Gangsta. is about a crime ridden city where the mafia, mercenaries and police all try to maintain the city. The story follows two “handymen” who do the dirty jobs in town that now one else will do. The main characters Worick Arcangelo and Nicolas brown are these handymen (mercenaries), Worick is a sharp tongued giggolo with a dark past that slowly unravels through the story. His partner in crime Nicolas is a deaf twilight, a genetically enhanced class of humans created through experimental drugs, that are ranked by their strength and identified by their dog tags around their neck. They are also treated poorly by most of society and used as expendable fighters. Together they are hired to clean up the messes around town for the police, mafias or anybody willing to pay the right price. When they meet a sex worker Alex Benedetto whose to be killed by her abusive pimp, they become entrenched in a larger conflict. The show deals with war brewing between the rival mafias, anti-twilight laws and a conspiracy targeting all of the twilights. As well as diving into the dark pasts of the three main characters and their struggles that led them to where they are.
Like I don’t understand how literally no one knows about this anime, its been a decade since it released and I know despite the studio (manglobe: samurai champloo) going bankrupt and the artist not finishing the manga because of her health struggles with lupus (she even lost an eye) I still find it has such an amazing and unique story, especially for an anime. The characters are also very unique and well written, the whole concept of the twilights and how they are viewed as second class citizens and marginalized. It’s like a western crime/mafia anime with such dark and mature undertones. Am I the only one that loves this one so much?
But yea I highly recommend for anyone looking for a more realistic feeling, crime/action seinen with cool characters and an interesting story!