In 2011 Japanese Author, Shiden Kanzaki wrote a manga that to me is one of the best stories to date. Do you know which one I'm refering to? Come on.. you know. Ok, I'll give you a hint, kick ass little girls. I'm Talking about Black Bullet. This series is one that remains on my "re-watch" list, constantly, and no.. not because of the kick ass little girls, or the Hot katana wielding chick Kisara. But because of the endless emotional rollorcoaster and lessons that the story relays, and i would be lying out right if i said i did not shed a tear at all while watching this series.
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The year is 2021 and mankind is facing a war against an awful epidemic called gastrea that has the power to mutate it's victoms on contact. Our Main protagonist Rentaro Satomi and his adorable twin-tailed side kick Enju Aihara are part of a Special Security team that specializes in extinguishing the gastrea. Enju is Known as a cursed child, The cursed children, are children who were effected by the epidemic at birth, but not to the point of mutation. They also are able to fight off gastrea due to the genes from the epidemic allowing them special abilities, some are teamed up with officers as partners or as the series has it, Initiators.
However the rest of society shuns them and blames them for their losses, even goes as far as trying to kill one of them off out of fear, even though these children are the key to saving humanity. Which is sad, because the lost children are human, and are just trying to be accepted as people, and co-exist. I won't go any further into it than that, but I do believe this series teaches us the importance of not being prejudice, and not to judge or forsake others just because they are a little different. It also teaches us the importance of being human, and to not let ourselves grow accustom to the losses of others.
A truly beautiful, yet emotional story. I give it a solid 10 marking. It's got some really good action, and fantastic writing.
