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If you are watching this anime just for the action, then you'll be missing the main point. Many people complained that they wish the story would focus a little more on violence, but thats not what the story is about; the violence and guns is just what bonds the girls together.

In general, I simply loved this anime. Everything about it. I loved the art for it, looks very high quality no matter where you watch the show, if streaming or non streaming. The opening and ending songs with any melodies in between were in fact music to my ears. I was drawn in by ... the story line the most, however, for it is like one I would have never imagined in my life. This is always how I compare things, to if I would have ever been able to come up with the story. Sure the main points of the story seem familiar: assassins, training school, young girls fighting, etc. But the characters and elements that develop a long with the tale is something that exceeds what I ever could have created. If you were an innocent little girl, dying for one tragic case or another, and there was no other cure other then to become inhuman, what would you do? The government finds you somehow randomly from the hospital you're at and gives you the option: stay alive, get a new chance at life, but with you're memory erased of the past and at the cost of becoming an assassin for the remainder of that life killing so called "bad guys"? Or, would you say no and die?

The story unwinds with 5 little girls who had made the choice to live; each assigned an "older brother" (their partner). You slowly learn the past of each girl, their struggles, and their skills during missions. But theres a twist; you also learn the partners past story and skills. At first I didn't understand why that was even needed, the anime story itself was already so good! But then it dawned on me: what type of person would it take to sell their life into secrecy and devote yourself to training a stranger, a random little girl? Each partner chooses which little girl to save and become partners with. Some are harsher then others and how they treat the little girls, as the girls newly developed personality starts to reveal this. The "older brothers" themselves have dark pasts that are portrayed slower than the girls. This is because at first you think you understand the partner and therefore understand the little girl, but then all of the sudden you learn even more about the partner; realizing that you're theories of why a older brother treats the younger sister a certain way is in every way wrong.

The anime not only has action, adventure, drama, suspenseful, and with comedy every now and then; but also a proper portion of romance. Though these girls are some of the best assassins in Italy, they are still little girls struggling to deal with growing up. Struggling with how to gain attention, first time crushes, and love. Soon, you start to experience their adolescence with them and feel yourself maturing with each new knowledge the character gains as well. Causing you to relate deeper to each character then you had planned, making their situation that more real.


Note: My friend read the manga, so if you plan on watching the anime (both seasons, like I did) then theres no disappointments or anything, but the manga continues with different girls stories at the company while the anime stops after the second season. Just a note if you start to love this anime and can't believe its about to end or did end.