Project Scard: Praeter no Kizu

Title:Project Scard: Praeter no Kizu
Project Scard: Scar on the Praeter
Overall:Unevaluated
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Notables: Animation - GoHands
CHIBA Shouya
ENOKI Junya
KOUSAKA Atsushi
LOUNSBERY Arthur
The Akatsuki Special Ward within Tokyo has been forsaken by its country and is now beyond the law's reach. The only semblance of law and order is provided by a handful of 'Scards', who are fighters who are virtually immune to bullets. The most famous and revered is Eiji Arashiba, a cool, cigarette smoking dude who brandishes two revolvers. One of his admirers is Kai Yamato, a sort of informal security guard who provides for his younger brother. Little did Kai suspect that one day he would not only meet Eiji, but would be obliged to replace him as the main defender of Akatsuki.

13 episodes
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Unevaluated Stretch [series:4253#628]
(One episode watched):

So, what is a 'Scard', and how are they seemingly invulnerable to bullets? What role does a tattoo play? Those were the obvious questions that leapt to my mind once we see Eiji kicking the asses of some well equipped criminals. But, frustratingly, we never get an answer during episode one. The message seemed to be, 'watch this show because these guys are awesomely cool heroes! (and don't ask too many questions)'. Why did Kai pick a fight with Eiji when they first met? Apparently it was all a test of their respective strengths, but Eiji had just shot several bad guys and might easily have done the same to Kai since it wasn't exactly made clear that this was a challenge. I guess it happened because it was 'cool' ('We don't have to be enemies to fight' one of them remarks afterwards.). But I was having a hard time taking this show seriously. Perhaps one problem is that Kai is basically perfect: he's a tough fighter, handsome, unselfish, devoted to justice--in other words, boring. This seemed to be all glitz and no substance, and I was impatient for it to end. I don't believe the explanation of what Scards are will be convincing or intriguing, and I felt no desire to to know where this story would go.

Last updated Tuesday, January 19 2021. Created Monday, January 18 2021.

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