Audience reviews
20 · Sample from the first available page, separate from the total number of ratings.
AshParth
Ah, No Guns Life. I remember seeing this a couple of times when it was released before Funimation merged with Crunchyroll years later. I mean, it's still on Crunchyroll, for those curious, even when not every Funimation original shows are there. I actually went and watched it on Hulu because I just wanted to add some variety into the fray. Therefore, I figured why not? What's funny is that according to MAL, and it's actually true, that there are two seasons of this anime. The show is treated as one whole season at Crunchyrool, which I found odd. But I digress.
The world is set in the near future where the premise centers around the world where humans and other characters known as Extended, cyborgs that humans can become given by choice. However, a great world that ended recently, according…
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This show has no sauce. The first episode tricked me into thinking this might be good. Stylish MC, a looming megacorp that owns people's bodies, and a unique mystery. Unfortunately, all three of these points get dropped in like... episode 2. You are promised a hard boiled detective series, but then fails to have the detective do any sloothing. No villains are uncovered, they are all happy to explicitly state that they are evil. The mysteries, if you could even call them that, basically solve themselves with the answer just falling into the lap of the b-plot character for that episode so they can show up to the main plot and actually do something for exactly one scene before taking the background to sauceless action sequences.
The aesthetic is interesting on a surface level with next to n…
Read at the sourceCrackisBae
Use a gun. And if that don't work, use more gun. I've really enjoyed this show. Art style is great, helping truly capture the feel of the environment created within the is world. The story/plot uses this dystopia like world to help create a battleground for many unique clashes between the light and the dark. A somewhat darker story helps drag you deeper into this ruined world. Characters seemly molded by their surroundings, boost this atmosphere. Sounds of No Guns Life do leave something to be desired, but don't be mistaken. This show does achieve the criteria its trying to fill and quite well at that.
While watching, I've taken quite a liking to it. It has this eerie charm to it that I haven't really found anywhere else. Plot wise, the show is quite original with world building. Present…
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the main character has a good story and deep, they show you how the life would me if we are like cyborgs and no cyborgs in a post war. the opening is one of the best anime opening i've ever heard.
you can't stop watch this anime because at the end of every episode there is to much suspense.
if you want to watch a mature anime check it.
the art is pretty good, with very details.
it's a good anime, the second seasson is even better, you would love this anime if you like a good trama and fights. who ever say this anime is not good is because they just watch animes ecchis or dramas.
Read at the sourceRauLeCreuset
No Guns Life. This is probably one of the worse reviews I have ever wrote/given an anime. But, here it goes and not everyone is going to agree with what you say or do, that is just how it goes. I thought this anime was awkward and boring from the start despite the action and somewhat comedy, something about this anime just didn't really sit well with me. Which is why I am saying what I am about this rushed, not thoughtful, and embarrassing excuse for an anime. As well as a total disappointment. To me at least as I thought it would be great. I mean nothing is at all whatsoever perfect but, I thought it would be better then what it was. Just some food for thought.
Read at the sourceKneelingAngel
I started watching this because of the main character Juzo who has a revolver for a head! (It is probably the same reason why many others started watching this.) Super cool design! I also adore Juzo's voice actor, so I had to watch this when I found out that Suwabe Junichi would be voicing him.
I love the art style of the serie and all the character designs, so a pretty high score on that part. However, for me the rest was kind of dissapointing. Because a lot of the characters dont move their lips while talking, like Juzo and Tetsuro, the animation is rather stiff in my opinion. Of course there are action scenes that make up for it, but it wasnt anything spectacular. Story wise, I had to watch this anime twice (i dropped it the first time). I felt there was a storyline missing. It was the…
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An anime that should be action-packed interesting that ended up being a slog to get through. The concept of the world has promise, but it never delivers on that promise and potential.
Yeah, in an anime landscape dominated by cute anime girls, ecchi, and isekai trash this may seem like a breath of fresh air. However, that’s all it is. A brief flash of interest before you watch a few episodes and are somehow bored of an anime where a man with a gun for a head fights other cyborgs.
Literally everything about this anime is either run-of-the-mill or below average. The art and direction were surprisingly subpar quite often and there were many instances of poor CGI.
