Started off on such a great note. I loved the first couple episodes, and it seemed like it was going to earn itself the top spot on my favorite Gintama arcs list. Unfortunately, I wasn't as into it as the arc went on, especially when Gintoki started his fight with Hosen. First off, Gintoki has always been really powerful, but I thought they'd been doing a good job with not turning him into an op character. Seems that streak was ruined during this arc, at least for me. Secondly, I had heard a lot of awesome things about Tsukuyo's character prior to these episodes, and actually thought she was really cool when she finally appeared. Wasn't such a fan of her as the arc went on though. She kinda felt like...one of those people you've just meet but are already acting overly familiar with your crew. Yeah. I'm also not seeing how people ship her with Gin so much. For the most part, I do NOT want romance in Gintama, not to mention I simply think they'd be a boring pair.
Lastly, Kagura. KAGURA!! It's such a shame that they're making her Yato blood and human side so distinct/black and white. Her strength is honestly so...slept on. I REALLY wanted to see her in that final fight against Hosen; I mean come on, Yato vs. Yato?? I'm really hoping they'll blur those two sides to her more as the series progresses. Like, she doesn't have to hold back all of her strength just because she doesn't want to hurt others. That's obviously not the only way to go about it if we take Umibozu as an example. Some control for her character would be fantastic. Oh and there were lots of cheesy moments/lines during those last couple episodes that didn't sit well with me in comparison to some of the previous arcs.
But I'm really excited for/hope they'll explore Kaumi's story soon~
tl;dr basically.
