1 Name: Kuro Taka : 2011-10-02 08:09 ID:OH3cBJzt (Image: 317x470 jpg, 56 kb) [Del]
GetBackers is a story about two best buddies Ginji Amano and Ban Mido who came together while trying to escape their pasts and formed a retrieval service team, which they named the GetBackers. The two will get back anything that is stolen or lost (for a fee), and they claim to have a 100% (or near-100%) success rate. And of course they're successful! Ginji can generate electricity at will, and Ban has a 200-kilogram grip and an ability called the Jagan ("Evil Eye" in some translations) which lets him induce a one-minute living dream for anyone who looks him in the eyes.
However, every once in a while, their business somehow leads them back to Ginji's dark past involving a strange tower in the middle of Shinjuku called the Infinity Fortress, and people from Ban's mysterious past have a tendency to pop up as well.
Now, before anyone says "Hrm, I think I'll see if there's an anime of it", there is, and I'd suggest you read the manga instead. The anime completely sugarcoated it to the point where they took away most of the story's essence. Yes, the manga does show blood since it's a shounen involving lots of fighting, there is cussing, there are some slightly disturbing parts due to Ban's "Evil Eye", and there is a lot -- I mean a lot -- of perversion, but the anime sugared it way more than necessary (zero blood, not so much as a single pervy joke, etc). Plus, the anime ended early on a cliffhanger of "We'll be back for those secrets. ... The end."
Anyway, I thought I'd just share this manga since it's one of those manga that's not as "out there"/well-known.
