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Gunslinger Girl

Alternative Titles

Japanese: GUNSLINGER GIRL
English: Gunslinger Girl
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Information

Type: Manga
Volumes: 15
Chapters: 100
Status: Finished
Published: May 21, 2002 to Sep 27, 2012
Genres: Action Action, Award Winning Award Winning, Drama Drama, Sci-Fi Sci-Fi
Themes: Military Military, Psychological Psychological
Serialization: Dengeki Daioh
Authors: Aida, Yuu (Story & Art)

Statistics

Score: 8.061 (scored by 75177,517 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #6422
2 based on the top manga page. Please note that 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #714
Members: 26,467
Favorites: 1,056

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Volumes: /15
Chapters: /100

Synopsis

The Social Welfare Agency in Italy is not what it seems. Yes, it rescues young girls who have been brutalized, but it then brainwashes them and turns them into ruthless killers for an elite and secret counter-terrorism unit for the Italian government.

Enter a young girl named Henrietta. After witnessing the savage murder of her family and barely surviving, the Agency takes her in and repairs her injuries using the latest in cybernetic technology. All traces of Henrietta's past are wiped from her mind, as she becomes one of the Agency's most lethal assassins.

(Source: Seven Seas Entertainment)

Background

Gunslinger Girl had six volumes published in English by ADV Manga from December 29, 2003 to December 11, 2007, following several periods of hiatus. After the publisher went defunct, Seven Seas picked up the license, republishing the entire series with new translations and in an omnibus edition (with the exception of the last volume) from February 1, 2011 to July 2, 2013.

Characters

Angelica
Main
Croce, Gioseffo
Supporting
Pinocchio
Supporting
Hilshire
Supporting
Caterina
Supporting

Reviews

Dec 21, 2021
~Tried my best not to mention spoilers~

I started reading Gunslinger Girl because of its (frankly) ridiculous premise. I was kind of looking for something to kill my brain with. I mean, Italian cyborg assassin girls working for an agency that fronts as a charitable organization -- it certainly isn't a cliche, but I got the impression that this would be a hefty action story with a poorly chosen setting and with story elements that didn't make sense. But in the end, I was way off the mark and I found myself almost in tears after I had finished this short 100 chapter gem of a ...
Nov 8, 2022
Mixed Feelings
TL:DR
Not pervy despite the premise. Confused, slightly meandering plot but great characters, thought provoking, utterly baffling ending. Mixed recommendation, if you like the psychological implications to the premise and don't care for the rest then read this.

Story: 5/10
Firstly, I would like to point out the unique setting, Italy during the "Years of Lead", that’s setting up for something good. Or so I though, it didn't live up to expectations (or the MAL score). The whole plot feels disjointed. The start meandered for a while, introducing the characters and there dynamic while hinting at the antagonists. Those antagonists is swiftly and suddenly discarded, it's quite jarring. ...
Jan 2, 2013
I spend a lot of time reading manga at a local Barns & Noble. After reading what I wanted to read, then reading what I didn't think I would hate, then reading what they had just because they had the whole series, I started reading Gunslinger Girl. I admit, I did not have high hopes for it, having flipped through the pages often and always putting it back on the shelf, but today I decided to read it.

The first thing that drew me in was the art. With a lot of works having pretty shoddy graphics, even after being serialized into a ...

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