No Guns Life

The technology to create powerful cyborg soldiers has been released for public use by the Berühren Corporation. Those outfitted with robotic parts are known as the Extended. Juuzou Inui, one such Extended, was created as a soldier and has no memories of his former life. But now, after the war, he runs a business that takes care of Extended-related incidents around the city.

Rumors of a renegade Extended that kidnapped a child reach his ears; lo and behold, as Juuzo returns to his office, a giant robotic man with a boy on his back crashes in, asking for help. While Juuzou could just turn the guy in and be done with it, something about this situation is too fishy to ignore. It seems that everyone wants hold of this kid and, whether he likes it or not, Juuzou must find out why this Extended is on the run, how it connects to the Berühren Corporation, and just how far the treachery runs in this city.

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Inui, Juuzou Main

Suwabe, Junichi Japanese

Steinberg, Mary Main

Numakura, Manami Japanese

Arahabaki, Tetsurou Main

Yamashita, Daiki Japanese

Pepper Supporting

Minase, Inori Japanese

Tokisada, Mega-armed Supporting

Horiuchi, Kenyuu Japanese

Gosling, Scarlet Supporting

Kouno, Marika Japanese

Vandeberme, Olivier Supporting

Hikasa, Youko Japanese

von Wolf, Cronen Supporting

Uchida, Yuuya Japanese

Colt Supporting

Furukawa, Makoto Japanese

Saryshagan Supporting

Souma, Kouichi Japanese

Cook, Justin Producer

Oowada, Tomoyuki Producer

Yamanaka, Takahiro Producer

Tanaka, Junichirou Producer

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Nov 6, 2020

CrackisBae

Recommended

Use a gun. And if that don't work, use more gun. I've really enjoyed this show. Art style is great, helping truly capture the feel of the environment created within the is world. The story/plot uses this dystopia like world to help create a battleground for many unique clashes between the light and the dark. A somewhat darker story helps drag you deeper into this ruined world. Characters seemly molded by their surroundings, boost this atmosphere. Sounds of No Guns Life do leave something to be desired, but don't be mistaken. This show does achieve the criteria its trying to fill and quite well at ... that.

While watching, I've taken quite a liking to it. It has this eerie charm to it that I haven't really found anywhere else. Plot wise, the show is quite original with world building. Presentation is well-done with execution falling somewhat to the way side. After watching this show, I've come to understand its flaws but it doesn't truly take away from the overall enjoyment that this show can provide.
If you're looking for a artsy, original piece of work then this is for you. Let the presentation around you, draw you in.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Jul 27, 2020

RauLeCreuset

Mixed Feelings

No Guns Life. This is probably one of the worse reviews I have ever wrote/given an anime. But, here it goes and not everyone is going to agree with what you say or do, that is just how it goes. I thought this anime was awkward and boring from the start despite the action and somewhat comedy, something about this anime just didn't really sit well with me. Which is why I am saying what I am about this rushed, not thoughtful, and embarrassing excuse for an anime. As well as a total disappointment. To me at least as I thought it would be great. ... I mean nothing is at all whatsoever perfect but, I thought it would be better then what it was. Just some food for thought.

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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Feb 17, 2024

Thicc_Ink

Not Recommended

This show has no sauce. The first episode tricked me into thinking this might be good. Stylish MC, a looming megacorp that owns people's bodies, and a unique mystery. Unfortunately, all three of these points get dropped in like... episode 2. You are promised a hard boiled detective series, but then fails to have the detective do any sloothing. No villains are uncovered, they are all happy to explicitly state that they are evil. The mysteries, if you could even call them that, basically solve themselves with the answer just falling into the lap of the b-plot character for that episode so they can show ... up to the main plot and actually do something for exactly one scene before taking the background to sauceless action sequences.

The aesthetic is interesting on a surface level with next to nothing lying behind it. Dudes just have fucked up bodies that look evil if they are evil or cool if they are good. There's no consistency or themes.

If I vaguely state stuff that happens in the story it almost sounds interesting. A megacorp makes all the cybernetics (called extensions in this series) and own the world. There's an anti-extend group killing innocent people who have cybernetics. The main character was made to be a weapon in a war and is now a private eye. Sometimes extends (people with extensions) experience discrimination (despite literally everyone we see in the series being extended.)
The problem comes in on how these aspects are executed. The megacorp is just comically evil, because if they weren't then the show would actually have something to say. Idk how you have a corporation that owns everyone's physical bodies without even the slightest attempt at commentary on capitalism. The anti-extend group is also just evil with no subtlety, they just kinda hate extends and just like to murder people to make extends look violent. Don't think about how stupid that is. They don't really have any philosophy besides just cyberpunk racism. The main character is just op in the most boring way possible, there's never any tension because literally nobody could ever threaten him in any meaningful way. He gets on the megacorps bad side and the only consequences are like one attempt to spite him and a minor inconvenience.
The discrimination against extends bit never actually has consequences for anyone. The main character is never denied entrance somewhere because he looks like a gun. At most a few characters act slightly shocked at the fact he looks the way he does. Best we get is a girl in the final arc who won't talk to him, but it's all hand waved by the end of the episode with the main characters just stumbling into the thing that progresses the plot.

The story is painfully passive. Nobody does anything. Things just kinda happen to the characters and then the resolution just kinda happens in the same way the conflict just kinda happened at the start.

The music is forgettable. I genuinely can't recall how a single track sounds and I literally just finished watching it.

The sound is bad, half of everything in this show sounds like stock audio effects.

The action is lame, it's a slideshow with no weight or consequences.

Visually you get everything from the first episode with no actual variety in the locations, colors, or sets. Nobody interacts with the world, it's a wholly unappealing backdrop (and not in the intentional way that cyberpunk likes to do)

A remarkable lack of sauce on display. Don't waste your time.

Reviewer’s Rating: 3

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