Audience reviews
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tmunee
TBH I found this anime interesting to start but one of the worst anime, no worst pieces of media, i've seen in my life by the end. This anime is the perfect example of characters doing things for absolutely no reason except to further your story... the actions the characters take get more and more absurd as the story goes on, to where it reaches a point that if you just randomly picked the dumbest, most illogical, most absurd thing a character might choose to do then you are probably closer to the answer than what ay kind of inference based on their character building might infer. I mean, I honestly can't even write more... this anime is so bad it insulted me. Worst of all, it is pretty good until like ep 7, so it forces you to watch more in hopes that it will redeem itself. IT DOESN'T! DO…
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91 Days in my eyes is not as impressive as many claim it to be however this does not mean that those opinions are 'incorrect' or invalid.
I found this anime very interesting for an episode or two, the initial character development was intense and enthralling however once that effect had worn off, i was left bored. The story seems as though it could've been great but it just didn't keep my attention throughout. I enjoyed the art style and the main protagonist Avilio Bruno however it didn't make up for what I see as a lackluster way to portray it.
In my opinion the only interesting character was Bruno, many different sides of his life were shown before the events of the show, however as some other reviewers have stated, the side characters were very one dimensional and didn't seem to prog…
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91 Days is one of those shows where the premise immediately grabs your attention, but leaves you cautiously hoping to yourself "They better not screw this up..."
Well fear not, because 91 Days delivers with a compelling story about crime, deception, and a quest for revenge in a chilling 1920s American Prohibition setting.
Shuka may have went into this show with a limited budget, but they utilized what they had to work with and made a very well put together show.
While held back in animation, Shuka was able to utilize strong cinematography, mise en scene, atmosphere, and music to hold everything together and deliver in the end.
The story continued to up the ante and get even crazier each week. Towards the end I was repeatedly shouting "WHAT THE HELL?!" at my computer at every cliffhan…
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91 Days came so goddamned close to being great. Unfortunately, due to a few significant faults, it's merely good.
It's hard not to admire 91 Days for what it attempted, though. When it began, it immediately drew comparisons to Baccano, another mobster anime set in Prohibition-era America. In spite of this, though, 91 Days and Baccano are very different anime. Baccano was a romp, full of larger-than-life characters, absurd anime tropes, and fantastical plot elements. 91 Days is the exact opposite - it's dark, dry, and incredibly grounded. The only reason 91 Days draws this comparison so much is because it is the only anime that it shares this setting with (and one of precious few about gangsters at all, let alone during Prohibition).
So it's hard not to admire 91 Days for taking such a un…
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91 days is a series with an interesting premise. It's a crime drama set during the US prohibition. I'll let you al know right from the outset, I'm not going to know how historically accurate it is. I am basically familiar with what happened during prohibition. There was an amendment making alcohol illegal, Crime rates surged as it became a criminal commodity. After thirteen years it was repealed with another amendment. I don't, however, know the specifics. The point is, if the series gets something historical wrong I probably won't catch it. The anime was handled by Shuka, a studio best known for producing Durarara sequels. Six of the nine series they've produced were based on Durarara light novels. Two of the others were 91 days and a recap for 91 days. So, I haven't looked at anything by…
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91 Days is a good choice for you if you enjoy a revenge story where a character exploits other people's self interest and/or schemes them in order to achieve his revenge. 91 Days becomes a bad choice once you start expecting anything other than onedimensional characters, and also if you hate main characters that are displayed in a way that makes them feel flawless without giving them any personality traits, especially negative.
You see, what ruined this series for me was the characters. Most of the characters are presented as onedimensional, with each being from x side or the y side or the z side. If they're particularly important characters, they will have a trait or aspiration which will rule their personality without giving them any further complexity, like friendship, family, power, g…
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Very few anime these days tend to do something different from the norm, and when something does do so, it’s very easy for it to fail. But even if they are failures, their ambition to do something different is respectable. 91 Days is not only a unique anime, but a good one too. It’s fairly rare to find a series that takes place in a western setting with mafia characters taking place during the post-WWI era. 91 Days takes that setting and adds a story of revenge to it, and it’s a story that is handled great and executed well. 91 Days manages to be a thrilling and stylish mafia story from beginning to end.