Remember how I said this anime seemed like a breath of fresh air from the abundence of ecchi in contemporary anime? Well it tu…
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7 - no guns life: This anime seems to be that kind of situation that puts a base player in a big final, you know?
Weaknesses:
A great divergence on how to use and when to use the CGI.
The fights ... it seems that they put a 6 year old guy to do the key animation, but, in some moments everything seems to work and have the movement that the anime deserves.
Exposed (when someone says how something of great importance in history works) of this is incredibly bad, the certain thing is to have a reason why such a person begins to say exposed, but no guns life treats it horribly, it simplifies that person who needs to have the reason for giving the exposed doesn’t have it and simply starts talking about the exposed DO NADAAAA
The photographic direction is good in some moments and bad in severa…
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No Guns Life is an anime from last year. The manga started in 2014 and is still ongoing. The anime version came from Madhouse. Let's just hope it came from their division that works on quality projects instead of their one that makes complete tripe.
Story:
Inui Juuzou is an Extended. Which is basically the term this series uses for cyborgs. He has a gun for a head and is able to function in normal society solely through cooperating with the authorities and he makes a living by taking on jobs involving other cyborgs. The anime basically covers a series of these jobs and Juuzou's struggles with the large, world ruling corporation Berühren.
There are some pretty significant flaws. First off, we find out that Juuzou can't fire the gun on his own head because the trigger is in the back of hi…
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TL; DR Review
No Guns Life isn't bad at any means, but neither is it amazing. In fact, it could be a lot better. However, I think that other release of exceptional anime has impacted my view on No Guns Life. For example, I enjoyed Demon Slayer or Fire Force a lot better than No Guns Life. The main problem I see in this anime is that there's not a lot of variety. Some of the episodes are kind of similar and there are really no "haha, gotcha" moments. I do have to say, the opening is a banger and the character design is pretty cool. Unfortunately, this anime starts off on an amazing first 3 episodes and just doesn't live up to its expectations.
-Spacecraft555
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I thought this was gunna be some edgy bs, but its actually great! A hard-boiled detective type who plays the straight man, but makes gun puns and is absolutely hilarious without ever acting as if he did anything funny. There are very few times he emotes (and only then in the form of a flustered, chibi-style face), but the acting is so well done, and the animation so excellent, that he never felt like a stiff character. Great female characters, interesting episodes, though the over-arching plot left some to be desired. The last two episodes are my favorite for this season, not because they're plot heavy at all, but just a fun, interesting 2 episode plot about robot ghosts. It gets a little silly but has its heartfelt, genuine, tense moments as well.
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No Guns life and its universe show great potential to develop in something great and truly meaningful. Potential on its own can't justify show short coming , its is important to keep big picture in mind.
On surface it can be seen and watched as action packed, noir show about Dude with gun on his head, beating up bad guys and being overall awesome and cool. If someone sees this show like that, its fine cause thats what show is about.
However it can also be seen as gruesome depiction of late-state capitalism where everything and everyone is a product. Extension don't exist to help people, but are used as schemes to get people dependent on medicine, maintenance and constant improvements. People are tools meant to be exploited for wealth.
It also can be seen as show about Post war soldier.…
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No Guns Life is a good anime... that's all.
It's not great, it's not bad, just good. The writing and execution is alright, but there's that sense that it has potential for a lot more, and it's a bit of a shame. Still, I enjoyed watching this the whole way through, and I'm willing to concede this slow start for a strong comeback in the form of season two.
I personally really enjoyed it, even if I know it's only a 7/10 at best. It's hard to describe, but I managed to stay engaged and interested the whole way through. I think people should eventually watch it, but I wouldn't go out of my way to tell them it's a priority or that it's the best.
I'm ready for season two. Do me proud!
OVERALL 7/10
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So, as you can see i gave this a rather mediocre score, therefore, let's start with the good, especially since there's not that much of it. Its studio madhouse. That's good i guess. The drawing is their iconic style, which looks great, especially on the main character, although weirdly enough, in this show even that style doesn't seem to be able to fill the picture with anything to stop it from feeling lacking. The design of the cyborgs is pretty neat. Overall picture (but not animation) quality is decent. Sound's good, the opening's great... That's about it really.
