Gunslinger Girl Review
17 - 10 - 07 at 7 : 03 : 00 pm
At first sight, I thought this was another � Noir-like � anime, as the beginning of Gunslinger Girl presents gunfight scenes, involving young girls and mafia bad guys (who definitly can’t aim right). But it wasn’t that at all.
The interest of this anime lies in the psychological aspect of its characters rather than in the development of the story. In fact, the story is very short (13 epidodes), and its purpose is only to present us the different characters. The scene takes place in Italia, where a secret governmental organization collects young girls whose life has lost all meanings, in order to turn them into professional assassins, by providing them artificial bodies, and brainwashing them to obey a mentor, called brother.
However, if their bodies are fake, their spirits still remain ones of yound adolescent girls, and it is often torn between the love for their brother, and their duties toward him.
In fact, this anime turns to be quite insane, as people exploit without feelings young and pure girls to make them assassins. Although these girls, despite their killer side, appear to be normal girls, who can fall in love or play with friends. We could get angry at their � brother �, for the way they treat the girls, but it appears soon that the duty they are entrusted with is so ungrateful : for the sake of the organization, they have to sacrifice inocent girls, and they can’t even provide them the affection they need at this age, fearing attachement to the girls, as their life is so reduced by the use of the artificial body. In the end, we can only contemplate the sad fate of those girls, whose the past is so sadly well depicted (all the protagonist have a dark story), and the future is restricted to kill for the one-sided love of their brother.
The amazing soundtrack contributes to support this dark environment. The atmosphere remains almost for the whole anime quite oppressing and sad. The opening is excellent, it fits perfectly this anime, it makes me feel so nostalgic, but at the same time, presents a bright part, which makes me hope these girls will find the happiness they deserve. In fact, what will happen to these girls is not told by the end of the anime, showing only our five characters able to enjoy a normal daily-life situation.
We could regret the quick ending, as the excellent (but yet, sad) atmoshpere built for this anime could have been more developped, especially concerning the characters. The main story could have been also lengthened a bit, as at the end we don’t know really anything about the organization or its purpose. But I believe the main point is the girl psychology, and the short story contributes to maintain the dramatic aspect of the story.
To conclude, I will say the story is a bit too short for the number of characters, but has an amazing development, which recalls me the Luc Besson’s movie Nikita, which is, for those who don’t know it, the story of a junkie, condemned to death for the murder of a policeman, who is offered a new life if she becomes an assassin for a french governmental organization. The story shows us the contrast between the girl who wants to have a normal life, and her duties towards the governement who offered her this new chance. Besides the mechanical part, the development is very similar to Gunslinger Girls, and I can only recommend you to watch this amazing movie.
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