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Vorlage:Short description Vorlage:Infobox animanga/Header Vorlage:Infobox animanga/Print Vorlage:Infobox animanga/Video Vorlage:Infobox animanga/Footer Vorlage:Nihongo is a Japanese manga series by Tasuku Karasuma and has been published in Shueisha's seinen manga magazine Ultra Jump since August 2014. An anime television series adaptation by Madhouse aired from October 10 to December 26, 2019. The first season was a split-cour anime, with the second half scheduled for April 2020.

Plot

In the near future, many humans have become cyborgs called "Extended". However, with a great war having recently ended, many Extended, who are former soldiers, begin to resort to crime to survive. Juzo Inui is a "Resolver," an Extended mercenary who specializes in solving problems caused by other Extended. However, Juzo's life is turned upside down when a renegade Extended breaks into office, pleading for him to protect a young boy named Tetsurō Arahabaki.

Characters

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An amnesiac private detective who works as a "Resolver," taking on cases relating to Extended and priding himself on always seeing a case to completion. His distinguishing feature is that his head is a giant functioning revolver, the trademark trait of the Gun Slave Unit model of Over-Extended used in the war. However, he is unable to fire it himself and requires someone else to do so, only granting the privilege to people he trusts out of a desire to not become a "tool." His head gun is immensely powerful, firing a large beam that can easily destroy even the strongest Extended. His personal motto is "wipe your own ass," a belief that one should deal with their own problems without relying on others. He expresses distaste for children and humidity, out of fear his head will rust, and has no memory of his life before becoming an Extended. Juzo is a habitual chain smoker, preferring the Tanegashima brand for their taste. His cigarettes are actually a specially-formulated medication for Extended which dulls the pain from nerve damage stemming from Extensions. Juzo's body, being an older Over-Extended model from the war, is equipped with a number of hidden features and is far stronger than it appears, though Juzo is unable or unwilling to use most of these features consciously. His primary weapon is a revolver-like device embedded in his right hand that allows him to throw a powerful punch he names "Funke Faust" (German for "Spark Fist").

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An associate of Juzo's, a young woman who performs back-alley maintenance on Extended in the mafia-controlled Kyusei Pit immigrant district, one of the few places in the city not under Berühren Corp control. She provides Juzo with medicated cigarettes after he loses access to his favorite brand. She became a mechanic in hopes of reuniting with her mechanic brother Victor who went missing during the war.

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The son of Berühren Corp CEO Soichiro Arahabaki. He has been experimented on and possesses a device known as "Harmony" implanted in his throat, which allows him to control Extended bodies from a distance. The tendons in his arms and legs as well as his vocal cords have been severed, making him incapable of moving or speaking on his own. Mary later provides him with wearable Extensions that allow him to walk and use his arms again and he uses Harmony with a discarded Extended head to speak.

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The director of EMS, a branch of the Reconstruction Agency tasked with enforcing Extended law and regulating Over-Extended. She has granted Juzo some leniency and autonomy despite the Over-Extended laws in exchange for him performing the occasional under-the-table job for her. She wears distinctive blue lipstick.

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An EMS section chief and staunch believer in EMS' duty towards enforcing Extended regulations. He distrusts all Extended, especially Over-Extended like Juzo, believing them to be no more than unstable machines. His weapons of choice are thrown needles, which he embeds in pressure points to disable Extensions.

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Chief of security at Berühren Corp and an enforcer tasked with retrieving Tetsurō. He operates under the fanatical belief that people are replaceable cogs in a machine that exists only to serve Berühren Corp.

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A high level Berühren Corp operative who held Tetsurō captive. She is the older sister of Pepper.

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Juzo's overbearing and doting landlord.

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A neighbor of Juzo and daughter of a mechanic who services Juzo's Extended hardware. She has a notable stutter and seems to have a crush on Juzo.

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The first person to undergo full-body Extension during the war, Tokisada is a popular celebrity considered a hero by the public. Tokisada's Extensions, which include a large number of built-in weapons (hence the nickname "Mega Armed"), served as test prototypes for equipment later installed in other full-body models like Juzo, including the same Funke Faust hand weapon.

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A Berühren Corp agent and Seven's handler. Pepper's right forearm is an Extension known as a Hands Unit, which resembles a large mechanical hand with a revolver cylinder replacing the forearm. This Extension allows Pepper to unlock a Gun Slave Unit's full function. She also possesses a Harmony unit, though unlike Tetsurō's, Pepper's is a removable collar-like accessory rather than a permanent implant. She is the younger sister of Karen.

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A Gun Slave Unit partnered with Pepper and working for Berühren Corp. Seven has a personality much like a young boy. Befitting his personality, he is often seen eating lollipops.

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A young immigrant man who has illegal extensions so that he can work at construction sites to support his family. He agreed to work for Spitzbergen to make enough money to pay for surgery on his mother who suffered nerve damage through a defective Berühren extension.

Media

Manga

The manga series has been published in Shueisha's seinen manga magazine Ultra Jump since August 2014. It has since been collected in nine tankōbon volumes. The manga is licensed in North America by Viz Media.

Anime

An anime television series adaptation was announced in the April issue of Shueisha's Ultra Jump magazine on March 18, 2019. The series is animated by Madhouse, produced by Egg Firm and directed by Naoyuki Itō, with Yukie Sugawara handling series composition, and Masanori Shino designing the characters. Kenji Kawai is composing the series' music. Its 3DCG backgrounds were created by Cyclone Graphics, the studio that also produced the series' ending animation, using Unreal Engine 4. It aired from October 10 to December 26, 2019 on TBS, AT-X, SUN, KBS, and BS11. The second half of the series will premiere in April 2020, with Part 2 containing episodes 13 through 24. Kenichi Asai performed the series' opening theme song "Motor City," while DATS!! performed the series' ending theme song "Game Over." The series will run for 24 episodes. Funimation has licensed the series for a simuldub.

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