this arc and will most likely never be seen again. And even unlike other "useless" arcs such as the Renho arc, it doesn't even bring the little but still somewhat useful addition to the greater narrative.
This arc's main draw is definitely in its events unfolding. I don't think I'm spoiling anything if I say the Love Incense arc is about... an incense w…
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For anyone wondering when you should watch this arc, watch it right after episode 295 as the end of the second episode has a trailer for 296.
This episode was hilarious and very typical of Gintama comedy. The only reason it didn't get a ten is because the antagonist's story was a bit lame. Usually Gintama is really good at evoking emotion, even in silly episodes, but the antagonist for this arc wasn't all that great. I think this could've benefited from three episodes only because it would've given time to build up the antagonist's story and make it feel weighted like it should've. On top of that, the comedy was awesome, but the plotline of this arc could've been used a little better. For example, the characters used and how they interacted with each other weren't as outrageous as a usual…
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Gintama°: Aizome Kaori-hen is an OVA of some unadapted manga chapters. Nothing different from the typical Gintama comedy arcs, with hilarious situations and touching moments towards the end.
The story is nothing special, even i would say it's rather confusing, i felt the "main antagonist" just as a plot device to start the situation shown. Her reasons to do what she do are not reliable at all, but in the end the show knows how to fix it.
This OVA is hilarious. It certainly lacks the typical referential jokes which Gintama abuses day by day and has a lot of sexual jokes and crazy situations related to that instead. I'll always be amazed by how Gintama manages to go insane in just a second. This OVA is full of it.
However, the show is not full of humour: The romance used to build the plot…
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