In the American underworld, Mafia leaders are being killed one after another, with rumours of Inferno and the organization’s top assassin Phantom circulating around them. A boy, traveling alone in America becomes involved in one of these incidents and unexpectedly encounters Phantom.
The story of this anime, is highly predictable, at least it was so for me, but it was interesting how it got developed, progressively, when the story looks like is starting to settle, there is a twist to shake things up a little, these twists are somewhat predictable most of the time, but the strength of the twists rely on how they are executed and when, and sometimes when things move according to your liking, things actually start getting exciting…
There are many characters in the anime, enough to remember by the end of the anime and the personalities brought to the game and how they develop that’s the backbone of the story, even Mio just a side character leaves a strong impression, but I believe Cal was the strongest and the weakest at the same time, also the most emotive, she was probably the most memorable and impactful, while Ein’s strength was her lack of a past, a future and her emotionless, her weakness was the gaining of emotions, Zwei is the one who had everything, and because he had everything he also lost everything, and that was his weakness and strength. Even Scythe was memorable, no one could forget the Villain, his actions, his demency and how he met his end …
The animation is good, character design are realistic and so is pretty much everything, there isn’t much color and the background is somber, the CG drawn cars are realistic looking but look out of place and the action is quite fantastic to watch, especially in the last episode, its chilling and exciting, watching Ein fight was the pinnacle of the excitement…
The music is fantastic perfectly tuned to the mood, never missing a beat or a chord and elevating the action to a new height and setting the mood for the drama, making the best scenes memorable…
Overall, I started skeptical, but soon enough I found a gun pointed to my head while hearing an eerie orgel (music box)song play on my back, I couldn’t contain the tears of excitement while biting my nails, I knew what was going to happen next, watching the characters move while listening to the music and watching everything happen right in front of me was truly the peak of the moment, and while watching patiently the last seconds, they almost surprised me and I could finally whip my tears of excitement and have a deep breath…
Honestly of all the possible endings, this one was the most exciting they could make…
