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Second volume of the anime series. Henrietta was an innocent little girl when her entire family was massacred and she was left for dead. She was rescued by a privately-owned social welfare organisation and given cybernetic components over her battered body. Brainwashed by the organisation, she and four other girls now work as cold-blooded assassins, doing the dirty work for the Italian government. In this volume, Henrietta proves herself one of the best assassins at the agency, but she soon crosses swords with Elsa, another new recruit. Episodes are: 'Frozen', 'Protection', 'The Prince of the Kingdom of Pasta' and 'Be Struck Off Herb'.
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By Saffron
Format:DVD
The first two episodes of this volume are more action-oriented stories, one which focuses on Henrietta and the other which focuses on Rico. Despite my comments above, episode 8 focuses primarily on introducing Angélica and her handler Marco, while episode 9 is centered on Elsa, the newest of the girls. Unlike previous character intro episodes, the background of how Elsa and her handler Lauro came to work together is not explored, so we don't know much about her by the end of this volume beyond her antisocial demeanor and utter devotion to Lauro (though we do learn a lot about Lauro's attitudes). Her reality, as it plays out in episode 9, is arguably the most devastating and pitiable of all the girls, however, even compared to Angélica's highly tragic situation. It's unlikely that even more cynical souls are going to resist feeling at least something for her by the end of that episode.
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4.8 out of 5 stars
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Bittersweet, tragic and heartfelt
15 Aug 2005
By bonsai chicken
- Published on Amazon.com
Format:DVD
Volume 2 of this series continues to chronicle the lives of the girls of Section 2, or the "Social Welfare Agency," which takes in terminally ill or injured young girls and rehabilitates them into cybernetic assassins. It is an unexpectedly tender show which focuses as much (if not more) on the quiet moments in between missions as on the action itself. Particularly touching is the story of Angelica, who came to the agency after being run down by her own parents in a car, and now suffers continual long-term memory loss. We also meet Elsa, a cold and distant girl whom the others fear.
Extras on this disc include clean opening and closing sequences, another "cel-building" demonstration, dossier files for the girls and some trailers.
Extras on this disc include clean opening and closing sequences, another "cel-building" demonstration, dossier files for the girls and some trailers.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great series just gets better!
8 Sep 2005
By Richard Baldwin
- Published on Amazon.com
Format:DVD
The second DVD of this series (and the middle DVD since this is a short series of three DVDs) gets more into the lives and stories of the girls of the social welfare agency. We are introduced to two new girls of the agency and get more in to the story of the others.
If you are unfamiliar with the story of Gunslinger Girls, there is an agency in modern day Italy that takes in young girls that have had a traumatic event happen in their lives and are unable to cope with life in a normal way. The girls are implanted with cyborg parts and go through a very intensive training program that is referred to as "conditioning". Thes process erases their prior memory. Each girl is hand picked by a fratello, or "brother", that takes care of their every need and makes sure that they get the correct amount of conditioning. This is what makes up a majority of the Gunslinger Girl universe. The handler really controls everything the girls do and the they really have a special bond with them. Don't let this scare you off. This is not at all done in poor taste. The love between the girl and the handler is more of a brother/sister or father/daughter relationship.
I really enjoy the attention to detail that this series takes with the art direction and the gun detail. The music is also top notch. There is mostly classical type of music, but they also use music by the Delgados, which is awesome!
This disk gets more in to the "enemy" that they are facing, but the most of the story in the series still deals with the lives of the girls at the agency. This series gets away with the central "bad guy" type and goes more in to the lives of these girls and their handlers. If you can get past that, than you will really enjoy Gunslinger girls.
The extras on the disk include interviews with all of the voice actors for the girls. They are about five minutes each, and are very candid. There are also clean opening and closing credits as well as some special stuff on the animation of the characters.
Anyway, if you already bought the first DVD, chances are you are most likely going to purchase the second. If you haven't taken a look at this series, you won't go wrong with a great but short series.
If you are unfamiliar with the story of Gunslinger Girls, there is an agency in modern day Italy that takes in young girls that have had a traumatic event happen in their lives and are unable to cope with life in a normal way. The girls are implanted with cyborg parts and go through a very intensive training program that is referred to as "conditioning". Thes process erases their prior memory. Each girl is hand picked by a fratello, or "brother", that takes care of their every need and makes sure that they get the correct amount of conditioning. This is what makes up a majority of the Gunslinger Girl universe. The handler really controls everything the girls do and the they really have a special bond with them. Don't let this scare you off. This is not at all done in poor taste. The love between the girl and the handler is more of a brother/sister or father/daughter relationship.
I really enjoy the attention to detail that this series takes with the art direction and the gun detail. The music is also top notch. There is mostly classical type of music, but they also use music by the Delgados, which is awesome!
This disk gets more in to the "enemy" that they are facing, but the most of the story in the series still deals with the lives of the girls at the agency. This series gets away with the central "bad guy" type and goes more in to the lives of these girls and their handlers. If you can get past that, than you will really enjoy Gunslinger girls.
The extras on the disk include interviews with all of the voice actors for the girls. They are about five minutes each, and are very candid. There are also clean opening and closing credits as well as some special stuff on the animation of the characters.
Anyway, if you already bought the first DVD, chances are you are most likely going to purchase the second. If you haven't taken a look at this series, you won't go wrong with a great but short series.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
3 words...BEST ANIME EVER
24 Dec 2005
By HeavensAngel332
- Published on Amazon.com
Format:DVD
Volume 2 is just as awesome as volume 1. Here we get more into the lives of the 5 girls, you just have to get this anime, its so beautiful!!!
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