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GetBackers (Anime Review)

The manga tells the story of a pair known as the GetBackers, consisting of Ginji Amano and Ban Mido. The duo reside in one of the seedier areas of Shinjuku in Tokyo, and are often broke and resort to sleeping in their car. Ban and Ginji operate a freelance repossession service or dakkanya (???). For a fee, they will recover any lost or stolen item for a client. The two boast an “almost 100% success rate” (100% in the anime). Their motto is: “We get back what is being taken or lost”.

However, Ban and Ginji are not ordinary human beings. They each possess mysterious abilities which they use to carry out their many recovery missions. Ban’s powers include the “Snakebite”, a skill which gives his hands a grip of 200 kilograms-force, and the “Evil Eye” (”Jagan”, ??, a Japanese term roughly meaning “evil eye”), an ability to induce minute-long hallucinations of Ban’s choosing in whomever he makes direct eye contact with. However, this ability cannot be used on the same person twice in a 24-hour period, and he has to rest between uses. The Evil Eye can also only be used three times in one day. Ginji, on the other hand, can generate enormous amounts of electrical energy in his body for tasks such as attacking opponents, or overloading electronic systems; this has earned him the moniker of “Lightning Lord” (??, “Raitei”, a Japanese term also translated as “Thunder Emperor”, or “Lightning Emperor”).

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