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Bazaar warped premise yields touching moments: Gunslinger Girl
Gunslinger Girl is designed around an awful idea: A government agency appropriates near-death children and rebuilds them into assassin-cyborgs… yielding brainwashed gun-wielding children who live and laugh like 12-year-old kids but who cold-bloodedly murder their government-assigned targets without a care.
So… once you are over that hump, and are willing to “go with it”, the series offers a touching look at the children and their handlers as they deal with this monstrous situation. The kids are just kids… living in a dormitory-like setting and looking for the admiration of their handlers. The handlers are like FBI agents who leave the facility every night and go home to their regular lives.
We get an intimate look into everyone’s lives… we get to see the tight relationships that develop… or fail to develop… between the members of the brother/sister teams. Life and death… may bring a lump to your throat and a tear to your eye… especially as we build to the final episode… very touching.
The awesome weapons used by the children are meticulously detailed models of their real-world counterparts… and the girls are well trained in the tactical use of those weapons. If you enjoy the sound of brass bouncing off the pavement and the graphic violence as gun-wielding little girls take out the terrorists, this series is for you!Read full review
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Great anime
An excellent anime worth the watch and my time
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Gunslinger
Very good series
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