What's the rest then? Dreadful. Without even joking, at least a third of the show you'll be greeted with the main character staring into space, usually while smoking. Another third you'll be listenin…
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No Guns Life? Yes, no guns should ever be brought to life.
Spoiler warning but I'll just give you one small one, it's not good. Don't bother watching this series because it is downright awful. I know for a fact that at face value this show seems 'cool' and 'radical' with the main character having a head of a revolver and the world taking place in the future. I know this because that was my initial thoughts when going into this show, honestly, the show was fine until everything changed when that Tetsurou annoyance entered the scene. Right away that kid alone just place this show in the negative zone, he is literally the embodiment of kid Naruto and that's not a nice thing to see. This is literally his format for his character for scenarios, Juno is busy with an issue, the boy's a busybody…
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No Guns Life is a series that I am grateful to have discovered. It's not a show that I normally would watch and had I not been introduced to it by a friend one night, probably never would have seen it.
I'm not normally a person who watches hard broiled detective series or movies, however I am a sucker for a good story and when I go into evaluating any anime/manga/LN I prioritise the story and world building. No Guns Life excels in that department and even if you aren't a person who normally likes this genre, you'll most likely enjoy the show because of the world, characters and mystery.
The gist of the story is that humans were genetically modified in order to fight as soldiers in a war, now that the war is over, those "extended" or modified humans are struggling to readjust to society a…
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No Guns Life explores a near future where humans undergo cybernetic enhancements to become cyborgs called Extended and one of these Extended, Juzo Izui, is a Resolver who is hired to handle cases related to Extended. He finds himself having to protect a boy named Tetsuro Arahabaki who was forced into illegal experimentation where he has a device called "Harmony" stored in his throat that allows him to take over the bodies of other Extended.
As No Guns Life is confirmed to be a split-cour with its second half confirmed to be airing in the Spring 2020 season, I'll just be focusing on what has been explored thus far. This first season is mostly used to explore the near-future world of the series and dabble into mysteries concerning Juzo's past and the shady criminal underworld that dominates…
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No Guns Life shines brighter than most of its surrounding competition thanks to its central themes of corruption and dehumanization, strengthened by it’s gritty noir style. But the execution casts a strong shadow on the whole show, loaded with mediocrity.
It has a good foundation to improve from though. Most of the first season is dedicated to world-building and does so with modestly good results. But it often felt like it went all over the place and never really resolved many of the plot threads that it had built up. The characters especially took a bullet due to this. Most of them were blander than stale bread because of how severely lacking their development is as of now.
Our main protagonist Inui Juuzou is an Over-Extended and former gun slave unit that was used during a war. His bac…
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I don't really get it why uninnovative cyberdunk dystopian stories always get the flak of it being unimaginative and impromptu of its massive storytelling coupled with world-building, but I'd can say that while No Guns Life is one of the more uninspired stories out there in a sea of mech stories both old and new, it's slow-burn and the entire plot universe around it is what keeps me glued to this show of infinite proportions of its many directions it could head towards, and it's sad that not as many people are as intrigued to the settings and such, and heck, this show still has a 2nd cour (or more appropriately the 2nd half) to go!
Always been wondering about the editorial remarks on No Guns Life's cover? It says here: “SF hard boiled the gun smoke drifts muzzle talks” (just like that, wi…
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Walking down the dark metropolis is a man with a gun head. A man without conviction. A man filled with righteous. A man with unrivaled pride in his work. From the cyberpunk world where cyborgs exists, this man is a private detective and resolves to rid of it of corruption. He is Juzo Inui, a gun head who is here to help the helpless.
Mangaka Tasku Karasuma is not fairly well known to most audiences although some of his work incorporates the usage of futuristic worlds and science fiction. No Guns Life is no exception as we are introduced to a cyberpunk setting. Humans are now cyborgs and are called “Extended”. Crime is rampant and on the loose in the city. With such technology, you can just imagine how chaotic society has become. Juzo is an Extended problem solver who relies on his mental…
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