Darker than Black

Darker than BLACK, a crazy story by Tensai Okamura about a guy with many names, but just one goal...to listen to his boss, and kill whoever gets in his way

Darker than BLACK is a weird anime with no real story line until the last few episodes when everything is pulled together. Basically, their are four types of people; dolls, normal people, the Syndicate, and contractors. The Syndicate is a powerful group of people that basically control contractors. Contractors are people who agree to a contract with the syndicate and gain super human powers (or something like that). Dolls are people who have had their soul removed and are re-programmed to obey Contractors and the Syndicate. Dolls can also use surveillance specters and spy on people or watch over their bosses. Li is a contractor with the power to manipulate electricity. For the most part, his job is to obey his boss, Huang, and kill other contractors that get in his way. In the end of the series, Li finds out that the Syndicate is actually trying to destroy all contractors using what is called Hells Gate. Li has to try and stop them, and make a decision...Take the side of the humans and have all contractors but him killed, or take the side of the contractor, and have every human in Japan killed.

Alrighty then, I really like this show...like a lot. It's really funny how Li has to try and hide his powers and live among normal people, disguised as a Chinese exchange student. I also like how, in the background, he always has a mission he feels he must complete, even though Huang says otherwise. He wants to see his sister, even though she died years before. Its really cool how her name always comes up and its so casual. Yeah, Li's just a cool guy. The negative side of the story...is that there is none. Like I said before, this show has no real story line until the last five or six episodes. It's just Li going around and killing other contractors or trying to get away from the police woman Kirihara. Another thing that I like about this show is that everyone is so different. You can tell the difference between the aggravated police force and the emotionless Dolls easily, which sometimes makes it easier to follow. But other than that it's an awesome show with loads of action, plenty of humor, cool people with violent super powers, and a naked woman (yes, I said it).