Darker than Black: Kuro no Keiyakusha (ＤＡＲＫＥＲ ＴＨＡＮ ＢＬＡＣＫ－黒の契約者－, Dākā Zan Burakku -Kuro no Keiyakusha-, literally “Darker than Black -The Black Contractor-“) is an anime television series by Tensai Okamura and Bones. It premiered across Japan from April 5, 2007 on MBS, TBS, and its affiliated broadcast stations, with its satellite television premiere in Japan on Animax in May 2007. The music for the series is composed by Yoko Kanno. The series has also been adapted into a manga series, which is serialized in Monthly Asuka.
Story:
Ten years ago, an inscrutable and abnormal territory known as Hell’s Gate appeared in Tokyo and altered the sky and decimated the landscape. The heavenly bodies disappeared, replaced by false stars. At the same time, people who possess various special abilities emerged. Kept secret from the knowledge of the masses, these individuals, known as Contractors, are able to murder in cold blood. Various nations around the world use Contractors as spies and agents, often resulting in violent battles for information. Each fake star has a corresponding contractor, and they vibrate when their contractor’s power is being used. As such, contractors are usually identified by their star’s Messier catalogue number. However, their abilities are gained at the edge of their humanity. They lack human emotions, especially aversion to killing. Contractors usually work for one of various rival Syndicates as spies and assassins, although the ultimate purpose of the Syndicates is initially unknown.
Nipponmedia Review:
Darker Than Black was one of those anime’s that kept me entertained in every single episodes. Even though some of the episode were better than others. One thing is for sure, this anime got some “unique” story, or at least not as common. Another thing is that the anime pictures the wicked realistic side of humanity. Imagine something so horrible happened in your country, what do you think your country would do? Yes, they would cut them off, install big walls and simulate a “view” and make everyone believe everything is fine. That is somewhat idiotic, but very real none the less. This anime got lots of Detective like stuff, theres a lot of action, funny moments and marketing lol. Lots of pizza hut pictures around. Clearly is a campaign and marketing. Anyways I really like the “hero” of this anime. Hei got this really evil eyes, this evil tired eyes. He got an obscure evil past, but he doesn’t goes around lamenting it! I like that, because is not cliche. He’s also very honest, not deceiving person. Even if it means saying cruel things.
You got a bunch of cool secondary characters too! Each with their unique personalities and others their unique powers. The power guys are named Contractors, They gain a power, but in exchange they need to go through a mentally/physically exhausting activity after they use their powers. Which is kind of weird, but sometimes very funny in the animes. You’ll see lots of bizarre weird remunerations.
The anime per se, is obscure, violent, there are a lot of “cold” moments. There are many kinds of humor in this anime, some sarcasm, some plain nice humor. Also they arent afraid of killing some characters to make the story more realistic. Which is something I dislike from others anime, they just dont kill anyone. Even if is a war.
Anyways, Good anime, recommended. 25 episodes.
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