Older Children (May contain mild bad language, bloodless violence)
Vintage:
October 6, 2003
Status:
Completed
Summary:
Gungrave opens thirteen years after Brandon Heat is betrayed by his best friend Harry MacDowell. He is reborn as Beyond The Grave, and begins a quest of revenge against the crime syndicate. The series then backtracks to Brandon's youth, and follows him and Harry as they rise through the criminal underworld, detailing the circumstances that led to their eventual falling-out.
Firstly, let me say that you shouldn't judge the series based on the first episode... I might even suggest skipping it and starting on the second episode. Now then, I think this series is great because it tells the tale of friends and their relationships as they mature from teenage punks into adulthood. It is a lot of fun to watch the turnover of a generation and witness that loyalty and betrayal that unravel as the series progresses. After the first episode I thought this was going to be a monster shootem up, but a majority of the story is more realistic and engaging.