Gangsta

[Kraco]

I'm always annoyed when the villains slaughter people left and right and then the good guys (if you can call anybody that in this show) allow them to escape no questions asked. Why the the S rank super woman from the guild allow those two to escape? They were no match for her at all, as we saw. Quite a plot hole. In fact even Nic could have disposed of them if he had dealt with Delly's sister right when he had her pinned down in the beginning. Instead he was just staring at her and granting her all the time in the world to turn the tables. You'd think a dude who has been a mercenary since he was nothing but a little kid would know better.

The feeling of the story following a script, not logic or anything else, was quite heavy here.

[KrayZ33]

I partly blame the bad animation. Maybe I downloaded a broken episode, I don't know
People kinda teleported between rooms/scenes

Nic's part however wasn't *that* long, time went into slow-motion, nic hesitated for a second (I consider flashbacks and train of thoughts to take mere milliseconds) and that was enough time for her to escape.
Maybe he didn't even hesitate at all after his "huh?" scene and the sword moving towards her eyes was actually slow motion too and he tried to gut her eye out.
She managed to block his swing to the side with her bare fists a few seconds later, so it's not like she's lacking the speed to do that.

[Kraco]

You might be right. But the direction was bad, then, since it didn't give me that impression.

Nothing explains how those two managed to escape, though, since they were essentially helpless against the racked lady from the guild. Yet we simply saw them escape unhindered the next moment. It has been ages since I was reading the manga, so I have no recollection whatsoever if it was any better there.

[Munsu]

Previews had a 9.5.... wonder if we're getting some sort of recap or interlude type of episode.

I liked the idea of Nicolas being a Faker, though we'll see how much of that actually holds true when push comes to shove.

[Munsu]

So, there was an episode 9.5:
http://nyaa.se/?page=download&tid=731053

It was indeed a recap episode special. Very weird to see one this soon, in particular for a 12 episode series. At least it wasn't an episode that was a recap, but a special that was a recap. The distinction being that it didn't take away a numbered episode. Didn't bother to watch it. Did any of you watch it? Any new info in it worth looking into?


Anyways, here's episode 10:
http://nyaa.se/?page=download&tid=733274

[Buffalobiian]

HS - Episode 11

Did any of you watch it? Any new info in it worth looking into?

I watched it. It was pretty useful in explaining what all the different parties were up to. I didn't catch all of it during the previous 9 episodes.

More recently though, things are pretty weird. War out of nowhere.

[Kraco]

The tag guild is a weird place. They don't give a shit if somebody comes, blows up places, and slaughters members. It's a person's own problem if he gets killed. However, if a member gets hired and goes out to kill somebody, it becomes a huge problem and the guild goes out in force to put down such a person. I didn't realise this earlier, and thus it bothered me that they let the hunters who attacked the club escape. I don't really see why anybody would join such a guild in the first place. They do absolutely nothing to protect their members, yet you can't work freely if you are a member. Even a mafia is like a heaven for an employee compared to the tag guild.

[Kraco]

Episode 12 - HS




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I'll say one thing about the action in this show: I'm better at using a gun than anybody in that town full of criminals, including the gangsters that were born with a gun in their hand. And it's not like I'd be any master of gunmanship, though, far from it. But everybody in Ergastulum is totally and utterly miserable. They should stick to swords and knives since those they can apparently use.

[Munsu]

Episode 12 - HS




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I'll say one thing about the action in this show: I'm better at using a gun than anybody in that town full of criminals, including the gangsters that were born with a gun in their hand. And it's not like I'd be any master of gunmanship, though, far from it. But everybody in Ergastulum is totally and utterly miserable. They should stick to swords and knives since those they can apparently use.

Not sure where that comment about poor shooting is coming from, can you elaborate?

Anyways, just finished the series... sadly the last 3 or so episodes lacked focus from our main characters so it was an empty way to end the series, at least we got some Worick action at the end. In all, I expected more from this series, though I admit I enjoyed most of it regardless.

This abrupt ending is understandable though as Manglobe just filed for bankruptcy. Honestly, it sucks... they did quite a few standout series like Samurai Champloo and Ergo Proxy and such.

The other thing that sucks is that they were behind one of the three movies being adapted from author Project Itoh, which looks awesome, so now we don't know when their installment is going to happen: Genocidal Organ.

Anyways, it seems if this series gets a continuation at some point, it might need to happen from another studio.

Gangsta is the type of series I really like, so at the very least I'll start following the manga at some point. But as it is, the series just didn't get anywhere.

In all, the massacre in the past couple of episode were brutal and enjoyable to watch.

[KrayZ33]

I kinda lost interest after episode 9 and the "quality" that came along with it.
Destroys my view on a show in mere seconds.
Why would you release unfinished bullshit like that, this industry has to get it's shit together - it's not the first time it happened, but hey, they could care less about what I'm (not paying for 95% of what I'm watching) thinking about that.
It always manages to baffle me though, maybe my german germs working here but why would you release something that is not finished and how can you plan so poorly to fuck this up?
Huge backlash, everyone will look down on you, especially in a country where "saving face" is a thing

edit:

This abrupt ending is understandable though as Manglobe just filed for bankruptcy. Honestly, it sucks... they did quite a few standout series like Samurai Champloo and Ergo Proxy and such.

oh well, lol, that explains a lot of things.
Guess I'm to blame after all.