Gintoki Sakata is portrayed as a lazy good for nothing who has an excessive love of sweet things and a strange belief that strawberry milk can cure anything. Besides being all that he is also very loyal and protective of Kagura and Shinpachi and will do anything he can to make sure that they don't go unprotected. He also cares for many other characters in the series but often leaves them to deal with difficult situations on their own because he feels that they can handle it. He often helps out people who he barely knows often stating that 'its not his problem' then going to help them anyway.