Gintama Season 1 Episode 165 Episode 165 - If It Works Once, It'll Work Over And Over Again

Gintama season 1 episode 165, titled "If It Works Once, It'll Work Over And Over Again" follows our protagonist, Gintoki, and his gang as they take on a new job. The story starts with a group of businessmen who come to the Odd Jobs office with a request to find a way to reduce their workers' dissatisfaction and improve their productivity. The businessmen have noticed a trend that their workers have been taking too many breaks and not meeting the productivity levels required for their industry.

Gintoki and the others take the job, and Gintoki's creativity immediately kicks into gear. The Odd Jobs team's initial thought is to pay the workers more money, but after discovering that the company is already paying their workers twice the usual rate, they realize that this isn't the root of the problem.

The group eventually finds out that the workers are fixated on playing a video game during their break times, causing them to be unproductive during their working hours. In response to this, Gintoki and the others develop an idea. They suggest to the businessmen to create a game that mimics the current game the workers are playing, yet require the players to complete a series of tasks and quizzes that are work-related. The goal is to increase their knowledge about the company's products and services, which in turn, improves their job performance.

The businessmen initially reject the idea due to their lack of confidence and resources to create a game. But the Odd Jobs team's persuasiveness eventually convinces them, and they start working on the game's development. The next day, they finish creating the game that has work-related quizzes and tasks for the workers.

As the game launches, it becomes an instant hit among the workers. The workers become more enthusiastic about the game than the previous one, which was solely for entertainment. It seems that the group has succeeded in their objective of improving workers' job performance.

But their success comes with unexpected consequences, as the businessmen start to see their workers' productivity decline once again. This time, it's because the workers become addicted to playing the game they created. Gintoki and the others need to come up with a plan to reverse the situation and get the workers actively engaged in their daily work routine.

However, things take a significant turn when one of the workers, a game enthusiast like Sakata, starts to believe that the game might have a hidden message. He ends up developing a game strategy that puts his fellow workers in line and leads to an emotional moment.

Overall, Gintama season 1 episode 165 is an engaging and hilarious episode that highlights the odd jobs team's creativity. Their solution, while well-intentioned, comes back to bite them, but they persevere and find a way to make the situation right. The episode showcases the importance of balancing work and leisure and the significance of engagement in a professional setting.