In 2016 I got on fandemonium (page for funny anime pics) and there was 1 hardcore Gintama stan with Gintoki on pfp. So I decided to try it out but had hard time getting through 2 first eps so I had to approach it 3 times. But eventually fell in love and because it was rather often mentioned in Polish anime community I thought it was almost as popular as big 3 lol