Get Backers Review

Let us continue with another action packed anime.

Ginji Amano and Ban Midou are the Get Backers, a duo specializing in retrieving lost and stolen property just to get paid enough money to live as they are constantly poor; they accomplish this with their selection of powers; Ban able to use the Jagan Eye - A much better written version of the Mangekyou Sharingan to trap people in illusion and a Snake Bite - A powerful ability capable of crushing levels of grip. Ginji on the otherhand is a lightning user.
Among their quest to complete jobs, a mysterious fortress keeps drawing the Getbackers in, as mysteries revolving around the pasts of Ginji and his allies deepen.
The first part where Ginji and Ban do missions on a episodic basis are fun, easy to digest and uncomplicated. Then the limitless fortress happens then it becomes needlessly complex, over reliance on the antagonist driving the plot and an ending that just breaks the story. So yeah, a tale of two halves and it's best moments come when Ban and Ginji are doing their jobs and not being dragged down by the over arching plot. Other characters follow a mixture of pleasant and annoying depending on tastes with MakubeX being the worst of the bunch.
Dub is pretty good but a couple of smaller roles can be accused of over acting.
Final Verdict: When done to a basic setup, Get Backers is a fun series, but when it has to shoehorn in it's plot, it falls apart faster than a biscuit dunked in tea.

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