Gintama is a Japanese manga that isn't particularly well drawn (at least that's the case for book 1 and 2, the ones I am reading these days). In fact, there's tons of problem with framing and perspective. The story lines also seemed pretty predictable and nonsense. But somehow the writing managed to charm the audience with all these flaws, and continue to be popular in Japan (and around the world).
As a action comedy, I know that I can't expect much sense from the story. Main characters always win, no matter how stupid and nonsense they managed to get themselves into crazy situations. There's not much consequence what so ever. Yet readers don't seemed to care. Maybe that's the mindset of teenagers, and maybe that's why the manga is so popular.
I feel pretty detached when reading Gintama, because that kind of fantasy world seemed getting further and further away from me. But that's also the charm. Gintama is not gonna be my favorite, but it's like a bag of chips once in while that satisfy my crave of stupidity and nonsense.
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