~{Story}~
The story focuses on Angelo Lagusa, who’s family died in a mafia dispute, is now hungry for revenge and is willing to destroy the Vanetti family, the ones who killed his family.…
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(This is a spoiler-free review adapted for this site)
[Synopsis]: Seven years ago, a dispute within the mafia lead to the violent murder of the Lagusa family save for their youngest son who escapes into the night. Years later, hollow and lusting for revenge against the Vanetti Family, young Angelo Lagusa (Kondou Takashi) is offered an opportunity to fulfill his ambitions when he receives a mysterious letter detailing the family members involved that night. Returning to Lawless, a town steeped in the black market liquor sales of the prohibition, Angelo takes up the name Avilio Bruno and befriends Nero (Eguchi Takuya), the eldest son of don Vincent Vanetti as he takes the first steps towards exacting his terrible revenge.
[Characters]:
Being the organized crime drama that it is, 91 Days…
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**Written with Markdown Format**
# Introduction
This show is best of 2016/Summer, to me. You will see details and reasons below.
## Story
Story is so great. A drama in a city. Heavily supported with character development. There are no unique stylistic on storytelling, it just goes. And the end of story (no spoilers here) forces you to face with the absurdity (as in Camus) of life and motivation and meaning of living (and you can sense this in the dialog between Nero and Angelo in camp in the ending episode).
## Art
Art is so unique. The show has specific color schemes and drawing has unique styles like details on face. Addition to color schemes, just saying there are no particular color schemes based on context. However, the choice of lighting in intense scenes overcomes this.
## Sound…
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The very funny thing about this show, is the fact that the name itself doesn't seem to make much sense. But, many would guess that this is the amount of time that our MC will actually revenge his fucking family by killing everyone that's associated with the murder. But really, It makes no sense, nor does it imply anything about it. But what really get me to actually watch this anime, was because it have been so long since i first see an anime with so much realism in the plot involving the revenge thing, and the setting of it. Or some may says that this anime kinda reminds me of Baccano or some shit because of the artstyle.
On the very first sight, all of us (and myself) may have thought that this anime was just a simple ass story about a guy who seek revenge, and will most likely kill the…
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I don't know which is more prominent at this point, lasagna or canned pineapples but I definitely know one thing - 91 Days /is/ worth the watch.
To say that 91 Days is like any other series that attempts to exploit the theme of "vengeance" is a slight understatement. Truly, the series works on Angelo's plans of "an eye for an eye". But it doesn't simply exploit how vengeance works in the mafia world, or how vengeance can drive you to be a cold-hearted bastard and ruin people's lives. Rather, it presents the question if revenge is really worth fighting for and that at the end of the day, will you truly find the happiness you believe you lost because of those who took it away from you? Would it not be better to live in the present and appreciate what is around you? It isn't that philosophic…
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You don't need a reason to live,you just live-Nero.
In today's generation we strive for more fan favorite genre shows and it's not often we get to see something different, "91 days" is one of those work which isn't made to target all viewers,some may find it immensely out of their regular taste while others will take a great interest in it.
-Plot-
The story is set in the early 1900s during prohibition,it start with Avilio Bruno (The main character) receiving a letter and going back to the flashback of his past, when his family was brutally murdered by Vanetti Family and he was the sole survivor,running away for 7 years he's finally back in his hometown to seek vengeance,with the assist of his father's friend who sends him the letter earlier.
It's a anime with a much darker theme and thin…
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(It's 2AM and this is my first anime review. Bear with me.)
THE SHORT OF IT:
Let me say this straight. 91 Days is an anime you should watch for the thrill of it---ignore the animation quality slips that newborn-studio Shuka is still outgrowing. This is a highly story-driven, character-development heavy show with a very twisted but still realistic plot that likes to seduce you into thinking you got her all figured out. 91 Days is quite the summery masterpiece, although with (jarring) flaws; and it is the gritty mafia, Prohibition era revenge anime you want.
Fair warning, however. There will be blood, but the murder-happy beware! This isn't Re:Zero or Hamlet!
OVERALL (rounded up 8.5) - Technically I've placed 91 Days as 10 on my list although here it's 8.5. That's because I'm being more c…
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91 Days is a pointless revenge story which leaves an aftermath of pointless deaths in the end. I love it.
