I've just done something
really silly.
I
knew I shouldn't have,
knew I should have gone with first instincts and left it 'til last, but after the work I've put in this last month, and the week I've just put up with, I decided I'd indulge myself...
I've just watched (
watched? Heh, couldn't drag myself away!) the first volume of
Get Backers...
Gods, what can I say?
MINE Ban, for a start!...
OK. The basic premise is two very cute guys who operate a 'recovery service' - their motto, "if it was taken, we'll get it back." (I'll rephrase that. One cute guy - Ginji, who generates a huge amount of electricity in his body that he can manifest as lightning bolts: once known as the Lightning Emperor and leader of the Shinjuku gang The Volts - and one absolutely
gorgeous guy - Ban, possessor of a/the (I'm still not clear on the
provenance of this mysterious ability/mystical accoutrement) Jagan, allowing him to create illusions in the minds of those whose eyes he catches (but only 3 times in one day). He also has a grip of 200 kgs, in his right hand - not yet sure if the left is the same.) They operate out of a car - Miss Ladybug, which looks to me vaguely like a 2CV, but not being a car
aficionado I'll not swear to it - and, although they are apparently autonomous, seem to report to the owner of the Honky Tonk pizza house (at any rate, they call him Master, which seems to be half affectionate, half respectful. Though the fact they owe him a lot for food probably has something to do with it...)
They both have backstory. We see a little of Ginji's in this first 5 eps, but Ban's is only hinted at (dammit...). The first 2 eps are 'scene setting', character and environment establishing, fun but fairly light. But in ep 3 the story starts getting more serious, commencing a plot arc that continues through eps 4 and 5. (Fortunately 5
doesn't end on a cliffhanger, or I'd be tearing my hair out.)
Heh, it's difficult to know how much of a spoiler to give! How about if I just say that with wonderfully vibrant female characters (with nicknames like Lady Hevn and Lady Poison - love 'em!) and a truly luscious villain, the deliciously effete Akabane (a.k.a. Doctor Jackal - dresses like D, looks like Oriya (though with purple eyes), moves like Quicksilver, can pull weapons from his body (a little like Wolverine's claws but these are detachable)... yummmm... heh, where did that sentence start? Oh yes...
I love it. It's immediately accessible: you really don't need to know anything about anime to be able to enjoy it. It's going on the list right now, and up at the top of anime to buy, just below
Saiyuki. Heartily recommended - it's funny, touching, action-packed and perfectly paced, with really quite astoundingly realistic characters. Ye gods, even the little schoolgirl who opens the first ep is a 'real' person, not just a plot device!
I'm impressed. Very very impressed.
SirenSong - the new AU Jade/Benten fluffy PWP ficlet - now posted, the adult-rated version in the (other) Zone, the mild, non-graphic version at
JAT in the
Flight and Fancy pages of the fiction directory.
[touching wood, almost afraid to say in case I jinx it] I turned the fridge setting back down to 3.5, which is what it should be at this time of year, several hours ago and it's been sitting at a very healthy 4 degrees for the last couple of hours. Fingers crossed folks...
Today's cookie...
The current year will bring you many lightbulbs.
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Um... OK, I can deal with that...
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Joules *Dances with Haddock* Taylor
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