The three of them become known as "Yorozuya" and while they work as freelancer, they also come to meet Gintoki's former comrades during the Amanto's invasion such as the terrorist Kotaro Katsura as well as Shinsuke Takasugi, a major antagonist throughout the series.Before reaching the series' end Sorachi wishes to examine every character within the cast but at the same time there are part he does not want to explore fearing they would become less interesting due to a lack of mystery.Voiced by: Maya Okamoto (Japanese)[16] Ane (阿音), along with her younger twin sister Mone and the Inugami, Sadaharu and Komako were in charge of protecting the Koryuumon, the largest Dragon Hole (龍穴, ryuuketsu), which directs the energy flow of the planet.Voiced by: Masako Jō (Japanese)[16] Mone (百音), along with her older twin sister Ane and the Inugami, Sadaharu and Komako were in charge of protecting the Koryuumon, the largest Dragon Hole (龍穴, ryuuketsu), which directs the energy flow of the planet.He is often referred to as "Madao" (マダオ), which stands for "totally useless middle-aged man" (まるでダメなオッさん, marude dame na ossan) in Japanese, among a whole host of other funny descriptions utilising the initial syllable of each word.However, Gengai's son died leaving him with a deep emotional scar, and the Kiheitai's leader Shinsuke Takasugi convinces him to take revenge by killing the Shogun.[ch.Voiced by: Omi Minami (Japanese);[16] Chantal Strand (English; third anime series)[12] Tama (たま), codenamed Fuyo Unit Zero, is an android found as a disembodied robot head by Gintoki.[20] The Shinsengumi (真選組) are a special police task force working for the bakufu to help quash remaining Joui (rebel) samurai left over from the war.Initially, the bakufu wished to establish the Roshigumi to enrol rural and rebellious youths to cut down on Joui recruit numbers, it was a test to see if they could be tamed into a police force.65] Okita displays an annoyance and dislike of Toshiro Hijikata, and continuously tries to heavily wound, embarrass, or even kill him whenever he has the chance in order to take his rank of vice-commander.Voiced by: Satomi Arai (Japanese)[16] Jaimie Mortimer-Lamb (English) Wakikaoru (脇薫) is a freelancer ninja currently working in the Shinobi 5 as a follower of Hattori Zenzou.After the war ended, he vanished, and has since gained a dangerous reputation due to his assassination of many of the Bakufu's main officers and his planning of a large-scale coup d'état.[ch.His antagonism with them drove him to make dealings with the space pirates Harusame in order to drive them off, offering Gintoki and Katsura's heads as the "ticket" to join.[ch.However, having fire power equal to ten battleships and advance AI, Benizakura slowly taking over Okada's body, turning him into a bloodthirsty cyborg before he is eventually defeated by Gintoki.Originally the national military force under the control of the Japanese Emperor, they, lead by the Shogun, ended up gradually ruling the entire country starting from the late 12th century.Voiced by: Yūko Kaida (Japanese);[16]Marlie Collins (English; third anime series)[12] Tsukuyo (月詠) is a blonde-haired woman with a scar over her forehead and left cheek.The Spring Shark (春雨, Harusame) Space Pirates is the largest Amanto crime syndicate in the universe involved in many illicit dealings within the galaxy and they hold considerable influence in Japan as well.227] Voiced by: Hōchū Ōtsuka (Japanese);[16] Andrew Cownden; Kyle C. Jones (second movie); John Swasey (The Very Final) (English) Abuto (阿伏兎) is the second-in-command of the 7th Division of Harusame's Thunder Guns, the most powerful combat unit under Kamui's leadership.Voiced by: Rikiya Koyama (Japanese)[16] Shokaku Neptune (海王星猩覺, Kaiousei Shoukaku) is the leader of the 4th Division of the Harusame pirates, after the defeat of former captain Kujaku Hime Kada.Voiced by: Ryūsei Nakao (Japanese)[16] Daraku (陀絡) is a low-level member of the Harusame, who runs a group that peddles highly addictive drugs made from plants found only in remote faraway planets called Tenseikyou (転生郷) to earth inhabitants.Shining Heavens School of Hell (天照院 奈洛, Tenshouin Naraku) is a secret assassination group founded by Utsuro that works together with the Tendoshuu behind the scenes of the Shogunate.Voiced by: Kazuhiko Inoue; Aoi Yūki (young) (Japanese);[16] Hiro Kanagawa (English) Oboro (朧) is the leader of the Tensho School during the absence of the founder, Utsuro, and also the strongest assassin within the organization's Three Wings of Naraku.Voiced by: Wataru Yokojima (Japanese) Son (孫老師) is a very powerful warrior of the Yato Tribe, who is over 200 years old and has refined the species' ability to change their size, shape and age by manipulating his muscles.Voiced by: Akeno Watanabe (Japanese);[16] Tabitha St. Germain (English) Mutsu (陸奥) is a member of the Yato Amanto tribe and the second-in-command of the merchant fleet Kaientai.Voiced by: Miyuki Sawashiro (Japanese) Blu-rayko (ブルー霊子, Burū Reiko) is a computer virus in the form of a girl who lives in a "cursed" Blu-ray disk, that Gintoki tries to watch and subsequently escape from.Voiced by: Tetsu Shiratori (Japanese) Kamenashi (亀梨) is a lecherous guard of Dragon Palace City, who is caught peeping at girls on th ebeach, by Kagura.He later gave the reason that he was looking for brave warriors to help him stop Otohime's plan to turn all of Earth's inhabitants into old and ugly people, and that the trip was only a pretext to bring them over.Voiced by: Gara Takashima (Japanese) Otohime (乙姫) is an Amanto of an unspecified species and the de-facto ruler of the Dragon Palace City, for thousands of years.They were praised for being very comic by Carlo Santos, writer for Anime News Network, who remarked Gintoki's personality as one of the main sources of comedy, noting his talking and reactions."[39] Alex Hoffman from comicsvillage.com commented on the large number of featured characters in the series, noting each of them have "distinct personalities" and make several appearances throughout the volume he reviewed.