Teenagers (May contain bloody violence, bad language, nudity)
Vintage:
October 7, 2010
Status:
Still Airing
Summary:
After being devastated in the third World War (known as The Third Division), Japan was divided in two. Several years after the end of the war, a crime organization called Vischio has taken control of the destroyed city of Toshima (formerly Tokyo, Japan's capital city), where they are holding a battle game known as "Igura". The is main character, a young man named Akira, is falsely accused of a crime. Once arrested, a mysterious woman appears before him, offering him freedom if he agrees to participate in Igura and defeat Igura's strongest man: the king, or "Il-re". The story follows Akira's life in the harsh, lawless Toshima as he fights both to survive and to unravel the mysteries developing around him.
Ever since I found out about this series I was hoping to get a chance to see it. Having watched the first three episodes I must say that it was worth the wait! The animation style is simply amazing and the fights are really exciting. The dialogue is good too, though half the time whenever the main character Akira doesn't say something, it always looks like he does...half the time I'm sitting there going "Say something!". Anime that can set a mood like that, that can instigate that sort of feeling get's top marks from me!
The fact that there's BL involved is simply a bonus. Though, even if people aren't fans of BL, I think it's still something worth looking at.
