Manga spreads

Despite using less double paged spreads in his manga compared to other authors, Sorachi always makes sure to utilize them in the most impactful and/or decisive moments within serious arcs. There’s a total of 26 spreads throughout the 704 chapters of the Gintama manga, and 2 in the Bankara-san Ga Tooru one-shot manga (Volume 38).

Lesson 166 “Important Things Are Hardly Noticed”(大切なものは見えにくい)
Shinsengumi Crisis arc (真選組動乱篇)
Volume 19

Lesson 213 “Using Two Page Spreads Is So Jump-like” (見開きを使うとジャンプっぽい)
Yoshiwara In Flames arc (吉原炎上篇)
Volume 25

Lesson 226 “Spread Your Arms Wide Enough And They’ll Fade Into The Distance” (手をのばす程に遠くなる)
Yoshiwara In Flames arc (吉原炎上篇)
Volume 26

Lesson 259 “There’s Hell To Pay When Someone Like An Irresponsible Guy Gets Angry” (チャランボランな奴ほど怒ると恐い)
Red Spider arc (紅蜘蛛篇)
Volume 30

Lesson n°: 306 “Stubborn, Impudent, Determined and Inflexible” (しぶとくずぶとくしたたかにしなやかに)
Kabukicho 4 Devas arc (かぶき町四天王篇)
Volume 35

Lesson 308 “The Pipe and the Jitte” (煙管と十手)
Kabukicho 4 Devas arc (かぶき町四天王篇)
Volume 35

Bankara-san Ga Tooru (One shot)
Volume 38 (Originally for the “Top Of The Super Legend” project by Weekly Shonen Jump) (1/2)

Bankara-san Ga Tooru (One shot)
Volume 38 (Originally for the “Top Of The Super Legend” project by Weekly Shonen Jump) (2/2)

Lesson 397 “Samurai’s Country” (侍の国)
Courtesan Of A Nation arc (一国傾城篇)
Volume 45

Lesson 408 “Shin-boy and Hajime-nii” (ビームサーベ流の教え)
Beam Saber arc (ビームサーベ流篇)
Volume 46

Lesson 511 “The Last 5 People” (最後の5人)
Shogun Assassination arc (将軍暗殺篇)
Volume 57

Lesson 535 “Shinsengumi Code Of Conduct Article 47” (真選組局中法度第47条)
Farewell Shinsengumi arc (さらば真選組篇)
Volume 60

Lesson 548 “Something Forgotten” (忘れもの)
Farewell Shinsengumi arc (さらば真選組篇)
Volume 61

Lesson n°: 551 “Farewell, Shinsengumi (Latter Part)” (さらば真選組・後篇)
Farewell Shinsengumi arc (さらば真選組篇)
Volume 61

Lesson 573 “10 Years” (十年)
Rakuyou Decisive Battle arc (烙陽決戦篇)
Volume 64

Lesson 584 “Strongest (最強)
Rakuyou Decisive Battle arc (烙陽決戦篇)
Volume 65

Lesson 597 “Even if a Natural Perm Gets Limp and Bent, It’ll Eventually Spring Back (Part Two)” (天然パーマはグニャグニャ曲がっても戻ってくる (後編))
Silver Soul arc (銀ノ魂篇)
Volume 66

Lesson 605 “When You Wear a Headband, You Look Ready to Take an Exam” (ハチマキ巻いたら受験生に見える)
Silver Soul arc (銀ノ魂篇)
Volume 67

Lesson 632 “Those That Do Good Things While Doing Bad Things” (悪事をはたらきながら善事をはたらくいきもの)
Silver Soul arc (銀ノ魂篇)
Volume 70

Lesson 635 “To Put it Nicely, It’s Vintage. To Put it Badly, It’s Trash.” (良く言えばヴィンテージ悪く言えばゴミ)
Silver Soul arc (銀ノ魂篇)
Volume 70

Lesson 637 “Be Careful of Scattering Too Many Flags” (フラグのバラまきすぎにご用心)
Silver Soul arc (銀ノ魂篇)
Volume 71

Lesson 642 “People that Wear Glasses Will Have Glasses When They Show Up as Ghosts” (メガネかけてる奴はメガネごと化けて出る)
Silver Soul arc (銀ノ魂篇)
Volume 71

Lesson 647 “Beyond the Dream” (幻想のむこう)
Silver Soul arc (銀ノ魂篇)
Volume 71

Lesson 652 “The Planet of the End of the World and the Beginning of a Family” (世界の終わりと家族の始まり星)
Silver Soul arc (銀ノ魂篇)
Volume 72

Lesson 665 “Flame of Life” (命の灯)
Silver Soul arc (銀ノ魂篇)
Volume 73

Lesson 697 “Myriad Of Threads” (万の絆)
Silver Soul arc (銀ノ魂篇)
Volume 77

Lesson 702 “Fate” (宿命)
Silver Soul arc (銀ノ魂篇)
Volume 77

Lesson 703 “Right Eye” (右目)
Silver Soul arc (銀ノ魂篇)
Volume 77