Story: 9
This is basically the story of Angelo plotting his revenge against the local mafia family for killing his parents and brother. He takes up a false name and infiltrates the family in order to bring his revenge to fruition. You can easily see it in the OP that it will result in a final duel between Nero and Angelo. From the summary, is a good ending expected? Hahahahaha. No. That's the point which the shows hammers in from the start. Revenge is pointless and leaves both parties worse off than when they started.
Art: 6
Fair, considering their low budget. Wonky character models here and there. Distracting, but overall, not unwatchable.
Sound: 8
Great background music. Jazzy.…
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"Why is the pineapple can there?!"
Anyway the show is good. It's definitely for you guys who like mafia stories with Japanese characterization. The art is okay at close-ups but really sucks at portraying landscapes. I dig opening song but that's just about it.
It's an anime that you'd have fun more if you follow the week's progression instead of actually binge it, but nonetheless it's still a good anime.
The storytelling can be jumbled up sometimes. Mafia movies always related to how many characters they try to introduce, but in the end, only some of them can stand out, and in this case, Avilio/Angelo and Nero are both in the spotlight.
Throughout the episodes you will see Angelo's attempt at revenging his family death, the Lagusas, that he knew was done by Vanneti family. The story re…
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"Revenge is a dish best served cold."
This is the cornerstone expression that drives 91 Days. An expression that it lives and dies by, down to the very fabric of its being. One that we're quickly made aware of from the opening act that plants us into its world.
The arms of the clock tick in reverse, as we travel back to the days of the prohibition era. It's a cold night in April, and our young protagonist, Angelo Lagusa, enters frame. In the warm glow of his household, behind the thick wooden walls that push the harsh cold out, he's at ease with the comfort of his family filling in the spaces of his living quarters. Cushioned by a blanket of security, Angelo and his little brother, Luce, awaits their father's return, hiding away in anticipation for the moment he walks through the door. I…
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The brisk night air whispers across your face, gently stringing hairs in front of your eyes. Stars are barely visible above through the thicket of bare winter trees and your body aching and languid from the effects of tracking in the cold. Your target is about 100 yards away, the dim glow of their headlights is the one thing keeping you on the trail. Tonight is the night justice will be dealt, the night a culmination of seven long years of anticipation will finally come to a head. They don't deserve to live after what was done to your family that horrific night.
Suddenly the car begins to slow to a halt. The final destination has been reached. Still crouching you strafe to the side of the vehicle, your numb hand clutched on your pistol's grip like a precious keepsake. Your heartbeat esca…
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Okay, I never expected it to be good but it surely exceeded my expectations, usually i find genres involving mafia, guns, gangsters.. etc. to be just pure action and fireworks anime, which for me is kinda dull and overused, maybe that's the reason i wasn't really looking forward for this one, but it convinced me by around the sixth or seventh episode, i guess what made it different from black lagoon or any similar anime from the same genre, is the intense execution of the story, the goal of the story, which was actually being carried out throughout the whole series, it never diverted, usually stories related to revenge, vengeance, specially in recent years, you see an exciting plot and a potentially good series but things get ruined halfway because most of them divert, or just totally try…
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91 days was a genuine surprise. After finishing their splendid anime adaptation of Durarara!! they managed to make a true mafia story. Its inspiration's become apparent the moment the show begins and no time is wasted to let the story go in full throttle.
91 Days is a revenge story through and through but still manages to keep the viewers on their feet. It is best to take breaks between episodes to let the suspense set in as almost every episode ends in a cliffhanger.
Sadly the animation is inconsistent. The fact that the studio had to suffer through budget constraints becomes apparent half way through the show. However that is also when the show increases tension and thus still manages to keep the viewers engaged. The sound, music and voice action is spot on at all times.
A revenge d…
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No, it’s not a show that spans for 91 episodes, a Baccano’s second coming, or in fact anything like that at all. On paper, 91 Days is a revenge story, a show about a guy named Avilio Bruno (real name: Angelo Lagusa) who seeks vengeance against the Vanetti Family. Why? It’s because they ruined his life many years ago when he was a child. His family was murdered (or more precisely, double crossed) by the mafia. This all happened during the Prohibition Era and it’s hard to imagine at the time what Avilio was going through. Simply put, 91 Days strives to prove itself as a successful crime-drama thriller; one that hopes to make it memorable as for you as it can for itself.
As an original series, 91 Days isn’t being held back by any adaptation hindrances or an established fan base. However, the…
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