tbh i don't really get the executioner story but the artwork and animation are top notch. the realistic purple bruise on the severed necks make me cringe..
i can't help but feel gintoki's past story is a bit of a cop-out though
it feels poorly constructed and redundant to me..
I also didn't understand everything right away, but I went to wiki, and now I understand pretty much most of it.
http://gintama.wikia...i/Shinigami_Arc
They introduced quite an important character in here: Nobu Nobu or so (he's voiced by Namikawa Daisuke-kyaaaaaah). The skipped quite a lot of content with doing the Shinigami Arc, which leads me to the question: @Mangareaders, did we skip anything significant before the Shinigami arc?
As for Gintoki's past story: Well, in this arc, we didn't really learn about the part of his past we all desire to know more about. This arc was not meant to be about it despite it's teasings, hence the disappointment with a few anime-only watchers. I personally think that this little flashback with Gintoki and Asaemon was beautiful. He rescued her by offering himself as a prisoner b/c he pitied her in the moment that barbaric Asaemon's father offered to turn over his own little daughter to rescue his own skin.
Edited by trang95, 23 July 2015 - 05:43 PM.