Gintama Episode | 119

Once Hijikata departs for space, the episode sheds any semblance of its original setting and becomes a beat-for-beat parody of the Namek Saga from Dragon Ball Z . Every element is meticulously skewered:

: Brieza (a play on Frieza), a tyrant who has destroyed the planet's resources. Gintama Episode 119

: Characters like the elder and a young boy named Derude (parodying Dende) guide Hijikata through his "quest." Once Hijikata departs for space, the episode sheds