Review of Gangsta.
My Gangsta review. My ratings: Story: Very Good 8. Art: Good 7. Sound: Good 7. Character: Fair 6. Enjoyment: Good 7. Overall: Fair 6. Ok, so now this anime has ended, what can I say about it?????Well, Story (up) when we talk about Sex, Drugs, Corruption, Vice and Violence this anime has everything written all over it, the setting which is in a certain place called Ergastulum was basically a a representation of a typical Italian town where actual violence and crime really did dominated the place in the past, it was very obvious that original creator Kohske based his ideas from, though it does has some references to amafia movie , most of it were focus on the henchmen or freelances and in this anime the freelances were the "Handyman" though fiction, it does have some touch of reality in....except of course those superhuman entities like them hunters and twilights, which in reality don't exist, but in a certain reality these super human entities are representation of mercenaries and hire killer whom were once in the military. The Drugs that I've mentioned may not be a typical narcotics that we know, but in this anime Celebrer are the representation of the said drugs in this anime and the twilights are the addicts (for the lack of a better word). For me to give this category a high score of 8, was that it shows a kind of dark entertainment which can only be enjoyed by more matured audiences or those with deep understanding on how the world of Crime and Corruption works in the city that was based on a certain Italian town that has experience such turmoil in the past and still reeling from it up to this day.
Art (up), I gave it a good score since the illustration didn't rely on the typical moe thingy, also the art were done in apportion to the setting of the anime or manga and Alex's illustration really did make her character the way it was expected as a helpless whore .
Sound (up), I also gave it a good score since the seiyuus who did the voices were also appropriate for the setting, also the opening them is appropriate for this anime.
Character (up) I could have given this category a high score, but unfortunately, as an anime it has too still rely on the quintessential superhuman entities as in any anime with an action genre, also we were left wondering as to how the twiligts and hunters differ, also we were left wondering about their origins, now I don't if there were anything mentioned about them in the manga since I'm yet to go with it. I did mentioned about sex, drugs, vice, corruption, crime and violence.......each character in this anime were made to represent each term like:
Sex:
Alex Benedetto as a helpless whore represent Sex and so as Ginger since we did see him sleeping beside Gina Paulkleen.
Drugs:
One thing come to mind, and yes it Nicolas Brown, twilights, Loretta and Doc Theo, thought not portrayed as a junkies and drug dealers, they basically represent as realistic junkies and drug dealers.
Corruption:
And yes them cops led by Chad.
Vice:
That would be Worick, since we always see him smoking like a chimney, and a typical playboy.
Crime:
That would be them Mafia bosses and Guild leaders.
Violence:
Who else but them hunters.
One more reason why I can't give this category a high score was that we're left in a cliffhanger as to what happens next to Worick after duking out with one of them hunters.
Enjoyment (up)
I 'd say it was good, since I do find such dark action as unique and that all I can say........
Overall (up)
We're basically left with a cliffhanger,it maybe enjoyable, but at this point it's rather vague if there will be a season 2 or will original creator Kohske and anime writer Shinichi Inotsume would leave it as an manga, well let's hope that there will be a season 2, so for now I've decided to rank this anime as a "FAIR."
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