Plot from Wikipedia:
The story takes place in Edo (known today as Tokyo because of the name change in 186 cool , Japan, which has been taken over by aliens called Amanto since the late Edo period. The samurai of Japan have fallen, and the Amanto placed a ban on carrying swords in public. The plot is focused on an eccentric samurai, Gintoki Sakata who helps a teenager named Shinpachi Shimura to save her sister Tae from a group of aliens. Shinpachi becomes his apprentice, while a teenage alien girl name Kagura starts living with Gintoki after escaping from a group of Yakuza. All three are "free-lancers" known as "Odd Jobs Gin" who search for work in order to pay the monthly rent, which usually goes unpaid anyway. While doing their job they encounter several times the police force Shinsengumi, who normally ally with Odd Jobs Gin in their works, since they commonly involve dangerous criminals. They also come to meet Gintoki's former comrades during the Amanto's invasion including the terrorist Kotaro Katsura who mantains a friendly relationship with them and Shinsuke Takasugi, a major antagonist throughout the series who wants to destroy the Government in a more violent way than Katsura. Although the series' story is commonly episodic, there are also a few story arcs which are developed through various chapters.
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