@Kodokami: I love Seagulls!
It'd be awesome if one of them was named "Steven" (hint hint). I remember taking a boat-ride from the Gateway of India, passed gigantic ships and saw the birds flying past us.
@Manly Man: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAA!!! DUDE, I'm totally adding that to my Zoho notes!
Probably might animate that in the future.
@Everybody:
What do you get when Kamina (Gurren Lagann) turns evil? Or better yet, what do you get when you combine the personality of Kamina with the character of Slim (Grissom Gang/No Orchids for Miss Blandish), only twice as malevolent? You get a cheerfully sadistic Mafia hitman named Ladd Ruso, from Baccano, who just loves to kill those who cannot be killed!
Isn't he just awesome?!
..... Yeah, I hate him too. He's supposed to be hated, though, but somehow some people just love him anyway. He's one of the most memorable characters in the series, and pure badass!
But if you only take all the nice bits about Kamina, especially his stupidity and love for adventure? You get these guys, spreading happiness all across the story, to every passing character, with sheer stupidity! And you keep lovin em since the first time.
The story of Baccano itself is quite intriguing and innovative. First of all, it isn't told in a boring, linear fashion that most stories are told by. Baccano is completely non-linear, and if every story needs a main character, it actually hides
who that main character is until the end of the story. The story, often told from multiple points of view, is mostly set within a fictional United States during various time periods, most notably the Prohibition-era. It focuses on various people, including alchemists, thieves, thugs, Mafiosi and Camorristi, who are unconnected to one another.
Each story is a piece of a puzzle that the audience is supposed to fit together in order to reveal a bigger picture, and those people who enjoyed Inception will LOVE this.
Maybe the story starts at the legendary journey of the Flying Pussyfoot which leaves a trail of blood across the nation, or perhaps it starts at the Advenna Avis almost 350 years ago where the Alchemists would learn the price of immortality. Whichever it may be, this story is like a one time rollercoster ride you can't afford to miss!
